Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 537 - 537 0363 Division of Spiritual Stone Veins_2

Chapter 537: Chapter 0363: Division of Spiritual Stone Veins_2 Chapter 537: Chapter 0363: Division of Spiritual Stone Veins_2 “Father, are you overemphasizing the significance of Imperial Master Mansion? The Crown Prince has personally promised me that once he ascends the throne, he will make me the Crown Prince of King Zhangbei Manor. As long as he sits on the throne, our King Zhangbei Manor will be as stable as Mount Tai.” Zhao Puxue continued to argue.

“Nonsense. With Imperial Master Mansion protecting us, King Zhangbei Manor will definitely be as stable as Mount Tai.”

“But Father, isn’t it the case that the Crown Prince dislikes Imperial Master Mansion, and wants to deal with them?” Zhao Puxue asked with doubt.

“You are wrong to say that. What the Crown Prince dislikes is Qi Tian, who refuses to submit to him, not Imperial Master Mansion. Even for Qi Tian, as long as he is willing to bow to the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince will reuse him. The Crown Prince is not a fool. What good would it do to him if he destroys Imperial Master Mansion? A triangle is the most stable structure. If Imperial Master Mansion is taken down, leaving only Guardian National Master Manor and National Master Manor, then who says the final words when these two join forces? The Crown Prince, or the two Mansion Masters?” King Zhangbei, Zhao Donghao, saw things clearly.

“This…” Zhao Puxue was speechless. He really didn’t anticipate so many twists and turns in this matter.

King Zhangbei, Zhao Donghao, shook his head. He originally thought that Zhao Puxue was a promising young talent, better than his older brother who was uncommunicative and arrogant, but now it seems that this younger son is also hopeless.

He looked at the devastated Imperial Master Mansion, sighed and said, “Whether it is me or the Crown Prince, we have considered everything, but what we failed to expect is that Imperial Master Mansion would be so resolute, even to abandon Imperial Master Mansion and withdraw completely when the situation is at a standstill. They don’t want to go on with us. Now, King Zhangbei Manor must become a discarded pawn. The Crown Prince will inevitably make a sharp turn in his attitude towards us. Perhaps the disappearance of Imperial Master Mansion will become an excuse for wiping out King Zhangbei Manor.”

“Father, how could this be possible? The Crown Prince made a promise to me personally. He is the future Emperor, his word is gold, he would never deceive us.” Zhao Puxue exclaimed.

King Zhangbei, Zhao Donghao, shook his head. At this point, he had completely given up hope on Zhao Puxue, and he began to regret some of his decisions in the past. If he had firmly stood on the side of Imperial Master Mansion instead of trying to keep a foot in both camps, perhaps even if Imperial Master Mansion moved away, they would take King Zhangbei Manor with them, right?

Capital City, Place of Crown Prince.

“What? I don’t believe that Imperial Master Mansion would disappear suddenly. Investigate. I want a thorough investigation. Find out where they have all gone.”

…

While all the influential groups in Great Zhao were reacting to the abrupt change, several thousand people from Imperial Master Mansion were divided into dozens or hundreds of small teams, disguising, camouflaging, flying under cover of night when possible. With various methods combined, they began to arrive one after another at Lubei County.

All the disciples and servants of the Imperial Master Mansion who have arrived at Lubei County have been assigned over the spiritual stone veins.

The Heaven Covering Array brought back by Qi Tian can only envelop an area of five miles. This area is to be the core district of the future Imperial Master Mansion where all the important buildings and residences of notable figures will lie within the protection of the Heaven Covering Array. Outside the array, there will be a large piece of vacant land. Qi Tian personally drew a map that wasn’t of a regular shape but took up large area, according to the boundary of the underground spiritual stone veins. In the future, the wall of the new Imperial Master Mansion will extend three to five miles beyond the boundary of the spiritual stone vein. In other words, this spirit stone vein will become the private property of the Imperial Master Mansion. Anyone who wishes to mine there is merely dreaming.

At present, Qi Tian has total control over Lubei County. With the County Magistrate’s family all dead, and the County Officials and others all listening to him, no one dared to raise any objections to Qi Tian’s appropriation of such a large piece of land. Even for the original farmers on the land, Qi Tian had someone send a large amount of money their way, and the matter was promptly resolved.

After the location of the new Imperial Master Mansion was finalized, they immediately began construction. Almost every disciple and servant received a large number of tasks, to build walls and acquire land.

The main reason Qi Tian wanted to establish the Imperial Master Mansion here was for the underground spiritual stone veins. The amount of spirit stones in the veins was too vast; a few people could definitely not defend these veins. Only with all several thousand people from the Imperial Master Mansion could they possibly protect the veins that lay beneath.

Of course, having people build walls on the outside served a great purpose, mainly acting as a smoke screen. Qi Tian had selected a total of 300 disciples from various hall masters and elders. For quite a long period of time in the future, these disciples would serve as the main miners for the Imperial Master Mansion to extract the spiritual stone veins.

Qi Tian gathered all the elders, hall masters, and selected miners together and gave them a mobilization speech before they began mining.

“Why has our Imperial Master Mansion been constantly bullied by the Guardian National Master Manor and National Master Manor in recent years? Why does even the Crown Prince think we are a piece of cake, easy to manipulate at will? The reason is simple. Among the three National Master Mansions, we’re the weakest one. Whoever falls behind will get hit. But, have you ever wondered why we’re behind? One of the main reasons is that we lack resources for cultivation. What are cultivation resources? They are spirit stones, elixirs, and techniques. They are all cultivation resources. Yet, Great Zhao is poor, and our Imperial Master Mansion is the weakest. Naturally, the cultivation resources allocated to us are becoming less and less. If we want to change this situation, we have to depend on ourselves. As the County Master of Lubei County, I discovered upon my arrival, the reason the Guardian National Master Mansion wanted to snatch my County Master position is because beneath us, where we stand now, lies a spiritual stone vein. After my investigation, this vein contains a substantial amount of resources. In the next several decades, or even hundreds of years, as long as we properly protect and utilize the spirit stone vein beneath us, our Imperial Master Mansion will no longer need to worry about the shortage of spirit stones.”

All the people of the Imperial Master Mansion listened attentively to Qi Tian’s speech.

Qi Tian continued, “I announce the rules. Every selected miner is loyal to the Imperial Master Mansion, and your loyalty is commendable. Therefore, 15% of your gains from mining will be your personal earnings. This means, if you mine a hundred spirit stones, fifteen will be yours. Of the remaining 85%, I will take 10%. I suppose none of you have any objections to that?”

Everyone shook their heads together. The spirit stone vein was taken back by Qi Tian, the Heaven Covering Array was handled by Qi Tian, and even the mining tools were provided by Qi Tian. Just based on these, Qi Tian taking only 10% was seen as too little. Many of them felt embarrassed and wish Qi Tian would ask for more.

Qi Tian continued, “Of the remaining 75%, 25% will be used by the current disciples of the Imperial Master Mansion. The remaining 50% will be kept as strategic reserves for the Imperial Master Mansion to be used later.”

Qi Tian’s distribution proposal won unanimous approval. Seeing no one opposed, Qi Tian distributed the mining tools to the carefully selected miners and let them start.