Old Yellow Ox's answer surprised Jiang Man a little.
Wasn't Zhao Tiankuo trying to gather information about him?
Why had he suddenly refused to accept any more?
What information had Old Huang given him to make him go that far?
But Jiang Man did not dwell on it.
The man had missed how quickly he reached Great Accomplishment.
He had failed to understand the pace of a Peerless Heavenly Prodigy.
That was his loss.
But July was almost here. Ting Fengyin would be coming soon, and the final Outer Sect Grand Competition was about to begin.
He would soon enter the Inner Sect.
Although he had not paid attention to it, he kept feeling that the Inner Sect was not particularly peaceful.
Previously, he had only been targeted by a Peak Master. Now, he was the Ji Family ancestor's dao companion.
Even if only to watch the spectacle, plenty of people would come.
But none of that was urgent. What he needed first was to earn Spirit Sources as quickly as possible, improve his Cultivation, and leave the Peerless Heaven's Chosen Destiny behind.
Otherwise, everything was empty talk.
Now, the Divine Ability he had never used was slowly absorbing the mental energy in his Primordial Spirit to accumulate power.
It truly was a case of one waning as the other waxed.
It was even slowing his progress.
Fortunately, casually practicing the Visualization Method a few times replenished what he consumed.
Otherwise, it really would have been a headache.
Recently, the Shaobing Shop had resumed operations, but its Spirit Source income was meager. Fortunately, another seventy thousand Spirit Sources had come in before the arrests, and the Enforcement Hall had not confiscated them. Sixty thousand of those had successfully reached Jiang Man's hands.
But the Shaobing Shop's covert business had plummeted