The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the earth, and the deep part of the island reflected a city made of clear gray rocks and mountains, turning a golden color.

This small city is hidden in the mountains and forests, the area is only a mile square, but the city walls are set up with countless firearms, covered with elite soldiers, and it is obviously a critical place.

At this time, in the center of the small city, in a natural mine cave that is obliquely deep into the ground, wearing an embroidered dragon robe that can only be worn by Yanhuang Fengjun, wearing a golden crown, followed by more than a dozen respectful ministers of the Ministry of Industry, hundreds of guards with a height of eight feet and a cold face, Zhang Huansheng, who shows the grace and majesty of the lord of a country, is strolling forward surrounded by a group of craftsmen who look quite frightened and excited.

After a hundred steps, through the firelight sprinkled by a huge brass brazier hanging every ten steps on the top of the mine wall, seeing that there were already shining crystal stones under his feet, Zhang Huansheng smiled and said: "Craftsmen, the ore on the ground of this mine has really been polished out by you, it is really hard. ”

The group of honest and terrified craftsmen who accompanied him were dumbfounded and did not dare to make a sound when they heard this, only an old man with an old face but strong spirits, and a thick palm full of calluses Seeing that no one spoke, he stubbornly stammered and said: "The secret method given by the king is that it is necessary to grind out the ore in order to 'assimilate'.

However, it is all because of this mineral wealth that it can be grinded out and so many good spars can be grinded, otherwise no matter how hard it is, it will be in vain. ”

Listening to his honest answer, the smile on Zhang Huansheng's face became more gentle, and he looked at the old man and said, "Master Xu is not willing to be greedy for merit, but I can't reward and punish unknown."

Master Liu's bookkeeping is in, rewarding all the craftsmen in this 'Crystal City' with fifty silver beads and thirty stones of rice, and those who have servants are doubled, and the master craftsmen are doubled. ”

A green-robed petty official who followed Zhang Huansheng hurriedly replied when he heard the words: "The minister's order." ”

When the craftsmen on the side saw that the king had a reward, they knew that their hard work had been recognized, and their expressions turned from panic to surprise one by one, and shouted in unison: "I will wait for the reward of the king, thank the king for the reward." ”

Zhang Huansheng laughed and continued to move forward, and after walking for a while, he saw that the pit was getting wider and wider, and the distance between the left and right slowly became more than 100 zhang, and there were flashing spars everywhere, so he couldn't help but slowly stop.

"I remember that the 20,000 pieces of iron core were buried here, right?" Looking down to discern the difference in the ore under his feet, he asked with a smile.

"This is exactly here," the voice landed, and it was Master Xu who replied, his voice had become much calmer, not only no longer stammering, but also taking the initiative to express his merits: "Now I have gained something." ”

As he spoke, he squatted on the ground and looked carefully, stretched out his finger and pointed to a spar on the ground, "Your Majesty, please see, this is a spar that was originally a crystal, but now it has been assimilated into an 'iron heart'. ”

Zhang Huansheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said with a smile: "It's really a specialization in the art industry, I see that the spars all over the ground are almost the same, but the master craftsman can recognize the difference between crystal and iron heart at once, so dig it out and show me." ”

"Yes." Hearing this, Master Xu hurriedly responded, untied a small pure black chisel from his waist, and carefully knocked it on the ground for a while, then mined a heart-shaped spar, and offered his hands to Zhang Huansheng;

While chattering, he said, "The secret method of spar assimilation is actually not a big deal.

It's the same as if you put an ordinary piece of iron next to a magnet, and the piece of iron will naturally become magnetic.

It's just that after this crystal is fossilized into a complete iron core, it will inevitably turn into a round peach, which is really a bit strange. ”

Zhang Huansheng ignored the old craftsman's verbosity, his mind was all on the heart-shaped spar, and after taking it, he rubbed it with joy on his face for a while, and took out a complete iron core exchanged from the hand of Marshal Xiqin from the storage bead on his neck, and compared it with the spar in his hand, seeing that there was no difference, he couldn't help laughing: "It's really exactly the same, very good, very good."

Master, do you estimate how many of the assimilated iron cores have been assimilated in this pit today? ”

"At most, it's only twenty or thirty," Master Xu pondered for a while, and replied confidently: "This assimilated mineral deposit is like spring plowing and autumn harvest, and as many precious ores as 'seeds' are used to plant in ordinary mines of the same kind and different species, there will be as many harvests.

The iron cores buried by the king are all fragments, and the assimilation of the ore veins is very slow, so it is naturally impossible to have a lot of harvest in just a few dozen days, and only when there are more and more iron cores that are assimilated in the future, it is the time of harvest. ”

Zhang Huansheng pondered for a moment after hearing this, took out countless iron cores from the storage beads and piled them on the ground and said, "Since this ancient 'ore planting technique' can be successful, I will no longer be stingy.

The master craftsman will also 'plant' these 3,000 iron cores in the ore vein, so that you can calculate how many iron cores I can harvest in a year's time. ”

"This little old man can't be counted." Master Xu said in embarrassment when he heard this.

When his voice landed, Zhang Huansheng suddenly felt a huge shock in his sleeve, and his heart moved, and he said, "I can't count and 'plant' it, I still have important things to deal with today, so let's disperse." Ignoring the people around him, he summoned a hurricane, swept his body out of the mine, and then soared into the air, disappearing into the deserted mountains and forests.

Sitting on the ground under a towering green giant tree, Zhang Huansheng took out the vibrating, conch-like magic weapon from his sleeve, put it next to his ear, and asked in a loud voice: "In Xia Huansheng, who is calling me?" ”

"You still have a child, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you?" The words landed, and a vague and old voice came from the magic weapon accompanied by the sound of 'rustling...' waves.

There is only one person in the world who will call Zhang Huansheng like this, and when he heard this, Zhang Huansheng's heart moved, and he replied happily: "But grandfather, I have been practicing on the island every day these days, although I have not made much progress, but my life is full and comfortable, and I have you to care." ”

Hearing this, a strange voice came from the conch, "What I said, you and I are connected by blood, I naturally care about your situation from time to time, but the use of magic tools spans thousands of miles, and it is inconvenient to talk to each other from time to time."

Alas, you don't take the glory and wealth too much to heart, and you are bent on penance, trying to add great power to your own temperament, and the talent for cultivation is the best choice, but you are too stubborn, and you are bent on taking the "Eight or Nine Xuangong" that no one can cultivate and complete except for the Ancient Manifestation True Monarch as the fundamental exercise, really, yes, alas.

Forget it, although you are not very old, you are a person with your own opinions, and the ancients have clouds, if you are not crazy, you will not become a Buddha, and it is difficult to say that your choice is not right until the end of the road.

But just sit idly by, as an elder, I am too derelict in my responsibility, so I tried my best to find an opportunity for you. ”