The Celestial Chalcedony in Ethereal Rapture was almost exhausted, so Master Daoist Yun Tao decided to let Chu Kuangren mine for the minerals.
Very soon, the group of people arrived at a mineral vein.
Over here, many disciples were hard at labor.
Some were mining minerals, while some were breaking rocks…
“Sect Leader.”
An elder who was in charge of the mineral mine walked up to him.
An odd look flashed across Chu Kuangren’s eyes when he saw this person. “Aren’t you the Third Prefect from the First City? I didn’t expect to see you here.”
This Ethereal Rapture elder was indeed the First City’s Third Prefect.
“It’s you, Chu Kuangren!”
The Third Prefect was surprised to see Chu Kuangren as well.
None of them expected to see each other here.
“You two know each other?” Master Daoist Yun Tao asked curiously.
“I guess you can say so.”
Chu Kuangren nodded gently.
“Ah, what a coincidence then. The Twelfth Elder has just only joined Ethereal Rapture not long ago. He had obtained an inheritance that was related to Ethereal Rapture from the outside world. He found us a while back and then joined us.
Master Daoist Yun Tao said with a smile.
Ethereal Rapture had always had Ethereal Rapture empyrean walkers who ventured to the outside world throughout the ages. However, those in the past were not as ostentatious as this current generation. Most of them kept a low profile, mainly with the purpose of understanding current affairs and scout for some good talents for them to nurture.
As such, some of them had left behind inheritances in the outside world.
What the Third Prefect found was such inheritance.
The Third Prefect had sought the Ethereal Rapture for many years, and eventually, he succeeded in joining them with the clues that the Sky Emperor Palace provided.
“Hmm, Twelfth Elder, Brother Chu is our guest now, so I’ve brought him here to get some minerals. Where are the minerals that have been mined?” Master Daoist Yun Tao smiled gently as he said.
“Please, follow me.”
The Third Prefect led the group to a huge pile of mineral rocks, which emanated surges of strong and rich spiritual qi.
Master Daoist Yun Tao said, “Brother Chu, take your pick.”
He had a smirk in his eyes.
“Brother Yun Tao, how much of these would you allow me to pick?”
“Why don’t we do it this way? Since it’s our fault this time and Brother Chu wanted a kilogram of Top-tier Celestial chalcedony, why not I convert that to ten kilograms of minerals from here? And take the surplus as compensation from Ethereal Rapture.”
Chu Kuangren could not help but chuckle.
Ten kilograms sounded much more than the one kilogram he initially wanted.
However, nobody knew if the Celestial Chalcedonies mined from these mineral rocks could be Low-tier or Top-tier. It could even be just a pile of useless rocks.
This was basically a gamble on his luck.
Moreover, it was Chu Kuangren’s first time here. He had no idea how to differentiate between good and bad quality minerals. Who knew what the percentage of obtaining Top-tier Celestial Chalcedony was?
However, he was not bothered by all of this.
The reason being, he could cheat.
“Ten kilograms of minerals. That is what you promised me, Brother Yun Tao. No matter how good or bad the Celestial Chalcedonies are, they’re all mine.”
“Absolutely.”
Master Daoist Yun Tao nodded. He was the only one here who had the clearest probability of mining Top-tier Celestial Chalcedony here. Not even a hundred kilograms of mineral rocks mined could yield him a hundred grams of Top-tier Celestial Chalcedony, let alone ten kilograms of mineral rocks.
From his perspective, Chu Kuangren was destined to take the loss here.
Beside them, the Third Prefect was also looking at Chu Kuangren mockingly.
Chu Kuangren initiated the Treasure Locating Skill.
In an instant, all kinds of information regarding minerals were fed back to him.
Suddenly, he felt an intuition and looked toward the far side of the mineral vein. “I want to go inside the mineral vein and pick a few minerals from there.”
“Sure.”
Master Daoist Yun Tao did not stop him.
To him, there was no difference between the two areas.
Chu Kuangren turned into a stream of light and dashed deeper into the mineral vein.
After just a short while, Chu Kuangren walked out with a bunch of mineral rocks. Then, he picked another few kilograms from that million-kilogram pile of mineral rocks.
“Alright, this would be all.”
Chu Kuangren kept the ten kilograms of minerals inside his Yin and Yang Ring.
“Eh, Brother Chu, are you not going to mine these minerals here?”
“I’ll find someone to help me mine them when I get back.”
“Brother Chu, you might not know this, but these Celestial Chalcedonies require a unique method of mining. Otherwise, the Celestial Chalcedony would be easily damaged.”
Master Daoist Yun Tao explained. He clearly wanted Chu Kuangren to mine off his minerals here at the scene to see how he would react to his impending humiliation in public.
“Oh, if that’s the case, let’s mine them then.”
Chu Kuangren took out the minerals once again.
“Brother Chu, we’ve already agreed, that no matter how good or bad these Celestial Chalcedonies turn out to be, there is no backing off the deal. We’re not going to return those one billion soulstones of yours,” Master Daoist Yun Tao said.
“Of course.”
Chu Kuangren said as he stared at one of the mineral rocks that was peeling on its surface.
A glint of white light radiated out from it.
A strange, strong, and unique spiritual qi emanated out from it.
That mineral rock’s crude outer surface was stripped, revealing a pure crystalline Celestial Chalcedony!
Seeing this chalcedony shocked Master Daoist Yun Tao and the others. “This… Is this an Exquisite-tier Celestial Chalcedony?!”
Exquisite-tier Celestial Chalcedony was rarer than Top-tier Celestial Chalcedony. A hundred kilograms of rocks might not even yield one gram of these Exquisite-tier ones.
Yet, Chu Kuangren’s first mineral rock yielded such an Exquisite-tier chalcedony. Judging by its size alone, this was at least ten grams!
“Is this guy really so lucky?”
Master Daoist Yun Tao and the Third Prefect gave Chu Kuangren weird glances.
The mining of mineral rocks continued.
Exquisite-tier chalcedony, Exquisite-tier chalcedony, Exquisite-tier chalcedony…
They had now mined over dozens of mineral rocks consecutively, and they all yielded Exquisite-tier chalcedonies!
An extremely strong spiritual qi filled their surroundings. The disciples who were mining around them had stopped their work and gathered around.
“My gosh, am I seeing this right? There are so many Exquisite-tier chalcedonies!”
“What, what is going on here?”
“We’ve mined here for so long, and we can’t even mine so many Exquisite-tier chalcedonies. How the hell did this guy do it?”
The disciples were discussing among themselves.
Master Daoist Yun Tao was astonished as well, and he was starting to feel a little regretful.
Chu Kuangren had the ability to differentiate mineral rocks!
Otherwise, there was no other way to explain how he could have yielded so many Exquisite-tier chalcedonies. This was bad. Now he was the one who was making a loss here!
“Go on, continue mining.” Chu Kuangren did not pay any heed to Master Daoist Yun Tao and the rest of the people as he ordered the disciple who was tasked with the mining.
“Right, we’ll get back to it.” That disciple was dumbfounded by the sight of a dozen Exquisite-tier chalcedonies in front of him. Only when Chu Kuangren nudged him did he recover his senses. He hastily nodded his head and continued his mining work.
Exquisite-tier chalcedony, Exquisite-tier chalcedony…
The crowd of disciples had already lost it. They did not know what else to say as they stared at those Exquisite-tier chalcedonies that were laid out like cabbages in a market.
Just then, a rainbow light ray beamed into the sky. Rainbow-colored hues dyed the clouds, while surges of rich spiritual qi amassed into a whirlpool.
Seeing this, Master Daoist Yun Tao and the others trembled. They stared at this phenomenon with utter shock. “This is a Celestial Core!”
Celestial Core was also a type of Celestial Chalcedony, and it was the very core of the Celestial Chalcedony’s essence. It was much more valuable than an Exquisite-tier Chalcedony.
For many years, Ethereal Rapture had only managed to mine just over a few kilograms of Celestial Cores, so it was incredibly rare.
“I can’t believe he managed to obtain a Celestial Core!!”
Master Daoist Yun Tao’s heart ached.
A gram of Celestial Core alone could cost several dozen million Top-tier soulstones. Adding that to those Exquisite-tier Chalcedonies that Chu Kuangren had mined earlier, the total value far exceeded the price of one billion Top-tier soulstones!
However, more heartache for Master Daoist Yun Tao was yet to come. Each of the mineral rocks they mined next contained a Celestial Core!
After they had mined the mineral rocks and stripped the surfaces off those ten kilograms of mineral rocks, Chu Kuangren had obtained a kilogram of Celestial Cores and four kilograms of Celestial Chalcedonies. The grand total of their value was… almost impossible to estimate!!
