Published: March 3, 2025
CHAPTER 306: Take What You Want (Combined Chapter)
After reaping some benefits, Liu Yu didn't become greedy over trivial gains.
Once he got what he needed, he didn't create any more trouble for those shops.
Instead, he helped maintain order in the vicinity, which could be considered his "hardship fee."
Thinking this way, Jiang Qiushui and Yan Kai's feelings of guilt vanished completely.
The reason for his restraint had two aspects.
On one hand, the alliance ordered the maintenance of stability, and Liu Yu certainly couldn't recklessly demand without limits; otherwise, he would become a source of chaos rather than maintaining order.
As a disciple of a prestigious sect, even if he wanted to extract benefits, he couldn't appear too greedy.
On the other hand, the shops in question were of too low a grade, selling and trading resources only suitable for the qi refinement stage.
If Liu Yu chose to act against them, he would only end up collecting some spiritual stones, with little to no other benefits.
Under the orders of the elders and the alliance, he had to maintain the stability of the area he was responsible for, and couldn’t recklessly disrupt it for a few small profits.
Having access to an Immortal Abode, he wasn't lacking in spiritual stones; for Liu Yu, pure spiritual stone gains were indeed just "penny profits," not worth frequently risking more significant losses.
His true goal was to find shops of a slightly higher caliber, with unique legacies and skills, yet without profound foundations.
These legacies and skills were what truly held value and were also what Liu Yu had been eyeing even before entering the city.
In normal circumstances, he might not be able to buy them even with spiritual stones, but this was a golden opportunity he couldn't miss.
"It’s unbelievable; I didn't expect to gain eight or nine thousand spiritual stones even before finishing!"
"Senior brother, this is already comparable to the gains from the Jade Alchemy Hall; it’s really beyond imagination!"
Jiang Qiushui held several storage bags, her divine sense sweeping over them from time to time, counting the resources within, her eyes sparkling with surprise and awe.
Compared to performing sect missions and selling elixirs to earn spiritual stones, this task's speed of earning was simply too fast, so fast that it felt somewhat unreal to her.
"Junior sister, relax; there are many things you can't even imagine," Liu Yu said lightly with a faint smile.
For him, with over twenty-six thousand spiritual stones still lying in his storage bag, a mere few thousand really didn’t count for much.
"To kill and burn, wearing a golden belt, to build roads and bridges, leaving no corpses behind."
"This unconventional method indeed has a faster speed of earning spiritual stones compared to normal methods, but it cannot last long, and the risks are high."
"We must be a bit more cautious."
With a substantial income of spiritual stones, Yan Kai was pleased but maintained a calm mind.
Having experienced the battle of the spiritual stone mine and survived numerous life-and-death situations while slaying countless cultivators, he clearly understood the benefits and risks involved.
"Yan junior brother is right; that's exactly it."
While Liu Yu responded to the two, he opened his divine sense to scan for suitable targets for demonic fire fuel.
The three moved at a steady pace, striding confidently through the streets; their foundation establishment stage cultivation made many cultivators retreat a few steps back, filled with deep fear and respect.
Generally speaking, they wouldn’t pay attention to cultivators who didn’t actively disrupt the order in the city.
However, those actively breaking the order would be swiftly killed in public, to serve as a warning to deter others.
The ruthless methods intimidated the cultivators in the city, causing those with small schemes to abandon their ideas and remain observant.
Wherever they passed, there was silence, until they had moved far away before a cultivator dared to speak up.