For a moment, Lu Feng did not grasp Feng Yuan's predicament. He merely assumed that the latter could not bear to see him expend more resources on Feng Minglang and the others, so he replied as gently as possible, "It's nothing. It won't take much Source Liquid—an amount equivalent to ten or so High-Grade Source Stones will be enough."
"Ten... ten or so?" Feng Yuan's astonished voice trembled, and the embarrassment on his face became markedly more apparent.
The other elders also stood rooted to the spot in awkward hesitation, at a loss for what to do.
Over the years, the disciples of Demonic Ape Mountain had relied almost entirely on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for cultivation. Even they themselves rarely refined Source Stones to improve their strength. To them, Source Stones were only used one or two at a time at key breakthroughs, and even then, they only used Low-Grade or Mid-Grade Source Stones.
Though they each obtained some High-Grade Source Stones during their travels and training, those resources were almost always spent soon after they came into hand, used to replenish the sect and purchase cultivation equipment and pills.
At present, even pooling everything together, Feng Yuan and the others could at most scrape up the equivalent of four or five High-Grade Source Stones.
Feng Yuan considered pawning off some items from the sect in exchange for Source Stones, but on second thought, looking throughout the entire mountain gate and beyond, there seemed to be nothing of value...
Bitterness also showed on Feng Minglang's face as he said to Lu Feng, full of heartache, "Too expensive. We... should just leave it at that."
Lu Feng froze, then suddenly realized the value of High-Grade Source Stones. These days, he had been receiving dozens or even hundreds