Qian Cultivation of the Golden Crow Sect had gone to considerable trouble to make a special trip to the Grand Void Sect over the Spirit Stone Mine here.
Now that he had learned the land did not belong to the Grand Void Sect, but to the Mysterious Water Sect, he felt like dying.
When he had first plotted to seize the Spirit Stone Mine here, it was because the Grand Void Sect was too far away to reach this place. After all, if Grand Void increased its control over the area, it would clash with the local Secret Realm Families.
As for nominally respecting the Grand Void Sect by giving it some dry shares, or even finding some Grand Void disciples to serve as a front, he had considered all of that. He had even discussed it with his junior sister and specifically left the Icefield to arrange the matter.
But when he heard that the Mysterious Water Sect had already bought this land, he knew it was all over.
The Mysterious Water Sect's main headquarters was indeed far from here, but it had a branch in this region. Matters at its doorstep could never be concealed. Even if he somehow managed to deceive them into selling him the land, the moment the Spirit Stones were mined, everything would be exposed.
Thinking about how he had been scrambling around recently trying to buy this land, he could only laugh bitterly to himself. Is it really this hard to make a little extra money?
Still, he was ultimately unwilling to back down just like that. After the True Immortals from the Secret Realm Families had left, he sought out Feng Jun again. "Feng Mountain Lord, I'm afraid this Spirit Stone Mine cannot be developed anytime soon."
Feng Jun was also somewhat