"Junior has reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage. Without a spiritual item that can help me break through to Spirit Transformation, I'm unlikely to make much progress for the time being. I wonder if there's anything you need me to do here in Yuanling City, senior. Just give the order."
Seeing that He Hu had gone off to cultivate, Du Ming found himself with nothing to do. His eyes turned, and he cupped his hands toward Lu Xiaotian. After spending some time by Lu Xiaotian's side, Du Ming had come to understand his temperament somewhat. He was devoted to cultivation and disliked being bothered by worldly affairs. Du Ming was only a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, without any connections in Yuanling City. If he didn't find a powerful patron soon, the days ahead would not be easy.
"Find out where I can get the water, metal, earth, and wind spirit hearts." Lu Xiaotian thought it over. He did need someone to run errands for him. Though Du Ming's cultivation wasn't high, and he might not know Yuanling City very well, Lu Xiaotian had no one else he could trust for the moment. He was reasonably familiar with Du Ming, so having him run errands would do. He tossed him a storage pouch. "Also find me a new map of the area around Yuanling City, as well as information on some of the nearby perilous places and the distribution of the city's powers."
Du Ming caught the storage pouch and swept it with his divine sense. He was immediately startled: there were a full fifty low-grade spirit crystals inside. Nascent Soul cultivators still mostly used spirit stones for their daily cultivation. As for spirit crystals, even high-grade ones were rarely used by someone like Du Ming. At his wealthiest, he had