Best Young Master-Chapter 1397 - 1274: Eerie Spiritual Ore

The Southern Domain is different from the Northern Domain; spirit stone veins are extremely rare, with just one or two in each state being considered excellent, and the entire Southern Domain’s six great states combined have no more than ten.

The spirit stone veins formed millions of years ago when the spiritual energy on the Tianxuan Continent was as dense as water. During a time of great change in the world, the dense spiritual energy condensed, forming spirit stones wrapped within rocks, creating today’s spirit stone mines.

The Qing Family’s ability to monopolize a vein is a significant reason they dominate the entire Qing Province. Even the cultivation resources of the Qing Family Ancestor are mostly provided by this spirit stone mine.

Seeing that the abandoned mining area displayed such anomalies, the old miner’s face turned ashen, and he fearfully glanced at the young miner who had been speaking out of turn, saying, "From now on, don’t follow me anymore!"

After speaking, the old miner led the others, carrying their tools, toward the mining area, leaving the young miner with a bewildered expression.

Such an event occurring in their own mining area quickly drew the attention of the strong individuals stationed by the Qing Family, who led a few young disciples from the Qing Family to investigate.

It was an abandoned mining area. According to an experienced old miner, the stone’s pattern was incorrect, very likely harboring a major disaster within, so it was advised not to continue mining.

Although the Qing Family were strong individuals in the cultivation world, they were not knowledgeable about spirit stone mines. To avoid unknown incidents, they heeded the old miner’s advice and abandoned this mine.

Unexpectedly, after many years, this mine experienced such a strange change. Could it truly be that the disaster foretold by the old miner is about to break forth from the stone?

"You all stay here, and I’ll go down to see what exactly is happening!" the strong individual from the Qing Family tasked with overseeing the mining area said to several younger members nearby.

"Uncle, you mustn’t. You’re in charge of the whole mining area. If anything were to happen, we couldn’t bear the responsibility. Let a few of the workers go down first to assess the situation before making decisions!"

"You, you, you, the three of you, go down and see what’s going on!"

Saying this, a young strong member of the Qing Family casually appointed three young miners watching from a distance, ordering them to go down and investigate.

"Little Immortal, I dare not! I have a sixty-year-old mother bedridden at home and a child not yet three years old. Please spare me..." one of the appointed young miners tearfully pleaded.

He had worked below the mine for several years, knowing some legends. Once a change occurs below the mine, it almost always means fatal danger. He didn’t want to go to his death.

"Why so much nonsense? Hurry up and get down there. Can’t you see? That mine is bathed in sacred golden light; there surely won’t be any danger. If you keep dawdling, I’ll kick you to death!" the young Qing Family strong member said impatiently.

The three young miners, helpless in the face of death threats, had no choice but to tremble as they approached the mine, preparing to descend via the cable car.

At this moment, the golden light burst forth, instantly enveloping the three of them, freezing their actions as if they were caught by an immobilization technique.

The golden light appeared and vanished, and the trio seemed to retain golden light remnants on them, utterly motionless!

"What’s wrong with you? Why aren’t you going down?" the young Qing Family strong member shouted at the three individuals.

However, they received no response; the three stood like clay figures!

"I’ll take a look at what happened!" The young strong member raised an eyebrow, casually picked up a stone from the ground, and flicked it with his finger, striking one of them in the back!

Crash...

A crisp sound echoed as the young miner hit by the stone shattered like a smashed piece of porcelain, breaking into fragments on the ground.

Strangely, not a single drop of blood was visible. It was as if their blood was wholly drained the instant they were covered in golden light.

"Hiss..."

Everyone from the Qing Family present couldn’t help but gasp in shock. Such a bizarre occurrence was beyond their comprehension.

That seemingly sacred golden light actually possessed such magic. Fortunately, they hadn’t gone down directly; otherwise, they might have ended up like the three before them.

"What should we do?"

The young Qing Family strong member asked the mid-stage Holy Embryo Realm individual overseeing the situation.

"Report to the clan and have the ancestor send someone with a forbidden artifact. At the same time, seal off the information, evacuate all the workers from the mine, and wait for results!"

The Qing Family overseer had an exceptionally grave expression, making a decisive judgment. He personally stayed to wait for the clan’s people to arrive while the other workers were given a few days off to assess the situation further.

It’s not that he was particularly kind-hearted toward the workers, but because, knowing the circumstances, even if he forced them down the mine, they wouldn’t go. If pushed to rebellion, that would spell trouble.

After all, they couldn’t kill all the workers; otherwise, they’d have to mine the spirit stones themselves, which was not the intended outcome.

Very soon, word reached the Qing Family Ancestral Land. The Qing Family Ancestor regarded this matter with utmost importance, suspecting that a strange treasure might be emerging. He immediately dispatched two individuals from the Divine Power Realm to accompany Qing Zi to investigate.

Should any strange treasure emerge, they would assist Qing Zi in obtaining it, helping Qing Zi progress and reach the Divine Power Realm as soon as possible.

After all, Qing Zi had been feeling particularly frustrated lately, unable to calm his mind even for cultivation, gritting his teeth every time a certain person crossed his mind—Ye Fan!

After being repeatedly put in an awkward position by Ye Fan, how could the proud and arrogant Qing Zi stand it?

If Ye Fan’s cultivation was higher, it would be understandable, but Ye Fan’s cultivation was clearly far inferior, yet every encounter he suffered, making him stifled to the point of madness!

Qing Zi received the instructions from the Qing Family Ancestor and dared not delay. He immediately put aside all matters at hand and, together with two Early-stage Divine Realm clansmen, hurried to the spirit stone mining area!

Since they were all within one province, Qing Zi did not use the Transmission Array Platform, as it consumed too many spirit stones and was a luxury expense.

Aside from some special array patterns that require blood sacrifice to traverse the void, most Transmission Array Runes require a large amount of spirit stones for energy. Although the Qing Family is wealthy, they are not so wasteful of spirit stones.

However, the Qing Family also has their own domesticated transport Xuan Beasts, among which the Flying Profound Beast is the fastest, but it can only carry one person. Although it can move when more people are on it, the speed reduces significantly.

For the quickest arrival at the spirit stone mining area, each of the three Qing Zi riders mounted an Ironback Golden Eagle, swiftly speeding off like a flash.

The Ironback Golden Eagle is gigantic, with wings spanning six meters; from afar, it resembles a dark cloud, and the three Qing Zi stood on the eagle’s back, looking like immortals and gods.

At this moment, he could never have imagined that Ye Fan, whom he ’dreamed day and night,’ along with Divine Lady Tongtong and Bai Yan Wolf, were traversing the void.

Boom!

A loud noise erupted, and the void split open. Ye Fan, Tongtong, and Bai Yan Wolf fell from the void, unlike regular void traversal; the trio fell in disarray.

"Damn it, the blood’s power was overwhelming, we crossed too much." Bai Yan Wolf stumbled as if drunk, swaying with little stars before his eyes, shaking his head and speaking.

Ye Fan’s Treasure Body was strong; although he created a pit on the ground, he himself was unharmed.

Tongtong happened to fall on Ye Fan, and with him as a cushion, she was also fine.

After a brief moment, Bai Yan Wolf recovered, looked around confusedly, and said, "Where are we? Why does it have an aura of Ancient Chaos?"

Tongtong climbed off Ye Fan, her face flushed, but fortunately, the Divine Race’s women are quite open-minded, quickly adjusting her attitude.

Upon hearing Bai Yan Wolf’s words, Tongtong also glanced around in confusion and said bemusedly, "Indeed, there’s an aura of Ancient Chaos. Did we arrive at a mining area by chance?"

"How do you know?"

To alleviate the previous awkwardness, Ye Fan was eager to change the topic, thus asking casually.

"Don’t you know this? I really doubt if your Emperor Weapon fell from the sky and hit your head!"

Bai Yan Wolf looked at Ye Fan disdainfully and said, "It’s simple; we can’t return to the Ancient Chaos era through a Transmission Array Platform, and nearby there’s an aura of Ancient Chaos. So there’s only one possibility: we are near a mining area, which, while mining the spirit stone veins, encountered ancient stone layers, thus exuding an aura of Ancient Chaos."

Ye Fan didn’t argue with Bai Yan Wolf on this topic, knowing he is a master of array patterns, deeply researched in various array patterns; since he said so, it must be correct.

"Tongtong, what do you intend to do? Are you coming with us or returning?" Ye Fan suddenly realized a grave issue.

Tongtong longed for him too; offending other young strong people of the Divine Race, possibly even some ancestors. The consequences upon her return are predictable.

"Don’t worry, I’m a goddess; they won’t harm me, and the ancestors have ordered that no one can trouble you, so you don’t have to worry about my safety. I will return now."

Having safely sent Ye Fan out, Tongtong felt relieved but slightly sad; Ye Fan never expressed any clear sentiment toward her.

"I’m leaving. Do you have anything you want to say to me?" Tongtong gazed at Ye Fan affectionately, her eyes gleaming with natural charm.

It was a deeply conflicting feeling. The Divine Race’s goddess naturally carries purity, yet within Tongtong’s sanctity seems to lie subtle allure, faint but penetrating.

"How about this, I’ll teach you a set of spear techniques as compensation to the Divine Race!" Ye Fan transmitted the key maneuvers of the Heaven Slaying Seven Spears into Tongtong’s sea of consciousness through divine sense.

"I don’t need any spear techniques; I just need a word from you—is that too much?"

Perhaps due to the sorrow of parting, or the fear of never seeing Ye Fan again, Tongtong suddenly felt emotionally stirred.

"Hey, kid, just say you love her. That’s what she wants to hear right now!" Bai Yan Wolf egged on from the side.

"I..."

Ye Fan’s mind flashed Su Liuli’s sorrowful face; he sighed inwardly, ultimately choosing silence.

Tongtong didn’t notice Ye Fan’s changing expression, her forehead lowered and softly asked, "Ye Fan, do you like me?"

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