’Don’t tell me those three I ran into today were all just cannon fodder raised by the Divine Fire Sect?’

That was the only way to explain why even the late-stage Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivator was so weak.

Aside from his decent Blood Escape technique, he was nothing like what a Demon ought to be.

’Ah, forget it. Why am I even worrying about this?’

Xiao Chen shook his head, not wanting to dwell on it any longer.

Cannon fodder or not, the points were only calculated based on their Cultivation Realm anyway.

In fact, it would be a good thing if more cannon fodder like them showed up.

It would make his fights a little easier.

’Huh, what’s this?’

After sorting through some of the less valuable miscellaneous items, he found a blood-red stone, a bottle of blackish-red Elixirs, and a peculiar map inside the Storage Bag.

Xiao Chen picked up the stone first and examined it.

He could feel a particularly active Spiritual Power contained within the stone. When he held it, this Spiritual Power felt like it wanted to surge out and enter his bloodstream.

Although he couldn’t identify the type of ore for now, he was certain that based on the Spiritual Power it contained alone, this thing was definitely worth a considerable amount of Spirit Stones.

He estimated that if he could find a knowledgeable buyer, he could sell it for at least several thousand Spirit Stones.

’Now this is more like it.’

Xiao Chen took out a storage box and placed the stone inside by itself.

With this stone, plus the Spirit Stones and Upper Grade Magical Artifacts he already had, his total haul from this venture would be worth nearly ten thousand Spirit Stones.

Xiao Chen was suddenly much more satisfied. He had come to Hezhou to get rich, after all.

It would have been a real downer to wait a whole month, finally encounter some Demon Cultivators, and only end up with a little over two thousand Spirit Stones.

’But speaking of which, I seem to have accumulated quite a few things now.’

Xiao Chen took stock and remembered he still had a number of useless Upper Grade Magical Artifacts, Cultivation Techniques, and other items he’d obtained from the Eastern Wanderer and the Demon Cultivator from Huangque Valley.

’I’ll have to keep an eye out for an opportunity to sell all these things for Spirit Stones later.’

The situation in Hezhou was chaotic right now, but it was precisely during times like these that it was easier to get rid of various items.

Xiao Chen was almost certain that there must be Black Markets of all sizes in Hezhou at present; he just didn’t know how to access them yet.

Making a mental note of this, he continued to inspect the rest of his haul.

Next was the bottle of blackish-red Elixirs. He had seen this stuff once before.

This time, they were also stored in a special Bone Bottle, and there were three pills in total.

’Whatever. I’ll just hold onto them for now. In time, I’m bound to find out what they are.’

Finally, there was the peculiar map.

At first glance, the map seemed ordinary, made with common paper and ink, and held not a trace of Spiritual Power.

Out of curiosity, Xiao Chen had initially just opened it for a glance, wanting to see how the Divine Fire Sect marked the current situation.

But unexpectedly, while he didn’t see any difference in their depiction of the situation, he discovered a special marking.

Besides the normal colors on the map, there was a white Skull drawn on a small mountain peak at the border of Qingyang Mountain and Qiuping County.

Xiao Chen immediately recalled what Chang Shunping had told him about the White Bone Sect.

’Could it be?’

His eyes lit up. ’Don’t tell me this is the location of a White Bone Sect stronghold.’

Such a scenario wasn’t impossible. After all, the two sides had different intelligence networks, so it was natural they possessed different information.

Xiao Chen hurriedly took out the rest of the miscellaneous items and checked them all again. Unfortunately, he found no similar markings on anything else.

’White Bone Sect...’

Xiao Chen unfolded the map again, staring at the Skull marking, and suddenly had a great idea.

’It’s only two hundred li in total. Why don’t I go take a look?’

’If I actually run into some Demon Cultivators, that’s just free points for the taking.’

’The Lingyuan Sect’s Inspector won’t arrive until the day after tomorrow at the earliest. At this distance, I have more than enough time to make the round trip twice.’

’A Demon Cultivator from the Divine Fire Sect is still a Demon Cultivator, and a Demon Cultivator from the White Bone Sect is also a Demon Cultivator.’

’The Lingyuan Sect probably can’t tell the difference between them, right?’

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