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For the next few days, Zhao Zuo continued his closed-door Cultivation at home, following his usual routine.
By the beginning of the second month, he had finally forged ten Magical Artifacts. He went to the Moyun Market and sold them for one hundred sixty Spirit Stones, one hundred of which he used to buy five bottles of Spirit Ink.
The remaining sixty Spirit Stones covered his rent for the second and third months.
In the afternoon, Zhao Zuo returned to his small courtyard.
Before long, he felt a fluctuation of Mana from outside his gate, which triggered the outermost Guardian Array. The Mana was very faint and didn't seem to carry much hostility. Instead, it felt more like a polite announcement of a visitor.
Zhao Zuo grew wary, but he still put on his Spirit Silk Gloves before pushing the courtyard gate open.
