Crack!
A fist-sized chunk of dark ore was easily sheared in half by a huge bluish-black pincer.
The Iron Pincer Crab young beast raised its pair of saber-like pincers at Lu Xuan, its eyes bulging, as if in disdain.
"Haven't had you cutting for a while, and your skills have grown!"
Lu Xuan laughed and sighed, then delivered the Fine Iron Ore, now split in two, beneath the Iron Pincer Crab's pair of pincers.
Two became four, four became eight. The ore shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, while the Iron Pincer Crab young beast tirelessly clipped apart the ore that was pushed over, full of tenacity.
Amid one crack after another, Lu Xuan's thoughts drifted.
This trip to the Secret Realm by invitation had made him feel the helplessness of a rogue cultivator.
He usually farmed in peace, made enemies with no one, and got involved in no disputes over profit. The only identity he had revealed was that of a Spirit Plant Master with decent planting talent.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, he had even established a certain cooperative relationship with Hundred Herbs Hall, which had a Foundation Establishment Pill master, and attached himself under Hundred Herbs Hall.
Yet when the Wang Family cultivators came to invite him, he still had no control over himself. Even though he was unwilling to go into the Secret Realm to help identify spirit plants, he had no choice but to agree.
The helplessness of a bottom-rung rogue cultivator had been laid bare to the last drop.
After this trip, he had the thought of leaving Vast Forest Market.
Hundred Herbs Hall had recommended him to the Wang Family. No matter what their purpose had been, it was obvious that they had brought trouble upon him. The scant goodwill between