Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 257: "The Earth's Pivot Tour, Mountains and Rivers Contain Spirits" - Qinling Alchemy Longevity Bowl Chenghui Dragon Vein Restoration
As night fell, Li Xiang came to Qinling Mountains because it was the closest to him.

The 800-li Qinchuan River starts from Kunlun Mountain and ends at Dabie Mountain, forming the watershed between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. It stretches across central China like a giant dragon, carrying the glory of China for thousands of years. There have been legends about it since ancient times, and it is the ancestral vein of Chinese civilization.

Li Xiang's whole body glowed with ochre-colored light. He used earth escape to travel underground in the Qinling Mountains and explore.

The ability to sense the earth veins was exerted, and with him as the center, he could see everything within a radius of two to three thousand meters.

In the process of searching for dragon veins, he discovered that many mountains were hollow and had an "underground Great Wall" built on them, which was very magnificent.

According to CCTV News, these underground walls are 5,000 kilometers long, but the space is still limited and is not suitable as an underground city to accommodate 1.4 billion people.

These are strategic facilities after all, with all kinds of "express deliveries" that last as long as the sky placed inside, making living there inconvenient.

He has already reported the impending end of the world to the country. Li Xiang no longer needs to worry about how to observe the black fog star field, how to build underground cities, how many to build, and what reserves and response measures to take.

He just needs to take care of his own little piece of land.

He did not stay too long near the underground walls, but took a detour and discovered many undiscovered precious minerals deep underground.

I just don’t know much. I can only identify gold mines, silver mines, and the ores that I encountered when I was exploring the mineral veins in my hometown with Jiang Caier. I am completely in the dark about the rest.

Even if we have some guesses, we cannot be sure.

"It seems that I still have to bring Cai'er with me. Cai'er will soon have her month-long vacation." Li Xiang still missed his little fiancée.

Li Xiang searched for a long time but did not find any special veins. After all, the Qinling Mountains are relatively large, and the special veins are well hidden. Although his vein perception ability can cover an area of more than 2,000 meters, it is not worth mentioning compared to the entire Qinling Mountains.

Things like gold mines and silver mines are definitely not where dragon veins are located because they are too vulgar or too ordinary.

Li Xiang then began to use the "Crystal Vein Armament" to condense pure gold. He would naturally not miss those large gold mines.

This skill can be used to refine high-strength armor or spiritual weapons. With a little modification, it can naturally be used to purify ores. The magic of application lies in one's heart. He has a flexible mind and is not a rigid person who cannot adapt.

The first gold mine he picked out was a gold mine deep underground with a huge reserve of at least two hundred tons. In just three nights, Li Xiang had refined most of the gold and the accompanying silver mine as well. As for the rest, he just left it there and didn't take any of it.

Because of limited energy, I only pick up valuable things.

But doing this job all the time is actually quite boring and tiring. During breaks, he also uses his skills to make some small gadgets.

Because making small gadgets is relatively simple and does not require much mental and spiritual energy.

He used pure gold to condense a golden bowl with six seal-script "Shou" characters and ancient cloud patterns.

I flicked the bowl with my fingers, and the sound was as clear as a chime, with a lingering sound. "It's quite beautiful. I'll give it to grandma for dinner."

Playing this is a way to relax, which is different from work. Li Xiang was very excited and collected many large and small gold bowls, gold plates, gold spoons, gold chopsticks, and gold bracelets, intending to replace all the tableware in his home.

As for the gold bracelet, it can be used as a gift. Gold is expensive now, and any one of these, weighing 50 or 60 grams, would cost at least tens of thousands. Even the style he designed himself is just average.

But then I thought that using all gold tableware would be too ostentatious, so I only kept grandma's gold bowl, gold chopsticks and gold spoon, and then made a new set of silver tableware.

Silver is not valuable nowadays, only a few dollars per gram, so using silver tableware will not attract much attention.

Since the breakthrough in electrolytic aluminum technology, most of the silver on the market does not come from mines, but mainly comes from the by-product of the aluminum smelting industry, which is the output of anode mud from aluminum electrolytic cells.

Since it is a byproduct, it has a rigid supply, that is, even if the silver price drops, its output will not decrease. The output is only linked to the aluminum output and is not affected by the silver price.

Because the underground is hidden, Li Xiang would come here to refine gold in broad daylight. When Jiang Caier was on vacation, he had refined more than 2,000 tons of pure gold and almost mined all the undiscovered gold mines in the Qinling Mountains.

Li Xiang cooked for Jiang Caier at home, and the tableware used by grandma was all gold, especially the gold bowl, which she liked very much. As for Li Xiang and Jiang Caier, they used silver bowls, silver chopsticks and silver spoons.

The grandmother smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth. She was moved by her grandson's filial piety: "I have lived my whole life and never thought that one day I would eat with such beautiful golden bowls and chopsticks."

Jiang Caier smiled and said, "Grandma, if you want to eat with a diamond bowl and diamond chopsticks, Brother Xiang will help you realize it."

She naturally knew that Li Xiang had acquired new skills, because after returning, Li Xiang had told her about the gains from his trip to Japan. Of course, he did not mention anything that should not have been mentioned, such as adopting Chiba Yukio and her pair of beautiful twin daughters in Japan.

Although he was a straight man, he was not that stupid. Although he did not do anything to Chiba Yukio, he knew that he must not tell anyone.

Li Xiang also invited her to explore the dragon veins together, and Jiang Caier readily agreed.

Grandma laughed and said, "It's already a blessing to have a golden bowl, golden chopsticks and a golden spoon. I'm already quite old. If there's anything I still hope for in this life, it's that you give birth to babies soon. It would be best if you had more."

Jiang Caier was shy, with two blushes on her pretty cheeks, which made her look even brighter. She had her hair tied up in a cute half-bun, but it couldn't hide her talent.

Li Xiang laughed and said, "Grandma, please wait until Cai'er finishes the college entrance examination, otherwise I will be scolded to death."

In another time and space, many people have already scolded him for being too young, and some have threatened to report him. Li Xiang, as the top fighter on this planet, still trembles in fear in the face of this mysterious power. So he dare not cross the line in the slightest, and the two of them still keep to the red line.

"Yeah, no rush, no rush. Ever since Xiang'er came back, I feel my old bones are getting healthier and healthier. There's no problem living for another seven or eight years. I'll definitely be able to see my great-grandson, haha." Grandma laughed heartily, and the more she looked at Jiang Cai'er, the more she liked her.

Li Xiang actually wanted to have more children, because in troubled times, the more bloodlines there are, the more stable and powerful the power will be. Otherwise, who will inherit such a huge foundation? It can't all be taken advantage of by outsiders in the end, right?

Murong Fu wanted to revive Dayan, and he always put the great cause first. He ignored his beautiful cousin and was busy everywhere. In fact, he did not grasp the key point and his thinking was not clear enough.

He only needs to marry more wives and focus on making babies and raising children in the early stages, such as having hundreds of children. His family is rich and they can afford to raise them. With the Murong family's inherited martial arts and genes, not every one of them will be a powerful general, but at least 80% of them can become powerful generals. Even if each of them leads a thousand soldiers and horses, they will be a huge force together, and it will be just a matter of time before they become powerful and conquer the world.

Since they were all biological sons, before the empire was conquered, they all had a common goal, so loyalty was not a problem. At most, there would be a "Nine Sons Fighting for the Crown Prince" in the future.

After dinner, Li Xiang finished his housework and went to the ground with Jiang Caier in a deserted place, escaping into the ground and heading to the Qinling Mountains.

He can now use the earth escape technique to travel four to five hundred kilometers per hour. The straight-line distance between Qinling Mountains and his home is only six to seven hundred kilometers. With the beauty in his arms, he arrived there in just over an hour.

Li Xiang took Jiang Caier to see the mineral veins that had been explored before. Jiang Caier identified them one by one and was almost certain.

In addition to gold, silver, lead and zinc mines, there are also molybdenum mines, rare earth mines, uranium mines, Lantian jade mines, graphite mines, natural bismuth and bismuthinite, tellurium gold mines, etc.

Some mineral deposits are highly radioactive, such as uranium ore, which is extremely radioactive and contains dense concentrations of various rays and radioactive energy. A lot of radon gas also accumulates in some natural cracks underground.

Fortunately, when Li Xiang was traveling underground, he was wearing the Giant Whale Holy Armor, and Jiang Caier was also protected by the Purple Mirage Armor, so the radioactive energy could not harm them.

If an ordinary person came here, he would probably be unlucky and suffer from deformities, cancer, or various other diseases.

Jiang Caier marked the location of each mineral vein, compiled a table using a quantum computer, and recorded it in the memory palace.

Dangerous areas with radioactivity are specially marked. These places are located deep underground and the surface is not affected.

Li Xiang gained a lot of knowledge following Jiang Caier. He studied hard. When Jiang Caier was identifying the stones, she also explained to him the typical characteristics and identification methods of various minerals. Li Xiang memorized them one by one, so that he would be able to recognize them roughly when he met them next time.

After all, Jiang Caier has to go to school and have her own studies. When she is admitted to university in the future, she will also have various research projects of her own. It is impossible for her to accompany him around every day.

When Li Xiang talked about refining gold ore, he took out the gold tableware and gold bracelets for display.

"These gold bracelets are too ugly. Let me design one for you." Jiang Caier smiled slightly, feeling speechless about her brother's artistic aesthetics.

"No one is perfect. Brother is a little weak in this aspect, but it doesn't matter. Let baby Cai'er help you make up for it!" Jiang Cai'er is clever and teased secretly.

She was a very learned person, and there were countless books and materials stored in her memory palace. With just a little effort, she was able to find many styles of gold bracelets.

She did not copy them verbatim, but used quantum computer virtual modeling to deduce and design them again with reference to these styles. Finally, she picked out the eighteen best-looking styles, all of which were unparalleled innovative styles in the world, and then used the "mirage" attribute of the purple mirage armor to materialize them.

Li Xiang re-designed the styles according to the ones she provided. It must be said that after being designed by Jiang Caier, these gold bracelets sparkled and were of a higher grade.

"This is for you, take this back and give it to my future mother-in-law, this is for your grandmother, and this is for your aunt..." Li Xiang stuffed them into Jiang Caier's hands one by one. He also kept a few to give to his grandmother, grandmother, aunt and others.

In addition, he was thinking about sending these designs to the Jiuselu Jewelry Store, which not only sells jade, but also gold jewelry. These bracelets are novel and fashionable in design and will surely sell well.

After Jiang Caier understood his needs, she told him not to worry and that she would send these virtual electronic design drawings directly to his email when she returned, and he would just forward them when the time came.

As for the gold bracelets Li Xiang gave her, Jiang Caier accepted them all without being polite to him, because as the future hostess, she had already figured out Li Xiang's family background. What belonged to Li Xiang was hers, so there was no need to be so distant.

They are just a few gold bracelets. They may seem very valuable to outsiders, but to their family, they are not worth mentioning.

Li Xiang has such a perverted skill. He can take as many mineral veins as he wants deep underground. They are all his family's private property.

Li Xiang used the "crystal vein weapon" to mine underground, which was extremely concealed and did not require him to apply for any certificates or pay taxes.

Of course, these mineral veins are just "by-products" of searching for special veins, not the real purpose of their trip.

"If you want to find the Qinling Mountains, maybe you went in the wrong direction before. The Qinling Mountains are the dragon spine of China, extending eastward from the Kunlun Mountains, inheriting the royal spirit of the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties. Its mineral veins are nourished by the earth's marrow... According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas: Western Mountains", when the Yellow Emperor cast the tripod in Jingshan, he mined the Xuanhuang essence from the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains; the bronze tripod of the Western Zhou Dynasty contained 2.7% of purple mica, which made it rust-free for a thousand years; Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty cast five-zhu coins with Taiyi Xuanjin, achieving the currency hegemony of the 'Han Banliang'..."

Jiang Caier's eyes flashed, and as she waved her hand, a lot of information appeared. These materials were all virtual electronic versions, holographically projected in the void in front of them. Li Xiang was dazzled by what he saw, and thought that Caier was still amazing.

This is a walking living library!

Soon, based on the information, Jiang Caier deduced the true location of the dragon vein - the northern foot of Mount Li.

However, it was too late, so Li Xiang and the others had to go back. Grandma had already prepared dinner, so they ate together. Jiang Caier showed up at home again, washed up and went to bed early.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, the two sneaked out for a date again.

Now that Li Xiang can burrow underground, Jiang Caier doesn't have to go through the trouble of climbing through the window. Instead, Li Xiang goes to pick up Jiang Caier and takes her directly into the deep underground. After reaching the mountains, he emerges on the surface and walks on the ground.

Traveling on the ground at night is even faster with Li Xiang's top speed of Mach 5.5.

He moved and in the blink of an eye he brought Jiang Caier to the northern foot of Mount Li. The two of them landed on the ruins of Huaqing Pool, their combat boots crushing the ice. The surroundings were covered in white and the wind was biting.

"It should be here." They sank into the ground and searched carefully. With Li Xiang's ability to sense the veins, they soon found a mysterious vein.

"Yanhuang Blood Jade?"

Looking at the vein that was pulsating slightly like a living thing, Li Xiang recognized it without Jiang Caier's reminder.

This place is located more than 3,000 meters underground. There are many crystal clear jades in the veins, but they are mixed with blood color, which is rich and heavy, consistent with the legendary "Yanhuang Blood Jade".

This is not bloodstone, but a higher grade jade.

According to legend, the imperial seal of Qin Shihuang was inlaid with a piece of Yanhuang blood jade crystal.

Li Xiang activated his supernatural powers and picked up a large piece of pure Yanhuang blood jade with natural patterns on it with a wave of his hand.

"Is this... a river map pattern?" Jiang Caier took it and looked at it carefully, then exclaimed in amazement after stroking it gently.

"River Map? Does it have to be so mysterious?" Li Xiang was also surprised.

However, since it is the dragon vein of China, it is not surprising.

Li Xiang took Jiang Caier to walk in this active mineral vein. There were many branches, and they also discovered many other special mineral veins, including the Xuanhuang Jingpo, Lantian Jadeite, Taiyi Xuanjin (which looked similar to the obsidian vein in Mount Fuji, but was not jade, but a black alloy of multiple metals mixed together with extremely high hardness), Zifu Mica, and so on.

These names are just judged by Jiang Caier based on ancient books. In modern times, there are other names, so I will not go into details here.

"Cai'er, have you noticed that many of the mineral veins here are broken?" Li Xiang suddenly said after taking Jiang Cai'er on a "patrol" for most of the time.

Jiang Caier tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, "It is said that the dragon vein here was cut off artificially. Maybe it is true, but I don't know how it was done in ancient times."

"Are there also extraordinary people or Feng Shui masters?" After all, the two of them were not from that era. However, the earth veins contained spiritual energy, and there must have been some mysterious aspects before the dragon veins were cut off.

Jiang Caier said: "There should be. In addition, I noticed that there is a dormant consciousness hidden in this vein, which is similar to the consciousnesses I encountered in the metaverse before."

"Artificial intelligence?" Li Xiang blurted out, then shook his head and said, "It should be the spiritual consciousness born in the earth veins. The earth veins have been destroyed, and the other party must have suffered heavy damage."

In the veins of Mount Fuji, there is the Obsidian Wujin Mountain Saint. This is the ancestral vein of China, and it is impossible to be weaker than that of Mount Fuji. It's just that he is not good at spiritual consciousness and cannot communicate with it.

Jiang Caier said, "Let me try it." She released the imaginary corridor, creating a virtual metaverse space and pulling Li Xiang's consciousness in.

Jiang Caier was naturally there too.

"Oh my god, is this the ancient legend of soul leaving the body?" Li Xiang was surprised and felt that Jiang Caier was more and more gifted.

"Almost. Actually, it is the metaverse. We are now equivalent to digital life. I will try to see if I can pull that dragon vein consciousness in."

This is equivalent to establishing a group in person, and it is a virtual three-dimensional metaverse group.

After Jiang Caier finished speaking, she closed her eyes. Various strange symbols continued to emanate from around her body, forming an information stream that extended out.

It was all binary code, which Li Xiang couldn't understand.

Li Xiang was originally a top student, but in front of Jiang Caier, he was almost like a poor student.

"No, that consciousness has been asleep and unresponsive. It seems to have suffered a serious injury." A few minutes later, Jiang Caier opened her eyes and shook her head.

Li Xiang pondered for a moment and asked, "Is it possible that there is a language barrier?"

After all, he saw that Jiang Caier seemed to be using binary code. The dragon vein consciousness was born in ancient times, many years ago, and it might not have any idea what Jiang Caier was talking about.

Jiang Caier said: "No, even if it doesn't understand, it should be able to sense it. It's like when you are sleeping and a foreigner is calling you and pushing you in a foreign language, you will wake up even if you don't understand."

"Yeah." Li Xiang nodded. That's true.

"Brother, why don't you try to repair this dragon vein?" Jiang Caier's eyes lit up and she said excitedly.

"How to repair it?" Li Xiang had never done this before.

"Wait, let me look up some information and help you deduce a specific repair plan." Jiang Caier's eyes were bright. She felt that this matter was particularly challenging and meaningful.

This is about saving a wounded and dormant dragon vein, the legendary ancestral vein of China.

Immediately, Jiang Caier began to think deeply, and all kinds of strange books turned over in her mind. After spending several hours, Jiang Caier finally gave three plans and recommended the one with the highest success rate, suggesting that Li Xiang try it.

"If it doesn't work, we'll try another one." Jiang Caier said.

"Okay, you can definitely do it. My baby Caier is the best!" Li Xiang hugged Jiang Caier and gave her a kiss.

When a couple is of one mind, they can accomplish anything. They work together to repair the dragon vein.

The plan is very complicated, but to put it simply, it is to use various special minerals as materials for repair. With the assistance of Jiang Caier, Li Xiang used various magical skills of "Dishu Yanshilu" to "connect" the broken veins one by one.

This process is like repairing a broken limb in surgery, and is actually a very complicated job.

In surgical operations, repairing severed limbs is not just a matter of simply sewing them up. First, the wound must be cleaned and the fracture must be aligned and fixed. Each tendon must be joined, and the muscles must be sutured in layers to restore their continuity, and attention must be paid to adjusting the tension.

In addition, the technical points and difficulties involved in vascular anastomosis, nerve anastomosis, wound closure and bandaging are self-evident.

And now, Li Xiang’s work on repairing the earth veins is equally impressive.

Because this is not a dead vein, but a special vein that is pulsating slightly, and it has residual life.

Li Xiang transformed himself into a surgeon, or a geomagnetic restorer. Under his careful operation, the broken geomagnetic veins were connected one by one, restoring a stronger pulsation.

Every time he repaired a place, the sound of chimes could be heard from deep underground, long and pleasant, as if the spirit of the earth was making a joyful cry to express gratitude, which was quite magical.

In the end, all the broken parts were repaired, and the Qinling dragon vein, which had been dormant for thousands of years, slowly awakened.

In the Yanhuang Blood Jade vein that meanders like the Yellow River, an old man in a black robe emerged. He had a clear face, a tall hat and a wide belt, and the blood jade pendant on his waist jingled. He bowed deeply to Li Xiang and Jiang Caier, and then sank into the depths of the vein.

"The mineral vein was repaired by my brother, and the spirit of the mineral vein was revived. He seemed to be thanking us in person just now." Jiang Caier gently took Li Xiang's arm, snuggled up to him, and said with a bright smile.

"Yeah." Li Xiang nodded, because the system had just prompted that a thirty-sixth-order god-level mutant creature, the Yanhuang Blood Jade Spirit, had been detected.

Of course, the system arrived early, so there must be bugs in the data. He had just repaired this severely damaged dragon vein, and the strength of the Yanhuang Blood Jade Spirit might not be that strong. It can be seen from the fact that he can't speak and can only bow.

If we only consider the current strength, Li Xiang thinks he can take it, but this is the ancestral vein of China, so he will naturally not touch it. If it is a foreign race like Japan, he will definitely take it by force.

If he really wanted to take it by force, he wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to repair it.

The two were just chatting when an object "emerged" from the Yanhuang Blood Jade Mine. It turned out to be a bronze sacred tree with nine magical small tripods hanging on the branches, each of which was of holy rank, and thirty-six blood jade fruits that were glowing with spiritual light.

"This is its gift of thanks to us." Jiang Caier has a magical ability, and can receive the mysterious thoughts sent by the other party. Strictly speaking, the digital life that Jiang Caier incarnates is essentially the same as the other party.

"I think so." Li Xiang stepped forward, bowed to express his gratitude, and then took the magical object.

This is the first god-level item he has obtained, and with his current strength, he is unable to use it.

Since it cannot be activated, there is no way to understand its extraordinary properties. It can only be stored in the warehouse temporarily.

This thing is so precious. In his two lifetimes, he has never seen or even heard of it.

At the same time, what Li Xiang and his companions did not know was that on the ridge line near Mount Li in the Qinling Mountains, a strange light suddenly flashed, projecting in the air a phantom scene of a mysterious emperor offering sacrifices to the heavens. It was so grand and magnificent that it almost occupied half the sky, and it lasted for five or six seconds before dissipating.

At this moment, it was already bright outside, and the city of Chang'an was bustling with traffic; the morning rush hour had already begun.

Although the weather is bad, many people still have to get up early to go to work.

The north has mature experience in dealing with heavy snow, and there is no snow or ice on the main roads in Chang'an city.

Many people saw it, and some people reacted very quickly. For example, on an elevated road, when there was a traffic jam, a female driver saw this shocking scene in the distant sky, and quickly took out her mobile phone to record it.

Although it was only a few seconds long, she managed to capture most of it, and then posted it on her Moments and the Internet.

There are quite a few videos or photos like this, after all, there are so many people in Chang'an City.

For a while, it caused a lot of discussion.

Some said that it was Qin Shi Huang who offered sacrifices to heaven, some said it was the Zhou Emperor, and some said it was Emperor Wu of Han. Since the emperor showed his side profile, no one could recognize him.

Even if the face is shown, it is too old to be recognized. We can only guess based on the blurry clothing.

Many people outside the city did not believe it and thought it was a special effect. Only the locals in Chang'an City knew that it was absolutely real and not an effect created by a drone. Because someone checked and found that during that time period, no one was flying a drone over Mount Li.

Drone performances must be reported in advance.

Li Xiang and Jiang Caier smiled knowingly when they saw this video.

"Brother, I didn't expect us to cause such a big commotion."

This trip to Qinling Mountains was fruitful. Taking advantage of the fact that Jiang Caier had a few days of vacation left, Li Xiang brought his young fiancée to the imperial capital.

The northern imperial capital must definitely have special land veins.

(End of this chapter)