Time flowed on, and in the blink of an eye, thirty years had passed.
Over those thirty years, the Red Moon Cave Abode had undergone considerable changes.
The most obvious was that the fighting within the Red Moon Cave Abode had grown increasingly fierce.
Moreover...
Wherever the fluctuations of battle appeared, they would often immediately draw large numbers of cultivators.
At that moment...
Inside the Red Moon Cave Abode.
In a stretch of swampland.
Yun Chang, Eugene, Blood Crow Captain, Succubus, and the others had gathered together, forming a circle as they watched their surroundings warily.
"Everyone, the competition for cloud-pattern stone among the Outer Domain cultivators is getting fiercer and fiercer. It's no longer safe to go out searching at will."
"Let's tally up the cloud-pattern stone everyone has found," Blood Crow Captain said quietly. "I have over eight hundred million."
After speaking, Blood Crow Captain took out a Storage Spirit Ring, then looked toward Eugene and the others.
"I found six hundred million."
"I only have a little over five hundred million..."
Everyone spoke in turn. Eugene had found the most, with just over one billion, and their combined total came to 3.7 billion cloud-pattern stones.
"3.7 billion. That's far too little." Blood Crow Captain frowned at the Storage Spirit Rings floating before him, then turned to Yun Chang. "Yun Chang, how about you?"
Yun Chang shook his head, looking somewhat embarrassed. "I didn't find much cloud-pattern stone either. Only eight hundred million in total."
Eight hundred million cloud-pattern stones!
That was already a substantial amount.
Blood Crow Captain and the others had found roughly that much as well, while Succubus and the others had found even less.
"The main problem is that every time I find cloud-pattern stone, there are cultivators nearby. There's simply no time