She mulled over the news she had heard at her big brother's cave abode.
Cheng Yao walked home at an unhurried pace.
She still lived in the same little courtyard as before. Nothing had changed simply because Wang Xingwei had become a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
After all, Wang Xingwei was an honest man who had devoted himself to cultivation since childhood. He had never mastered any of the hundred cultivation arts, so he could not earn spirit stones quickly through a craft the way Li Ping did.
Moreover, he belonged to the Wang Family. Even after he reached Foundation Establishment, the Immortal City would not invite him to join.
Thus, he could not obtain his first pot of gold from the Immortal City as Zhang Tie had.
As for returning to the Wang Family?
After successfully reaching Foundation Establishment, Wang Xingwei had emerged from the shadow hanging over his heart.
He knew perfectly well that while he lay unconscious, the Wang Family had cared nothing for whether he lived or died. No one had come to look after him, so he did not want to return after reaching Foundation Establishment.
In the end, he chose to leave the city and hunt demon beasts to earn spirit stones.
With his cultivation in the Foundation Establishment Realm, killing first-tier demon beasts was as easy as reaching out and taking them.
He could also earn spirit stones much faster than Qi Refining cultivators.
The problem was that Wang Xingwei had yet to return from his hunt, so Cheng Yao had not benefited from his status as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator yet.
Only when Cheng Yao reached her doorstep did she notice that the courtyard gate was open. Faint voices drifted out from inside.
From their voices, Cheng Yao quickly determined that one of