After comforting Zijiang and easing the grief in her heart, I summoned the immortal crane and flew back to the City Lord's Manor with her and Pan Shu. By then, the manor had already been emptied out. After all, even someone as powerful as the city lord had fled with his head in his hands, and even the immortals from the powerful reinforcements at Immortal Might Valley had been slain by us. Any hunter here would have known to run, no matter how foolish they were.
Of course, I had returned because I coveted the treasures of the First Great City as well. I directed the immortal crane to the First Great City's storage site for mass-produced moonstones, and soon found a pile of finished crescent moonstones. Moonstones were stacked there like little mountains. The First Great City truly was wealthy.
"The First Great City really lives up to its name. Its stores are so abundant. I fear it has more resources than all the other great cities combined, doesn't it?" As Pan Shu, Zijiang, and I used immortal power to move the treasures onto the immortal crane, I couldn't help marveling sincerely at the First Great City's reserves of moonstones.
This place naturally stored more than just moonstones. There was also a treasure vault filled with all kinds of rare and precious treasures, as well as materials from legendary and epic-level ferocious beasts. Even Zijiang was left staring wide-eyed.
"I heard long ago that the lords of the Upper Three Cities were wealthy enough to rival the world. Now it seems that really was true." Zijiang had more or less untangled some of the knots in her heart, and was finally willing to speak.
"Mm. Then let's use these moonstones for cultivation. A single one doesn't provide much of