Back at the inn.

A loud crashing noise sounded as magnificent gorgeously glowing aeth essence poured out, bathing the room in an enchanting glow.

It was the reward Lin Xun had received from the Silver Pheasant Martial Arena today.

To break it down, winning the first thirty-nine consecutive matches had earned him 7072 low-grade aeth essences.

His victory over Cheng Lixue in the fortieth match awarded him with ten times the usual reward and an additional one hundred mid-grade aeth essences. Together, they added up to 179 pieces of mid-grade aeth essences and twenty low-grade aeth essences!

It was a sizable fortune, but Lin Xun didn’t feel happy when he converted them to mid-grade Spirit Accumulation Jades.

At most, he could purchase seventeen pieces of mid-grade Spirit Accumulation Jades.

Given the nine God Devourer Insects' appetite, Lin Xun suspected that it would only sustain them for a few days...

Crack. Crack.

Xia Xiaochong was at the table happily cracking sunflower seeds and eating them.

These white sunflower seeds glittered like gems and were the fruit of a certain strain of ‘spirit sunflower’ planted by a horticulturist. When...