With countless Spirit Stones right beside him, Naruto naturally could not resist the urge to steal some.
In fact, plenty of other people had the same idea.
But after temporarily taking charge of the place, Xuan Le, the support squad's leader, activated the Spirit Stone Mine's restrictive seals. An alarm would sound if anyone slipped inside.
He also repeatedly stressed that such behavior was forbidden. Anyone caught would be reported and face severe punishment from the Seven Sects.
That put an end to many people's schemes.
But it could not stop Naruto!
He could enter the Spirit Stone Mine and dig without anyone noticing.
He quietly found a solitary miner who preferred to keep to himself, then seemingly brushed against the man's clothes by accident, leaving a Flying Thunder God Mark on him.
The next morning, once the miner entered the Spirit Stone Mine, Naruto, who appeared to be cultivating in his room, vanished in a flash and appeared underground inside the mine.
The Spirit Stone Mine's restrictive seals could not detect this kind of spatial travel.
Before the miner could recover from his surprise, Naruto hypnotized him with the Sharingan, making him forget Naruto's presence.
Infiltrating the mine was that simple.
Naruto released his Earth Clone and Wood Clone, both of whom could travel through the ground, and they took him straight into the deepest core of the Spirit Stone Mine.
The closer one got to the core, the higher the grade of the Spirit Stones!
The core of this medium-sized Spirit Stone Mine actually held dozens of raw supreme-grade Spirit Stones!
There were also over a thousand high-grade Spirit Stones nearby!
Now, all of them belonged to Naruto and his clones!
Like fish in water, the Earth Clone and Wood Clone moved through the mine's soil, swiftly gathering