Ghost Cry Peak.
Fang Huasheng stared at his younger brother with extremely sharp eyes and slowly spoke.
"Are you telling the truth!?"
"Brother, this matter is absolutely true. Even if you don't believe me, you should believe Wang Shu and that Scent Rat."
Fang Huajie, with dark skin, felt his Brother's gaze full of pressure, swallowed, and quickly said.
Hearing this, Fang Huasheng's narrowed eyes slowly relaxed.
He naturally knew about Wang Shu and the Scent Rat he mentioned.
Wang Shu is a master at prospecting for Beast Ore. Although his strength is only at the Blood Transportation Realm, his Bloodline is special, and he has his own methods for Beast Ore extraction. He was taken in by his father many years ago, and his skills are well understood. It is likely that no one in the entire Wanhua City can surpass him in the study of Beast Ore.
As for the Scent Rat, it is a type of exotic beast called the Earth Scent Rat.
Its five senses are extremely sharp. It was purchased by their lineage at a high price from an outer prefecture many years ago and possesses the talent of seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster. However, this was not the real reason they bought it at a high price.
Rather, it was to use it to find the Bone-Piercing Azure Evil Python, which was of great use to him.
"Where is the mineral species of the Bone-Piercing Azure Evil Python?"
After a while, Fang Huasheng's gaze fell on Fang Huajie again. He had already reclined back on the lounge chair and spoke indifferently.
"The exact location hasn't been found yet, but it's roughly in the Ghost Cry Peak area. Even if it's not within the range, it won't deviate too much. It must be nearby."
Fang Huajie seemed to have anticipated this question and immediately presented his prepared explanation.
"Then hurry up and go find it!"
Fang Huasheng's voice immediately turned cold.
Feeling the meaning in his Brother's words, the dark-skinned man shivered and immediately nodded.
"I will give the orders immediately and arrange for people to search."
"Don't publicize this matter. Ensure confidentiality is maintained. Tell me what you need, and also send a flying letter to inform father..."
"I understand... but..."
Fang Huajie nodded again, wanting to turn and leave, but seemed to have thought of something and hesitated.
"Speak."
"Brother, if we find the Blood Essence of the Bone-Piercing Azure Evil Python this time, and if the amount is sufficient, could you give me some?" Knowing that if he missed this opportunity, he might never encounter it again, Fang Huajie finally spoke up.
"Hmph, if it's enough for my cultivation needs, then I can give you some. Go on, don't disappoint me."
With a cold snort, Fang Huasheng's eyes closed, and he spoke a single indifferent sentence.
Hearing this, the dark-skinned man's face showed joy. He said no more and quickly retreated.
After he left, two muffled groans from women came from inside the main hall, followed by the sound of bones breaking, but it quickly returned to silence.
...
Time flowed like water, silently passing by, and soon a month had gone by.
Da Cui Peak, Ding Character Area Two.
At the foot of the mountain on one side, the hard rock wall suddenly cracked open, and a figure covered in fine scales drilled out from within, landing on the ground.
The fine scales all over his body quickly retracted into his body as if possessing consciousness, revealing a bronze-colored, strong physique.
"This is the sixth location, and there's still no sign of anything."
Lin Sheng frowned slightly, a look of disappointment on his face.
Over the course of a month, besides cultivating the Qingniao Chasing Star Finger, he spent nearly 1/3 of his time burrowing underground searching for Beast Ore.
And successfully found six more Ore deposits within the second area.
Among these six Ore deposits, although most had reserves of around 100,000 jin, there was still one deposit estimated to have over 200,000 jin of Beast Ore.
Unfortunately, there was no trace of the mineral species he was looking for.
"The last discovery was indeed due to luck. Given the rarity of Monster Beast mineral species, how could it be so easy for me to find one?"
Lin Sheng shook his head slightly and turned his gaze to the basin on the other side of the mountain foot.
Beast Ore is basically located in the middle and lower parts of mountain peaks. The probability of finding Beast Ore in a basin is greatly reduced.
So he was thinking about whether there was still a need to survey this large area of the basin.
Ding Character Area Two is vast, but only a small portion is at the foot of Da Cui Peak, with most of the area being in the outer basin.
He has now basically surveyed the entire mountain foot area. Aside from some scattered Ore deposits below 10,000 jin, he has also found the others with larger reserves.
Roughly calculated, it already exceeds a million jin.
Such a quantity is quite rare in the Ding Character Area, as others are far less efficient than him in searching for Ore deposits.
"I still have a few months left. I'll search a bit more, and if I still don't find anything, I'll give up."
After a while, he shook his head slightly, having made up his mind. He still decided to search again.
Time flowed by quietly, and a week quickly passed.
Ding Character Area Two.
In the low bushes, a large rock about ten feet wide suddenly shattered, and a large black-scaled hand reached out from within.
Then Lin Sheng's figure leaped out lightly.
In his other large hand, he was still holding a palm-sized Ore. The Ore was dark red, covered with rough, shallow patterns, and it was clearly a Monster Beast mineral species.
However, looking at the mineral species in his hand, the expression on Lin Sheng's face was not pleasant.
He gently squeezed it with his hand, and several deep finger indentations immediately appeared on the mineral species, but they did not recover for a long time.
Lin Sheng's expression remained unchanged. With a little force from his finger, he directly pierced through this mineral species.
He only felt a trace of stickiness, and of course, it was just a trace.
Information about the previous form of this Monster Beast mineral species appeared in the consciousness panel. Lin Sheng expressionlessly chose to devour it.
Looking at the activation progress of the third imprint in the consciousness panel, it had only increased by two percentage points.
During these seven days, he spent part of his time moving through the basin underground searching. He still managed to find two Ore deposits, one of which was the one he just came out of, successfully finding a mineral species within it.
That is, the one in his hand. It's just a pity that this mineral species, whether it was devoured by some other underground exotic beast or for some other reason, was already severely damaged, and only a tiny bit of Monster Beast Blood Essence remained within it.
After confirming that this mineral species had no further value, he directly crushed it. The disappointment in his heart had already dissipated.
Although there was no significant gain this time, it wasn't without any returns.
At the very least, it allowed him to confirm that mineral species do exist in this Ding Character Area Two where he is located, and the first Monster Beast mineral species he found wasn't just pure luck.
"Including this time, two Monster Beast mineral species have already been found in this area."
Lin Sheng felt somewhat puzzled.
In his previous conversation with Wei Yun, according to the latter's guess, there might only be one or two Monster Beast mineral species in the Beast Ore of the entire Da Cui Peak, and if luck was bad, there might not even be one.
"So now, I have found two Monster Beast mineral species just in Ding Character Area Two. Although both are damaged, they do exist. Is it because my luck is too good?"
He thought to himself and quickly shook his head again.
If it were really due to luck, wouldn't that mean all the Monster Beast mineral species in Da Cui Peak are in this Ding Character Area Two?
Although this is indeed possible, he has never believed in luck, and furthermore, this possibility is simply too small.
Ding Character Area Two is indeed vast, but within the entire Da Cui Peak, it doesn't even account for 1/10.
"If it's not luck, then what could it be?"
He narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a while, and had some guesses in his heart, but he couldn't be sure yet.
After marking the Ore deposit beneath his feet, he didn't stop. He leaped and ran towards the front of the basin, and only after running for over ten li did he once again burrow into the ground to begin a new round of exploration.
Although he had some guesses, he needed more confirmation to be sure.
Time flowed by, and soon another five days had passed.
Central Basin of Ding Character Area Two.
Lin Sheng's figure broke through the earth from the ground.
During these five days, he almost completely immersed himself underground, searching for Beast Ore, even temporarily setting aside his cultivation.
And the result did not disappoint him. At this moment, another dark red mineral species had appeared in his palm.
The quality of this mineral species was slightly better than the second one, but limited. The Blood Essence contained within it was also not much.
He chose to absorb it without hesitation. The activation points for the third imprint increased by five percentage points. At this time, the activation progress of the third imprint had broken through the 80% mark.
With this discovery, he was basically certain that the situation at Da Cui Peak was not as Wei Yun had imagined.
The number of mineral species contained within it might exceed people's imagination; it is definitely not as simple as just one or two.
Moreover, the energy contained in the recently discovered Beast Ore seems to be a bit richer than the Beast Ore already extracted at the foot of the mountain. Although it is not very obvious, with his perception, he can still feel the difference. Furthermore, there are quite a few Ore patterns within it, and their power also seems to be a bit greater than before.
Before coming here, he had already read many books about Beast Ore and had a certain understanding of it.
The more abundant the energy contained in the Beast Ore and the greater the power of the Ore pattern explosion, the longer the age of the Beast Ore.
The Ore deposit he just discovered is some distance away from Da Cui Peak, and the reserve of the deposit is also the largest one he has found since coming to Da Cui Peak.
It is estimated to have a reserve of at least 500,000 jin.
According to common sense, the further away from Da Cui Peak, the sparser the Ore deposit reserves should be, and at the same time, the quality of the Ore deposit should also decrease.
The current result is completely contrary to common sense.
He fell into deep thought. He was not in a hurry to continue exploring. After marking it again, he first returned to Da Cui Peak.
He went to the Jia Character Area again and found Wei Yun. After chatting briefly, he asked if anyone had discovered any mineral species during this time.
The result he got was no, not a single mineral species had been found. At the same time, the quality of the Beast Ore already extracted from Da Cui Peak was indeed undoubtedly 50,000 years old, with no significant difference.
This situation caused a stir in his heart.
He did not inform Wei Yun about the abnormality he had discovered. After all, mentioning that he had found three mineral species would be too conspicuous, and those three mineral species had already been completely absorbed by him. Even if he said it, it would only bring him extra trouble.
Returning to Ding Character Area Two.
Looking at the empty residence, Gou Donglai and the others were clearly still engaged in intense mining work.
"There is nothing wrong with the Beast Ore extracted from Da Cui Peak, so why is the Beast Ore I extracted from the basin outside the mountain foot of better quality?"
He narrowed his eyes, his gaze falling on the distant outline of the mountain peak illuminated by the moonlight.
That massive mountain outline is Ghost Cry Peak.
It is also the mountain peak closest to Da Cui Peak.
His gaze moved away from Ghost Cry Peak and settled on another mountain peak slightly further away.
This mountain peak is Bo Peak, occupied by the Crimson Whale Hall, and it is also the central one among the five peaks of the Yunshui Mountains.
"Unless the Beast Ore produced under the other mountain peaks outside Da Cui Peak is not as simple as just 50,000 years old... it might even be much older..."
He murmured softly. This guess was too incredible. According to common sense, this is impossible.
But this is also the only reason that can explain this situation.
"So which of these two mountain peaks could it be?"
His gaze fell upon Ghost Cry Peak and Bo Peak.
...
Meanwhile, at Bo Peak.
Compared to the other peaks of Yunshui Mountain, there were not many people on Bo Peak. There were not even many decent buildings, mostly just the dilapidated thatched huts that were originally there.
It seemed that after the Crimson Whale Hall wrestled this mountain peak from the Fang Family and the White Dragon Gang, they hadn't had time to conduct proper mining. They had only sent some Disciples from the hall to guard it.
However, the other Baiyun Peak was bustling with construction, looking quite lively. It seemed the Crimson Whale Hall had focused its main efforts on Baiyun Peak.
At this time, although the dozens of people on Bo Peak were wearing the inner Disciple robes of the Crimson Whale Hall, upon closer inspection, it was not difficult to find that everyone emitted a rather powerful aura. Most of them were masters at the Late Stage of the Blood Transportation Realm.
Disciples at this Realm, even within the Crimson Whale Hall, are definitely considered elite among the inner Disciples.
Even ancient major powers like the Crimson Whale Hall and the Seven Forms Sect basically only have a few dozen Disciples at the Late Stage of the Blood Transportation Realm, not exceeding a hundred.
However, nearly half of the elites were here at this moment. If an ordinary inner Disciple from the Crimson Whale Hall were here, they would be surprised to find that these dozens of elite inner Disciples were quite unfamiliar, as if they had never been seen before.
However, there was one person among these dozens of elites whom they would definitely recognize: the Protector Elder at the Bone Transformation Realm.
"Keep a close watch on the area around Bo Peak. No one is allowed in. If necessary, kill without mercy."
Zong Shi, the Protector Elder of the Crimson Whale Hall, looked at the group of elites and spoke in a deep voice.
"Understood, Disciple."
The group of elite Disciples immediately responded respectfully and then quickly dispersed.
Zong Shi paid no further attention to these people, turned around, and walked towards a dilapidated thatched hut halfway up the mountain.
The dilapidated thatched hut looked like it could collapse at any moment. After Zong Shi entered it, he lifted his foot and heavily stomped on the ground. The floor of the hut immediately flipped over, revealing a deep, dark passage.