Some of the Mountain Saint Spirits wore strange expressions, as though they wanted to speak but held back.
Fang Yun looked at the humanoid Mountain Saint Spirit at their head. He stood forty zhang tall, looming before him like a small mountain.
"May I ask your name?" Fang Yun asked.
"Shanzhong Yang," the Mountain Saint Spirit replied.
Fang Yun said, "I belong to the Fu Yue Clan, and I am willing to offer the true legacy of the Mountain Giant Clan in exchange. It may not help you advance to Half-Sage, but it would be enormously beneficial in reaching the Emperor Realm. It would even be useful to the Half-Sage in the mountain. Besides, we both belong to the Ancient Demon Clan. If you truly have a treasure of the Fu Yue Clan, better to let me take it than leave it here. Shanzhong Yang, what do you think?"
Shanzhong Yang hesitated briefly, then said, "What you say makes sense. However, our Fu Yue treasure is extremely precious. No member of the Fu Yue Clan has ever come here before, and we have never revealed it to outsiders. Now..."
Shanzhong Yang abruptly stopped speaking. Several breaths later, he continued, "We can trade the Fu Yue treasure with you. However, the Mountain Giants' legacy alone is not enough. If you can obtain the Skull Offering Treasure from the Sky-Hanging River, we will certainly make the exchange. We can even add a Sacred Qi Source-a portable Sacred Qi Source."
Fang Yun glanced at the tallest mountain of Sacred Fang Peak and said, "First tell me which Fu Yue treasure your clan possesses."
After a while, Shanzhong Yang said, "The Nine-Star Mountain."
Fang Yun's eyes lit up. Even his breathing quickened, though he swiftly brought it under control.
The Fu Yue Clan possessed