Chapter 108: Mining

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Zhu Yan and Chen Lan drove the crows, deliberately avoiding the tourist route with many tourists, and flew along the edge of a primeval forest in the direction of Tianwen Peak.

There are sixteen strange peaks around Tianchi, there is a gap between Tianwen Peak and Longmen Peak on the north side, Tianchi water flows down from here, and Changbai Mountain Waterfall is below this gap.

Zhu Yan and Chen Lan did not go straight to Changbai Mountain Waterfall, it was noon at this time, which was the time when the scenic spot was the most crowded, and they didn't want to be the "superman" who was watched.

Just as they were thinking about how to sneak into the waterfall to avoid everyone's eyes and ears, God helped them in time. Suddenly, the wind and clouds surged, and the sky, which had been clear just now, was suddenly covered with dark clouds and thick fog. In just five minutes, visibility in the valley was less than 10 meters, and then the sky began to rain.

Visitors have taken refuge in the temporary shelter of the scenic spot, and the Changbai Waterfall suddenly becomes the Changbai Waterfall. Fortunately, the tour guide had already instructed in advance, and everyone was not surprised, and soon adapted to this characteristic of Changbai Mountain tourism.

Zhu Yan They are not afraid of rain, and they are not afraid of getting lost after having extrasensory perception, and the sudden rain and fog just helped them hide their figures.

The crow carried them and quickly flew to the side of the waterfall, the deafening sound roared in the ears, and the air flow in the face was not weaker than a sharp wind blade, and the power of the flying stream was even a little fearful for the crow.

They finally got into the waterfall, and then, guided by their perceptions, they quickly found the area where the placer gold mine was located.

Most of the cliffs there were washed away by the current, and only one stone wall was so weathered that it cracked into ravines and was washed into countless gravel by the torrent and fell into the pool.

Zhu Yan used his perception to probe a little, and there were indeed grains of gold in these broken stones, but the degree of enrichment was far less than the place he had perceived before. Still, the gold content in these placers also has enough refining value, so it's no wonder that there are so many gold diggers downstream.

Without further ado, Zhu Yan communicated with Chen Lan a little and handed the sword into her hands. Then, Chen Lan injected spiritual energy into the sword and swung it towards the place where the gold was most abundant.

The sword qi entered the wall, and immediately drew a deep groove on the cliff wall, as if cutting meat with a knife. After cutting vertically and horizontally several times, one after another hundreds of pounds of rocks came out of the wall and was about to fall into the pool. Zhu Yan immediately cast the "Flying Stone Divine Skill" and used his aura to guide them to fly into the dense forest not far away.

One of the two was responsible for cutting, the other was responsible for transportation, and the speed of mining was very fast, in less than an hour, thousands of catties of ore were mined, and a cave was also carved out on the cliff wall, just enough for the two of them.

At this time, Chen Lan's aura was almost consumed, and they got off the crow's back and directly entered the newly carved cave.

Chen Lan meditated in the cave to regain his aura, while Zhu Yan took the sword and continued his great cause of mining. After nearly one hour, the cave has expanded by two or three times, and the ore materials accumulated in the dense forest have reached more than 100 pieces, tens of thousands of catties.

They decided to suspend the mine, otherwise the material would not be transported in time, and it would be very troublesome if someone found out.

Zhu Yan also meditated in the cave for half an hour until the aura was completely restored. The aura consumption of more than an hour has almost reached his limit, and it will take a lot of aura to transport the ore material later, and I am afraid it will not work if he does not recover.

The two of them landed in the dense forest on a crow, and they were both happy and worried when nearly a hundred pieces of glittering ore appeared in front of them.

The gold content of this gold mine is relatively high, reaching about 2/10,000, which means that each ton of ore contains about 200 grams of gold, which is extremely rare in gold mines. The gold content of ordinary gold ore is only a few grams per ton, and it is already considered a rich ore if it reaches tens of grams per ton, and this gold mine has reached a content of 200 grams per ton, which cannot but be said to be a miracle.

But if you think about it carefully, it can't be said that it is completely incomprehensible, this is near Tianchi, which was originally a crater thousands of years ago, and a large amount of magma overflowed from here, and when the magma erupts, it will bring various precious metal minerals deep underground to the surface, thus forming a rich ore of various metals in the crater.

As far as the gold in the five tons of ore in front of him is extracted, if all of them are extracted, there will be as much as one kilogram, even if it is calculated at 200 yuan per gram, it is worth at least 200,000 Huaxia coins. Besides, there are at least hundreds of tons of such ore in the cliff, and if all of them are dug up, it is estimated that there will be tens of millions of yuan. With so much money, it's enough to build a luxurious cultivation base.

However, how to transport so much ore back is a big problem. Even if there is a "flying stone miracle", such a long distance, transporting two pieces of ore at a time is already the limit, and these hundreds of pieces of ore, let alone forty or fifty times, will not tire people to death, but will also tire the crow enough.

"Otherwise, let's go to the group of sika deer for help, so that two or three times back and forth can all be transported."

"Well, that's a good idea, but it's not good to trouble them all the time."

Zhu Yan groaned, those group of sika deer had already helped them a lot, and the cultivators paid attention to coming and going, and they didn't want to be favored by others for no reason.

When Chen Lan heard this, she said, "I don't know what they need, we can find an exchange with them!" ”

As the saying goes, birds die for food, and if you come to help you can harvest what you need, it is also a blessing for sika deer, after all, they are also busy to survive.

Zhu Yan felt that Chen Lan's words were very reasonable, so he connected the soul of the sika deer through the spiritual space, and understood what they were thinking after a little exploration.

It turns out that in the depths of the mountains, what they need most is not alfalfa grass, sheep grass, elm leaves and other forages, but ores containing inorganic salts. This type of ore is often referred to as licking stone, and the beasts of the mountains lick and eat the ore to obtain the necessary inorganic salts to maintain the necessary physical strength. For the mountains where thousands of wild beasts live, this kind of licking stone exposed on the surface is very rare, so for the sika deer, what they want most is the licking stone.

The situation is actually very similar to that of early humans, who also lived in the mountains and were essentially similar to wild beasts. At that time, the most valuable food necessary for human beings was not meat, but salt rock, that is, ore containing inorganic salts. Salt rock is often the hard currency of trade between primitive tribes, and the tribes that possess large quantities of salt rock are often the most powerful tribes in the area.

Later, when humans came out of the mountains, they found that some lakes could also crystallize salts, and lake salt replaced rock salt on a large scale. According to historical records, one of the very important reasons why the Chiyou tribe, as a southern barbarian nation, was able to confront the Yellow Emperor tribe was that they owned a large salt lake, so they had strong financial resources and were attached by many small tribes.

After figuring out this reason, Zhu Yan immediately contacted the group of sika deer, they brought a large amount of salt this time, and it was no problem to give them some at all, and they would buy some when they went down the mountain in the future.

As soon as they "listened" to the news of licking stones, the sika deer were really overjoyed, and in less than half an hour, more than 40 sika deer in their prime came.

Zhu Yan divided the large ore into two halves, each weighing forty or fifty catties, and tied it firmly to the back of the deer with a rattan rope. As a result, a strange team appeared in Changbai Mountain, and a long sika deer rushed forward under the leadership of a big crow.