After more than an hour of traveling, Chen Fan began to realize that things were not as simple as he initially thought.
Indeed, with his Emperor’s Qi Observation Skill cultivated to the highest realm, he could easily discover the hidden heavenly materials and treasures.
Even if there were fierce beasts around the treasures, it was not much of a problem for him.
Those heavenly materials and treasures were valuable, but the problem was, only a few of them could enhance True Qi.
The rest either enhanced physique or strength.
He could accept that since improving basic attributes was also a form of enhancement.
However, many of them were aimed at enhancing elemental perception abilities, such as mastery of the fire element. These treasures were invaluable to Awakeners with fire attribute superpowers, but for other kinds of Awakeners or Martial Artists, they weren’t directly useful and could only be sold.
So, after nearly two hours, his physique, strength, and agility had increased by 10,000 to 30,000 points each, his Spirit Attribute by more than 200,000, but his Primordial True Qi had only improved by about 500-600 points.
It’s not that this method was bad, but it wasn’t what he needed most right now.
"Only less than two days left..."
Chen Fan frowned slightly.
He glanced at the remaining dozens of Treasure Medicines in his Spatial Ring and muttered to himself:
"It looks like I’ll have to make a trip to the Awakened Association."
These Treasure Medicines in his ring were quite precious; the cheapest one was worth over 100,000 points.
Some of them were valued close to 300,000 points each, totaling over 1 million points altogether.
Of course, they couldn’t compare to the Cyan Dragon Fruit, which was worth a million points each and even attracted the Liang Family Ancestor’s attention.
But then again, most of these Treasure Medicines were obtained by lucky finds, with no competition and sometimes not even noticed by fierce beasts.
So, there was no reason for dissatisfaction.
He then turned and headed towards Juque City.
For one thing, he was not far from Juque City, and since he was going to sell anyway, finding a familiar face would make things easier.
On the other hand, he was worried that he had brought too many Treasure Medicines, and the Association’s market might not have enough heavenly materials and treasures to enhance Primordial True Qi. In that case, the extra points would have to be exchanged for cultivation techniques.
About ten minutes later, Juque City’s outline came into view.
Chen Fan changed his appearance and slowed his pace.
Compared to a few days ago, the queue waiting to get into the city was longer, and everyone’s faces were full of urgency.
"How much longer do we have to wait? It’s almost dark," someone complained.
"Yeah, I’ve been waiting here almost all day, and the line hasn’t moved since morning."
"What are the guards at the city gates doing? Are they just slacking off? They live inside the city and don’t worry at all, but it’s different for us."
"Exactly."
The complaints grew louder.
"Alright, stop complaining," someone said helplessly. "If complaining worked, we wouldn’t be stuck here for so long. Plus, if the guards overhear us, we might even lose our chance to get into the city."
With that, the crowd fell silent.
They all understood this logic.
But the fierce beasts outside were getting closer.
Many medium-sized cities had already fallen.
The city they were in hadn’t fallen yet, but it was only a matter of time. If they didn’t move to a large city quickly, they’d face certain death.
Seeing this, Chen Fan felt a bit of sympathy.
But he could hardly take care of himself now, let alone others.
With a sigh, he walked straight ahead.
The entry procedures had also become stricter. Even after presenting his property certificate, he still had to wait a minute or two before being allowed through.
Inside the city, the atmosphere was much tenser.
Pedestrians hurried along with no smiles on their faces.
Armed guards patrolled the streets.
Chen Fan wasted no time and headed straight for the Awakened Association.
Soon, he was in a private room, meeting Han Xu, who had received the message and rushed over.
Compared to a few days ago, Han Xu also looked more fatigued.
"I’m really sorry," Han Xu apologized as he walked quickly over. "I was a bit busy just now and couldn’t come immediately when I heard you arrived, Brother Li. How’s Anshan City?"
"Still okay for now, but who knows about the future," Chen Fan replied.
Tonight, an even larger beast tide would attack. Many earth-burrowing fierce beasts would emerge inside the city, and he had to kill them as soon as they surfaced, or else the city would become a living hell in just minutes.
"Yes," Han Xu agreed.
"The situation has worsened over the past few days. Even in Juque City, there’s been some chaos. Many cultists have been spreading rumors and causing trouble. If the beast tide reaches Juque City, things won’t look good either. But never mind, let’s not talk about these unpleasant things."
He smiled and said, "Brother Li, did you bring several thousand fierce beast materials this time, too?"