"The Azure Cloud Sect and the Xuanyue Wang Family negotiated through the night. It seems they intend to shut us out?"
In another corner of the camp, Diamond King Jin Kang was also discussing the matter with his disciple Lin Mo and several other disciples of the Mystic Sun Sect.
"What should we do, Master?" Lin Mo asked with a frown.
Things had truly taken a bad turn this time. Originally, they had a chance to get in on the venture and take a share of the profits. But first, they had no grounds for claiming to have discovered the mineral vein, and second, their sect's reach fell short here, so they could not throw their weight around and bully others.
Besides, reputable orthodox sects still had to care about their reputations. If they sent troops to seize things by force today, their vassals and allies would all fear for their own safety tomorrow and resist cooperating with them. The losses would be greater instead.
"What should we do? This is all your fault, you useless fool! You can't move your feet when you see a woman, and you let this opportunity slip away for nothing!" Diamond King Jin Kang snapped.
However aloof an Earth Rank Expert might be, profits numbering in the hundreds of thousands were still hard to resist. It would have been a lie to say he felt no regret.
But what truly disappointed him was Lin Mo's performance throughout this affair.
In truth, Lin Mo was not necessarily that inept. Whether in intelligence, talent, cultivation, or natural aptitude, he was a dragon or phoenix among men; otherwise, he would never have been accepted as a disciple. Unfortunately, comparing people could drive a man to his death, just as comparing goods could make one throw them away.