At the same time elsewhere, a dust-covered Liu Han stared lifelessly at the storage pouch in his hands.1

"A Perfected Mastery Qi-Refining cultivator… this poor?"0

He had expected that there wouldn’t be any spirit stones inside.0

After all, when Qiu Bai had bid for the supreme-grade enchanted artifact at the Precious Dragon Black Market, he didn’t have enough spirit stones and had to make up the difference with a few equivalent spirit materials.0

However, what he didn’t expect was that aside from one high-grade enchanted artifact and a mid-grade defensive enchanted artifact, there was nothing else inside.0

Yes, absolutely nothing!0

No talismans! No pills! No spell manuals, no mechanical puppets, no precious herbs or materials… nothing at all.0

This guy’s wealth was even cleaner than his own face.1

No wonder Qiu Bai had been so eager to commit murder and robbery outside.0

How could a cultivator be this broke? I really have terrible luck!1

Liu Han was on the verge of tears, yet no tears would come. For this worthless haul, he had sacrificed a top-grade peculiar enchanted artifact.0

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At noon, after finishing his alchemy session, Luo Chen took a few of his bodyguards and wandered around the outer district.0

As he strolled through the inner city, Luo Chen casually inquired about the state of different districts...0