At this explanation, the young Male Cultivator lost all desire to continue the conversation. He simply watched the Ghost Spider as it absorbed the corpse qi to cultivate, his thoughts drifting elsewhere.
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"We caught the Spirit Wood Alliance off guard this time, so they couldn't mobilize more powerful experts to stop us. But the next trade will probably be even more difficult."
Fang Qingyuan watched as his sect's disciples, working with the people from the Pill Alliance, unloaded the cargo from Yinbao and the other Tuo Rays. Then, they loaded them up with broken Magical Artifacts confiscated by the Pill Alliance, as well as some mortals from the direct family lines of various sects who wished to flee the war-torn region.
For the mortals affiliated with any side, war was a catastrophe. As mortals, their only purpose was to provide a steady supply of Immortal Seedlings—children with Spirit Roots—for the sects.
