Chapter 778 - 778 448 Taking Over Two Nations_2
Chapter 778: Chapter 448: Taking Over Two Nations_2 Chapter 778: Chapter 448: Taking Over Two Nations_2 Upon hearing Mo Douguang’s words, Zhou Shengqing naturally didn’t hold back either.
As always, the profits collected from both countries will be shared with Golden Cliff, up to thirty percent.
Not to mention, there are five Spirit Stone mines in Rock Country and one in Sky Country.
Out of these, two are small Spirit Stone mines, each producing over a million Spirit Stones a year. The remaining four mini Spirit Stone mines contribute about two to three hundred thousand Spirit Stones annually.
Just these alone are enough for the Divine Wood Sect to recoup the millions of Spirit Stones invested in the war, and even substantially increase the sect’s Spirit Stone income.
For major sects, the first thing to seize control of after winning a war is the Spirit Stone mines.
That’s why, after invading Rock Country, Chen Mobai left Yuan Chiye, someone he trusts, at the frontier.
Now, knowing the exact locations of the other Spirit Stone mines, he has sent a Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Divine Wood Sect, along with some Qi Cultivation disciples, to take control of each one.
Rock Country is famous for its abundance of minerals. Apart from the Spirit Stone mines, there are also various Pure Iron mines needed for making magic artifacts, and even quite a few Earthly Fiend Yin Holes that produce different types of Evil Qi.
Ji Zhenshi, apart from being a Body Cultivator, is also an Earth Master, a title he earned from finding all of these for Mountain Shaker Peak.
It’s just a shame that they’re all now the property of the Divine Wood Sect.
Luckily, the accounting books related to these assets were not burned. In the eyes of the disciples of Mountain Shaker Peak, maintaining their Cultivation Techniques was of utmost importance.
After Chen Mobai had taken these, he balanced accounts with the local Cultivation families in Rock Country.
The number of disciples from Mountain Shaker Peak was limited, and so many mines were basically farmed out to lower classes of cultivation families.
As a result, practically every Cultivation family in Rock Country had developed independently thanks to the Mountain Shaker Peak’s mines.
For instance, the Zhuang family from Chang Zhuan Mountain on the frontier became prosperous due to the two nearby Spirit Stone mines.
After Chen Mobai confirmed all the assets in Rock Country and Sky Country owned by Mountain Shaker Peak, he reported it to Fu Zongjue.
“Let Chu Zuoshu send someone over to take over, and the disciples here should return in batches. The sect will send disciples from several logistical departments over.”
After Fu Zongjue was satisfied with the thick stack of accounts, he began to issue withdrawal orders.
“Now that the affairs here are almost settled, let me lead the disciples back.”
Having defeated Mountain Shaker Peak, Chen Mobai felt it was senseless to remain here any longer, so he wanted to request to go back to the sect to continue his cultivation and farming.
“You should stay here for half a year. Both nations have just been integrated under my Divine Wood Sect, and the situation is unstable. With you here, I can be slightly more at ease.”
Upon hearing Fu Zongjue’s words, Chen Mobai had no choice but to nod with a forced smile.
The next day, Chen Mobai disbanded his army.
Xie Yuntian, who needed to return to heal his arm, immediately led one thousand Divine Wood Sect disciples onto the Floating Airship back to Giant Tree Ridge.
However, neither the local Cultivation families of Rock Country nor the Loose Cultivators left immediately.
They set up stalls on the spot and began trading and selling the spoils from the war, aiming to exchange them for valuable Spiritual Objects that could benefit them.
Chen Mobai couldn’t drive away these meritorious ministers, so he let them be.
They set up in a Spiritual Vein Land twenty kilometers away from Mountain Shaker Peak. The place, known as Mount Wu Liu, served as an annex of Mountain Shaker Peak. On the mountain, there were thirty mu of Spirit Fields growing a substantial amount of Qingkuo Spirit Rice.
However, because of the war, all of the Spirit Fields here have now been abandoned.
Thus, it was neatly organized for Yue Zutao to transplant the herbs from the Mountain Shaker Peak medicinal field. All Spirit Plant Masters in the army were drafted by him.
As long as you knew something about Spirit Plants, following Yue Zutao every day for transplantation could earn you ten Spirit Stones.
A certified Rank-1 Spirit Plant Master, on the other hand, could earn thirty Spirit Stones daily.
A local Cultivation family surnamed Dai from Rock Country, famous for its Spirit Plants, had five Rank-2 Spirit Plant Masters, who could earn a hundred Spirit Stones per day.
After fussing around with the team for half a month, Yue Zutao finally managed to transplant all the precious herbs from Mountain Shaker Peak into the Spirit Fields of Mount Wu Liu.
After transplantation, the Spirit Plant Masters needed to take great care of them.
Luckily, the sect logistics support team arrived at this point.
Fu Huakun and his Spirit Plant and Spirit Vein teams, totaling three hundred people, arrived. Shi Fengping, the head of the Spirit Plant Department, personally came as well.
With his takeover, Yue Zutao could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
As for the Spirit Vein Department, its head Ma Gang also personally came.
After talking with him, Chen Mobai found out that he had come over to take charge of the Void Mysterious Stone Mine at Mountain Shaker Peak.
Ma Gang had led people to mine Void Stone in Lonely Spirit Ridge for many years, so he was extremely familiar with this precious vein, hence Chu Zuoshu called him over.
“The Void Mysterious Stone Mine here was mined personally by Mountain Shaker Peak without employing any cultivator families. However, a part of this vein was sold to Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace by Ji Zhenshi, which might cause some trouble,”
Chen Mobai handed over the mining log he had organized to Ma Gang — the latter was the professional in this area.
“The people of Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace will probably arrive soon. I will first check how much of the Void Stone is leftover in the mine.”
After receiving the log, Ma Gang clasped his hands at Chen Mobai, then led his team away.
With the Spirit Plant and Spirit Vein Departments taking over, Chen Mobai finally relaxed a bit.
Three months quickly passed.
During these three months, despite the situation having been decided, the figures of Mountain Shaker Peak disciples could still be spotted frequently across Rock Country and Sky Country.
Some were chased and killed by aspiring cultivator families after their identities were exposed. Others were found by greedy rogue cultivators.
It’s well known that those who escaped Mountain Shaker Peak definitely had taken some resources from this major sect of the Eastern Wilderness and were thus loaded.
After Mountain Shaker Peak was destroyed by the Divine Wood Sect, these people became walking treasure troves.
Rogue cultivators loved these people the most.
It was said that rogue cultivators from all over the Eastern Wilderness swarmed into Rock Country and Sky Country to hunt down the escapees of Mountain Shaker Peak.
In these three months, Chen Mobai, who was stationed in the Five Willow Mountain of Rock Country, didn’t even need to lift a finger. The local cultivator families frequently presented the heads of Mountain Shaker Peak disciples, in order to show their loyalty.
However, by now, there were very few remaining Mountain Shaker Peak escapees.
If they hadn’t been wiped out, they had already escaped outside the Eastern Wilderness.
Those who couldn’t escape had essentially all changed their identities.
“Master, Elder Fu invites you to come over,” said Luo Yixuan. Chen Mobai was playing chess with Yue Zutao. Hearing this, he put down his chess piece.
The Golden Core Cultivator would definitely not find him without a serious matter.
Chen Mobai had his disciple help him tidy up his clothes before heading over to Fu Zongjue.
Fu Zongjue’s puppet body was still at Mountain Shaker Peak. Since the puppet was driven by spirit stones, the residual poisonous gas here had no effect on him.
“Greetings, Elder.”
But today, besides Fu Zongjue, there were three other people.
One of them was indeed Ma Gang, but the other two, one old, one young, were both dressed in golden robes and seemed indifferent.
Chen Mobai recognized them—their clothes were the same as Xuan Qiao’s, but the patterns were more complex.
People from Xuan Xiao Taoist Palace!
After this thought crossed Chen Mobai’s mind, he saluted Fu Zongjue.
“These two are Adept Zhao Xuankang and Adept Nanxuan Jing.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai couldn’t help but feel a slight shock. Because he hadn’t used his Void Spirit Eye, he hadn’t discovered that both of them were Golden Core Cultivators.
“Nice to meet the two Adepts!”
During the conversation, he couldn’t help but marvel. The Eastern Yi Clan, being a major sect with a Nascent Soul cultivator, had two Golden Core adepts the moment they came.
“So it was you who killed Qiao and Jin Zhi.”