Chapter 855: Chapter 855: There’s Something Fishy Chapter 855: Chapter 855: There’s Something Fishy Sherry Webb took a deep breath and shook her head helplessly:
“No, Snow Wave Mountain is bestowed with unique advantages, not only in terms of its high-quality minerals but also its abundant resources. The Octavian officials have had their eyes on it as well!

If we truly can’t find the proof of ownership, Snow Wave Mountain will become ownerless and automatically fall into the hands of the authorities. They would love for this to happen; why would they issue a new certificate to us?”

Even the authorities have issued a notice: if neither party presents the ownership documents within a week, Snow Wave Mountain will directly become an official domain, with military forces stationed there.

By then, both the Webb Family and the Williams Family will suffer heavy losses, with no place to turn for reasoning.

Hearing this, Greg Jensen and his companions finally understood the full picture.

That is to say, Snow Wave Mountain has now become a forbidden zone, where no one may enter at will, let alone think about acquiring a large amount of Spirit Stones from within.

To establish relations here, one must either help the Webb Family find their lost scroll or wait for the rights to fall into the hands of the officials.

The former would be better, as I did save Sherry Webb’s life, so both morally and emotionally, they would agree to provide Spirit Stones for me.

But if it turned out to be the latter, the situation would be unfavorable, because once the Liberty Alliance got involved in the purchase of Spirit Stones, just by thinking with one’s toes, one would know who Octavia would sell to.

“Things are really getting more and more troublesome!”

Greg Jensen sighed inwardly, contemplating whether to lend a hand or not, also depending on the quality of the Spirit Stones. If they were too poor, he might as well go directly to look for the Xuantian Spirit Vein with Karen Milton.

Lost in thought, the group of five quickly arrived at the Webb Family’s Amethyst Castle.

With a creak, the towering doors swung open inward, and two tall young servants approached them.

“Miss Sherry, Butler Gale, you’re back!?”

“Yes, where is my father? I need to see him!”

Sherry Webb asked excitedly, eager to see her father and introduce her life-savers to him.

As she spoke, she led Greg Jensen and the others inside, evidently intending to go to the main hall.

However, the servants stopped her, “No, Miss Sherry, that’s not possible. Family Head Webb is currently receiving guests, and it would be highly inappropriate for you to barge in so abruptly!”

“Receiving guests?” Sherry Webb was somewhat puzzled, “Who are the guests from? Am I not allowed to see them?”

“It’s… it’s the Family Head of the Williams! Apparently, he has received some extremely unsettling news and has come specifically to inform us!

The Family Head expressly instructed us that no one is to go there without his consent!”

It was evident that the attitudes of the two servants were extremely resolved.

After all, compared to Miss Sherry’s willfulness, they feared the Family Head’s words more.

“So what? My father will still have to tell me later, won’t he? What’s wrong with me just taking a look now? You…”
Sherry Webb, looking dissatisfied, tried to break free from the restraint of the servants.

But Greg Jensen stopped her, saying with a smile, “Sherry, since the Webb Castle Lord is busy, let’s not disturb him. It will be the same if we see him later in the evening.”

“This… well then, Mr. Ouyang, let me arrange guest rooms for you to rest for a while. Once my father is finished, I will bring you to meet him!”

Thus, Sherry Webb glared fiercely at the two servants, and under the guidance of Butler Gale, she checked Greg Jensen and Karen Milton into their guest rooms, providing them with fine wines, dishes, desserts, and fruits.

Once outsiders had left the room, Zoey Milton asked in confusion:
“Senior, you don’t think we’ve come on a wild goose chase, do you? It really is such bad timing!”

Karen Milton pondered for a moment and shook her head, “It’s unlikely that we’ve gone on a wild goose chase. After all, the senior is Sherry’s lifesaver, and no matter what, a large family like theirs won’t quibble over a bit of Spirit Stone.”

Overall, since learning about the loss of ownership rights to Snow Wave Mountain, making the plan to obtain a large amount of Spirit Stones increasingly elusive, they had begun to feel some disappointment about this operation.

However, Greg Jensen denied their assertions, his gaze growing more profound:
“From what I can tell, there’s more to this than meets the eye — it’s not as simple as we’ve heard!”

“Ah? Senior, what do you mean by that?”

“The deeds to the land were lost at the same time, right? Those documents are quite special and were coveted by the local officials. Do you really think they’ll be that easy to find? There’s clearly a huge conspiracy behind all this!”

“This… Are you suggesting that the items weren’t lost but are definitely hidden by one of the parties involved?”

“I can’t rule out that possibility, but I lean more towards the likelihood of both families having a mole who is working with outside forces.”

Normally, one would just have to wait for the deeds to reappear to see whose hands they fall into to ascertain who made a move.

Of course, the person behind it all might not foolishly reveal themselves directly and will likely use some methods to clear their name.

Realizing that the situation was rather grim and almost directly opposed to their actions, Karen Milton couldn’t help but ask:
“What should we do? Senior, we can’t just sit around and wait for death, can we? And the key issue is that we don’t even know the quality of the Spirit Stone veins on Snow Wave Mountain!”

They feared that after all their efforts, they might find that the quality was substandard and completely useless to them.

That is to say, to decide whether or not to take action, they would still need to find an opportunity to investigate Snow Wave Mountain, thus preventing any unforeseen incidents.

“Don’t worry just yet, aren’t you curious about what exactly Williams is saying to them?”

“Of course we are curious! But… didn’t Sherry say that even she couldn’t go over there, so it’s even less likely for us to overhear!”

“Heh, of course it’s impossible to go in openly and aboveboard!”

Greg Jensen chuckled and calmly pulled out a scroll, releasing the Four-tailed White Fox. He moved his lips slightly, issuing a command.

Lily nodded with a human-like understanding, glowing white light shimmering around her as she unexpectedly shrank to the size of a fist. She hopped from the ground and quickly exited through the window.

“Hiss! Lily is that powerful?!” Zoey Milton was slightly startled, but she quickly caught on, “Senior, are you planning to have Lily eavesdrop on their conversation?”

Greg Jensen nodded without dwelling on the topic. He continued to take out another scroll and handed it to Karen Milton, smiling and saying:
“While there’s still daylight, find a secluded spot and use the Three-eyed Golden Eagle to scout the geology of Snow Wave Mountain to see if there are Spirit Stones there, and what quality they are!”

He didn’t expect the Webb Family to be completely honest with him, so much of the information had to be obtained firsthand. Only by clarifying these two points would subsequent strategies be convenient to devise.

Moreover, since Snow Wave Mountain was currently unguarded, a bird’s-eye view from above would make it obvious who was present, and he might even figure out who was behind the targeting of the two major ore families in Octavia.

“Understood, Senior. I’ll investigate as quickly as possible and report back!”

Karen Milton nodded, took the scroll, and set off immediately, placing great importance on this mission.