The next day, the four of them gathered outside the wooden building.
Zhang Fan barked at the guards, "I'm going away for a while. Keep a close eye on the building. If anything happens, I'll hold you responsible!"
"Please rest assured, Master Zhang. We'll look after the building."
The guards clasped their hands repeatedly, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
They were all locals from the town, and quite a few were descendants of Zhang Fan's childhood playmates.
Watching one friend after another pass away while he himself remained young, Zhang Fan couldn't help but sigh. So he had brought these mediocre juniors over and gave them pointers from time to time.
With Zhang Fan's strength, even a little guidance would have benefited them enormously. Reaching the peak of the Body Refining Realm—the Blood Refining Realm—would have been no trouble at all.
But Zhang Fan was still suffering from the Reversal Thorn Fruit, and he also had to obey Green Robe Old Ancestor's orders. How could he find time to guide them?
As a result, the guards were a mixed lot, with cultivation levels all over the place.
People in the Muscle Refining Realm were even guarding the gates for someone in the Divine Domain Realm!
After the four of them left, Zhang Fan didn't waste any more time. He took the other three and used Wood Escape.
Zhang Fan dug into three trees so thick that two people could barely wrap their arms around them, then had Zhao Han and the others step inside the trunks.
Next, he channeled his true qi and used Wood Escape to send the three of them a great distance.
The range could reach a full thousand li, but the amount of true qi it consumed was terrifying.
Zhang Fan murmured a