The man in green hesitated for a moment, then continued, "But conquering Black Swallow Island will also be good for them! Besides, when the people from the Golden Eagle Sect arrive, won't they take action then? There are no eternal interests, and no eternal friends. Perhaps..."
Qian Sizhong waved his hand, interrupting the clansmen, and said, "If they run away during the attack on the island, our Qian family will have to face a siege by enemies several times their number. Have you ever thought about this problem? If foundation-building cultivators die during the attack on the island, will you give them foundation-building pills?"
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"Okay, no need to say more, Zongren, go down and have a rest!"
The man in green nodded, bowed and left.
"Zong Ren is a useless kid. He can't even understand such a simple truth. He is suitable for managing business, not for managing a family. After this incident, let him stay in the market and manage the family business! He has no chance of being the clan leader."
Qian Sizhong shook his head and said with a hint of regret in his tone.
Qian Zongren has always been in charge of the family business. His mind is full of business knowledge and he is good at doing business. However, he is not suitable for handling family affairs.
Two months passed quickly.
Inside the mine, Han Changming and others were frantically mining ore. More than a dozen monkey puppet beasts were holding swords and slashing at the stone wall, making a dull sound of metal clashing.
There were several badly damaged swords scattered on the ground. Without special tools for mining ore, it was not easy for them to get a piece of ore. The main reason was that there were too few Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the Qi Refining cultivators could not help much.
They have mined more than a thousand kilograms of red gold ore, and as for the red flame ore, they have only mined more than fifty kilograms. There is no other way. The hardness of the third-level refining material is too high. Even a second-level top-grade magic weapon can hardly split a piece of red flame ore. They can only dig slowly, remove the red gold ore around the red flame ore, and then mine out a whole piece of red flame ore.
Ye Xin controlled the Amethyst Insect Queen to eat the surrounding red gold ore, and then Han Changming and Ye Xin controlled the magic weapons to chop the red flame ore frantically.
The stone wall was bumpy, with a huge pit. The exposed area was shining red, like a hollowed-out watermelon.
The Amethyst Worm Queen lay on the ground, not wanting to move at all. It had eaten too much red gold ore and had not digested it yet, so it could not continue to eat the red gold ore.
Dense swarms of gold-eating ants lay on the stone wall, gnawing frantically at the red gold ore.
Han Changming and the others looked exhausted, their eyes filled with fiery excitement.
They mined ore almost day and night, which consumed a lot of their magic power and spiritual awareness. They also knew that this vein of ore might not be defended, so they mined as much ore as possible.
The mined red gold ore belongs to the individual, and the red flame ore belongs to Han Changming. Of course, it can also be handed over to the family and exchanged for contribution points. As for whether to hand it over to the family, it all depends on personal wish.
"Hey, what is this?"
Han Changxin let out a light exclamation and pointed to a certain place.
A group of gold-eating ants fell from the stone wall, revealing a red crystal. Yes, it was not ore, but a crystal.
The red crystal gave off a burst of hot air, and a layer of red flame appeared out of thin air. The temperature in the room suddenly rose, and the gold-eating ants near the red ore fell down one after another.
"This is Scarlet Flame Crystal!"
Han Changming's eyes lit up and his face showed joy.
There is only one letter difference between Red Flame Crystal and Red Flame Stone, but the value difference is too great. Red Flame Crystal usually appears in medium-sized Red Flame veins, but Red Flame Crystal occasionally appears in small Red Flame veins. Red Flame Crystal is also a third-grade refining material. The difference is that Red Flame Crystal is more precious than Red Flame Stone. If it is used to refine into a magic weapon, it will be more powerful.
Simply put, Red Flame Crystal and Red Flame Stone are the difference between mid-grade spirit stones and low-grade spirit stones. Having said that, after Han Changming killed Song Zhe, he got a piece of Sky Fire Crystal. Both Sky Fire Crystal and Red Flame Crystal can be used to refine magic weapons.
"Ninth brother, put away your spirit ants. The gold-eating ants cannot withstand the high temperature emitted by the red flame crystal. They will be burned to death."
Han Changxin nodded and collected all the gold-eating ants.
Han Changming and Ye Xin took out their magical weapons and frantically attacked the area near the Red Flame Crystal.
After a long time, a piece of red flame crystal as big as a watermelon rolled down from the stone wall and landed on the ground. Green smoke immediately rose from the ground and it soon caught fire.
The temperature of this Red Flame Crystal was quite high. Han Changming put on gloves, put the Red Flame Crystal into a red jade box, affixed a talisman on it, and put it into a storage bag.
Han Changming was very excited when he found a piece of Red Flame Crystal. He increased his mining efforts and his eyes were bloodshot.
What disappointed him greatly was that after three days of mining, there was no Chiyan Crystal, let alone Chiyan Ore. The reserves of associated minerals seemed to be very small, or the distribution was uneven. There might be Chiyan Ore in other parts of the vein, but they had to mine it themselves to find out exactly where it was.
"Everyone take a break and meditate to recover your mana. You are all exhausted."
Han Changming gave the order and found a piece of open space, sat cross-legged, and meditated. For him, the most troublesome thing about mining ore was not the consumption of mana, but the consumption of spiritual consciousness.
With the spirit gathering stone in hand, Han Changming recovered his magic power relatively quickly, but his spiritual consciousness was not so fast.
Three hours later, their mana and consciousness had almost recovered, and they continued to mine the ore. A sharp sound was heard, and Han Changming frowned. He took out the communication disk and typed in a spell. Soon, Zhao Tiangang's voice suddenly rang out: "Fellow Daoist Han, come out quickly. The enemy is attacking. The disciples of the Golden Eagle Sect have brought many cultivators to attack Black Swallow Island. Come out quickly."
"Okay, we'll be right out."
Han Changming agreed, put away the communication disk, and ordered: "All of you follow me closely. If you can't beat them, run away at any time. We have obtained a lot of property, so there is no need to fight to the death."
Ye Xin and others agreed in unison and followed Han Changming out.
They roughly blocked the entrance and left the mine. After all, they didn't know whether they could defend the cave. If they couldn't, there was no point in setting up a formation. The Qian family cultivators knew where the mine was.
After leaving the mine, there were constant roars. Han Changming was surprised to find that fifty or sixty immortal cultivators were attacking the Black Swallow Island's protective formation. The leader of the Golden Eagle Sect was a middle-aged woman in her early thirties who had reached the late stage of foundation building and a second-grade top-quality spiritual bird.
Most of the disciples of the Golden Eagle Sect raise spiritual birds. Their own strength is not very strong, but when they cooperate with the spiritual birds, it is a different story.
Zhao Tiangang gathered everyone together to resist the enemy's attack.
The reinforcements from Tinghai Pavilion should be on the way. As long as Zhao Tiangang can defend this island, he will have made a great contribution.
The number of foundation-building monks on both sides is not much different. The trouble is that most of the foundation-building monks of the Golden Eagle Sect have second-level spiritual birds.