Sun Lei, an expert in his forties, was of short stature and slightly balding.
He was a geological and mineral expert introduced to Ye Feng by the former mayor, a well-known figure in Dongchuan City.
"Let me take another look! By the way, if you don't mind, Mr. Ye, just call me Brother Sun! I don't really like being called an expert!" Sun Lei said.
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng quickly replied, "Alright, but you don't have to call me Mr. Ye either, just call me Xiao Feng!"
"Okay!" Sun Lei nodded.
After speaking, he buried his head again, observing the stones on the ground. After a long while, he suddenly frowned.
Seeing this, Ye Feng hurriedly asked, "Brother Sun, what's wrong?"
Sun Lei shook his head and said, "After looking for so long, I haven't seen any rare ores! They're just very ordinary stones!"
Ye Feng was stunned, wondering if he had misjudged.
Could it be that the Tang family wanted this area of Chaos Stone Island not because they had discovered precious minerals on it, but for some other purpose?
"That shouldn't be the case!" Ye Feng muttered to himself.
He had clearly seen Tang Zhiyang register the Tang Family Mining Company at the Administration for Industry and Commerce last time.
If they hadn't discovered any precious minerals on Chaos Stone Island, why would they come to Dongchuan City to register a company, and a mining company at that?
"It's not necessarily absent, perhaps I just haven't found it yet. Let's continue looking!" Sun Lei said.
Ye Feng could only nod, "Alright!"
With that, Ye Feng planned to take him to other places for a good look, hoping for some new discoveries.
However, just as Ye Feng lifted his leg, he suddenly stumbled, tripped by a stone.
"You damn..."
This made him very angry, and he raised his leg to kick the stone away.
"Wait, don't move!"
Just as Ye Feng was about to kick the stone, Sun Lei, who was beside him, suddenly shouted.
This made Ye Feng very confused, but he quickly stopped his foot and asked, "Brother Sun, what's wrong?"
Sun Lei stared at the stone in front of Ye Feng, his face full of shock, his eyes wide open.
Seeing this, Ye Feng quickly looked over.
When he saw what it was, he couldn't help but be stunned.
It was a black, unremarkable stone that most people wouldn't notice.
Ye Feng had been tripped by this stone just now, and his foot had flipped it over.
The part that was flipped over turned out to be a purple crystal, as clear as water.
This sight stunned both of them, and they quickly picked up the stone to examine it.
However, Ye Feng knew nothing about these things. Although he knew it shouldn't be an ordinary stone, he didn't know what it was specifically.
Therefore, he could only watch Sun Lei, waiting for his analysis.
The more Sun Lei observed the stone, the more shocked he became, even trembling with excitement.
Ye Feng, seeing this, asked in confusion, "Brother Sun, have you figured out what kind of mineral this is?"
Sun Lei slowly turned to look at Ye Feng and said, "Brother Ye, you, you're going to strike it rich!"
Hearing this, Ye Feng was stunned. What did striking it rich mean?
"What kind of mineral is this? It's making you so excited?" Ye Feng asked curiously.
However, Sun Zhiyang first glanced around, ensuring no one was present, before speaking, "Brother Ye, have you heard of cultivators?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng was stunned again. He hadn't expected Sun Lei to know about these so-called cultivators.
However, upon careful consideration, Sun Lei was a renowned geological and mineral expert in Dongchuan City and a friend of the former mayor. Given his status, he must have learned things unknown to ordinary people.
Therefore, it wasn't surprising that he knew about cultivators, but what did this have to do with the mineral in front of him?
"I've heard of them! What about it?" Ye Feng asked.
Sun Lei whispered, "This kind of crystal is called a spirit stone, and it's even a high-grade purple spirit stone among spirit stones, containing the spiritual energy needed by cultivators!"
"What? Purple spirit stone?" Hearing his words, Ye Feng couldn't help but be greatly shocked.
Ye Feng knew what purple spirit stones were. The cultivation introduction book Su Keqing had given him contained information about spirit stones.
Due to the scarcity of spiritual energy in the world nowadays, only those who were extremely sensitive to spiritual energy could cultivate it.
However, there were exceptions. If there were enough spirit stones, one could directly absorb the spiritual energy within them.
Moreover, directly absorbing spiritual energy from spirit stones was much easier than absorbing spiritual energy from the heavens and earth. Therefore, spirit stones were supreme treasures for cultivators.
And purple spirit stones were even more precious among spirit stones, known as high-grade spirit stones. This item held a fatal attraction for cultivators.
"Shush! Why are you speaking so loudly? If this gets out, it could lead to a fatal disaster!" Sun Lei quickly warned.
Only then did Ye Feng quiet down.
"There are more of these purple spirit stones on this island. You can mine them and sell them to cultivators, and you should be able to make a fortune!" Sun Lei said.
Ye Feng smiled and nodded, then placed his hand on a nearby stone and activated his Sea God's power to sense it.
As Ye Feng's Sea God's power continued to penetrate beneath Chaos Stone Island, his surprise grew.
"Holy cow, how is this possible?"
He hadn't realized the extent of it until he sensed it, and he was shocked, even disbelieving.
Because after sensing it, Ye Feng discovered that the soil and vegetation beneath the entire Chaos Stone Island were covered with this purple spirit stone.
However, they were corroded and covered by seawater and other substances on the surface, making them look unremarkable and no different from ordinary stones.
Ye Feng had been to the seabed and knew that this island was merely the peak of a giant mountain.
The entire area beneath the island was made of this purple spirit stone. In other words, this giant mountain was a massive purple spirit stone.
How terrifying was that!
The more Ye Feng thought about it, the more uneasy he felt.
However, at this moment, something within the large cave at the base of the giant mountain on Chaos Stone Island seemed to sense something and began to roar and struggle.
In that instant, the entire Chaos Stone Island trembled.
"Wh-what's happening? Is it an earthquake?"
Sun Lei, next to him, turned pale with fright, quickly prostrated himself on the ground, and looked terrified.
At the same time, Ye Feng felt a surge of immense energy emanating from the entire giant mountain of Chaos Stone Island, which instantly quelled the tremor.
The thing in the giant cave seemed unwilling to give up and tried to struggle again.
But at this moment, at the bottom of the sea, a thousand meters deep, the plaque of the Sea God's Palace, which resembled a latrine, suddenly emitted a golden light, and a majestic divine power radiated outwards.
Sensing this divine power, the thing in the giant cave immediately became frightened and quieted down, retreating into the cave and disappearing.
Only then did Ye Feng react, and at the same time, he seemed to understand something...