Hearing this, Yun Ye could not help but sigh. With a pained expression, he said, "Next comes burying Spirit Veins to raise the spiritual energy concentration across all of Huaxia!"
"Burying Spirit Veins?"
The group members froze for a moment, then revealed looks of understanding.
Fan Xian's face darkened as he said irritably, "So that's why the low-grade Spirit Veins in the Treasure Gathering Pavilion suddenly went out of stock. You brat had been secretly buying them all up and didn't even leave one for me!"
"It really wasn't my fault!"
Yun Ye protested, "You all know how vast Huaxia is. I calculated everything carefully and planned it with great care. I revised the Spirit Vein blueprint again and again, but it still required at least twenty-seven Spirit Veins to cover the entire land."
"Even then, the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's stock wasn't enough for me to buy out. The two Spirit Veins I was short of could only be replaced with Top-grade Spirit Stones for now, which cost me another batch of Chat Group Points..."
Oh?
Fan Xian smiled without smiling. "So now you're blaming Big Brother for restocking too slowly?"
"I never said that!"
Yun Ye hurriedly replied.
Lin Yu said irritably, "Enough, you two. Stop putting on this little act—after all that talk, don't you just want me to dig up a few more low-grade Spirit Veins?"
"..."
Fan Xian and Yun Ye exchanged a glance, both smiling somewhat sheepishly.
Li Shimin sighed. "It can't be helped. This stuff is simply too sought-after. Before, it was manageable, since only members of our group had this kind of demand. But now that Myriad Worlds City has opened, both the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and Exotic Treasure Pavilion can barely keep up with supply. With competitors like Zhang Chulan and Sima