Houtu granted him the freedom to move about the tribe, which led him straight to the heart of the matter. It was common knowledge that the Wu Clan possessed no Primordial Spirit and did not practice tool refinement, thus they had no use for spirit artifacts or Immortal Artifacts. Consequently, after the great war between the Wu and the Demon tribes, the armaments of the Demon Clan would undoubtedly have been gathered up by the Wu Clan—kept not for their own use, but to ensure their adversaries could never recover them.
Shi Heng’s objective was simple: the war scrap heap.
The red packets Houtu gave him, along with the other little trinkets, were investments. Granting him freedom of movement was also an investment. Such investments were made without expecting immediate returns; the time for a harvest would come only after he had grown strong. If he hadn't spent over a year settling and accumulating, he would not have qualified for such an investment. Fate was often that capricious.
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