Chapter 1262: Lin Yuan and Zong Ze’s Business Lin Yuan did not want to create another team for the sole purpose of creating the Spirit Settling Silver Ore weapons because this would expand Sky City’s members to too large of an extent. Besides the fact that it would require Lin Yuan to invest many resources and effort, he would be at odds with the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce’s role. This was not what Lin Yuan wanted. Moreover, the Vein Land Imp was like a walking mineral vein. As such, it might be able to discover other mineral veins besides the Spirit Settling Silver Ore vein. In order to match up with the speed at which the Vein Land Imp dug through the mineral veins, Lin Yuan would have to form a group with more members than a top faction, as not even a top faction would be able to harvest a mineral vein in a short span of time. After mulling over this problem, he decided to go into the business of the mineral itself. “Big Brother Zong, I do have something to ask of you. Have you heard of any faction that has a project that requires a large number of minerals?” Zong Ze raised an eyebrow and thought,?Could Lin Yuan have discovered a mineral mountain? It is forbidden to harvest from mineral veins without permission in the Radiance Federation. All the mineral veins within a 10,000-kilometer radius of each of the 32 major cities belonged to all the cities collectively, and factions were only allowed to harvest from mineral veins beyond that radius. Top, veteran, and rising factions had already taken ownership of all the areas not under the jurisdiction of the major cities. There was barely any cake left to go around. As for a project that required a large number of minerals, Zong Ze knew of one. The top faction Furnace Stone Metal had a metal spiritual ingredient role, and their supporter was Chef Supreme. Hence, Furnace Stone Metal often gave newly discovered mineral mountains to Chef Supreme in exchange for the chance to evolve feys. Chef Supreme had left these mineral mountains to Zong Ze. Gu Lang was in a similar situation. Thus, the two of them had formed a faction specifically meant to harvest minerals from mineral mountains. This faction had close to 10,000 Spirit Craftsmen as its members. The Creation Master team that Zong Ze had formed provided a large amount of Creation Master resources to this faction annually. If Lin Yuan had a large number of minerals that he wanted to use up, Zong Ze would be able to take them all. Zong Ze remembered that he owned half the ownership of this faction and said, “Lin Yuan, Gu Lang and I started a faction seven or eight years ago. The faction only works for the two of us, so it doesn’t even have a name. This faction turns metal spiritual ingredients into weapons and other instruments or molds them into various-sized cubes that can be sold in the market. Why don’t I give you 25% of the ownership, and you can use this faction to handle any metal spiritual ingredient in the future?” Wen Yu looked shocked when she heard what Zong Ze said. No matter how busy she was, she never stopped collecting information for Sky City and knew of the faction that Zong Ze and Gu Lang owned and all the resources and finances it possessed. Although Sky City possessed a sizable amount of resources, it was likely only worth half of what this faction owned. After all, this faction gained its resources from natural sources. If Zong Ze was giving Lin Yuan 25% ownership of the faction to Lin Yuan to express his gratitude, Wen Yu felt that it was too much. No one expressed their gratitude in such a way! Wen Yu used to be a spirit attendant, but she also could not imagine someone handing out such wealth so easily. By giving Lin Yuan 25% ownership of the faction, Zong Ze was going the equivalent of Mystic Moon cutting open the Radiant Moon Palace’s money bag and giving it away. Lin Yuan hastily shook his head and said, “Big Brother Zong, we might be brothers, but you can’t give me shares for nothing! But if you have a faction that can make use of a large amount of metal-type spiritual ingredients, I would like to work with you.” When Zong Ze seemed intent on giving Lin Yuan the 25% of the shares, Lin Yuan hurriedly added, “I’m sure you won’t take advantage of me if we work together!” As such, Zong Ze could only say vexedly, “If I work with you, I won’t let you suffer even if I have to suffer myself.” Lin Yuan thought for a moment before saying, “Big Brother Zong, I was at another land to train. When I was at the other land and found a dimensional rift, I stumbled on a Vein Land Imp. This Vein Land Imp found a Spirit Settling Silver Ore vein. I would like to establish a deal with you based on all the Spirit Settling Silver Ore in the vein.” Zong Ze thought,?All of these coincidences that happen to Lin Yuan seem almost uncanny! Not only had Lin Yuan found a Spirit Settling Silver Ore vein but even a Vein Land Imp. With the Vein Land Imp, Lin Yuan would have countless opportunities to access mineral veins in the future. Previously, Zong Ze only wanted to help out Lin Yuan. But now, it felt more like Lin Yuan was helping him. As the mineral veins were continuously harvested, the quantity of minerals within them would reduce. Additionally, it was difficult to discover new mineral veins. As such, the Spirit Craftsmen in Gu Lang and Zong Ze’s faction only needed to work about six hours a day. If Lin Yuan could supply them with many mineral veins, the Spirit Craftsmen only had to work longer to generate tremendous wealth. “Lin Yuan, I said that I’m giving you 25% of the ownership. But after working with you, I think I should give you at least 30%! This number purely came about based on transactional value and not at any other reasons.” Zong Ze paused for a moment before continuing. “Lin Yuan, do you want to join this faction by taking over some of the shares? If you do, I’ll contact Gu Lang so we can split the shares evenly,” Lin Yuan found Zong Ze’s suggestion more than acceptable. This was the most convenient option for him, and he could collect earnings in the future based on the divided shares without much worry. Hence, he nodded and said, “Fine. Big Brother Zong. Why don’t we call Zong Ze over so we can all talk face-to-face?” Zong Ze immediately called Gu Lang.