Chapter 75 Spirit Crystal Mine
"We're rich!" Ji Rong craned her neck as soon as she entered the cave, lowered her voice, and happily whispered in Gu Qingqing's ear.
Gu Qingqing immediately sat up, shaking her legs with joy. She held out her paw to Ji Rong and said in a low, cheerful voice, "Quickly take it out, quickly take it out so I can see it."
Infected by the joyful atmosphere, Feng Qing happily started shaking her leg too, which looked extremely comical.
Ji Rong pushed Gu Qingqing's paw back with her claws and said, "We don't have it yet. We'll have to wait until we find it."
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingqing immediately rolled her eyes at Ji Rong, flicked her colorful tails, and turned her back to Ji Rong, saying, "I don't need you to tell me. Of course I know. If you find us, you'll know!"
Ji Rong grabbed Gu Qingqing's side with her wing claws and whispered in her ear, "Sister Qing, we're going to make a fortune! You know Feng Qing, she's very capable. The dead dragon said it can even find spirit crystal mines."
If we take it out more often, and find the spirit crystal mine, then let the dragon drag the witch people out to mine it, wouldn't we make a fortune?
The dragon said he'd give us 20%, and he'd cover the food and wages for the Wu tribe.
"If we're willing to dig, we'll pay us!"
Gu Qingqing swatted away her wings and claws in annoyance, saying, "You guys really have wild ideas."
You need to understand, spirit crystal mines are all owned! Even if we did find one, how could we possibly protect it with our current cultivation levels?
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong laughed loudly towards the sky, then lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "The dragon's cultivation is high."
Gu Qingqing rolled her eyes in annoyance and said, "He's just a Demon King, what good is he!"
You're supposed to be from Zhongzhou, how come you have such a lack of knowledge?
Don't even think about it anymore, lest we have money but no life to enjoy it.
As if saying another word would tempt Gu Qingqing to resort to violence, she rolled over and went out to find Ji Zhuang.
That brat is definitely still up to no good; she needs to find someone who can teach her a lesson!
Ji Rong was indeed still harboring wicked intentions. Although she agreed with everything Gu Qingqing said, she still wanted to take Feng Qing to find him.
The reason is simple: they are too poor!
In the desolate sea, without the support of treasure;
So time flows by, but their cultivation stagnates;
The best way for them to die is probably to find a secluded spot to bury themselves, so they won't be dug up.
Furthermore, she felt that if Gu Qingqing could think of something, Jiao Jue should also know it; yet he still made her go find it, so it seemed that this dragon had a way.
"Why should we get 20%? Wouldn't it be better for him to take Feng Qing to find it himself?"
Does Feng Qing not trust him and refuse to go?
Ji Rong was inwardly gossiping, but quickly dismissed the thought. She thought to herself, "No matter what that damned dragon is thinking, I'm definitely going to make a profit of those two percent! Haha~ I'm going to be rich!"
As soon as Gu Qingqing left, she eagerly said to Feng Qing, "Little Feng Qing, let's go find the spirit ore vein!"
Feng Qing nodded, and it pawed at Ji Rong's legs, trying to get on her back. Ji Rong picked it up and tossed it behind her, catching it on her back.
She glanced at the nautical chart and flew away quickly.
When Gu Qingqing called Ji Zhuang back from scattering seeds with the Wu tribe, Ji Rong had already disappeared.
Fortunately, Ji Rong returned after half a day and continued to stand guard on the cliff.
She followed the nautical chart to find the nearest island, but couldn't find even a vein the size of a hair.
Seeing that Ji Rong had gained nothing, Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang were temporarily relieved. They both thought to themselves, "Feng Qing's abilities are probably not that great."
She went again the next day, with Ji Zhuang following her, but still found nothing.
The third day...
Day 4...
Ji Rong's continued lack of success greatly reassured Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang. They revised their assessment of Feng Qing, thinking to themselves, "This Feng Qing probably doesn't have the ability to find spirit crystal veins!"
After searching for seven days, Ji Rong felt that this kind of life was too bitter and far from suitable for her.
She glanced back at Ji Zhuang, who was still full of energy, and thought to herself, "But it suits my brother."
So she handed the nautical chart and Feng Qing to Ji Zhuang, saying with anticipation and excitement, "Brother, there are 360 islands here. The ones I marked are the ones I've been to. Starting tomorrow, you and Feng Qing can search for the rest of the islands!"
Ji Zhuang looked at his sister, wanting to refuse, but fearing that Ji Rong would be blinded by greed and continue to go out to look for money, he nodded in agreement.
Having nothing else to do, Ji Rong once again took root on the cliff in her usual spot, remaining motionless and unmoved by the wind.
Gu Qingqing stood guard beside her, covering for her, and also cultivated herself.
After Gu Qingqing advanced to the Profound Spirit Realm, the spiritual energy that Ji Rong had gathered was no longer enough for her cultivation. However, having some was better than having none!
Jiaojue went to live on the other side of the island.
He dug a large hole in the rock and crawled inside; he
He also inscribed many array patterns, as if he were going into seclusion, only occasionally having A'xiao send some spiritual food to Ji Rong and the others.
Wu Yue came twice during that time. The second time, he brought some strange-looking demons with him. Wu Yue received them but then refused to see them.
Wu Yue and his group had no choice but to leave the money they had brought and depart.
Ji Zhuang and Feng Qing traveled between the islands every day.
After he flew over the remaining 352 islands, he did find several spirit crystal mines, but they were all owned.
Moreover, these islands were heavily guarded, and Ji Zhuang didn't dare to approach them at all. It was only after Feng Qing spoke up that he realized there was a spirit crystal mine below.
There are also some spiritual veins as thin as a hair.
Ji Zhuang marked them one by one on the nautical chart before returning it to Ji Rong.
Ji Rong merged all the tiny spiritual veins marked by her brother Ji Zhuang under her feet. The spiritual veins that were once as small as hair were now intertwined together like a hemp thread.
Ji Rong could sense the roots beneath her spiritual platform and see tiny spiritual veins interconnected, with a bird-like mark flowing merrily within them.
Ji Rong looked anxiously at the four spiritual veins with owners on the map, and she thought of connecting her own spiritual vein to them.
However, when she and her brother flew there, they couldn't even get to the edge of the island and were almost shot into the sea.
On a remote, deserted island, one's own delicate spiritual veins cannot sustain them for that long.
Ji Rong tried countless methods, but none of them worked.
Having gained nothing, Ji Rong could only return to the cliff and resign herself to her fate of swallowing the wind, with the sea chart left at her feet.
Every now and then, Ji Rong would take out the diagram and glance at it, hoping that she would suddenly come up with a better solution.
That day, Jiao Jue arrived. He looked at the sea chart in Ji Rong's hand, and the familiar strokes made him slightly lost in thought. He pretended to be casual as he took the sea chart and looked at it carefully, while asking Ji Rong, "Whose is this? I don't usually see you with this."
Ji Rong snatched it back, saying, "This is mine!"
"Yours?" Jiao Jue squinted and sneered, "You can draw chicken feet this well?"
Ji Rong pouted and said, "If I said it's mine, then it's mine. People gave it to me because they thought I was cute, is that not allowed?"
"Oh, who gave it to you because you're so cute, adorable little Ji Rong?" Jiao Jue needed Ji Rong's help, so he readily agreed.
It was rare to see Jiao Jue agree with him, so Ji Rong was very excited and said, "It was given to me by a very powerful dragon."
Upon hearing this, Jiao Jue knew that it was given by Jiao Pingbo, who died on the desolate sea.
He looked at the familiar handwriting and felt like crying, but he held back his tears and asked in a hoarse voice, "Can I look at it for one day?"
Ji Rong thought to herself that since she had already taken over the small spiritual veins, and she couldn't move the four marked spiritual crystal mines herself, it wouldn't hurt to let Jiao Jue watch over them for a day.
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