Immortality cultivation starts from Dongxuan Lake

Chapter 63 Automatic foraging

Lu Ming finally felt relieved, and then tapped the storage bag with his palm, and a pickaxe appeared in his hand.

This is the pickaxe from Old Man Su's storage bag, made of fine iron.

If he went to Fangshi Hualingshi to buy a low-grade magical weapon for digging, it might be better for digging.

It's a pity that you don't need to think too much about such things, they will definitely be noticed by the Gongsun family.

He didn't even think about it.

Then he walked towards the mine, picked up the manuscript and started typing.

Boom, boom, boom!

The sound is a bit muffled, but crisp and pleasant.

However, this voice made Lu Ming's expression change.

The sound coming from the originally silent Lingshi Mine must be someone digging illegally. Wouldn't it be terrible if he was discovered to be digging here.

But then I thought about it, how could I dig out the spiritual stone hidden deep inside without digging.

Lu Ming frowned for a while.

"Well, I can only use you."

"The decision is yours, Xiaoying."

After hearing Lu Ming's instructions, Xiao Ying rushed out.

This is a dark place. For the shadow mice, it's like going home, plus it's an aura-filled environment.

It's just the mouse that got into the rice barn.

In addition, it seems to have a unique ability to find spiritual energy.

Click click!

He started chewing on the stone wall.

Following Xiao Ying's movements, Lu Ming's eyes also fell on the stone wall.

The next move was much simpler. Xiaoying got into the stone wall, and then kept swimming back and forth in the vein, eating the rocks he encountered on the way.

These stone walls that are often found in the spirit stone mines themselves contain a trace of spiritual energy. Although there is not much, Xiaoying's belly will accept all comers and the rocks can be digested.

In less than a stick of incense, Xiao Ying emerged from the hole.

He held two spiritual stones in his paws.

One piece of gold, one piece of blue.

He stood in front of Lu Ming as if he was asking for praise.

"Good boy, so good boy."

Lu Ming picked up the spirit stone and patted Xiaoying's head.

Its intelligence is quite low and it has never seen any living creature other than its own parents.

After meeting Lu Ming, they formed a bond with him and naturally got close to Lu Ming. After receiving praise, Xiaoying was full of energy and continued to eat inside the stone wall.

Because he was afraid that the Gongsun family would discover Xiaoying's digging of holes everywhere, Lu Ming asked him to make whatever holes he wanted inside the stone wall, and only made one hole at the entrance.

Even if the Gongsun family saw a small hole, they wouldn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Although Xiaoying would always dig holes unconsciously in his next actions, it learned quickly after Lu Ming taught him a few times.

Lu Ming slowly sat down here.

This is a holy place for spiritual practice. It would be good to stay a little longer and breathe in the spiritual energy.

……

Time always flies when picking up money, but Lu Ming finished his meditation and stood up to take a look.

There are two piles of spiritual stones on the ground.

One of the small piles contains middle-grade spiritual stones, while the other pile contains low-grade spiritual stones.

Spiritual stones are essentially crystals formed by the accumulation of spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

The shapes formed are naturally all kinds of strange, not as square as the spiritual stones given in the store.

That was formed by subsequent cutting.

Lu Ming looked at the two piles of spiritual stones and estimated the low-grade spiritual stones based on their volume.

Probably thousands of dollars.

There are about ten pieces of middle-grade spiritual stones.

"As expected of Xiaoying, he is so awesome." Lu Ming praised Xiaoying hurriedly.

Old Man Su dug up an unknown number of spiritual stones before he found two medium-grade spiritual stones, but Xiaoying found ten in a short time, which was five times the speed of Old Man Su.

This is something he has dug out again.

In addition to Old Man Su's low strength, Xiaoying's sensitivity to spiritual energy is much higher than that of ordinary monks.

At least Xiaoying could sense the spirit stones hidden inside through the thick stone wall.

Then, he patted the storage bag and put away the two piles of spirit stones.

He glanced at the mineral veins again, waved his hand and said, "We don't have much time. Go ahead and eat as much as you want. You can even eat spiritual stones."

The number of ancient insect-repelling charms is limited, and he can't come often, so Xiaoying naturally eats enough at one time.

"Good!" Xiaoying cheered. Drill into the stone wall

An hour later, Xiaoying, who was lying on the ground with a round belly and didn't want to move, was pushed up by Lu Ming.

The talisman's effectiveness is running out.

There's still an hour left, and he needs to leave here quickly.

So he took a look here and sealed the entrance through which he originally entered.

After realizing that most people could not see the traces, he quickly left Xuling Mountain.

When he was about to leave the Forbidden Forest, he smeared some blood on himself and made his hair dirty.

Then he came out.

Seeing Lu Ming's loose bun and clothes, the monks from the Gongsun family looked at him without changing their expressions and ignored him.

This made Lu Ming feel relieved.

Finally passed.

Although the monk from the Gongsun family was scared before, he was not that panicked. But now that there are a thousand spiritual stones in the storage bag, it is different and he feels panicked.

After walking out for a short distance, he dressed up again by the stream, then blended into the crowd and returned to Tailingshanfang City.

……

Back on Liuyun Street, the big stone that was weighing on Lu Ming's heart finally fell to the ground, and he felt relaxed.

"Huh" let out the turbid air that had been held in his chest for a long time, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his face.

Take out your harvest from the storage bag and count it.

Thousands of low-grade spiritual stones and ten medium-grade spiritual stones, the one-time profit is 2000 spiritual stones.

How terrible!

Is this the benefit of a dig?

If you just want to excavate spiritual stones, the ancient insect-repelling talisman is indispensable. Otherwise, facing a place full of poisonous insects, as many Qi-training monks as you go will die.

No wonder the Gongsun family and the Zhao family began to spend a lot of money to train these people who could draw ancient insect-repelling talismans.

However, Lu Ming can also draw a conclusion from the judgments of these two families, that is, they may not be able to do this business of mining the spirit stone mine for long.

Otherwise, you can find a more reliable method, and there is no need to use a short-term and quick-effect method like talismans.

As for what is the solution to long-term peace and stability?

Of course it's deworming.

He didn't believe that Old Man Su was the only inheritance left after the collapse of the entire Yuling Sect. There must be other inheritances.

Otherwise, where would the drawing and law enforcement of this ancient insect repellent charm come from?

Using insect repellent techniques to deal with the poisonous insects in Xuling Mountain can bring long-term peace and stability. However, this method is too slow to take effect. Not only does it require cultivating spiritual insects from an early age, but you also have to spend a lot of time.

I have to wait at least three to five years, and now I can only use this ancient insect repellent charm.

However, after two consecutive digs, he could clearly feel that Xiaoying's digging speed was getting slower and slower in the end.

It means that Xiaoying has almost exhausted all the spiritual stones in that area, and you may not be able to gain so much next time.

And he didn't dare to go there casually, as it wouldn't be troublesome if he attracted the attention of the Gongsun family.

However, if you go there once in a while, it will be quite profitable.

However, the purpose this time was not to focus on these spiritual stones, so he lowered his head to look at Xiaoying who was sleeping soundly and asked: "Did you remember the road along the way?"

Xiao Ying, who had digested a lot of food in his stomach, blinked. “Remember, remember.”

"Can you go there by yourself and come back?"

Lu Ming asked in a deep voice.

Xiaoying still nodded.

"Very good." Lu Ming touched its head.

If he also goes to Xuling Mountain, he is likely to be discovered if he goes too many times.

He didn't have Xiaoying's means of escape, and he couldn't escape even if he was discovered.

But Xiaoying is different.

He couldn't find the talent of the Shadow Rat clan lurking in the shadows. He couldn't find it, Pei Qian couldn't find it, and even the Gongsun family monks who were in the late stage of Qi training couldn't find it.

No one can find it in Xuling Mountain, where only Qi-training monks can enter.

And it just needs to be careful, as long as you don't make too many holes, you won't think of anyone stealing it.

Even if Xiaoying is found, he will not think of other places.

After all, who would have thought that this shadow rat would have an owner?

It's a pity that those spirit stones are there.

But then Lu Ming's eyes lit up and he thought of another method.

He looked at Xiaoying with burning eyes and said, "Can you activate this storage bag?"

As he said that, he quickly took out a storage bag and handed it to Xiaoying. Xiaoying took a look and could only look confused.

I'm just a monster.

After working on this for a long time, he finally said in disappointment: "I'm afraid the weapon refiners who refined the storage bag didn't want the monsters to use the storage bag."

Perhaps some monsters with human intelligence can drive the storage bag, but it also requires extremely advanced strength, which Xiaoying obviously does not have.

And with his size, he could hold up to two spirit stones back and forth at a time, and it couldn't put the spirit stones back.

At this point, Lu Ming shook his head helplessly.

"That's all, I can't be too greedy. I have already gained such a harvest, which is not a lot."

So he told Xiaoying: "From now on, if you are hungry, tell me, I will let you go to where you were before to eat, but you have to go back by yourself. Be careful on the way and don't come into contact with the monks. If you encounter They ran immediately, taking care to hide their tracks."

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

Xiaoying nodded repeatedly after hearing that there was no need to go hungry.

Seeing it like this, Lu Ming was still worried. He warned it again and asked him to tell him about the situation on the road every time he came back.

Xiaoying also agreed, and then Lu Ming gave him three days of special training before he felt relieved.

At least it won't be exposed easily.

After Xiaoying's food is taken care of, the next days will be much easier.

He had consumed a lot of talismans before and needed to restock, so he began to concentrate on drawing talismans.

……

A month later, winter snow was falling outside Liuyun Street.

When Lu Ming walked out of the small courtyard, he looked at the snowflakes falling all over the sky. He stretched out his hand to catch one and held it in his palm. He felt the cold temperature penetrate through his fingertips, making people shiver.

Practitioners are not afraid of cold or heat, and such low temperatures are not a problem for them.

He looked up at the sky.

"call……"

Take a deep breath.

Lu Ming moved and disappeared from the spot.

Soon he appeared in the Zhao Family Talisman Shop. There were two people in the shop, shopkeeper Xiao and Master Chen Fu.

Lu Ming stepped forward and greeted with a smile.

"Shopkeeper Xiao."

"Lu Ming, you're here." Shopkeeper Xiao also enthusiastically served tea.

"Of course I'm coming. According to the agreed time, I should come to deliver the talisman." Lu Ming sat on the chair, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Xiao's face darkened slightly.

"What's going on?" Seeing that he was not very interested, Lu Ming asked with some confusion.

Master Chen Fu on the side, who was still the immortal, straightened his body and said to Lu Ming with a smile: "It's not Master Zong who is causing trouble."

"What a talisman master? He's just a thief who lives for his old age."

Lu Ming was surprised when he heard Shopkeeper Xiao's angry words.

In his impression, Shopkeeper Xiao has always been a kind person.

Even before the two Talisman masters Chen and Su sold the materials, he also winked, but now they actually spoke so harshly, which made him a little puzzled.

"What's going on here?"

Before Shopkeeper Xiao could explain, Master Chen Fu said, "Brother, you don't know something."

"Master Zong Talisman has joined the Gongsun family. It is said that he also drew the ancient talisman."

At the end of the sentence Master Chen showed a look of pity.

I don’t know if I feel sorry for the talisman or the talisman masters.

After hearing this, Lu Ming suddenly realized.

So it turns out that Zongfu Master's defection to Gongsun has been exposed. No wonder Shopkeeper Xiao is so angry.

The Zong Talisman Master was also trained by the Zhao family.

But at this juncture, he actually joined the Gongsun family and wasted 30 precious materials. How many talismans could Lu Ming draw with these materials?

There are many poisonous insects in Xuling Mountain, but there are only a few that meet the requirements.

The precious time for talismans should be spent on digging for spiritual stones, and naturally one cannot catch spiritual insects.

Talents cultivated through hard work and waste of materials actually joined the Gongsun family. Do you think the Zhao family is easy to bully?

Although Shopkeeper Xiao was angry, there was nothing he could do.

They really can't afford to offend the Gongsun family.

"Okay, okay, don't mention this frustrated guy. I wonder how many ancient talismans Master Lu has drawn now." Shopkeeper Xiao took a deep breath to suppress the depression in his heart.

Lu Ming chuckled, took out four ancient insect repellent charms from his storage bag and placed them on the table.

"Huh...it's actually four?"

Shopkeeper Xiao was immediately overjoyed after taking one look, and the original gloomy look on his face also dissipated a lot.

"You are truly worthy of being Master Lu Fu."

"The skills are so great."

Master Chen Fu next to him also said with an envious expression, but it was only envy. He had sold the materials before and was not qualified to continue.

Then he changed his mind and smiled at Lu Ming: "Master Lu, there happened to be a Talisman exchange meeting in the past few days. I wonder if you would like to go?"

"The guy named Zong won't go too, will he?" Shopkeeper Xiao snorted softly and said in a moderate tone.

This made Master Chen Fu look embarrassed.

"I'm not in charge of this, so..."

Lu Ming knew that Master Chen was trying to show his favor to him, and wanted him to replace the original position of Master Talisman among the Talisman Masters in the Zhao family shop.

After all, the Talisman Master has left.

Talisman masters like him who do business with the Zhao family also need a leader, and Lu Ming is just the right person.

So he hesitated a little and nodded.

"Okay."

"Okay, when the time comes, I will notify Master Lu." Master Chen said happily, and then left in a hurry.

Looking at his back, Shopkeeper Xiao warned: "Don't pay attention to those Talisman Masters, especially those from the Gongsun family. Those old Talisman Masters have exhausted their potential and focus on studying these power matters."

"But Master Lu Fu, you are still young and have the potential to go further. Maybe you can build a foundation in the future."

(End of this chapter)