Even in Qing Province, a land teeming with powerful figures, Lu Yang had gained the strength to establish himself.
With dual wood and lightning dantians, and two Heaven-grade Top-rank cultivation techniques, Lu Yang was unquestionably one of a kind even among Sub-King level martial artists.
Looking across all of Qing Province, apart from the leaders of the top powers among the Righteous Path, the demonic path, and the Demon Race, there was basically no one left who could stand against Lu Yang.
As for breaking through and becoming a king, he still had a long way to go.
The reason was simple: resources.
Breaking through to the Sixth Realm and becoming a king required an astronomical number of High-grade Spirit Stones!
At present, Lu Yang had three High-grade Spirit Springs. Every month, they yielded thirty High-grade Spirit Stones—equivalent to three hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones. Even in Qing Province, that made him a bona fide tycoon.
But he had held these resources for too short a time and accumulated too little. The hundred or so High-grade Spirit Stones he had saved over the past six months were nowhere near enough.
What was more, he had handed some of those High-grade Spirit Stones to Shang Qingzhi to fund her business, then spent half of what remained on a large assortment of saber techniques and martial arts.
After breaking through to the Ninth level of the Sixth Realm and becoming a Sub-King, Lu Yang was now flat broke, with only three and a half High-grade Spirit Stones left to his name.
"An ordinary martial artist needs at least a thousand High-grade Spirit Stones to break through to the Sixth Realm and reach the King rank. But I have dual dantians, and each one is half again as large as an ordinary person's