“Very well, let’s stop here for now,” Hao Lianchuan concluded. “I’m going to see if Director Hou is out of seclusion. If so, you should meet him. If not, I’ll figure out a way to get your five thousand cubes. Oh right, the director means to convert your reward into the Nova level blood pearl. Do you agree to that?”1

Li Hao raised a brow, but quickly nodded. “I do!”0

He’d thought he could obtain that blood pearl for free… I guess that’s not possible anymore. It was fine. Trading his gains for a Nova level scarlet shadow was just as well. It was what he needed the most at the moment since it enhanced the entire body. That was just as good!0

Scarlet shadows strengthened the physical body and internal force; his five organs were very strong now, but his body lagged a little behind. He was planning on collecting some thunder and wind mysterious power.1

One major advantage of scarlet shadows was that they consumed exceedingly little sword energy to digest. They didn’t require large amounts of sword energy to extract their essence, unlike mysterious power did. They could be digested even without sword energy.0

“Then we leave...0