Chapter 288 Cultivation and Dharma Practice
“Where are the specific locations of the seven ice caves that you have mastered that produce ice demons?” Gothe asked again.
The Ice Demon in the Snowfield Guardian's inventory is only high enough to strengthen the Frozen Blade to level one.
If you want to go further, you can only wait for the new output of the ice cave.
Hearing Gothe's question, Loic quickly took out a thick scroll from his arms and handed it over, obviously ready for it.
"This is the map found in Archbishop Luen's room."
Gothe took the scroll, unfolded it, and found that it turned out to be an extremely detailed large map.
This map not only covers almost all of the western part of the Northern Territory, it even has various detailed and dense annotations on it.
Including where there are ores, what magic plants are there, what leyline creatures gather, some dangerous places are marked with skulls, and the detailed locations of three leylines are even marked.
In addition, there are seven symbols similar to caves marked in blue on the map.
These are the locations of the seven ice caves mastered by the Snowfield Guardians. The depth of the color is used to indicate the level of the ice cave. The darker the color, the higher the level.
This map provided by the Snowfield Guardian should be the only one in the North in terms of detail.
And most of the credit goes to the guardians who wander around the snowfield all year round.
They worked tirelessly to explore and record, coupled with the long history of the Snowfield Guardians, to have such a map.
"Are these two gold mines?" Gothe glanced a few times and saw two golden ore patterns among the many mineral marks on the map, and couldn't help but ask.
"Yes," Roic nodded, "but these two places are alluvial gold mines, which are gold particles brought by the melted snow water during the snowmelt season on the snowfields."
The gold particles in alluvial gold mines usually come from primary gold mines upstream.
These primary gold deposits are located in rocks. After weathering, erosion and water transport, gold particles are brought to rivers, forming alluvial gold deposits.
If rich alluvial gold deposits are discovered, then in theory, tracing upstream, there is a high probability that primary gold deposits can be found.
“Didn’t you go back and look for primary gold mines?” Gothe asked again.
"Not really." He shook his head.
"First, the sect's teachings are to protect the snowfield, and our main concern is to protect the safety and balance of this land;"
"Second, gold mines actually do not have much effect on the snowfield. "
"Third, mining gold mines is a job that requires a lot of manpower and material resources, let alone in an extreme environment like a snowfield, which is beyond what our sect can afford." Loic explained honestly.
When Gao De heard the words, he nodded slightly and understood.
There are no traditional coins in the North, so the gold mine is really of little significance.
Here, what is truly valuable are the resources that can sustain survival and fighting, not gold and silver treasures.
However, Gaode still paid attention secretly.
If the Zhenbing Tribe wants to grow, it will have to introduce the concept of currency sooner or later.
Currency is the basis of economic activities.
Without currency, there would be no prosperous trading system. Although barter is feasible on a small scale, it is ultimately too primitive and inefficient. Once the scale of trade increases, it will be full of flaws.
If there is a gold mine, you can try to mint coins. Gaode was thinking in his mind.
Judging from the map that Loic took out, in addition to these two alluvial gold mines, there are also silver and copper mines in the snowfield.
Although the number is not large, they are only a few in twos and threes, but Gaode knows that these marked mineral information is definitely just the tip of the iceberg of mineral resources in the north.
Because the main responsibility of the Snowfield Guardian is to protect the snowfield, the minerals discovered are all open-pit mines that can be seen at a glance.
Obviously, there are only a few exposed mineral veins, and most of the mineral veins are still hidden under the surface.
But these things happened a long time ago, so Gaode just distracted his thoughts and skipped them.
"Are these branches of the Snowfield Guardians established in the North?" Gothe's finger crossed the building marks on the map and confirmed.
These markers are widely distributed, almost across the western part of the northern border.
"Yes, sir," Roic didn't dare to hide it. "Our sect has a total of thirteen branches in the north. They are all used to take in orphans who have lost the protection of the tribe. They are also a place to train the next generation of members of the sect." Gothe nodded slightly. At least in this regard, the Snowfield Guardian is indeed "guarding the snowfield". Each of these thirteen branches represents a place of hope and refuge.
"My King, what are you going to do with these branches?" Sunaifa, who had been silent for a long time, asked.
"Let's keep it for now. If the food problem is not solved, Phoenix will not be able to accommodate so many people." Gothe did not act impulsively, and he also saw Sunaifa's worries.
Taking over these branches hastily will bring a huge burden to Phoenix at present, so it is better to let them continue to operate in the original way.
"What is this place?" Gothe suddenly noticed that there was a very unique building mark on the map.
Different from the white color of other building marks, this building mark is red, which looks particularly eye-catching, and it is not located in the western area, but in the central area of the northern border that is considered a forbidden area and is almost uninhabited.
"That's where the temple of our sect used to be," Loic's voice was a bit bitter. "After the Iceborn bloodline began to weaken, the extreme environment in the central region was no longer something we could adapt to, so the sect moved the temple from the central region to here."
“It is said that not everything was brought out during the migration, and many ancient inheritances are still hidden in the ancient temple.” Loic continued.
Gaode's heart moved.
Although Roich used rumors, nine out of ten of them are true.
The reason is also very simple. The highest level in the Ice Temple is the fourth-level spell formula, and the Snowfield Guardians, as an ancient sect, must have produced many mages higher than the fourth level a long time ago.
The existence of these high-level mages means that they once mastered more powerful spells and knowledge
Since those high-level spell recipes are not available in the Ice Temple, there is a high probability that they were left in the ancient temple.
However, exploring this ancient temple is not something he can do now. He can only leave it to the future.
There's no rush anyway, even if you find those high-level spell recipes and knowledge, you won't be able to use them now.
Put away this large map, Gaode's eyes wandered around the treasure house again.
In addition to the many magic materials, he noticed that in the center of the treasure house, there was a high platform with an irregular piece of ice the size of two fists placed on the high platform.
The ice exudes a faint blue light, emitting a sense of extreme cold that can be detected even from such a long distance.
Zhenbing!
Without any hesitation, Gothe moved forward directly, and under the slightly shocked gaze of Roic, he directly picked up the piece of perfect ice without changing his expression, "I am responsible for bringing it back to Phoenix."
In the entire Zhenbing tribe, only Gaode and Sunaifa should be able to directly touch this Zhenbing.
Hence, Gaode accepted this transportation task himself.
After counting and packing all the materials and books in the Ice Temple, the large army of the Zhenbing Tribe was ready to return to Phoenix.
"My king, how should we deal with these people?" Elder Kahn who came with him asked Gothe for his opinion.
He was referring to the surrendered Icefield Temple mage, as well as those necromancers who followed Ruian to practice taboo necromancy and were captured by the Icefield Temple mage. There were more than a dozen people in total.
At this moment, these people are being guarded, kneeling on the cold ground, with fear, unwillingness and a trace of undying hope intertwined in their eyes.
Gothe glanced at these necromancers with cold eyes.
He walked up to the necromancers expressionlessly, drew out [North Wind] with a clang, and the cold light flashed.
A head has fallen to the ground.
Every time he swung the sword, there was a dull "dong", and then a head fell to the ground, blood splattered everywhere, dyeing the cold snow red.
After a while, all the necromancers were separated from their heads.
Origin: Second Ring - Human (7/7).
Three Rings - Humans (4/7)
In an instant, the origin of a second ring has been gathered.
"As for the others," Gothe moved his eyes away from the corpses of the necromancers and scanned the faces of the Icefield Temple mages.
At this moment, these people had complex emotions written on their faces because they had just witnessed Gothe's beheading.
"Since you have chosen to surrender, please come back to Phoenix with us first. From now on, you will no longer be the mage of the Snowfield Guardian. I will give you a chance. If you can prove your worth and loyalty then, You can become a member of the Zhenbing Tribe.
It took a total of eight days to set off from Phoenix and reach the Icefield Temple. However, it was much slower to return to Phoenix from the Icefield Temple, which took a full eleven days.
Most of a month has passed since then.
When the large forces of the Zhenbing Army returned fully loaded, their return was like a storm, quickly causing huge waves in Phoenix.
The news of the demise of the Snowfield Guardian was quickly noticed by interested people in Phoenix.
In fact, there is no need to pay special attention to it.
Because Gothe brought back Ryan and the ice sculpture formed by the zombie monster he summoned, and took the initiative to spread the news that Ryan practiced forbidden necromancy and massacred the northern tribes, directly placing the Zhenbing Tribe's position on the side of eliminating harm from the snowfield and safeguarding justice
The huge ice sculpture was the evidence, and Gothe directly placed it in the square where the Sword in the Ice Challenge was previously held.
Everyone who sees the zombie monster will no longer doubt whether the news is true or false.
Simply due to the conditions in the north, it should take some time for this news to spread and ferment until it finally arouses repercussions among the entire northern tribes.
Having great righteousness on the surface can ensure that other tribes will not endanger themselves and think that the Zhenbing tribe is warlike.
Sunaifah's residence.
"My king, why are you looking for me?" Sunaifa welcomed Gothe in and made him a glass of ice jade sycamore leaf water.
Gothe smiled slightly, took out a book, and handed it to Sunaifa.
The latter took a look and found that the book was written in a common language that he did not recognize, so he quickly used his language proficiency.
Subsequently, Sunaifa softly read out the five big characters written on the book:
"Green Wood Sutra of Immortality".
“This is it?” Sunaifa became even more confused.
"This is my practice method. It is a practice method that requires choosing a specific plant as a sacred object, forming a bond with it, and then using the plant to increase life span. In addition, it can also speed up practice by absorbing the essence of grass and trees." Gao De briefly introduced the "Aoki Immortality Sutra".
"A very powerful practice method." Sunaifa thought about it for a while and gave a fair evaluation.
Although the northern mage's inheritance knowledge is relatively poor, she still has the basic ability to judge the practice method.
A practice method that can increase lifespan and practice speed can naturally be regarded as powerful.
“It is true, but the limitations are also very big, because the lifespan increased by the holy objects will disappear after the death of the holy objects, and the conversion rate of lifespan improvement is also very low, so you must find those high-level magic plants with a large lifespan.” Gothe pointed out the limitations of the "Aoki Immortality Sutra".
"My king, how come you, who practice this kind of spiritual practice, come to the northern border?" Sunaifa was immediately puzzled when he heard this.
The vegetation in the north is not as abundant as the snow wolves.
No matter how you look at it, this is not a place suitable for Gao De.
"Because Lady Flora has a high-level magic plant seed that can sprout and grow regardless of the environment, I need to find a place to plant it and form a contract with it to use it as a sacred object."
“But this seed.” Gothe told Sunaifa all about the miraculous features of Yugathila and his reasons for choosing the northern border.
By this time, he had enough trust in Sunaifa.
"That's it." Sunaifa's eyes flickered, full of amazement at Yugathila's ability.
"Yugatra is the seed of life for Lady Flora!" Flora couldn't help but emphasized Sunaifa's admiration.
"So, I need you to help me choose a suitable place to plant trees." Gothe smiled slightly, and then stated his purpose.
Although there are still many things to do in his mind, the highest priority is definitely planting trees.
In the extraordinary world, the cornerstone of everything is your own extraordinary power.
The sooner Yugatha Sheila is planted, the faster his strength will increase, so Gothe is no longer prepared to delay the planting of the tree.
"It's best to have an ideal port location on the northern coastline." He took out the map from the Snowfield Guardian and spread it out on the table.
Gothe has already had an idea about the direction of planting trees. Even now that he has become the king of the Zhenbing Tribe, his thinking has not changed, and has even become more determined.
If the Zhenbing tribe wants to grow, it must break the inherent isolation of the northern border, establish contact with the outside world, and carry out necessary transactions and exchanges.
History has proven that closing the country to the outside world will only lead to lagging behind.
The Ewenlaya Mountains stretch across the country and are an insurmountable natural chasm that isolates the northern border from the outside world.
Hence, the only way for the North to contact the outside world is through sea routes.
A port must be built that belongs to the people in the north. Build the port first, then build the ship, so that it can become a bridge connecting the north and the outside world
“Ideal port location” Sunaifa’s eyes flashed slightly, white Xi's fingers slid slowly on the map, and without thinking too much, she said: "My king, there is indeed a place that perfectly meets your requirements."
"It's right here." Her hand pointed at a point on the map.
It is a bay located in the middle of the northern coastline. Its outline is somewhat like a huge arm, extending inland from the coastline, with towering valleys on both sides.
"The geographical location of this bay is extremely advantageous, and the straight-line distance from Phoenix is not particularly far. This makes it easier for us to help you take care of the sacred tree." This is what Sunaifa values most.
She has understood the importance of Yogathila to Gothe, and the Zhenbing Tribe must send forces to take care of it.
Also, Gothe noticed that there were large tracts of flat land on both sides of the bay and at its end, which were enough to support the grand afforestation idea in his mind.
"Okay," Gothe nodded slightly, very satisfied with Sunaifa's recommendation, "I still need to go to the field to see it before I can make a decision."
He paused, and then suddenly spoke again: "However, in addition to needing you to help me recommend a tree planting site, I came to see you today. There is actually one more thing that concerns you."
"My king, please speak." Although Sunaifa's voice was still cold, it was very soft.
"I want you to study "The Green Wood Sutra of Immortality" at the same time."
(End of this chapter)