After that group left, the woman sat down, looking somewhat displeased. She whispered to the man who had spoken earlier:
"Senior Brother, why did you stop me? Anyone could tell that group was up to no good."
"Even a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake. We know nothing about the background of those people. If we offend them rashly, endangering ourselves would be a small matter, but if we delay the sect's mission, can you afford to take responsibility?!"
The man's tone was rather stern.
The woman's expression fell. She did not dare argue with him, merely pouting.
After barely half a tea session of silence, the woman could not hold herself back any longer and asked softly, "Senior Brother, is there really a spirit crystal vein nearby?"
"Silence!"
The man's expression changed. He raised his head and looked around, scanning everyone who was eating. Only after seeing nothing unusual did he let out a sigh of relief.
Shi Lan's chopsticks never stopped as she ate unhurriedly, but her heart was surging. Though the woman's voice had been soft, how could it have escaped Shi Lan's keen hearing now?
Spirit crystals... a mineral vein...
Shi Lan naturally knew what spirit crystals were. If this spirit crystal vein was truly as she imagined, how immense a fortune would it be?
With enough spirit crystals, her cultivation would surely rise by a considerable margin.
Shi Lan did not linger. She quickly settled the bill and left the restaurant.
After leaving the city, Shi Lan rose into the air, activated the Heavenly Eye Qi-Observing Technique, and began observing the flow of spiritual energy nearby.
To put it plainly, spirit crystals were formed by compressing vast amounts of spiritual energy. If they gathered into a mineral vein, the spiritual energy would surely produce