After forming his Golden Core, Luo Chen pondered how he could one day advance to the peak and then aim for the Nascent Soul Realm. It would take a long accumulation, many years of walking step by step, until he set foot in that realm. And when it came to cultivation, Luo Chen now had to consider two pressing matters—spirit lands and pills. 2

The former was the most important, but it could not be resolved in the short term. The cave residences on Tianlan Peak were places many people coveted. Even with his wealth… well, his former wealth. The truth was, Luo Chen did not have many spirit stones left. Renting Cave Residence Jia Three for thirty years had completely emptied both his own savings and the Luo Tian Society's reserves. Other than fifty top-grade spirit stones and the one thousand mid-grade spirit stones that Danxia Peak had to keep, he had far more liabilities than assets.0

The pouches of the other Initiates had all been unlocked. Only Qin Tairan's storage ring had not yet been opened. However, the resources of those storage pouches were all handed over to Tianlan Immortal City, and together with...2