The discovery before his eyes made Sun Cheng overjoyed.
Since the Xia and Shang Dynasties, copper had been the main raw material for Daoist craftsmanship.
Be it seals, swords, tokens, etc., the main material for refining them was copper.
Later, some sects switched to iron and lead, but they were not mainstream.
Even during the Song and Ming Dynasties, when large amounts of silver and gold began to flow into the country, this situation could not be changed.
There were many reasons for this, but the main reason was that copper had extremely high malleability.
Dharmic Artifacts made of copper could carry more zhenqi than other metals.
Although copper was also a precious metal, it had more reserves than gold and silver.
Although there were no rich copper mines in China now, thousands of years ago, there were many copper mines in China.
Although Xia country could not be said to be full of copper mines, there were many rich mines recorded in the history books.
However, for thousands of years, the dynasties of Xia Country had used copper to cast money and make all kinds of exquisite bronze ware.
In the thousands of years before porcelain became mainstream, it was used as a burial item every year. The number of bronzes and copper coins buried underground was astronomical.
Coupled with the loss of copper coins from the old dynasty, this created the current situation of Xia country lacking copper.
Countless thoughts flashed through Sun Cheng's mind, but he quickly took action.
With a thought, the ores that were rich in copper and other metal ores were devoured by the inner world.
Sun Cheng carefully used the Creator's Authority in his Inner World. Under his control, the Inner World seemed to have its own consciousness.
It cooperated with Sun Cheng very well and devoured all the substances that he did not need.
As for the metals that Sun Cheng needed, it spat them out.
Soon, in a newly expanded corner of the inner world, a small mound that was not considered tall was piled up.
This busy schedule only lasted for about four days.
Sun Cheng soon discovered the mine that he had found.
It was not a rich mine, but a small copper mine that was very common in the country.
However, to him, it was also an extremely surprising discovery.
This copper mine was a common copper ore in China, also known as copper-sulfur-iron associated ore.
Using the Inner world, Sun Cheng easily separated the copper, sulfur, iron, and a small amount of silver and gold from the hundreds of thousands of tons of ores that he had devoured over the past two days.
As for the other metal elements, they were absorbed by the inner world and turned into nutrients.
As a result, four piles of copper powder, sulfur powder, iron powder, silver powder, and gold powder appeared in Sun Cheng's inner world.
Among them, he received the most loyal fans, about 60,000 tons.
Sulphur powder was second, with more than 30,000 tons.
Even though it was copper ore, Sun Cheng's copper powder was much less than he had imagined. It was only about 16,000 tons.
As for the silver powder and gold powder, that was an unexpected gain.
Even though the entire ore vein had been devoured, Sun Cheng had only obtained less than seven tons of silver powder and three to four hundred catties of gold powder.
However, in this era, gold and silver were still precious metals in many countries.
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the small copper mine that Sun Cheng had accidentally obtained in the past few days was tens of times more than the wealth he had earned from selling sweet potatoes in the past six years.
From this, one could see the huge profits of mining.
Sun Cheng had been working day and night for a few days and was already very tired.
He checked the area and confirmed that there were no more ores around before he stopped searching.
However, after he stopped, he saw that the place that was still a small mountain a few days ago had now been devoured by his Inner world, creating a huge pit that was dozens of meters deep.
Even though Sun Cheng knew that this place was far away from human habitation, it might take a hundred years before it could be effectively developed.
However, looking at the destruction he had caused to nature, he still felt a little guilty.
"Although it is easy to get rich by mining, the damage to the natural environment is too great. Besides, this country isn't rich to begin with. It seems that if I want to get more metals in the future, I'll have to go overseas more…"
Sun Cheng yawned as he made his decision.
He looked at the sky. The sun was setting in the west. It would be dark in another hour or two at most.
In the past few days, Sun Cheng had not had a good rest.
Even if he sped up his journey now, he wouldn't be able to return to the town before dark.
Moreover, once it was dark, it was not easy to distinguish directions in a dense forest.
Sun Cheng had already made his decision.
He would continue to stay outside tonight and return to town after a good night's rest.
With this thought in mind, he began to search the nearby area. He planned to find a suitable place to rest before dark.
His eyes were like radars, scanning everywhere.
Sun Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up after he had traveled a mile or two.
On a small mountain not far away, there was actually a building halfway up the mountain.
With Sun Cheng's eyesight, he took a closer look and vaguely felt that it was like a temple.
Since ancient times, there had been no lack of ascetics from both Buddhism and Taoism in Xia country. Therefore, it was not rare to see temples in the deep mountains.
There were demons and ghosts in this world, so naturally, there were cultivators as well.
Ordinary demons naturally did not dare to approach places like temples that had incense offerings.
Although Sun Cheng was no longer afraid of most demons and monsters, he did not want to be targeted by demons and monsters when he was tired and resting.
He was focused on resting, so he naturally wasn't satisfied with his speed.
It was said that a horse would die if it ran away. This old saying was true.
When Sun Cheng discovered the temple, he felt that there was not much distance between the two.
In the end, by the time he had climbed halfway up the hill, there was only the last orange-red mark left by the setting sun in the western sky.
"Worryfree Temple!"
Sun Cheng was a little surprised when he saw the sign hanging outside the temple from afar.
He noticed that a few acres of land near the temple had been reclaimed.
Unfortunately, the few acres of land had not been taken care of for a while.
Although there were still some crops and vegetables growing on the land, there were obvious signs of wildness.
Moreover, there were weeds everywhere in the field. It could be seen that no one had taken care of it seriously for a long time.
Although he was surprised, Sun Cheng still decided to spend the night in this temple.
It was also because of his skill that he was bold. He quickly walked to the door of the temple and reached out to push open the door that had many spider webs hanging on it.
"Gala!"
The wooden door of the temple let out a decaying sound.
What followed was a choking dust!
Sun Cheng held his breath, waved his hand, and walked into the temple.
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