Chapter 114 Construction of Underwater Cave
Swallowing spirit ant eggs can be exchanged for almost 1,000 kilograms of raw water-absorbing stone, which can be refined into pure water-absorbing stone, weighing almost 100 kilograms.
This amount is definitely not small. The Spirit Snake Sect has been very generous, which is equivalent to giving away hundreds of kilograms for free.
Faced with such sincerity, Zhou Daocheng accepted it unceremoniously. There will be other cooperation between the two parties in the future, so it is very necessary to enhance their relationship.
Next, Zhou Daocheng happened to be able to use the water-proof stone to complete some of his own ideas.
Water-repellent stone, as its name suggests, has the ability to avoid water.
If a water-proof stone is placed in the water, it will repel the surrounding water and form a cavity.
The higher the quality of the water-proof stone, the larger the hole it can create in the water. Even monks can enter it and move deep underwater.
There are even some extremely powerful sect forces that can use a large number of extremely high-quality water-proof stones to build an underwater station or even directly serve as the sect's base camp.
Zhou Daocheng naturally cannot achieve this level, but using these water-proof stones to build a smaller underwater station should not be a problem.
It’s just that there are not many water-proof stones needed.
In the vein of the Spirit Snake Sect, there is only a first-grade middle-grade water-proof stone, a fist-sized piece that can form a hole one foot in diameter.
If the water repellent stone is simply refined using weapon refining methods, the diameter of the cavity can be slightly increased.
Coupled with other ores and stacked together, 100 kilograms of water-proof stones should be able to create several caves at the bottom of the lake.
As soon as he said it, Zhou Daocheng immediately explored the conditions at the bottom of the lake and selected a location suitable for building an underwater cave.
The first is between the underground cave and the mountain. Zhou Daocheng plans to create a passage to connect them to facilitate communication with the valley.
The line follows the direction of the spiritual veins, and the passages are built on both sides of the spiritual veins to create several caves.
With its rich spiritual energy, it is a very good choice whether it is used for cultivation or to store precious resources.
And after calculation, the distance between the underground cave and the mountain is almost 60 meters.
100 kilograms of water-proof stones are just enough to create a 60-meter passage, and add 6 sets of smaller training caves.
Now that he had made plans, Zhou Daocheng also began to make preparations in all aspects.
First, arrange for Lin Yuan to take some time to go to Baihe Fang City and purchase a large batch of first-grade medium-grade ore.
The quality is not very high, the focus is on quantity and cheapness.
Even in Zhou Daocheng's opinion, it would be fine to use first-level ore.
After all, although it is located at the bottom of the lake, the ore does not need to withstand underwater pressure, because the water-proof stone can withstand all pressure.
As for the effect of storing spiritual energy, Zhou Daocheng doesn't have to worry at all. Directly setting up the spirit gathering array will definitely have a better spiritual energy storage effect than the ore itself.
The only thing that needs to be considered is to make it as strong as possible to prevent the building from being damaged by monsters in the water, so I chose the first-order mid-grade ore.
Zhou Daocheng took advantage of the time to purchase the ore and also used simple refining methods to simply refine and process the water-proof stone.
Although it is not as good as a professional weapon refiner, it is still barely enough and slightly increases the effect of the water repellent stone.
However, the later construction work was much more troublesome than expected.
Not only is the construction process difficult, but the amount of work is very large and it will definitely not be completed in a short time.
At this time, Zhou Daocheng realized deeply that he had too few manpower.
There are only a dozen people in the huge White Scale Lake and Valley. Once the number of things that need to be done increases, there will be a shortage of manpower.
Therefore, Zhou Daocheng had no choice but to put aside the idea of building an underwater cave in a short period of time and plan to take a long-term approach.
By the way, this task was handed over to Qin Lie and asked him to be responsible for the subsequent construction work.
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The Zhou family in Deep Forest Mountain.
Zhou Changyi's turbid eyes were filled with shock, and he stared at the jade bottle in front of him, unable to look away for a long time.
"Yunzhi, is this what Daocheng asked you to bring back?"
Zhao Yunzhi nodded and said, "Well, he asked me to bring it back to the family, saying it would be used to train the family's future generations."
Looking at the light green crystal liquid, Zhou Changyi was excited. The moment he opened the bottle, he smelled the rich aura and vitality.
After looking at it for a long time, I realized what it was.
This was actually spiritual honey brewed by an ant colony, and he was keenly aware that this was by no means an ordinary ant colony, but an ant colony brewing with a second-level quality.
The purity and quality are far beyond what a first-order ant colony can compare to.
"How did this kid Daocheng get this thing?" Zhou Changyi muttered to himself in disbelief, with a hint of solemnity in his eyes.
Although spiritual honey is only the first-level mid-grade, its value is self-evident. It is brewed from the juice of spiritual flowers, spiritual grass, and spiritual trees collected by spirit-swallowing ants. It is pure natural and pollution-free, and is expensive. It is suitable for the weaker children. edible.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Changyi looked at Zhao Yunzhi with a profound attitude and said with emotion: "Yunzhi, please bring a message to Zhou Daocheng for me."
Zhao Yunzhi was stunned for a moment, then understood immediately and took the initiative to smile: "Okay, head of the family, I will thank him on behalf of the family for his selfless dedication..."
"Oh no, I asked you to ask him and send more back if there is any left."
Zhao Yunzhi: "..."
Looking at the kind smile of the head of the family, Zhao Yunzhi shook his head helplessly and lamented that the relationship within the Zhou family was indeed harmonious and that he actually had the heart to joke around.
What surprised her even more was that the Zhou family suffered such a heavy blow, but the clan was still full of vitality and resumed rapid development.
Perhaps this is the core strength of a family with a long heritage.
After accepting the spiritual honey, Zhou Changyi handed another letter to Zhao Yunzhi and said, "This is the recent situation of the family. You should bring it to Daocheng and let him know about it."
"Okay, I will give it to him personally."
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Everything is developing in an orderly manner.
Two months after the soul-swallowing ant colony was subdued, the Spirit Snake Sect contacted Zhou Daocheng again
Zhou Daocheng thought that after the leader of the Spirit Snake Sect had the soul-swallowing ant colony, he would have a steady stream of spirit beasts, and hoped to speed up the cooperation process and form a business alliance, so he did not refuse.
After all, both the Shanhai Sect and the Zhou family urgently need such an opportunity.
The meeting place was chosen at the water-repellent stone mine station.
"My friend, I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing recently?" The leader of the Spirit Snake Sect asked with a smile.
Zhou Daocheng smiled faintly and said, "Thanks to the concern of the senior, with the benefits obtained from the Devouring Spirit Ant Cave, it is difficult to live a bad life!"
"Hahaha, what you said is right!"
The leader of the Spirit Snake Sect laughed heartily. Even the Spirit Snake Sect, which has two foundation-building masters, has greatly increased its foundation after obtaining this huge resource.
Although two months is not enough for the ant colony to recover, it still makes the future full of hope.
"Senior, did you ask me to come here this time to discuss the next cooperation?"
However, after hearing this, the leader of the Spirit Snake Sect gradually restrained the smile on his face...