Because of the volcano, there were undoubtedly many precautions to take with the mining operations here.
Zhang Xuemei was mainly put in charge of this work. After arranging everything he needed to handle, Zhou Xu left.
In the meantime, as the mine took shape, all the Fire Crystal Stones that Chilian had collected deep inside the nest were, following Zhou Xu's instructions, sent to Chilian's new lair.
Now that they had found a Fire Crystal Stone vein, and there were also plenty of Fire Crystal Stones on the mine walls, there would certainly be more than enough in the future. Zhou Xu was no longer short of this small amount.
The most important thing now was to soothe Chilian's emotions.
He had to keep it from thinking that, just after joining Great Zhou, it had lost its nest, its Fire Crystal Stones, everything—that its life had plummeted—and then doing something foolish because it couldn't get over it.
It had to be said that Zhou Xu's arrangement had indeed worked.
When Chilian saw the Fire Crystal Stones delivered to it, it blinked twice, and its mood visibly improved. It hurriedly coiled them up with its tail and carried them into its new lair.
As the Fire Crystal Stones were brought in, the flame energy inside its new lair began to rise noticeably, immediately making it feel much more comfortable.
At the same time, the news that their His Majesty had subdued a Red Scaled Giant Python spread through the villages and towns like wildfire.
There was undoubtedly someone from the Propaganda Department of Great Zhou's State Religion fanning the flames behind the scenes.
After all, Volcano Island lay far overseas and had become the most distant territory Great Zhou possessed from its capital.
Under these circumstances, the islanders had only just