The cave was not very deep, only about three li, but the Insect Race was far too careless. Feces littered the ground everywhere, and the sour stench was overwhelming.
Everyone raised protective barriers. The farther they walked, the more bewildered they became. As they neared the end, Dawn True Immortal spoke up. "Vitality Stones!"
Qingji and the others did not know what Vitality Stones were, so they asked, "They're ores containing energy, right?"
Dawn True Immortal told them the latest information. When everyone heard that these things could not be stored on the Sky-Qin Plane for long, they could not help looking disappointed. Elder Cang Jing even said outright, "Then there's not much point to them."
Yi Jue, however, did not mind. After thinking for a moment, she said, "We can perform a Divination. There may be other ways to use them."
Dawn True Immortal said, "Some of the arrangements at the passage entrance can still use these Vitality Stones... Hm? The intensity of this vitality is stronger than any we found before."
"Since we're already here," Feng Jun said, "we might as well mine them. Whether we use them ourselves or sell them to Xuanhuang and Yuangang, it'll be worthwhile."
"Just mine some of them," Elder Cang Jing said. "Our primary mission is still exploration. Spending most of our time mining feels rather wasteful."
Dawn True Immortal's lips moved. He had originally wanted to say that the Xuanhuang Sect could handle the mining, and Feng Mountain Lord would only need to transport people over.
But on second thought, mining in the heart of Insect Race territory would require a considerable number of people to defend the site, not to mention the large number of low-level disciples needed. Their already stretched manpower would become even tighter.
So he could only