"Junior Brother Xu, we're planning to go enjoy ourselves in Azure Sun City. Want to come along?"
After leaving the Task Hall, Chen Chao and the others invited Xu Yang along.
After forty straight days of hard work, they all planned to unwind in Azure Cloud City.
Xu Yang was tempted, but he shook his head. "Thank you for inviting me, senior brothers, but I'll pass."
He did want to visit Azure Sun City, but not with Chen Chao and the others. They were going drinking with courtesans, and he was not close enough to them to do that together.
After parting with Chen Chao and the others, he headed back to his lodgings.
Fourteen contribution points can buy four Qi-Boosting Pills, Xu Yang calculated.
He had already refined all three of his previous Qi-Boosting Pills. Even with another four, he would not have enough to reach perfection of Qi Gathering.
But if I exchange them at the Black Market, I can get six pills. Those extra two should be about enough.
Qi-Boosting Pills were of little use to those at Marrow Cleansing, so many disciples at that stage took the pills they received to the Black Market to exchange for contribution points.
That made exchanging for Qi-Boosting Pills at the Black Market a better bargain than doing so through the sect.
Xu Yang counted on his fingers. Today happened to be the twentieth.
He bought a mask from a shop, then cultivated while waiting for nightfall.
As dusk deepened, Xu Yang left his room. By the time he finished eating in the dining hall, the moon had risen.
He concealed the mask and headed outside the Mountain Gate. No one stopped him.
The Violet Sun Gate did not forbid outer disciples from leaving, though anyone entering had to present