"All right, Senior Sister, you still haven't said what you need my help with." Wei He returned to the previous topic.
Now that the entire Xuanmiao Sect had moved far away from Great Yuan, away from disaster and war, everyone's state of mind had rapidly settled instead.
Jujun Island retained the same layout Tianhai Island had once had, allowing everyone to adapt even faster.
Under such circumstances, what matter nearby could possibly require Yao Wan, a True Person expert, to act? Wei He did not know either.
"It's like this. I accepted a sect mission concerning the reclamation of barren islands." Yao Wan smiled. "You know that we've only just arrived here, and our needs in every respect are immense. This entire region, including Jujun Island and a vast stretch of surrounding land, was originally called Yuanxi."
"Yuanxi?"
"That's right. It carries the meaning of hope in the distance. Yuanxi as a whole is slightly smaller than Great Yuan, but its area is enormous, because all of Yuanxi is made up of countless islands.
"Some of these islands are large islands like Jujun, while others are scattered, somewhat smaller islands fit for habitation.
"But even more are barren islands occupied by exotic beasts and True Beasts. The truly resource-rich ones are precisely these barren islands.
"One sect mission I accepted this time is to reclaim more than a dozen barren islands around Jujun."
"Reclamation? Did you encounter some troublesome danger?" Wei He understood at once.
As the core of the Xuanmiao Sect, Jujun naturally could not be allowed to have any lurking dangers in its vicinity. Thus, reclaiming land and eliminating threats was only natural.
"You guessed it. It's very troublesome." Yao Wan sighed. "The sect's survey discovered two exceedingly rich black jade mineral veins on nearby barren islands, as