X-Dragon Era-Chapter 510 - s 370-372 Meticulous Arrangement

Over the next few days, everyone was busy. Luo Fu, after settling his family, went directly through the Taiji Diagram to Shoushan City. At the same time, the Five Rat Brothers continued their journey to steal metals, the Dual Assassins continued to refine their assassination skills, and even the Men Family of three was working day and night, building beautiful wooden villas for everyone.

After being busy for so long, all the work finally came to an end; Xin Yun, Yi Luo Xiang, Yan Qingying, and Ming Xuan finally had time to relax. There was nothing for them to do before someone dared to cause trouble.

However, having occupied Shoushan City and without any intention of giving it up, it was natural to go and take a look. Therefore... the four of them arrived at Shoushan City and began wandering around.

Of course, as outsiders, Xin Yun and the others naturally needed a guide. Upon learning of the Dragon Gate Sect Leader’s arrival, the elected Lord of Shoushan City wouldn’t dare to neglect them. The Lord, two deputy Lords, and the Ten Elders all came out to accompany Xin Yun’s party on their inspection of Shoushan City.

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Along the way, the elders didn’t stop talking. From them, Xin Yun learned that Shoushan City was a super city with a population of over thirty million. It was referred to as a city, but strictly speaking, it should be called a dense residential area. What was meant by "city" was actually a large region, not a town or village.

Seeing that Xin Yun and the others were listening attentively, the Lord of Shoushan City became enthusiastic and said, "Shoushan City is made up of eight human residential areas, which are arranged according to the eight directions. Surrounding the central Shoushan, one could say... the entire Shoushan City is composed of eight residential areas built around Shoushan Mountain, with its surroundings being the central business district—a dense commercial area!"

"Wait a minute!" Hearing the elder’s words, Xin Yun was taken aback, suddenly raising his hand to interrupt the Lord, speaking with a bit of tension, "What did you just say? Is there really a big mountain called Shoushan here?"

Facing Xin Yun’s question, the Lord nodded and said, "Of course, there is. In fact... Shoushan City is named after the mountain. The mountain of Shoushan came first, followed by the establishment of the city!"

Hearing the Lord’s words, Xin Yun’s eyes brightened. The name Shoushan was all too familiar to him, although he wasn’t sure if this so-called Shoushan was the same one he knew of in his first life.

Sima Qian once wrote in the "Records of the Grand Historian": "Emperor Huang mined copper from Shoushan Mountain and cast tripods at the foot of Jingshan Mountain. When the tripods were finished, a dragon appeared and greeted Emperor Huang. Emperor Huang mounted the dragon, followed by more than seventy courtiers and consorts; the dragon then ascended. The lesser ministers who couldn’t ascend clung to the dragon’s whiskers, which broke off and fell, landing on Emperor Huang’s bow. The people looked up as Emperor Huang ascended to the heavens, and they clutched his bow and the beard, wailing. Henceforth, that place was called Tripod Lake, and his bow was named ’Black Howl’."

This isn’t just a legend. Some have investigated, reviewing a large number of historical records and credible archaeological findings. They concluded that the place where Emperor Huang cast his tripods is now the "Tripod Lake Yanshou Palace" on the banks of the Jiao Dai River, at the foot of Jingshan Mountain to the east of White Deer Plain.

Shoushan has many names, such as "Shou Yang Mountain," "Shou Yang Mountain," "Changshou Mountain," "Shoushan," and "Jingshan." But no matter what it’s called, it refers to the same mountain.

The "Lantian County Annals" records that in 1973, at Huaizhen Square southeast of Meng Village on White Deer Plain, an early Shang Dynasty copper smelting workshop and village site were discovered. There they unearthed a copper smelting furnace, charcoal, bronze cakes, bronze knives, bronze chisels, bronze halberds, oracle bones, surface knives, stone hoes, bone hoes, and bone mallets—a trove of artifacts. The early Shang Dynasty was very close to the era of Emperor Huang’s tripod casting, showing that Shoushan had copper that could be mined. Otherwise, in the ancient times with very underdeveloped transport, the copper smelting workshop would definitely not be built far from the resources. Therefore, "Emperor Huang mined copper from Shoushan" is true.

Of course, this is just a memory from Xin Yun’s first life, but... this Shoushan is remarkable. Great Yu had mined copper from Shoushan to forge the sea-calming divine needle—also known as the Ruyi Jingu Bang. Emperors sought Shoushan’s copper to forge the Nine Tripods. Essentially, anyone significant who needed copper would come here to mine it.

It would be a minor matter if just a crowd of people came to mine copper, but what made Shoushan so memorable for Xin Yun was mainly because of one person—or rather, one of the Six Saints!

It’s well known that there are Six Saints in the world, with Laozi being the most revered, apart from Hongjun. Later, when the Three Pure Ones split, Laozi went to Shou Yang Mountain, where he established the Dou Rate Palace. And it was because of this that Xin Yun simply couldn’t forget it.

Following the Lord’s directions, Xin Yun looked towards a distant mountain. What he saw was a magnificent and towering peak, standing proudly between heaven and earth like a pillar supporting the sky.

According to legend, Shou Yang Mountain contained the ultimate positive energy and nurtured the endless red copper within Shoushan. While it wasn’t clear whether the legend was true or false, one thing was certain: if this was indeed the legendary Shoushan, then this place would definitely have copper mines, and they would be inexhaustible.

With this in mind, Xin Yun had no intention of continuing the tour. Turning to the old Lord anxiously, he asked, "On Shoushan, I wonder if there are any mineral deposits?"

"Mineral deposits?" The elder looked at Xin Yun in confusion and shook his head, saying, "I don’t know about mineral deposits, but there’s one thing I do know: the rocks on Shou Yang Mountain are extremely hard. Even sharp swords and blades can hardly cut through them, so no one has ever thought of looking for mines here."