Southern Qi Imperial City.
The Princess's Residence, Cultivation Chamber.
"Young master, all the silver brilliance stones you requested have arrived."
Outside the chamber, Meng Lie addressed the tightly shut door respectfully.
In the courtyard behind him, piles of iron chests covered almost the entire yard.
"Good."
After a long while, the door opened, and Lin Sheng's voice came from within.
The next moment, the iron chests in the courtyard opened, and faintly glowing silver brilliance stones streamed into the room, carried by his force.
Within mere breaths, the iron chests were empty.
"How are things going with the Silver Brilliance Stone Mine?"
"Young master, Miss Deville has been leading people in search of deposits. She found two more recently and has already begun assigning people to mine them."
Meng Lie immediately answered.
"Good. Transfer more personnel from the Imperial Guard to Deville. Have her step up exploration and mining during this period."
Lin Sheng's casual voice drifted out of the room.
"Your subordinate obeys."
Meng Lie acknowledged the order again, then respectfully withdrew.
Inside the chamber.
Apart from the meditation cushion in the center, almost every part of the spacious room was filled with silver brilliance stones.
Lin Sheng sat cross-legged on the cushion, a constantly shifting mass of blood floating before him.
It was the Tian Yuan Ghost Whale's essence blood.
Three days had passed since his return from the Eastern Sea.
Yet he had continued to put off devouring and refining it.
It was not because he feared contamination from the Tian Yuan Ghost Whale's consciousness within the essence blood.
With the system panel, even the influence of a Desolate Beast's consciousness amounted to little. What truly held him back was not the Tian Yuan Ghost Whale, but the black disaster.
The black disaster targeted the Tian Yuan