The location where the tungsten alloy vein was discovered was not far from the headquarters of the Bloodmoon Mercenaries. It was only fifty kilometers behind the castle. There was a deep forest that stretched for several hundred kilometers. The environment inside was vile, filled with poisonous insects, ferocious beasts, swamps, and miasma. There were even a few magical beasts living there.
The exact location of the tungsten alloy vein was at the center of the forest, at the bottom of a large canyon.
In the evening, the sun had already completely disappeared from the horizon. The sky was dusky and visibility was extremely low.
At this moment, two streaks of light, one green and one yellow, streaked across the sky like meteors. They quickly arrived above the canyon and floated there. It was Jianchen and Cai Naisi.
As soon as the two appeared, several figures flickered in the forest below. They quickly arrived below Jianchen and Cai Naisi and cupped their hands towards the two in the sky, "Captain!"
Cai Naisi turned his head to Jianchen and said, "Sir Imperial Protector, they are all Earth Saint Masters. I have arranged for them to guard this place to prevent anyone from coming here and leaking information about the tungsten alloy vein."
Jianchen's gaze swept past the people below and nodded in satisfaction. He gently smiled and said, "You've done well."
Cai Naisi chuckled and said to the people below, "The few of you go hide yourselves. Keep a close eye on the surroundings. If anyone comes close, kill them without mercy!"
"Yes!" The Earth Saint Masters below replied in unison. They then turned into several shadows and disappeared in a few flashes. They had already hidden themselves in the surroundings of the canyon.
"Imperial Protector, we accidentally discovered the tungsten alloy vein at the bottom of the canyon." Cai Naisi said.
"Come, let's go down and take a look."
Jianchen's body quickly descended to the bottom of the canyon. The area at the bottom of the canyon was not large. It was narrow and long, just like a ravine. The surroundings were filled with two to three meters long weeds.
Jianchen hovered in the air above the weeds and examined the surroundings. He then slowly closed his eyes and released his consciousness without holding back. It covered a radius of fifteen kilometers and penetrated all obstacles to investigate the scenery within the rocks.
Under the observation of Jianchen's consciousness, the surrounding rocks seemed to be nothing more than decorations to Jianchen. They did not obstruct him in the slightest. However, when he saw the situation within, he could not help but gasp even with his mental fortitude.
This was indeed a large tungsten alloy vein, and the purity was exactly as Cai Naisi had described, reaching a terrifying 85% purity. Furthermore, the amount of tungsten alloy ore stored within the range of his Divine Sense left him flabbergasted. This was because within the range of his Divine Sense, all he could see were tungsten alloy veins beneath the five-meter-thick rock layer. Furthermore, beyond the range of his Divine Sense, there were many tungsten alloy ores that he had yet to discover. In short, the amount of tungsten alloy ores stored here had reached a shocking level.
After learning about the situation hidden within the rocks, Jianchen gasped. At this moment, his originally calm heart could not help but violently beat. At this moment, the excitement in his heart had reached an extreme level.
Jianchen suppressed the surging excitement in his heart and continued to extend his consciousness into the ground. He wanted to see just how many tungsten alloy ores were hidden underground.
Jianchen's consciousness quickly invaded the ground and soon reached a depth of ten kilometers. Wherever his consciousness swept, it was all high-purity tungsten alloy ores. Moreover, the deeper he went, the higher the purity of the tungsten alloy ores. When Jianchen's consciousness reached a depth of ten kilometers, the purity of the tungsten alloy ores had increased from eighty-five percent to ninety percent. If the purity reached one hundred percent, it would not be called tungsten alloy ores, but a complete tungsten alloy.
Jianchen's mind, which had finally calmed down with great difficulty, began to fluctuate violently again. He was so excited that his body trembled slightly. Immediately, Jianchen did not stop his consciousness from continuing to extend and continued to extend it even deeper.
Eleven kilometers …
Twelve kilometers …
Thirteen kilometers …
Fourteen kilometers …
Soon, Jianchen's consciousness had spread to the limit and reached a range of fifteen kilometers. However, at this moment, Jianchen's expression changed slightly and he let out a soft sound of surprise.
Fifteen kilometers underground, Jianchen's consciousness actually detected an extremely powerful energy fluctuation. It was like a boundary that prevented Jianchen's consciousness from penetrating. Moreover, this place had already reached the limit of Jianchen's consciousness expansion. He could only observe the outermost layer of the energy that had appeared underground. He had no idea how big this energy was.
"What is that?" Jianchen thought. He was extremely curious about the energy that he had unexpectedly discovered underground. It was a pity that his current consciousness could only extend to a range of fifteen kilometers, so he was unable to observe the energy any further.
The senses of Jian Chen's soul circled around the ball of energy hidden underground for a while before slowly withdrawing it. He hovered above the grass with a frown as he stared at the ground. Just what was the mysterious energy that had appeared underground that had piqued his curiosity, completely suppressing his joy from the tungsten alloy mine.
"If only my consciousness could be a little stronger. Although I can't penetrate the energy, I can at least wrap it around and see what it is," Jianchen thought.
Cai Naisi arrived beside Jianchen and looked at Jianchen in confusion. He frowned and asked, "Sir Imperial Protector, what's wrong?"
"Cai Naisi, does this canyon have any history or legends of the past?" Jianchen stared at Cai Naisi with bright eyes.
Cai Naisi shook his head without thinking and flatly replied, "No, at least I haven't heard of it."
Jian Chen sighed gently before flying out of the gorge. He continued to use the senses of his soul to investigate the amount of tungsten alloy in the surroundings of the gorge. However, when he arrived twenty kilometers away from the gorge, the purity of the tungsten alloy gradually decreased, from eighty-five percent to fifty percent. Only when he was fifty kilometers away from the gorge did the tungsten alloy completely disappear. All that was left was rock and mud.
Jianchen flew around the canyon and finally confirmed that the tungsten alloy vein had spread out in a circle with the canyon as the center. The diameter of the circle was about a hundred kilometers, and all the tungsten alloy within a hundred kilometers was tungsten alloy. The tungsten alloy at the center of the canyon had the highest purity, reaching at least eighty-five percent.
After personally investigating the tungsten alloy vein, Jianchen and Cai Naisi returned to the headquarters of the Bloodmoon Mercenaries.
The headquarters of the Bloodmoon Mercenaries was a huge castle. At this moment, Jianchen, Cai Naisi, and a few trustworthy members of the upper echelon of the mercenaries were secretly discussing the tungsten alloy vein on the highest floor of the castle.
"The tungsten alloy vein must be excavated as soon as possible. At the same time, the news must be completely sealed. Not even the slightest bit of news can be leaked out. Cai Naisi, you must immediately arrange this matter." Jianchen sternly said.
"Sir Imperial Protector, even though this is an unrefined ore, its purity is far too high. Coupled with the wondrous properties of tungsten alloy, its hardness is much greater than refined steel. The difficulty of excavating it is extremely great. With just the strength of our Bloodmoon Mercenaries, we probably won't be able to excavate much in a year." The one who spoke was a black-robed old man. He was an Earth Saint Master and one of the founding members of the Bloodmoon Mercenaries.
"Sir Imperial Protector, I've already notified the leaders of the other six territories. They should be arriving very soon. Do you think we should tell the six of them about this and have them work together to choose a trustworthy person to excavate the ore?" Cai Naisi suggested.
"That's right. That's exactly what I was thinking. Once the six of them arrive, let's tell them about this." Jianchen said.
Over half a day later, the Heaven Saint Masters of the other six territories came to the headquarters of the Bloodmoon Mercenaries to see Jianchen. After the leaders of the seven territories had gathered, Jianchen and the seven of them began a secret discussion. They discussed the operation of the tungsten alloy vein and how to keep it a secret.
This time, the meeting lasted for a very long time. Jianchen and the seven Heaven Saint Masters discussed from the afternoon until late into the night. They discussed the various aspects of mining, transportation, refining, and keeping it a secret.
The next day, Cai Naisi immediately arranged for a group of around five hundred people to enter the mountains to excavate the ore under the pretext of hunting magical beasts. At the same time, the leaders of the other six territories also sent word back, dispatching trustworthy people from different places to the mountain range.
Under the combined efforts of the seven organizations, the news of the tungsten alloy vein was perfectly covered up. At the same time, the mining operation officially began. Under Jianchen's orders, they began to excavate from the gorge.
Jianchen was extremely curious about the mysterious energy ten kilometers below the gorge. However, there was nothing he could do when faced with the tough tungsten alloy ore. He could only dig out a path manually.
The following days were extremely peaceful. In order to cover up the news of the tungsten alloy vein, only Jianchen remained in the area. Including Cai Naisi, the leaders of the seven organizations remained in their own territories and did not venture out. This was to prevent people with ulterior motives from noticing something and causing the news to leak out. Although that was the case, the seven of them still had communication tools on them. As soon as something happened to the tungsten alloy vein, they would be able to rush to the territory of the Bloodmoon Mercenaries as quickly as possible.
Ten days later, the large group of people from the Flame Mercenaries arrived at the Bloodmoon Mercenaries' territory. In the end, they temporarily set up camp in the headquarters of the Bloodmoon Mercenaries. With the addition of three Heaven Saint Masters and almost five hundred Earth Saint Masters, the strength of the Bloodmoon Mercenaries' territory had greatly increased.
Jianchen did not hide the news of the tungsten alloy vein from Ming Dong and the others, but he only told them to a few trustworthy people. Even Warsky and the three Heaven Saint Masters, who had joined the Flame Mercenaries later on, did not know anything about it.
However, when Ming Dong and the others learned that there was a huge tungsten alloy vein, all of them dropped their jaws in shock.
"Such a large tungsten alloy mine is extremely rare on the Tian Yuan Continent. Once the news of this spreads, it will definitely cause a huge commotion. At that time, even some of the hermit clans and the eight great kingdoms of the Tian Yuan Continent will interfere. It'll be very difficult for us to protect it with just our strength," Huang Luan sternly said.
Jianchen sternly nodded, "We've already sealed off the news. If the news really does leak out in the future, I can only get the Qin Empire to take action."
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