The burly man on his back seems to be the leader of this group. If only I could get on his back...
Just as the Ancestral Beast was thinking about how to strike up a conversation with Ji Chenhai, suddenly...
"Aohoo!"
The ghost-faced creature suddenly roared, startling the ancestral beast so much that it stumbled and nearly fell.
"Your eyes are darting around, what kind of trick are you up to now? Are you still plotting how to steal my position?" Ghost Face bared its teeth and snarled at the Ancestral Beast.
Ji Chenhai's body swayed violently, and he slapped the ancestral beast on the head, cursing in a deep voice: "You can't even walk properly, you're all wobbly and unsteady. When you were wreaking havoc in Mangcheng, why didn't you wobble and unsteady like that? If you keep pretending to be pitiful, I'll chop off your head and claws, pluck all your feathers, and stew you into soup!"
Ancestral Beast: "..."
He's just a 400-year-old baby, why is everyone being so mean to him!
It sent its underlings to attack Mangcheng, but wasn't it because the people of Mangcheng had trespassed on its territory?
My heart is aching, but it seems like there's no point in talking about it!
Forget it, I'm not going to say anything more!
If these people don't take it with them, it'll just stay in Mangshan and eat dirt!
The group rode on mutated beasts and monsters, traveling for another two days in the Mangshan Mountains.
We finally arrived at the location of the spirit mine.
That is one of the three highest peaks in Mangshan, with the three peaks connected together.
Shang Xiye's men leveled a large open space at the foot of the mountain on the far left and dug a hole about two meters high and one and a half meters wide into the mountain. The entrance to the hole was very well sealed, and wisps of light white spiritual mist, visible to the naked eye, seeped out from the entrance, refreshing the mind and body.
The remains of tents and scattered human bones can be vaguely seen on the open ground.
It must have been left behind by those soldiers when they met their demise.
Seeing this scene, Shang Xiye's veins bulged, and he couldn't help but want to kill the Ancestral Beast to avenge his soldiers.
"Master is angry, why don't you quickly bounce further away?" Ghost Face glanced at the Ancestral Beast out of the corner of his eye, his voice cool and tinged with a hint of schadenfreude as he reminded it.
Ancestral Beast: "..."
He silently moved several large steps to the side.
"Your Highness," Ji Fengyao reached out and grasped Shang Xiye's hand, speaking softly, "Whether they are ferocious beasts or demonic beasts, animals have a very strong sense of territory. The law of the jungle is just a normal survival rule in their eyes, and this rule also applies to our world of cultivators. Killing them will not bring those soldiers back to life; we should slowly educate them and let them live to atone for their sins, which is more benevolent than killing them."
As Shang Xiye felt the warmth in his hand, his anger gradually subsided. He grasped the little bandit's hand in return, and said with a slight smile, "My little wife is right. Using killing to stop killing is an extraordinary measure for extraordinary times. Winning over the world with benevolence is the true way."
"Sigh, my sister and brother-in-law are so loving, it's truly the envy of everyone." Ji Fengming patted the demonic beast, the white tiger with piercing eyes, beneath him, then leaped down and waved to Hei Xiao: "Xiao Chen, let's go, let's go mine for spirit ore and start our wonderful life of getting rich overnight!"
Black Owl shook his head with a helpless smile.
He leaped down from the back of another demonic beast, a spotted black panther, and came to Ji Fengming's side: "Spirit stones are exceptionally hard; ordinary iron chisels and hammers cannot dig them out. This is why the prince's men have been here for so long but have not been able to extract a single spirit stone."
"Then what will we use to dig? Are we supposed to go in and dig with our hands?" Ji Fengming was dumbfounded.
Ji Chenhai appeared beside Ji Fengming at some point.
Upon hearing Ji Fengming's words, Ji Chenhai reached out and smacked him on the back of the head: "I don't know who you got your brain from, go and try scratching it with your hand."
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