"Hehe, little sister, you might be mistaken."
"You’re merely a close person to Brother Lin in the Formation Sect, while I met Lin Chen six years ago in Desolate Sky City."
"And our relationship is far more than just siblings in the sect."
Upon hearing Xia Wanxin’s intimate tone with Lin Chen, Yu Weilian couldn’t help but give a charming smile, then she walked to Lin Chen’s side and affectionately took his other arm, clearly displaying her possessiveness.
Yu Weilian’s feelings for Lin Chen had begun back in Desolate Sky City. At the time, she was concerned her family background might cause trouble for Lin Chen, so she kept her feelings hidden deep within her heart.
If Xia Wanxin had not appeared, even after what had happened before, Yu Weilian might still have kept her feelings to herself.
But now that Xia Wanxin had shown up, Yu Weilian realized she could no longer hide her feelings and must compete with Xia Wanxin.
"What are you doing? Have you not seen the current situation?"
Although Lin Chen was not very sensitive to matters of the heart, he was not foolish; he clearly saw that these two women were actually fighting over him with jealousy.
Whether they were genuine or motivated by other feminine schemes, Lin Chen was not interested in delving into it.
All he knew was that they needed to stay alert; whether it was the Demon Race, Red Soul Hall, or even their own ally from the Third Person Pavilion in the Formation Sect, any of them could pose a threat to their wellbeing.
The two women immediately turned their heads upon hearing Lin Chen’s words.
Then, Lin Chen turned his gaze toward the mountain emitting a powerful aura and then looked at Qin Kaifeng.
"What exactly is in this mountain?"
Lin Chen had his guesses but still asked Qin Kaifeng.
A glint of light flashed in Qin Kaifeng’s eyes as he looked toward the distant mountain peak, then glanced at the Demon Race and the people of the Red Soul Hall far away.
"Brother Lin, within this mountain lies an entire vein of top-grade spirit stones!" Qin Kaifeng said to Lin Chen.
Lin Chen was shocked when he heard this.
For Lin Chen, middle-grade spirit stones were considered medium resources; top-quality spirit stones were rare and precious, whereas top-grade spirit stones were far superior to both.
If there indeed was an entire vein of top-grade spirit stones in this mountain, that would be an immense amount of cultivation resources.
It would likely surpass the spirit stone reserves of all forces in the Eastern Domain, including the Divine Flame Alliance, Red Soul Hall, and the Demon Race, the three most powerful factions.
A flash of excitement appeared in Lin Chen’s eyes. If he could obtain these resources, the power of the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron and the Dragon Fang Dagger could be restored, and his own strength would greatly increase.
After all, spirit stones are the hard currency, with top-grade spirit stones being the most precious among all spirit stones, valued at a ratio of one to a thousand compared to top-quality spirit stones.
"Struck it rich, really struck it rich!" Lin Chen was excited beyond measure.
"Kid, how about you give me fifty percent, and I’ll cut this mountain open with a single stroke of my sword," the Dragon Fang Instrument Spirit proposed casually while sitting atop the Dragon Fang Dagger in Lin Chen’s Soul Sea.
However, Lin Chen decisively refused.
With so many eyes around and without being in a life or death situation, Lin Chen would definitely not use the power of the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron or the Dragon Fang Dagger, to avoid arousing suspicion.
If the spirit stones within this mountain were to be acquired by the major powers, their strength would rise enormously, and all forces in the Eastern Domain might experience a major reshuffling.
Lin Chen’s eyes were resolute—he needed to seize as many resources as possible for the sake of the Jade Cauldron Sect and for himself.
"Let’s get this straight beforehand, of these spirit stones, my Red Soul Hall will take fifty percent. No objections, right?" The black-haired man with a blood-red saber at his waist said with a sinister smile to those surrounding him.
The faces of everyone around him changed at his words.
"Why should Red Soul Hall take fifty percent? Think you’re so great? If you want the spirit stones, speak with your fists," Yang Wendi could not sit still and shouted at the black-haired man. Orıginal content can be found at novel·fire.net
The black-haired man did not respond and simply turned his gaze to the Demon Race.
Other than Yang Wendi, who was ranked twenty-fourth on the land list, there were others even more powerful.
The man with the blood-red saber, named Kuangxue, was rumored to cultivate an evil technique that fed his path with blood, granting him explosively tricky power. He was a sinister existence within Red Soul Hall, ranked twenty-first on the land list.
Even those ranked before him watched him with caution, as Kuangxue was a formidable opponent.
On the side of the Demon Race, other than the yellow-skinned demon, ranked at twenty-one, there was also a burly Great Demon covered in spikes named Cloud Swallow.
After hearing Yang Wendi’s words, a sinister smile crept onto the mouth of the spiky Great Demon as he looked at the black-haired man.
"Red Soul Hall wants to take fifty percent, that’s not impossible. Why don’t we join forces and deal with the martial artists of the Divine Flame Alliance first? That way, the spirit stones in this mountain will be left for our two factions to divide," the spiky Great Demon said with a grin.
"That’s an idea worth considering. You of the Demon Race take the lead, and our Red Soul Hall will coordinate with you. Let’s agree on this, we’ll split the mountain’s spirit stones fifty-fifty," the black-haired man nodded, then spoke again. Hearing his words, a light flashed in the eyes of the yellow-skinned demon, who was tempted by Red Soul Hall’s proposal.
After all, securing fifty percent of the spirit stone distribution would be a substantial sum of cultivation resources for their Demon Race.
The yellow-skinned demon initially thought of a three-way split, or at most, forty percent, but with a fifty percent share, he felt he had made a great deal, thinking that the humans’ brains weren’t that good after all.
With this thought, the yellow-skinned demon was ready to agree to the black-haired man’s proposal and, together with the other demons, make a move against the people of the Divine Flame Alliance. However, he was stopped by the spiky Great Demon.
"Yellow skins, have you considered that this might be a human conspiracy? If we attack the Divine Flame Alliance first, Red Soul Hall might launch a surprise attack on us from behind!"