Chapter 167 Iron-boned Spirit Fish
"Who would have thought that underneath this ordinary stone island, there is actually all black iron ore. The magic of nature is truly amazing."

After entering the mine, Lin Qingshan released the Red Sun Technique and then started wandering around in it.

While walking around, he was also feeling for the minerals on the rock wall, exclaiming in amazement.

"Don't worry about these mineral veins. Set up the teleportation palace first. I have to come here quickly to transform this island. Otherwise, this place can't serve as our base in the Star-Moon Sea."

Seeing that Lin Qingshan was still studying the black iron ore, Fang Chen quickly spoke up to remind him of the main business.

If you want to turn this bare stone island into a base, a black iron ore vein alone is not enough, you also need spiritual energy, water sources, etc.

If you are underground, you will also need a light source.

All of these require Fang Chen’s real body to come over.

He had tried it, but was unable to activate his abilities through his external incarnation.

Only after building a transmission channel and allowing the main body to come over can we start transforming the entire island.

"Leave it to me, but the Xingyue Sea is a bit far from Yuehua Fairy City, so it will take some time."

Lin Qingshan also withdrew his desire to explore. He was actually looking for black steel ore, which is a common associated ore in black iron veins and is a second-level spiritual ore.

After refining, it can even be used as an auxiliary material in refining magic weapons.

But he also knew what was important and what was not, and the most urgent task was to build a good transmission channel.

At that time, several of his disciples can also help him search.

"Well, Lao Zheng, you stay here to protect Lao Lin, and I will carefully explore this underground cave."

Fang Chen nodded and assigned Zheng Pingkang another task.

"Then you should be careful too, don't get lost."

Zheng Pingkang did not object. This island had no spiritual veins, and the natural spiritual energy could not support any powerful monsters. He was not worried that Fang Chen would be in danger.

I was even more afraid that he would get lost because of the many connections here.

"Don't worry, this body is also a ghost cultivator, it won't get lost."

Fang Chen smiled confidently. This incarnation was a ghost cultivator and could see everything around him clearly even in a dark underground cave.

So as not to get lost in there.

Just now, when I looked inside from above, it felt like the space here was quite large. It was actually just a small open space of about 100 square meters, with a hole on each side of the east and west.

Fang Chen chose a cave entrance on the east side and walked in.

The path along the way was narrow enough for only three or four people to stand side by side, and the height was more than two people.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, I could vaguely see some faint light.

But in this dark cave, it seems extremely dazzling.

I quickened my pace and walked for another half a minute, and suddenly the view became clear.

A huge space appeared before my eyes, and I could even see an underground river flowing quietly.

"This place is about four or five acres in size, and there are no other entrances or exits except behind me and at both ends of this underground river."

After a quick glance, Fang Chen understood the general situation here.

Most importantly, there is light.

The surrounding rock walls were covered with moss-like plants, emitting a faint glow.

Together, and with the reflection of the clear river water, they illuminate the entire cave.

He quickened his pace and ran to the underground river.

To his surprise, there was wet mud near the river, not hard rock.

There is lush green grass growing on the land, but it is not very tall, and there are also a lot of aquatic plants in the river.

"In that case, there should be other creatures in the river."

This river is not stagnant water, it is always flowing. Considering the size of the island, it will eventually flow into the Star-Moon Sea.

Since it is connected to the sea, there is a high probability that some fish eggs will enter the river to hatch, and some will adapt to the freshwater environment and then survive in this underground river.

With this thought in mind, Fang Chen walked around the river again.

He actually saw quite a few small fish and shrimps.

But he didn't know much about animals. He could only tell the appearance of fish and shrimp, but didn't know what specific species they were.

However, there was no fluctuation of spiritual energy in these fish and shrimps, so he didn't bother to study them. He just considered whether to catch some and raise them in the artificial river dug by the residents of Yuehua Fairy City.

In the rich spiritual environment of the fairy city, you might be able to mutate into a spiritual fish or shrimp.

In the hands of Liu Sandao and his companions, they might be able to develop some new top-quality spiritual food.

Fang Chenke has always remembered that as long as there are nine different kinds of top-quality spiritual foods, a resident of the Immortal City can grow directly from the first level of Qi training to the great perfection of Qi training.

For him personally, having five more spiritual foods would allow him to break through to the great perfection of Qi training.

Only one step away from building the foundation.

"Wow—"

Just as he was imagining what would happen after building his foundation, a water arrow suddenly shot out from the river and headed straight for Fang Chen's face.

Then, he had his face washed with ice water.

Apart from that, no casualties were caused.

However, this sudden attack also made him alert and he began to look for the source of the attack.

Then he spotted a small silvery fish swimming in the river.

Calling it a small fish is mainly to compare it with Fang Chen's general impression of fish. In fact, compared with those fish and shrimps in the river, this palm-sized fish is already considered a giant.

What made Fang Chen even more interested was that it was constantly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy while breathing.

This is the characteristic of spirit fish.

He immediately waved his hand, and the spirit fish had no chance to resist and was caught in his hand.

"Hiss, this fish is quite powerful."

Feeling the strength of the spirit fish struggling in his hands, Fang Chen couldn't help but sigh.

Release spiritual thoughts to explore.

The spiritual consciousness of the incarnation is not as strong as the original body, and it is only equivalent to a one-meter radius of the fifth level of Qi training.

It is definitely enough to detect spirit fish.

"Hmm? Can the scales of this spirit fish block the entry of spiritual thoughts?"

As soon as the spiritual consciousness came into contact with the spiritual fish, Fang Chen made a discovery.

The scales of the spirit fish have the function of blocking spiritual thoughts.

Fortunately, the spirit fish’s cultivation level was not high, at most equivalent to the first level of Qi training, which he easily broke through.

“There’s so little meat.”

This was Fang Chen’s second discovery, and it also made him a little disappointed.

There is very little fish meat. A palm-sized spirit fish only has thumb-sized meat, which is a thin layer covering the fish bone skeleton.

This also means that the edible value is not high, after all, the amount of meat is too small.

Fortunately, the scales can also block spiritual thoughts. At that time, it will be no problem to use the scales as the main product and the spiritual fish meat as the leftover material.

However, as his spiritual sense continued to explore, Fang Chen withdrew this idea.

Because the fishbone skeleton of this spirit fish is different from that of ordinary fish, it is also silvery white.

Since fish bones are not a thin layer like scales, Fang Chen finally remembered what this color and texture looked like.

Black iron.

The scales and fishbone skeleton of the spirit fish are all made of black iron.

And it seemed that some changes had taken place in the spirit fish's body that could block spiritual thoughts.

"No wonder he has such great strength."

After discovering this, Fang Chen was overjoyed and at the same time, he understood where the spirit fish's strength came from.

But this is not the point. This means that in addition to black iron, Yuehua Fairy City can also obtain a mutated black iron through this spirit fish, which is the main gain.

"In that case, I'll call you Iron-Bone Spirit Fish."

After realizing this, Fang Chen also gave a name to this race of spirit fish.

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