Hou Yanqing's Ambition

After witnessing the entire process of Qin Shaofeng refining the special Spirit Pearls with his own eyes, Hou Yanqing believed what Qin Shaofeng had said.

But what disgusted Qin Shaofeng most was that afterward, Hou Yanqing had the nerve to put on a show and say things like, "You didn't need to go to all this trouble. I believed you from the start," and so on.

Believed him from the start?

If you believed him from the start, why the hell didn't you say so earlier?

At Hou Yanqing's words, Qin Shaofeng felt nothing but disgust and utter contempt.

After this, Qin Shaofeng completely believed that Hou Yanqing was nothing but a living, breathing hypocrite.

For a time, Qin Shaofeng's wariness of Hou Yanqing shot straight to the highest level.

Now that everything had been settled, Hou Yanqing naturally got moving.

During this period, Hou Yanqing had the other Divine Prefecture disciples deliberately collect quite a few crystal fragments left behind when Source Crystal Beasts died.

Many people didn't really believe in this, but gathering some crystal fragments wasn't much trouble or wasted effort, so everyone collected quite a few while they were at it.

Once they were handed over to Qin Shaofeng, though, the sheer number astonished him.

Normally, one Source Crystal Beast yielded around a hundred crystal fragments. Stronger beasts, or those with especially large bodies, could yield quite a few more.

By now, the gathering point had over a thousand Divine Prefecture disciples.

Nearly seventy or eighty percent of the Divine Prefecture disciples who had entered had gathered here.

Because the gravity in the Source Crystal Space made hunting Source Crystal Beasts a major challenge, everyone understood that sticking with the main group was the best choice.

Still, a small number of Divine Prefecture disciples hadn't shown