Chapter 23: Ore

Chapter 23: Ore

The location where Meng Zhang killed the sandworms was not far from Taiyi Sect, at most around fifty li (approximately 16.6 miles). Shortly after sending the messaging talisman, Tian Zhen and Daoist Profound Spirit rushed over riding their respective wind chasing horses.

Upon arriving in front of Meng Zhang, Tian Zhen couldn't wait and asked, "Sect Master, what urgent matter required us to drop everything and rush over immediately?"

Seeing several storage bags placed beside Tian Zhen and Daoist Profound Spirit, even on their saddles, Meng Zhang asked back, "Did you bring all the usable storage bags from the sect, as I instructed?"

After receiving a positive response from Tian Zhen, Meng Zhang led them to the side of the sandworm corpses and pointed to the pile of bright red items, slowly explaining their significance.

It turned out that sandworms, in addition to hunting and consuming blood, would sometimes ingest large amounts of soil and stones. While consuming the soil and stones, they would inadvertently swallow various types of ores. The pile of bright red items in the sandworm's stomach was scarlet copper ore. Due to the corrosive effects of stomach acid, most of the soil and stones among these ores had been digested, leaving relatively pure scarlet copper.

Meng Zhang had extensive knowledge from his experiences in the Trial Ground, covering a wide range of topics, including information about ores. According to his judgment, these scarlet copper ores should have come from a scarlet copper mine.The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

Regularly roaming sandworms somehow found this scarlet copper mine, and their innate instincts led them to consume a large amount of the ore. Fortunately, scarlet copper was difficult to digest, so it remained in the sandworm's stomach.

If Meng Zhang had encountered the sandworms a bit later, after the scarlet copper ore had been fully digested, he would have missed this discovery.

Even worse, the news of the discovery would attract numerous loose cultivators, some of whom could be malicious and evil, like the Zhang brothers. If loose cultivators coveted the wealth and began plundering the area or even attacking Taiyi Sect's headquarters, the sect could face destruction.

After carefully considering all these factors, Meng Zhang decided to keep the existence of the scarlet copper vein a secret. Taiyi Sect would focus on self-preservation and wait until it had the capacity to exploit the vein in the future.

Meng Zhang shared the details of the situation and his decision with Tian Zhen and Daoist Profound Spirit, and they both agreed with his judgment. Especially Daoist Profound Spirit, who admired Meng Zhang's comprehensive and prudent approach, considering his young age as the Sect Master.

According to Meng Zhang's plan, the three of them began using a water-making technique to produce a large amount of clean water to wash the scarlet copper ores inside the sandworms' stomachs. They then stored the cleaned ores in storage bags.

The sandworms' stomachs were spacious, and there were quite a few scarlet copper ores inside. It took great effort from all three of them to clean and store all the ores.

As for the flesh of the two sandworms, apart from the blood collected by Meng Zhang, the remaining parts naturally went to the three wind chasing horses. It was their first time enjoying such a feast, and they happily gobbled up the meat, their bellies full.

After finishing their meal, the three wind chasing horses couldn't waste any time. Meng Zhang immediately used a spell to burn the remaining flesh of the sandworms to ashes and then buried the remnants deep underground.

Throughout the entire process, this desolate and secluded place remained undisturbed by outsiders.

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