At this time, the number of Cultivators within the Immortal Sect had grown to over twelve hundred. However, fewer and fewer Cultivators had been returning to the sect during this period. Only one or two came back from outside every day or two.
In other words, of the original two thousand-plus Cultivators in Moon-Gazing Valley, only a little over a thousand remained after the calamity of the Spirit Mountain Vein Province Purge. Nearly half had been lost.
Of the Cultivators who had perished, the overwhelming majority were Foundation Establishment Realm and Golden Core Cultivators.
There had also been Nascent Soul Cultivator casualties, but not many. Most Nascent Soul Cultivators, once they sensed that things had gone wrong, had means of preserving their lives and fleeing.
Overall, this disaster had affected Moon-Gazing Valley far less severely than imagined! After Su Hao emerged from the Disciple Record, he let out a long breath and thought, Because the channels for obtaining resources have suffered a devastating blow, the exchange prices for materials have skyrocketed. Spirit Power Stones have risen the most.
Spirit Power Stones are the Energy Core that sustain large Formations. The Immortal Sect has even begun openly purchasing all kinds of materials and Spirit Power Stones from its members with Merit Points, using them to reinforce and stockpile the sect's defensive Formations.
In other words, the higher-ups of the Immortal Sect have already foreseen that Moon Valley's main base will face invasion from external enemies.
After pondering for a moment, Su Hao realized that there was no place in this world where one could find absolute peace. Even Moon-Gazing Valley, far from Spirit Mountain Vein Province and hidden in a small basin deep within the remote highlands of Annan Heng Prefecture, drew endless covetous gazes.
That was because the Spirit Qi