Chapter 56

Yi Clan, located at the center of the vortex, did not show any unusual activity due to the external disturbances. The clan merely strengthened its vigilance. At the same time, the hunting teams that went out were reinforced, and the remaining warriors seized every moment to cultivate, continuously enhancing their strength to resist the more intense storms that were about to come.

Not long ago, they almost annihilated the combined forces of the Wu family, the Black Dragon Society, and the Dark Skull Group, which greatly intimidated the various forces in Black Dragon City. Even the major forces that coveted the Yi Clan's treasures did not dare to act rashly in the face of the suddenly revealed ferocious and powerful Yi Clan.

However, this was only temporary. The sudden wealth of the Yi Clan was too tempting for the various forces.

The Yi Clan also wanted to use this temporary peace to increase the strength of the clan. The later the major forces acted, the more advantageous it would be for them.

Yi Tian was not affected by the tense atmosphere and continued to cultivate the Great Sun Heaven Art at a steady pace.

Since the last beast tide, Yi Tian and others were informed that there was a passage leading to an underground space in the clan's ancestral temple, which was a refuge for the Yi Clan. This news calmed many people, including Yi Tian, as it meant that the clan already had a retreat. If an unstoppable situation arose, they could simply hide in the underground space.

These days, Yi Tian was fully immersed in the cultivation of the Great Sun Heaven Art. He found that cultivating the Great Sun Heaven Art was very slow and required a large amount of primordial energy. Moreover, the pure yang true energy had a more significant effect on refining his physical body. He could clearly feel his physical body transforming every day, and the pure yang true energy was absorbed without any resistance. The 3,650 acupoints of the Great Sun Heaven Art seemed like bottomless pits.

At least 90% of the pure yang true energy he cultivated was consumed in refining his physical body and transforming the acupoints. Yi Tian could sense that this situation would continue for a long time.

Therefore, in recent times, the amount of primordial stones Yi Tian needed for cultivation was at least twenty to thirty times more than before, making him the third largest consumer of primordial stones after the Star Mud avatar and Xiao Hei.

Fortunately, after deducing the Great Sun Heaven Art, Yi Tian could absorb the omnipresent solar essence during the day, covering an area of about fifty to sixty feet around him. This absorption was extremely powerful, and the solar essence and heavenly fire energy were easily refined, making the cultivation speed comparable to using primordial stones.

This allowed him to save some primordial stones.

Although Yi Tian needed a large amount of primordial stones, the large primordial vein mine that the clan was mining had already been dug to a depth of over a hundred miles, and the extracted stones were all mid-grade primordial stones, which contained primordial energy hundreds of times more concentrated than low-grade primordial stones. The quantity had not decreased much, effectively increasing the number of low-grade primordial stones by dozens of times.

This large primordial vein mine contained hundreds of millions of primordial stones.

However, the clan had only mined a passage to the center of the primordial vein mine and was continuously digging deeper. As for the other areas around the primordial vein mine, they had not been mined, as their value was smaller.

The clan's elders, who were respected for their virtue, hoped to accelerate the mining of the primordial vein mine. They wanted to mine as much as possible before other forces discovered the large primordial vein mine.

The high-grade primordial stones at the center of the primordial vein mine were what they most hoped to mine. One high-grade primordial stone was equivalent to a hundred mid-grade primordial stones or ten thousand low-grade primordial stones. In other words, if the clan mined all the high-grade primordial stones from the large primordial vein mine, their value would not be lower than the combined value of mid-grade and low-grade primordial stones, and might even be higher.

Compared to the millions or tens of millions of low-grade and mid-grade primordial stones, the high-grade primordial stones might only number in the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, making them easy to carry and saving a lot of trouble.

Of course, what the old clan leader and the great elders most urgently needed were the spirit crystals at the core of the large primordial vein mine.

Primordial crystals are extremely condensed primordial energy that has formed over countless years underground. Inside the primordial crystals, there is a highly pure primordial energy liquid, which is a cultivation resource needed by experts above the human stage. Even a ninth-stage warrior has a high chance of breaking through and condensing true primordial energy to become a human stage expert after absorbing a primordial crystal.

Primordial crystals are priceless treasures, essential for the cultivation of experts at the human, earth, and heaven stages.

It is worth noting that a small primordial vein mine might only have one or two primordial crystals.

As for a large primordial vein mine, there are at least several thousand primordial crystals, or even more, which is why the appearance of a large primordial vein mine would cause various major forces to compete for it.

Several thousand to tens of thousands of spirit crystals are enough to allow a human stage expert to rapidly break through to the earth stage in a short period of time. Even earth stage experts can further enhance their strength with so many resources, benefiting even heaven stage experts.

In other words, a single spirit crystal could trigger a frenzied battle among the various forces in Black Dragon City.

This is not an exaggeration.

Breaking through to the human stage is the strongest desire of all peak ninth-stage warriors, and some are willing to abandon everything to achieve it.

However, even a small primordial vein mine is not something the forces in the peripheral regions of Black Dragon City can occupy. Otherwise, once discovered, they would be destroyed by the major powers and seized.

Moreover, primordial vein mines are usually located in spiritual mountains and blessed lands.

These places are almost all owned by the lords of a region, royal families, or families with thousands or tens of thousands of years of history and extremely deep foundations, or some mysterious sects.

Even if they are unowned, they are extremely dangerous and are terrifying forbidden zones, inhabited by high-level fierce beasts or even super fierce beasts.

The Dragon Subduing Mountain Range is such a super-large forbidden zone.

Stretching for hundreds of thousands or even millions of miles, the Dragon Subduing Mountain Range is home to countless primordial vein mines and spiritual mountains and blessed lands, including super-large primordial vein mines.

However, these places are inhabited by extremely powerful fierce beasts, and no force can mine primordial vein mines within the Dragon Subduing Mountain Range.

The Yi Clan was incredibly fortunate to discover the large primordial vein mine at the end of a crack in a valley on the outskirts of the mountain range and to mine it in secret.

Otherwise, the leakage of the concentrated primordial energy from the primordial vein mine would likely attract terrifying fierce beasts.

Due to the Yi Clan's discovery of a treasure, the various forces in Black Dragon City have been in a state of hidden turmoil these days. Some have formed alliances, preparing to force the Yi Clan to reveal its treasure. Others are watching from the sidelines, hoping to benefit from the conflict. Still, others are showing signs of killing intent and plotting.

At this moment, in a dark room.

A man in a black robe was sitting in a chair, tapping his fingers rhythmically on the table, seemingly deep in thought. In the next moment, he opened his eyes.

A green light flashed in the dark room, and the entire room became cold.

"Number Ten, go to the Yi Clan and investigate what treasure they have obtained."

"Yes!"

In the dark room, a man in a black robe suddenly appeared in an empty spot, answering without any expression.

Then, he left the room like a ghost.

"If this treasure is real, then we, the Dark Demon Sect, can stir up trouble and cause chaos in Black Dragon City. We can take advantage of the situation to complete the Demon Lord's mission and receive the Demon Lord's reward. I can then break through and become a human demon. Hehehe..."

A sinister laugh echoed in the room.

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