Chapter 1056: Chapter 156: Dividing the Spoils

Wang Chen could understand how Huangfu Yongchun was feeling at the moment.

This more than two-hundred-year-old Golden Core True Person had paid a tremendous price to strive for a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Great Realm, with resources poured into the endeavor since he began planning the slaying of the Flood Dragon, which surely amounted to an astonishing figure.

Now that he had successfully slain a Fourth Order Flood Dragon, and his hopes for breaking the Golden Core to condense the Nascent Soul were promising, it was quite normal for him to momentarily lose his composure.

But Huangfu Yongchun was no hot-blooded youth, after all; he swiftly suppressed his inner excitement and waved his hand, storing the enormous corpse of the Flood Dragon.

“Fellow Daoists, we are pressed for time, let’s quickly clean up this place, and then head to the Flood Dragon’s lair to explore for treasures!”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Since they had earlier set a Taoist Contract, no one doubted that Huangfu Yongchun would monopolize the spoils of war.

Thus, a group of Golden Cores began to act, first erasing the traces of the battle in the valley, retrieved the materials used for the Array that had been set up here, and lastly, they cast Heavenly Secrets Talismans like they were dispensing Spirit Stones.

The Flood Dragon kin bore deep grudges and were tightly united; if other Flood Dragons discovered one of their own had fallen here and initiated a pursuit, it could bring a huge problem to everyone.

Even though such a possibility was very low, better to be safe than sorry–expending a bit more effort now to avert future threats was entirely worth it.

Throughout history, innumerable instances have occurred where insufficient caution led to disastrous outcomes!

After thoroughly cleaning up, everyone could not even afford to rest and recover; under Huangfu Yongchun’s lead with the utmost urgency, they rushed towards the Flood Dragon’s cave to hunt for treasure.

The spot where Huangfu Yongchun had set the ambush was only about a hundred li away from the Flood Dragon’s lair, and the swarm of Golden Core Cultivators engaged in Sword Flight and soon arrived at their destination.

The Flood Dragon’s lair was hidden deep within a mountain range, within a frigid pool that spanned several mu, a pool of Mysterious Black water so deep that its bottom could not be seen, emitting from it a bone-chilling coldness.

And on the rocky walls surrounding the pool, lush green Spirit Grass grew in abundance.

Some were of great age.

But these valuable Spirit Grasses did not attract the slightest attention from Wang Chen and the others.

“Go down!”

Huangfu Yongchun activated a Third Order Water Repelling Talisman and was the first to plunge into the frigid pool.

The others quickly followed suit.

After entering the water, everyone rapidly dove toward the bottom of the pool, and soon everything around became pitch-black, with visibility so poor one could not even see their hand in front of their face.

But this was no challenge for the Cultivators; spheres of light blossomed from the hands of the True Persons, uniformly illuminating a vast space.

Down they went, diving about fifty or sixty zhang deep, when piles of white bones gruesomely appeared in their line of sight.

They had reached the bottom of the pool!

At that moment, everyone perceived the dense nature’s spiritual energy.

Huangfu Yongchun scanned the surroundings before pointing towards the right direction.

There lay a darkened cave entrance.

He led the way without hesitation and swam into the cave.

This dark hole at the pool’s bottom was the source of the spiritual energy!

Wang Chen followed right behind Huangfu Yongchun, and the moment they passed through the cave entrance, he felt as if a great weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

All pressure dissipated.

The scene before him now caught Wang Chen’s eyes and brightened them.

He and Huangfu Yongchun stood inside a vast cavern with not a single drop of water, which, despite the wafting chill, was a far better environment than inside the pool.

Moreover, the walls of the cavern were embedded with pearls and gems of various sizes, their multicolored lights completely illuminating the cavity.

There was no doubt that this place was the lair of the Fourth Order Flood Dragon!

At this time, other Golden Cores entered one by one.

Seeing such a sight, everyone couldn’t help but let out exclamations of amazement.

Wang Chen bent down and picked up a stone from the ground.

This stone was dull and inconspicuous, heavy at over a dozen pounds. One of its broken corners revealed a texture similar to Mutton Fat White Jade, continuously overflowing with Spiritual Energy.

“This is a Spirit Ore Stone.”

Huangfu Yongchun smiled from the side: “The quality is fairly good, it’s completely wasted in the hands of Flood Dragons!”

The currency commonly used by Cultivators in their daily transactions is Spirit Stones, which are mined from Spirit Stone Mines, then cut and polished into shape.

Wang Chen had handled countless Spirit Stones, but this was his first time seeing Spirit Ore Stone, and he couldn’t help but feel intrigued.

However, the same stones were scattered all over this cave.

Huangfu Yongchun took out a dark gold Compass from his Sumeru Ring, injected it with Mana to activate it, then walked a circle around the cave walls before returning to his original spot.

The Compass in his hand was clearly a Magical Treasure, its light penetrating the rocks and appearing very mystical.

After forming a spell with his hands and consulting the display on the Compass for a long time, the seasoned Golden Core True Person shook his head and said, “It’s a pity, this is just a small Spirit Stone Mine.”

He had previously guessed that there was a Spirit Stone Mine here and estimated it to be small in scale.

However, he had always harbored a sliver of hope before seeing it.

What if it was a medium-sized mine?

The most a small Spirit Stone Mine could produce was medium-grade Spirit Stones, while a medium-sized one could possibly yield high-grade Spirit Stones.

Considering the difference in reserves, the value was not just a little bit higher!

“It’s quite good.”

True Person Shen smiled: “We’re not greedy.”

In the Haotian Realm, the discovered Spirit Stone Mines are basically controlled by major forces. Countless conflicts have erupted over these mines, both big and small.

Numerous Cultivators have fallen because of them!

So even a small mine is a precious resource that can let all the Golden Cores present make a huge profit!

Huangfu Yongchun, holding the Compass, pointed to the left side: “That’s where the vein of the mine begins.”

“Let’s start mining without delay!”

Now that the Spirit Stone Mine vein was exposed, without the suppression and concealment of that Fourth Order Demon King, the abundant Spiritual Energy was continuously overflowing, inevitably creating a special phenomenon.

This kind of phenomenon couldn’t be concealed by ordinary Arrays; at least a Fourth Order or even Fifth Order Array would be effective.

The problem was, there was no way Huangfu Yongchun and the others could set up a Fourth Order Array!

Therefore, the fastest speed, or rather, destructive mining, became inevitable, not allowing the waste of a single moment.

Huangfu Yongchun estimated the basic reserve of this small Spirit Stone Mine to be 73 million Low Spirit using the Magical Treasure.

If mined normally and slowly, it could yield approximately 65 million standard Low Spirit.

As well as a large amount of Fragmented Spirit Stones.

But if it were to be mined destructively, managing to retrieve half the amount of standard Low Spirit would be quite impressive.

But everyone was in no position to care too much and took out the tools they had prepared earlier, working in cooperation to excavate the vein, increasing speed at the cost of wasting resources, and placing the mined stones into Storage Bags or Sumeru Rings.

The waste was significant.

After five days and nights of tireless mining, the seven Golden Core True Persons took turns, and the small mine vein was finally exhausted.

Huangfu Yongchun immediately asked everyone to take out all the mined stones and then evenly distributed them among the six others, excluding himself.

This was the first divvying up of the spoils for slaying the Fourth Order Demon King!

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