Chapter 1130: Source of Mineral Veins

Ye Liuyun complained that there were too many affairs, no one to manage them, and some things were a hassle.

"Then we'll provide them with ferocious beasts and Demon Cultivator guard forces, and share the profits proportionally," he proposed.

"Hmm! But we must first guarantee the needs of our own beast arena," Du Yan suggested.

After they finished discussing the beast arena, Liang Xue added, "It is said that the Cheng Clan's merchant guild is not successful.

We can bring their guild under our banner and give them a proportional share of the profits. That way I save a lot of effort in finding venues, renovation, and resource procurement, and gain some stable supply channels.

As long as we retain management rights, that's enough."

"Also the hotel's medicinal herb supply! The Cheng Clan's restaurants are high‑end; not only brewing needs herbs, but some dishes do as well!" Su Miaoyin suggested.

Everyone chatted eagerly, brainstorming many businesses that Ye Liuyun could cooperate on with the Cheng Clan.

Ye Liuyun immediately summoned Cheng Wenjun and finalized these business lines.

Both sides had their own interests, so the negotiations proceeded smoothly.

Although the local business from the cooperation is less than the Feng Clan's, it is still a good start. Other ventures can be gradually added during future adjustments.

Ye Liuyun then contacted Emperor Xia, expressing a desire to cooperate on developing a Teleportation Array. As long as Emperor Xia issues a permit, no Imperial Family involvement is needed, and all revenue will be split with the Imperial Family at thirty percent.

Emperor Xia thought it over, agreed, and said he could dispatch a Formation Master to support him. However, there was one condition: in wartime, all troop and military‑supply teleportations take priority.

Ye Liuyun did not hesitate at all and immediately accepted.

Thus Emperor Xia issued an edict granting Ye Liuyun the permit.

What Ye Liuyun did not expect was that every city welcomed him to build Teleportation Arrays.

Ye Liuyun handed the whole assignment to Lan Ruo Bing and his team. The Formation Masters sent by the Imperial Family were also reassigned to them.

He delegated the remaining expenses and coordination matters to Wu Qingcheng and Su Miaoyin.

After Feng Wanru returned, Ye Liuyun assigned her the task of managing the ferocious beast Secret Realm, while Yu Er came to his side to assist Wu Qingcheng and Su Miaoyin with menial work.

Ye Liuyun's primary activity each day is cultivation.

Now a large amount of Spirit Stones comes in daily, so he no longer worries about cultivation resources.

Finally, before attending the Fourth Prince's preliminaries, he raised his realm to the Sixth Tier Late Stage.

"At this rate, there is hope to break through to Zao Hua Qi Chong before entering the Secret Realm."

Ye Liuyun returned to the Feng Clan's residence only the day before the preliminaries.

Upon arriving at the Feng Clan, Grand Elder excitedly pulled him aside to discuss alchemy and artifact alliance matters.

Clan Chief also asked concernedly about Ye Liuyun's cooperation with the Cheng Clan and the Imperial Family.

"This is the most advantageous approach for me; cooperating with the three major powers ensures I can survive in the cracks!" Ye Liuyun explained.

They all expressed understanding.

Clan Chief reminded Ye Liuyun, "Your slow development is because you have too few Mineral Veins! A faction needs abundant Mineral Vein resources to grow strong!"

Ye Liuyun thought, he actually does have a few veins; besides those in Moyu, which belong to the Demonic God Sect, there are also the few he seized from the Cheng Clan.

His own Space World also contains some, but those are reserves for future expansion and refinement of the Space World.

However, the Clan Chief's suggestion reminded him that to become great, he needs more resources.

Yet the Mineral Veins of Zhongyang Dalu have long been occupied by various families; there's no turn left for him.

Unless he raids others' veins.

"Is the Clan Chief trying to incite me to seize veins and strike his opponents?" Ye Liuyun wondered.

Unexpectedly, the Clan Chief retorted, "Do you know why great families don't extract their veins and store them in storage spaces?"

That question truly stumped Ye Liuyun.

Given his nature, if he encounters a vein he would immediately dig it up and keep it, lest others take it. The veins he seized from the Cheng Clan are all stored in his Space World.

However, these great families leave their veins exposed, extracting them bit by bit.

Ye Liuyun promptly asked the Clan Chief, "Why?"

"To showcase strength! Only when you have strength will more people cooperate with you!"

"Therefore great families don't easily exhaust their veins; in fact they only extract a small portion and leave the rest as a show," the Clan Chief explained to Ye Liuyun.

Then he asked Ye Liuyun, "Do you know where their veins come from?"

"Seized?" Ye Liuyun guessed.

"That's impossible! Who would cooperate with someone who only raids others' resources!" the Clan Chief shook his head repeatedly.

"Usually there are two cases. The first: they explore a Secret Realm, extract the vein inside, and then re‑bury it."

"Hmm. That could work!" Ye Liuyun nodded.

"The second is to stack Spirit Stones to create a vein!" the Clan Chief laughed.

"Huh? Use Spirit Stone piles for a vein? Just to show strength?" Ye Liuyun was somewhat incredulous.

"Otherwise? Where do you think all those Spiritual Stone Veins come from?"

The Clan Chief laughed, "The Feng Clan has thirty percent of its veins, all created from Spirit Stones. Another forty percent are mined from explored Secret Realms. The remaining thirty percent are ancestral inheritances.

The Cheng Clan's situation is similar! Other Great Clans are the same. Only the Imperial Family keeps its veins hidden from outsiders."

At this point Ye Liuyun fully understood the source of these major powers' veins and why they retain so many.

"So for me, does that mean every vein must be either created from Spirit Stones or mined from a Secret Realm?"

Ye Liuyun thought it over and found both tasks easy; the difficulty lies in locating Secret Realms.

"Each great family has dedicated teams that explore Secret Realms," the Clan Chief advised Ye Liuyun.

"You just need to sign a Divine Soul Contract with them, ensuring they won't keep the veins for themselves after finding them!"

"Exactly!"

One sentence from the Clan Chief enlightened Ye Liuyun.

He realized that to become a great power, he cannot rely on himself alone!

Thus, the clone in the Space World immediately had the Elders of the Demonic God Sect lead the disciples to form an exploration team, and after signing the Divine Soul Contract, dispatched them to various places to explore resources.