Within just a few seconds, runes appeared on the walls of the mine and the ground. There seemed to be a strange formationid through the entire space, and each of the formation cores emitted a brilliant golden glow.


    There were a dozen or so golden lights around the space that shone on the first dragon cauldron, forming an oval-shaped ball of light. The next second, a broken piece of the ninth dragon cauldron appeared out of thin air.


    The golden light disappeared the second the piece appeared along with the formation. All that was left was the first dragon cauldron and the broken piece floating in mid-air. Wilbur was stunned by the sight as he knew that this was a special kind of formation.


    Such a formation created a secret dimension where the broken cauldron piece was hidden until now. The first dragon cauldron''s appearance activated the formation, which revealed the broken cauldron piece from the hidden space.


    Wilbur opened his hands and caught the first dragon cauldron and the broken cauldron piece. He could sense that this broken piece of the ninth dragon cauldron had the same aura as the first dragon cauldron, and it was also especially cooling to the touch.


    Wilbur heaved a sigh of relief at the sight of the broken cauldron piece. He had finally found one of the nine broken pieces, and that was a start. Perry had also said before that finding one of the pieces would lead him to information on where the other pieces were.


    Wilbur looked around him, then put the first dragon cauldron and the broken piece away. He was still in Tuttle Mine, after all. He could tend to the dragon cauldrons once he was out of here. What mattered most now was digging up more copper ore to get him more grace points.


    Despite having gotten ten thousand grace points, that amount was far from enough for Wilbur. After all, the old dragon had many more treasures that he could only get with more grace points.


    This time, Wilbur got himself another ten thousand grace points of copper ore. He did not convert the remaining ore he had into grace points as he had reached his mining limit here and theck of ore would be noticeable if he kept going.


    Wilbur left a portion of the copper ores he had dug up in his demine as these copper ores had the ability to hide spirit aura. He was nning to make some bronze essories and chests out of the remaining ores when he got back as it mighte in handy in the future.


    After all, Faye, Faron, and the others were now cultivators too. If Light Valley was going to take him out, they would be sure to go after Faye and the others as well. However, if they wore bronze essories to hide their spiritual aura, they might just be able to avoid Light Valleying after them. Cultivators and regr mortals lived starkly different lives and did not meddle with each other, and these copper ore might just save a life or two during such difficult times.


    Wilbur put the shovel away, storing the two hundred kilograms of copper ore he had dug up in a sack before heading out of the mining spot. He was faced with various different tunnels again, but the first dragon cauldron could not sense any dragon aura this time no matter how hard he tried.


    That meant that there were only two mining spots in Tuttle Mine and that he would have to get out of there on his own. Wilbur put the first dragon cauldron away, relying on his instinct to choose which path to proceed. Yet half an hour ticked by, and he was still unable to get out of the mine.