Deceiving Heaven to Cross the Sea

Looking at the deeply hidden Spirit Stone Vein before him, Yang Tianyou's fatigue vanished, replaced by extreme elation.

Even a small Spirit Stone Vein can produce tens of thousands of Spirit Stones every year and can be mined for at least twenty years.

With his knowledge, Yang Tianyou could tell at a glance that the vein in front of him was a small Spirit Stone Vein.

It can produce at least 30,000 Spirit Stones every year, and at this rate of mining, it can sustain operations for at least 30 years.

In other words, this Spirit Stone Vein in front of us is worth a full million Spirit Stones.

This isn't just a windfall; it's like a pile of gold falling on the Yang Household's heads.

"Calm down, calm down. This must be kept secret. This is fortuitous opportunity for my Yang Household to completely establish its foundation as Golden Core Household, fortuitous opportunity of immense magnitude."

Yang Tianyou murmured to himself. His long-cultivated State of Mind and the mental tempering he had received from practicing the Blade Dao allowed him to calm down very quickly.

After calming down, Yang Tianyou simply sat cross-legged and pondered his next plan.

Half an hour later, a glint of light flashed in Yang Tianyou's eyes. He stood up, flipped his right hand, and took out more than a dozen different kinds of Concealment Talisman.

As Spiritual Power surged, the Talisman were activated.

As layers of invisible curtains were drawn down, the Spiritual Qi emanating from this Spirit Stone Vein was quietly concealed. Even if a second person passed by, they would not notice that there was actually a Spirit Stone Vein here.

After taking a deep look at the Spirit Stone Vein, Yang Tianyou turned around and flew diagonally upwards.

An hour later, on a small hill a hundred miles from Bianhe Mountain, Yang Tianyou emerged from underground.

With a flick of his sleeve, a pale blue Flying Shuttle appeared in front of him. He then boarded the Flying Shuttle and flew towards Purple Moon Mountain without looking back.

At the Purple Moon Mountain, Yang Haoyu stared wide-eyed, his right hand holding the teacup trembling slightly.

"What? Spirit Stone Vein? Are you sure?"

"I'm sure!" Yang Tianyou said, his tone extremely firm.

"Good! Good! Good!"

After a long pause, Yang Haoyu said "good" three times.

Then, her gaze shifted as she looked at Yang Tianyou, "Bianhe Mountain cannot be given to the Liu Household."

Upon hearing this, Yang Tianyou smiled slightly. His Old Ancestor had indeed thought of the same thing as him.

"That's what I think too. However, the Liu Household owns 30% of Bianhe Mountain, and our two families are about to become related by marriage, so we must be very careful about this matter."

"You have an idea?"

Yang Haoyu knew Yang Tianyou very well; seeing his expression, he knew that this junior already had a plan in mind.

"It's simple, just change the mountain!"

Yang Tianyou didn't keep them in suspense and uttered two words.

"Changing mountains... you mean?"

Yang Haoyu pondered the words "changing mountains," his expression shifting slightly.

"We'll exchange Qingfeng Mountain's share, plus three shops in Yellowstone Market, for Bianhe Mountain!"

"Very good! But we need to plan ahead. What excuse should we use to bring this up with the Liu Household?" Yang Haoyu put his hands behind his back and pondered.

"Don't bother with complicated reasons. Just say that the Lineage doesn't have enough manpower to occupy the two Spirit Mountains." Yang Tianyou's eyes gleamed with wisdom.

"I think the Liu Household is also short-handed right now, and probably wants to reduce their numbers as well."

"You should know that their Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators suffered far more losses in the Cold Tide than our Yang Household."

Even if they were stronger before and occupied so much territory, they would definitely be short-handed.

Furthermore, the Liu Household currently has no plans to establish Attendant Hall, so shrinking their sphere of influence is imperative for them.

"Therefore, it is entirely reasonable for us to directly demand Bianhe Mountain. Secondly, it is exactly what the Liu Household wants. Thirdly, we can use this opportunity to finalize the marriage proposal between the two families and thus mislead the Liu Household."

Ultimately, this allowed us to monopolize the Spirit Stone Vein without anyone noticing.

Yang Tianyou explained his thoughts in detail.

In his view, it's better to go with the flow than to come up with an extremely complicated reason.

The Yang Household is currently short-handed, and the establishment of the Attendant Hall is proof of this.

Exchanging Bianhe Mountain for him now is perfectly reasonable. As long as the operation doesn't leave any trace, keeping it from the Liu Household is a matter of course.

Even with the most exaggerated imagination, no one would have guessed that Bianhe Mountain, which had been occupied by the Zhao Household for hundreds of years, actually had a Spirit Stone Vein not far away, right?

Normal people wouldn't have such thoughts. Yang Tianyou was able to discover the Spirit Stone Vein entirely because of the clues given by the Earth Vein Rock Rhino and the "Spirit-Gathering Field" mentioned by Liu Linghui.

After listening to Yang Tianyou's suggestion, Yang Haoyu thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

This is the best solution right now.

This would allow them to quietly monopolize the Spirit Stone Vein without harming the relationship between the two families—a double win.

"That's what we'll do. I'll go talk to Liu Changsheng myself."

"Old Ancestor, remember, don't be hasty. Just pretend this Spirit Stone Vein doesn't exist and negotiate according to the normal procedures. Don't give up too much benefit for this; instead, try to bargain."

Now it is the Liu Household that needs us more. Making concessions all the time will only arouse their suspicion. We urge our Old Ancestor to carefully weigh the pros and cons.

Yang Tianyou couldn't help but confess.

"Don't worry, after living for over a hundred years, I may not have learned anything else, but your Old Ancestor mastered the art of changing one's expression in front of others long ago."

Yang Haoyu raised an eyebrow slightly and said jokingly.

Then, the two chatted for a while about the development of their Lineage.

Yang Haoyu mainly spoke while Yang Tianyou listened, with the latter occasionally asking questions.

Through a series of questions and answers, Yang Tianyou quickly gained a fairly good understanding of the Lineage's situation over the past two weeks.

It's been over a month since the Crouching Ox Pass Conference.

The Yang Household has already handed over the 500 Merit supplies.

It was the Fourth Sister, Yang Tianxue, who led the Thirteenth Brother Yang Tianjiu, to Crouching Ox Pass to pay the tribute.

Originally, this matter should have been handled by Yang Tianyou, because he wanted to take this opportunity to meet Yunhua.

However, the matter of the Spirit Stone Vein happened, which caused a delay.

However, these were all minor matters. What truly delighted Yang Tianyou was that his Thirteenth Brother, Yang Tianjiu, had successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment five days ago.

Including him, the Yang Household now has nine Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

If we add the five Purple Moon Wolves, as well as Fengling and Yuan Ba, we already have sixteen Foundation Establishment level combatants.

This number of Foundation Establishment is already comparable to that of the Three Rivers Sect.

The only difference between the latter and the Yang Household now is that Red Cloud True Person is Golden Core Cultivator.

However, in terms of development potential, the Three Rivers Sect is clearly inferior to the Yang Household.

Because their foundation has crumbled.

Qi Yulong's move was too ruthless; it uprooted the entire Three Rivers Sect.

Finally, it gave a shake.

Of the millions of Mortal, not a single one survived.

All the cultivation resources on Three Rivers Mountain were looted, and even the Third-Tier Spirit Vein was corrupted by Qi Yulong using a special method.

Although the Three Rivers Sect later successfully purified the Spirit Vein, the original Third-Tier Middle-Grade Spirit Vein fell to the Third-Tier Lower-Grade realm, and its Spiritual Qi was greatly reduced.

Even if the Three Rivers Sect later relocated 100,000 Mortals from Border River Town to Three Rivers City in an attempt to rebuild its foundation.

However, these people are not the ones you know well, so they inevitably feel constrained when choosing disciples.

The Yang Household was different. Although Purple Moon Town suffered heavy losses, Yang Haoyu arranged for all the truly promising Mortals and Mortal whose ancestors had produced Cultivators within the last five generations to enter Purple Moon Mountain.

There were three thousand people in total; they were the elite among the Mortal Purple Moon Town.

Therefore, although the Mortals of the Yang Household suffered heavy losses, their foundation remained intact, their essence was still preserved, and their potential far surpassed that of the current Three Rivers Sect.