"Haha... Fang Yuan, you truly are a once-in-a-century genius of our Barbarian tribe! Leave your affairs to me!"
Inside his residence in the Barbarian Palace, a mature-looking young man with a thick beard laughed heartily as he walked out. Fang Yuan saw him off.
"That makes eight, right?"
Only after the young man disappeared from sight did Fang Yuan return inside, a faint smile tugging at his lips.
Ever since he had defeated Bei Chen Yan and displayed his Body-Separating Blade Qi, disciples from the Barbarian Palace had been coming to visit him in an endless stream.
After all, with his current strength, he was unquestionably the Barbarian Palace's number one—a figure much like its senior brother. Naturally, plenty of people came to curry favor and shower him with flattery.
He hadn't arrogantly turned them away. Instead, he had received them one by one, and while he was at it, asked them to help find a few things.
"To practice the second stage of the Hundred Refinements Body Tempering Technique, I need three things: a Myriad Poison Snake Pattern Flower, a Thousand Year Jade Heart Fruit, and the blood of nine different exotic beasts!"
"Collecting the blood of nine exotic beasts will be troublesome, but many hands make light work. I've already obtained six kinds, and I'm confident I can get the rest... It's just the Thousand Year Jade Heart Fruit, a Heavenly Material, Earthly Treasure, that's going to be difficult."
Fang Yuan sat cross-legged, quietly waiting for the most important visitor.
"Junior Brother Fang Yuan, you're truly impressive. You comprehended Body-Separating Blade Qi at the Dharma Aspect Realm—you haven't let me down!"
A moment later, a clear voice rang out from outside.
"Lord Yan Luo, please come in!" Fang Yuan hurried to his feet to greet him.
"With your