Unearthing the Soulstone Vein

"Yes! That's right! It's clearly freshly dug." said the Grand Chamberlain.

"When I bought this shop, the realtor told me that this area used to be a Mass Grave," Grace said. "Have any of you heard about this?"

Prime Minister Quentin Shaw and the Grand Chamberlain both nodded. "Old residents of Yanjing all know this area used to be a burial ground."

Grace nodded. "Burial grounds have a kind of toxic miasma that can cause hallucinations. Grave robbers run into this all the time. Since this basement is newly dug, it might have some toxic miasma, which could explain why people saw things down there."

As soon as she said that, Prime Minister Quentin Shaw and the Grand Chamberlain exchanged glances, suddenly enlightened.

"So, gentlemen," Grace said, "this was all just a farce. Let's all go home!"

"Uh..." Prime Minister Quentin Shaw looked at the Grand Chamberlain. "Grand Chamberlain, what do you think?"

"President Zhu is the Spirit Alliance President. I trust her word," the Grand Chamberlain said. "There really is a strange smell in here."

Grace had just sprinkled some spirit beast dung in a dark corner.

"General, what do you think?" Prime Minister Quentin Shaw asked again.

"Grace is my fiancée, so I won't comment on this matter," Evan Xiao replied.

"Well then..." said Prime Minister Quentin Shaw. "Let's leave it at that."

And just like that, the case was closed.

Lucky Star just dug a basement, which is perfectly legal in the Vermilion Kingdom.

But Liam Wood was completely finished.

The Royal Clan Office reprimanded him for his nonsense.

The emperor was so furious, he stripped Liam of all his positions in Yan City.

......

As for the Mythril Ore, of course Grace took care of it herself.

While they were coming down, Grace called out to Beanie in her Sanctum and had it help move the Mythril Ore inside.

Beanie happily agreed.

At that moment, Captain Walker heard the commotion upstairs and flashed a sycophantic smile, ready to greet the officials.

Chloe Zhu shimmered with green light, and a long, thick vine burst forth from her body.

With one sweep, more than half the Mythril Ore vanished.

With another sweep, all the Mythril Ore was gone.

It happened so fast, it was over in the blink of an eye.

Rina Chu deliberately blocked Captain Walker's view, so he truly had no idea how it disappeared.

As for that basement...

Once all the Mythril Ore was moved out, its origin became clear.

One of the walls made a hollow 'thunk thunk' sound when tapped.

After they broke through the wall, they discovered a huge basement next door.

It was just separated by a single wall from theirs.

Apparently, the basement was dug from that side, then sealed off with a wall and stuffed with Mythril Ore, making it look flawless.

Behind Lucky Star, there was a mansion.

The basement next door belonged to that family.

Grace easily found out that the mansion belonged to Winston Wu's son-in-law...

Later, when Grace ran into Vice President Wu at the Spirit Alliance, she put on her most sincere face and personally thanked him: "Vice President Wu, thank you so much for helping Lucky Star dig a new underground warehouse—it's really useful!"

Winston Wu's face turned the color of pig liver as he stomped off in fury.

Meanwhile, good news came from the forest.

They struck gold!

They dug up more than thirty thousand pieces of ore—some as big as a fake mountain, weighing over ten thousand pounds, others as small as pebbles, just a few ounces each.

In the history of the Vermilion Kingdom, no one had ever found a Soulstone Vein before.

For a while, the entire court and country were in shock—it was hailed as a sign of great fortune.

Prime Minister Quentin Shaw was personally commended by the emperor.