Lin Tian's stone shop was also the busiest business in Spirit Vine City.
Moreover, as the city lord, Lin Tian collected taxes at an acceptable rate of one in fifteen. No matter how much something sold for, he took one-fifteenth of the price as tax.
This money flowed into Lin Tian's coffers without end. After five hundred years, even he had lost track of how much he had accumulated. He could now redeem almost anything in the Spirit Vine True Self's shop.
However, this was not the time to redeem those items. With the Heavenly Dao present, the appearance of an Innate Spiritual Treasure or an Innate Supreme Treasure would inevitably mean intervention from the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun.
Lin Tian did not want to take that risk. No matter how much fun he was having, even if he pushed through to the peak of the Great Encompassing Golden Immortal realm, his comprehension of the Dao was still lacking. Becoming a Quasi-Saint was no easy feat.
Still, he would have no trouble protecting himself during the Journey to the West. Over these five hundred years, Lin Tian had already made up for the shortcomings caused by his earlier rapid advancement.
He was ready to raise his cultivation to the peak of the Great Encompassing Golden Immortal realm, but he would wait until the monkey had passed through before advancing.
For now, he would deal with Black Bear's problem.
Black Bear recounted everything that had happened from beginning to end.
After hearing him out, Lin Tian asked in astonishment, "You said you broke it open and found blood with extremely powerful killing intent? Did it contain any laws?"
Black Bear was a little bewildered. "What laws? I couldn't make sense of it."
Lin Tian found himself at a loss for how