Chapter 22 Into the Mountains in Search of Minerals
With their backs to the eastern sun, the group walked down Zhaobi Mountain and walked towards the interior of the Lotus Mountain Range in the west.
Chen Chuan was holding a simple leather paper map of the middle section of the Lotus Mountain Range in his hand, walking at the end of the Chen family's team, and behind him were Baili Qingyao and Baili Yuheng, Baili Qingyao seemed to have come behind Chen Chuan on purpose.
Beyond the three peaks, now they can no longer see the shadow of Zhaobi Mountain, surrounded by rugged mountains, roaring birds and beasts, and the earth is wrapped in the tender green of early spring, a vibrant scene.
Chen Chuan motioned for everyone to stop, looked at the simple map in his hand, and looked at the tender green flowers and vegetation under his feet.
"Sister Chen Feng, you go three miles northwest and pick some flowers and plants from this mountain peak. Chen Chuan pointed to the map in his hand and said to Chen Feng.
Chen Feng glanced at Chen Xingze, and after getting Chen Xingze's consent, Chen Feng ran towards the next mountain peak in the northwest as fast as he could.
Baili Yuheng looked at Chen Chuan a little curiously, he could judge the location of ore resources by vegetation, and it was the first time he had heard of it.
Normally, the easiest way to find ore resources is to use probes.
A probe is a spirit rune that allows you to see if there are any ore mines around you by performing a probe to determine where there are mining resources.
Depending on the grade, the range of detection distances varies depending on the grade.
Another way is for monks to self-sense, especially Earth Spiritual Root monks, who can sense the type and resources of the surrounding land very accurately.
The cultivators of the Hundred Arts of the Middle Earth have a unique skill, which is to find ore resources, and they are called ore seekers.
Some large families have specialized prospectors, and their daily job is to climb mountains and rivers in search of mineable ore resources.
After a short time, Chen Feng came back with a handful of flowers and plants, the flowers and plants in early spring were only young, and in the eyes of others, the flowers and plants on the two mountains were not different.
Chen Chuan carefully compared the flowers and plants of the two peaks, and even tasted a few beads of flowers and plants, and then shook his head and said: "There should be no ore resources in the surrounding mountains. ”
The curious Baili Yuheng finally couldn't help but ask, "How does Chen Chuanxian's nephew judge ore resources through vegetation?"
Chen Chuan handed the map in his hand to Baili Yuheng and explained: "It is recorded in many ancient books that ore resources will affect the topography of the mountain range, I have studied dozens of classics of related types, and I found that the Lotus Mountain Range is a very standard ore mountain range, but I don't know why no one comes to mine it." ”
Chen Xingze responded: "The Lotus Mountain Range is extremely dangerous, and the foundation building monks may die, so ordinary families dare not enter the Lotus Mountain Range to mine minerals. ”
Chen Chuan nodded, and continued to say to Baili Yuheng: "Plants and trees will have different growth performance in different mineral environments, just like this copper grass, if it grows on a mountain peak with copper ore, it will be at least an inch taller than now, and it has a sour taste, so I can judge whether the mountain peak contains ore resources based on the grass and trees." ”
After listening to what Chen Chuan said, everyone has a feeling of opening the door to a new world, in fact, this can't be blamed for their ignorance, they usually cultivate spiritual power when they have time, and they almost don't study theoretical knowledge that has nothing to do with their own cultivation, so Chen Chuan has become a theoretical master now.
Of course, this is related to Chen Chuan's Heavenly Spirit Root talent, after all, the Spirit Root of Heaven Spirit Root is not comparable to other Spirit Root talents.
Baili Qingyao looked at Chen Chuan with clear eyes, and he found that this young man was smarter than anyone she had ever seen, and Chen Chuan's calmness and maturity were also unknown to his peers.
In order to study the relationship between topography and ore resources, he can read dozens of classics, and this perseverance alone is not something that ordinary teenagers can have.
Chen Chuan seemed to feel Baili Qingyao's gaze, glanced at Baili Qingyao with a light smile, and then pointed to the southwest and said to Chen Xingze: "Go southwest." ”
Although it was the first time for Chen Chuan to enter the interior of the Lotus Mountain Range, he was well aware of the power of the demonic beasts in the Lotus Mountain Range, so the decision he made at this time was to try to avoid entering the deeper part of the Lotus Mountain Range, and walking to the southwest would delay entering the depths of the mountain range faster.
Chen Xingze trusts Chen Chuan very much, he and Chen Chuan have been in Lingtian for ten years, he knows Chen Chuan's ability very well, when it comes to the theory of cultivating truth, Chen Xingze would rather listen to Chen Chuan than listen to his second brother Chen Qingze, which shows how much Chen Xingze trusts Chen Chuan.
Sometimes Chen Xingze will wonder if Chen Chuan was born with these cultivation knowledge, in just ten years, Chen Chuan has read all the ancient books that can be read, the key is to be able to digest them quickly after reading them, and then use them freely.
Walking in the mountains and jungles, suddenly an eagle's cry came from the sky.
"Tweet ......"
"Get down. Baili Yuheng, the last member of the team, shouted.
Chen Chuan lay on his stomach on the spot, looked up at the sky in the distance, and saw a jet-black spirit eagle hovering above the canyon not far away.
The eagle spreads its wings one foot wide, its huge beak is the size of a bowl, and its talons are thick and sharp, and it feels like it can tear through rocks.
"This is the black eagle, the black eagle that can be domesticated. Chen Chuan said a little excitedly.
The black eagle is a kind of eagle spirit animal, many large families have animal trainers who specialize in domesticating spirit animals, and the black eagle is one of the most easily tamed flying spirit animals.
"Wild black eagles are difficult to domesticate, hold your breath and be careful to hide. Baili Yuheng was one zhang behind Chen Chuan, reminding Chen Chuandao.
Chen Chuan nodded, immediately held his breath, and the weeds on the ground where his body was attached tighter.
The black eagle was still circling in the canyon, hissing louder and louder.
Suddenly, a snow-white flying beast leaped into the sky from the canyon, and the white flying beast was attacking the black eagle.
The flying speed of the white flying beast was extremely fast, and with Chen Chuan's current cultivation and vision ability, he would not be able to see the white flying beast clearly.
"White Snake Eagle?" Baili Qingyao exclaimed in surprise and said the name of the white flying beast.
As soon as Chen Chuan heard the three words of the white snake carving, his body couldn't help but tighten, and his expression became solemn.
The White Snake Eagle is an extremely ferocious flying beast, they have no intelligence, and they are so ferocious that they can even devour their own kind, so they are monsters rather than spirit beasts.
The size of the white snake eagle is not as large as the black eagle of the same level, but their speed is extremely fast, like a jungle snake, so it is called the white snake eagle.
The black eagle hissed in horror a few times, and there was no time to dodge, the white snake eagle had already passed by it, and as the white snake eagle rushed into the sky, a few feathers fell from the sky above the canyon.
I couldn't see the black eagle's injury, but I could see that the black eagle rolled dozens of feet in the air, staggering and stabilizing its body.
The white snake eagle chirped in the clouds, not giving the black eagle any respite, and swooped down from a high altitude towards the black eagle that had just stabilized its figure.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Chuan saw that the statue of the white snake was passing through the body of the black eagle, bright red blood was sprinkled in the air, and the black eagle fell towards the canyon below without any breath.
The white snake eagle hissed excitedly, and disappeared into the mountain canyon with the black eagle's corpse.
"Second-grade intermediate white snake carving, I didn't expect that there would be second-grade intermediate demonic beasts more than thirty miles inside the Lotus Mountain Range, it seems that we need to be more careful. Baili Yuheng said with palpitations.
Second-grade intermediate-level demonic beasts are equivalent to mid-foundation building monks, and their group of people does not have the strength to compete with second-grade intermediate-level demonic beasts.
After making sure that there was no danger around, everyone went on the road cautiously again.
After walking a few hundred feet, Chen Feng at the front stopped, and she stopped in front of an ancient tree in the mountains.
It was an ancient tree surrounded by four people, the tender green leaves were crystal clear in the sunlight, and there was a one-zhang-sized grass nest on the branch, and the sound of birds and beasts chirping came from the grass nest.
Chen Feng's steps were light, and he jumped on the branch of the tree in three or two and came to the grass nest.
"Is this the Black Eagle?" Chen Feng said with some uncertainty.
Baili Yuheng stepped on the ground on tiptoe, flew over everyone's heads, and flew to the branch where Chen Feng was.
He is a sixth-level cultivator of Qi refining, and after injecting spiritual energy into his legs, he can leap a distance of dozens of zhang, but he can't leap for a long time, because the consumption of spiritual energy is very large.
Baili Yuheng glanced at the grass nest, a smile appeared on his face, and said to everyone below: "Two young black eagles, you can take them back to be domesticated." ”
As he spoke, Baili Yuheng reached out and took the little black eagle out of the grass nest, and then jumped off the ancient tree.
Chen Chuan saw that it was a black eagle the size of two small arms, hissing with an eagle's beak open, constantly scratching Baili Yuheng's sleeve robe with his eagle claws, and there was a thick fear in his dark eyes.
"Brother Xingze, how about one family?" Baili Yuheng handed Chen Xingze a hand.
"Good. Chen Xingze took the black eagle with a smile, and then handed the black eagle to Chen Bao behind him.
Baili Yuheng looked around and said to Chen Feng: "Speed up and leave this place to prevent other black eagles from discovering us." ”
Chen Feng snorted lightly and quickly ran towards the mountain peak in the southwest, Chen Chuan and the others followed closely on the footprints left by Chen Feng.
This time they encountered no other accidents, and after passing through seven or eight peaks in a row, they came to a waterfall.
Chen Chuan didn't delay for a moment, and immediately began to study the grass and vegetation around the waterfall.
It didn't take long for Chen Chuan to have a harvest, and he called Chen Xingze to his side, Chen Chuan pointed to an inconspicuous grass on the ground and said, "This is the silver grass, and there is a very good chance that there is a silver stone mine here." ”
"Silver Stone Mine?" Chen Xingze shouted, and his excited voice instantly attracted everyone's attention.