After passing through, Guo Feilong stared at Zhou Qiang's treasure-hunting spiritual instrument, as if a new world had opened up before him.
The treasure-hunting instrument was shaped like a small UFO, capable of flying in the air, with a white light that could shine from its base.
When the white light hit land containing metal ores, the treasure-hunting instrument would emit a red glow.
Isn't this just like a metal detector in the Cultivation World? It was the first time Guo Feilong had seen such a thing here. He asked Zhou Qiang, the owner of the treasure-hunting instrument, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, where did you buy this treasure-hunting instrument, and how much does it cost?"
Zhou Qiang looked at him and said, "This treasure-hunting instrument was invented by a friend of mine a few days ago. It can detect various metals.
I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect this thing to actually detect metal treasures."
Metals that could be used to refine spiritual instruments and sacred treasures were considered heavenly materials and earthly treasures in this cultivation world.
There was a freshly dug pit on the ground, containing a dark red stone with a rusty-looking substance on its surface.
At this moment, Zhou Qiang held a piece of this stone in his hand and said, "This stone is called Red Star Iron Ore. It can be refined into Red Iron, which is a material for making top-quality spiritual instruments. If it can be refined into Red Iron Steel, it can be made into a sacred treasure.
This mountain should have a lot of Red Star Iron Ore. If we break it down, everyone will definitely earn a few million low-quality spirit stones."
Forget a few million low-quality spirit stones; even tens of thousands would be a significant amount for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.
Most of the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators present were from small sects or families. Hearing about a few million low-quality spirit stones, their eyes immediately lit up.
Someone immediately took out a large hammer spiritual instrument, rolled up their sleeves, and said, "What are we waiting for? Let's start digging now."
Under normal circumstances, an ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivator would earn only twenty to thirty thousand spirit stones a year, and two to three hundred thousand in ten years. A few million spirit stones would be at least a hundred years' total income, enough to make anyone envious.
Boom!
With a loud bang, the large hammer spiritual instrument smashed into the ground of the hillside like a small missile explosion, creating a large pit with rocks flying in all directions.
The pit created by the hammer was about thirteen or fourteen meters in diameter and three or four meters deep.
This was the power of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator using a top-quality spiritual instrument with a casual strike.
With that hammer strike, quite a bit of Red Star Iron Ore was indeed unearthed.
Seeing this, the other Foundation Establishment stage cultivators no longer hesitated and took out their spiritual instruments, smashing them against the thousand-meter-high mountain.
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The unearthed Red Star Iron Ore was collected together using mystic power, to be evenly divided later, avoiding disputes and fights.
Guo Feilong wasn't particularly interested in the Red Star Iron Ore. He already had plenty of Red Iron in his storage bag. He was more interested in Zhou Qiang's treasure-hunting instrument.
So he said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, may I take a look at this treasure-hunting instrument?"
"Of course."
"Thank you."
"We're all companions, no need to be polite."
Guo Feilong held the treasure-hunting instrument in his hand. It was about the size of a dinner plate, shaped like a UFO, or like two plates stacked together.
Under the observation of his Divine Sense, he quickly understood the structure and principle of this treasure-hunting instrument. It was just a low-quality spiritual instrument, and he thought it wouldn't be difficult to replicate and refine it.
Returning the treasure-hunting instrument to Zhou Qiang, Guo Feilong had a strong idea: why not refine a flying spiritual instrument similar to an airplane or rocket?
The fastest airplane on Earth could reach over 7,000 kilometers per hour, about 14,000 li.
In the Cultivation World, a flying spiritual beast comparable to the late Foundation Establishment stage Great Perfection could fly at about 3,000 li per hour, or 1,500 kilometers.
A flying spiritual beast comparable to the early Golden Elixir stage could fly at about 4,500 kilometers per hour, or 9,000 li.
The fastest speed of a rocket on Earth could reach kilometers per hour, or li.
This was four to five times faster than a Golden Elixir stage cultivator, possibly even faster than the fastest speed of an early Elemental Infant stage cultivator.
Thinking of this, Guo Feilong's heart burned with excitement. If he could refine a flying spiritual instrument like a rocket, he could escape even if he couldn't defeat an Elemental Infant stage cultivator.
This cultivation world didn't have those novel-like powerful beings who could destroy the heavens and earth at will, nor were there cultivators who could pluck stars and moons with a single hand or shatter planets with a yawn.
In fact, Guo Feilong had also studied gunpowder before, but the gunpowder formulas from Earth didn't have the expected effects in this cultivation world, merely becoming flammable substances.
While Guo Feilong was pondering how to refine a rocket-like flying spiritual instrument after returning, a dissatisfied voice suddenly rang out.
"Hey, Guo, everyone is working hard mining, and you're just standing there doing nothing. If you don't start mining, you won't get a share of the ores."
"Exactly, everyone is working, and you're just watching. What's the deal?"
Others also expressed their displeasure.
"Sorry, I got lost in thought for a moment. I'll start mining right away."
Guo Feilong pretended to be average, controlling his flying sword to join the others in mining.
With about twenty Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, each one's attack was like an infinite small missile.
The thousand-meter-high mountain was shattered into countless pieces in less than a day.
The useful Red Star Iron Ore was piled together, forming a thirty-meter-high heap of rubble.
Next, it took the group less than half an hour to evenly divide the thirty-meter-high heap of Red Star Iron Ore.
As Zhou Qiang had said, each person's share of Red Star Iron Ore was worth several million low-quality spirit stones.
Some Foundation Establishment stage cultivators present had never been this wealthy in their lives, their faces beaming with joy.
In the following days, Guo Feilong and the others ventured two hundred li deeper into the mountains each day, harvesting many spirit herbs and spirit medicines daily.
After venturing two to three thousand li into the mountains, the other Foundation Establishment stage cultivators dared not go any further.
Because they had just seen from a distance.
Two kinds of spiritual beasts, six or seven in total, comparable to the Golden Elixir stage, were fighting.
This meant that ahead was the territory of Golden Elixir stage spiritual beasts.
If they encountered Golden Elixir stage spiritual beasts, these Foundation Establishment stage cultivators would just be snacks for them.
Going forward was not an option, and returning the way they came was impossible.
At Zhou Qiang's suggestion, the group moved horizontally to the right, picking spirit herbs and spirit medicines when they encountered them, and mining metal ores when they found them.
During these days, Guo Feilong and his group also encountered other Foundation Establishment stage cultivator teams, with numbers similar to theirs, or as few as six or seven. As for one or two-person Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, they hadn't encountered any.
There were likely only two reasons for not encountering them.
One reason was that solo treasure-hunting Foundation Establishment stage cultivators had been killed and robbed by larger groups.
Another reason was that those solo treasure hunters had formed larger Foundation Establishment stage cultivator teams.
A month later, Guo Feilong and his group were caught in a formation ambush, with a formation barrier trapping them all inside.
"Gahaha, Junior Brother Zhou, Junior Brother Xu, if you hadn't brought people over, I would've thought you were dead."
Outside the formation barrier, a black-robed cultivator wearing a ghost-face mask appeared, looking at Zhou Qiang and Xu Liang.
The aura emanating from the ghost-face mask black-robed person was at the late Foundation Establishment stage Great Perfection level. The Junior Brother Zhou and Junior Brother Xu he referred to were evidently Zhou Qiang and Xu Liang, the leaders of Guo Feilong's team.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, Fellow Daoist Xu, what's going on here?"
Someone questioned.
Zhou Qiang and Xu Liang had somehow distanced themselves from Guo Feilong and the others.
Facing the questioning, Zhou Qiang, who usually had a kind and friendly demeanor, suddenly turned cold and sinister, saying, "Bringing you here, of course, is to kill you."
As he spoke, the aura on Zhou Qiang and Xu Liang suddenly changed from the late Foundation Establishment stage to the late Foundation Establishment stage Great Perfection level.
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