Besides, San San still hadn't worked out the key to this place. It didn't know how extensively Eldest Senior Brother had altered the Formation using the natural terrain. Only when they reached the Land of Inheritance—the crucial position of the "North Star"—could they understand the Formation more clearly.
As it happened, the gap San San had found led right beneath the Crystal Ore Vein. There, a natural tunnel had been carved out by an underground current. After Ye Chuqi entered it, she could see the crystals overhead giving off a soft glow, bathing the once-dark space in hazy, beautiful colors.
So crystals were this beautiful—more beautiful even than ones that had been mined and polished. They were hard to find on the open market, since those in power controlled nearly all of them. Their appearance was too distinctive for anyone to overlook one and sell it for a bargain.
Haiman Auction House had sold several, but Ye Chuqi had never come across one.
As a result, her collection still didn't contain a single crystal. Purified Beast Cores from her space were just as good a source of energy, so she'd never felt the need to seek crystals out. Beast Cores were easy enough to obtain, and purifying them took little effort.
Now that she had found some, she couldn't take the entire Ore Vein, but gathering a small amount for her space's stockpile was easy enough. Besides, there was a dejected Big Black Fish in there who could use some comfort. When Ye Chuqi saw that he had buried himself in the mud at the bottom of the pool again, she couldn't help smiling.
Big Black Fish hadn't expected this either. He'd wanted to help Ye Chuqi and show her what he could do, but his unusual constitution had drawn