socalfunplaces Chapter 125 I must report immediately
Chapter 125 I must report immediately
"What good news?" Cheng Daxiong asked in confusion.
"Haicheng is going to be prosperous in the future!" Ye Feng smiled mysteriously.
……
The two returned to the city lord's mansion in Haicheng.
Cheng Daxiong's face was still pale.
The Eye of Exploration had been used all morning, leaving me severely mentally exhausted.
On the return trip, Ye Feng grabbed me and flew me for hundreds of kilometers, the wind so strong I couldn't even open my eyes.
But he was so excited that he didn't even bother to rest.
As soon as he landed, he walked into the city lord's mansion and pushed open the door to Xiong Chumo's office.
"Old Bear, something terrible has happened."
Xiong Chumo was sitting behind his desk, with a pile of documents about the reconstruction of Haicheng spread out in front of him.
Haicheng repelled the insect swarm.
However, Haicheng also suffered heavy losses.
Several sections of the city wall need to be rebuilt.
The thousands of wounded and killed soldiers also need compensation.
He was frantically calculating accounts when he heard Cheng Daxiong's voice and looked up.
"Have you found the source of the insect swarm?" Xiong Chumo noticed Cheng Daxiong's tired face.
"I'll gather the army right now! We must strike first!"
"Found it." Cheng Daxiong sat down in a chair, picked up the teacup in front of Xiong Chumo and drank it all in one gulp, then took a breath.
"You have no idea! This swarm of insects originated in the sea, in a hidden bay."
"There's a spatial rift on the seabed that leads to a spirit realm. Those insects came from that spirit realm."
"The spirit world?" Xiong Chumo's eyes lit up.
The spirit world is the small world behind the spatial rift.
Every spirit realm is a treasure trove; even the most barren spirit realm can produce rare resources that the main world lacks.
Moreover, a spirit realm capable of nurturing an army of hundreds of thousands of insectoids would certainly have abundant resources.
He stood up excitedly, paced back and forth in the office, walked around several times, then suddenly stopped and turned to look at Ye Feng.
"Ye Feng, you went in and looked?"
Ye Feng nodded.
"I went in and looked. That spirit realm had been almost completely eaten away by insects; plants, animals, and ordinary minerals were all gone. But!"
He paused, then gave a strange smile.
"The things that the insects couldn't digest were left behind."
He took out a fist-sized piece of ore from his spatial ring and placed it on Xiong Chumo's desk.
It was a red ore.
Its surface has golden patterns that gleam softly under the light.
"Crimson Blood Black Gold!!"
This is a high-grade spirit-level refining material.
It is the main material for forging high-grade spirit-level offensive weapons.
Such a large piece of Crimson Blood Black Gold is worth at least several million.
Xiong Chumo's mouth was trembling.
He picked up the ore and examined it over and over again.
This ore is excellent in terms of material, color, and purity.
They are all top-quality, all top-tier.
He had studied weapon crafting at the Taoist academy for so many years and had seen many good materials.
But this is such good Crimson Blood Black Gold.
This was the first time he had ever seen it in person.
Ye Feng took out another piece and placed it on the table.
It was a black ore with silver spots on its surface, exuding a cold aura.
Then he took out a piece of silvery-white ore with star-like sparkles on its surface.
One piece after another.
Crimson Blood Black Gold, Netherworld Cold Iron, Star Meteorite Iron, Void Crystal, Phoenix Blood Jade, Dragon Scale Gold, Mysterious Ice Marrow, Nine Netherworld Copper.
Each material is top-quality and can be used as the main material for magical artifacts.
Each material is extremely rare.
Xiong Chumo's eyes widened and his mouth opened wider and wider.
He thought that what Ye Feng meant by "leaving some things behind" was just some ordinary ore, maybe a few dozen pieces.
Ye Feng pulled out at least several hundred yuan.
Moreover, every single piece is of the highest quality.
This quality of ore.
He hadn't seen it many times in the Taoist temple's materials storeroom.
"These..." Xiong Chumo's voice trembled, "were they all picked up from that spirit world?"
Ye Feng nodded again.
"They're everywhere in the spirit world; I just picked up a few samples at random."
"That spirit realm is covered with this kind of ore for hundreds of miles around."
He spoke very calmly.
Xiong Chumo's legs went weak, and he sat down directly in the chair.
Within a radius of several hundred miles, the spirit realm is filled with ores of this level.
What does this mean?
Conservative estimates put the total value of those ores at at least trillions.
What does trillions mean?
The annual fiscal revenue of the entire Shanhe Prefecture is only 100 billion.
The value of a single mineral deposit in the spirit realm is more than the entire Shanhe Prefecture's fiscal revenue for ten years.
Moreover, some of these materials were simply unavailable in the Great Xia Dynasty and could only be obtained through exchanges with friendly foreign tribes.
If Haicheng can develop these ores, the entire Shanhe Prefecture's combat power will instantly increase significantly.
"No way!" Xiong Chumo suddenly stood up, his voice trembling.
"I need to go to Shanhe Prefecture to report!"
He paced excitedly back and forth in the office.
Cheng Daxiong was dizzy from watching and quickly stopped him.
"Old Xiong, calm down and sit down to talk."
After finally calming himself down, Xiong Chumo sat back down in his chair and began to sort out his thoughts one by one.
According to regulations, the allocation of mineral resources in the spirit realm is clearly defined.
The discoverers accounted for 30%, the local area accounted for 30%, and the remaining 40% was handed over to the Shanhe Prefecture.
What is 30%?
Thirty percent of the trillions is three hundred billion.
Three hundred billion!
Haicheng's fiscal revenue over a hundred years didn't add up to this much.
"Ye Feng." Xiong Chumo turned to look at Ye Feng.
"Um."
"What are you going to do with your 30%?"
Ye Feng thought about it; he really hadn't considered this question.
However, he suddenly thought of something more crucial.
That is to use these ores to refine magical artifacts and spiritual weapons, and then distribute them to his subordinates.
His subordinates used the equipment he had crafted to kill the alien beasts.
He can continuously gain kill points.
He only provided the equipment, his subordinates did the work, and the kill count just rolled in.
"Lord Xiong," Ye Feng had an idea.
"you say."
"My 30% doesn't need to be converted into cash. I want ore, all of it."
Xiong Chumo was stunned for a moment.
You don't want money, you want ore?
He quickly realized what was going on.
Ye Feng wants to forge weapons himself.
What would a master craftsman who can refine an S-grade throwing knife into a superior-grade spirit-level weapon and an Eye of Exploration into a superior-grade spirit-level weapon need ore for?
Of course, we need to refine weapons.
Xiong Chumo took a deep breath; he could already foresee the future.
Ye Feng used minerals from the spirit world to forge a large number of spiritual weapons to arm Jiangcheng's army.
Jiangcheng already had Ye Feng, a killing god with explosive combat power.
With the blessing of a magical artifact, how incredible would that be?
"Alright." Xiong Chumo nodded heavily. "Your 30% will all be converted into ore."
"I'll immediately organize people to develop the spirit realm, and you'll be given priority access to the minerals obtained!"
"I have a request! Could you sell some of the equipment and weapons that Brother Ye crafts to Jiangcheng? We'll pay a high price!"
"No problem!" Ye Feng agreed immediately.
We absolutely have to agree to this great offer!
He had long complained that his three thousand "tools" in Jiangcheng were too few.
"Three days later, I will go to Shanhe Prefecture City to attend the performance review meeting," Ye Feng said.
"Lord Xiong, when are you going?"
Xiong Chumo thought for a moment.
"The performance review meeting is in ten days, so there's no need to go that early. But I need to report on the matters in the spirit world beforehand; this matter cannot be delayed even for a day. Let's go together tomorrow."
"I'd also like to introduce you to someone!"