Ever since entering the desert, Gu Cheng had suffered quite a bit.
Yet he had not obtained a single divine artifact.
The one Giant Scorpion Inner Core he had acquired had turned out to be an illusion.
Gu Cheng really could not accept that.
So he wanted to go back and see whether he could pick up any overlooked treasures in the Nine-Story Demon Tower.
Last time, he had acquired several treasures in the Nine-Story Demon Tower beneath the Kunlun Glacier.
Although the Jingjue Ancient Kingdom could not match the Demon Kingdom's accumulated wealth,
it had once been a regional power. Surely it had some reserves. After all, the Wuyin stone used to build the stone tower alone represented an enormous fortune.
There had to be some treasures inside such a huge stone tower.
So he decided to go back and take a look.
"Rest here for a while. I'll be right back. It won't take long."
Sh...ev Yang immediately stepped forward and said anxiously, "It's so dangerous there! Why are you going back? Do you have a death wish?!"
A Ning also snorted coldly. "Men die for wealth, just as birds die for food."
Gu Cheng deliberately sighed. "Ah, I've got to earn more money. Otherwise, how am I going to support a wife and children?"
Sh...ev Yang and A Ning suddenly blushed.
"Young Master Gu is right. Fortune favors the bold. You can't just sit at home and expect riches to come knocking."
"Young Master Gu, I'll go with you."
Fatty piped up.
Lao Hu also declared that he wanted to go along.
"Enough. I'll go alone. Why are you two tagging along?!"
"I'm going to pick up overlooked treasures, not fight."
"If anything happens, it'll be easier for me to escape alone."
As he spoke, he gave