After continuing to chat for half an hour, Jiang Ping'an said goodbye to Li Xuanxiao and left Qingjian Peak. However, he was not in a hurry to repair those dead places to gain merit. Instead, he returned to Daheng Peak to stay for a few days, and took turns staying at the Hengxin Cave Mansion, Xiaguang Cave Mansion and Cold Spring Cave Mansion.
A few days later, Jiang Ping'an left Mystic Weight Sect in a treasure ship and headed for Ten Mile Gobi Beach in Hezhou Changle County.
One day later, Jiang Ping'an arrived at Hezhou Changle County's boundary Ten Mile Gobi Beach. Before the treasure ship even landed in the air, a smell of scorch and death came to the face.
Jiang Ping'an stood on the deck, staring down, and couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart.
It was as if a giant hand had torn off a layer of flesh from the earth. What was exposed was not soil, but a lusterless, almost gray-white hard surface, like a huge and ugly scar, stretching between counties that should have been green mountains and green waters.
As far as the eye can see, there is not a trace of green, not even dead grass, only ferocious stalagmites and gravel that have been eroded by weathering into grotesque shapes. Several bottomless fissures criss-cross the area, like the desperate cry of the earth.
What is even more heart-stopping is the "quietness" there. It is not the tranquility of ordinary mountains and fields, but a complete dead silence that swallows up all sounds. There are no insects or birds. Even the wind when passing through the stalagmite rift valleys makes a low whistling sound, adding to the desolation.
The spiritual energy in the air is thin and mixed, and occasionally you can feel a few chaotic and violent remnants of Killing Intent swimming in the cracks. They are the traces left over from the war that year, and they are still poisoning this land.
The sun shines directly on the gray surface, reflecting dazzling light, but there is no warmth at all, only a kind of coldness that has been drained of life. This is a forbidden area of life, a desperate place where even the most tenacious moss cannot survive.
"Nascent Soul Dao Lord was probably involved in the battle that took place here back then." Jiang Ping'an thought to himself.
He concentrated his eyes and looked around, and found that this dead land was not only ten miles long, but about twenty or thirty miles across, and the area was already larger than an ordinary town.
Jiang Ping'an put away the treasure ship and landed on the Gobi Desert from the air with a solemn expression.
He squatted down and touched the ground with his fingers. It felt hard and cold. He used Spiritual Sense to explore underground.
Sure enough, the spiritual veins that should have been flowing underground to nourish the vitality of all things were now fragmented, like blood vessels torn apart by violence. Not only was the spiritual energy unable to penetrate, but filthy Killing Intent overflowed from the fractures, further eroding the land.
"The earth's veins were severed, the spiritual energy collapsed, and the vitality in the surface water and soil was completely wiped out, leaving only the violent Killing Intent..." Jiang Ping'an quickly analyzed in his heart, "No wonder it has become a dead place."
Jiang Ping'an was not in a hurry to take action. He carefully observed the entire Ten Mile Gobi Beach. He observed the terrain direction and identified the remaining Killing Intent attributes. Then he slowly determined a repair plan by referring to the methods of treating patients.
The key to restoration lies in the ley lines.
However, with his current level of cultivation, there is no way he can directly connect to the spiritual veins hidden deep in the ground. Forcibly instilling spirit stone spiritual energy will only be like pouring water into a leaky bottle, half the result with half the effort, and may even be contaminated and backlashed by the remaining Killing Intent, making the Killing Intent aggravated.
"However, we must first remove the Killing Intent." Jiang Ping'an thought, his eyes falling on the bottomless cracks and remaining Killing Intent, "I want to refine a set of magic circles to guide and absorb all these Killing Intent."
Having made up his mind, Jiang Ping'an drove the treasure ship away from Ten Mile Gobi Beach, returned to the Mystic Weight Sect, and then went to the treasure house to exchange for a batch of formation materials.
The magic circle he wants to refine is not very complicated, it is only an intermediate magic circle, so the required magic circle materials are not expensive.
He has accumulated hundreds of thousands of good deeds in the Mystic Weight Sect.
It took him another two days to refine a magic circle - Sha-Drawing Thunder-Refining Array.
Sha-Drawing Thunder-Refining Array is a brand new magic circle created by him. It mainly guides the Killing Intent left in the earth and gathers them into Sha Gathering Orb, making Sha Gathering Orb become Sha Thunder Orb.
The remaining Killing Intent from Ten Mile Gobi Beach is left behind by Nascent Soul Dao Lord. It is very important and difficult to refine. Even if it is put into the air, it will cause stubborn pollution.
Therefore, Jiang Ping'an simply uses Sha Gathering Orb to collect Killing Intent as an attack on Magic Tool.
Although one Sha Gathering Orb can't absorb much residual Killing Intent, these Killing Intent are of high grade. After being thrown out and exploded, they will be very harmful to monks Qi Refining Realm and below, and can even cause considerable trouble to monks Foundation Establishment Realm.
Of course he doesn't need Sha Thunder Orb, but he can sell it to the Qi Refining Realm monk in the Mystic Weight Sect, which can recover part of the cost.
After refining Sha-Drawing Thunder-Refining Array, Jiang Ping'an immediately sailed the treasure ship to test Ten Mile Gobi Beach.
Select a chasm where the residual Killing Intent is escaping, Jiang Ping'an deploy Sha-Drawing Thunder-Refining Array, place a Sha Gathering Orb into the array, and then activate the magic circle by pinching the magic formula.
The next moment, a ray of golden Killing Intent was drawn out from the ground, and then under the control of Jiang Ping'an's magic formula, it entered Sha Gathering Orb.
For about half an hour, Sha Gathering Orb was unable to accommodate more Killing Intent and became Sha Thunder Orb.
Jiang Ping'an then pinched the magic formula and used magic power to carefully take out Sha Thunder Orb.
Jiang Ping'an used Spiritual Sense to check Sha Thunder Orb and found no risk of leakage. He breathed a sigh of relief.
It wasn't too difficult to guide the remaining Killing Intent out. He was just worried that Sha Thunder Orb couldn't hold these high-level Killing Intent.
Put down Sha Thunder Orb, Jiang Ping'an uses mana to send the second Sha Gathering Orb into the formation, and then continue to use the magic to guide Killing Intent into Sha Gathering Orb.
Three hours later, all the remaining Killing Intent in the rift were finally guided out, and six Sha Thunder Orb were obtained.
Jiang Ping'an wiped the sweat from his forehead, then raised his head and glanced at Ten Mile Gobi Beach, whose head could not be seen.
At this speed, he alone would not be able to complete it within a few months. However, he planned to release the task at the Mystic Weight Sect Logistics Hall from the beginning, and let the disciples of the Mystic Weight Sect do the work for Hua Lingshi and Shan Gong.
Jiang Ping'an put away Sha-Drawing Thunder-Refining Array, put away seventeen Sha Thunder Orb, and sailed the treasure ship back to the Mystic Weight Sect.
Halfway through, he landed on a barren mountain filled with Demon Qi, and used the powerful Spiritual Sense to find a Second-Rank Spirit Beast--Earth Exploding Bear.
Earth Exploding Bear is the top Second-Rank Spirit Beast. It is huge in size, has strong defense, and has huge power.
Jiang Ping'an took out a Sha Thunder Orb and threw it at Earth Exploding Bear. It detonated when Sha Thunder Orb hit Earth Exploding Bear.
Boom--
Sha Thunder Orb exploded, exploding more than a dozen rays of golden Killing Intent, and six or seven rays of golden Killing Intent shot into Earth Exploding Bear.
Roar--
Earth Exploding Bear couldn't help but let out a deafening scream.
The golden Killing Intent seemed to turn into an extremely sharp golden needle, which instantly penetrated Earth Exploding Bear's body, which is known for its super defense. Moreover, these golden Killing Intent were like super acid, and then quickly melted half of Earth Exploding Bear's body.
Soon, Earth Exploding Bear fell down and died.
"Is it so strong?" Jiang Ping'an secretly asked, "You can even deal with the Foundation Establishment Realm monks."
"However, the Foundation Establishment Realm monks are very responsive and their dodge speed is not slow. It is difficult for the Killing Intent that exploded to hit them unless they are attacked by a sneak attack or the Foundation Establishment Realm monks are careless."
"Sha Thunder Orb's price is higher, at least 300 pieces of spiritual stone."
Jiang Ping'an flew onto the treasure ship and continued back to the Mystic Weight Sect.
Back to the Mystic Weight Sect, Jiang Ping'an first went to the Logistics Hall and issued a task, spending a lot of money to recruit seven Foundation Establishment Realm monks to work.
Then, he went to the treasure house to exchange for another batch of formation materials, especially the materials for refining Sha Gathering Orb.
Finally, drive the treasure ship to leave Mystic Weight Sect and go to Black Yin Mountain.
Mo Ruyan needs to practice with him Spiritual Union. He cannot leave Black Yin Mountain for a long time.
More than twenty days later, Jiang Ping'an refined the tenth set of evil-inducing and thunder-refining arrays.
Finally, he drove the treasure ship away from Black Yin Mountain and returned to the Mystic Weight Sect.
Back to the Hengxin Cave Mansion, Jiang Ping'an sent someone to call Xuan Shuang to the cave.
In the hall, Jiang Ping'an said to Dongfang Jintang and Xuan Shuang: "Jin Tang, Xuan Shuang, I have a job here to earn spiritual stones."
"It's a bit hard, but I should be able to earn more than a thousand spiritual stones a day. Xuan Shuang has a high cultivation level, so he should be able to earn more. Are you willing to do it?"
Xuan Shuang immediately replied, "Yes!"
"Yes!" Dongfang Jintang also replied.
They want to earn spiritual stones so much. Since entering Xuanluo Sect, they have completely relied on the resources of Jiang Ping'an to practice. They want to earn spiritual stones by themselves, but the spiritual stones they can earn are far from enough for their daily consumption.
Earning more than a thousand spiritual stones a day is like a dream. Of course, they also know that it should be a short-term job, maybe just a few days.
Jiang Ping'an took out two sets of Sha-Drawing Thunder-Refining Array flags and handed them to Dongfang Jintang and Xuan Shuang respectively. Then he took out a Sha Thunder Orb and introduced, "The formation flag you have is Sha-Drawing Thunder-Refining Array. Its function is to refine Killing Intent into Sha Thunder Orb."
"This Sha Thunder Orb can easily kill a second-level top-level monster - Earth Exploding Bear, and can even threaten monk Foundation Building Realm."
"This ball is Sha Thunder Orb. I'm going to price it at three hundred spiritual stones."
Dongfang Jintang interjected. "Three hundred spiritual stones are too cheap. Such a powerful Magic Tool should be sold for more than five hundred spiritual stones."
Jiang Ping'an smiled and said, "It is estimated that the price is three hundred spirit stones. The real price will be known when it is sold. The job I give you is to use Sha-Drawing Thunder-Refining Array to refine Sha Thunder Orb, and the Sha Thunder Orb you get will belong to you."
"Can these Sha Thunder Orb be refined more than three times a day?" Xuan Shuang asked in surprise.
Jiang Ping'an smiled and said, "There should be more than three. I can refine more than six in a day, and you should be able to refine four in a day."
When Dongfang Jintang and Xuan Shuang heard this, their beautiful eyes lit up and they were full of expectations.
However, Dongfang Jintang quickly thought of a key question and said, "But, what about Killing Intent? Such a powerful Killing Intent is not easy to obtain."
"Haha, don't worry, there are many of these Killing Intent." Jiang Ping'an couldn't help but laugh.
After that, he took out two jade slips and handed them to Dongfang Jintang and Xuan Shuang, saying, "On the jade slips are the secrets of Sha-Drawing Thunder-Refining Array. You should study hard. We will set off in two days."
"I know." The two women took the jade slips with joy on their faces.
The next day, Daheng Mountain went down to the square on the mountainside, and seven Foundation Establishment Realm monks gathered here after accepting the task issued by Jiang Ping'an.
Jiang Ping'an distributed the seven sets of Sha-Drawing Thunder-Refining Array flags and the jade slips of the magic circle to the seven Foundation Establishment Realm monks, and then said, "I will buy the Sha Thunder Orb that are refined from the magic circle for 200 spiritual stones each. It takes about half an hour to refine one Sha Thunder Orb."
The seven Foundation Establishment Realm monks couldn't help but look happy when they heard this.
Jiang Ping'an guaranteed that each person would get at least 10,000 spiritual stones or more than 100,000 good deeds in the task. They thought it would be difficult or dangerous, but they didn't expect the task to be so simple. They were just giving away spiritual stones.
"Go back and learn the magic formula, refine the magic circle, gather here tomorrow morning, and then set off together." Jiang Ping'an said, "We will go to Hezhou Changle County."
The seven Foundation Establishment Realm monks bowed to Jiang Ping'an and said, "Yes, Deputy Sect Master Jiang!"
Then they turned around and flew away.