"Ahem... cough, cough. Senior, Senior Gu is a guardian cultivator of our Human Race. You really mustn't do that!"
"Enough. You made your wishes clear long ago. I won't touch that old fellow. Besides, without your help, I couldn't trick him into entering the Five Elements Dao-Evil Bead anyway."
Ping Tu shook his head. Only when Li Yan saw that he had stopped scheming against Gu Jiuqi did he relax a little. Then he heard Ping Tu continue.
"Still, that fierce battle was worthwhile. My true body has recovered considerably now. There's finally some hope of it awakening!"
"What? Your true body is about to awaken, Senior? Is that thanks to the Nascent Soul?"
Li Yan first froze at his words, then a look of delighted surprise appeared on his face.
"Boy, stop jumping at every little thing. That Nascent Soul helped, but it wasn't enough to awaken my true body. The supreme-grade spirit stones played a part too. I do have you to thank for that!"
Li Yan's expression stiffened.
"Senior, did those three supreme-grade spirit stones really contain that much spiritual energy?"
He had given those three supreme-grade spirit stones to Ping Tu as soon as they came into his possession, so he had no idea how much spiritual energy they actually contained.
"Three spirit stones wouldn't have done that much. Aside from that scoundrel's Nascent Soul, I also found twenty-one supreme-grade spirit stones on him.
"How did that fellow amass such a fortune in the lower realm? Did he rob your entire Desolate Moon Continent?"
Li Yan was startled again. He had never imagined that the Great Master had been so wealthy, though after a little thought, he understood why.
Back then, the Great Master and the Devil Race had occupied the entire Southern Sea region. They