Li Liu's Departure

In a restaurant, Li Liu raised his glass to Shen Ge and the other members of the Spirit Moon Sect, saying, "Gentlemen, let's part ways here after this."

"So eager?" Shen Ge frowned and said, "I think it's better for us to travel together now, so we can look out for each other."

Shen Ge knew Li Liu would leave, but he didn't expect her to search like this. She was in such a hurry to leave after only finding out some information about the area. To be honest, Shen Ge was worried about her.

"Besides, Fellow Daoist Li, you haven't even reached the Nascent Soul yet. It's still a bit too much for you to travel around this world alone."

"Yes, Sister Li, let's all stick together. It'll be safer with my master and grandmaster looking after us."

Li Liu looked around, then gently shook her head and said, "No, I'm used to doing things alone."

"Alright then, but Fellow Daoist Li, you'll have to be careful from now on. This place isn't like our small towns. You're just a Golden Core Peak... never mind, let's not talk about that. Just be careful."

After the dinner, Li Liu left. Shen Ge didn't know where she was going; perhaps she was still in town, or perhaps she had left.

However, she is still a master of formations, so as long as she doesn't encounter anyone a level higher than her, she shouldn't have any major problems.

Moreover, she's almost at the Nascent Soul Realm, so there's even less to worry about.

After seeing Li Liu off, Shen Ge and his group rented a small courtyard. Although the courtyard was small, it was equipped with all kinds of defensive formations and could withstand the attacks of the Nascent Soul Realm.

It's a bit pricey, though. It costs 5,000 mid-grade Spirit Stone to rent for a month, and they don't even accept low-grade ones.

For this reason, Shen Ge went to make a special exchange. Although the exchange rate was 10 to 1, that was from the top down. It's different when you exchange from the bottom up. Exchanging 5,000 mid-grade Spirit Stone should have only cost 50,000 low-grade Spirit Stone, but Shen Ge ended up spending an extra 10,000 low-grade Spirit Stone.

However, this little matter is not important. After all, everyone is already using mid-grade Spirit Stone for transactions, so the value of low-grade Spirit Stone has naturally decreased. Besides, Spirit Stone can be easily obtained again if needed.

On the table was an extremely rough map, and naturally, Shen Ge and his companions were sitting around it.

"This Heavenly Desolation Domain is divided into twenty-three regions. We are currently in the Ancient Wilderness. According to the information, the strongest sect in this region is the Heavenly Sword Sect, followed by the Wind and Snow Valley. Below them are countless forces, large and small..." Shen Ge looked around and then asked seriously, "What are your thoughts?"

"Master, I'm going to follow you anyway," Su Sui hurriedly declared, seemingly afraid that Shen Ge would abandon her again.

Wang Yan and Jin Ling exchanged glances before saying, "We don't have any particular ideas, we'll listen to you."

Mo Qingyu slowly took a sip of tea and said, "Since that's the case, then listen to me, let's establish another Spirit Moon Sect."

For some reason, Shen Ge felt a warmth in his heart when he heard these words. At first glance, it seemed that his master wanted to rebuild the Spirit Moon Sect here, but upon closer analysis, it also carried a hint of breaking away from the Spirit Moon Sect of the past.

It seems that Master doesn't intend to get involved in his messy affairs.

Perhaps Shen Ge was overthinking it, but he felt that his master probably meant that.

"Master, isn't it inappropriate for us to establish a sect right after arriving?" Su Lingyue simply assumed that her master missed their former home and didn't sense anything amiss. She shook her head and said, "Besides, with our current resources, we can barely support ourselves. Where would we get the resources to support others?"

Shen Ge glanced at his master, and seeing that she was just calmly drinking her tea without saying a word, he spoke up himself, "Actually, we only have two paths before us now: either become Rogue Cultivator, or find a powerful sect to join."

After looking around at his fellow disciples, Shen Ge said, "However, I suspect everyone will be reluctant to rejoin the sect. So, we'll just have to remain Rogue Cultivator for now, and then we'll re-establish the sect once everyone's cultivation has improved."

"However, this might require us to be far away from Thousand Hills Town. It's jointly controlled by two Lineage, each with the Spirit Severing Realm expert. Our chances of getting a share of the spoils here are slim."

At this point, Shen Ge took out a fairly accurate small map and pointed to a location on it, saying, "Here— the Vast Distant Mountain Range. There are more than ten cities of varying sizes here. Although there are many powerful individuals, the various factions create a somewhat chaotic situation, which is perfect for our development and rise."

Shen Ge's preference for this place was well-considered. While it was a bit chaotic, it wasn't completely unruly, and it was rich in resources, making it a perfect place to quickly accumulate them.

"Let's do it this way." Mo Qingyu nodded and lightly tapped the table, saying, "But we need to solve the Spirit Stone problem first."

"Right now, all of us together only have about ten thousand mid-grade Spirit Stone, Spirit Stone is far from enough for so many of us to cultivate."

"That's how it should be," Shen Ge echoed.

He hadn't paid attention to the movements of those people these past few days because he didn't want to disturb his State of Mind. Although he would definitely take revenge, there was a proper way to do it.

At the very least, we can't let our master get involved; we have to do it secretly.

Moreover, he is only at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, and is not yet qualified to take revenge. Therefore, it would be better for him to first consolidate his strength and improve his cultivation.

Fortunately, he could finally use the three Fire Element -Top-Grade Spirit Stone he had obtained earlier. After absorbing the spiritual power of these three Top-Grade Spirit Stone, his cultivation level would not necessarily advance to the next level, but it would at least shorten the time it took to break through.

"Senior Sister Wang Yan, you should focus on your cultivation for now. Don't worry about anything else."

"No problem." Wang Yan nodded. She had already reached the Golden Core Peak, and after a long period of combat training, she could be said to have reached the pinnacle of the Golden Core.

In this world now filled with Spiritual Qi, one can break through to the Nascent Soul without even needing to take pills or Spirit Stone.

"Then Master, please be careful," Su Sui instructed.

After the assignments were made, Shen Ge and Su Liuyue headed to the mission acceptance point in the city center. Although the missions announced by the two powerful Lineage were unlikely to offer high rewards, they could still take a look and get a feel for the market.

They had just finished gathering some basic information and went to the restaurant and the courtyard rental shop, but they hadn't had time to find out the most basic market information yet.

However, based on the conversion ratio, the Law Treasure might only be worth a few thousand mid-grade Spirit Stone, or perhaps just over a thousand.

There's nothing we can do about it; resources are plentiful here, and Law Treasure aren't as scarce as they are in other places. So, it's only natural that prices have dropped.

On the way, Su Liuyue glanced at Shen Ge from time to time, her brows furrowed as if she were deep in thought, looking like she wanted to ask something but couldn't bring herself to do so.

Shen Ge naturally noticed his senior sister's unusual behavior, but he didn't take the initiative to say anything. After all, he felt it was better not to ask if his senior sister was too embarrassed to ask.