Huangfu Yongchun kept his word.
He had said earlier that, after slaying the flood dragon, he would take only its Demon Core and none of the other spoils—and he had done exactly as promised.
Although this peak Golden Core had also taken part in excavating the spirit mine, he did not take a single piece of ore in the end.
His character was rock-solid.
As a result, Wang Chen and the other five Golden Cores each received ore equivalent to more than five million standard Lower Spirit Stones.
There was no helping it—the loss rate from destructive mining was astonishingly high.
Yet a small spirit mine contained far more than just Low-grade Spirit Stones. They also split over six hundred thousand Medium Spirit Stones equally among themselves.
Since the Medium Spirit Stones lay in the core region of the vein and existed in much smaller quantities, they had not used destructive mining methods there. The losses from this portion were minimal, which was why they had obtained so much.
Nor was that all. After excavating the spirit mine, the Golden Cores searched the cold pool and the surrounding area once more, sweeping away every valuable spirit material and spirit plant. Their gains were equally abundant.
At last, Huangfu Yongchun took the flood dragon's corpse from his Sumeru Ring and cut it apart on the spot.
First, he forcibly cleaved open the flood dragon's skull with his natal Flying Sword and dug out a Demon Core the size of a fist.
The entire Demon Core was icy blue, exuding an incomparably frigid aura. The instant it left the flood dragon's head, the temperature inside the cavern plummeted, and sheets of frost formed across the surrounding rock walls.
Had the cultivators present not all possessed Golden Core cultivation, they might have frozen