Du Wanyi Emerged from Seclusion

"Hm? What do you mean, Brother Piao?"

Ji Yuan was puzzled, though he had a faint inkling why.

"Brother Ji, you must know how rampant the Demonic Dao has been lately."

"I do."

"So the sect has been investigating anything connected to it. People like us can't even skirt the edges anymore. We've been ordered again and again to clean up our operations. This year hasn't been too bad, but last year I was hauled before the Discipline Hall several times."

"If I weren't genuinely clean and just fond of farming, Brother Ji, you might never have seen me again."

Bai Piao spoke with a long sigh.

"That happened?"

Ji Yuan was surprised, yet it made sense. Back before he reached Foundation Establishment, his neighbors on either side had already been Demonic Dao spies.

All the more so on the Island of All Things, where fish and dragons mingled. The sect was bound to investigate thoroughly.

"Well, as long as you're all right. Spirit Stones can always be earned again."

"That's what I think too." Bai Piao sighed deeply. "These days, I just want to stay alive. Nothing else matters much."

Ji Yuan nodded along.

"Enough of these miserable things."

Bai Piao rubbed his face with both hands, as if wiping away the past. "Brother Ji, you came for Profound Yin Soil again, didn't you? I don't have much left—only five catties. If you need it, take it at the usual price."

Ji Yuan would need more Profound Yin Soil to upgrade his [Spirit Field] later. He had no reason to pass up what he could get now.

Five catties of Profound Yin Soil cost him five Middle-Grade Spirit Stones.

That price was hardly anything to Ji Yuan now.

After putting the soil away, he asked, "Brother Piao, would you