The deep cave was bottomless, spiraling downward. Junior Leopard, Jin Nanqing, and several other disciples of the Wu's followed Zhao Ting closely to the bottom of the cave.
At the front of the team was Wang She. Beside him, there were four experts of the Bone-Forging Realm. Two of them were from the Mingyi School, and the other two were from the Tian Long Taoism.
Zhao Ting followed closely behind them, followed by Junior Leopard and the others.
Wang She's expression was a little ugly, so was Junior Leopard. Both of his hands grasped the handles of the twin hammers. He looked serious and nervous.
As for Jin Nanqing and the others, while they were nervous, they were more excited.
The underground fire vein!
There was actually an underground fire vein in Zhonghe City.
Jin Nanqing couldn't help but be excited. The underground fire vein referred to the place with the most original energy of fire property in the world. For those who practiced the Internal Qi of Fire, it was comparable to the legendary Fairyland. Because practicing in the fire vein and honing the Internal Qi could almost omit the most troublesome step of practice.
The first step was to bring the original energy into the body. The first step of practice for those who practiced the Internal Qi of Fire was to bring the original energy of heaven and earth into the body, and then use the Internal Strength to break down the original energy of fire property and spit out the original energy of other properties. This was inhalation and exhalation.
Practicing the Fire Way Cultivation Method in the fire vein didn't need to consider this step at all. Because in the underground fire vein, all the original energy was the original energy of fire property. You only needed to bring the original energy into the body. In this way, the efficiency of practice would be greatly improved. Practicing here for a day could even be compared to practicing outside for a month or even several months.
If the factor of physical strength was not considered, practicing the Fire Way Cultivation Method here could raise the cultivation of Internal Qi to Level Six in the shortest time.
Because of this, Junior Leopard looked a little unhappy. If he had known this earlier, he wouldn't have listened to Wang She and let his External Elixir practice the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique. In this way, wouldn't his External Elixir's cultivation soar in this underground fire vein?
Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world.
Besides, Wang She didn't force him to practice. He just gave him a suggestion. Junior Leopard practiced after he left. Therefore, even if he blamed someone, he couldn't blame Wang She. Junior Leopard could only blame himself for being unlucky.
Of course, this was only one function of the underground fire vein, a very inconspicuous one.
After all, there were countless cultivation methods in the world. The Five Elements Cultivation Method was only one of the numerous Internal Qi cultivation methods. The Fire Way Cultivation Method was only one of the Five Elements Cultivation Methods. Although there were many people who practiced it, there were not too many. Moreover, the underground fire vein could not be used by any Tom, Dick, or Harry. For example, if Junior Leopard practiced the Ignis Skill in the past, he would probably explode and die after a few days of practice due to the powerful Fire Way Cultivation Method.
The biggest benefit of the underground fire vein was to the Wu Family.
The Wu Family was a smelting family. They forged all kinds of weapons. The more magical and sharp the weapon, the less impurities it had. To reduce the impurities, the most important thing was the temperature. Even a smelting family like the Wu Family had limited control over the temperature of the fire. At most, when refining some real magical weapons, they would use Spiritual Stones of fire property in the furnace to reduce the impurities and raise the temperature of the furnace.
Not to mention that the Spiritual Stones of fire property were incomparably precious, even if they were used, the temperature of the furnace water wouldn't be raised too much. All along, smelting families like the Wu Family had been studying how to raise the furnace temperature. The reason why the ancestors of the Wu Family could lay the foundation of the Wu Family was not only because of their own efforts and strength, but also because they had mastered a kind of fuel that could greatly raise the furnace temperature. It was this fuel that gave the Wu Family an advantage over other smelting families at the beginning.
However, 500 years had passed, and the Wu Family had experienced several troughs and tribulations. The unique fuel manufacturing method of the Wu Family had been leaked out. It was no longer exclusive to the Wu Family.
Although it was not universal, smelting shops of some scale had used the Wu Family's unique fuel 50 years ago. This had raised the smelting level of the whole Jin to a whole new level. However, for the Wu Family, this was not a good thing.
Their biggest competitive advantage had disappeared.
Fortunately, they still had the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique.
This Internal Qi cultivation method passed down from Tian Long Taoism was not something that anyone dared to touch. No one would be stupid enough to think about this cultivation method. Obviously, this cultivation method also had a miraculous effect on removing the impurities in the metal. Therefore, the Wu Family had survived the most difficult period after its establishment.
These were all digressions.
The main point was that the Original Energy of Fire in the underground fire vein was extremely rich and even led to the underground rock flows. If a smelting workshop could be built here, then the weapons forged here would be at least three grades higher than those forged in other places. Moreover, if it was operated well, it could even produce Secondary Heavenly Weapons in batches.
Yes, Secondary Heavenly Weapons!
A wizard weapon was something that could be encountered but not sought. Without the opportunity and the real magical objects and materials, it was impossible to forge a wizard weapon.
However, Secondary Heavenly Weapons were different. They did not have the magical effect of a wizard weapon, but in terms of sharpness and tenacity, they were second only to a wizard weapon.
Most importantly, Secondary Heavenly Weapons were not as difficult to produce as wizard weapons. As long as there were good materials and smelting conditions, top craftsmen could make them.
Junior Leopard's teacher, Xu Yong, was a top blacksmith. If he built a furnace in the geocentric fire vein and was given some Upper Grade materials, he could quickly forge a Secondary Heavenly Weapon.
Therefore, if the underground fire vein was obtained by the Wu's, the overall strength of the Wu's would inevitably rise to a new level. With the fire vein, the Wu's could even become the real first blacksmith family in the world.
Of course, this was just a fantasy. Jin Nanqing was not a fool, nor was the Jin imperial court. How could such a place be given to the Wu's?
There was another advantage of the underground fire vein, which was that it could produce Spiritual Stones with the property of fire element.
The Earth vein could not be taken away, but the Spiritual Stones could. Although the Spiritual Stones were said to be the most peculiar thing in terms of quantity, Oddities were still Oddities. No matter how many there were, they could not be sold like cabbages. Moreover, the places with the most quantity were closer to the underground rock flows. How could ordinary people go to such places?
Those who could really get close to the underground rock flows were at least above Level Seven, and they had practiced Gang Qi to protect themselves. However, when their strength reached such a level, the Spiritual Stones were less attractive to them. Moreover, would the experts whose strength had reached Level Seven work for you as miners?
This was impossible. Therefore, no matter how many Spiritual Stones there were in the Earth vein, it was still an unattainable treasure.
However, in addition to the places near the underground rock flows, other places in the fire vein might also contain Spiritual Stones with the property of fire element. However, the quantity of such Spiritual Stones could be imagined. To get them, one had to rely on his luck.
Spiritual Energy of Fire, Earth Fire, and Spiritual Stones were the three most attractive benefits of the fire vein.
In addition to these three benefits, there were other benefits of the underground fire vein. However, these benefits were relatively small in the market.
The Wu's was also in the market of this small range.
That was, generally speaking, in the fire vein that contained the underground rock flows, there would also be Earth Vein Evil Qi. This kind of Evil Qi was fatal to ordinary people or even martial arts masters. However, for those whose cultivation had reached Level Six and practiced the Fire Way Method, it was an incomparably precious land, because they could condense the Evil Qi into Gang Qi.
Condensing Evil Qi into Gang Qi!
As a smelting family, the Wu's would have a Level Seven expert in every generation. Therefore, they also controlled some places where the Earth Vein Evil Qi was condensed for the Elders in the family to practice Gang Qi. However, the Earth Vein Evil Qi had existed for too long, and too many people used it, or the quantity was not enough. The success rate of condensing Gang Qi was not high, and even the Evil Qi was impure.
Therefore, in recent years, some Elders of the Wu Family, even if their cultivation had reached Level Seven, rarely condensed Evil Qi to cultivate Gang, for fear of trouble. Lyu Yiyue was the same. His cultivation was at Level Seven, but it was a pity that he did not condense Gang Qi. Therefore, when facing other experts, he always felt that he was inferior.
However, the accompanying Earth Vein Evil Qi in the underground fire vein was countless times better than the Earth Vein Evil Qi controlled by the Wu's, no matter in quality or quantity. If Lyu Yiyue could condense Evil Qi into Gang here, he believed that there was a 70% chance of success.
This was what Jin Nanqing was most happy about, and also what he was most concerned about.
This time, they left Yunzhou just to trace the whereabouts of a batch of goods. For the huge Wu's, it was just a very small matter. However, they did not expect to encounter so many unexpected things. Finally, they even found the underground fire vein in this inconspicuous Zhonghe City.
This underground fire vein was located in Zhonghe City, and definitely belonged to the imperial court of Jin. Other well-known families could not touch it. As for the imperial court of Jin, in order to make effective use of this fire vein, it would certainly consider the influence and technology of the big smelting families in Jin. It should be known that even in the Ministry of Works of Jin, most of those craftsmen came from the big smelting families. The real technology was in the hands of the big families, not the imperial court. Although the imperial court would send people to the big families to learn skills from time to time, the big families were not fools. They would not pass the real skills to these people. Because, to make effective use of this fire vein, the participation of the big families was indispensable.
As for how to participate and how to distribute the benefits, it would definitely lead to a fight. Whether it was Jin Nanqing or Junior Leopard, in front of these giants, they were just little ants that could be trampled to death with one foot. The only difference was that right now, these few ants of the Wu Family had the upper hand by some strange coincidence.
If they could take advantage of this first chance to fight for a little advantage for the Wu's, it would be a great credit. Not to mention other things, if they could fight for a place for Lyu Yiyue to condense Evil Qi into Gang here, then, at least before Lyu Yiyue died, they could do whatever they wanted in the Wu's.
Of course, this was just a beautiful fantasy of his. Small ants like them could not turn the tables. At most, they could only fight for some advantages for the Wu's that other families could not fight for.
Even if it was such a small advantage, it would be of great benefit to them in the future.
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