Cang Yue carefully concealed his presence, avoiding the hidden sentries posted all around, and headed west.
The distance of thirteen million li was not especially far for a Primordial Spirit great demon, but time was short.
Traveling through the night while gathering information along the way, Cang Yue had returned by dusk the next day. His lips were cracked, and his face was somewhat pale.
He had expended a great deal of his vital energy to get back as quickly as possible.
"Terrifyingly powerful experts are stationed at the border. I didn't dare approach, so I couldn't make contact with anyone from the Great Meng Sacred Court."
After steadying his somewhat hurried breathing, Cang Yue spoke slowly:
"But I heard some rumors. The Great Meng Sacred Court has already posted a bounty. From the Heavenly Fortune King down to ninth-rank officials, there's a price on all their heads. Bring in their official seals and heads, and you can claim the reward."
The bounties were extremely generous. Many top assassins and killers had set their sights on the officials of the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty.
"The head of a fourth-rank city defense commandant can be exchanged for a hundred thousand spirit stones."
Spirit stones were hard currency in the Divine Martial Great World, pure crystallized heaven-and-earth vital energy. With such an enormous number of cultivators, spirit stones had always been extremely valuable and in high demand as a consumable resource.
A hundred thousand spirit stones would be enough to buy a small city with a population of over two hundred thousand.
Most importantly, according to the information Cang Yue had brought back, the various dynasties remained neutral toward wandering clans like theirs, and some were even inclined to show them goodwill.
Since the cultivation systems in the great world were far too