Qin Ming left Mist Immortal Pavilion.
He then followed the city's main thoroughfare, preparing to return to his cave abode on Obsidian Peak.
Yet ahead, he saw a bustling crowd packed with people. More than a thousand independent cultivators filled Thousand Machine City's central White Jade Plaza.
Only after observing them did he discover that rows upon rows of medicinal pills had been neatly laid out in the center of White Jade Plaza.
Over a hundred cultivators dressed in Netherworld Sect attire were selling those pills to the independent cultivators.
Whispers from within the crowd also drifted into Qin Ming's ears.
"Alas! The Netherworld Sect is far too ruthless. The price of these Poison Cleansing Pills keeps climbing higher and higher!"
"Exactly! How many times have they raised the price this year? They're practically eating people alive without even spitting out the bones!"
"A bottle of low-grade Poison Cleansing Pills is nearly a hundred Spirit Stones now. As for those high-grade Poison Cleansing Pills, they can only be bought with Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."
"Hmph! The Netherworld Sect has clearly seen that so many people are heading to the Crimsonblaze Wasteland to mine, which is why they've jacked up the prices."
"At this rate, how much poisonous ore will we have to mine in the future just to afford a single bottle?"
"But we can't go without taking them either!"
"Senior from the Netherworld Sect, could the pills be a little cheaper? Recent expenses have truly become unbearable."
"Scram! If you can't afford them, then wait to die!"
"..."
Qin Ming frowned at the sight, deep in thought.
So it's the Netherworld Sect, harvesting the Spirit Stones from the independent cultivators again.
Could it be that they've excavated something else within the Crimsonblaze Wasteland?
*That shouldn't be possible, though. The most