As the saying went, hearing a hundred times was no match for seeing once. Qi Maigu soon suggested that Li Chen take him there to see it with his own eyes.
Although Li Chen had already sent puppets to bring back some soil samples, those alone were nowhere near enough to draw a conclusion.
If that place truly was a mine from which nether-origin crystal could be extracted and refined, they had to protect it and begin mining as soon as possible. It might secure victory for Broad Cloud Peak in one stroke.
Qi Maigu could likewise gain empirical certification of the Solar Dao and master the Nuclear Explosion Method through it. The potential rewards were astonishing.
And so Li Chen took Qi Maigu there.
Before long, the two landed in a secluded valley surrounded by lush forest. Outside, vegetation flourished beneath the shade of green trees, yet within, weeds grew sparsely among jagged rocks, like a barren wasteland.
The flourishing greenery and desolation formed a stark contrast.
Qi Maigu crouched down, scooped up a handful of soil, and surveyed their surroundings. Sure enough, there seemed to be no signs of birds or beasts coming here.
Once he ventured deeper into the barren valley, he detected something more: strange fluctuations of power faintly emanating from all around.
Only someone like him, who had detonated Blazing Sun Divine Thunder, possessed both "empirical certification" and "mental certification," and reaped the fruits of this Dao path, could distinguish it. This was indeed a form of radiation associated with nether-origin crystal and its related ores.
But in this world, there were quite a few materials imbued with spiritual essence that possessed such power. This alone could not establish a connection to the stellar ash and nether-origin crystal used to produce Blazing Sun Divine Thunder.