Yang Fei felt the fiery, expectant gazes of several people and knew that this was a sure thing.
Wealth moves the heart.
Indeed, only by offering them enough benefits can one gain their true intentions.
Anyway, the development of this vein still requires the guidance of these few people. Besides, with their skills, which cover almost all fields like Talisman Mastery, Array Mastery, Artifact Refining, Alchemy, and even Beast Taming, it’s hard to overlook them.
With these people as the foundation, plus the rich resources of this spirit mine, Yang Fei wouldn’t dare say that the global human clan survivors could all step onto the Cultivation Path after the disaster. At the very least, the vast majority of those in the Divine Continent with cultivation potential can be trained.
As for whether Lingxiao Sect or other cultivation forces from the Southern Domain will send a large number of Golden Core Stage experts to colonize Earth in the future, that’s a matter for the future.
What he must do is utilize Earth’s resources to nurture more strong individuals before Earth is invaded by powerful forces and becomes a colony.
Facing the fiery and expectant gazes of the few from the Lingxiao Sect, Yang Fei nodded and said, "A gentleman’s word is his bond. My words, Yang Fei’s, are as firm as iron; I will not go back on what I’ve promised you. If you don’t believe me, I can swear an oath to Heaven."
As he spoke, he made a gesture to the sky, symbolizing a cultivator’s oath to the Heavenly Dao from the Central Great World.
Glancing at those few, he saw they all looked at him expectantly, causing Yang Fei’s mouth to twitch.
Hell, I just said it casually and you all actually want me to swear? Not even a single one of you is trying to dissuade me?
But since the words were already spoken, it wouldn’t be good to go back on them, or how could these people trust him?
Right then, he steeled himself and said, "I, Yang Fei, swear to Heaven that I shall live and die with the fellow Daoists of Lingxiao Sect, share wealth and prosperity. The resources of this spirit mine shall be shared with the Daoists, and if I violate this, may I face heavenly retribution and die a miserable death."
"Oh, Daoist Yang, there’s no need to swear. How could we not trust you?" said Yun Zong hastily.
Yang Fei cast him a glance.
Damn, you only say that after I’ve sworn?
Ye Wuya, Gan Qian, Du Hui, Lu Chen, and Linglong all chimed in, expressing their belief in Yang Fei’s sincerity, saying things like they would trust him even without him swearing.
Yang Fei couldn’t be bothered to expose them.
Not wanting to argue with these realistic individuals, Yang Fei asked, "This spirit mine is indeed vast. Extracting a large amount of usable spirit stone resources requires a lot of manpower. Any suggestions from you all?"
Lu Chen immediately said, "Actually, there are ways to extract spirit veins. Cultivators with unique Spirit Roots having an extraordinary perception of spirit stones can precisely locate the storage locations of top-grade spirit stones, making extraction much easier."
The others all nodded in agreement.
Yang Fei had extracted a wealth of information from their minds, and for the moment, couldn’t systematically piece together what he wanted, so he asked, "How do we identify such cultivators?"
Lu Chen said, "It’s very simple. Just take them to test with spirit stones."
Gan Qian also said, "Yes, even among ordinary people, some have a stronger perception of spirit stones. Using such people for mining spirit stones is much more efficient."
Yang Fei nodded and suddenly asked, "Is it possible to use modern machinery for operation?"
The Lingxiao Sect members were taken aback, and Linglong said, "In many top-grade and even top-grade spirit mines, those powerful sects and families use puppet machinery for mining spirit ores. But ultimately, puppets are puppets. They lack precise identifying capabilities, and their work is mechanical and dull, easily destroying valuable spirit stones. In the end, they’re no match for the carefulness of human hands."
"Indeed, human-operated mining yields better integrity of spirit stones, especially since this spirit mine is of the top-grade variety, containing a large number of top-grade Purple Spirit Crystals. A top-grade Purple Spirit Crystal the size of an egg contains spiritual energy equivalent to one hundred same-sized top-grade spirit stones. If damaged, the contained spiritual energy would dissipate, leading to a massive loss. Therefore, mining of Purple Spirit Crystals is not generally advised to use puppet machinery," Yun Zong said.
Yang Fei nodded silently, while Qin Yanyang beside him understood some parts as well.
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"By combining manual labor with machines, efficiency would be much higher, and the loss rate would stay within an acceptable range," Qin Yanyang said to Yang Fei.
Yang Fei agreed, smiled at her, and said, "You’ve understood some of it?"
Qin Yanyang nodded and said, "Still some difficulty in communication."
Yang Fei held her small hand and said, "We’ll use a state of mutual understanding, so whatever I understand from them, you’ll slowly grasp. This way, you’ll soon learn their language."
She knew that one day, she and Yang Fei would go to that powerful Cultivation Civilization World, so learning the language in advance was necessary.
The words of Qin Yanyang were a bit confusing to the few from the Lingxiao Sect; they were somewhat bewildered.
Yang Fei didn’t explain to them.
Then, Yang Fei discussed with them on the next steps for spirit stone mining, establishing a cultivation sect, spreading the path, and other matters.
After roughly finalizing their plans, Yang Fei stood up and said, "Ultimately, we need to take action. You all wait here and cultivate; I’ll return with people."
He wasn’t sure about other countries, but he and Qin Yanyang would bring over people from the Divine Continent Country with cultivation potential.
With unknown competition and danger looming, every second counts for the Earth Human Clan.
Not wanting to be enslaved and colonized, and aspiring to venture into broader worlds for true immortality, Earth’s cultivators must strive hard and constantly grow stronger.
The few from Lingxiao Sect showed surprised expressions when they heard this.
Ye Wuya even bluntly asked, "Aren’t you afraid we’ll run off?"
Yang Fei laughed heartily: "Leaving behind such a Treasure Mountain, you’d leave? Besides, even if you secretly mine a large amount of spirit stones while I’m gone and then hide, you can’t leave Earth, so what’s the point of hiding? A feast or constant sustenance, I’m sure you understand which is more important.
More importantly, are you sure that upon reentering this spirit mine, you won’t encounter other dangers and restrictions left by Senior Li Er? In the Nine-Nine Returning to One Array, perhaps without me, Yang Fei, you might still be trapped inside, right?"
The seven from Lingxiao Sect had no words to refute.
The others might not know, but Li Yue and Lu Chen were very clear.
If not for Yang Fei, who truly inherited the great path of Li Er and unlocked the Nine-Nine Returning to One Array, the rest would have had a much harder time breaking through.
So Yang Fei’s words weren’t unfounded fears. Without him here, if they triggered the prohibitions and arrays left by Li Er while mining the spirit mine, they would indeed be in danger.
Ye Wuya said, "Daoist Yang, how about I accompany you? That way, we can look out for each other on the road, and you can also be more assured about the other Lingxiao Sect disciples."
Yang Fei thought about it and nodded, "Alright then."
Thus, Yang Fei, Qin Yanyang, and Ye Wuya left White Jade City together and headed towards the Divine Continent.