Leaving Ling Xuan and the others underwater to reason with the Snow Mountain Lu King and move it with emotion, drawing it into the imperial court's ranks.
On the ice field.
Liang Qu communicated with the Ze Cauldron, his pupils widening with boundless excitement.
Eight hundred thousand in stock!
Once exchanged, it would bring his fusion degree close to forty points!
All pearls, all shells. Back near Feng Bu County, getting a clam pearl from the Old Giant Clam had taken coaxing, trickery, and racking his brains, for no more than a few thousand essence.
Today, all he had to do was give them a knock with the Spear Tally, and they obediently offered them up.
By now, his fist had grown bigger and bigger. The feeling of finishing the job and leaving without having to use his brain was downright exhilarating!
Just twenty more points—four hundred thousand essence—and the Water King Ape could become the Water Monkey Great Sage!
As it happened, there were two enormous sources of profit this year: the Fish Tax from the Mermaid Tribe and the Dragon Man Tribe!
Especially the Dragon Man Tribe!
Mermaid Tears amounted to no more than eighty or ninety thousand, but the Dragon Man Tribe supported him with all their strength. They gave Liang Qu the lion's share—several thousand lotus seeds every year, with a guaranteed minimum of over a hundred thousand. Then he could ask the Toad and the Sea Market Master for some, and work on General Yuan...
"In a few days, we're going back to Pingyang!"
Liang Qu clenched his fist. He planned to settle the loose ends and return to Pingyang Prefecture to make his breakthrough.
After advancing to True Image, cultivation began to carry some of the flavor of "secluded cultivation." Once one entered a