Late at night, Cliff Cave Dwelling.
On the stone wall to the left of the cave entrance was a huge bay window a meter deep.
Chen Mu leaned against one side of the window frame, sitting on the broad, level stone sill. Through the transparent, crystal-clear Fine Jade Window, the stars shone brightly in the night sky.
The Armor-Stacking Plan had failed. The most cost-effective way to rid himself of the Contract's hidden danger was still to refine Peach Divine Lords.
Unfortunately, over the past few days, the nine Vermilion Feather Swords had lingered within Prison of Essence Valley, yet they had failed to find another Moli Silver mutant peach tree.
"It's all because Old Man Hu is too greedy."
"Who knows how many people are refining Peach Divine Lords."
"So many mutant peach trees, yet every single one had its Peach Wood Core hollowed out. What a..."
Chen Mu shook his head, seething inwardly.
"Or... should I rob someone else's Peach Divine Lord?"
Chen Mu felt tempted.
After hesitating for quite a while, he finally dismissed the thought.
Once a Peach Wood Core had been refined into a Peach Divine Lord, it became spiritually linked to its refiner. Trying to erase that connection and refine it a second time would likely have an absurdly high failure rate.
Not only would aggressively stealing Peach Divine Lords accomplish little, it might also draw an investigation from the Hundred Illusions Sect.
"I'm a good man. How could I do something like beating people up and stealing their treasures?" Chen Mu declared righteously, his face solemn.
"At worst, I'll wait another year."
According to the Nine Lives Tribulation Splitting Art, after a Moli Silver wood core was removed, it would reappear after a little over a year of nourishment.
Though waiting another year