Han Changming was slightly stunned. The Han family once controlled two small metal mines, but they had been mined out. The Han family's current source of income was mainly puppet beasts and weapons.
A small spirit stone mine can produce at least hundreds of thousands of spirit stones. If you are lucky, it will be no problem to mine millions of spirit stones.
"Spiritual stone mine? Are you sure?"
Han Changming asked excitedly, and said bluntly that a small spirit stone mine was equivalent to the Han family's income for decades, which was almost like pie in the sky.
The Han family had been established in the Red Algae Sea for more than 600 years. They had long ago sent people to conduct a thorough search of the area and discovered two small metal mines, but they had already been mined out.
This sea area is located in the area controlled by the Chen family and the Han family. The Chen and Han families have fought here many times. The two families have explored this place several times but have not found anything.
"Sure, husband, do you still remember the wind a few years ago? The wind passed through the nearby sea area and shattered the rocks outside the spirit stone mine. That's when the spirit stone mine was discovered, but someone is already mining it."
Han Changming frowned and asked, "Who is mining? The Chen family?"
Han Daojing shook his head and said, "No, the mine is unguarded, but we have set up a concealment formation. However, we have already figured out the terrain here clearly, so he is trying to cover up his mistake."
Every blade of grass and every tree in the Han family's jurisdiction is recorded in detail, including the situation under the sea, mainly to prevent enemy sneak attacks. There have been such examples in the past. The enemy used sea clam magic tools, hid on the seabed, and took advantage of the chaos to attack the Han family. After repelling the enemy's attack, the Han family recorded every blade of grass and every tree in the jurisdiction clearly, including the situation on the seabed.
"After we broke the formation, we discovered the spirit stone mine. There were signs of human excavation, but the scale of mining was not large, so it should not be the Chen family. If it was the Chen family, they would have sent heavy troops to garrison it. The spirit stone mine is less than four miles away from the nest of the fiddler crabs. I think the force that discovered the spirit stone mine is unable to deal with the two fiddler crabs, so they diverted the trouble to us and hoped to use our hands to get rid of the two fiddler crabs. It is very likely that they are a Qi Refining Family."
Ye Xue analyzed word by word that the people or forces that mined the spirit stone mine were unable to get rid of the two fiddler crabs, so they diverted the trouble to others.
The nest of fiddler crabs is several miles away from the Red Scorpion Island and more than ten miles away from the Chen family’s base. The Han family is naturally the best target.
"Could it be a casual cultivator?"
Han Daojing shook his head and said, "Judging from the scale of mining, it doesn't seem like it was done by casual cultivators. The location of the spirit stone mine is quite deep. Without the water-repellent beads, it is difficult to reach the location of the spirit stone mine. One water-repellent bead costs 2,000 spirit stones. If casual cultivators had so many spirit stones, they would have used them to buy immortal cultivation resources long ago. In addition, the concealment formation is at least a second-level formation. A second-level concealment formation flag requires 5,000 spirit stones. Xue'er and the others used multiple second-level puppet beasts to attack for most of the day before they broke the formation."
"Uncle Daojing is right, but we cannot rule out independent cultivators. No matter what, the spirit stone mine is located in the jurisdiction of our Han family, so it belongs to our Han family."
"Changming, I will take you and your men to mine the spirit stone mine. Xue'er will stay on Red Scorpion Island. I have sent someone back to inform the family and ask for reinforcements."
Han Daojing gave the order, looking a little excited.
According to clan rules, if a clan member discovers any resources for cultivating immortals, he can get a reward of half to twenty percent of the total resources, depending on the situation. If this spirit stone mine produces ten thousand spirit stones a year, he can get at least five hundred spirit stones, and as much as two thousand.
This is not a small amount of money. Of course, leaving aside the rewards, the family now has a spirit stone mine and can invest more resources in cultivating its members, which will make the family's development smoother.
After briefly handing over the chores at hand, Han Daojing and Han Changming led ten tribesmen into the seabed.
Half a day later, they stopped. Not far ahead there was a reef as big as a hill, with some colorful corals growing on it.
Han Changming released his spiritual sense and scanned the surroundings, but did not find anything unusual.
Han Daojing took out a blue formation flag and injected magic power into it. The flag turned into a blue light and sank into the reef.
A blue light flashed, and a cave about ten feet in size appeared in front of them. A light blue water curtain sealed the cave, isolating it from the sea water.
Han Changming and others easily passed through the blue water curtain. Not long after, they appeared in a cave several hundred feet in size.
There are many potholes on the ground filled with water, and the stone walls are bumpy with colorful spiritual lights faintly visible. This is the raw spiritual stone ore. After mining, it needs further processing. The raw spiritual stone ore needs to be cut into sizes that can be circulated on the market for easy circulation, and the scraps can be kept for personal use.
Han Changming summoned out two blue flying swords and slashed them at the stone wall. There was a dull sound of metal colliding, and two clearly visible white marks appeared on the stone wall.
It took him less than half a minute to chop off a piece of ore as big as a watermelon, the surface of which was colorful.
"It is indeed a spirit stone mine, possibly a medium-sized spirit stone mine. If it is a medium-sized spirit stone mine, our Han family will be rich."
Han Deyun said with some excitement.
"As a person, you should know how to be content. A small spiritual stone mine is already very good. Don't ask for too much."
Han Daojing said with a smile. While he said this, he hoped in his heart that it was a medium-sized spirit stone mine. What if it was
"Uncle Daojing, you guys mine the ore. I'll go out and take a look around to see if I can find any clues."
Han Changming said hello and walked out. He wanted to see if there were any second-level monsters nearby. If there were, he would deal with them.
Huangfeng Island, Sun family.
Sun Mingcheng sat on the main seat, his face full of anger.
Five members of the Sun family knelt on the ground, looking terrified.
"You have your heads on your butts? You actually diverted the trouble to the Han family, causing the death of three cultivators in the Han family. If the truth comes out, I'm afraid that will be the day when our Sun family will be exterminated."
Sun Mingcheng scolded bluntly, saying that several years ago, a wind passed through the red algae sea, and by chance, the Sun family members discovered a spirit stone mine at the junction of the Chen and Han forces. The spirit stone mine was located on the seabed.
It was because of the discovery of the spirit stone mine that the Sun family became rich overnight. The Sun family was able to purchase the Foundation Establishment Pill and the Wu Yue Spiritual Water, which enabled Sun Mingcheng to advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
According to Sun Mingcheng's deployment, the Sun family had to keep a low profile and make a fortune in silence.
He never expected that the clansmen stationed at the spirit stone mine would do such a stupid thing. It was true that the Han and Sun families were in-laws, but if the Sun family killed a member of the Han family, the Han family would never let it go.
"We have no other options. At first, we wanted to lure the fiddler crabs to the Chen family's territory, but the fiddler crabs were more than ten miles away from the Chen family's residence. The fiddler crabs caught up with us halfway and killed us. We tried many methods, but none of them worked. The fiddler crabs often come to the spirit stone mine to look for food. If we don't get rid of them, we will be worried all day long."
"Yes! Chief, the Han family should not have discovered it. We used our secret recipe of Monster Attracting Powder to lure the fiddler crabs to the Red Scorpion Island. By the time the Han family's reinforcements arrived, the sea breeze had already blown away the Monster Attracting Powder. Before we left, we set up a second-level, mid-grade Three Talents Hiding Spirit Formation. The Han family will definitely not discover the existence of the spirit stone mine."
Sun Mingcheng's face turned cold, and he said angrily, "What if the Han family finds out? Will all 52 of us in the Sun family die? How dare you gamble with the lives of our entire family? If you can't get rid of those two fiddler crabs, you could just suspend mining the spirit stone mine and come back to report. You actually took the initiative to lure the fiddler crabs to attack the Red Scorpion Island. I'm ashamed you thought of that."