After entering the capital city of the Shenguang empire and finding an inn, Zhou Donghuang left the Yuntai inn with Su Mo.
He had only one objective in coming to the Shenguang empire: to obtain some spirit stones.
Or at least to obtain enough to allow him to attain the Primal Core stage in the shortest time possible.
"The spirit stones of Ziyun are all from the five lodes of spirit stones on Ziyun: five lodes of spirit stones, controlled by the five great elite sects, including the Shenguang and Xuanyin sects.'
"Out of the five lodes of spirit stones, the one that has the highest output produces about two thousand spirit stones every year, and the one with the smallest output produces about one thousand three hundred spirit stones every year."
"Because of this, the punishment agreed on by the five great sects for meddling in the black market, four thousand spirit stones, is a considerable sum to any one of the sects."
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