Chapter 479: Longevity: My Farming-Style Immortal Cultivation Is Too Steady Chapter 479 Underground Mining!

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

For this three-thousand-year banquet, Xu Zhangqing was not very interested.

Indeed, a clan that could be passed down for three thousand years could already be compared with many immortal cultivation sects, which proved that the Luo River Bei Clan was indeed powerful.

One must know that the Dongting Immortal Sect had existed for over ten thousand years, and was one of the Three Great Immortal Sects of the entire Tianyuan Realm.

Compared like this, its attraction naturally diminished.

Bei Qinghui was first stunned, then smiled and said: "I suppose Elder Sister is busy; if you are interested, I can bring out the invitation right now."

Xu Zhangqing waved his hand: "Not interested."

Then, without waiting for the other person to say anything else, he walked toward the Earth Pulse Entrance on his own.

Bei Qinghui watched the other person's departing back and murmured: "What is Elder Sister doing?"

This person was not only a Core Disciple, but also the sole Spirit Field Spirit Cultivator.

He had status where there was status, and position where there was position.

Yet he had not been invited, which was truly unbelievable.

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On the other side, Xu Zhangqing came below, where everywhere were crisscrossing mine tunnels.

After glancing at the map and confirming the distance and direction of one of the hidden danger locations, he immediately walked into one of the mine tunnels.

Compared to other places, not many people on the Earth Pulse side knew Xu Zhangqing.

After all, most Earth Spirit Root Disciples were digging spirit mines day and night, so they rarely went out, and their news lagged far behind.

Moreover, they were exhausted to death and had no mood to see who was passing by.

But this was also good; Xu Zhangqing wished no one would disturb him.

As he continued downward, the depth quickly exceeded several thousand meters.

Earth Qi was Earth Spirit Qi; for Earth Spirit Roots, mining was cultivation.

And at such a depth, the concentration had reached a threshold.

The further down he went, the more the pressure would constantly increase.

Even Earth Spirit Roots with stronger pressure resistance would feel uncomfortable in such an environment.

Fortunately, Xu Zhangqing was different; even though he was only at Golden Core Early Stage, he still felt nothing much, let alone having a Five Elements Perfection spirit root, with his resistance almost maxed out.

As he walked, the light spot of the first hidden danger location on the map began to flash, and as he kept getting closer, the frequency grew faster and faster.

It looked like it was just about to make a sound.

Xu Zhangqing's eyes lit up: "Finally found the first one; I hope it's a good start."

However, when he truly approached or arrived, he was stunned.

It looked like just a common mineral vein, and then one spot had a gap; besides that, there was nothing else.

Not to mention worms, you couldn't even see worm droppings.

It was obvious that someone had gotten here first.

"I should have thought of that earlier!"

"After so many years, Yang Zhenyue must have come here."

"Now that I've come again, am I just picking up what others left behind?"

Seeing this, Xu Zhangqing immediately reacted and couldn't help but frown.

It was obvious that there had indeed been something here before, but now it was gone.

Whether it was worms or something else, probably only Yang Zhenyue knew.

If it were someone else, they would definitely turn around and leave right now, not wasting time here.

But Xu Zhangqing was different; even without the worms he had been longing for, he still took out the Treasure-Seeking Chisel he had obtained from Jin Xuanzi's Cave Dwelling.

The moment this thing appeared, it immediately emitted light.

The reason was that it sensed the mineral vein beside it; this was one of its effects.

However, this was just the most common Spirit Iron Vein, and Xu Zhangqing had no intention of mining it; what he really wanted to know was whether there were rarer ores or minerals.

Therefore, he followed this Spirit Iron Vein inward, constantly searching, constantly looking.

At first there was indeed no harvest, but after about a quarter of an hour, the chisel in his hand suddenly trembled.

It looked like it had sensed something.

And it was not something ordinary.

Because for normal minerals, this thing would only emit light.

Only when reaching rare quality would it produce vibration.

And the rarer it was, the faster the vibration frequency, revealing "excitement."

Seeing this, Xu Zhangqing released his right hand holding the chisel; it did not fall to the ground, but floated in the air, then aimed at a spot and flew over, beginning to dig with "crack crack" sounds.

Xu Zhangqing stood at the side, a hint of a smile on his face: "Not having to do it myself, that's great."

In less than a minute, it really dug out a gap.

Immediately after, something appeared inside that was somewhat similar to spirit iron, but not the same.

Overall, it was a transparent hexagonal crystal pillar containing a wisp of faint starlight.

It appeared to both contain a certain concentration of Spiritual Energy and possess the properties of Spirit Iron.

Xu Zhangqing nodded slightly: "As expected, it is a Spirit Iron Crystal."

In Spirit Iron, when Spiritual Energy reaches a certain concentration, crystallization occurs.

It's just that the growth speed of this thing is extremely slow; a crystal with a diameter of 1 centimeter requires more than 10 years.

The one in front, visually estimated, should be the size of an adult's fist.

In other words, it has grown for at least hundreds of years.

Ordinary Spirit Iron, because of its high output, generally has a value that is not high.

But Spirit Iron Crystal is different; it belongs to the category of relatively rare ores, and the price is a bit higher.

A diameter of 1 centimeter is roughly around 50 Middle-grade Spirit Stones, with occasional fluctuations.

Xu Zhangqing naturally wouldn't stand on ceremony, immediately excavating it.

Although he didn't find the bugs, having rare minerals isn't bad either.

Previously, reclaiming and opening fields cost five Middle-grade Spirit Stones; now he earned back at least ten times that in one go.

Seeing that mining was this profitable, Xu Zhangqing stroked his chin, and instead didn't want to leave.

Thinking it over, he simply decided to continue searching while heading to the second hidden danger spot.

Thanks to the Treasure-Seeking Pickaxe, and the Full Level Great Expansion Imperial Heaven Art, the journey was truly one of continuous harvest.

The quantity of Spirit Iron Crystals alone exceeded three pieces, and he even discovered a piece of even rarer ore.

It was different from both normal Spirit Iron and Spirit Iron Crystal; its shape looked larger, its surface shimmered with a silver-white metallic luster, looking quite textured.

There were also black markings similar to lightning faintly visible on it.

When the pickaxe struck it, it actually emitted a crisp "ding-dang" sound.

When Xu Zhangqing approached, he felt a trace of weak stinging sensation, and it even resonated with his own Metal Spiritual Root.

He immediately had the pickaxe dig it out, then placed it on the ground to observe carefully.

After a round of assessment, he finally confirmed this thing.

Barring any surprise, it should be "Geng Metal Spirit Iron".

It is even rarer than Spirit Iron Crystal; its value exceeds one thousand Middle-grade Spirit Stones, and it is not a whole piece, but a small piece.

In this instant, Xu Zhangqing's breathing became heavy: "Looks like mining earns more money than farming.

No wonder these Earth Spiritual Roots shout about being tired one by one, yet are unwilling to leave.

If it were me, I'd hate to not stay underground every day."

Never expected, today's luck was this good.

Although the first hidden danger spot had no bugs, he dug up several rare ores; it can simply be described as a blood profit!