The little female is incredibly sweet and soft, healing the five evil beasts right from the start.

Chapter 296 Ore
Jiang Mian's heart started racing when she heard him casually say that the ransom had been torn up.

Hearing this explanation now, I feel relieved.

She lightly punched his chest: "Remember to speak clearly next time, it's scary to leave things unsaid."

Zhao Ci grasped her fist as it swung at him, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Jiang Mian withdrew his fist, but Zhao Ci's hand unconsciously followed it.

However, Jiang Mian had already reached out and tapped the personal terminal, looking at it as she leisurely said, "I'll talk to Rong Fei and ask him to sell you the machine."

The emperor, having chased after Zhao Ci in mid-air, slowly lowered his hand, pretending not to be embarrassed.

"Okay, thank you Mianmian," Zhao Ci replied.

“Let’s leave tomorrow.” Jiang Mian glanced at the edict. “If we continue to operate this mine according to our instructions, there shouldn’t be any major problems. Mining will be easier and more efficient.”

"Okay." Zhao Ci nodded in agreement, then added, "Mianmian, how about we go dig for minerals in the snow mountain?"

At the same time, Jiang Mian also spoke up.

"By the way, send me a copy of the information on those 30 mining sites on your personal computer as well," Jiang Mian added.

The two spoke at the same time. Jiang Mian paused, then asked, "Are we still going to mine ourselves? Aren't we the mine owners?"

"I'll send you information about those 30 mining sites later." Zhao Ci agreed, then explained to Jiang Mian what he had just said, "Of course we don't need to mine ourselves, we're going to have fun. The snow ore is very beautiful, I'd like to take you to see it."

"Alright, nothing else to do today." Jiang Mian nodded. "Is that snow ore far away?"

"It's not far; we can get there quickly by hovercar." Zhao Ci pointed in that direction. "Look over there, do you see that snow-capped mountain?"

Jiang Mian looked up and indeed saw a snow-capped mountain peak. It was probably quite far away, so the mountain didn't appear to be very high.

As the two rode in their hovercar closer to the snow mine, they realized how incredibly tall it truly was. People looked like ants up close, insignificant and minuscule. Gazing up at the majestic snow mountain, they felt a surge of emotion.

Even though it wasn't snowing, this mountain is exceptionally high, and the temperature drops as you go higher, so it was covered in snow. The snow slowly slid down from the top, making it look like the entire mountain was covered in snow.

Even though it's the same place and not very far apart, it's unbearably hot on one side, but on the other side, which is closer to the snow-capped mountains, you can feel a refreshing coolness.

"When it's hot, you can come here to cool off." Zhao Ci held Jiang Mian's hand and walked into the snow mountain mine that had already been dug.

Jiang Mian followed the imperial edict inside out of curiosity.

The cave was filled with a layer of ice, as if you had stepped into an ice cave.

"This is an ice cave, right? Are there really minerals here?" Jiang Mian asked in surprise.

The ice inside the ice cave is crystal clear and beautiful, with a faint blue hue, making it quite enchanting.

“The ice here contains star stones,” Zhao Ci said, gently hooking her hand around his. “Blue star stones.”

"Is it a star stone that fell from the sky?" Jiang Mian turned her head to look at him.

"Yes." Zhao Ci nodded with a slight smile.

The imperial edict had already been prepared in advance, and Jiang Mian was taken to a snow mine.

Diexu and several subordinates followed behind them.

"Are you cold?" Zhao Ci took out a light jacket and draped it over Jiang Mian's shoulders.

He gently helped her put on her light coat.

Jiang Mian smiled faintly and reached out to help him put on his light jacket.

Actually, the temperature in the cave was quite cool, not cold at all, but wearing a light jacket was just right. Soon, Diexu and the others brought over their mining tools.

This mining tool is different from the one Jiang Mian used in the previous mine.

These tools are more like those used to meticulously sculpt a work of art; they are all quite small.

However, it's understandable that they don't actually intend to extract all the minerals, so they're not focused on quantity, but rather on experiencing the feeling of meticulous mining.

Or rather, the feeling of surprise and delight when you peel a beautiful piece of ore from the ice.

Zhao Ci took her hand and went over to her. He took the gloves from Die Xu and slowly put them on Jiang Mian.

“Although it doesn’t feel cold standing up, these ice layers are still very cold.” Zhao Ci put gloves on her and then handed her the tools.

Jiang Mian, full of enthusiasm, took a specially made small shovel, a small drill, and some special knives and went to dig.

After Zhao Ci put on his gloves, they came over together.

The two of them squatted down in front of the ice and started digging.

Compared to Jiang Mian's forceful shoveling, Zhao Ci's approach was more skillful and gentler.

After all, Jiang Mian was shoveling without any method.

Ice shards flew wildly in front of Jiang Mian.

Zhao Ci chuckled and said, "If you dig over there, it will be difficult to find a star stone. I will teach you how to determine the outline of the star stone and how to dig it out more completely."

Jiang Mian paused, then silently looked at the professionals.

“By looking at these patterns, we can determine the outline and direction of the star stone…” Zhao Ci, through his cold-weather gloves, held her hand and slowly traced the patterns on the ice. “After determining its outline through the patterns, we can dig around it and find a complete star stone.”

Jiang Mian listened attentively.

He then realized what was happening and, together with Zhao Ci, began digging into the star stone. He dug along the outline on one side while Jiang Mian dug along the outline on the other.

As Jiang Mian dug, he indeed came across a patch of sky-blue ore, which looked particularly translucent and beautiful against the ice.

She dug and dug, and finally, with just a gentle pry, the two of them dug out a angular, sky-blue ore as tall as their calves.

The sky-blue mineral is particularly beautiful, and under different lighting conditions, the colors inside resemble different shades of blue refracted and projected from the sky.

Jiang Mian looked at the imperial edict: "These must be the star stones?"

Zhao Ci nodded: "Yes, let's carve together."

Jiang Mian suddenly realized that this was just a young couple going to a craft shop to do crafts together.
But were they there to carve ore?
"I don't know how." Jiang Mian opened her eyes slightly.

“I’ll teach you.” Zhao Ci’s eyes crinkled into a smile.

"Well, okay then," Jiang Mian replied softly.

Jiang Mian then became interested again: "So what should we carve?"

"Hmm, how about carving a picture of you and me?" Zhao Ci pondered for a moment.

"Is it that difficult?" Jiang Mian's eyes widened.

“Not too difficult.” Zhao Ci seemed to want to reach out and touch Jiang Mian’s head, but then stopped halfway, seemingly realizing that Jiang Mian was wearing gloves.

He then took off his gloves and reached out to pat Jiang Mian's head: "I'll carve the difficult ones, I'll give you the simple ones."

The author is making things up again; please do not investigate or take it too seriously.