Three days later, the peach blossom miasma dissipated, and the Zhao family members could enter and exit Rotten Peach Mountain freely without taking the miasma-breaking pill.
Until this time, a treasure land that had never been developed by anyone finally opened its arms to the Zhao family.
Rotten Peach Mountain covers an area of nearly a hundred miles. There are countless peach trees on the mountain, including a kind of magical peach tree with only more than thirty trees in total.
The peaches grown on this tree have golden skin and light red flesh, and are extremely sweet.
After eating it, it will produce a trace of spiritual energy, which has the effect of partially removing hair and cleansing the marrow, and can greatly improve the physical constitution and enhance the quality of the body.
No wonder the white apes on Rotten Peach Mountain are so agile and their average physical fitness is even stronger than that of innate warriors. It turns out that it is all thanks to these yellow peaches.
In addition to the magical peach trees, there are also many magical medicines grown in Rotten Peach Mountain. The oldest one is over two thousand years old.
For millions of years, no one has picked the magical herbs on Rotten Peach Mountain, so that these magical herbs ripen one after another and eventually rot in vain.
After Rotten Peach Mountain fell into the hands of the Zhao family, these elixirs finally found a use.
Now the Zhao family is suffering from a shortage of manpower, and there are too many things to do to open up a spiritual land.
Clean up rotten soil, cut down trees, drive away insects and ferocious beasts, open up spiritual fields and medicinal fields, build residences and defensive fortresses, etc.
None of the above tasks can be easily accomplished by just a few dozen people.
In addition, a special mountain patrol team must be established to always be on guard against foreign enemies and intruding monsters.
It can be said that even if all the Zhao family members were split in half, it would not be enough.
Zhao Sheng was suddenly overwhelmed by countless trivial matters, and unfortunately, no one could help him share the burden.
The wilderness is full of dangers. In order to ensure the safety of the cloud boat, there must be a foundation-building cultivator to take charge, and Zhao Jinjian is the best choice.
Zhao Jinjian could not help Zhao Sheng because he had to drive the cloud boat back and forth between Taiwu Mountain, Jiuding Market and Lantao Mountain.
But Zhao Keru was not capable of doing such things, and he was also very busy.
The battle at Rotten Peach Mountain had consumed all the family's stored elixirs. Alchemy alone would have kept Zhao Keru busy for a year or two.
Time passed little by little, and two months passed in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Zhao Sheng had completely sorted out the numerous trivial matters on Rotten Peach Mountain, and all matters were gradually getting back on track.
Zhao Sheng was finally able to find time to pay attention to other things, such as the most important Gengjin Mine.
For more than two months, Zhao Xuanjing has been going out early and coming back late every day, running around and working hard.
However, he searched the area within 200 miles around Lantao Mountain but still couldn't find the Gengjin Mine.
Zhao Sheng felt a little strange and wondered if his guess was wrong and the Gengjin rod was just a coincidence?
Three days later, just when Zhao Sheng wanted to go out and search in person, Zhao Xuanjing came to him with an excited look on his face.
"Seventh Uncle, I found it!"
Zhao Shengteng stood up and asked anxiously, "What? Did you really find the Gengjin Mine?"
"Well, Uncle Seven, look!"
Zhao Xuanjing nodded and slowly spread out his palm. A handful of Gengjin particles flashing with blue light appeared in his palm.
"Yes, it's really Gengjin! Xuanjing, where did you find it?" Zhao Sheng asked excitedly.
Zhao Xuanjing smiled and said, "The Geng Gold Mine is in a lake over 400 miles away from Rotten Peach Mountain. You said that when the Taibai Gold Essence falls to the ground, it will create a large pit.
I followed this clue and initially searched all the valleys and depressions but couldn't find it. A few days ago, as I passed by that wild lake, I suddenly wondered if it had been smashed. So I dove down and searched. And that search actually led me to find it."
After hearing this, Zhao Sheng happily patted Zhao Xuanjing's arm and praised him: "Xuanjing, you have worked hard!"
Zhao Xuanjing rubbed his head with a simple expression and said sheepishly, "Seventh Uncle, compared to those uncles and brothers who died for the family, my hard work is nothing."
Zhao Sheng said, "Very good! If everyone in the family thinks like you, then there's no need to worry about our Zhao family not prospering in the future!"
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Half a day later, Zhao Sheng and Zhao Xuanjing landed beside a wild lake.
Through the crystal clear water, you can clearly see that the bottom of the lake is covered with large areas of solidified glass-like molten material.
Zhao Sheng raised his head and looked towards the northeast, his eyes flickering a few times.
Later, Zhao Xuanjing pulled Zhao Sheng through the thick layer of soil and rock and entered the Gengjin mine.
Zhao Sheng stood in the deepest part of the mine, holding a night pearl in his hand. A faint white light spread out and reflected on the surrounding mine walls. Only spots of blue light were reflected back from the innermost rock wall.
Zhao Xuanjing walked forward and reached out to touch the rock wall. The yellow light emanating from his hand spread to the nearby rock surface.
A layer of rock fell off, and in a blink of an eye, six grains of Gengjin as big as sand were squeezed out and fell into his hands with a tinkling sound.
Zhao Sheng saw this and asked, "Xuan Jing, how much Gengjin do you estimate this Gengjin mine can produce at most? Have you found the Taibai Gold Essence?"
Zhao Xuanjing replied, "Seventh Uncle, the rocks in this Gengjin Mine are extremely hard. Even if Xiaojin and I work together, we can't escape.
It's also difficult to break these rocks without magic. If I use magic, with my current Qi Refining Level 8 cultivation, I can only dig half a foot a day and collect 100 to 200 Gengjin grains. As for the Taibai Jinjing, I think it should be in the deepest part of the Gengjin mine."
Geng metal is too precious and must be kept extremely secret.
Until now, only the four of them in the entire Zhao family knew this secret, and they had no intention of telling anyone else.
The more people who know the secrets, the easier it is for them to leak secrets, so for the time being, Zhao Xuanjing can only be the miner.
Coming out of the mine, Zhao Sheng stood by the lake and looked towards the northeast.
Looking at the black smoke rising from the sky, his expression gradually became solemn.
"Xuan Jing, how far is this place from Flame Ridge?"
Zhao Xuanjing covered his brows with his hand, looked in the direction of Flame Ridge, thought for a moment, and replied, "About a hundred miles away."
"Too close, too close!" Zhao Sheng muttered to himself, then turned to Zhao Xuanjing and said, "Let's go! Back to Rotten Peach Mountain."
A day later, Yunzhou returned to Lantao Mountain.
As soon as Zhao Jinjian got off the cloud boat, he was pulled into the secret room by Zhao Sheng, where Zhao Xuanjing and Zhao Keru were already waiting.
Zhao Jinjian was surprised when he saw this: "What's going on? Could something big have happened again?"
After Zhao Sheng pulled him to sit down, he said in a deep voice, "There are indeed two important matters that I need to discuss with everyone."
After saying that, Zhao Sheng told Zhao Jinjian and Zhao Keru about the discovery of Gengjin Mine and that Gengjin Mine was too close to Flame Ridge and too unsafe.
After hearing this, Zhao Jinjian and the other man looked very solemn.
Zhao Sheng's meaning was not difficult to understand. He was clearly saying that the Shen family was a major threat.
If the Gengjin Mine is to be kept secret from outsiders, the Shen family must be driven away or never speak out.