Chapter 2387 - 2386: Three Trillion!
"Wow!"
With this grab, the lake surface was directly stirred into waves. The originally clear water started to become murky, sand rippled, and even long-accumulated, dark soil began to spread from the water.
A palm a thousand meters wide, and Ling Xiao exerted considerable force, reaching at least ten meters deep beneath the sand.
A large pile of Spirit Crystals, like a small mountain, was grabbed out by Ling Xiao.
Looking up, through the sunlight, the brilliance reflected by the Spirit Crystals was somewhat dazzling, yet filled with allure.
"Could there be more than a hundred thousand in total?"
"One hundred thousand? I think it should be at least over five hundred thousand."
"These Spirit Crystals aren’t uniformly sized, ranging from big to small. If measured by the usual dimensions of Spirit Crystals, it’s not impossible to imagine a million."
"A million is unlikely, but seventy to eighty thousand should be about right."
Many people excitedly discussed.
At the same time, everyone also knew that these Spirit Crystals were buried roughly ten meters below the sand.
Over on Ling Xiao’s side, after seizing the Spirit Crystals, he immediately flickered towards the Void.
His gaze was fixed firmly on the lake surface, where ripples spread, yet ultimately, no crisis arose.
"How many?"
Su Han looked at Ling Xiao, finally revealing a smile.
"There should be around six hundred thousand."
Ling Xiao stored all those Spirit Crystals into his storage ring and then said, "Sect Master, aren’t we being a bit too nervous? Obviously, there’s no crisis, yet it seems like we’re almost hoping for one to appear..."
"No, necessary vigilance and caution must always be maintained."
Su Han shook his head and smiled, "However, it seems now that there’s indeed no crisis here, which is a good thing for us."
"So can we... start digging?" The group eagerly asked.
"Yes."
𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
Su Han nodded, "But I must reiterate, always remain vigilant and not be blinded by the immediate benefits. Spirit Crystals are important, but your lives are even more so."
"Yes!"
The crowd shuddered.
Su Han’s casual words evoked a sense of gratitude among them.
...
Next, the crowd wasted no time beginning the... plunder of this fifty-thousand-mile lake!
A mass of figures stood at the Void about a kilometer above the lake surface, reaching into it for the Spirit Crystals.
The entire process was exceptionally smooth.
Heaps of Spirit Crystals were stashed into storage rings by the crowd.
Though the lake was large, Su Han’s team had quite a number of people, and even if fifty thousand participated in the excavation, it would only mean a range of one mile per person.
Thus, emptying the entire lake didn’t take much time.
Finally, Su Han ordered a tally of the harvest.
The crowd reported in batches, and the final result was that from within this lake, the total number of Spirit Crystals obtained amounted to...
About five hundred billion!
Meaning, on average, every mile of lake yielded around ten million Spirit Crystals.
This was a tremendous harvest, but for the Phoenix Sect, merely five hundred billion was clearly not enough.
To even exaggerate, it wouldn’t even fill the gaps between our teeth...
What the Phoenix Sect now requires of Spirit Crystals, the unit ’billion’ simply can’t meet their needs, it’s always calculated in ’trillion’.
Therefore, the crowd wasn’t too satisfied with this amount.
However, it’s only the tenth day since arriving at Three Emperor Mountain.
Moreover, disregarding the other four regions, solely the Fortune-bringing Pavilion area is already enormous, even comparable to a planet, and there are many places yet unexplored.
This five hundred billion could count as a good start.
The most important aspect was that from start to finish, the crowd did not encounter any crisis!
If every ten days could yield five hundred billion Spirit Crystals, then over ten years at Three Emperor Mountain, a huge harvest would indeed be possible.
"Continue searching!"
With Su Han’s order, the crowd dispersed again, sweeping towards other areas.
...
Three days later, another mass of Spirit Crystals appeared before the crowd.
However, the presence of these Spirit Crystals was somewhat peculiar.
They weren’t scattered on the ground, nor piled in one spot, but were hung on towering giant trees over a kilometer tall!
Looking up, large spots of light could be seen through deep green leaves, glittering in the sunlight.
If not for the dense Spiritual Energy emanating, onlookers might mistake them for some special Rare Fruit.
"Spirit Crystals, hanging on the trees?"
Looking at those Spirit Crystals, everyone found it odd.
"Swish!"
Ling Xiao first darted out, arriving at one treetop.
From here, looking down, one could see these giant trees had enormous leaves, each with a diameter of over a hundred meters. Standing beneath the tree, the leaves blocked the view, making sunlight hard to reach.
At this moment, each leaf was laden with Spirit Crystals.
As if someone deliberately placed the Spirit Crystals on them.
His Divine Sense explored the surroundings but detected no crisis, Ling Xiao waved his hand, directly taking the Spirit Crystals from one leaf.
"Hundred thousand!"
With a sweep of Divine Sense, Ling Xiao immediately knew the count of these Spirit Crystals.
One leaf alone held a hundred thousand Spirit Crystals!
Looking all around, tall giant trees stretched endlessly, their leaves akin to an ocean, innumerable.
The Spirit Crystals atop were completely covering them, with the rich Spiritual Energy almost solidifying, causing the crowd to feel its thickness.
"Go ahead and take them."
Gazing at the eager crowd, Su Han smiled and spoke.
"Swish swish swish..."
Figures immediately darted out, rushing to stretch their ’wolf claws’ towards the Spirit Crystals.
"Sect Master, why are these Spirit Crystals on the leaves?"
Ye Xiaofei stood beside Su Han, puzzled, "Did someone deliberately place them here, or is it that the Spiritual Energy here is so concentrated, over the years it sculpted and condensed into Spirit Crystals, falling onto the leaves?"
"Who knows."
Su Han shook his head with a bitter smile, "Perhaps it’s just the fancy of those three Imperial Beings, casually arranged."
"True."
Ye Xiaofei’s eyes glimmered, "Regardless of how it happened, as long as we can take them without encountering any crisis."
...
This time, acquiring the Spirit Crystals took three days.
And the amount far exceeded the lake area, reaching two trillion and five hundred billion, five times that of the lake.
Adding the ones from the lake area, just Su Han’s team managed to obtain three trillion Spirit Crystals upon entering Three Emperor Mountain!
While the time spent was a little over half a month.
This terrifying amount is indeed quite a lot, truly like pies falling from the sky.
Yet, for the bottomless pit known as the Phoenix Sect, it’s still but a drop in the ocean.