Gao Wu: Others practice martial arts, but you cultivate immortality?

These resources mostly come from major mines, with the most abundant being Fire Gold;

Standing next to it, you can feel waves of heat coming from it.

Other materials are also fire-attribute, such as the associated minerals of Fire Gold...

Chu Yuan's current assets do indeed lack this kind of thing; Wei Huang has prepared mostly ammunition for him.

After all, he doesn't know how to forge weapons at all, not even a little bit. Collecting these materials is useless to him, except for setting up formations...

He also took out a pile of Flame Gold, more than all the others combined.

"I've also found something here..."

Yuan Yang glanced at him, but unlike last time he refused, he simply smiled and said, "Okay."

He certainly understood the origin of the Flaming Gold in Chu Yuan's possession; it was simply something he had taken from Dong Jianyuan.

However, Mine No. 7 had already been razed to the ground by the aftershocks of the battle... Zhang Yue didn't mention it at the time, and no one else would bother to investigate it.

"Chu Yuan, are you unsure how to choose?" Wang Ying asked understandingly.

"That's true, and I don't know how to forge weapons... Otherwise, I'll just exchange my share for military merits."

"Why would you exchange it for military merits? If you don't urgently need it, it's best not to."

Even if you don't know how to craft weapons, this kind of thing is still a form of hard currency between different clans!

Others won't recognize your military achievements... Come on, let me help you...

"Captain, do all the teams stationed at the mine do this?"

Yuan Yang nodded: "They will all try to get some benefits for themselves. The garrison mission has a long cycle, and there is also the risk of being assassinated by the Crystal Fire Clan during the period."

If the risks and rewards are disproportionate, why are so many people still rushing to go?

It's simply a matter of seizing some benefits during the period of stationing.

Those who are more particular will dig for it themselves;

Those who are less particular will take a cut, just like the Blazing Fire Squad.

However, the proportion is usually controlled at around one percent. If it's any higher, the accounts between the Ninth Legion and the alien races that are subordinate to us will easily become inconsistent... It's a tacit understanding, I suppose.

How could they possibly hide it from the Fire Squad, who openly and blatantly took one-tenth of the profits?

Those alien races who went mining will definitely tell their tales when they return to their own tribes!

unless......."

"Unless an 'accident' occurs at the mine, wiping out all those alien races!"

"Given his secret collusion with the Crystal Fire Clan, it would be easy to manipulate..." Yuan Yang explained, then suddenly seemed to remember something: "By the way, my senior brother told me that there's a new Heavenly Purification Pill on the military merit exchange list. It's specially made for you, and the quantity is limited."

You have enough military merits now, go and redeem them quickly.

......

Inside the room, Chu Yuan held a pill in his hand, lost in thought.

Just as he guessed, the Heavenly Purification Pill is a pill specifically used to purify and remove impurities from the body... The trainees who survived the training camp under extremely high assessment standards all consumed a large number of martial arts pills.

The accumulation of medicinal properties within the body hinders cultivation.

Those scions of powerful families are better off; naturally, someone will prepare appropriate solutions for them.

But for ordinary students, they can only rely on time to slowly wear them down;

This is inconsistent with the original intention of the Jianmu Project.

He had suspected that the higher authorities would take corresponding measures, but he didn't expect them to come so quickly...

But now, will new problems arise?

For example, in the student's team, some veteran members were also troubled by the problem of consuming too many martial arts pills, and used various methods to obtain the Heavenly Purification Pills that the student had exchanged.

But then I thought that the students only had so many pills to consume because of their special circumstances.

How could an ordinary martial artist possibly consume pills to their heart's content?

He put away the Heavenly Purification Pill, intending to transform it and take it again if needed in the future;

Although Chu Yuan mostly refined the most direct things, such as Blood Pills and Spirit Nourishing Pills, he also consumed a lot of other pills.

However, the Golden Core Dao Song was too comprehensive, and it also had the effect of purifying impurities in the body, resulting in little accumulation and blockage of medicinal power in his body.

Then, he began to record on paper made from the fur of a strange animal;

The record details the method for setting up the Spirit Gathering Array.

After he used the system to transform the formation, not only would the formation undergo a huge change, but all the knowledge related to the formation would also be instilled into his mind.

The Blood Sea Soul-Locking Array works in this way, and so does the Spirit Gathering Array.

Otherwise, even if the transformation is complete, he won't know how to control it...

However, the subsequent improvement and advancement of the formation will require his own comprehension;

Chu Yuan wasn't particularly interested in formations either; he just wanted something that worked, so he didn't study them in depth.

There isn't enough time to practice martial arts and main cultivation techniques, so where would the time come from to study formations?

Perhaps, one day in the future, he will encounter a bottleneck and his cultivation will stagnate.

Only then will there be time to explore more aspects, such as weapon crafting, alchemy, and formations...

......

In a peculiar, empty space, several figures are conversing;

"Energy Gathering Array (Modified)?"

"Let me see what this kid has 'modified' this time."

"That blood sacrifice formation you modified last time was quite ingenious, it's just a pity it wasn't high enough in level..."

"Whoever has time, hurry up and set it up, and see if the 'changes' are good."

"I've personally tested it and it works!"

"Oh? Old Zhu, you even know about formations? How many times stronger can his 'modified' version be compared to the basic version?"

"I don't know... but it'll work for me anyway."

"It...it works for you!?"

"It's not one of those traditional energy-gathering arrays that concentrate vital energy... you'll see once you try it!"

"...I'm logging off now, let's chat later."

"What level of 'destiny' did Chu Yuan obtain?"

"Talking about this? You're asking for trouble!"

"...Cough, I wasn't the one speaking just now, I was attacked by a strange entity!"

That damn weirdo, I'm going to kill him right now!

......

In the starry sky, a man in black stopped and pointed his fingertip into the void.

With the light threads working together, an ingenious array quickly took shape.

Even though there were no materials needed to set up the formation, and only the energy he himself was releasing was in operation, the formation still ran smoothly!

Vast energies from the universe surged forth, and streaks of golden light seemed to be drawn from the magnificent sun in the distance, shining astonishingly bright!

He paused for a moment, then a slight smile appeared on his lips.

He casually wiped away the energy threads in the void, then stepped down and disappeared...

.....

Inside a building in the center of the Ninth Army Corps' barracks, Zhu Long placed the last piece of material following Chu Yuan's foolproof formation instruction.

Then it was activated, and the energy-gathering array emitted a hum and began to operate;

A great deal of energy was drawn to him, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

But after taking a closer look, he patted his shiny forehead and muttered to himself;

"I followed all the steps exactly... how come it's a bit weaker than what I did in that kid's room?"