With Taixuan Elder present, the array formation system existing in the cave was as good as useless, because in just one day he gained absolute control.

“Worth it.”

Jun Changxiao felt better in his heart.

Burning so many Profound Stones to bring him here—if he couldn’t break the array formation, it would definitely be a huge loss.

“I’ve already closed the internal explosive devices. You can enter boldly and confidently.” Taixuan Elder said.

“Let’s go.”

Jun Changxiao immediately led everyone toward the tunnel on the left side of the cave.

“Whoosh whoosh!”

Even purer heaven and earth attributes blew over, showing there must be an extremely vast ore vein inside.

“We’re going to strike it rich!”

Jun Changxiao’s eyes sparkled with light.

While the entire upper realm remained unaware, secretly finding a True Stone ore vein was absolutely exhilarating to the heavens.

Because the array formation system had already been completely mastered by Taixuan Elder, all the various traps and mechanisms existing along the road were in a disabled state, so everyone traveled without encountering any danger.

This wasn’t searching for resources—this was going out shopping!

One step.

Two steps.

……

After passing through the deep tunnel, everyone stopped in a slightly damp environment. All around was earth, with sparkling translucent ore stones embedded within, quite like holding a pipa half-concealing one’s face.

“Old brother!”

Gu Chaoxi said happily, “True Stones!”

These advanced martial dao resources had similar form and specifications to Profound Stones, but the energy gathered inside was purer.

Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others were seeing True Stones for the first time, especially appearing densely in their field of vision, so they all widened their eyes.

Using them for cultivation would definitely be fantastic!

Gu Chaoxi took out a small shovel he carried with him and said seriously, “Unexcavated True Stones are very fragile, so you must be careful when digging, otherwise breaking the surface layer will cause energy loss.”

Though defined by the Realm Hall as a rebel, he himself also belonged to the rogue cultivator ranks, so after dozens of reincarnations, he was quite knowledgeable about survival skills like mining.

“Old brother.”

“Let’s hurry and dig!”

Looking back, he found Jun Changxiao sitting in a chair, holding tea water and sipping it carefully.

This… was way too leisurely and elegant!

“My old brother, we came all this way to mine, not to vacation!” Gu Chaoxi said with despair.

“Zuiji.”

“Yes!”

“Rumble!”

Xiao Zuiji took out a heavy machine from his spatial ring and placed it on the ground. From its form, it looked a bit like a shipping container.

“What is this?” Gu Chaoxi asked in confusion.

“Uncle-Master.”

Xiao Zuiji said, “This is an ore harvesting machine, specifically for mining.”

Gu Chaoxi was even more confused.

“Begin.” Jun Changxiao said indifferently.

“Snap!”

Xiao Zuiji pressed the activation button.

“Click click click!”

The hatch door slowly opened, and small robot-like things rapidly flew out, then attached to the wall and began digging with hands and feet.

In a short time, all thousand True Stones on the surface were picked, neatly arranged beside them, forming a small mound.

“This…”

Gu Chaoxi’s eyes nearly popped out.

Those strange little things were very agile, and particularly professional at collecting ore, giving him the feeling they just casually fiddled around and dug it out!

“Little brother, how’s my ore harvesting machine’s efficiency?”

“Awesome! Too awesome!”

Gu Chaoxi once again developed strong admiration for Jun Changxiao, directly hugged his thigh, and said affectionately, “From today on, even if mountains lose their peaks and heaven and earth unite, I won’t dare break with you!”

“Get lost!”

……

“Swish swish swish!”

Small mining robots worked hard digging, True Stones emerged and piled up nearby, being easily collected by Jun Changxiao into his spatial ring.

The System said, “According to analysis, the energy stored inside True Stones and their purity is ten times higher than Profound Stones.”

Jun Changxiao’s hand holding the teacup immediately began trembling.

Calculating this way, one True Stone equaled ten Profound Stones. The diary recorded several billion, wouldn’t that equal several hundred billion!

Cover face.

Tactical lean back.

Smile gradually becoming perverted.

Without other forces, without any danger, the large True Stone ore vein was basically free—how could Jun Changxiao not be excited, not be exhilarated!

If not for the disciples all being nearby, he probably would have started singing long ago.

……

With the ore harvesting machine, the mining process need not be detailed. In just two short days, the large ore vein was emptied.

“Hahaha!”

“Hahaha!”

Jun Changxiao’s unrestrained laughter came from the empty ore pit.

The diary said the storage was several billion, but after completely digging it out and carefully counting, the actual quantity had reached ten billion. Multiplying by ten equaled… one trillion Profound Stones!

This wasn’t Zimbabwean currency.

These were True Stones!

“Not good!”

“The Sect Master passed out!”

Jun Changxiao lay in the chair, excited to the point of shock, with a smile still hanging on his face. He even had a dream where he was swimming in an endless ocean of ore stones, and in his excitement used both hands to hug an extra-large True Stone and fiercely kissed it.

“Whoosh!”

Suddenly, the dream ended.

Jun Changxiao caught the scent of roses and only then suddenly discovered he was holding Hua Meigui. Her cheeks turned red and gradually showed a stunned expression.

He.

Kissed me?

“Whoosh! Whoosh!”

Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others all turned around, as if saying they hadn’t seen anything just now.

“Impressive, my Sect Master!”

Su Xiaomo thought to himself, “So bold in broad daylight in front of everyone!”

As someone with rich experience in romance, he could say mushy things to Xia Shuiyu and romantic things, but would never be so blatant in front of people.

“What did I just do…” Jun Changxiao howled in his heart.

The System said, “You kissed your wife.”

No!

I was kissing a True Stone!

“That’s not important. What’s important is everyone saw it.” The System delivered the finishing blow.

“…”

Although Jun Changxiao was internally collapsing, after all, now wasn’t the time to dwell on it, so he immediately pretended nothing happened and said with a dignified manner, “Let’s go, return to the sect!”

“Old brother.”

Gu Chaoxi said, “We can’t leave yet.”

“Why?” Jun Changxiao asked.

Gu Chaoxi said seriously, “True Stone ore veins generally only exist in environments with extremely strong heaven and earth attributes. Since this godforsaken place has one, there must be some reason!”

“Correct.”

Black and White Rakshasa expressed agreement.

A poor backwater that even demon beasts were too lazy to come to actually hid a True Stone ore vein—it really wasn’t scientific.

“What reason?” Jun Changxiao asked.

Gu Chaoxi propped up his chin and said, “True Stone formation has environmental factors, but also another factor, which is…” He paused, “The Mother of True Stones!”

“Mother of True Stones.”

The System said, “The source that nurtures True Stones.”

“I get it!”

“No need to explain!”

Although Jun Changxiao hadn’t heard of it, from the name he could roughly understand, so his eyes lit up, “Could this ore vein still hide a Mother of True Stones?”

Gu Chaoxi shook his head, “Just a judgment.”

“Sect Master!”

Just then, the koi Ren Shan’s loud shout came from deep in the ore vein, “Come quick and look!”

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