"Let's hear the good news first. No matter what bad news comes next, at least I can be happy for a moment first." Ye Zhen took a light sip of the spirit tea brewed by Mountain God Yi Xun.
"I thought you'd want to hear the bad news first." Mountain God Yi Xun held up a jade pot and refilled Ye Zhen's cup. "Actually, this bad news and the good news are one and the same."
"Your tea is good, old man. Go on, what news?" Ye Zhen said.
"Do you remember the bounty you posted at the Annual Auction Conference?" Mountain God Yi Xun suddenly asked.
Ye Zhen froze, then abruptly sat up straight, his gaze locking onto Mountain God Yi Xun. "Old Yi, there's news about my bounty already?"
Only half a year had passed. For someone to come forward to claim the bounty so soon was far beyond Ye Zhen's expectations.
What Ye Zhen had offered a bounty for was a natural treasure capable of replenishing origin power, and it had to belong to either the water or wood element. The difficulty was immense.
"That's right, there is indeed news. For you, that counts as good news. But as for the news itself, it is bad news," Mountain God Yi Xun said.
"How so?" Ye Zhen stared steadily at Mountain God Yi Xun.
"About a month ago, a martial artist came to Five Immortals Hall and said he wanted to claim your bounty. Our reception staff questioned him and registered the details according to Five Immortals Hall's rules.
"Unfortunately, he only said verbally that they had found a place where a wood-element natural treasure capable of replenishing origin power grew. Yet he refused to say what it was, what kind of environment it had been discovered in,