Chapter 169 - 164 Royal Invitation (5/5)
Zhou Heng immediately thought of a question: why hadn’t the powerful families of Bright Moon Country intervened?
To say that Spirit Cores held no attraction for the powerful families of Bright Moon Country was something Zhou Heng found utterly unbelievable.
It was Orchid Concubine, the "noble-born" heiress of a powerful family, who cleared up his confusion. There were two reasons: First, each country had considerable autonomy, and this was a rule jointly established by the three great families of Bright Moon Country.
Therefore, even the Wind Howl Sect, backing Cold Blue Country, dared not openly violate it, and the same was true for the powerful backers behind the other three countries.
Second, the probability of finding a Spirit Core within that vein was pitifully small.
Nature’s spiritual energy was not evenly distributed, but rather, the closer to the center of the continent, the denser the spiritual energy became, then progressively thinner as one moved farther away.
The Heavenly Dragon Empire naturally occupied the center of the continent, possessing the densest spiritual energy, and only there could Upper Grade Spirit Stone Mines form. The four dynasties were scattered around the Heavenly Dragon Empire, where the concentration of spiritual energy was somewhat inferior, allowing for the formation of Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mines.
By the time one reached Cold Blue Country, it was nearly the end of the continent, with the boundless ocean beyond; the spiritual energy was so sparse that even the presence of Lower Grade Spirit Stone Mines was cause for celebration!
Ninety-nine percent of the time, Lower Grade Spirit Stone Mines did not have the conditions to produce Spirit Cores. Precisely because of this, the powerful families of Bright Moon Country generously refrained from intervening. Otherwise, despite the prohibitions of the three great families, they would have engaged in underhanded maneuvers.
Now, all they needed to do was collect their benefits.