"Stubborn Sen, was it that stupid Worsis who did it?" Hurricane asked through gritted teeth.
"It's very likely that it's the hurricane, but we'll talk about that later. For now, you stay here and don't go down into the valley. Carefully observe the surroundings, don't wander around, and don't make any noise. If anyone comes into the valley, leave immediately."
Jiang Sen gave a serious briefing on the hurricane. Now that someone had been to the valley, they had to take it seriously and couldn't be careless.
"Okay, hurry back and bring all the ships that can come, so that the people of the Dried Fish Tribe can build more ships as soon as possible."
"Okay, Hurricane." Stubborn Sen turned and left.
Three days later
Hurricane looked at the quiet valley with a puzzled expression. Why didn't that foolish Woxis come to mine? If he did, Stubborn Sen would just happen to be there and could steal their ore.
But why isn't Jiang Sen here yet? He's just rowing and hasn't brought anything with him, he should be here soon!
The worried hurricane turned back to look at the distant lake, where Stubborn Sen's boats could already be seen. This time there were even more boats than last time; it seemed that Stubborn Sen had borrowed all the boats from the Dried Fish Tribe that were under repair.
"Ha ha."
Seeing so many ships arrive, the gloom of the past few days from the hurricane vanished, and he smiled happily. He could almost see the ships carrying all the ore back home.
"Hurricane, how is it? Has anyone been to the valley?" Jiang Sen, who had just arrived at the top of the mountain, was more concerned about this question. He was afraid that someone would come and rob them if they came to mine.
"No, it's been very quiet these days. Let's hurry down!" Hurricane was already getting impatient.
So the barbarian mining teams set off in a grand procession toward the valley below.
Since they had run out of tools, they brought back some of the tools they had taken last time. They also added some wooden tools.
The quiet valley suddenly became lively, but this time there were more people than last time, some of whom were visiting for the first time. Stubborn Forest and Hurricane also joined the mining team. There was no one managing the site, so some people went into the wrong cave.
They didn't care whether the ore they dug was genuine or not; they just praised it as they dug.
For the next period of time, no one noticed anything amiss; they just kept digging.
It wasn't until the initial excitement subsided that Jiang Sen discovered the problem: for some reason, he lost his usual composure as soon as he arrived in the valley.
He was a commander, a leader of a team. He shouldn't have gone mining with the others. Luckily, the problem was discovered in time, but they still ended up digging up so much useless stuff.
Jiang Sen arrived at the luxurious workshop. He could no longer mine; he needed to calmly direct and think about the problem.
Actually, this valley is still dangerous. They're all mining right now, what if someone else invades? We have to take some defensive measures.
"Hurricane, have people keep watch on the mountain at the mouth of the valley. Report immediately if anyone approaches. Also, have people stationed by the lake."
Jiang Sen arranged for people to be on the mountain so they could see further and prepare for problems earlier.
"Okay, Stubborn Sen, but we're mining the ore pretty quickly. Shall we leave once we've mined enough to take with us?"
Hurricane and his team are indeed very fast at mining, which is thanks to their strong physiques.
They mined a lot of that white ore, which they didn't know what it was, in a short period of time.
"Yes, hurricane, at most the same as last time, don't dig too much, we can't take it with us."
Stubborn Sen didn't want to take any risks. Although there were more ships this time than last time, their carrying capacity was still limited.
"I hope nothing unexpected happens!" Jiang Sen prayed silently in his heart.