Chapter 103: Discovery

Chapter 103: Discovery

After refining the Insect-Controlling Jar, all that was left was to gather enough sand insects to start mining the mineral veins.

Sand insects usually build their nests underground and spend most of their time burrowing through the earth.

Deep EarthSpirit General, who was skilled in Earth Escapement, was the best candidate to search for sand monsters underground.

Meng Zhang handed the Insect-Controlling Jar to him and asked him to take a tour of the surroundings to collect as many sand insects as possible.

On the other side of Singing Sand City, Li Shengqi used the Li family's shop at Flying Swan Building as collateral to buy enough talismans, which he entrusted to the commercial convoy of Flying Swan Building to be delivered to Li Zhan.

Now, both Li Shengqi and Li Zhan had passed away, leaving the Li family completely shattered. Even though Flying Swan Building was still influential, it could not collect debts from the deceased.

Flying Swan Building had no interest in the Li family's shop and decided to openly transfer ownership in exchange for spirit stones.

Thanks to the three-year exemption from Twin Success Valley and the subsidies from Meng Zhang over the past two years, Taiyi Sect had managed to accumulate some savings.

Meng Zhang personally put in some effort and took over the shop that Flying Swan Building was transferring.

Zhang Zhanlin, who was saved by Li Xuan and brought back to Taiyi Sect, had recovered from his injuries after a period of rest.

After expressing his desire to join Taiyi Sect, he underwent an assessment by Meng Zhang and successfully became an entry disciple of the next generation in Taiyi Sect.

Zhang Zhanlin's aptitude had never been outstanding, and the use of life-saving secret techniques had severely damaged his vitality.

Even after his injuries had healed, it was difficult for him to make significant progress on the path of cultivation.The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

After Taiyi Sect took over a shop in Singing Sand City, Zhang Zhanlin, who had no interest in cultivation, volunteered to manage the store in the market.

Having spent many years in Singing Sand City and working at the Li family's shop, he was not only familiar with the surroundings but also had rich experience in running a business.

Therefore, after some consideration, Meng Zhang appointed him as the store manager of the shop.

Currently, Taiyi Sect had no special products or fixed trade routes. Meng Zhang searched through the sect's treasury and handed a pile of miscellaneous items that were temporarily not in use to Zhang Zhanlin as the capital for running the shop.

Scarlet copper, which had been refined, and spirit grain produced from the sect's spirit field were also sold in small quantities in the shop.

Especially the small amount of scarlet copper sold was inconspicuous, and it could be said that the shop purchased it for its own use. Selling it in the store not only provided an additional channel for shipments but also yielded higher profits compared to selling to Shi Weiming and others.

Deep EarthSpirit General, who went out to capture sand insects, brought back important news.

While tracking a sand insect, the insect got lost and ended up entering a concealed cultivator's cave.

As soon as the sand insect entered the vicinity of the cave, it was killed by the defensive Formation.

Deep EarthSpirit General didn't rush in but observed the surroundings carefully.

As a Geomancer, Deep EarthSpirit General was proficient in geomancy.

After a careful observation, he had a clear understanding of the situation around the cave.

The cultivator's cave was located underground, and beneath it was a hidden First Rank spirit vein.

The protective Formation of the cultivator's cave relied on this First Rank spirit vein.

Having a spirit vein constantly providing spiritual energy, the defensive strength of the Formation was formidable.

Moreover, Deep EarthSpirit General also noticed the existence of some malicious traps around the cave.

If anyone inadvertently triggered these traps, their fate would undoubtedly be tragic.

With Deep EarthSpirit General's strength and experience, he could slowly explore and spend more time and energy to break the Formation and safely enter the cultivator's cave.

However, at this moment, he noticed some cultivators searching the nearby ground.

They were searching in many places and were gradually getting closer to the cave.

Based on Deep EarthSpirit General's experience, these cultivators probably obtained the information about this cultivator's cave from some channel, but the information was not detailed enough. They only had a rough direction.

However, at their current speed, it was only a matter of time before they found the cave.

With his strength alone, Deep EarthSpirit General had no confidence in breaking the protective Formation and safely entering the cultivator's cave before these cultivators arrived.

Thus, he had to return with this information and seek help from Meng Zhang, the Sect Master.

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