Mining star ore was slow and laborious work, that much was true—but it depended on how the ore was mined.
Ordinary miners used the most efficient method in terms of ore yield, but the least efficient in terms of speed. With a violent, brute-force approach, they simply dug everything out, heedlessly tearing apart the entire ore deposit. That would naturally be difficult for a single cultivator, but for a group of cultivators—especially a well-organized force of high-ranking cultivators—it was as easy as lifting a hand.
Clearly, the Sea of Stars Alliance had the ability to do so.
However, Long Ao had truly accused the wrong people.
This had all been Xu Yi's doing.
At the time, he had led the beast tide in breaking through the Fragment of the Earth Book's restriction, then directly hollowed out the underground of Base No. 1. The enormous beast tide had crushed vast quantities of star ore into dust, mixing it into the piles of earth, where it sank away to who knew where.
He had done it purely to vent his anger, never imagining that Long Ao would misinterpret it again.
Jiang Boyue felt the world spin before his eyes. He had no idea what to say. Even he couldn't help wondering whether Zuo Menghui had really made these arrangements behind his back. Otherwise, how could so many things fit together so perfectly, at just the right moment?
Jia Zhen said, "Heaven knows, how witless would we have to be to make an enemy of the Yin Court over one paltry mining base? Dragon Lord, please think it over carefully."
Long Ao threw back his head and laughed. "Now I understand what they mean by a man having two skins on his tongue. I've answered every question, yet you can't answer a single