Over the next several days, Li Qingyuan secretly gathered intelligence while changing identities for his activities.
His main purpose was to collect Alchemy Materials to refine Golden Bone Pills, Spirit Condensing Pills, and Dragon Tiger Elixirs for Ji Kun, feeding it all kinds of Second-grade Elixirs of Masterwork Quality.
Of course, Li Qingyuan himself had also consumed no shortage of these masterwork pills, and his cultivation improved by the day.
He also fed Ji Kun quite a few Second-Tier Demonic Beast Cores.
The aura of a Tier 3 Demonic Beast emanating from Ji Kun grew increasingly dense.
Although Ji Kun was a glutton with a stomach like a bottomless pit, Li Qingyuan had at least begun to see returns on his investment. From what he knew of Ji Kun, a newly advanced Tier 3 Ji Kun would surely rival a Mid-Tier 3 Great Demon.
As for escape techniques, Ji Kun stood peerless among avian beasts. Once it successfully advanced, it would undoubtedly be among the fastest of all Tier 3 Great Demons.
Hehe, once that time came, with Ji Kun in hand, the world would be mine.
Ten days later, Li Qingyuan arrived at a temporary trading town that had sprung up.
At this moment, Li Qingyuan was showing his true face. With cultivation at the peak of Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and divine sense at Foundation Establishment Late Stage, his strength counted as middling within the secret realm.
"A trading town actually formed here?" Li Qingyuan surveyed his surroundings.
The street-stall economy had already taken off, and cries of hawking rang out nonstop from all around.
"Come take a look! Second-grade Talisman Paper, Second-grade Talisman Paper!"
"Second-Tier Demonic Beast Grouper Hound Demonic Beast Core—excellent artifact refining materials!"
"Top-grade First-tier Pills, Second-grade Low-rank Pills! Come take a look, guaranteed satisfaction!"