'Spirit stone mines, and that too almost a middle grade?'

Zhiran's eyes shone slightly after hearing the news. His heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

After all, a low-grade spirit mine alone could produce almost ten thousand low-grade spirit stones.

However, due to the tedious and long process of mining, it wasn't that lucrative for a solo cultivator.

But things would be different if the mine were mid-grade or nearing it.

'It seems I need to make a plan. But first, let's see what Clan Leader Mo Jian will decide.'

Zhiran never cared about the mining share nor about the tricks of these Clan Leaders behind their backs.

He only cared about himself, and he really needed spirit stones these days as he was about to leave for a secret realm.

It would be nice to have a few trump cards that could save his life.

As Zhiran made his plan to wait, the banquet continued without pause.

Although it was meant to show power and pressure others, the Mo Clan truly made an effort to make it entertaining.

From inviting distinguished figures of the city to delicious food, dances, and gifts received, everything was in order. Even Zhiran received a few gifts as congratulations, although they weren't that good.

'Even cultivators aren't far from mortal nature.'

Zhiran couldn't help but shake his head slightly at everything.

It didn't take long for the banquet to end and for people to leave Mo Mansion in droves.

However, Zhiran clearly saw that the three heads of the clan didn't leave and instead went to a separate meeting room with Mo Jian, along with Mo Tianyu.

Zhiran was surprised that the clan leader didn't invite him. But he didn't care and went to his courtyard to relax.

While relaxing, he even thought about whether he should go to the ancestral grave and try to extract some brain, but he quickly denied that thought.

First, those brains were too low-level, and he might not gain anything. And second, even he wasn't that demonic as to dig his own ancestor's grave.

If he really wanted to, he could always target the three other clans in this city, couldn't he?

"Young master, you have been summoned by the clan leader."

Suddenly, the soft voice of a maid came from outside, bringing news.

'Finally? This clan leader really takes his time, huh? It seems he is still like before, not taking me seriously.'

Zhiran thought, but still followed the maid toward the clan meeting room.

Even though he didn't like such an obvious difference in treatment, he still wanted to know what Mo Jian's plan was.

He would form his own accordingly.

"Mo Zhiran, you are here. Come and sit. Haha… you really gave me a surprise, huh? Already at the peak of the Qi Condensation realm. So lucky."

As soon as he entered the meeting hall, Clan Leader Mo Jian smiled brightly while signaling him to sit.

Zhiran saw that besides Mo Jian, there were Mo Tianyu and a few core elders of the Mo Clan, all of them at the Qi Condensation realm.

Although Mistvale City was at the edge of Spiritfang Mountain, the concentration of spiritual energy was too low after all.

Even reaching the Foundation Establishment realm was extremely difficult and impossible without the aid of a pill.

"Clan leader, why did you summon me this late? Is something going on?"

Zhiran didn't want to engage in flimsy chatter with these old men he had already forgotten about.

So he directly asked them to come right to the topic.

But seeing the dark looks on the elders' faces, including Tianyu, he could guess what might have happened.

"Cough… Zhiran, you might have already guessed something was up by looking at those clan leaders from the other families earlier."

Since Zhiran wasn't up for idle talk, the clan leader also got to the point.

In fact, it was only because this guy somehow managed to get into the inner sect of the Divine Cauldron Sect that he even cared to explain.

Previously, Zhiran was someone who couldn't even talk to him like this.

"Anyway, since you are also a member of my Mo Family, I won't hide it from you."

Mo Jian paused slightly and said with a somber face,

"In fact, the reason why those clan leaders came here in the first place was to discuss a spirit mine."

"Spirit mine?"

Zhiran raised his eyebrows as if he were hearing it for the first time.

"Yes, and it isn't a useless low-grade spirit mine either. From my observation, it is definitely a middle-grade spirit stone mine."

"Oh?"

This time, Zhiran was truly surprised, as, unlike earlier, this time it was confirmed that it was a mid-grade mine.

'That's even better!'

"Yeah, were you surprised? Even I was after seeing that place. A middle-grade spirit mine that is so close to our city… what luck…"

Mo Jian showed thick envy on his face as if he wanted to go directly and mine it himself. Even the elders around were like that.

After all, owning a mine like that could change the future of a clan drastically.

"Just… it was our misfortune that I wasn't the only one to discover that place."

Unfortunately, the Mo Family wasn't the only one to know this news.

Mo Jian couldn't help but show a bitter smile, and when he remembered those clan leaders blackmailing him earlier, he became even more bitter.

"Forget it. Mo Zhiran, now that you know what is at stake, you should understand how important it is for our family, right?"

Even now, Zhiran clearly noticed that Clan Leader Mo Jian was constantly reminding him that he was a member of the family and that everything was for the family.

It was clear that even when he was already a disciple of a powerful sect, their view of him hadn't changed.

Rather, they might even think the only reason he was in his current position was because they allowed him to tag along with Tianyu.

'Haha… bunch of bastards!'

Zhiran just laughed at their behavior and silently nodded. He wanted to hear why this clan leader had summoned him here, as giving him this news was clearly not the reason, from what he could gauge.

"That's good! Zhiran, I knew you had family in your heart."

After seeing him nod, Clan Leader Mo Jian smiled and finally delivered the news.

"You see, since the other three families also know about that mine, the Mo Family cannot just take it. So, after intensive discussion, we have finally decided on a method for sharing the mine."

Mo Jian looked at him and continued,

"The method we agreed on is: whoever contributes the most in the subjugation of the spirit mine will get the largest share."

"You see, since the mine is at the middle grade, it cannot be taken easily. Not to mention, it is inside the Spiritfang Mountains."

Mo Jian's face turned solemn.

"According to the scout, the spirit mine is occupied by a Wolf King and its large pack. Just from the aura alone, I am sure there are at least a few beasts in the Foundation realm."

He continued,

"It is clear that the subjugation will not be easy, and we clan leaders will be extremely busy clearing those strong leaders."

"And due to the nature of the mine and the secrecy we must maintain, we cannot mobilize too large a crowd."

After saying that, Mo Jian looked at Zhiran.

"So, we have decided that in this subjugation, we will only use the elites of our family with at least the realm of Late Qi Condensation."

'So, such a lengthy narration just to get me to fight?'

Zhiran understood everything without needing more explanation.

It was clear that the clan leader wanted him to give everything in this fight to gain more for their family.

After all, since all the clan leaders were in similar realms, the deciding factor would be the low-level fights of Qi Condensation.

Although he wondered how they would even gauge contribution in the first place.

"Zhiran, since I will be busy and the elders are too old to take the lead, I have decided that you and Tianyu will take charge of this fight in Qi Condensation."

Mo Jian pointed at Tianyu, who had been silently standing from the beginning. Zhiran had to wonder why he wasn't saying anything.

"So, Mo Zhiran, do you think you can take this task of leading our family to glory?"

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