The Beautiful CEO’s Dragon Blood Bodyguard
Chapter 1013: Mutual Benefit and Reciprocity

Chapter 1013: Chapter 1013: Mutual Benefit and Reciprocity

Li Gan glanced at the bottle, which contained twelve fourth-grade Pills.

One Pill per month would be enough for him to use for a year.

One should know that there are not many Alchemists in this world, and only major Sects could obtain fourth-grade Pills.

His talent was mediocre, and only with such Pills could he improve his constitution.

Li Gan, overwhelmed and teary, suddenly knelt down in front of Long Fei, banging his head repeatedly against the ground, and began to babble wildly, "Master, you are like my own father! From now on, I, Li Gan, will work like an ox and a horse for you. If I show the slightest slackness, may the heavens strike me with lightning."

Long Fei laughed, thinking to himself that this guy couldn’t come up with any new lines for flattery, always repeating the same old ’work like an ox and a horse.’

If he had such a dull-witted son, he’d rather just take care of it himself.

In fact, Li Gan’s talent was considered excellent among ordinary people, especially since he understood Dragon-seeking Technique at such a young age.

But compared to the monstrous talents around Long Fei, he truly paled in significance.

Soon after, Lin Shanshan came over and saw Li Gan kneeling in front of Long Fei, her brows furrowed in confusion, thinking Long Fei was about to kill the guy.

Long Fei asked her, "Is everything taken care of?"

Lin Shanshan nodded, "It’s done. The Governor has already brought the troops over. He said that since you seized the island, everything on it naturally belongs to you. If you need it, he can also provide other types of support."

Long Fei nodded, thinking to himself that this Governor was not a stingy person.

The island meant nothing to Cultivators but was a treasure trove for ordinary people.

There were not only people but also warships.

He didn’t know that, in the Governor’s mind, the Water Bandits should all be killed to prevent future trouble.

Coming from the outside world, Long Fei was completely unaware of the cruelty of this world.

Here, everything was scarce, except for people.

Twenty thousand elite Water Bandits, with logistical support from the elderly, women, and children, totaled over a hundred thousand.

In the Governor’s view, it was just a small number.

Only by killing them all could he rest easy, without worrying about these people rebelling again.

Now that Long Fei wanted these people, he naturally couldn’t ask for more.

If problems arose, in any case, Long Fei would bear them.

Given Long Fei’s close relationship with Her Royal Highness The Princess, his future prospects were limitless.

He believed that with the Water Bandits under Long Fei, there would surely be no problems.

Long Fei told Li Gan and Lin Shanshan to wait at the entrance of the tunnel while he went down the mine alone for a survey.

The geological structure inside resembled those of the coal mines he had seen, only cleaner.

Upon entering, he was enveloped by the aroma of Spiritual Energy.

Spirit Stones were wrapped in an outer shell, a substance that concealed their aura and prevented the Spiritual Energy from dispersing.

Long Fei tried to sense them with his spiritual power but astonishingly couldn’t penetrate these shells.

This substance surprised him.

One should know that once spiritual power was used, it could even penetrate steel plates.

As long as there were gaps, even atomic-sized ones, one with his Cultivation Level could see through falsehood.

But, strangely enough, not with the Spirit Stones, the external shell seemed to block spiritual power.

He swung his hand and smashed toward the interior, and with a loud ’bang,’ several tons of rubble exploded.

The entire cavern reverberated with the sound, startling Lin Shanshan and Li Gan outside.

Lin Shanshan curiously asked Li Gan, "What kind of cave is this?"

Li Gan, with a big smile, introduced, "To answer Her Ladyship’s question, this is a mine, and it contains Spiritual Ore."

Seeing that Long Fei was always accompanied by Lin Shanshan, he had mistaken her for Long Fei’s wife.

"Her Ladyship?"

Lin Shanshan raised her eyebrows slightly and giggled, "That title isn’t bad. You have quite the eye."

Li Gan bowed with his hands clasped and flattered, "Thank you for the praise, my lady. If you ever need anything in the future, please command me without hesitation. I would go through fire and water for you, never shirking unto death."

"This is what you’ve said; I’ll remember it."

Lin Shanshan smiled and nodded, thinking to herself that this bandit leader was quite interesting.

There was a rumbling noise from within the mine for a while, and before long, Long Fei emerged from inside.

Li Gan anxiously called out, "Master, what happened? Why does this mine seem like it’s about to collapse?"

Long Fei shook his head, "Nothing’s wrong, let’s go!"

"Oh!"

Li Gan nodded and didn’t dare to ask any more questions.

But Lin Shanshan couldn’t contain her curiosity and inquired with spiritual power to Long Fei.

Long Fei explained with a smile, "It seems that this time we may truly strike it rich!"

Lin Shanshan’s eyes curved up with excitement, "You mean there are really Spirit Stones in this mine?"

Long Fei nodded and told her, "Just now I altered the course of the Spiritual Ore Mine. The previous miners were off target, so the mine’s yield was meager. Now, I estimate that hitting the main vein, the mine could produce over a dozen tons of Spirit Stones a day without issue."

"A dozen tons?"

Lin Shanshan, of course, knew the value of Spirit Stones and quickly converted the dozen tons into gold in her mind, feeling overwhelmed.

Damn, those numbers were astronomical.

Dragon-seeking Technique, at the end of the day, is essentially geomancy.

Just like a coal mine, Spirit Stones are left behind by special geological changes and aren’t distributed without pattern.

As long as one follows the local mountains’ orientation, it is entirely possible to locate the Spirit Stones.

The island covered hundreds of square miles, roughly the size of a city.

Long Fei’s spiritual power was immensely strong, able to envelop the whole of Mystic Turtle Island when released.

The entire island’s topographical changes were etched into his mind, offering a clearer and more complete picture from a bird’s-eye view than one could ever have from the ground.

Determining the Spirit Vein’s direction with the mountains’ orientation and geomantic changes—this was the simple essence of Dragon-seeking Technique.

Long Fei tried to smash into it for a kilometer’s distance, and indeed, he sensed a colossal Spirit Vein’s presence.

Just the area he had discovered was enough for the island’s captives to mine for a year.

As for the specifics inside, even he did not know.

This method, presumably, only a skilled Dragon-seeking Master could see through.

Long Fei pondered that if he had a chance, he would unearth a master and bring him over to oversee the operation, and perhaps learn a trick or two in the process.

Once the three of them returned to the front island, a large contingent of government forces had already landed.

The prisoner water bandits awaited their fate with trepidation, each wearing a look of perpetual fear.

Upon seeing Long Fei, Governor Zhang Yannian and Great General Wang Shouren immediately advanced with their people to greet him, continuously bowing as they said, "Great Master, you have worked hard! Zhang is beyond grateful and offers on behalf of all the people in Yuzhou our deepest respect and thanks!"

With those words, the Governor promptly bowed deeply with hands clasped.

For Zhang Yannian, Long Fei had removed a great thorn in his side this time.

The water bandits were a minor issue, but the real key was the crushing defeat he had dealt to the Songshan Sect.

It was known that the Songshan Sect was allied with the Third Prince. Now, with the Sect out of the way, one of the Third Prince’s arms was severed. From then on, the power dynamics in Yuzhou would shift, and the Crown Prince’s influence would completely take hold.

Long Fei smiled and helped him up, "The Governor flatters me too much, it was nothing more than mutual benefit, no need for such formality."

"Yes, yes, the Great Master is right, mutual benefit indeed."

Zhang Yannian rose, his face creasing into a smile.

He gestured behind him, and immediately several Qiankun Bags were brought forward.

This was the ten thousand taels of gold recently prepared for Long Fei, hastily drawn from the treasury of Yuzhou without even having time to collect from the landowners and gentry.

He had initially thought that for Long Fei to attack Mystic Turtle Island, it would take at least a week or so.

After all, the Songshan Sect was behind the island’s defenses.

But to his utter astonishment, the island had fallen in less than a day, which was genuinely a shock for everyone.