Gu Xiaoqing and I carefully and cautiously made our way through three or four counties. However, the further we went, the tighter the checkpoints became. Not only were cultivators searching everywhere at every city gate, but wanted posters bearing my likeness were fluttering all over the place. They denounced me as a notorious bandit who had committed countless crimes and ruined countless innocent young women. Anyone who spotted me and reported it would be rewarded with one hundred Spirit Stones, while capturing me alive would net ten thousand Spirit Stones.
Seeing the bounty climb ever higher, I grew increasingly anxious. Right now, many rogue cultivators in the Qi Condensation stage were holding portraits, scouring the entire world. As long as they provided information leading to my whereabouts, they could claim one hundred Spirit Stones.
In today's world, that kind of currency was as good as gold. Besides, one hundred Spirit Stones represented half a lifetime of savings for those rogue cultivators. I had heard that resources were becoming increasingly scarce. Even the inner disciples of major sects only received five Spirit Stones a month. Ordinary disciples got just one Spirit Stone a month, while labor disciples were paid on a quarterly basis—and some minor sects didn't issue Spirit Stones at all, simply handing out a few Qi-Replenishing Pills or Qi-Circulating Pills and calling it a day.
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