"Alas."
Chen Qiu sighed softly. Without giving it much thought, he continued sitting cross-legged on the Mystic Heaven Throne, circulating his cultivation method and beginning to cultivate. He tossed even the last of his hoarded Spirit Stones into the Spirit-Gathering Array.
The Mocking Heaven Sect disciples still had some Spirit Stones on hand, but altogether they only amounted to a few tens of thousands. They were of no use.
It was not that every Mocking Heaven Sect disciple was some kind of saint without a shred of greed. Mainly, his sect's structure differed somewhat from that of other sects. Its sources of profit were relatively singular, and all of them connected directly to him rather than passing through the hands of sect disciples or elders. There was not even an opportunity to skim a little off the top.
Unless they directly took them from the sect treasury.
That truly was a fine way to die.
With only 0.4% of his cultivation progress remaining, it did not take long. Two days later, Chen Qiu slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and opened his eyes. By then, the cultivation panel above his dantian had changed.
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"Cultivation": Second Layer of the Body Integration Realm (0.0%).
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Second Layer of the Body Integration Realm!
He had also taken the opportunity to consolidate his realm. At this moment, two cloud-shrouded panels emerged above his dantian.
The clouds around one panel were gray, while those surrounding the other faintly glimmered with gold, making it appear distinctly more high-grade.
The former had come from the Rise at Every Step trait, while the latter had come from Rise at Every Step (Premium). In truth, the effects of these two traits overlapped somewhat. The original Rise at Every Step was no longer of much use.
Its effect