Chapter Five: The Quintessence of Metal

  He picked up the pickaxe that had fallen to the ground, his hands gripping it tightly as he faced the metal ore. With continuous effort, the powerful recoil force made his palms go numb. With a single-minded determination, all his thoughts were focused on this metal ore, and there was only one thought in his mind - to bring this thing down.

  Baofeng Han's entire spirit was in a state of excitement, wielding the medicine shovel in his hand, desperately striking down at the surface of the metal mine, with a loud "clang clang clang" sound that didn't stop.

  In the past, it took two or three hours to dig up a piece of metal ore. Now, in less than an hour, when the last link was broken and a palm-sized piece of metal ore was dug out, Ba Fenghan's body was like having its last string pulled out, and he collapsed softly to the ground.

  Never has it been so efficient, but the cold wind is still low and gloomy. Planting medicinal herbs is a long-term task, with a large amount of labor every day. It's unbearable for a long time. This kind of madness brings about consequences such as aching all over. Fortunately, we're almost done descending the mountain. Otherwise, playing with one's life like this would require at least several hours of rest. Calculating it out, it turns out that the efficiency is not higher than before when we were taking it slow.

  The medicine was left here, and Ba Feng Han stood up, walking hard towards the metal mine. This thing that ruined the medicine field, if thrown here, would re-condense with the earth under the effect of the spiritual energy in just one night, making today's efforts go to waste. It must be taken out.

  The metal ore is not large, only about one foot in size. It's an aggregate of several minerals mixed together, inseparable and extremely heavy. A small piece weighs almost as much as a pickaxe, no wonder it's so hard to clean up.

  With great effort, he picked it up with both hands, his cold eyes fixed on the flickering metal ore, its five-colored light flashing beautifully. A shocking idea suddenly arose in his mind - would the Metal Essence have some connection to this metal ore? They only differed by one word.

  Bafeng Han didn't know that his thoughts were so absurd, a single word's difference in items made them all the same. However, his heart was as if covered with lard, and flames of passion burned fiercely within him. A voice kept shouting, "Put it in, put it in..."

  In the depths of his heart, a demonic thought flashed, and even blood seeped out from the corners of his eyes. Gnashing his teeth, he stroked the irregular surface, his expression changing constantly. Finally, his eyes locked onto the Five Metal Mine, controlling the Dry Heaven Chart, and absorbing the Five Metal Mine.

  The Qiankun diagram was in an array, the five-metal mine in his hand swallowed and disappeared, the five-metal mine was stored smoothly into the Qiankun diagram. In Baofeng Han's brain, a sudden "ding" flashed by, and a faint number formed in the sea of consciousness. The previous 500 did not change, but behind it, an extra digit [one] appeared?

  What's going on? Bai Feng's hand trembled with excitement, a crazy fluctuation. The Five Elements Mine and the Five Elements Essence are related. A palm-sized piece of Five Elements Mine represents a tiny bit of Five Elements Essence. In other words, to unlock the first seal, 500 pieces of Five Elements Mine are needed! At a rate of two pieces per day, it would take 250 days. If progress is faster, breaking through the second seal of the Luo Fu Xin Jing, five or more pieces can be obtained every day. That way, in about three months at most!

  The incredible experience made Bai Feng Han suddenly think that he came to this mysterious world, perhaps it wasn't an accident after all, and had a great deal to do with the Qian Kun diagram. Space transmission, such a powerful ability, whether in his past life or present one, he had never seen before. In myths, every treasure that shuttled through space was famous, but in this life, he was just a low-ranking disciple of a third-rate spiritual root, only able to touch the edge of true cultivation. But would he always be just a miscellaneous disciple? As long as he could unlock the seal of the Qian Kun diagram and understand its secrets, he might become a legend, a legendary figure in the world of true cultivation.

  250 days, this is a long period of time. After searching through his memories, Kui Feng Han suddenly thought that he had been an apprentice for three years now. This year's annual evaluation would determine whether he could stay in the Luo Fu Sect. The Luo Fu Sect did not raise idle people, and disciples like him who were only doing miscellaneous chores were even more so. If he couldn't even do the basic task of cultivating medicine after a three-year probationary period, then what awaited him was probably just leaving!

  No! His heart was screaming, he saw hope, but hope was getting farther and farther away from him. This sense of loss is unbearable for anyone, the exhaustion brought by overusing his strength, fatigue rolled in.

  A heavy footstep sounded beside him, and a ugly face with a silly smile appeared in front of Baofeng Han. His thick arm forcefully fell on Baofeng Han's shoulder and said in a loud voice: "Fenghan, we should go down the mountain!"

  Yes, it's time to go down the mountain. Every day, there are only six hours between sunrise and sunset when they can work on the mountain. The magic of Jiling Mountain also makes the night on the mountain bone-chillingly cold. Only those who have truly passed the physical refinement stage and reached the level of spiritual refinement can move about freely at night. Apprentices in the physical refinement stage will be frozen into ice pops by the piercing spiritual energy if they stay on the mountain.

  The sun sets in the west, and the setting sun has a unique scenery. The clear wind blows up the thin fog, and I don't know when the mountain's fog will come again. The gray-robed disciples on Yaoshan started to go down the mountain, still silent, they were more sluggish than when they went up the mountain in the morning after a day of hard work.

  Halfway up the mountain, in a thatched cottage, a middle-aged man in purple robes stood upright, seeing off one after another of his disciples as they descended the mountain. When he saw Qi Zhi Xiao, the frost on his face seemed to melt away somewhat.

  "Uncle Lu, I'm going down the mountain!" Qi Zhi Xiao handed over the two wooden plaques with a warm smile.

  "Not bad!" Lu Shu swept his gaze over Qi Zhi Xiao's wooden sign, Qi Zhi Xiao had worked very hard, especially during the monthly evaluation. Today, he had eliminated a total of 45 pieces of Five Gold Ore. His realm was slightly higher than that of Ba Feng Han. With the help of his innate divine power, as long as he worked hard, he was not much worse than those close to the First Heaven's Peak. Calculating it out, successfully delivering five 10-year-old spiritual medicines would be no problem.

  Lu Shu's gaze swept over Baofeng Han, and the chill on his face intensified. Baofeng Han's land was originally rich in metal mines, and today they had only eliminated one. Over time, wouldn't all of his land become metal mines? Even with Lu Shu's strength at the mid-stage of Yuanyuan, it would take some effort to eliminate over 300 metal mines. It seemed that this year's assessment would be Baofeng Han's last in the Luofeng Sect.

  Seeing Lu Shu's icy gaze, Qi Zhi Xiao hastily explained: "Uncle Lu! Feng Han is just not feeling well today!"

  Lu Shu glanced at Ba Fenghan with a slanted gaze and said lightly, "Whether your body is good or bad has nothing to do with me. Zhi Xiao, hurry up and go down the mountain, the cold air is coming!"

  Zi Zhi Xiao's face showed a hint of horror, looking at the white mist rising from below, he put down the wooden sign, held the Bafeng Han, and headed down the mountain, his speed contrasting greatly with his massive body.

  "Hey, Zhi Xiao slow down! Aren't we already down the mountain?" Ba Feng Han panted heavily, being held by the robust Qi Zhi Xiao all along. Unlike him, Qi Zhi Xiao was born with divine strength and seemed to be unaware of fatigue as he ran swiftly like a galloping horse. However, Ba Feng Han, who was being held under his arm, was tossed about like a rag doll and almost threw up.

  Fortunately, Qi Zhi Xiao was very fast and stopped at the foot of the mountain, putting Ba Feng Han down. He looked back at the mountain peak with a lingering fear and let out a long sigh.

  It's easy to get dizzy in the bumpy road, and after recovering, looking at Qi Zhi Xiao's appearance, he felt both angry and amused, saying: "It's still early, it will only appear at noon!"

  Just then, the evening bell tolled, its sound shaking the earth. It was as if it had been arranged beforehand that the white mist lurking at the foot of the mountain began to rise slowly, enveloping the entire peak in a thick fog. In an instant, the temperature seemed to drop by several degrees.

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