Wen Ningsi recounted, "While Senior Brother Tang was training in the Sword Ruins, Uncle Tang went to Beast Valley alone."
"What?!" Lu Feng was greatly alarmed and asked anxiously, "Was Uncle Tang forced by the pressure from Beast Valley? Is he... still safe?"
Wen Ningsi shook her head, deeply moved. "Uncle Tang went there for Senior Brother Tang's sake. The Valley Master of Beast Valley possesses a beast core left behind by Senior Brother Tang's mother. Uncle Tang went to secure that beast core for Senior Brother Tang, and so..."
Lu Feng vaguely guessed something and exclaimed, "Was it one of the supreme wood or supreme water beast cores Old Tang needs?"
"It was the beast core of a soul beast with dual supreme water and wood attributes," Wen Ningsi said in amazement. "I heard from Senior Brother Xiong and the others that it was left behind by a Void Ice Lizard Uncle Tang and his wife slew while traveling in the distant Seaside Sand City years ago."
"Void Ice Lizard!" Lu Feng was startled again, then said with emotion, "Beast Valley actually has such a rare treasure? This is currently the thing most suited to Old Tang. No wonder Uncle Tang braved the danger and went to Beast Valley alone. What was Beast Valley's attitude?"
"They..." Resentment welled up on Wen Ningsi's face as she said angrily, "They detained Uncle Tang!"
Lu Feng's expression hardened. Thinking of what Wen Ningsi had said earlier about Tang Yuan going to QuFu Mountain to find him, he urgently asked, "Old Tang came looking for me because he wanted us to find a way to rescue Uncle Tang together?"
"Not exactly," Wen Ningsi explained. "Though Uncle Tang was detained, he reached an agreement with the Valley Master of Beast Valley at the cost