Deep beneath the lightless mineral vein, abandoned mining tunnels were everywhere.
Dim spiritual light formed a barrier, within which a Cave-Heaven Pearl circled eerily.
At that moment, a cultivator cautiously approached from outside the Grotto-Heaven.
"Layered Tower, Layered Tower..."
At the soft calls, the Cave-Heaven Pearl began to change, and a cultivator flew out.
It was Ye Jingzhong, who had disguised his appearance, while the man calling for him was Wu Shengjing.
"How has the mining been going on your end?" Wu Shengjing looked all around.
Ever since they had arrived here over a year ago, the two had gone their separate ways to mine.
With spirit insects that could locate mineral treasures, Wu Shengjing had clearly made a substantial haul.
That was why he found Ye Jingzhong's behavior rather puzzling when he came over.
In his view, there should have been nothing to gain here.
"Nothing much. I'm just waiting for those spirit eggs to hatch now!" Ye Jingzhong sighed, but anticipation shone in his eyes.
He was naturally telling the truth. However, what he looked forward to was not the Thunder Crane egg, but the Spirit-Extinguishing Locust eggs.
Almost all the Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts from before had laid eggs. There were now thirteen thousand spirit eggs in total, and even after excluding the nonviable ones, over nine thousand remained. Among those Ye Jingcheng had examined, he had identified three with seventh-stage potential, with a chance of becoming insect sovereigns like the Azure Sea Wild Locust.
Over thirty had sixth-stage potential, while more than a hundred had fifth-stage potential.
Some had also been laid only after Ye Jingcheng left, so the true number of high-potential spirit insects was certainly greater.
Of course, all of these carried the Azure Sea Wild Locust bloodline.
They would certainly need to consume the corresponding