After arranging a large Celestial Race Spirit Stone Mine for each of Yang Guanghai, Huang Jisheng, and Shen Younian, Jiang Ping'an also released the Great Continent Islands from the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting.
Remembering the Human Race mining slaves inside the mines, Jiang Ping'an then returned to find Shi Zhongjian.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Jiang Ping'an flew back above the first large Spirit Stone Mine where they had landed.
Shi Zhongjian and the five hundred thousand Great Continent Island cultivators had yet to capture the large Spirit Stone Mine.
The five hundred thousand Great Continent Island cultivators swarmed the Saint-tier defensive formation around the Spirit Stone Mine like ants clinging to flesh, working with tremendous vigor and excitement.
The barrier of the Saint-tier defensive formation shook incessantly under the assault, its radiance gradually dimming. Barring any accidents, this Saint-tier defensive formation would be breached within a few days.
Shi Zhongjian flew over to Jiang Ping'an, his face blooming with a smile. "Such a large Spirit Stone Mine actually has no Saint guarding it."
"Guarding a mine is so dull and tedious that no Saint is willing to do it," Jiang Ping'an explained with a smile. "Besides, even if it gets robbed, only a portion of the mined Essence Stones will be taken. There's no need for it; it isn't worth it."
Shi Zhongjian sighed from the bottom of his heart. "The Great Barrens truly is rich."
Jiang Ping'an suddenly recalled something. "True Essence and mana can't be used while mining a Spirit Stone Mine, or it will explode. Did you tell them?"
"I stressed it to them repeatedly," Shi Zhongjian said. "And this old man won't let them enter the mine tunnels."
Given the Great Continent Island cultivators' thirst for Essence Stones, once