Jing Yuexin had lived for over two hundred years. What hadn't she seen?
She had risen all the way as a prodigy. She had encountered far too many people trying to use a prodigy like her against others.
If the other party had been willing to tell the truth, she might have considered whether to lend them a hand.
But when she encountered people who wanted to make use of her in secret, she was usually anything but polite.
Even if she did act for other reasons, she would not easily let off those who had used her.
Prodigies were not so easily schemed against! Yet what left her both amused and exasperated was that there were especially many such self-important fools.
That was why she had later become extremely low-profile. There were too many fools overestimating their own abilities; she might as well focus on cultivation.
Clearly, the man before her had some little scheme of his own as well. She was truly getting annoyed.
However, the man answered respectfully, "Goddess Jing, I swear on the lives of my entire family that I would never dare make use of your side."
He then recounted what had happened.
The man's great-grandfather had been a member of the Energy Block Alliance. As a Supreme, he had once overseen several star regions.
Those who lived off the mountains ate from the mountains, and those who lived off the water ate from the water. If the Energy Block Alliance could claim Dry Shares in mines out of thin air, then naturally the people handling matters below would follow suit.
Using his cultivation and authority, the man's great-grandfather had taken small stakes in several Energy Stone Mines. There was no need to dwell on that.
After all, that money could not be earned with