Cultivation required resources. That was truer than ever after the arrival of the broken god’s face, which caused all living things to be tainted by mutagen. That made it even harder to acquire resources, and made it such that bloodshed was almost always involved.

A thoughtful expression could be seen in Xu Qing’s eyes. He needed spirit stones and physical ingredients. Lots of them. So many that not even concocting white boluses would be enough.

My monthly salary in the Violent Crimes Division is three spirit stones. The white boluses... can bring in 20 spirit stones a month if I work hard. That means I can currently rely on 23 spirit stones per month.

He frowned.

If he wanted rapid cultivation progress, he needed one spirit stone per day. And if he wanted to buy materials from the Sixth Peak disciples’ shop, then he had to deal with prices that were dozens of spirit stones at the minimum.

My berth costs 30 spirit stones a month. Therefore, I need an income of at least 60 spirit stones a month. But that would only be enough to keep things going as they are. If I want to upgrade my dharmaboat, I need even more.

With such thoughts on his mind, he opened his bag of holding and looked inside. He currently had 20 spirit stones left, which was the bounty he’d earned from the Violent Crimes Division after killing Master Greencloud.

There are three main ways I can get more spirit stones. The first would be to go exploring the forbidden regions. The second...