"Sis, look what we brought back..."
The moment Tian Wei arrived home, he rushed excitedly into the courtyard and shouted toward the room.
Zhou Yan followed behind him, dressed in coarse hemp clothes with the Wasteland Beast slung over his shoulder. He looked almost indistinguishable from an ordinary countryman.
Most importantly, he had concealed his aura. His bearing was restrained and composed, without the slightest hint of sharpness.
At first glance, he was simply an ordinary countryman, albeit a rather handsome one.
Soon, Tian Yong dragged Tian Xi out of the room, and she spotted the Wasteland Beast at once.
"That's a Wasteland Beast..."
Tian Xi's expression shifted slightly as she looked at Zhou Yan. "You killed it?"
Though she phrased it as a question, her voice was calm and steady, as if she had already reached her conclusion.
Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, unsurprised.
He had always felt that Tian Xi was hiding secrets.
But they hardly knew each other, so he merely kept that observation to himself.
Likewise, Tian Xi knew Zhou Yan was no ordinary man, yet she had never questioned him. Instead, she had allowed him to stay temporarily with the Tian Family.
For that, Zhou Yan felt a measure of gratitude toward Tian Xi and her brothers.
Next, Zhou Yan began butchering the Wasteland Beast, separating the flesh from the bones and removing its various organs intact.
According to Tian Wei, these Wasteland Beast organs were worth even more than the flesh and blood.
They could even be used to refine pills.
That piqued Zhou Yan's interest, but he could not help sighing helplessly.
He was alone now. Even when he possessed resources, there were many he could not put to use.
Back in the Small World, these materials would have greatly benefited the Alchemy