"Do you think this is an appropriate time?" I countered.
Di Gou's face immediately fell, and she said plaintively, "I knew it. The Young Palace Master is making fun of me again."
I released her and said with a laugh, "It feels like your luck is terrible. Tian Zi and Yun Heng have both found good things, while you picked up a pebble and lost a gem. Even I can't bear to watch."
"How is that possible? I've already been looking very carefully, all right?" Di Gou turned around in surprise. Then she pointed at the ore vein before her and said, "Look, this vein is so huge. There might even be treasures stuffed inside!"
I shook my head, then pulled her through space to where the red threads of opportunity and fortune converged. After searching around, I began rummaging through an inconspicuous mound of earth.
Before long, a dense aura burst forth as if a floodgate had been opened.
I suddenly reached out and caught a strange weapon that had escaped amid the surging air.
The moment I caught it, I suddenly felt an unreal sensation.
It was as if I had grabbed sand, and it was constantly trickling out between my fingers.
But I had no intention of bothering with the sand that had escaped. Instead, I directly subdued one special grain of sand that showed no movement, along with several grains pushing it forward.
This proved to be the right move. Once that grain of sand was controlled, the other grains indeed merely circled around my fist instead of escaping too far.
However, that did not mean they were completely still. The grains of sand were so unimaginably tiny that they actually ignored all obstructions, passing through my hand and body as if nothing could impede their