Down and Out

Another day passed, and the forces that had come to support Zhennan City began preparing to withdraw one after another.

The great battle had ended. Disciples and cultivators from every sect and school packed their belongings, ready to return to their respective sects and stations.

The city gates bustled with people. Carriages, pack beasts, and cultivators flying through the air streamed past without end, the liveliness carrying a hint of farewell.

Taking advantage of this lull, Li Xiao sorted through the things he had accumulated over the past few days.

The corpses of those Fifth Turn Demonic Beasts had already been cut into chunks of meat, sealed with True Qi, and stacked neatly to one side;

The two dragon kidneys had been separately packed into large boxes and carefully stored in the safest place.

Together with the two Superior Treasure Artifacts, a stack of Talismans, several bottles of Pills, and several hundred Spirit Stones he had won from Wang Yuheng, the miscellaneous pile of goods filled Elder Shi's courtyard to the brim, leaving almost nowhere to stand.

Looking at all the fine things scattered across the ground, Elder Shi could not help clicking his tongue in amazement. He circled the chunks of demonic beast meat and the dragon kidneys several times, his eyes full of emotion.

"You brat really came to the right place on this journey to resist the Demon Race.

"With all these good things, I'm afraid even ordinary Round Marrow cultivators don't possess a fortune as rich as yours."

He crouched down and patted a neatly cut piece of demonic beast meat, then looked at the box containing the dragon kidneys. A trace of barely detectable greed flashed through his eyes.

Standing to the side, Li Xiao spoke with heartfelt seriousness. "I earned all of this through