The blazing sun hung high.
Shen Mu sat cross-legged on the bed. Forty-five medium-grade origin crystals had been refined, crumbling into powder that scattered across the floor.
"Phew..."
Another hour passed before Shen Mu emerged from cultivation, stood up, and stretched his aching waist.
"Elder Yi, is anyone downstairs organizing a hunt for high-tier demonic beasts in the Dragon Spring Beast Forest?"
Shen Mu asked inwardly.
"No."
Yi Shu's voice rang out in Shen Mu's mind.
"Teams hunting high-tier demonic beasts must have regular companions. Why would they casually let someone they don't know join them?"
Shen Mu fell silent at that.
Although he had yet to obtain any golden jade stems on this trip to Cloudsky City, he had unexpectedly acquired the introductory and proficiency sections of the Extreme Eye Scripture. His gains had already exceeded his expectations.
Yi Shu continued, "Boy, you've been in Cloudsky City for nearly half a month now. Are you planning to keep waiting like
this?"
Shen Mu considered for a moment before answering, "I'll wait another five days. If I still haven't found a hunting team heading to the Dragon Spring Beast Forest by then, I'll go alone."
"Alone?"
Yi Shu couldn't help saying, "Boy, fifth-tier demonic beasts live in the Dragon Spring Beast Forest. Rumor has it there might even be sixth-tier beasts."
"If you venture deep inside alone and run into a fifth-tier demonic beast, you probably won't even know what killed you...
"Are those golden jade stems really so important to you that they're worth taking such a risk?"
Shen Mu sighed softly. "You don't understand, Elder Yi. My future cultivation depends on the Golden Muscle Pills refined from golden jade stems."
"And I'll need quite a few Golden Muscle Pills."
"If I don't take this opportunity to obtain enough