(PS: Sorry for being late!)
"Yes!" Everyone answered.
"Deputy Commander Ren, you don't have to go down to the mine. You can supervise it from outside!" The middle-aged general looked at Ren Yun Du and said.
"Mm!" Ren Yun Du nodded. He had the status of Deputy Commander and naturally would not go down to the mine.
"It just so happens that I have to return to the Fort in three days to report the situation of the mine to General Zhu Long and to send the mined Spiritual Stones back to the Fort. Deputy Commander Ren, you will be in charge of the defense of the mine when I am not around!" The middle-aged general said.
The mine here was under the jurisdiction of the Black Mountain Fort and everything had to be reported to General Zhu Long.
"Deputy Commander Wang, don't worry. Just go!" Ren Yun Du said.
The middle-aged general's surname was Wang and he was called Deputy Commander Wang.
"That's great!" Deputy Commander Wang nodded.
Then, he immediately arranged for people to lead Su Mo and the hundred people into the mine.
The entrance of the mine was a large cave in the valley.
The group entered the cave and followed the deep cave downwards. They went a full thousand miles underground before they reached the Spiritual Stone mine.
A thousand miles underground, the passageways extended in all directions. The ground was all hard rocks and occasionally, milky white Spiritual Stones would appear in the rocks.
The deeper they went, the more Spiritual Stones there were.
When they reached a depth of one thousand and five hundred miles underground, they found that the hard rocks were filled with irregularly shaped spirit stones.
These Spiritual Stones were basically all Higher Grade Spiritual Stones.
These spirit stone veins were formed from the Dragon Vein Qi that had seeped out from beneath the ground.
The Dragon Vein was a kind of earth essence, a mysterious existence with a consciousness.
Dragon veins could travel through the depths of the earth on their own. Wherever they stopped, the Spirit Qi they released would slowly form spirit stone veins in that area.
As such, the mining of the Spiritual Stone mine could not be carried out on a large scale. Otherwise, it would cause the Dragon Vein to awaken and escape.
If that was not the case, a Martial Emperor would be able to take away the entire Spiritual Stone mine in an instant.
Once the Dragon Vein escaped, it would be difficult to find it again.
Even for a Martial Sage, it would not be easy for him to capture a Dragon's Vein.
For example, for the Heavenly Underworld Planet's Magi Clan, the dragon vein connected to the Earth Pagoda had to be personally taken care of by the High Priests of the clan. They had to expend a lot of effort to capture it and then suppress it underground.
However, even if they could not take away the entire Spiritual Stone mine on a large scale, it was still a piece of cake for Su Mo and the others who were at the Martial Emperor Realm.
With a wave of his hand, he could grab pieces of spiritual sense without the slightest bit of damage.
In the Spiritual Stone Lode, there were about 300 to 400 black-armored soldiers mining in addition to Su Mo's group.
At the same time, a dozen Martial Emperor Realm soldiers were in charge of supervising the crowd and collecting the Spiritual Stones that the crowd had mined.
"My God, such a huge Top-Grade Spirit Stone Vein, it's really a treasure!" Xie Bin exclaimed as he excavated the Spirit Stones.
Although a top-grade Spirit Stone mine was far inferior to a Spirit Crystal mine, such a large top-grade Spirit Stone mine was enough to support a small force!
"It is indeed a treasure!" Su Mo nodded his head, feeling a little emotional. If he could find such a Spiritual Stone Vein, he would not have to worry about the Firmament Palace.
One had to know that there were millions of people in the Firmament Palace. Even if each person only used one Top-Grade Spirit Stone a day, they would still need to use up a million Spiritual Stones a day.
However, those who were at the Martial King Realm or even the Martial Royal Realm would not only use one Top-Grade Spirit Stone a day, they would also use up more than 100 Top-Grade Spirit Stones a day.
As such, the resources that the Firmament Palace used up was an astronomical figure.
Although he left a large number of resources for the Firmament Palace every time he returned, it was actually just a drop in the bucket.
If the Firmament Palace could have a Spiritual Stone Vein, even if it was a small one, it would be of great benefit to the development of the Firmament Palace.
However, no matter where it was, these Spiritual Stone Veins were all occupied by various big forces.
It was simply a fool's dream for him to want to obtain a Spiritual Stone Vein.
Unless he could grab a Dragon's Vein and cultivate a Spiritual Stone Vein, or be like the Sorcerer Tribe and build a cultivation room that was connected to the Dragon's Vein.
However, even a Martial Sage Realm warrior would find it difficult to grab a Dragon's Vein, let alone Su Mo.
"Brother Xie, do you know anything about the Dragon's Vein?" Su Mo asked Xie Bin as he extracted the Spiritual Stones from the rocks in front of him.
"Dragon's Vein?"
Xie Bin was stumped when he heard Su Mo's question. He then smiled and said, "Who doesn't know about the Dragon's Vein? It is the essence of the earth, a kind of illusory gas. Every Dragon's Vein needs at least a few hundred thousand years to be born!"
"It is said that the Dragon's Vein has a consciousness. Is it very intelligent?" Su Mo asked again.
"Not high. The Dragon's Vein has a low intelligence, but it is very alert. Once it is in danger, it will immediately escape. It can travel freely in the earth and sometimes even a Martial Sage Realm warrior might not be able to catch up with it!" Xie Bin said.
"I see!" Su Mo nodded his head slightly as he started to ponder.
If the Dragon's Vein had consciousness and intelligence, it meant that the Dragon's Vein had a soul. Otherwise, how could it have consciousness and intelligence?
If that was the case, would his Devouring Fighting Soul be able to suppress the Dragon's Vein?
Su Mo wasn't too sure. After all, even a Martial Sage Realm warrior would find it difficult to grab the Dragon's Vein and he was only a Martial Emperor.
However, if there was a chance in the future, he would give it a try.
"Brother Su, you seem to be very interested in the Dragon's Vein?" Xie Bin asked curiously when he saw Su Mo's expression.
"Hehe! I am just curious! "Su Mo laughed.
With that, he did not say anything else and continued to mine the Spiritual Stones.
This Spiritual Stone mine was really huge and it was unknown how many miles wide it was. The group continued to mine, but the number of Spiritual Stones did not decrease.
Time passed by slowly and in the blink of an eye, three days had passed.
The group had completely become labourers, mining Spiritual Stones without rest.
Su Mo was a little annoyed. He had come out to train but he had actually become a labourer. There was no benefit at all.
Not only him, but all the disciples of the Shenwu Academy had a depressed look on their faces.
They still had to live like this for another half a year.
Boom boom boom!
Right at that moment, a loud sound suddenly came from the top of the tunnel. Even though the group was more than 1,500 miles underground, they could still feel the ground shaking.
"Enemy attack, everyone go out and fight!"
A loud shout came from the top of the passageway. Immediately, everyone in the mineral vein, whether it was the disciples of the Shenwu Academy or the original Black Armoured Soldiers, all moved and quickly flew out.
Just as Su Mo was about to rush out, he suddenly had a thought. Now that everyone was going to leave, could he go and search for the Dragon's Vein underground?
The moment this thought arose, it made his heart palpitate and he could no longer suppress this thought.
If he could really catch the Dragon's Vein, it would be extremely beneficial to him. If he could not catch it and the Dragon's Vein ran away, the Spiritual Stone mine would be useless and they would not have to stay here for another half a year.
Wasn't this Huanshan mine under the jurisdiction of General Zhu Long? General Zhu Long had cheated them and he could also do the same to him!
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