After leaving the Beihu Catacombs with Li Zhen, Li Zhen immediately demanded they split the spoils.
Zhang Tao was speechless. Did he have to be in such a hurry? He was the face of Zhenxing City right now—couldn't he show a little dignity?
Li Zhen couldn't be bothered to respond to Zhang Tao's exasperation. All he wanted now was to get the ore and give it to the people in the Military Department who were starving for resources. They were all heroes of Huaguo; they shouldn't have to stop cultivating over such a small shortage of resources.
Zhang Tao had no choice but to toss Li Zhen two rings. They contained a great deal of high-quality energy stones, all taken from Purple Canopy Mountain.
On this trip to the Catacombs, Zhang Tao could be said to have achieved the feat of leaving only Purple Canopy Mountain and one Rank 9 monster injured. Of course, compared with Purple Canopy Mountain, the Rank 9 monster had gotten off lightly.
Just look at Purple Canopy Mountain now. Gong Yuzi would have wept to see it, while Gong Juanzi would surely have felt a kinship with him. After all, his own Kuocang Mountain had been ravaged by the Cat until not a blade of grass remained.
The two of them could be said to be the most miserable Emperor Rank experts around.
When Zhang Tao returned to Kyoto, he discovered that no Demon Sect martial artists had tried to ambush him. And it wasn't as though he had hidden his whereabouts.
Ever since Zhang Tao reached Rank 8, he had rarely seen any Demon Sect martial artists. It seemed they knew they couldn't kill him, so they had all chosen to lie low.
Zhang Tao didn't pay it much mind. He would deal with