"How so? You don't believe me?" I asked with a beaming smile.
"I wouldn't dare." Kong Mu claimed she didn't dare, but there was already a trace of disbelief in her eyes. The same went for the few members of the Kuiyi Mountain clan who had returned with her; disbelief was written all over their faces.
"Go back and rest for now. Once you've recovered your strength, it'll be easier to get to work. Since this mission failed, there won't be any merit points. You should be able to understand that, right?" I asked.
Kong Mu looked thoroughly dejected. "Of course I know that. But don't assume that we people of Kuiyi Mountain can't find it. Didn't Grandpa go too?"
I smiled, watched the backs of her and the few Kuiyi Mountain clan members, and shook my head. It was obvious that the Kuiyi Mountain clan had yet to place their trust in me. At that moment, Miss Zhilin, standing beside me, also said, "The earth dragon changing course happens often in the Skypiercing Mountain Range. Over several thousand years, it might shift by a hundred li or more. I know you've prepared something to investigate it, but if you search in the wrong place, it won't help. And there's one more thing you may have forgotten: the concentration of demonic qi inside Kuiyi Mountain is so high that Windveil City can't hold out for long. Besides, even if you find it, so what? The remnant ore in Kuiyi Mountain alone has already consumed so many resources from Windveil City. If it were an entire ore vein, do you think you'd have time to excavate it all? I'm afraid that by the time you found it, you'd only be able to mine a little before having to leave. And outside,