Chapitre 221: Chapter 221
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The following tests proceeded smoothly. After all the new warriors were tested, a total of twenty-two individuals with spiritual roots were identified.
Although there were no single spiritual roots anymore, Yu Su was still satisfied.
If these forty-three individuals can successfully awaken, he will have eighty cultivators in his hands.
During the peak of the Arts and Techniques Continent, this would be enough to form a sect.
Once these people are all cultivated, he believes he can stride proudly.
Lu Yan led the forty-three individuals back to the Five Elements Warrior Camp, handed them over to Yu Feng, who could handle more, and then left.
Yu Feng and the forty-three individuals stared at each other, sighed after a while, and accepted their fate.
"Come with me. First, let me explain the rules of the Five Elements Warrior Camp to you."
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West of Yu Village.
The original Death Valley has dispersed the aura of blood and death, and the forest is filled with rich spiritual energy."
Because there are first and second-tier demonic beasts here, as well as abundant herbal resources, cultivators above the fifth level of Qi refining from Yu Village occasionally come here for a stroll.
Today, taking advantage of the snow stopping, Lu Yan came with a team.
"Leader, we've explored the vicinity thoroughly. How about we go to the west of the valley?" Yu Shan suggested, and the others all eagerly looked at Jian Yunchuan.
They have been wandering around the valley every time they come back, losing the novelty.
Lu Yan also knew they were getting bored, "Let's go west and take a look."
To the west of the Death Valley is a large lake with bone fish, a first-tier demonic beast.
Yu Shan and the others still remembered having eaten the meat of bone fish, incredibly tender.
Now, seeing the bone fish poking its head out of the lake, they couldn't help but salivate.
"Shall we grill a fish?"
"If you can catch it, then grill it."
Hearing Lu Yan's words, Yu Shan and the others, who were already craving, immediately rushed to the lakeside.
The bone fish was quite cunning, probably sensing that Yu Shan and the others were not easy to deal with, so it quickly swam away.
"How do we catch it?"
Yu Shan, having led teams through several major realms, was more agile in his thinking as a former captain.
"Yushí, you can control vines. Later, use vines to trap the fish. Yu Nian, you can control water. If Yushí's vines can't hold the fish, freeze the water around it. The rest of you, get in the water with me and drive it out."
"Hey!"
Lu Yan watched them busy in the water, his consciousness scanning the bottom, his expression slightly changed.
After a while, Yu Shan and the others who went into the water began splashing around.
"There's something underwater—"
"Fish! Quickly, catch the fish!"
Yu Shi used vines to bind the fish, but the bone fish was strong, and he couldn't hold it. Yu Nian quickly froze the water around the bone fish.
Fortunately, they were close to the shore. The people in the water pushed together, successfully bringing the bone fish onto the shore.
Yu Shan emerged from the water, shouting, "Leader, there's something glowing underwater. I touched it and brought it up!"
In Yu Shan's hand was a piece of something shining silver in the sunlight.
Lu Yan examined it carefully and thought it resembled the silver mine mentioned by Yu Su.
"Is there a lot underwater?"
"Quite a lot, seems to have drifted from elsewhere."
Lu Yan personally went to the lake bottom, then with Yu Shan and others, searched around. Following a stream upstream, they reached the back of a mountain to the west of the lake. Here, there was a crack in the mountain with many similar ores on the walls.
"Silver mine."
Yu Shan and the others knew about silver mines. Yu Su had educated them on various valuable ores, so they understood the significance of a silver mine.
Yu Shan's breath became heavy, "Is this really a silver mine?"
The others stared intensely down into the deep fissure.
Lu Yan: "It should be. Wait here; I'll go back to the village."
They knew he was going to find Yu Su, so they nodded quickly.
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In the process of organizing things in the space, Yu Su found mostly first and second-grade spirit herbs, with a small number of pills, talismans, and magical tools. Aside from what they needed, the rest was moved to the steward's warehouse.
With a booklet in hand, Yu Feng followed him, classifying and recording all the materials.
"There are four types of yellow-grade inferior pills: Revitalizing Pill, Blood Nourishing Pill, Detoxifying Pill, and Healing Pill. Among them, there are thirty bottles each of Revitalizing Pill and Blood Nourishing Pill."
"There are four types of yellow-grade inferior talismans: Expelling Evil Talisman, Transmission Talisman, Fire Talisman, and Explosive Talisman. There are thirty Expelling Evil Talismans, twenty-six Transmission Talismans, and twenty each of Fire Talisman and Explosive Talisman."
"Sixteen yellow-grade inferior magical tools."
"The main materials are ironwood, ore, and two types of herbs. There's still a lot of ironwood left, but not much red ironstone. Golden crow sand and mysterious stone are relatively scarce. Currently, the herbs are quite abundant, with Revitalizing Grass and Vermilion Grass being the most numerous."
After Yu Su finished counting, he had a rough idea in mind. While these materials sounded like a lot, they would be consumed quickly.
The recently discovered forty-three seedlings for cultivation had good comprehension and had already started awakening. Out of the thirty-plus individuals identified in the last spiritual root test, after nearly two years of cultivation, except for a few with lower comprehension or younger ones like Yu Kui, the others had successively opened all their meridians after the divine ceremony.
In other words, he now had thirty cultivators with a cultivation level above the fifth level of Qi refining.
These resources were not enough.
This year, due to the road construction, they didn't have time to gather resources in the demonic beast forest. Next year, they would have to send them.
Besides, Yu Su planned to start alchemy, talisman, and artifact crafting classes this winter, cultivating a few alchemists, talismanists, and artifact craftsmen to share the pressure on him and Lu Yan. As the number of individuals in the Five Elements Warrior Camp increased, they couldn't handle everything.
Yu Feng was surprised to hear Yu Su's plans, "Are you going to teach all these things?"
In their view, these were skills only shamans could master.
Yu Su: "It must be taught."
If not, he would be overwhelmed in the future.
Yu Feng, seeing his determined attitude, was somewhat worried, "Will the Mountain God agree?"
Yu Su: "He will. You just prepare for it."
These things were not originally taught by Qingze; he merely borrowed Qingze's name.
Yu Feng couldn't help but get excited and nodded vigorously, "Yes!"
When Yu Feng hurriedly left, he ran into Lu Yan and nodded at him before quickly walking away.
Lu Yan glanced at him, "What's going on with him?"
Yu Su: "I asked him to prepare for the classes."
Yu Su had discussed this with Lu Yan before, so Lu Yan wasn't surprised. He then informed Yu Su about the silver mine. Yu Su, upon hearing it, nearly jumped up, "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
Lu Yan: "It shouldn't be wrong."
Unable to contain his excitement, Yu Su pulled him outside, saying, "Quick, quick, take me to see."
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Yu Shan and the others crouched at the edge of the deep fissure, which was too narrow and deep to descend. They could only squat at the edge and look down.
When Yu Su and Lu Yan arrived with the Tunneling Beasts, they quickly stood up.
"Lord Yu Su, there's a silver mine here!"
"You can see silver ore at the bottom of this fissure."
Yu Su walked over quickly, looked down, and indeed saw silver ore on the fissure walls.
[Indeed, it's silver ore, containing 50% silver.] The All-Knowledge Sprite spoke in Yu Su's mind.
Surprisingly high, Yu Su felt a pleasant surprise.
He summoned the Tunneling Beasts and said to the leader among the three, "Dig a path for us to go down."
The Tunneling Beast nodded, led the other two, and quickly widened the deep fissure. They also dug a convenient wall path down.
After Yu Su went down to inspect, the All-Knowledge Sprite also activated the scan.
[The area is quite large, and very deep. It should provide resources for a long time.]
Yu Su rubbed his hands in delight; this was a lot of silver!
After circling the area, Yu Su came back up and announced to the people waiting above:
"It is indeed a silver mine, and the silver content is quite high."
Yu Shan and the others cheered at the news; they were soon going to have silver.
Lu Yan: "There seems to be a considerable quantity of these silver ores. We might need quite a few people to mine them."
Yu Su nodded, "Mining and refining will require a significant amount of manpower and specialized furnaces and equipment. We need to prepare a lot of things. Let's enclose this area first and build a workshop here next year."
Lu Yan: "Do we need to build a workshop?"
During the previous excavation of red ironstone, they didn't build a workshop in the mine; they just brought the ores back to Yu Village.
Yu Su: "There's a considerable amount of silver ore here, enough for a long time. Some silver mines have been mined for centuries and are still yielding."
Lu Yan was surprised; mined for centuries and still going?
No wonder Yu Su wanted to build a workshop here.
"I understand. Let's enclose this area first."
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Even though they discovered the silver mine, they couldn't start working immediately; they had to wait until next spring.
Yu Su and the others first enclosed the area and then returned to the village.
He wasn't worried about someone taking away the silver mine; silver ore couldn't run away, and others didn't have the necessary skills.
After returning to the village, he first informed the village chief and others about the silver mine and then discussed the arrangements for mining next year.
Many people still didn't understand why Yu Su attached so much importance to this type of ore.
Yu Su: "It can replace money shells as a circulating currency. As transportation becomes more convenient in the future, money shells by the seaside will become less valuable, while silver can continue to circulate."
After explaining the importance of silver replacing money shells to everyone, they all understood.
The village chief and others were even stunned by this unexpected joy.
If Yu Su hadn't said that the weather wasn't suitable for excavation now, they would have wanted to dig immediately.
"Lord Yu Su, between silver and spirit stones, which is more important?" Yu Meng asked Yu Su.
Others also looked at Yu Su.
Yu Su smiled, "The value of spirit stones to cultivators is equivalent to the importance of gold and silver to ordinary people. It's an essential thing for cultivation, but ordinary people can live without spirit stones."
Yu Meng and the others seemed to grasp the idea.
Lu Yan and Jian Yunchuan, however, keenly sensed the fatal difference between spirit stones and gold and silver.
Spirit stones and gold and silver already belonged to different worlds.
Just like the difference between cultivators and ordinary people.
Jian Yunchuan and Lu Yan exchanged a glance, and both remained silent.
The excitement of discovering the silver mine had now subsided, and everyone became calm.
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