It had to be said that Ling Tian and the others had hit upon a highly effective method: capture cultivators, then have them—or even their friends and family—trade information about Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures or Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for their freedom. They had reaped a great deal from it. In less than ten years, they had obtained leads on more than twenty Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures they had yet to acquire. Counting duplicates, there were dozens of different treasures in all. That was a far greater haul than Ling Tian had gotten from posting bounty missions through the Mist Hidden Sect.
They had learned about many Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures, and, more importantly, they had gotten the information without paying a reward. They had even obtained Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from quite a few cultivators. All things considered, their gains were even greater. Later, they could use those treasures to post bounty missions through the Mist Hidden Sect, which would surely help Ling Tian learn even more about Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures.
More importantly, as time went on, Ling Tian and the others would capture more and more Outer Realm Cultivators. Naturally, that meant they would learn more and more about Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures, and collect ever-greater quantities of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. It was even possible they might obtain information about every Saint-grade Heavenly Treasure.
And as long as they learned where every Saint-grade Heavenly Treasure could be found, Ling Tian would have a chance to obtain them one by one. That was still far, far better than not knowing where they were.
"Mm, exactly. Capturing Outer Realm Cultivators and making them pay a ransom for their freedom has brought us far too many benefits." Ling Tian spoke with a broad smile. "At the very least, it's made it