After killing Zhou Meng and the others from the Earth-Bearing Sect, Huang Tian wasted no time and rode the wind back.
High above, the gale whipped his sleeves. He opened the five Storage Bags one by one and counted his spoils.
"Thirty-two bottles of Foundation Establishment-grade pills in all. Twenty-one to increase magical power, eleven to heal wounds—"
Most of the pills that increased magical power were earth-aligned, but Huang Tian could use them all, so he paid that little mind.
After the pills came the treasures.
"Nine Foundation Establishment-grade treasures and twenty-six Qi Refining-grade artifacts. Zhou Meng alone supplied three Foundation Establishment treasures."
As a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator from a Violet Palace sect, Zhou Meng had indeed been wealthy. His pills and treasures made up nearly thirty percent of the haul, and their quality was high. All three treasures were upper-grade: a set of nine earthen-yellow short spears, a case of silver needles, and a flower basket.
But Huang Tian's "terrifying might" had scared Zhou Meng witless. In their fight, he had barely used the treasures, thinking only of escape. He had deployed the short spears for a while, but that was all.
Huang Tian sent out his divine sense to erase Zhou Meng's marks, then carefully examined the three treasures' functions.
"Nine-Dragon Earth-Thorn Spear. Earth-aligned. Suppresses, breaks shields, and dispels evil.
"Moon-Mystic Thirteen Needles. Lunar Yin-aligned. Clears the mind and suppresses demons.
"Unidentified Primordial Flower Basket. Wood-aligned. Possibly a Violet Palace-grade treasure, but severe damage has lowered its grade. Still upper-grade among Foundation Establishment treasures. Can capture people and seize objects."
The three treasures had different alignments. Apart from the Nine-Dragon Earth-Thorn Spear, none suited Zhou Meng particularly well; Huang Tian had no idea how he had acquired them. Most of the remaining artifacts were earth-aligned,