Just when Uncle Zhao's imperial sword was carrying Ye Qin, Shen Bao and others to Qingquan Peak, a small incident happened in Qingdanmen. This matter has far-reaching implications, but Ye Qin and other disciples who are just starting out know nothing about it.

Qingdan Mountains. The main peak, in front of the Purple Gold Hall. Dozens of Qi Refining Stage disciples dressed in blue clothes and holding dusty hands hurriedly came to the front of the hall with expressions on their faces, lined up, and stood firm in high spirits.

A huge bronze bell hangs high on one side of the hall. This bronze bell is solemn and solemn, and the ancient Sanskrit runes engraved on the clock face are mottled with a copper body, and the age is obviously extremely old.

An old Taoist priest held the striking wood, "Knock, knock, knock!" The bell is low, not harsh, but loud and long, and spreads far away, even if it is thousands of miles away, it can be heard clearly.

Between the towering mountain ranges, countless Qi Refining Stage disciples raised their heads in shock when they heard this, not understanding what was happening. The bronze bell of the main peak hall will only ring during celebrations or when major events occur.

The seven rings are used to summon the head and deputy master of the seven peaks to go to the main hall to discuss matters.

Soon, various colors of magic weapons appeared in the sky, and there were monks in the foundation building period on each peak, controlling the magic weapons, and they fell in front of the purple gold hall. They were dressed in different ways, some were elderly, some were middle-aged, and some were women, but they were all dressed in white with different logos embroidered on their clothes.

In Qingdanmen, Tsing Yi was a miscellaneous disciple during the Qi refining period, and he was an ordinary disciple, and almost all the chores were undertaken by them. Lan Yi is a core disciple of the Qi refining period, usually worshipping under the door of a certain uncle, as a disciple who enters the room. Gray Yi is a disciple of the foundation building period, usually retreats behind closed doors, ignores the affairs of the sect, and will only be dispatched when there is a conflict with other sects. Bai Yi is the steward of the foundation building period and is responsible for the regular management of the sect. The hierarchy is strict, and it is clear at a glance on the clothing alone.

Now these monks in the foundation building period who came to the front of the hall are all the peak masters of the six peaks. Qingdanmen has one head and six deputy masters. The head sits on the main peak. The peak master of each peak is actually the deputy master of Qingdanmen.

The six deputy door masters greeted each other in front of the hall, and they didn't know why the door master summoned them, and they looked puzzled, and stepped into the purple gold hall in turn. The Qi Refining Stage disciples standing in front of the main hall greeted them one after another.

Enter the main hall.

Wu Ruiyang, the current head of Qingdanmen, was already sitting on the throne of the head of the sect with a solemn expression, frowning deeply, as if he was pondering something. When the six deputy door masters entered the main hall, he only nodded his head and did not move in the slightest.

In addition, a young monk from the foundation building period stood beside him, bowing to the deputy masters.

The six deputy sect masters couldn't help but show surprised eyes, the senior brother in charge of the sect has always been thoughtful, and he can be in charge of a great sect of cultivating immortals, balancing the relationship between the various factions and peaks in the sect, and sitting firmly in the position of the head of the sect, he naturally has something extraordinary.

It's rare for them to see the head so serious. Looking at his worried face, it seemed that he had encountered trouble that could not be solved.

Then they sat down separately on the seats of the deputy masters on either side of the temple.

The rest of the foundation building and qi refining disciples were all standing outside the hall waiting, and without permission, they could not step into the purple gold hall of the Qingdanmen at will.

Inside the hall, the atmosphere is solemn.

After a long time, Master Wu stood up, looked up at the towering hall, sighed, glanced at the six deputy sect masters, and said in a deep voice: "There is an important matter to summon the six junior brothers and sisters to come today, and we need to inform all the junior brothers and sisters.

A few days ago, I counted the income accounts of this year's spirit stones in this door, and found that the output of spirit stones in the Beiying Mountain Mine had dropped by nearly one percent. You must know that the quality and yield of the spirit stones in the Beiying Mountain Mine have always been very stable, and this matter is very strange. So I specially sent Zhang Yang's junior brother to investigate. ”

He pointed to the young foundation building monk standing next to him, and continued: "Senior Brother Zhang Yang entered the spirit stone mine cave in Beiying Mountain to conduct a thorough investigation, and found that the mine was almost hollowed out, and there was not much spirit stone left inside. Senior Brother Zhang initially estimated that the remaining spiritual ore was only enough for us to dig for three or four years, and it would decrease sharply every year until it was exhausted. ”

"What? Another mine has been hollowed out?" "The spirit stone of the Beiying Mountain Mine is about to be hollowed out? Isn't this Beiying Mountain Mine Cave a medium-sized ore vein, how could it be hollowed out so quickly?" "Senior Brother Zhang Yang, your investigation is absolutely true? At this time, the stakes are very high, and this must not be careless. One is not good, it may make my Qingdanmen people confused. ”

All the deputy sect masters showed shocked expressions.

It's no wonder they're so surprised.

Beiying Mountain Mine Cave is about 2,000 miles away from Qingdanmen, and it is one of the five spiritual stone caves currently being mined in Qingdanmen, which has been opened for hundreds of years. The years of mining are even longer than the years of all the heads and deputy masters present.

There were also many small mine holes in Qingdanmen that had been hollowed out before, but they rarely considered the medium-sized mine cave of Beiying Mountain Mine Cave, and there were also things that were hollowed out. Even if it was the head of Wu, it was because of the sudden sharp decrease in spirit stones that he remembered that the Beiying Mountain Mine had been dug for almost hundreds of years, and hurriedly sent a disciple of the foundation building period to investigate.

The young monk named Zhang Yang had a serious expression and swore on the spot that there was nothing wrong with what he had discovered. He stayed in the Beiying Mountain Mine for dozens of days, carefully estimated the richness of the spirit stones in each place, and made an accurate estimate.

Master Wu waved his hand to silence everyone, shook his head and said with a wry smile:

"I have 200 monks in the foundation building period of Qingdanmen, and 8,000 disciples in the Qi refining period. The monthly consumption of medium-grade spirit stones is more than 1,000, and the lower-grade spirit stones are as high as more than 100,000. The Beiyingshan Mine Cave is only a medium-sized mine that has been mined for hundreds of years, and it is almost time to be on the verge of exhaustion. If I had paid a little attention a few years ago, I would have noticed this situation a long time ago. Senior Brother Zhang Yang's investigation only confirmed this fact. It is precisely because of the importance of this matter that I have invited you to come to the main hall to discuss how to deal with it. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think about this?"

Wu Ruiyang only mentioned the consumption of lower-grade spirit stones and middle-grade spirit stones, but did not mention the consumption of high-grade spirit stones at all. The deputy sect masters knew about this, and they didn't mention it at all. The top-grade spirit stone is an item that only a few ancestors of the Qingdan Sect are qualified to enjoy, who dares to think about it?

Immediately, an old man in a white robe muttered: "There are currently five mines in my Qingdanmen, the largest in Beiying Mountain, and the rest are small mines. The spirit stone in the Beiying Mountain Mine Cave was hollowed out, and we immediately lost the largest mining point in our hands. In the next three years, the supply of spirit stones from my sect will become increasingly tight. It needs to be done with caution. ”

The white-robed old man said a lot of how important it was, but he didn't mention the countermeasures at all, which meant that he didn't say anything.

The deputy masters nodded their heads in agreement. "There are still a few other spare small mines available in our gate, even if the Beiying Mountain Mine Cave is empty, there will not be no spirit stones available in a few years. However, it is necessary to find a solution as soon as possible. Otherwise, the situation will become very embarrassing. ”

Of course, some of them came up with ideas.

"There are many ways. I just don't know which one is the best fit. Reducing the number of disciples recruited by this sect, the number of people will decrease, and the spirit stones consumed will naturally decrease. ”

Master Wu's face sank, and he immediately said, "No, we have already lowered to the level of only accepting thirty disciples per year. If it continues to be reduced, after hundreds of years, I am afraid that my Qingdanmen will no longer exist. ”

"If you can't reduce the number of disciples, then you can only reduce the number of spirit stones per disciple! But this is only an emergency measure, and in the long run, it will be extremely harmful to our door. ”

The rest of the deputy sect masters glanced at each other, nodded secretly in their hearts, but did not show any expression on their faces. This method is feasible, but it will definitely attract fierce protests from the disciples. Who's going to announce this?

"If you don't reduce the number of people, you won't reduce the supply of spirit stones. Then the best way is to find a new source of minerals and open new mines to maintain the supply of spirit stones for my Qingdanmen disciples. Within a radius of 10 million miles, seven-tenths of the spirit stones are in the Lingwu Mountain Range, and the ore sites are concentrated and of high quality. One-tenth of it is in the Lingwu Grand Canyon, but the Lingwu Grand Canyon has basically been hollowed out 10,000 years ago. Two-tenths of them are scattered in hundreds of countries around the Lingwu Mountain Range, with poor quality and difficult to concentrate on mining and utilization. The mineral source of the Lingwu Mountain Range is the most abundant, and we need to send more disciples to search everywhere. ”

Immediately, several deputy sect masters shook their heads.

"It's not easy to find a new source of spirit stone ore in the Lingwu Mountain Range! For tens of thousands of years, those easy-to-mine spirit stone caves in the Lingwu Mountain Range have basically been found and divided up by all the sects. A large part of the mineral deposits in our hands have been hollowed out. ”

A deputy door master pondered for a moment, and cautiously proposed. "We still have a few reserve mines, just in case we have to do it. ”

Master Wu categorically vetoed: "No! Unless there is a major crisis, the reserve mineral deposits will not be moved." Otherwise, I'm afraid that after a thousand years, this gate will really face the disaster of annihilation. And without the consent of your uncles, no one can use this reserve deposit. Which of you dares to tell your uncles to use the reserves?"

The deputy master was startled, shrank his head, and said no more.

There are also nine monks in the Qingdan Sect, all of whom are in retreat and cultivation at various peaks, and rarely go out. Unless there is a major matter, they will not easily alarm these senior uncles. The matter of using reserve mineral deposits is related to the foundation of Qingdanmen, and the uncles will definitely not agree, and this proposal will end in vain.

However, the vice-masters of the various schemes are controversial.

Wu Zhangmen was helpless, "What method is used to solve it, this is related to the lifeblood of my Qingdanmen for hundreds of years in the future." Let's let Uncle Huangfu make the decision, Uncle Huangfu has been out of the customs for a short time recently, and he has not yet entered a state of isolation and isolation. Now, ask his old man for advice. ”

"I can only let Uncle Shi decide. ”

The deputy masters glanced at each other and nodded in agreement.

Master Wu took the lead and came to the back of the Purple Gold Hall and pressed on a mechanism.

On the ground, a heavy Ugin gate weighing tens of thousands of pounds rumbled open.

They rushed in from this gate in the Purple Gold Hall, closed the gate, entered the underground passage, and went nearly a thousand zhang down to a secret hall retreat room in the abdomen of the main peak of Qingdan.

Wu Ruiyang took out a transmission note and sent a message to Uncle Huangfu, who was in retreat in the retreat room.

Afterwards, everyone could only wait anxiously.

Soon after, a golden ray, shot out of the retreat chamber, fell in front of them. A hoarse and majestic voice rang out: "The reserve mine cave cannot be moved. The rest is at your discretion. ”

The deputy door masters looked at each other, and Uncle Huangfu blocked the problem back with a word.

It seems that they have to solve this annoying problem themselves.

Seeing that Uncle Huangfu didn't give advice, Master Wu let them do it, but he already had a bottom in his heart. He pondered for a moment, and said to the other six deputy sect masters with a solemn expression: "Since Uncle Huangfu has already passed on the order, then we can only follow it." Now, the head of this decree is promulgated. The supply of spirit stones for disciples who have built the foundation period remains unchanged. Reduce the supply of 10% to 20% of the spirit stones of the miscellaneous disciples in the Qi Refining Period, and concentrate them on the core disciples of the Qi Refining Period who have the most successful foundation building.

In addition, the affairs of the Beiying Mountain Mine must be kept strictly confidential and there must be no leakage. If the other sects knew that the Beiying Mountain Spirit Stone Mine in my hands was exhausted, they would definitely take the opportunity to raise the price of the spirit object and deal us a heavy blow!"

After finishing speaking, Master Wu asked the deputy masters to carry it out.

As for how to develop the source of spirit stone ore. This has been a big problem for the major immortal cultivation sects for tens of thousands of years. It's not something that he can easily solve at once. This matter will be resolved slowly.

(To be continued)