Chapter 44
"Wow, you are actually quite despicable aren't you? You destroyed and castrated those people using their own sword." Jasmine said while sitting beside him. She admit his methods of solving things was a bit inhumane but at least the problem was solved.
"It was Retsu's wish after all. She wanted to end their life personally but I suggested we do that instead. Giving them a fate worse than death. Besides, death was waiting for them the moment those people entered their manor. What happens next is none of our concern."
"If this princess handles it, this princess would decimate them with a single strike. Still, mortals still mortals in our eyes." She said proudly.
"Sure you would" Yun Che just smiled because he knows with her personality and powers. She would 100% do it.
Their trip last for a few hours before arriving in Floating Cloud City. The city remains the same as it was a year ago. His last stunt leaves an everlasting impression towards the people here. Where else they can see a crippled swordsman capable of destroying the tip of the mountain with just a single slash.
Instead of entering the city, he and Retsu searched for the location of the underground cave lead to the crystal mine. Years from now, Divine Phoenix Empire will do whatever it takes to enter and invade this nation. The reason was this particular mine. He'll make another mental note to pay a 'visit' to the Divine Phoenix Empire one day.
"Now where in the world is that mine?"
"You mean that you actually come here without any lead?"
"Well….. the system told me it was underneath the city but it never told me about the entrance." He make some excuse. Well, he did actually read about it in the novel but he didn't really know where to find it. All he can do is walk around the outskirts of the city hoping to find some clue.
All of sudden….
[Ding….Detected unusual energy from underneath the ground.]
He suddenly grin and causing Jasmine some discomfort.
"I hope that smile means something."
"Relax toots, I got this" He immediately manifest Zangetsu from his inventory before stabbing it to the ground. "All right, here goes."
"Young master, please be careful." Retsu was a bit worried. She knew her young master was a bit too powerful when doing something like this.
Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Jasmine asked.
"Nope…. I just hope I didn't collapse the entire city while doing it. System has detected something over here. If we can't find an entrance, we just have to make our own then." As soon as he said that. Multiple cracks on the ground can be seen started to spread from the sword.
"I knew…." His word was not even finished when the cracks grew larger and the ground underneath it collapsed. "s.h.i.+TTT!!!!" Yun Che was swallowed by the large hole appeared on the ground.
"Young master" Retsu wanted to jump into the hole to help him and she heard..... "I am okay. I mean…WOOOWW" coming from the hole.
"Young master, anything down there?"
"Not anything, it's everything. This place is a goldmine. These Purple crystals are everywhere." He shouted from the bottom of the hole. Using his kido, he cast an art to amplify the light on his hand. From there, he can see everything from here. Crystals, they're everywhere. Not ordinary crystals but these are Purple Veined G.o.d Crystal. This place must the vein producing them. The cave was large enough to store these crystals here. No wonder the empire went such a length to invade this country. They wanted this crystal mine.
As he was pondering, a question suddenly popped into his mind. From the system, the veined was caused by a dark lightning struck this place. To produce this much, how many lightning it take to produce it? One part of the story was Little Aunt's mother was struck by a dark lightning years ago. Could it be?
"Young master? Are you okay?" Retsu suddenly jumped and land beside him. "Yeah, sort of"
"Wow, so beautiful. So these are Purple Veined G.o.d Crystals? What are these for?" She touched one of the crystal admiring it.
"I am not sure. System, any reason why the crystal is so important?" He said while sheathing Zangetsu behind his back.
[Ding…. The crystal contains energy from the black lightning. From time to time, small lightning struck all over this continent capable of producing a small vein of crystals. Mostly around one to two kilograms. However, these crystals are able to enhance a person's cultivation. If traded with the system, system can give the host around 5000XP per crystal.]
"Wow, it's worth that much? No wonder those crystals are important for those sacred grounds and empires. 5000XP is too much the system can offer me even though 5000XP won't make any difference for me and Retsu." So he decided to use the crystal for other purposes. He saves the thirty-five kilos for Jasmine and use the rest for himself. Who knows maybe the crystal can be used to replenish his wealth.
"Goodness, so many G.o.d crystals. What is this place?" Jasmine jumped from above and slowly land on the ground.
"This is the place. It was rather unknown why the black lightning strike this very spot and form a large vein underneath it." Yun Che hide the incident about Little Aunt's mother to avoid more questions came from her.
"There must be something happening here that attract those lightnings. I'll look into it if i had some time. So how are we going to clear this cave. This could take days to clear with only three of us."
"No problem, I've got covered." He points his hand in the air and air around the suddenly formed into a suction power. The crystals in the cave suddenly s.h.i.+ft towards his hand and vanished before Jasmine even knew it. There crystals went into his hand like it was suck by a powerful vacuum. In an instant, the cave full of crystal was cleared as if nothing was there in the first place.
"I don't even know what to say." The cave that took days to clear was cleared in an instant by him. She knew it was the system did the job and she was no longer surprised by its powers anymore.
[Ding…. Acquired 50 Kilograms of Purple Veined G.o.d Crystal]
"Well that was easy. Hey Jasmine, minus the thirty-five kilo needed to build your body. Can I keep the rest?"
"Hmph, do what you want with them. As long as you save some for me to build my body."
"Young master. Are you going to consume them?" Retsu asked him.
"Nah, the experience needed to enter Earth Profound Realm is still too much. I doubt the crystals will be enough for me and you to breakthrough. I'll just save just in case I needed it later."
"Now that you got the crystals. What's next?" Jasmine was actually looking forward to their next adventure.
"Oh yeah…. Let's go to this city's Xiao Clan. I owe them a big debt" He smiled sinisterly before jumped outside the hole followed by Jasmine and Retsu.