The cat looked up at Gu Wen with tearful eyes.
"But Immortal, our spirit stones are gone too. You said earlier to bury them in the ground to grow some spiritual medicine and sell it when we are low on funds."
"You buried all of them?"
"Yes..."
Oh no, this poor Daoist has really become a poor Daoist.
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Gu Wen emerged from the grotto heaven, and everything outside was as usual. Chi Yu Zi still dominated his bed, and Jade Sword Buddha still remained silent.
The investigation into the Weapon Forging Workshop was progressing very smoothly, having caught several corrupt powerful figures, with even more surrendering voluntarily.
From an outsider's perspective, this accounting investigation implicated various factions and was a recipe for trouble, potentially endangering oneself. But with the strength Chi Yu Zi and Gu Wen now possessed, they had no such worries, and the Daoist Sect was not weak enough to fail to suppress a single state.
