However, these ten thousand Spirit Stones are enough for Chen Ye to purchase spiritual materials for alchemy, thereby accumulating wealth.
With this thought, Chen Ye wandered through the streets and alleys of the market.
He deeply understood the principle of keeping one’s wealth concealed, adopting different identities to discreetly spend nearly eight thousand Spirit Stones at various shops, purchasing four sets of Condensation Pill materials.
This pill is a high-tier medication of the Lingyin Sect, occasionally sold externally, making it suitable for earning Spirit Stones in the Greed Vein.
"Eight thousand Spirit Stones as capital... if twelve pills are refined, it would yield eleven thousand Spirit Stones."
Chen Ye exited a shop, adjusted his sleeve, a hint of a smile flashed in his eyes.
In this way, it was three thousand Spirit Stones gained!
Only alchemists make money!
However, upon leaving the shop, Chen Ye suddenly sensed a silent presence clinging to him.
Someone’s watching him?
Chen Ye’s pace did not falter, and a smile of amusement crossed his mind.
He felt he had been discreet enough in purchasing goods, but in the marketplace of the Emotion Crossing Sect, merely revealing some Spirit Stones was enough to attract the covetousness of other cultivators.
Chen Ye smoothly turned into a relatively dark and narrow alley.
That cold presence immediately accelerated, following closely like a shadow.
Upon entering the alley, Chen Ye’s speed suddenly increased, disappearing into the shadows like a phantom.
The early-stage Foundation Establishment Tribulation Cultivator tracking him only saw a blur before the hunched old farmer lost his trace.
He hurriedly released his Divine Sense to search, but found the surroundings empty, only a few carrion-feeding crows startled into flight, not a hint of a person to be seen.
"Damn it! How can an old fellow run faster than a rabbit?"
The Tribulation Cultivator cursed silently, unwillingly turning around, ready to leave reluctantly.
Unfortunately.
The roles of hunter and prey often reverse in an instant.
As he turned around, a hand lightly clasped around his throat.
"Crunch."
The early-stage Foundation Establishment Tribulation Cultivator didn’t even have time to scream, his eyes bulged, and his protective True Yuan was crushed like paper, his vitality extinguished on the spot.
Chen Ye’s expression remained calm, as if he had casually crushed an insignificant insect.
He deftly removed the storage bag from his adversary’s waist, flicking a strand of Spiritual Fire with his fingertip, reducing the corpse to fine ashes that the evening breeze whisked away, leaving not a trace of blood behind.
After completing this, Chen Ye leisurely walked out of the alley, sending a strand of Divine Sense into the neglected storage bag.
After a quick inventory, a look of surprise appeared on Chen Ye’s face.
There was a demon treasure of decent quality, along with a mix of spiritual materials and a few bottles of pills, and, overall, the man’s assets were worth over two thousand Spirit Stones!
"Hiss... After painstakingly piecing things together, I only manage to earn three thousand Spirit Stones... but by casually dispatching a Tribulation Cultivator, without any investment, two thousand come easily? No wonder the cultivators of the Emotion Crossing Sect are as fierce as wolves; this trade of killing and looting is far more profitable than laboriously practicing alchemy!"
It’s no wonder those on the Demon Path favor less legitimate livelihoods, as this pace of quick wealth is certainly addictive.
Chen Ye shook his head, contentedly pocketing the illicit gains, and walked out of the dim alley.
Returning to the main street of the market.
Chen Ye dusted off his clothes, preparing to inquire about news regarding the fourth vein, the Grudge Bone Vein.
But as his gaze inadvertently swept over the crowd, he suddenly paused.
Within the crowd ahead, two individuals walked side by side.
Both were cloaked in wide black capes, their faces largely obscured by the shadows of their hoods, and they were adept at Qi Concealment technique, suppressing their aura to the Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation, enough to elude most demon cultivators in the market.
But how could they deceive Chen Ye?
His Qi Concealment technique is already at its peak, plus Divine Sense is his forte!
"He Qinyuan? And this girl is... they’ve already arrived at the Emotion Crossing Sect?"