Chapter 441: Three Mines
After they left the Cangxing mountain, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen went to a nearby mountain.
The mountain was slightly larger than a big hill but incomparable to the Cangxing mountain.
"This is the location of the first mine." Yu Nianzhen said.
"I know." Jiang Yue said and waved the treasure compass in front of his husband’s face.
"Originally, this mine only had low-grade reincarnation stones. However, it hasn’t been mined for more than one hundred thousand years and the quality has improved a lot."
"What’s the quality?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Most are mid-grade reincarnation stones and a few are high-grade."
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen nodded in satisfaction.
With the reincarnation stones, the Cangxing people would have a higher cultivation speed.
"XiaoYue, can you look at the formation?"
"It’s a natural sixth-level formation. We don’t have to worry about intruders."
"Okay." Yu Nianzhen said and heaved a sigh of relief.
After that, the two spent two months mapping the mountain.
They planned the best places to start mining, and the appropriate places to build warehouses and living quarters.
When that was done, they left the mountain and continued to the next mine.
"The first mine should produce at least thirty million mid-grade reincarnation stones." Jiang Yue speculated.
"Mmmm." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
In the same way, the two investigated the second mine and made the appropriate plans.
"The second mine is slightly better than the first. It won’t be a problem to get fifty million mid-grade reincarnation stones." Yu Nianzhen said.
"It also has more high-grade reincarnation stones."
"After we investigate the third mine, let’s return to the Cangxing Mountain to submit the maps."
"I know." Jiang Yue nodded and agreed.
Soon after, the two flew towards the third mine.
Since they came out of the Cangxing mountain, they hadn’t encountered other people.
However, as they neared the third mine, they began to see other cultivators.
"Are you fellow Daoists of the Cangxing world?" A voice suddenly floated over.
Following the voice, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue saw a group of five.
The group was led by a young man and all wore pale blue robes.
[Don’t let your guard down.] Yu Nianzhen reminded.
[Don’t worry.] Jiang Yue reassured and then smiled.
"Fellow Daoists, I don’t know where you are from?" He asked.
"We come from the Water Heaven world. Like the Cangxing world, our Water Heaven world is a low-level world." The young man generously explained.
"If I am not wrong, this seems to be the territory of our Cangxing world. Why did the fellow Daoists come here?"
"Does the Cangxing world deserve to have a territory?" One of the group mumbled under his breath.
"Does the fellow Daoist have a problem with my Cangxing world?" Jiang Yue asked with a slight frown on his face.
At the same time, Yu Nianzhen looked at the person with narrowed eyes.
"Please don’t take it personally." The group leader said but Jiang Yue still glared at the person.
"The only reason your Cangxing world still has a territory is because you can’t be challenged for the time being."
"Is the Water Heaven world planning to challenge my Cangxing world?" Jiang Yue questioned.
However, none of the five answered.
Seeing this, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue already knew the answer.
"Is your world’s mountain near here?" Yu Nianzhen suddenly asked.
"Are the two fellow Daoists interested in visiting our Water Heaven Mountain?" The young leader asked.
"Is it okay to visit?"
"Our Water Heaven Mountain does not refuse guests."
"In that case, we will visit another time." Jiang Yue said and then repeated his previous question.
"It’s not just our Water Heaven world. Many worlds are eyeing your mines." The young leader spoke.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen looked at each other.
They didn’t expect the vultures to start circling around so soon.
"The two of us still have some things to do. Let’s meet again if there is fate." Jiang Yue said and the two flew away.
Four hours later, they finally arrived at the third mine but their expressions were not good.
Like the people from the Water Heaven world said, there were many cultivators near the third mine.
[Ignore them for the time being.] Yu Nianzhen transmitted.
[I know.]
With that, the two took the shortest path and entered the third mine’s formation.
As soon as they entered, their expressions changed and they suddenly understood.
"This third mine is a high-grade mine. It’s no wonder the other worlds are coveting it." Jiang Yue said in a slightly excited voice.
"It’s troublesome."
"Quite." Jiang Yue agreed.
"We have four options. The first option is to mine it first. If we can mine it before we are challenged, we will be able to keep the high-grade reincarnation stones."
"Mining high-grade reincarnation stones is more difficult than mining lower-grade ones. If we start with this mine, we may not excavate it completely in nine hundred and ninety-nine years. Most importantly, we will offend the worlds that are eyeing the mine." Jiang Yue said.
"The second option is to find an equal-strength ally to cooperate with us. The premise is to cooperate whenever either has a problem."
"That’s a good option but there shouldn’t be many worlds like ours in the Reincarnation world."
"Unfortunately." Yu Nianzhen said before he continued.
"The third option is to find a more powerful world to protect us. However, if we do that, we will likely lose a large portion of our mined reincarnation stones."
"What about the fourth option?"
"The fourth option is to desperately improve everyone’s strength. When the time comes, we will do our best to resist the challengers." Yu Nianzhen said.
"At our level, trying to mine the high-grade reincarnation stones is a waste of time. Most importantly, it’s not a good thing to use high-grade reincarnation stones at the lower levels of the reincarnation realm."
"I also think so." Yu Nianzhen said and sighed.
After that, the two mapped the mountain and stealthily left without interacting with others.
However, they didn’t return to the Cangxing mountain as they originally planned.
Instead, they walked around, hoping to gain a general understanding of the Reincarnation World.
"I want a map of the Reincarnation world but I was too ashamed to ask those cultivators from the Water Heaven world." Jiang Yue said.
After all, he and Yu Nianzhen didn’t have anything that could be used to buy the map.
"Azhen, should we become robbers?" Jiang Yue asked in a serious voice.
Hearing this, Yu Nianzhen chuckled and tipped his head to the South.
"Let’s go that way." He said.
"Aside from the mines, all the herbs and resources surrounding our Cangxing Mountain have been cleaned up. If we want resources, we have to go to other places or rob people."
"There is another option." Yu Nianzhen said with a mysterious look in his eyes.
"What?"
"We can wait for people to rob us and counter-rob."
"You are right, this is the best way." Jiang Yue said excitedly.
"Is that why we are heading South?"
"What do you think?" Yu Nianzhen asked with a cunning smile on his lips.
When they were roaming around, Yu Nianzhen spread his divine sense and coincidentally discovered a robbery in the South.
Knowing their current situation, he decided to try his luck.
If they were lucky, there would be enough loot to serve as their startup capital in the Reincarnation world.
"Fighting is also a good way to measure our strength against cultivators from other worlds." Yu Nianzhen said.
"What about their strength?" Jiang Yue asked.
Although he was greedy for resources, he didn’t want to become a fish on a chopping board.
"Those robbers have left the range of my divine sense. Let’s rush to the south and see if we can catch up with them."
"Good."
After that, the two flew southwards and finally discovered the robbers.
At the same time, the robbers also discovered them and intentionally slowed down.
[Four robbers and all are in the first level of the reincarnation realm.] Yu Nianzhen observed.
[Four is just right.] Jiang Yue said.
At the same level, Jiang Yue didn’t believe he and Yu Nianzhen couldn’t handle four cultivators.
Even if they couldn’t, there would be no problem in escaping.
[Let them make the first move.] Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue rolled his eyes.
[I know.]
Soon after, the two caught up with the four robbers and stopped a few metres away.
"Fellow Daoists, we are new to the Reincarnation world and seem to have lost our way back to the mountain. Can you help us?" Jiang Yue asked with a helpless look on his face.
"Which world do you belong to?" One of the robbers asked with a shrewd look in his eyes.
"We belong to the Water Heaven Mountain." Jiang Yue answered.
Along the way, he noticed that a lot of people seemed to know about the return of the Cangxing world.
If he revealed that he and Yu Nianzhen were from the Cangxing mountain, the robbers may disdain to rob them since everyone knew the Cangxing cultivators didn’t have a lot of resources.
