Most of the people here were rogue cultivators. Only they knew how hard it was to earn spirit stones in their daily lives. And now that they had reached the Golden Core stage, they could barely make ends meet given the resources their cultivation consumed.
How could they not be delighted by such an unexpected windfall?
Even those who had resented Su Jiu earlier now looked at her with surprising friendliness.
Zheng Qilong had initially signed the contract because he had no choice, but now he regretted it. He had assumed that even if Su Jiu found any treasures, there would not be many, which was why he had signed. He had paid little attention to the resources she mentioned. Who could have imagined there would be ten chests of spirit stones alone?
His expression shifted as he stared at the pile of spirit stones floating before him, his mood souring. He suspected Su Jiu had borrowed his luck to obtain these spirit stones, yet he had received only this tiny share.
At this point, he was thoroughly displeased. If he had searched on his own, would the entire roomful of spirit stones not have been his?
The other three people were even more frustrated than Zheng Qilong.
They had never expected Su Jiu to collect the spirit stones so quickly. At this rate, following behind her would get them nothing at all.
Zheng Qilong quietly took out his contract and destroyed it outright.
Sensing that one of the contracts had been destroyed, Su Jiu paused in surprise. Only when she saw who had destroyed it did a flicker of understanding cross her eyes.
When Zheng Qilong had first been slammed into the goddess statue, his dusty, bedraggled appearance had kept Su Jiu from recognizing him.
After he used a