At that thought, killing intent rose in Liu Yu's heart, and he prepared to strike.
He would first hear what this man had to say, while remaining ready to seize the initiative at any moment.
"Cough, cough."
Xie Junjie's lips were pale. He coughed heavily twice, leaving flecks of blood on the hand covering his mouth, as though his injuries were worsening.
Yet a trace of greed flashed deep within his eyes.
If he had seen correctly, that had been a flying magical artifact designed specifically for flight, hadn't it?
Such artifacts offered swift flight at little cost in magical power. Worth more than two ordinary top-grade magical artifacts, they were highly sought after by cultivators, and even those with spirit stones might not be able to buy one.
And that was only one of them. This Junior Brother Liu possessed merely Foundation Establishment early stage cultivation, yet he had brought out five top-grade artifacts in succession. How could Xie Junjie not be jealous?
What virtue or ability did Liu Yu possess to deserve so many?
Xie Junjie came from a small lineage with four Foundation Establishment cultivators. As a cultivator with dual spiritual roots, he had received preferential access to the lineage's resources and cultivated smoothly all the way to the Foundation Establishment realm.
But his lineage was ultimately only a small one, insignificant within the Primordial Yang Sect. After he advanced to Foundation Establishment, it could no longer offer him much help.
Lacking cultivation resources, Xie Junjie had spent nearly thirty years after reaching Foundation Establishment before attaining the middle stage. Now, he was trapped at the late-stage bottleneck and had made no progress for over a decade.
He had finally scraped together enough spirit stones to purchase a pill for breaking through the bottleneck, only to fail