At his words, Wang Lei's face turned ashen, and he hurriedly took several steps back, waving his hands.
"Director, you can't, absolutely can't! I'm just a squad captain, responsible for supervising one overseer. How could I possibly have the ability to command a Dao Integration powerhouse?"
Lin Heng froze, puzzled. "My Prison Uncle, weren't you supervising him just fine?"
"No, Director... that's not how it was. Your uncle found a treasure while digging in the mine, so he worked that hard.
My supervision had nothing to do with it. If there hadn't been any treasure, he would've thrown down his tools and quit long ago."
"(O_o) What? There's treasure?"
Lin Heng was utterly dumbfounded after hearing that.
Earlier, he had promised the Lin Xiaobai and Lin Yang brothers that as long as they fooled the old man into staying behind to mine in peace, he would let them go.
Back then, they had used the claim that the old man had found treasure to trick Lin Yi into continuing to dig.
And now he was telling him it was real? That treasure could actually be dug up?
Lin Heng swallowed. "What treasure did he find?"
"I really don't know about that.
At the time, the entire mine shaft was engulfed in an intense dark-blue radiance.
Then I heard Uncle Lin laughing loudly, and he even said, 'As expected, there's a top-grade spiritual treasure,' before putting it away.
As for what it specifically was, I wouldn't dare ask."
Lin Heng frowned slightly and pondered for a moment.
The mountain mines behind Dragon Cliff Mountain had never been excavated, or rather, Heaven and Earth Stones simply were not valued by the Immortal Clans.
Thus, those mountains were like barren hills to the Immortal Clans. Even if they hid spiritual treasures, no one