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Chapter 507 Underwater Mineral Veins
Under the sea.

As Ye Mo and Isaac revealed themselves, Bai Ling below accelerated once more. Xing Li, above her, also spotted Ye Mo and the others and immediately turned her gaze in their direction.

A moment later, the distance of over a thousand meters was shortened, and Bai Ling brought Xing Li to Ye Mo and the others.

"Xiao Bai, Xing Li, I've finally found you." Ye Mo activated his detection and, after confirming that Bai Ling and Xing Li were alright, finally felt relieved.

"By the way, how did you two end up here? Although this place is near Emerald Island, the possibility of accidents is much greater underwater than on land. What if we encounter any danger?"

"Although I know you guys are quite capable and have some trump cards, we still need to be careful. Next time you go to such a remote place, you should at least tell Hanhan and the others, okay?"

"besides……"

Listening to Ye Mo's nagging like an old woman, Bai Ling's excited ears immediately drooped, and her entire aura as a cat collapsed. She stood obediently in place.

Xing Li, perched atop Bai Ling's head, barely dared to breathe upon witnessing this scene. Although Ye Mo hadn't mentioned her name in his words, she was undoubtedly one of the people he was referring to.

After Ye Mo had been giving instructions and nagging for a few minutes, he finally stopped.

Actually, he didn't have much of an opinion about Bai Ling and Xing Li going to the bottom of the sea to explore or play, but he had quite a few objections to Bai Ling doing it without saying a word.

Although Bai Ling's strength, talent, and skills mean that even if she can't match Isaac's tankiness, she is still very tough and can withstand attacks from ordinary fifth-tier transcendents for quite some time.

But Xing Li is different. She hasn't even reached the third rank yet. Even if she has many trump cards and protective measures, if she encounters a fifth-rank sea beast that is good at ambushes, even with many trump cards, there is still a good chance that she will be ambushed and killed in one blow.

Of course, the probability of such a thing happening in the waters near Cangcui Island is very low. If Ye Mo had just entered the sea, he probably wouldn't be worried about these things, since the probability is almost zero.

However, once he went deeper into the sea, his mental energy was surprisingly restricted by the seawater, a strange phenomenon that made him very uneasy.

"Alright, now that we've found you, let's go back." Ye Mo exhaled, then smiled and reached out to touch Xing Li's crystal-like scales before turning to touch Bai Ling's chin and massaging it.

"Meow~" Bai Ling squinted her eyes, and nodded subconsciously in comfort, but as if she thought of something, her confused eyes widened instantly, and she quickly called out.

"Awoo!" (Wait a minute, I have something to show you.)
"What is that?" Ye Mo looked at Bai Ling with curiosity.

Bai Ling did not answer, but instead activated the skill [Sword Control Space]. With a flash of light, a piece of rough, light blue ore fell out.

Ye Mo used his detection ability to discern its attributes with a single glance. It was a transcendent ore called Purifying Water Crystal, grade four. If this fist-sized ore were sold in Yanhuang, it would probably fetch around 600,000.

"Water purification crystal ore? Xiaobai, where did you find it?" Ye Mo looked up at Bai Ling and asked with some surprise.

Although this ore is not worth much to him, it is important to know that this kind of ore cannot appear alone, unless it is in a place like an auction, and Bai Ling obviously could not have obtained this crystal ore in that way.

Therefore, there is a high probability that there is an extraordinary mineral vein behind it, and the grade is not too low, since it can produce fourth-grade pure water crystals.

When Ye Mo asked her, Bai Ling immediately raised her head and proudly recounted the origin of the ore, while Xing Li continued to add explanations from the side.

After listening to Bai Ling and the others' story for a while, Ye Mo stroked his chin and nodded inwardly.

As expected, it was found at the bottom of the sea, just as he had initially thought.

After all, the ocean is naturally good at nurturing aquatic resources, and Bai Ling and Xing Li came to this seabed to play. In addition, they found a piece of ore. With a little thought, it is possible to make connections, but it is not certain.

"Ore veins on the seabed, yeah, how come I never thought of that before? There's such a treasure trove on the seabed." Ye Mo's eyes lit up as he murmured to himself.

Previously, he had subdued Count Karl, thus turning the Emerald Isles into his own territory. In addition, he had subsequently subdued Pirate Bay, the Sapphire Merchant Guild, the newly established Pioneer Merchant Guild, and the nobles and subordinates around the Emerald Isles whom he had secretly subdued.

Having amassed such power, he chose to use dimensional portals to trade resources between the two worlds in order to profit from the price difference. He also continuously developed various resources within his territory, with mineral veins and the cultivation of magical potions being the two most important aspects.

But at that time, he never thought of developing the seabed, since the resources contained in the ocean are definitely no less than those on land.

Otherwise, the ocean couldn't support so many sea beasts. You must know that almost all sea beasts in the ocean are extraordinary beings, and the number of high-level extraordinary beings is definitely not small, possibly even more than the number of extraordinary powerhouses on land.

Just like Yanhuang, even in the extraordinary era, the ocean has never had its hidden veil lifted, instead appearing even more mysterious and dangerous.

"Xiao Bai, take us to the place where you found this ore. If there really is a vein there, then I'll cook whatever you want for your three meals tomorrow." Ye Mo said with a smile, looking at Bai Ling with a grin.

As Ye Mo expected, Bai Ling's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this, and she nodded excitedly.

The food made by Ye Mo, a breeder, is perfect in both taste and effect.

In the past, Ye Mo would have time to prepare meals for his spirit pets, but now that he needs to spend his time making potions, the spirit pets' food consists of either various precious resources or food that Ye Mo has prepared and stored in advance.

While the former, made from precious resources, is rare, its taste is not always excellent. The latter, being pre-made, while not bad in effect, certainly doesn't taste as good as freshly made.

Therefore, Bai Ling had been craving the food Ye Mo made for a long time, especially after Ye Mo went to the Abyss of the Dead. She didn't even have any food to satisfy her cravings, so it's no wonder she reacted this way.

…………

Led by Bai Ling, Ye Mo and his spirit pets arrived at a place on the seabed. Below were thick silt, and even the slightest movement stirred up a cloud of filth.

This isn't actually the deepest point; it's more like a flat area on top of a ravine. Even so, its depth exceeds three thousand meters. Although it seems very deep, this is an extraordinary world. Almost any sea creature with aquatic abilities can survive here. Therefore, the seabed at such a depth isn't desolate; instead, it appears vibrant with life.

Relying on the ability of the formation to conceal its aura and form after it was deployed, Ye Mo encountered many sea beasts he had never seen before along the way. The strongest of them even reached the peak of the fourth rank, which is level forty-nine.

Although it has not awakened its domain, nor has it embarked on the path of condensing its soul, even so, if it were to go to the Verdant Island, there would be no more than a handful of extraordinary beings who could defeat it in a one-on-one fight.

Besides the peak fourth-tier sawtooth sea demon, three other fourth-tier sea beasts were also seen, but their levels were relatively low, almost all of them had just broken through to the fourth tier.

Seeing these, and considering the many sea beasts Ye Mo had encountered along the way, he couldn't help but sigh. Compared to the land, the density of both high-level and low-level extraordinary beings in the ocean seemed to be much higher.

It's no wonder that sea monsters frequently attack ships and coastal areas; the competition at sea is probably too fierce, forcing them to venture to the surface or even land.

"Meow." (We've arrived. We're here.)
Bai Ling stopped, raised her front paw as she erected a barrier, and pointed to a patch of ground resembling gravel and mud.

"Hmm." Ye Mo nodded, then turned his gaze to the simpleton beside him.

Buzz!
The sound of vibration came from the water, creating ripples, and the seemingly ordinary muddy ground, under the control of the silly skill, had its mud, dust and gravel scattered to the side.

A short while later, after Hanhan cleaned it up, the seemingly ordinary soil revealed its true form: a stone ground with a faint blue glow, from which a trace of water-based spiritual energy seemed to be emanating, but the power was too weak to even penetrate the stone surface.

"It really is a purified water crystal ore." Ye Mo activated the detection function, and the exposed ore veins were thoroughly examined.

Based on the information obtained from the investigation, he confirmed that this was a genuine mineral vein. Although the size of the vein was still unclear, its base was a level two mineral vein, meaning that any water crystals extracted would be at least level two resources.

Don't assume that a level 2 ore vein is low-level. You should know that in Yanhuang's assessment, the highest level of an ore vein is only level 3, which means that the lowest grade of ore produced is level 3.

However, this does not mean that this water crystal vein can only produce second-order water crystals. Just like the fourth-order water crystal that Bai Ling obtained, the vein has a chance to produce associated spirit ore depending on its size.

Although the yield of associated spirit ore is extremely small, its grade is not low. According to the information compiled by Yan Huang, the highest grade of associated spirit ore appearing in a first-level ore vein is actually fifth grade.

This purified water crystal ore is a secondary vein, and the associated spiritual ore it produces might be even more valuable.

Although the chances are low and it depends on the size of the vein, as long as it's not the smallest micro-vein, this water purification crystal mine can guarantee a profit of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan.

Of course, this is quite ordinary compared to the wealth Ye Mo earned through the Pioneer Chamber of Commerce, but you have to know that this mine was practically free, it was incredibly profitable.

"Youyou, let's use an array to hide this place first. We can mine it later. Right now, it's too much for us to manage on our own."

After some investigation and verification, Ye Mo spoke earnestly to Bai You.

After careful investigation, he confirmed that the vein was not small and was definitely not a micro-vein. According to his estimate, it should be a small or medium-sized vein, and its value is already quite good. If fully mined, excluding associated spirit ore, its value would be over 100 million.

This amount of money is almost enough to buy a very ordinary sixth-tier resource. Of course, it has to be the most ordinary one, otherwise one or two hundred million would be too much.

In short, he couldn't possibly turn down money that was handed to him for free, and he was unlikely to give up this mine.

Although the difficulty of mining is immense due to its location underwater, that's true for other human superhumans, but for him, it's a different story.

Whether it's later subduing some marine monsters as subordinates and having them mine the veins, or having Xiao Liu'er specially create marine-type flesh and blood puppets, this problem can be solved.

The latter, in particular, doesn't even require a salary. These hardworking and dedicated employees are incredibly comfortable to work with.

Besides, what Ye Mo saw in his mind was not just the pure water crystal vein in front of him, but the entire Obsidian Sea, the entire ocean.

How many resources are there in such a vast ocean? He didn't know, but it was definitely an extremely terrifying number.

Back in Yanhuang, he couldn't go to the East China Sea and other sea areas outside the Demon Capital, nor did he dare to venture into those sea resources. After all, there really were ninth-order mythical beings in the ocean. Not to mention him, even the entire Yanhuang dared not easily venture there.

But this place is different. Although the world where the Light Spirit Continent is located is of a high level, the Light Spirit Continent itself is a desolate and backward place. The last legendary powerhouse to appear before everyone was the one who was established in the Light Spirit Kingdom.

Within this environment, in the Obsidian Sea within the territory of the Blackrock Duchy, the strongest sea monster ever recorded was only of the fifth rank.

Under such circumstances, even if there are more and stronger sea monsters in the ocean, they probably won't be much stronger than fifth-tier monsters. At least, there are likely no legendary-level monsters. Otherwise, the Blackrock Duchy wouldn't have been able to live so peacefully for so many years.

If that's the case, then as long as it doesn't involve the legendary level, his strength is enough to get involved and test the waters.

Especially after the undead in the Burial Grounds of the Abyss of the Dead break through to the fifth rank, his forces will suddenly gain a lot more fifth-rank combat power, greatly increasing his strength.

Even if we encounter a sixth-tier sea beast, as long as we don't suffer a defeat in the clash of domains, we can fight it once we gather enough fifth-tier undead.

Of course, Ye Mo wouldn't choose to rashly engage in battle with a powerful sea beast, given the function of his trading contract, Xiao Liu'er's ability to create fifth-tier puppets, and the power of the Soul Condensation Potion to help him break through to the fourth tier of the Domain level.

If he just waited, they would only grow stronger. Wouldn't it be better to overpower them by force once they had accumulated enough power? That was what he wanted.

After all, if he can outnumber his opponent, he won't choose a one-on-one fight. Similarly, if he can suppress his opponent with his level, he won't want to fight someone of a higher level. In short, why choose the difficult path when he can make it easy? He doesn't like being humiliated.

(End of this chapter)