Le Shaoyuan's expression was somewhat strange as well. "Chen Fan... you came really fast!"
Chen Fan waved his hand and looked at Le Shaoyuan. "Senior Brother Le, you said you had news of Dean Mao's whereabouts. Is it true?"
When he had casually saved Le Shaoyuan back then, the man had said he would help search for Dean Mao's whereabouts.
But in truth, Chen Fan had already stopped holding much hope.
He had also tried activating the Sun-Covering Mirror for divination.
Yet without a corresponding token, he simply could not meet the conditions for divination.
He had also had Chen Wudao issue orders to search for Dean Mao throughout Great Qian and the Western Wasteland around Great Qian, but there had never been any trace of him.
He had essentially concluded that Dean Mao had already passed away. He had never expected Le Shaoyuan to truly find a clue.
Le Shaoyuan nodded repeatedly, then said,
"I heard news of the Dean here in the Tasan Tribe. It was said that when the Tasan Tribe was fleeing, one Tasan family discovered Dean Mao unconscious in the wilderness..."
"Dean Mao was, after all, a tenth-level expert. Even gravely injured and unconscious, his physique remained extraordinarily powerful. The Tasan Tribe knew he was formidable and no ordinary mortal, so they took him along while fleeing and waited for him to awaken... But later, they encountered a beast tide, and the Tasan tribespeople were scattered. The people who had taken in Dean Mao vanished without a trace..."
Chen Fan came to a realization. "No wonder..."
The reason Chen Fan had believed Dean Mao was most likely dead was that, while severely injured, Dean Mao had used a Vanishing Trail Talisman to transfer himself out of Great Qian.
In his view, if Dean Mao were