Finding Ore Veins
"Just as I thought." A glint flashed in Lu Qing'an's eyes, and then he unhesitatingly stored the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror into his sea of consciousness.
Upon entering, the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror immediately found its way into its element, hovering in the center of the star field and resonating completely with his Power of the Dao Source.
In an instant, a vast star map unfolded in his mind!
Its coverage area actually encompasses ten nearby intermediate star systems!
In the star map, countless fine lines outline the contours of continents, asteroid belts, and even void rifts.
What is most eye-catching are the dozens of red dots scattered across it.
These red dots vary in size; some are as dim as fireflies, while others are as fiery as blood diamonds. Among them, one is exceptionally bright, like the core of a star, standing out even in a star chart.
"These red dots represent the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein, right?" Lu Qing'an realized, his gaze fixed on the brightest red dot.
It is located at the edge of the star map, and its star field level seems to be higher than other areas. The surrounding spatial patterns are distorted, as if deliberately concealed by some force.
Even more strangely, when he tried to touch it with his Divine Sense, the red dot trembled slightly, as if resisting the probe.
"Interesting!" Lu Qing'an's lips curled into a smile.
This Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror can not only locate mineral veins, but also seems to be able to classify and label them according to their size and energy intensity.
That brightest red dot is very likely a top-tier mineral vein that far surpasses ordinary ones!
Lu Qing'an opened his eyes but did not take out the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror from his Sea of Consciousness. Once he took it out, the map would be gone, and if he wanted to activate the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror again to obtain the map, he would need to input a large amount of Power of the Dao Source and activate it once more.
"Thirty Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins! Judging from the strength and size of those red dots, there are at least twenty-nine low-grade veins if nothing unexpected happens! And that one reddest dot... I don't know if it's mid-grade, high-grade, or even... top-grade!"
Lu Qing'an wished that the reddest dot represented a top-tier Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine!
"Etc!"
Lu Qing'an suddenly realized something and quickly took out a map to locate the Fallen God Sea.
After a simple comparison, he smiled.
"As I thought."
So, this red dot represents the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein within the Fallen God Sea.
That's good!
Wang Duanshan and the other two looked at Lu Qing'an and saw that the smile on Lu Qing'an's face was getting wider and wider. They all knew that Lu Qing'an had already made some progress.
Wang Duanshan couldn't contain his excitement and asked first, "How is it?"
Xue Tianfei was also a little excited. "Is it possible to find Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine?"
She knew exactly how much a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein was worth, especially after coming into contact with many other top merchant guilds in the mid-level star regions. The value of a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein was clearly marked.
Currently, there is only one low-level Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine in the entire Eternal Night Continent, and this mine is the very soul of the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce.
Many of the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce's business ventures are inseparable from the continuous mining of this Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein.
Lu Qing'an smiled and said, "It was successfully activated, and it even gave me a precise location map, marking the locations of thirty Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mines. This map doesn't seem to be able to move. If I want to update it again, I'll have to take out the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror and activate it again, which will consume a large amount of Power of the Dao Source."
If he has explored all thirty Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins and wants to find Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins outside the map, he needs to go to a place outside the map and restart the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror.
In general, ordinary Early Eternal Realm experts simply cannot withstand such consumption!
This treasure is both incredibly powerful and utterly useless!
The amazing thing is that as long as there are a large number of the Eternal Realm to consume, you can find many Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mines and make a fortune.
The frustrating thing is, what power could possibly consume the Eternal Realm in such a way?
Yes, it does consume the Eternal Realm. Unless it is used by the Late Eternal Realm expert, the Power of the Dao Source within their body is simply insufficient.
Moreover, this treasure can only be used by one person to input Power of the Dao Source; it cannot be used by several Eternal Realm Power of the Dao Source simultaneously, otherwise a repulsive effect will occur.
That feeling was very obvious just now.
Xue Tianfei exclaimed in surprise, "Thirty places? How many of those are unclaimed Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins?"
Lu Qing'an said, "This map covers the ten intermediate star regions closest to us. The map's coverage is not bad. For such a large map, there are only thirty Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins. One of them is the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein here, another is the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein in the Fallen God Sea, and there are also Lianxin's Yun Luo's. If you count them all, there are probably only one or two unclaimed veins if we're lucky."
At this point, Lu Qing'an shook his head and smiled.
Should we just rob an already claimed mine?
But it often involves many things.
He still didn't want to be that kind of bad person.
Of course, this is on the premise that the other person is a good person; if it's a bad person, he wouldn't have this psychological burden.
When searching for Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins, he will first look for unclaimed Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins.
"There are still three days until the Fallen God Sea opens. In three days, I should be able to visit all thirty locations."
If he were to rely solely on his cultivation level to travel across regions, it would certainly be impossible for him to reach these thirty places in just three days.
Things are different now; he can utilize the special abilities of the mainland!
The teleportation capabilities of the Eternal Night Continent are not strong enough, and its range of movement is not large. The continent with the largest teleportation range is naturally the Five Lakes Continent, which has already Eighth Heaven.
Therefore, he already has a clear plan.
He took the Five Lakes Continent Five Lakes Continent him and had it travel to various intermediate star regions, specifically to the star regions where these Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mines were located. He then walked around to see if any of these Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mines had owners.
If it's unclaimed, just take it!
If someone is in a relationship, it depends on their situation.
If it's a bad person, then great, just take it!
Thinking of this, Lu Qing'an looked at Xue Tianfei and said, "Since you have nothing to do, why don't you go for a walk?"
Xue Tianfei instantly understood what Lu Qing'an wanted to do and nodded decisively.
"Great! It just so happens that I don't have to deal with chamber of commerce matters for the next few days!"
She has already taken care of the chamber of commerce's affairs, and many of the businesses will be able to operate on their own in a short period of time.
Lu Qing'an then looked at Wang Duanshan and He Hong: "And you two?"
Wang Duanshan said, "I have no interest in this kind of thing."
He Hong laughed and said, "Me too, I might as well stay here and study weapon crafting more."
"Alright, you guys get back to work then." Lu Qing'an smiled.
If Xiao Qingyi were here, he would definitely follow him around eagerly.
And so, without informing Xiao Qingyi, Lu Qing'an decisively took Xue Tianfei and left the place.
He directly instructed Cang Ru to activate the teleportation ability of the Eternal Night Continent, which teleported him and Xue Tianfei to the outer void of the Five Lakes Continent.
He looked at the Five Lakes Continent and said, "Lianxin, come out."