As a lord, I was forced to farm

The Jilantian Crystal is oval-shaped, and it's difficult to cut it into 60/40 sections.

Jiang Ran herself didn't need the Swift Sky Crystal; only Fei Xuan and Bai Mei could use it. She drew her sword and decisively divided the crystal into four equal parts. She took two for herself, giving one to Fei Xuan and the other to the little dragon who was working hard in the Spirit Sky.

"Silly Ranran, you promised to get 60%, this way you're at a disadvantage."

Jiang Ran patted Yao Bao's little head, then gently tugged at its funny, comical Tibetan fox face. "It's not stupid to suffer a little loss between friends."

"Hehe, Ranran is so nice~ Then I'll pay a little more for living expenses this time."

Yaobao emerged as the biggest winner this time.

It absorbed the Swift Sky Crystal into its body, and the large, semi-transparent crystal disappeared into its fur, making the traces of the Swift Sky Crystal completely visible.

Yaobao felt that the surrounding Lingling Su was more approachable, and its body felt lighter.

After dividing the spoils, Yun Mao wanted to take Jiang Ran to see the spirit gold mine they had just found.

"The two newly found spirit gold mines are much larger than the previous one. Now, Xiao Xuan has led a group of gold-devouring ants to the south-central part of Yunxiang Mountain."

The central and southern parts are already the core area of ​​Yunxiang Mountain. If Yaobao and Yun Mao were not there, a Xiao Xuan at the Xuan Bone Realm would never have dared to venture there, let alone seize the spirit gold mine there.

After Jiang Ran and her group left, the magical beasts that had been hiding in the shadows finally dared to show themselves. They cautiously sniffed around the Azure Giant Elephant's lair, licking the blood on the ground, hoping to find some treasures that could enhance their abilities.

Led by the two beasts, Jiang Ran headed towards the south-central part of Yunxiang Mountain, passing through dense vegetation and fallen dead trees, and soon arrived at her destination.

The unexploded mine was covered with a thick layer of soil, and lush vegetation grew on top of the soil. If it weren't for Xiao Xuan, who was extremely sensitive to the metallic scent, it would have been very difficult to find this spirit gold mine.

"Hiss..." Sensing Jiang Ran's approach, Xiao Xuan immediately poked its head out.

Surprisingly, next to Xiao Xuan, Jiang Ran also saw a female gold-eating ant that was even larger than Xiao Xuan.

Also.

There seem to be too many gold-eating ants here.

Jiang Ran remembered that Xiao Xuan led only a hundred Gold-Eating Ants. Even after two years, the colony had multiplied, but it shouldn't have reached the current scale of over a thousand. And many of the Gold-Eating Ants that went here had quite high cultivation levels.

Perhaps sensing Jiang Ran's confusion, Yun Mao's emerald cat eyes narrowed, and he said with a grin, "Wow~~~ that's because before we came, there was already a colony of gold-eating ants here. The little female ant next to Xiao Xuan is the queen of the colony. Now Xiao Xuan is living off the queen and is her husband."

Yao Bao wagged its tail and explained, "Queen Guang Guang quite likes Xiao Xuan. Under our tyranny, cough cough, no, under our earnest persuasion and Xiao Xuan's good looks, Guang Guang is willing to join Ran Ran's ranks and produce spirit crystal powder for you."

"That's how it hisses..."

The queen ant, Guangguang, uttered a human-like phrase in a hoarse voice, "Honorable master, master... Guangguang is willing to serve you..."

Queen Ant Guangguang must have rehearsed this for a long time, but she still delivered it quite fluently.

On Jiang Ran's shoulder, Fei Xuan gently fluttered its magnificent wings, and Guang Guang's antennae suddenly stiffened.

First, a strange, oppressive force seemed to come from the depths of my blood.

Feixuan said that she used to be called the Butterfly Queen, perhaps because of her bloodline's suppression of other insect-type magical beasts.

Jiang Ran was surprised for a moment by the existence of the Gold-Eating Ants. But having commanded so many subjects, she quickly accepted the fact that she now had thousands of Gold-Eating Ants under her command.

The activity of the gold-devouring ants has created a hideous wound in the thick earth, exposing the dark golden spirit gold ore.

Jiang Ran activated her Purple Jade Demon Eyes and gazed at the land beneath her feet. She discovered that, as Yun Maoyaobao had said, this spirit crystal mine was indeed enormous, stretching for one or two kilometers, and a hundred times larger than the previous mine.

Xiao Xuan found two spirit gold mines. The other mine was not large and not far from here. The two spirit gold mines were only separated by a mountain. Because it was too small, there were no gold-devouring ants guarding it.

Three spirit crystal mines suddenly appeared in Yunxiang Mountain.

Based on the location and terrain features of the three mines, Jiang Ran named them Pingxing Spirit Gold Mine (the original mine with a teleportation array), Guangqiao Spirit Gold Mine (the spirit gold mine occupied by Guangguang in the central and southern part of the city), and Miaoku Spirit Gold Mine (currently the smallest spirit gold mine).

With the help of the several beasts around her, Jiang Ran collected over 500 jin of spirit gold powder from the Guangqiao spirit gold mine.

Jiang Ran decided that from now on, she would have someone come to Guangqiao and Miaoku once every six months to collect the spirit gold powder.

After confirming the locations of the two spirit gold mines, Jiang Ran planned to return to Dongtian Village. Unexpectedly, Xiao Xuan wanted to go with them back to Pingxing Mine.

Xiao Xuan was willing to mate with the queen ant Guang Guang to produce offspring with better talents, but Ping Xing still had many undeveloped gold-devouring larvae. Even with the Hunyuan Golden Shield Formation, it was still worried about Ping Xing.

Jiang Ran naturally wouldn't stop Xiao Xuan from going back, and besides, Pingxing really needed a stronger magical beast to guard it.

Perhaps the only one who isn't too happy is Guangguang.

"Hiss..." The queen ant's antennae drooped sadly.

……

On the way back, it got a little dark, and the spiritual clouds in the sky above Yunshang Mountain were tinged with a leaden gray.

When they were still a few kilometers away from the Pingxing Mine, Jiang Ran's expression changed slightly.

Feixuan's voice also came into his mind, "Master, the wind direction in the distance is wrong, a stranger has broken in."

"Hurry up and go."

They sped up, and the group of people and beasts quickly arrived at the Pingxing Mine. By the time Jiang Ran arrived, the invaders had already been driven away, and the Da Su army from Dongtian Village was cleaning up the mess with weapons.

"Your Highness, you're finally back!" Xu Nong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Jiang Ran, and then hurriedly reported, "Someone broke into the spirit crystal mine, but fortunately the Shence Flying Cavalry arrived in time and, together with the villagers of Dongtian, repelled the enemy."

The Divine Strategy Flying Cavalry has been training at Yunxiang Mountain recently. Jian Bai and the other flying cavalrymen, along with their contracted spirit beasts, bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Highness."

Jiang Ran nodded slightly.

Xu Nong paused, "The fact that my Great Su has occupied the spirit gold mine may no longer be a secret..."

Jiang Ran glanced at the Pingxing Mine. The Gold-Eating Ants, still shaken, poked their heads out of their three-dimensional nests. A burnt smell wafted into her nostrils. The Hunyuan Golden Shield Array had been destroyed. This array could easily defend against cultivators or magical beasts at the Profound Bone Realm, so the newcomer must be an enemy at least above the Profound Bone Realm.

It just so happens that someone's been watching this place for a long time, especially since Xiao Xuan and Yao Bao aren't around. (End of Chapter)