In a secluded guest room in the rear mountains of Jade Luan Manor.
Jiang Yuechu sat cross-legged on the bed, her expression calm. Naturally, she had noticed the chaos outside, but she did not take it to heart.
She looked at the prayer beads in her hand. The once-dull bead was now crystal-clear, with vast streams of golden vapor faintly churning within.
This precious treasure that could actively absorb Incense-Fire Power had indeed not disappointed her.
The Incense-Fire Power accumulated in merely one day, once the two demons brought it back, had transformed into an astonishingly abundant amount of Merit.
Upon careful tallying, it amounted to a full one hundred and thirty gui!
Jiang Yuechu's breathing paused slightly, and emotion finally rippled across her cool face.
One hundred and thirty gui...
If she had earned this Merit by working herself to the bone at the Sky-Patrol Bureau, she would probably have had to toil without rest for several years just to barely gather it all.
"I've struck it rich..."
Jiang Yuechu narrowed her eyes slightly, suddenly feeling rather moved.
Sure enough, working honestly for someone else could only keep one fed and clothed. If one truly wanted to get rich, one had to start a business.
She no longer hesitated and took everything from her Storage Bag.
A great mass of objects poured out, piling into a small mountain before her in the blink of an eye.
These were all things various factions had given her since she entered the Nine Provinces.
Some were from the Water Marsh Sect, some from the Buddhist Sect...
There were also the local specialties the villagers had forcibly stuffed into her hands as farewell gifts when she had first left the Cloud-Dream Realm.
Jade slips, porcelain bottles, broken weapons, spirit plants—an assorted jumble all