His cultivation of the Rock-Steadfast Thick Earth Art progressed so quickly not only because he now started from a stronger foundation, but also thanks to another pill-the Thick Earth Pill.
This pill was specifically intended for martial masters cultivating Earth Element internal cultivation manuals.
It was likewise expensive, costing over two hundred taels of silver apiece. Adding in the assorted other pills, dietary supplements, and medicinal nourishment, his fixed monthly expenses had already exceeded three thousand five hundred taels. There was no helping it; cultivating several arts at once simply burned through money.
Still, he had his stipend as an attendant of the Four Seas Trading House and the silver he had plundered to fall back on. Although he no longer received his salary as a deacon of the Fishing Ground, he had no intention of taking another deacon position for now. Sitting around earning a wage restricted his freedom, and how could it possibly bring in money as quickly as robbery?
The silver he had on hand was enough to cover another year, so he put everything else aside and continued devoting his energy to cultivation.
Meanwhile, amid the network of waterways along the border between Huaiyuan Prefecture and Ever-Peace Prefecture...
"Branch Hall Leader Huang, Branch Hall Leader Ye, you two have certainly done our cult proud."
Elder Ma spoke with a gloomy expression as he looked at Pockmarked Huang and Night Asura standing before him.
In just a few months, the Changning Branch Hall and Huaiyuan Branch Hall had suffered devastating losses under the attacks of the Martial Suppression Bureau, Changning's Five Sects, and the Huaiyuan Four Sects. Most of the Astral Force guardian dharma protectors under the two men had been killed or wounded, leaving barely a handful.
"Elder Ma, you have no idea. The sects alone