Although Huo Hai had plenty of spirit crystals, he knew that relying on them alone would not be enough to make his cultivation go smoothly. Otherwise, why would people from the great sects still venture out to fight over all sorts of resources when they already had spirit crystals?
His cultivation resources were sufficient for the short term. But to cultivate and advance smoothly, spirit arts and battle spirit arts were indispensable too. It looked as though his next step would be to find the Starstone Wall. Huo Hai recalled the map that had been sitting in his inner space for a long time. It was time to put it to use. The only location in the Ink Lotus Domain that matched the map, however, lay outside the Vast Earth Empire.
Huo Hai shook his head, then handed his identity token to the auction manager. "I have no more use for this, so I'm returning it now." He could not leave the Market with the identity token.
After all, these identity tokens were themselves crafted from extremely rare materials. Huo Hai no longer intended to buy anything at the underground auction, and purchases in the aboveground Market required no token identifying him.
The manager did not find this strange. He took back the identity token and continued bustling about, while Huo Hai headed toward the surface. Just as Huo Hai reached the ground above, his brow suddenly furrowed. He scanned his surroundings, found a quiet spot, and stood there in silence.
Huo Hai's consciousness had already sunk into his inner space. "Little Cloud finally finished transforming. Wonderful! I wonder how much longer Little Butterfly will take." A moment earlier, Huo Hai had sensed something unusual in his inner space. Upon checking, he discovered that Little Cloud's transformation had succeeded. Little