A Qi refiner who looked to be around thirty years old appeared disheveled as he stood on a gigantic rock. He quietly spat out a mouthful of blood.0

This fight was full of unexpected surprises, so he definitely needed to do some calculations with the others after they killed the earth bull. They needed to ask that Golden Core Tier earth immortal for more compensation. This surely wouldn't be taking things too far. After all, while the earth bull's entire body was a treasure, the most valuable parts such as its golden core, its horns, its tendons, and so on would all be taken by the Golden Core Tier earth immortal. 0

Meanwhile, they would only be left with internal organs and some flesh. Not only that, but they now needed to fight two more battles as well. If the Golden Core Tier earth immortal refused to pay them a few extra lesser heat coins, then he couldn't blame them if they... jumped up and down and cursed in anger behind his back.2

The Qi refiner standing on the gigantic rock was called Lü Yangzhen. He was born in the countryside, and his family had been woodsmen for generation after generation. Now, he was a vagrant cultivator with no permanent residence, and he had just cleared his first big hurdle last year, successfully advancing to the Abode Tier. 3

Even though this was the lowest tier in the Middle Five Tiers, becoming an Abode Tier cultivator was like ascending to the heavens in a single step for vagrant cultivators like Lü Yangzhen. After clearing this hurdle, he could now be employed by immortal clans with proper lineages and inheritances, or he could become a guest elder in the imperial court of a mortal empire, or maybe in an official residence or a noble clan. To put things simply, vagrant cultivators at the Abode Tier would finally be worth some money.0

Lü Yangzhen's dream was to enjoy even better fortune than the time when he...0