He had the Spatial Mechanism Gate set up in an open area and enclosed it with a fence.
He then communicated with the Spirit Vein Willow and confirmed that it could extend its branches through the gate before finally feeling at ease.
He did not even need to guide them. The Golden Horn Ants, long accustomed to working alongside the Spirit Vein Willow, had already "ridden" willow branches stretching through the gate and entered the mine.
Li Ye followed behind, watching the Golden Horn Ants—whose colony had already grown—begin to snip off willow branches and search the rock walls for minerals, his eyes brimming with anticipation.
Though letting just one colony of Golden Horn Ants excavate such an enormous mine might have been a little too ambitious.
His original purpose had been to evolve the Golden Horn Ants anyway; he did not care all that much about the profits from the ores.
Compared to these meager gains before his eyes, he cared more about future development.
Once the Golden Horn Ants grew accustomed to mining and their colony expanded once more, that would be the time for harvest.
"This really isn't much different from growing spirit plants."
"You still have to wait quietly for them to take root and sprout."
"I just hope you don't disappoint me."
He glanced at the busy Golden Horn Ants, then strode deeper into the mine.
Yet the farther he walked, the stranger his expression became.
Because he could not find the markers he had left behind. The tinderfire he had cast down with spiritual power should still have been burning.
But after searching all around, he still could not find it, as if it had vanished without a trace.
Li Ye's expression shifted from strange to grim.
It was not that he felt disappointed