"In just five short days, I broke through straight to the late Golden Core stage! This... this... really is a heaven-defying opportunity!"
Wang Daxi could not help marveling again.
But once he was done marveling, misery set in again.
His spiritual qi "trial pass" had expired.
That was not the main problem. The main problem was that he was out of money!
His position as an ordinary elder was rather awkward. Usually, he led disciples to inter-sect exchange events, earning only eight hundred to a thousand spirit stones per trip. Even with a little extra skimmed off the top, it came to no more than one or two thousand.
That barely covered his daily expenses.
The ten thousand spirit stones he had on hand had come from his freshly paid stipend.
But now he was broke. What was he supposed to do?
An ocean of riches was beckoning right before his eyes, yet he could not get a single bite. The more he thought about it, the more miserable he felt.
"Hey, old man! Time's up!"
Just then, a disciple approached and pointed at his aged face, signaling that he should leave.
Wang Daxi's face darkened. He was about to fly into a rage, but forced himself to hold it in.
If his identity was exposed, it would inevitably alert the Sect's higher-ups.
Then two thousand spirit stones would no longer be enough to get onto this mountain.
The Azure Cloud Sect's Spirit-Gathering Arrays were so old that their levels occasionally went haywire. It was not unheard of.
Just a few years ago, the access settings on the tier-two Spirit-Gathering Array in his own Cave Abode had suddenly malfunctioned.
It had turned straight into a tier-three array, and he had enjoyed two whole days of free use.
Unfortunately, his luck