Dawn had barely broken when Medusa woke. She listened to the sounds outside. All was silent, and Chen Cang seemed to still be asleep.
She did not disturb him and quietly got up, but the rustle of her getting dressed still woke Chen Cang.
"Zi Yan seems to have been outside the whole time. I'll go check on her."
"Good idea. We can't encourage this habit of eavesdropping through walls. Get ready afterward, too. We'll leave once the sun rises."
Chen Cang replied casually and watched Medusa get out of bed and leave, then turned his hand over and took out the Soul Token.
The treasures available for exchange through the Soul Token changed somewhat each day. Browsing them in his spare time was enough to ensure he did not miss any rare medicinal ingredients.
Today's exchange list, however, contained nothing he urgently needed. After considering it briefly, Chen Cang spent two thousand four hundred soul points to exchange for three stalks of transformation grass.
He had promised Zi Yan a Transformation Pill. Although the girl could be quite infuriating at times, he still could not go back on his word.
The other two stalks could go to the Void Pegasus Beast and the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape. Reaching the sixth tier was essentially the limit of these two magical beasts' growth. To advance to the seventh tier, they would need an opportunity especially suited to them.
Looking at the mere one thousand six hundred soul points remaining in the Soul Token, Chen Cang could not help shaking his head. These things really did not last. As his strength and alchemy skills improved, the medicinal ingredients he needed grew increasingly precious. Their prices were easy to imagine; they were bound to be a considerable expense.
Without dwelling on it, Chen