Thanks to Lin Yan's "good luck," after Ironwood Manor dug up a Yang Origin Stone Vein, Lin Zhentian immediately chose the strictest possible lockdown. Those who knew this news were only a handful, such as Lin Xiao and Lin Yan.
After all, this matter was simply far too important to the Lin Family. If they could truly mine this vein, the Lin Family's strength would undoubtedly soar. At that time, even an old established family of Qingyang Town like the Lei Family would seem hardly worth mentioning.
Of course, before mining it, secrecy was naturally a must. Otherwise, if the Lei Family learned of it, they would certainly think of every possible way to sabotage it. They might even directly drag the Xie Family into attacking the Lin Family; that was entirely possible.
As for this, Lin Yan knew it was not merely entirely possible, but certain. The Lei Family were no kindly sort. All they lacked to move against the Lin Family was a fuse.
After the matter of the vein in the Back Mountain of Ironwood Manor was confirmed, by the next day, Lin Zhentian had summoned five or six tenths of the Lin Family's manpower to Ironwood Manor. The defensive arrangements were made extremely thorough, and the entire manor was set up like an iron barrel.
In addition, Lin Zhentian also transferred nearly a thousand workers from other Lin Family manors to Ironwood Manor. The vast majority of these people would be used to chop down ironwood as a cover, while some who were loyal to the Lin Family would be secretly pulled out and sent to the Back Mountain to mine the vein.
Of course, before that mining began, the two Black Iron Demonic Leopards at the bottom of the valley still had to be dealt