East of the Seven Radiant Plains lay Coiled Serpent Mountain.
According to tales passed down by the elders, a great serpent had hidden deep in the mountains east of the Seven Radiant Plains, giving the place its name. Cultivators from Chess Mountain had investigated and concluded that a great monster or some such creature might have occupied the area in ancient times. Mortals could not tell the difference, and over time, the story had become a myth.
Countless years later, this place became a lesser blessed land under the Chess Mountain Trade Alliance, granted as a fief to a newly advanced Foundation Establishment elder. Everything within a hundred-mile radius fell under his jurisdiction.
It was a resource site much like Crouching Tiger Hill, which Li Chen had once occupied. Within its territory lay a finewood forest spanning a hundred-mile radius, along with several ore veins of varying sizes containing moon tin ore, red rhenium ore, chalcedony ore, cold iron ore, and other minerals. Its scale was several times that of Crouching Tiger Hill.
But after war broke out and Guangyun launched fierce attacks, the Foundation Establishment cultivator stationed here proved no match. It had long since become one of the first blessed lands to fall into Guangyun's hands.
Although Li Chen intended to vigorously develop mortal technology, he also placed great value on these traditional resources rich in spiritual essence. He immediately dispatched a large force to guard the site and shipped in vast quantities of mining machinery to strip-mine its resources.
To exploit this blessed land to the fullest, he even relocated the Second Strange Insect Legion here to establish a garrison.
This Second Strange Insect Legion was a newly established legion of biological weapons that Li Chen had refined using Queen Bee No. 3 as a template.
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