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"What? What was discovered?"

At that moment, Ian felt his mind go blank. He asked reflexively, "The mineral vein at the center of the White Stone Mountains?"

"Yes."

Xia nodded.

Ian was completely numb.

He had only come to inspect the laboratory again—how had he ended up hearing such earth-shattering news?

"How could it have been discovered? How did you find out?"

Ian asked in confusion.

He did not understand why even Xia knew about this. By all rights, she should never have been involved in this matter.

"My lord, this is what happened."

Xia spoke slowly.

"About three months ago, a third-ring grand wizard was traveling through the Firmament Domain. When he passed through the White Stone Territory, he accidentally wandered into the central region and stumbled upon our Academy's mining site. The problem was that we never noticed him.

"After leaving, he immediately sold the news to the other three Academies in the White Stone Territory, ruthlessly fleecing them for a huge amount of resources.

"So, the other three Academies had actually already made contact with the mineral vein area in the White Stone Territory two months ago. They simply kept quiet for the time being, originally intending to make a big move. But who could have expected that, when that wizard left, he would spread the news outright through a large-scale wizard auction, then stride away and leave the White Stone Territory."

"Wizards from all across the Wizard Territory attended that auction, so the news spread through the entire White Stone Territory almost overnight."

Ian listened in silence.

The more he heard, the more silent he became.

He had expected the matter of the mineral vein to be discovered sooner or later, but he had never imagined it would be exposed in such a way.

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