Emptying Goose City, Suddenly Appearing

He intended to use this money to recruit troops and buy horses, allowing his subordinates to expand their forces further and wider under all kinds of different names.

He had swept away every resource in Goose City that could be of use.

"This time, the haul was quite substantial. Aside from the Heaven's Secret Art and the Longevity Spirit Curse, there were also some Essence Crystals and Essence Stones. They can increase my magical power by quite a bit."

"First, I'll refine them!"

Li Qing originally had three units of magical power and ten units of essence. Now, he had obtained ten Baleful Intent-grade Essence Stones and twelve Essence Crystals.

Sitting in a guest room at There Is an Inn, he began absorbing them one by one.

Each Baleful Intent-grade Essence Stone provided five hundred units of essence, while each Essence Crystal provided one thousand units, for a total gain of seventeen thousand units of essence.

After converting it all into magical power and adding what he already had, his power rose to sixty-nine units of magical power and two hundred and twenty units of essence.

His strength had improved somewhat again. Li Qing shook his head slightly.

"Accumulating resources really is difficult."

"The forces under my command are still in the early stages of development and haven't formed any truly formidable combat power."

"They can't help me gather Essence Stones yet. It will take some time before these people can train several elite units and begin encircling and suppressing those weaker Anomalies."

Shaking his head slightly, Li Qing went to stand by the inn window and silently looked outside.

All of Yang Province City was shrouded in a strange atmosphere. At some point, the city's grand formation had already been activated.

The ordinary citizens had fallen asleep, and the