Time flies, and a month passed quickly. After the year passed, Ye Li's construction work in Dongfang County had achieved some success.
Ding Si gathered a lot of idle labor from the surrounding villages and towns and started the newly built mining area.
A large number of miners live in the newly built barracks outside the mining area at night, and gather together during the day to rush to the mine for mining operations.
Tenglong brought the second and third in command of the former Yellow Bandits, as well as 1,500 soldiers to garrison the mine.
Ye Li sent a toolsmith to process the ore dug out from the mine, and had a huge underground fire furnace built to refine the ore on site. The refined materials were transported back to the manor every five days.
The entire process of collecting ore went very smoothly. When Ding Si was responsible for selling the first batch of refined materials, Dongfang County had its first income after Ye Li's arrival.
After everything was on track, Ye Li's workload was reduced a lot. In addition, Ding Si recruited some management talents for him, and the entire territory began to gradually improve.
Now Ye Li has to worry about two things, one is the potential peacock tribe from other places, and the other is the construction of the city.
The mayors of the three towns have not met Ye Li for a long time since the last time they paid taxes. The three of them have almost nothing to report to Ye Li. To Ye Li, the three of them are as if they do not exist.
Ye Li didn't care about this. To him, the three mayors were responsible for collecting taxes. As long as the taxes were collected every year and some of the small problems in the town could be solved, it would be enough.
His practice was back on track, and he began to think about going to Tree Mountain in two months when spring came.
Shushan is located further east of Dongfang County, so the distance is not too far.
He and Li Rushan had an agreement that when the land of the Wood Soul Seal was opened, Li Rushan would send people to help him obtain the Wood Soul Seal.
Ye Li's practice is still progressing rapidly. The three soul seals help him to quickly master the power of the laws. With his current practice speed, it is truly beyond people's imagination.
Fortunately, no one has ever actually refined a soul seal, so no one really knows how much help soul seals can provide to cultivation. It is only said that obtaining them can increase a person's cultivation speed.
If someone knew exactly how helpful they were to spiritual practice, then the entire continent would probably be much more eager to scramble for them.
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In the Mengshan Society's Dongfang County stronghold, Wang Yue, Liu Huai and Zhang Wenliu were kneeling in front of an old man with fawning smiles on their faces.
"Have your people figured out what happened at the mine?"
The old man looked at the three of them and asked.
"Chairman, we have figured it all out, including the location of the material reserves and the time they were transferred out."
Wang Yue said with a nod.
"That's good, then you should go to the Peacock Clan in person and tell them the news.
They have been busy attacking Juxin City recently and are about to defeat them. I guess they should be able to devote some attention to dealing with Ye Li."
The old man spoke to Wang Yue and the other two with a serious face.
Wang Yue and the other two looked at each other and smiles appeared on their faces.
“Yes, Master Branch Leader, we will go to the Peacock Clan right away.
Hehe, if they are willing to take action against Ye Li, even if they may not win, they will at least make life difficult for that brat. "
Wang Yue said.
The branch president glanced at him and said, "This Ye Li is Li Rushan's man. He helped Li Rushan a lot in the battle for power. Basically, it can be said that if he hadn't been there, there would be no Li Rushan today.
His strength is even stronger than you think. Such a young master in the Divine Appearance Stage has unlimited future.
If we give him ten years to become successful, he might even become a Talisman Saint in the future."
Hearing the words of the president of the Dongfang County branch of the Mengshan Association, Wang Yue and the other two couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
They also recently realized how powerful Ye Li is. He is a master at the Divine Appearance Stage and has killed several spiritual warriors of the same level.
This kind of strength is not something they can afford to provoke. The three of them were also glad that Ye Li did not use force directly against them.
If Ye Li had a little more murderous intent and killed the three of them directly, they would not even have the strength to fight back.
"Okay, the three of you should go to the Peacock Clan. If you can successfully draw their attention to the mine, then Ye Li will definitely not have an easy time in the future.
I actually hope that he can be killed by the Peacock Clan. In this way, Li Rushan will definitely gather troops for him and go to wipe out the Peacock Clan.
The adjustment of military forces in the Tang Kingdom is definitely an opportunity for us. In the past, many of Li Ruhai's loyal followers have been recruited by us. Once there is a change in the military strength, we can launch a mutiny at any time and overthrow the regime of the Tang Kingdom.
If we can gain control of the entire Tang Kingdom out of nothing, our Tianxia Alliance’s goal of unifying the world will not be far from being realized.”
As the old man spoke, a hint of anticipation appeared on his face.
Upon hearing this, Wang Yue quickly kowtowed and said, "Yes, your subordinates will go to the Peacock Clan right away.
We will try our best to persuade Peacock Chief to deal with Ye Li. If we can get rid of Ye Li, we will have done our part for the future of Tianxia Alliance!!!"
The old man glanced at Wang Yue, his expression softened, and said, "Thank you for your kindness. We will not turn a blind eye to your contribution to the Tianxia Alliance. When we reward you for your contributions in the future, you will definitely have a share."
After hearing the old man's words, the three of them were overjoyed. They kowtowed three more times before standing up and leaving.
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Another half a month passed, and Ye Li's mastery of the laws had now reached as many as eighty-three. As long as he could comprehend the power of one hundred laws, he would be able to break through into the Talisman Master realm.
The speed at which ordinary people comprehend the power of laws depends on fate. Sometimes when the opportunity arises and one is stimulated by some phenomenon in nature, it is possible to comprehend dozens or even twenty laws in a row.
But sometimes the opportunity is not there, and you may not be able to comprehend three or five rules in a year.
But Ye Li is different. Without special opportunities, his cultivation speed remains basically fixed.
The soul seal can help him observe the changes in these laws very intuitively and understand the key.
Not to mention that Ye Li's comprehension is quite good, even if his comprehension is very low, as long as he can continue to observe the operation of the power of laws in the soul seal, he can slowly comprehend the power of laws one by one.