The group continued to advance for a while before realizing they were nearing the end of the woodland. A faint, fishy odor permeated the air, alerting them.
Cautiously moving forward, they crouched low for a moment before a slightly sunken valley appeared before their eyes.
Lin Dong glanced around the valley, his pupils narrowing as his gaze fixed on two dark figures at the bottom. "Tian Yuan Realm demonic beasts, the Black Iron Demonic Leopards!"
Lin Changqiang peered intently, seeing the two figures clad in pitch black, like fine iron, gleaming brightly in the sunlight. Their lustrous green eyes betrayed a ferocious intent.
He couldn't help but gasp. "How terrifying, how terrifying!"
Lin Changqiang looked at Lin Dong, only to find him lying prone, his right hand groping for something on the ground, like a savage pangolin.
A few seconds later, he suddenly scraped at the ground, digging up a considerable amount of dirt, revealing a hole about a foot in size.
This hole had clearly been there for a long time, merely buried by the surface soil. Lin Dong eagerly reached into the hole and began to dig, but all he pulled out was gravel and dirt.
He continued digging for a while, and just as he was growing impatient, his right hand finally touched something warm.
"Found it!" He raised his right hand in front of the two men, and instantly, a pale red stone appeared before their eyes.
The stone was slightly rounded, pale red throughout, yet with a hint of transparency. A faint warmth permeated the crystal, creating a pleasant sensation.
"This, this is... Yang Yuan Stone!" Lin Changqiang frowned slightly, his eyes widening, his lips slightly parted, but the corners of his mouth raised unnaturally, with an expression of deep shock. "Yang Yuan Stone is said to be born in the depths of volcanoes. It not only absorbs the Yuan Energy of heaven and earth, but also, after being soaked in lava for a long time, it has been infused with some Yang Gang Power."
"For masters who have reached the Tianyuan Realm, Yang Yuan Stone is simply tailor-made!" Lin Changqiang looked at Lin Dong, who was about to stand up with a look of surprise on his face, and put his hand on his shoulder. Staring at him with a murderous expression, he whispered, "Most importantly, Yang Yuan Stone rarely appears alone, so... there is very likely a Yang Yuan Stone vein here!"
Lin Dong's mouth couldn't help but twitch, and his originally excited mood calmed down a lot. "Stop acting. If acting skills were measured by spiritual medicine, your acting skills would be worth at most eight first-grade spiritual medicines."
"Hehe, isn't it because he's afraid that you'll be too excited and move too much when you stand up, and be discovered by the two black panthers." Lin Changqiang smiled, then said indignantly, "Damn God, he gave me a handsome appearance, but also made me lose my acting skills!"
He touched his handsome cheeks and forty-two corn-pack abs, with seven parts of anger, two parts of indifference, and one part of sadness in his eyes. He said with a smile: "Maybe, he wants me to learn to bear it."
"Hey, stop it." Lin Dong almost vomited out the overnight meal. He looked at Lin Changqiang with disgust, then stood up carefully, tiptoed out along the way they came, "Come on, let's go back together to get reinforcements."
"Okay~" With two Tianyuan realm monsters on the side, Lin Changqiang didn't dare to be naughty anymore, and followed honestly. The three people and the tiger ran towards the direction of Lin Zhentian and others.
In the hall, Lin Zhentian, who had been cursing the Lei family for a while, had just finally calmed down. He sat at the head table, his face gloomy and subdued. Lin Xiao and the others felt incredibly uncomfortable.
"Bang!"
The main door to the hall was suddenly flung open. Lin Dong, disregarding etiquette, barged in. Seeing Lin Dong, covered in mud, they were startled. Just as they were about to speak, Lin Dong suddenly pulled a crystal from his pocket and handed it to Lin Zhentian.
"Grandpa, there's something exciting happening in our Lin family! I found a treasure!"
"Yang Yuan Stone?!" Lin Zhentian was stunned at first, looking at the pale red crystal Lin Dong handed him. He then pulled out a crystal from his pocket that looked very similar to Lin Dong's.
"Haha, little guy, you're quite lucky to have found a Yang Yuan Stone." Lin Zhentian smiled, unconcerned. He took a sip from the teacup beside him and set it back.
"Grandpa, this was dug out by Chang Qiang, Qing Tan and I when we were playing in the depths of Tiemu Village. I'm afraid there is a Yang Yuan Stone vein deep in Tiemu Village!" Lin Dong's face turned red with excitement.
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"Crack!"
Lin Zhentian's teacup shattered in his grip. He abruptly stood up, trembling as he looked at Lin Dong. "What? A Yang Yuan Stone vein?! Where is it? Take us there!"
Lin Xiao and the others were equally delighted. As Tian Yuan Realm masters, no one understood the function and value of Yang Yuan Stone better than they did.
Lin Dong nodded immediately. "Going there is no problem, but there are two Tian Yuan Realm Black Iron Demon Leopards there."
"Black Iron Demon Leopards?" Lin Zhentian frowned slightly, but quickly relaxed. "They're just two beasts. We have three Tian Yuan Realm masters here, and you and Lin Dong are two Di Yuan Realm masters. Taking care of those two Black Iron Demon Leopards is easy!"
"Compared to a Yang Yuan Stone vein, let alone two black panthers, even if there are many more demonic beasts, we will find a way to eliminate them all!"
Seeing this, Lin Dong said nothing more. He nodded and turned, then walked out of the hall, leading Lin Zhentian, Lin Xiao, and Lincoln as they hurried deeper into the manor.
Running at full speed, just over ten minutes later, they arrived at the spot where the Yang Yuan Stone had been discovered. They encountered Lin Changqiang, who had previously tried to slack off and not run back, and Qingtan, who was reluctant to leave the air conditioning.
"It's indeed the Black Iron Demonic Leopard!" Lin Zhentian stood above the valley entrance, gazing solemnly at the two black panthers at the bottom.
While it had been easy to say earlier, these two black panthers were, after all, the equivalent of two Tian Yuan Realm cultivators, making them somewhat difficult to defeat. After much deliberation, the group decided to first confirm the presence of a mineral vein before making a decision.
Lin Zhentian turned around and saw behind him, Lin Xiao and Lincoln, shovel-wielding, diligently digging the hole Lin Dong had pointed out. This matter was too serious to be shared with others for the time being, so the two had to personally take charge.
Looking on, Lin Dong couldn't help but smile at the sight of the two men being reduced to hard labor.
"So why don't you just use your Yuan Power and remove this patch of dirt?"
Lin Changqiang looked at them with a puzzled expression. This had puzzled him since reading the original novel. Some said they were worried about being discovered by Black Panther, but after Lin Dong unearthed the Yang Yuan Stone vein, Lin Zhentian had simply used his Yuan Power to remove it.
"And even if you really wanted to dig with a shovel, you could just use your Yuan Power. Why rely on physical strength like an ordinary person?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Dong and the others suddenly froze, then turned around and stared blankly at Lin Changqiang.
Lin Zhentian was the first to react. He suddenly jumped into the pit, channeling the Yuan Power of the late Tian Yuan Realm. With a wave of his sleeves, a gust of wind surged, sweeping away layer after layer of dirt.
A shimmering red light, as the dirt faded, illuminated the group's vision. It was a pale red rock formation, and deep within it, were inlaid with large and small pale red crystals, gleaming brightly in the sunlight.
Illuminated by the red light, several people gaped in amazement, their mouths agape, their eyes fixed on the magnificent crystal ore. For a moment, they were speechless.
"It really is a Yang Yuan Stone vein..." Lin Xiao muttered, his body suddenly trembling uncontrollably. "Our Lin family will be transformed by this!"
"God bless our Lin family!"
Lin Zhentian raised his head, shedding tears after years of absence. With this Yang Yuan Stone vein, the Lin family's development would undoubtedly skyrocket. By then, not only in Qingyang Town, but even across the entire Tiandu County of Yancheng, their Lin family would have a place. And his dream of returning to his clan, returning to his roots, would have a strong chance of becoming a reality.