After Lin Yan left, Medusa took human form again and appeared in Xiao Fan's room.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I haven't been trying. That last ingredient, mountain essence, is just too hard to find." Looking at Medusa, who had appeared without warning, Xiao Fan helplessly spread his hands.
After all, he had personally taken Medusa to the trading market to search. They had been lucky enough to find black ghost vine, but there had been no news of mountain essence at all. He could hardly be blamed for that.
Her beautiful eyes glanced at Xiao Fan before Medusa walked over to his window. Gazing at the distant Inner Academy Square, she said quietly, "Human talent for cultivation really is terrifying..."
Seated in his chair, Xiao Fan looked at Medusa and smiled without saying anything. Though humans had far greater talent for cultivation than Magical Beasts, the lifespans of high-tier Magical Beasts were something humans could only envy. Every gain came with a loss.
After she had watched for a while and the two had fallen silent, Xiao Fan suddenly sprang from his chair. The chair scraped backward, leaving marks and letting out a piercing screech.
"What's wrong?" Medusa turned, intending to snap at him, but when she saw the horror on Xiao Fan's face, she suppressed her anger.
She was very curious about what could have happened to make this little fellow, who remained unruffled in a crisis, cause such a commotion.
Xiao Fan did not hear Medusa at all. He had discovered that the Brand inside him, originally belonging to Eagle Protector, was giving off a scorching heat. That heat meant the person who had planted the Brand was sensing its location.
"Damn..."
Although Xiao Fan had completely neutralized the Brand's ability to control him, it was still