Chapter 188: There's ore here, spirit power ore!

Ah, pah!

What's that called?

These days, Gu Qingwan often goes to Lu Yuan's house, and everyone in the courtyard says so.

Without realizing it, they've led Lu Yuan astray.

Lu Yuan looked at Pang Kaige in the distance, but didn't go to greet him.

Pang Kaige looking for a second wife has nothing to do with Lu Yuan, really.

After all, even if Pang Kaige's family doesn't have Wang Nianjun's formidable father-in-law, they still have some money.

Really, wanting to find one is quite normal.

That's right…

Looking at this woman's attire, she doesn't seem like someone from the surrounding villages; she seems more like a city dweller.

Would a city woman be willing to be someone's second wife?

After all, if you don't say Pang Kaige's conditions are good, they're actually not that great.

It's not enough to marry a city woman as a second wife.

And looking at this woman's clothing and attire, she's quite fashionable.

At a glance, you can tell her family's circumstances are better.

Pang Kaige really is, he's not much to look at—could it be he's become a Thus we will include Character: Thus we will include Character: xiaobailian again?

After all, when he first married Wang Yulan, Pang Kaige was also a Thus we will include Character: Thus we will include Character: xiaobailian who married up.

Lu Yuan glanced, then couldn't be bothered to look, turned and entered the restaurant.

This matter has nothing to do with Lu Yuan; I just don't know what Wang Yulan thinks.

Lu Yuan is just curious—aren't you supposed to be at work today?

How did Pang Kaige come out?

Lu Yuan isn't really clear on what Pang Kaige has been up to lately.

Although they live in the same courtyard, Lu Yuan has been busy to death these past two months, with no time to deal with Pang Kaige.

Moreover, he rarely chats idly with Wang Yulan.

Lately he's really busy—after waking up and eating, he goes to the imperial palace, truly having no time to worry about others.

All Lu Yuan is worried about right now is…

Afraid that when the time comes, Pang Kaige won't just get a second wife but will directly kick Wang Yulan out.

That gorgeous-looking woman just now really doesn't seem like someone who could be a second wife.

And Lu Yuan's worry isn't baseless.

Mainly…

Wang Yulan has never been able to get pregnant.

How long has it been? Wang Yulan's belly shows absolutely no reaction.

Don't even talk about this place in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Even if you were in modern Earth, a woman who can't get pregnant would make the household atmosphere impossible to be good!

Once this woman can't get pregnant.

The final outcome won't be good.

To put it bluntly, nine out of ten end up divorcing.

Even if they knew this before marriage, the couple would swear up and down, vowing by sea and mountain that they don't want children.

A lifetime of DINK and such.

But actually, within a few years life wears down their edges, especially when they see other friends, relatives, coworkers, etc., all having kids.

They definitely can't keep it up.

These two also don't know whose fault it is.

Anyway, these past few days, Pang Kaige's household has been smashing pots and pans, and the commotion of Pang Kaige losing his temper has been getting louder and louder.

When things go unsatisfactory, they end up scolding Wang Yulan a couple of times.

Lu Yuan sees Wang Yulan often with red eyes, brimming with tears.

How pitiful.

Don't think Wang Yulan is weak just because she seems fierce with Kou Yang; she used to bully Kou Yang and make him wash her clothes.

But actually, in this courtyard, Wang Yulan can only bully Kou Yang.

With others, especially her husband, Wang Yulan's personality is much like that of a wife—

She's submissive, doing whatever her husband says.

Well, Lu Yuan can't say much about this—Wang Yulan is Pang Kaige's wife after all.

To put it bluntly, Lu Yuan's relationship with Wang Yulan is just that of neighbors.

But Lu Yuan still hopes Wang Yulan can live a bit more happily; she truly has it hard.

Wang Nianjun has already been executed, and his older brother was exiled to the frontier last month.

Now Wang Yulan not only has to serve the household, but also find time to go back and care for her mother.

Such a life is truly not easy.

After entering the restaurant, Lu Yuan ordered a bowl of mutton noodles, a plate of mixed mutton offal, and a bottle of old soda.

Food in the city is still expensive.

Although Lu Yuan has harvested the first batch of potatoes from his greenhouse.

But they were first allocated to the disaster-stricken provinces in the south, all transferred there.

After this, we just wait for the second batch of the big greenhouse to be harvested; then this round of grain control will be considered perfectly implemented.

As for the second potato crossbreeding.

Last week the results just came out.

Not bad, there is still progress, only this progress is not big.

The latest round of crossbred potatoes, which is about an increase of three to five hundred catties.

This round of crossbred potatoes wasn't planted further, mainly because the big greenhouse had already been newly planted with a second round of crossbred potatoes at that time.

We can't just pull them all out and replace with new ones.

That would be too costly.

So, this time we'll just leave it as is.

When the third batch of crossbred potatoes comes out, we'll see then.

After the mutton noodles arrived, Lu Yuan began to slurp the noodles with gusto.

After about half an hour, Lu Yuan walked out of the restaurant drenched in sweat.

His jacket was draped over his shoulders.

This meal made Lu Yuan sweat all over.

The chili at this northwestern restaurant is really satisfying.

After eating, Lu Yuan rode his vehicle toward the West City Gate.

Today I won't go to the moat by the East City Gate.

There isn't a single fish in that broken moat over there.

Today I'm going to the area by the North City Gate, where there is a Little Green Mountain.

With clear waters and beautiful scenery, I've heard that many people in the imperial city have caught big fish at Little Green Mountain.

Speaking of which, fishing is best at this time.

Spring has come, the rivers have thawed, the fish have little to eat, so now is a good time to fish~

Especially now, the weather is not cold, not freezing, just cool.

This is really great.

Lu Yuan pedaled all the way, and upon arriving at Little Green Mountain, indeed there were many old men fishing there.

Below Little Green Mountain is a lake; after Lu Yuan stood on the dam and looked around for a while, he found a depression he liked.

After rushing down all the way,

Lu Yuan hid behind a slope, taking out all his fishing gear from his storage space.

Then he began to bait the spot and fish.

……

"Where did Lu Yuan get this stuff…… How…… how does it seem like it appeared out of thin air; he didn't bring a fishing rod or anything when he came, did he?"

Not far away, two people wearing coarse hemp clothes, disguised as fishermen, the Qingcang Guards, were lowering their heads and speaking with strange expressions.

"I don't know…… maybe he often comes here to fish, so he previously hid his stuff here."

"That must be it…… otherwise where would he have gotten it from."

"……"

Today the weather is fine, a few white clouds in the sky, the azure sky reflected in the lake.

The lake's wind‑kissed ripples sparkle, very relaxing and comfortable.

Meanwhile, Lu Yuan leaned on a small stool, squinting his legs crossed.

Feeling the gentle breeze brush his face, this is Lu Yuan's ideal life.

It's really great.

One hour later……

Two hours later……

Three hours later……

Lu Yuan clenched a stone in his hand, really wanting to smash it into the lake—this damn thing is so infuriating!!

Those old men in the distance kept catching fish one after another.

In these three hours, Lu Yuan managed to pull up only a palm‑sized fish.

Even if Lu Yuan had a thick skin, he couldn't take this fish back and brag about it as a big catch!!

In a fit of frustration, Lu Yuan really wanted to quit and go home to sleep.

But in the end he held back.

He casually tossed the stone behind him, then Lu Yuan sat with his legs crossed, gazing at the sky and at Little Green Mountain not far away.

Although called Little Green Mountain, that's just its name.

In fact, Little Green Mountain stretches continuously; it is the only segment of a major mountain range in the north of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It guards the northwestern side of the imperial city.

It is a natural barrier for the imperial city.

This Little Green Mountain can be considered a treasure land of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Back then, the Gilded Dynasty took advantage of the Great Zhou Dynasty's internal turmoil, launching a fierce assault, breaking through sixteen cities in succession from Flow Sea Pass, and was about to reach the imperial city.

At that time, the Great Zhou Dynasty was like the Ming Dynasty on earth.

Either retreat south, or fight to the death.

Yet the Great Zhou Dynasty did not produce a talent as formidable as Yu Qian.

And the reason the Great Zhou Dynasty is safe now is precisely because of the terrain of Little Green Mountain.

This Little Green Mountain is one of the few hill ranges in the northern plains of the Great Zhou Dynasty; relying on the Little Green Mountain, the Great Zhou Dynasty delayed the Gilded Dynasty for ten days.

Ten days later, after the armies of the southeast two provinces arrived, and again relying on the Little Green Mountain, they dealt a heavy blow to the enemy.

One could say that without this Little Green Mountain,

The Great Zhou Dynasty either hunkers down in the south, or is annihilated in one stroke by the Gilded Dynasty.

This place can also be said to be where the Great Zhou Dynasty's National Fortune resides.

If the National Fortune here is cut off, then the Great Zhou Dynasty is gone as well.

Speaking of National Fortune…

Lu Yuan then again pondered the Book of National Fortune given by the system.

Hmm…

Lu Yuan pondered for a moment, then promptly took out the Book of National Fortune.

Then he looked at the book in his hand, and raised his head to look at the Little Green Mountain before him.

Hmm… this terrain…

Indeed, as the book says, the National Fortune here is indeed flourishing.

Looking at this endless mountain range and these lakes, this terrain really corresponds to what is written in the book.

These things, viewed this way, really seem somewhat fantastical.

Lu Yuan kept looking down…

He suddenly discovered that the terrain of this Little Green Mountain, in the Book of National Fortune, belongs to the 'Azure Dragon Cloud Pearl'.

Somewhere in this Little Green Mountain, there is a Cloud Pearl.

Hmm…

Seeing this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but blink.

Cloud Pearl?

This Cloud Pearl is not said to be a bead or anything like that.

This is the phrasing in the Book of National Fortune.

Simply put, this place has good things.

So the question arises… what good things?

Lu Yuan suddenly became curious.

As for this Book of National Fortune, Lu Yuan really just glances at it when he has nothing to do, but he also really has no chance to put it into practice.

After all, this thing has a bit of the occult about it.

Moreover, Lu Yuan has been busy lately.

He goes to the Imperial Palace every day after waking up, day after day just those two points, basically having no time to go see mountains and rivers, seas and such.

And today seems to have nothing going on.

Lu Yuan glanced at the current time, which was just past two in the afternoon.

After Lu Yuan pondered a bit, he began to judge the location according to the description in the Book of National Fortune.

After about ten-odd minutes, Lu Yuan looked toward a direction to the left of the Little Green Mountain.

Not far.

If the road is easy to travel, Lu Yuan could get there by bicycle in twenty or thirty minutes.

Of course, whether the road is easy or not, he'll go today anyway.

Not even a fish can be caught here; Lu Yuan wouldn't stand for being angry here.

Immediately, Lu Yuan gathered his things, tossed them into the grass in this depression, then rode his vehicle toward the Little Green Mountain.

This road is still quite easy to travel.

After all, this place of the Little Green Mountain, in summer, everyone often comes here at night.

When summer arrives, after eating dinner in the evening, many people stroll over to the Little Green Mountain to pick up cicada nymphs.

In winter, not few people go either; those near the Little Green Mountain can go gather firewood to burn for cooking.

Many people go, so this road has long been worn down.

Lu Yuan pedaled his bicycle all the way into the Little Green Mountain.

Inside the mountain, it's not easy to ride a vehicle; Lu Yuan found a spot, hid his bicycle, and then proceeded on foot up the mountain.

Lu Yuan has a perfect physique; running in these mountains, he's truly swift, whooshing.

Soon, Lu Yuan arrived at the place he had previously thought of.

That is, according to the Book of National Fortune, the place where the Cloud Pearl is located.

But when he arrived, Lu Yuan discovered that this was just an ordinary mountain stream.

Between the two mountains, in summer there should have been a river here; you can tell by looking at the riverbed.

But in winter, the water is scarce; now it's just a small stream, a bare riverbed.

Lu Yuan didn't expect to see that so-called Cloud Pearl right away.

If this thing were visible at a glance, it would be discovered immediately.

It would have long been picked up by others; could it still be his turn?

After all, this isn't some deep mountain old forest; the Little Green Mountain has some villages, and people often come here.

Lu Yuan walked to the riverbed, looked around left and right.

Lu Yuan also couldn't make out any reason.

Mainly, Lu Yuan also didn't know what the 'Cloud Pearl' in the 'Azure Dragon Cloud Pearl' mentioned in the Book of National Fortune actually is.

You say if there were some big gold nuggets here, Lu Yuan would dig the earth, or go to the dried-up riverbed and scoop a handful of sand to see if there's any gold dust.

Look for spider silk and horse tracks.

If this cloud pearl is said to be some beautiful jade, Lu Yuan would take a hammer and knock on the big stones here, or pick up a few stones to check.

He doesn't know what this is.

Lu Yuan wandered around, looking at stones, looking at the riverbed.

Finally…

He didn't find anything at all…

Lu Yuan really wants to know what this so-called Azure Dragon Cloud Pearl is.

Because the rank of this thing in 'National Fortune' is not low.

If we follow the classification in DNF.

White, blue, green, purple, pink, red, orange, gold, then…

Then this Azure Dragon Cloud Pearl is at least purple rank.

That's a pretty high rank.

Of course, no matter if it's purple or pink rank, Lu Yuan doesn't know the exact value.

Is it worth ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or a million?

What does this have to do with National Fortune again?

This thing is really bewildering.

Lu Yuan walked along the riverbed, thinking while looking for anything strange.

After walking about ten or so minutes.

Lu Yuan looked at the riverbed and suddenly stopped.

Lu Yuan knew what was here.

There's ore here!

Spirit power ore!!

Thanks to Elder Brother Keze1112 for the 500 book coins reward, thank you so much~

Thanks to Elder Brother lamurai for the 500 book coins reward, thank you so much~

Thanks to Elder Brother Wang Guanhuo for the 100 book coins reward, thank you so much~

……

I feel like we're on a schedule for two chapters again today.

Hmm…… mainly I have two plotlines in my head, not sure which to write first; I need to think it over, I'm a bit stuck.

(End of chapter)