Water Elder's Scheme

Everyone present immediately turned their eyes toward him.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Long Xuan straightened his clothes and walked onto the stage with a smile. His goal was clear: he headed straight for that coffee tree and, amid the astonished and puzzled gazes of the crowd, put it away.

"This..."

"Little friend, this tree may appear to contain the spiritual power of a Heaven-grade Spirit Medicine, but it has no practical use. Its value is far from the highest among all these treasures."

"Why not take another look?" Cha Shan asked, his face full of confusion as he kindly tried to persuade him.

"No! I'll choose this tree."

With that, Long Xuan said no more and slowly walked off the stage.

Seeing him choose that tree, those ranked farther back, though puzzled, let out long sighs of relief. He had chosen the most useless treasure, so wouldn't the more valuable treasures fall into their laps? They could not have wished for more.

"Why did you choose this tree? In my eyes, this tree is the least valuable of all the treasures here. What a waste of your chance to choose first."

The moment Long Xuan came down, Water Elder impatiently asked through soul transmission.

"I have my own use for it. As for what exactly that use is, Water Elder need not ask." Long Xuan answered simply and said no more.

Water Elder fell into thought. Of course, he knew that this tree was of immense use to Long Xuan; otherwise, only a fool would want such a thing.

Yet Long Xuan had passed over every other treasure and chosen this tree alone. That was enough to show that, in his heart, this tree was worth more than all the other treasures combined.

Water Elder could not help