Joy Blood Locust King had not anticipated that the core would change hands in just under three days.
He had not fully researched that object himself; the only function he had developed was to use it on his avatars as a carrier.
But it was certain that it was one of the most precious things in the world.
To lose it like that, even he was extremely heartbroken and could only console himself in his heart.
“It doesn’t matter, as long as the plan is completed, finding a person is very simple.”
As long as the plan was completed, whether it was finding a person or anything else, it would be a simple matter.
If he didn’t want to complicate things unnecessarily before, he could have gathered several Great Grandmasters to directly steal it back.
If one Great Grandmaster is not your match, what about several?
“The core will always return to my hands.”
Muttering to himself, Joy Blood Locust King once again closed his eyes; his physical body fell asleep, bearing many responsibilities that needed his attention.
Wang Sheng was unaware that his unintentional recasting of Black Wood had directly erased the sensations of the Blood Locust King.
Although the flying sword could not completely be claimed as his, it was nearly so.
After finishing his experiments, he rode the flying sword back to the village.
Sword Flight was an interesting skill.
If Wang Sheng didn’t have a progress bar, he would need to spend time addressing the issue of applying his Divine Thought onto his body’s direct effect on its mystical nature or perhaps addressing the issue of balance.
But with the skill, every time he used Sword Flight, he would gain experience in Sword Flight.
This included its balance and the application of Divine Thought.
That was the most important reason why his Sword Flight became more and more stable.
Improvement wasn’t just external performance; it included theoretical aspects as well.
After returning to the village, Wang Sheng went straight to find the village chief.
The village chief was examining the cultivation of Spirit Rice in the fields, both the second wave of Spirit Rice and ordinary rice were ready for harvest.
The rice had been almost fully stored, and starting next year, all would be planted with Spirit Rice.
Perhaps everyone in the village would be eating Spirit Rice in the future.
Although Spirit Rice had a long growth cycle, its yield and satiety were strong.
Especially its satiety, which was several times that of ordinary rice.
Most importantly, consuming it could enhance physical condition and prolong life, its effects not as good as Spiritual Medicine, but in terms of quantity, it was overwhelmingly superior. According to Yue, even among the powers of Great Grandmasters, Spirit Rice was considered a top-tier common resource.
Moreover, the effects of Spirit Rice had been experienced by the villagers during last year’s New Year’s celebration.
So, no one opposed it.
Soon, all the Spirit Rice would be planted, and the village chief was keeping a close watch.
However, upon seeing Wang Sheng, he still set aside his work.
“Yun Sheng, is there something you need?”
“Village chief, I’d like to have someone mine the iron ore that Wang Shuwen found.”
Currently, if he wanted his flying sword to become stronger, the iron ore was definitely essential.
“Mine the iron ore? Alright, I’ll find you some people.”
The village chief agreed without hesitation.
Normally, unauthorized mining of iron ore would be a capital offense of exterminating nine kin.
But in current times, who cares about these things?
Moreover, the chief was well aware of the situation in the three counties; it was almost Wang Sheng’s private land now.
Even if it were reported to the authorities, the authorities would only come knocking on their own.
Others might not know, but did Zhou Zhengwen not know?
The so-called guardian god of the three counties was Wang Sheng, proven best by the corpse of the Evil Flood.
Therefore, the next day, the village chief brought a few dozen people.
Not many, but all were strong and robust, including about ten Martial Artists. Among them were Zhou Yong, Zhou Gu, and Wang Shuwen, all fourth-tier Martial Artists, though the Martial Artists were not leading the team but someone else.
“Yun Sheng, this is Zhou Kang, who has worked in a mine before and has some experience; this time he will lead the mining team.”
Wang Sheng nodded and said, “Brother Zhou, I appreciate your help!”
“No trouble at all, no trouble at all.”
Zhou Kang was clearly currying favor, aware of Wang Sheng’s status.
Wang Sheng didn’t mind; significant disparities in strength and status naturally led to such behavior.
“It’s my first time mining; I’ll go with you.”
Although Zhou Kang found it strange, he just nodded without questioning further.
Wang Sheng wasn’t idle out of boredom.
The iron mines in this world were not ordinary.
According to “Mechanical Technique: Azure Dragon Chapter,” some iron mines might contain rare ores, like Silver Essence Iron.
Silver Essence Iron was considered high-grade among all iron ores, significantly better than man-made metals like Blood-forged Steel.
And most iron mines had it, just in varying concentrations.
Wang Sheng hadn’t been very urgent before, as just having Silver Essence Iron wasn’t as useful as he imagined, and it wasn’t going anywhere. So, he hadn’t rushed to mine it.
But now it was different; he had already tried, the flying sword absorbed any type of metal, and the better the metal, the greater the enhancement.
He certainly wouldn’t miss Silver Essence Iron.
After preparations were made, the group set off straight for the location of the iron mine.
Zhou Kang was tasked to find the most suitable location for mining.
In the past, Zhou Kang was just a miner who had been down in the mines and naturally did not know about these things, but after the village had interacted with the Three Great Families, the families had sent quite a few items.
Among them were books on mineral vein surveying.
When Zhou Kang accidentally learned that Wang Sheng was looking for an iron mine, he quickly realized this was his opportunity, so after learning how to read in school, he borrowed books on minerals to study and learned quite a bit. Now, he finally got to apply his knowledge.
It took almost half a day, but Zhou Kang finally found a suitable spot.
“This is it, mining here is most appropriate.”
Wang Sheng didn’t know about these matters, but as long as someone else did, it was fine.
“Everyone, please step back!”
The crowd, not knowing why, still stepped back.
Seeing that everyone had moved away, Wang Sheng did not hesitate and threw a punch down.
“Boom!”
The place where he stood exploded dramatically, and rocks flew chaotically.
When it comes to mining, what’s faster than an explosion?
And this time, he didn’t use Qi Blood Power or Fist Force, it was purely brute force.
Using Qi Blood Power, what could be left was uncertain even to Wang Sheng himself.
However, the air blast from pure brute force was sufficient.
A huge pit appeared before everyone.
He looked at Zhou Kang and asked, “Is this okay?”
The dozens of people present were somewhat dumbfounded.
Even their strongest was just a fourth-grade Martial Artist, who at most could create a small pit in the ground, and even that wouldn’t be very big.
Yet Wang Sheng seemingly casually threw a punch and caused massive destruction.
They, who had never seen a top-level power in action, instantly understood why the powerful were powerful.
Hearing Wang Sheng’s words, Zhou Kang immediately reacted and said, “It’s enough, we can start work!”
Though there were only dozens of people, under Wang Sheng’s Divine Thought, he could clearly see the details of these people.
These people had mostly traded their merits for quite a few resources, and even those who were not Martial Artists had physiques not comparable to ordinary people.
Thus, once they started work, they moved very quickly.
Wang Sheng did not leave; he spread his Divine Thought to explore the iron mine.
The iron mine was larger than Wang Sheng had expected; according to the data he saw, it could completely be considered a mid to small-scale iron mine.
This was somewhat surprising to him.
The larger the iron mine, the more Silver Essence Iron it would produce.
Ordinary iron mines could be mined at any time, so he was not particularly concerned and used his Divine Thought to look for things different from the ordinary iron ore.
The power of Divine Thought was indeed formidable. Even if buried deep underground and unobstructed by any force, Divine Thought could still fully function.
Silver Essence Iron, although not all clustered together, would generally be fixed in a certain area.
About half an hour later, Wang Sheng found the exact location of the Silver Essence Iron.
“Dig towards the east, don’t worry about collapses, speed up!”
After finding it, Wang Sheng naturally did not delay and decided to first excavate the Silver Essence Iron.
The speed of the dozens of people was very fast, and with Wang Sheng guaranteeing safety, it took about half a day to reach the target location.
“You guys secure the mine shaft, leave the rest to me.”
He couldn’t always use his Divine Thought to stabilize the mine shaft, so the shaft still needed to be fortified.
And only he could quickly find the Silver Essence Iron; they were temporarily unnecessary.
After hearing Wang Sheng’s words, Zhou Kang led the people to reinforce the mine.
Meanwhile, Wang Sheng himself began searching for Silver Essence Iron in this area.
Silver Essence Iron, also known as Silver Mirror Iron, is an extremely pure metal mineral.
Naturally occurring but not requiring time for smelting, it can be directly utilized once excavated.
Silver Essence Iron and iron ore look similar, with a surface as smooth as a mirror, capable of directly reflecting a human image, hence the name Silver Mirror Iron.
Thus, even without Divine Thought, it is actually quite easy to find.
However, having Divine Thought, Wang Sheng naturally wouldn’t be foolish to not use it.
By the time it got dark, he had retrieved all the Silver Essence Iron detected under his Divine Thought.
“About three thousand kilograms in total, not bad.”
Three thousand kilograms, or about three tons, might seem like a lot.
But the reserve of a mid to small-scale iron ore vein is way beyond ten thousand tons. In comparison, about three tons of Silver Essence Iron seems quite trivial.
Of course, Wang Sheng also knew that he might not have fully scanned it, maybe some were left behind, but the majority was definitely here.
Even if there was any remaining, it wasn’t much.
By the time Zhou Kang and his team had finished reinforcing the mine, the sky had completely darkened.
“Brother Zhou, if you find this kind of ore in the iron mine in the future, you can save it separately.”
A mosquito’s leg is still meat; Wang Sheng himself couldn’t bother searching every spot, but he wouldn’t let go if Zhou Kang and others found it while mining in the future.
Zhou Kang, after all, was a miner and knew it was possible to discover rare ores in an iron mine; thus, he was not particularly surprised.
“Okay, I’ll keep an eye out for it,” he nodded and memorized the appearance of the Silver Essence Iron.
After handling the mine’s matters, Wang Sheng took all the Silver Essence Iron back to the village…