294: Chapter 294 East Stone Alliance

Just as Lin Batian and the others thought Jiang Chen was about to take action personally...

They saw Jiang Chen raise his hand and summon a tall humanoid Puppet.

Everyone felt the Aura emanating from that humanoid Puppet, and their hearts trembled.

"So strong!"

The same thought surged through everyone's minds at the same time.

The Aura of this humanoid Puppet indeed made many people's hearts tremble. Fortunately, the Puppet did not turn its head to look at them; if its gaze had fallen on them, they might have collapsed directly.

No one expected that Jiang Chen would possess such a powerful weapon. Just the Aura of this humanoid Puppet alone made them extremely wary.

So, what level has the strength of this Puppet reached?

It was simply unimaginable.

Lin Batian and the others also exchanged glances secretly, feeling shocked in their hearts.

Then, under Jiang Chen's control, the martial arts puppet stepped forward, swinging its fierce fists and smashing them ruthlessly toward the front.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Almost every punch was capable of delivering over three million jin of force.

Furthermore, with this method of attack, the martial arts puppet itself sustained no damage at all, allowing it to continue its assault indefinitely.

It was like a perpetual motion machine.

After all, the level of the martial arts puppet had already reached the Martial Emperor realm, so its own Materials must surely have some special properties.

The passage that the Lin Family members originally estimated would take at least ten-odd days of research to break through...

Was actually being forcibly smashed open by the martial arts puppet at this moment.

Although the force of each punch did not reach 3.6 million jin, with nearly three million jin of force combined with three hundred attacks...

In an instant, that solid barrier of Ore and rock layers shattered completely with a boom at this moment.

As the rock layers shattered, one could clearly see that behind them, it was filled with very shiny Spirit Stone fragments, mixed and layered within the Ore.

These were the raw Ores.

They needed to be refined and dissolved to remove the Impurities other than the Spirit Stones; only then would they be true Spirit Stones that a Cultivator could directly absorb!

"These... these are all Mid-Grade Spirit Stones!"

"This is just the surface. If we continue deeper, High-Grade Spirit Stones might appear very soon!"

A Mineral Vein Master from the Lin Family picked up a piece of raw Ore from the ground, identified it carefully, and spoke with an invigorated expression, his excitement beyond words.

Everyone else was equally ecstatic.

In this way, the richness of this spirit stone ore vein was several times greater than before.

The annual production of Spirit Stones would at least double.

After all, the difficulty of mining Mid-Grade Spirit Stones was also very high.

Everyone was so immersed in the value of the spirit stone ore vein that they even forgot about the martial arts puppet that had just easily opened the Ore wall.

Afterward, Jiang Chen had the martial arts puppet continue forward, punching directly into the depths of the mine for about one zhang.

Just this distance of one zhang resulted in nearly ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones falling down.

"So mining is actually this simple..."

Jiang Chen remarked after trying it out.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone felt as if they were about to faint from Jiang Chen's nonchalant attitude.

Why don't you look at how powerful you are, old sir?

An amount that would normally take at least several months to mine was brought down by your Puppet with just a few bangs and punches.

What else could they say?

"Register all these Spirit Stones. No one is allowed to touch them without permission. If there are any who steal what they are supposed to guard, they will be executed without mercy."

Lin Batian also stated his position publicly.

Since this matter was being done together with Jiang Chen, and Jiang Chen had given them full authority to handle it, it showed Jiang Chen's trust in them. While high-level members like Lin Batian could perhaps guarantee their own integrity, it was hard to avoid lax management or subordinates acting recklessly.

Therefore, Lin Batian had to establish strict regulations.

If someone really did such a thing, then regardless of their background, they would be killed without hesitation.

This was a great opportunity for the Lin Family to rise. Whoever dared to become a stumbling block on the Lin Family's path forward, he would directly crush them!

Jiang Chen didn't care that much.

These Spirit Stones weren't of much use to him.

Moreover, Jiang Chen's vision was not limited to just this one vein.

Within the entire Lingcang Domain, similar veins were countless, but Jiang Chen wouldn't say he'd recklessly break the rules. After all, no one can guarantee they can dominate alone, but if a hostile force were to act, Jiang Chen would naturally not show any mercy.

"Family Head, this is bad. Someone claiming to be a deacon of the Dongshi Alliance has arrived, saying he wants to see you."

Just as everyone was excited, a Lin Family Elder suddenly ran in from outside the cave.

"Dongshi Alliance?"

When Lin Batian heard this name, his expression immediately darkened.

"I didn't expect these people to come so quickly."

Lin Batian said in a heavy voice.

Then, seeing Jiang Chen's confused look, Lin Batian began to explain.

"This Dongshi Alliance has a very powerful background. It is said to have been established with the backing of two Hidden Families."

"Furthermore, the financial power of this Dongshi Alliance is extremely vast. They can easily manipulate the value of Spirit Stones. If they want to devalue your Spirit Stones, it's just a matter of a single word."

"There's such a thing? Spirit Stones can devalue?"

Jiang Chen was slightly surprised, not quite understanding the inner workings.

"Indeed. For example, right now, one hundred thousand Spirit Stones can buy one Rank Seven Medicinal Pill, but under their control, our Spirit Stones might require one hundred and fifty thousand to buy one Rank Seven Medicinal Pill."

"In the market, if you are ostracized by the Dongshi Alliance, your Spirit Stones would be equivalent to becoming Impure Spirit Stones, and their value would be even lower."

Lin Batian said.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen roughly understood.

It wasn't that he was completely ignorant.

"So, joining them surely requires paying membership fees or something similar?"

Jiang Chen said.

"Correct. I just don't know how much of a membership fee they want to collect from us."

Lin Batian said.

"But rest assured on this point. As I said before, my Lin Family will handle these matters, and the membership fee will naturally come from our hands."

"Let's go and take a look first."

Jiang Chen said.

It seemed the waters of the Lingcang Domain were quite deep.

This spirit stone ore vein had just been secured and work hadn't even started, yet someone had already come knocking.

Not only did they have to give a share to the Lingcang Domain Lord's side...

But this Dongshi Alliance also wanted a share?

Some might think that such matters cannot be solved simply by having a bigger fist.

But Jiang Chen wanted to give it a try.

To see if a big fist really couldn't solve it.

If it couldn't be solved, then he would just train his fist to be even bigger!