"I haven't even accused you of stealing, and you've already admitted it!" Rowling said angrily.

Zijing sighed, "Sigh, there are so many gold and silver spirit stones here, what's wrong with me taking a little... stingy!"

As she spoke, Zijing pulled out five gold bars, ten silver bricks, and dozens of high-grade spirit stones from who-knows-where.

“And one more,” Rowling said.

“That’s all, I’ve given it all to you,” Zijing said.

"If you lie again, I'll really chop you up! Even if the patriarch protects you, I'll still make you bleed!" Rowling said fiercely.

Ye Feng said with a headache, "Zijing, all this wealth is meant to help the development of our Xinluo City, do you understand?"

Zijing sighed repeatedly, and then pulled out more than ten pieces of jewelry from who-knows-where.

Rowling counted them one by one before finally nodding in satisfaction.

"Trying to steal something right under my nose? You really don't know your place," Rowling said disdainfully.

Zijing glared and said, "If Old Deng weren't here, I guarantee I could have taken all of these things!"

How could you say such a thing?

Night Wind grabbed Zijing by the shoulder and pulled her to his side to prevent the little thief from causing trouble for Rowling.

As it grew dark, Rowling finally transferred everything into her storage ring.

So Ye Feng and the others didn't linger there any longer and left the treasure vault, heading towards the Silla City camp.

However, it is no longer appropriate to call it a campsite now.

Because Silla City had already developed, although it could not yet be called a city, it was not far off.

Time flies, and five days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Luo Qing still hasn't solved the problem of the net-like spirit-gathering array, which shows that this matter is indeed very troublesome.

But Rowling brought Nightwind some good news.

The spirit stone vein has been found.

Ye Feng immediately set off with Luo Lin towards the spirit stone mine.

Both of them were martial artists, and it took them less than a quarter of an hour to reach the spirit stone mine, which was a dozen miles away from Xinluo City.

This spirit stone vein is a raised hill, and the spirit stones are hidden beneath the hill.

At this moment, Jiang Wei and his guards had already opened an entrance to the underground on this hill, and the entrance was supported by wooden planks to prevent the mine from collapsing.

"Grandpa, be careful not to bump your head," Rowling warned.

Night Breeze nodded and bent down slightly to enter the mine with Rowling.

The two walked more than a hundred steps along the sloping mine shaft and found Jiang Wei digging there.

Jiang Weiming was clearly a True Yuan Realm martial artist, yet he was covered in dust and looked quite disheveled.

"Ancestor."

Jiang Wei immediately bowed when he saw Ye Feng arrive.

"No need for formalities, thank you for your hard work," Ye Feng said.

“Serving our ancestors is no hardship!” Jiang Wei said firmly.

"What's the situation here?" Night Wind asked.

Jiang Wei immediately replied, "Ancestor, we have already discovered this vein, but our luck is neither good nor bad. Although we found the spirit stone vein easily, the reserves of spirit stones in this vein do not seem to be very large, and the quality of the spirit stones is generally low, mostly low-grade spirit stones."

“Take me to see,” Night Wind said.

"Yes, Ancestor."

Jiang Wei immediately led Ye Feng and Luo Lin deeper into the mine.

The mine was not dark, because there was a sunstone every seven or eight meters on both sides of the mine.

The dim yellow light emitted by the sunstone was quite similar to sunlight, illuminating the mine fairly brightly.

Night Breeze and Luo Lin reached the end and finally saw the spirit stones that Jiang Wei and the others had dug up.

These newly unearthed, unpolished spirit stones all had irregular shapes, sharp edges and corners.

On both sides of the mine, as well as on the ground and the ceiling, the faint glow of spirit stones could be seen, looking like a sky full of stars.

"It's alright," Ye Feng said.

"I'm glad you're satisfied, Ancestor," Jiang Wei said with a smile.

Rowling was grinning from ear to ear.

Although they obtained a great deal of wealth from that treasure trove, that wealth diminishes with every use, and sooner or later they would run out of it all.

The discovery of this spirit stone vein now carries a completely different significance.

"The discovery of this spiritual vein is of great significance to our Xinluo City, and you have made a great contribution. Tell me, what reward do you want?" Ye Feng asked Jiang Wei with a smile.

"I wouldn't dare," Jiang Wei quickly replied.

"There's nothing we wouldn't dare to do. We will punish those who make mistakes and reward those who make merits. That's our principle," Ye Feng said earnestly.

Jiang Wei pondered for a moment and said, "I would like to ask you, Ancestor, to guide my cultivation. If... if you could teach me even a move or two, that would be even better."

"Is that all you ask for? No problem. Come find me when you have time, and I'll personally guide your cultivation," Ye Feng said.

Hearing this, Jiang Wei was overjoyed.

To receive personal guidance from a Saint Realm expert is an opportunity that money can't buy!

At this moment, Jiang Wei was so excited that he was trembling all over, his face flushed, as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

Rowling said with a smile, "Do a good job. As long as you serve our Xinluo City with a down-to-earth attitude, the ancestor will definitely not treat you unfairly."

"yes!"

Jiang Wei agreed emphatically.

This spirit stone mine has only just been developed, and its daily output is about one hundred low-grade spirit stones.

If we continue digging, the daily output will definitely increase significantly, but we still cannot determine how many spirit stones this vein contains.

After all, no one knows how long or how deep this spirit stone vein is.

Back in the tent, Rowling said with emotion, "This is really great. With that spirit stone vein, we will have a continuous supply of spirit stones."

"Now you don't have to worry about spirit stones anymore, right?" Ye Feng laughed.

“There’s really no need to worry anymore,” Rowling said with a smile.

Suddenly, Rowling noticed a pile of messy drawings on Night Breeze's desk.

She picked up the drawings with great curiosity and looked at them. She found that the patterns on the drawings seemed to be some kind of small machine, but the structure was very complicated.

"Ancestor, what is this?" Rowling asked in confusion.

“This is a weapon I designed,” Night Wind replied.

"A weapon? Is it a magical artifact?" Rowling asked.

"It can be considered a spiritual artifact, but it's different from a traditional spiritual artifact." Ye Feng revealed a very mysterious smile.

Rowling was even more confused, her face full of bewilderment.

Ye Feng didn't explain much. He took the blueprints from Luo Lin and tidied them up while saying, "Whether this special spiritual artifact I designed can work and whether it can be mass-produced depends on whether Qing'er can successfully solve the spiritual network problem."

"If Qing'er can solve the problem of the Spirit Network and make it practical, then the special spiritual artifact I designed will definitely surprise you."