Cultivation Starts From Planting Sweet Potatoes

Elder Zhong only stayed in Zhang He for half a day before leaving with Zhong Shuyi.

Before leaving, he also asked Zhang He for a rocket launcher and took it away, probably because he wanted to take it back and study its imitation.

Zhang He didn't pay too much attention to this. The technical content of this thing was not high, and it could be copied by an experienced weapon refiner.

This kind of rocket launcher is widely equipped in his Blackwater Army, and it is too easy for others to get a few samples.

The next day, He Xiaoyu set off with 100 Blackwater troops to join Fat Tiger on the front line.

Although Zhanghe Heishui County sub-rudder dispatched not many people, with the help of two golden elixirs and small skeletons, and 140 well-equipped foundation-building monks, the quality should be the highest among all sub-rudders.

Zhang He still stayed behind and did not go to the war in person. There were still many things to do in the newly captured county, and he could not get away at the moment.

There were also 110 Blackwater troops left, who were assigned by Zhang He to four counties to take charge of daily affairs.

There were only about twenty people in each county, which was still a bit stretched. This time, three more counties were added, which he had not expected before.

For this reason, he could only ask Shadow Pavilion to summon some talents from Blackwater County to participate in the management of the four newly acquired counties.

There are a total of eight small spiritual veins in these four counties, more than one hundred acres of spiritual fields, and four mineral veins.

The quality of these mineral veins is much better than that of Blackwater County.

There is a vein of obsidian 50 miles outside Ningjing County. This is a fire-attribute weapon-refining material. It has a wide range of applications in the world of immortality when refining fire-attribute magic weapons.

However, due to lack of manpower, this obsidian mine was blown up by Jiang Weiming's spies two days ago.

After sending He Xiaoyu away today, Zhang He came to inspect the obsidian veins and provide guidance on the work.

The entrance to the vein has all collapsed, and a large number of miners are digging there slowly with hoes.

Seeing Zhang He's arrival, a foundation-building monk wearing armor walked towards him.

"The Blackwater Army's Third Battalion, Fifth Team, Private Zhu Zheng, pay homage to the Young Master."

This foundation-building monk was the soldier he sent here to take charge of the mines.

"How's the situation?"

“Master Qi, there are many cave-ins in the mine, and it will take a long time to fully resume mining.

It is said that more than 2,000 miners are trapped in the mine, and manpower is currently being organized to dig passages for rescue.

Due to the small area of ​​the passage opening and the surrounding area being surrounded by hard stones, it was not possible to open the exit in a short period of time. "

Zhang He remembered that it had been two days since the mine was blown up, and there were many collapses in the mine. The trapped miners should be in danger.

Zhang He glanced at the miners who were taking their time. After they dug the mine, they would probably have to collect the bodies of the miners inside.

Zhu Zheng only arrived half a day earlier than Zhang He, so it was good to be able to organize a group of people to rescue him.

"Rescuing people is like putting out fire, sacrifice the magic weapon!"

Zhang He only said one word, and then he used a flying sword to dig into the earth and rocks in front of him. The efficiency of digging with the flying sword was much faster than that of a miner using a hoe, digging a sack at a time.

Seeing this, Zhu Zheng immediately used his flying sword and dug into the earth and rocks, also digging a sack.

It's not that Zhu Zheng is too stupid. He didn't know how to use flying swords to dig before. It's just that compared to the lives of two thousand miners, flying swords are too expensive.

Even if all two thousand miners were dead, their value would be equivalent to two spiritual stones at most.

As for a magic weapon-level flying sword, the cheapest low-grade black iron flying sword costs thirty or forty spirit stones. The high-grade copper sword equipped by the Blackwater Army's foundation-building soldiers can be sold for 800 spirit stones on the market.

Using a flying sword to dig out soil and stones also involves losses. It needs to be repaired after a certain level of use. A hair falling off a copper sword is worth more than two thousand miners.

Zhang He didn't say anything about Zhu Zheng's choice to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages. He could only set an example and let him know that human life should not be measured by spiritual stones, even for the lowest miners.

In fact, the Blackwater Army comes from the lowest level of civilians.

They were once in a similar situation to these miners, but now they have become high-status foundation-building monks. Their status is completely different from ordinary miners, and they have forgotten the suffering at the bottom.

The efficiency with which the two of them controlled the flying swords to dig into the earth was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary miners.

It only took half an hour to dig aside all the earth and rocks that had collapsed at the entrance, and create an entrance to the mine that was about ten feet wide and dozens of feet deep.

At this time, Zhang He put away his flying sword. Even his magical flying sword had a few minor scratches on it.

Drops of water can also penetrate rocks, not to mention repeated cutting into earth and rocks, which will still cause a little loss to the utensils.

This kind of scratch is usually not a problem, but if it is in a fierce fight, it will easily start to break from the scratch.

There were also scratches on his magic weapon. As for Zhu Zheng's magic weapon, there were even more scratches, and there were even two tiny gaps. It would take at least twenty or thirty spiritual stones to repair it.

"Help……"

The exit of the mine was dug, and weak cries for help were immediately heard from inside.

It was very dark inside, and the light from the outside could only see a few feet away inside. Zhang He's consciousness swept over and found that there were only more than a hundred people in front of him, most of them dead, and there were still more than thirty alive.

"Zhu Zheng, you organize the miners outside to help with the rescue, and I will open the way inside."

"As you command!"

Not long after Zhang He walked into the mine, there was another cave-in area in front of him, blocking his passage.

He once again used his magic flying sword to dig out the collapsed earth and rocks in front of him. With one strike of his sword, he found a sack of earth and rocks, which he then used to transport to an empty place.

After about a stick of incense, he opened a passage again, and found more than 20 trapped miners ahead.

This vein has been mined for many years. The mine tunnels are very deep and extend in all directions. Many miners are trapped in these branches of the mine tunnels.

Since fire obsidian is a fire-attributed spiritual mineral, there are usually fire veins underground, and Zhang He's journey has become increasingly hot.

It is already difficult for ordinary people to bear this kind of heat. They can only relieve it by constantly pouring water into their stomachs. Even so, the lifespan of these miners is also very short.

Throwing a lively young man into a mine will usually lead him to the end of his life within three to five years.

Now that Zhang He has walked, it is difficult to encounter any survivors. Being trapped in such a high temperature cave and without sufficient water supply, the miners here have already been killed by the heat.

But since he was already here, Zhang He simply went inside and inspected his property.

Due to the depth of the mine, it is already difficult for ordinary miners to bear it, so there are more and more obsidian on the walls of the cave along the way.

Of course, this level of heat has no effect on the cultivators. They only need to use mana to create a protective shield outside the body.

After walking about a mile further, there was no road ahead. It should have been the limit of ordinary miners, and the mine ended here.

However, Zhang He saw that the obsidian mines here were denser, and he couldn't help but become interested, and wanted to explore how many obsidian mines were ahead.

He immediately used the Earth Escape Technique and dived into the hard and hot stone wall in front of him.

The temperature in the stone wall was even higher, and Zhang He crawled into it, as if he were stuffing himself into a stove to roast like a beggar's chicken.

However, he has discovered that the deeper you go underground, the denser the obsidian is and the quality is getting better and better.

So he fled along the direction where the fire obsidian was densely packed.

After fleeing underground for more than ten miles, he was now surrounded by fire obsidian, which he could easily grab a handful of.

Moreover, these obsidian stones are of excellent quality and are already red and purple, so they can be used to refine magic weapons.

It's just that the current temperature is unbearable even for him. The defensive shield is no longer working, and the heat seeps in through the shield.

If cooked in this way, it can be simmered until the bones are crispy and the meat is tender, and then marinated with some spices, it will definitely be a delicious dish.

Immediately, he could only switch modes, bring out the Five Elements Mountain, and slowly rotate it above his head. Water defeated fire, and wisps of cool water vapor surrounded him, which made him feel much more comfortable.

Then he continued to dive downwards in this piece of obsidian, and after walking for several more miles, even his Five Elements Mountain magic weapon could not completely block the surrounding heat.

However, he found that the surrounding obsidian had turned half red and half purple, with a purple aura in the red.

Zhang He used his flying sword to pick off a piece and held it in his hand. The skin on his hand was so hot that it sizzled and a stream of burnt green smoke came out.

When the consciousness penetrates into it, its texture is fine and there are countless flame crystals in the middle.

This is definitely a good material for refining magic weapons.

After scanning the surroundings, they were all filled with this kind of material. What a huge wealth this must be!

At that moment, he used his flying sword to slash at the surrounding area, splitting off pieces of purple-red obsidian, and then put them into the space.

The avatar arranged a place in the space, placed a layer of jade stones on the ground, and then placed the obsidian on the jade blocks.

This kind of jade stone is usually used to make jade boxes and the like. It is not expensive and there is no need to feel sad if it is damaged.

The clones were collecting and sorting inside, while Zhang He was chopping outside, very busy.

"Click!"

The flying sword struck a piece of obsidian, and the blade was bent.

This magical flying sword was finally overwhelmed and melted in the high temperature.

Zhang He looked at the fate of the flying sword and thought that it was lucky that Five Elements Mountain was still reliable, otherwise he would have been scorched by now.

Unless you have a magic weapon like Five Elements Mountain, you really can't get down from this place.

Throwing the scrapped flying sword into the space, he took out another magical flying sword from the storage bag and began to chop the surrounding obsidian.

During this period, I killed several Jindan monks and harvested several pretty good magic flying swords, which are now used as mining tools.

Zhang He, who was rejoicing about the harvest, suddenly felt that his feet were empty, and then his body sank in.

Zhang He's feet seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, sinking into it, and then he realized that he had fallen into the rolling lava.

Moreover, the lava was still flowing rapidly, and he seemed to be in a raging river of lava at the moment.

He tried to use earth escape, but it was of no use in this lava river, and he had never learned lava escape.

Trying to swim didn't seem to work. He had read countless books before, but he had never seen any experience in swimming in a lava river.

The struggle had no effect, and he could only let the lava flow toward him. However, there were too many rocks in the lava river, which often caused him to roll and sink in it.

He didn't know how long it took, or how far he drifted in the lava. Fortunately, Five Elements Mountain was always with him, releasing cool water vapor to protect him.

But this also requires mana to maintain. The golden elixir in the body, which is beyond the ninth level, contains far more mana than ordinary people. At this moment, 70% of it has been consumed.

Of course, he still has the last resort, which is to retreat into the space.

But he couldn't hide there forever, he had to find a way out eventually.

Just when Zhang He was about to let his clone take him into the space, he suddenly felt like he was hung up by something.

It feels like a branch, but in this river of lava, even the magic weapon will melt. Can there still be a branch?

Zhang He looked along this branch with his consciousness, and there was actually a tree here, rooted on the bank of the lava river. It looked so unique in this hot lava world.

The dark tree trunk is about the thickness of a bowl, with only a few isolated leaves on it, also black, and a few fruits as red as blood hanging on it.

"What kind of tree is this? Is it so tenacious? Is it so fire-proof? Or is the ignition point too high?"

Zhang He looked at the tree with a question mark on his forehead. He had never heard of trees growing in the lava river before.

What had just hung him was a low-hanging branch on the tree.

There's no time to think too much now, so let's go ashore first.

He grabbed the branch with his backhand, slowly climbed along the branch to the main trunk of the black tree, and then used the tree to reach the shore.

Only then did he have the intention to look at the surrounding environment, which was an underground space.

In the middle is this lava river, with river banks on both sides. The river banks are not very wide, only about two or three feet long.

Although it still feels unbearably hot when standing on the river bank, it is much cooler than in the lava river. This coolness is also produced by the contrast.

Except for the strange black tree, the other places on the river bank were bare and barren.

However, even ordinary stones on the ground here have undergone qualitative changes due to being exposed to extremely high temperatures for a long time. They can be cut down and used as weapon refining materials.

Between the cracks in the rocks, Zhang He also found a piece of pure purple obsidian, which was much better than the ones he had collected previously.

Use the flying sword to dig out this piece of purple obsidian, and find two more pieces nearby.

But what Zhang He is more interested in now is the dark tree on the shore.

The temperature on this tree was extremely high. He climbed over from this tree just now. He used all his strength to use the Five Elements Mountain to protect himself, but he was still almost cooked.

The most intuitive feeling is that the temperature of this tree is higher than that of the lava river.

Zhang He is now trapped and exhausted, and he cannot afford to mess with this tree yet.

He shrunk the Five Elements Mountain to about one foot, sat down on the Five Elements Mountain, and then took out a pot of spiritual spring water from the space.

"Gudonggudonggudong..."

After drinking a lot of spiritual spring water, I felt a little better.