After listening to the girl ramble on at length, Xiao Fan had gleaned little useful information.
He had only learned a few useful things:
The current era seemed to be the ancient age of the Dou Qi Continent, when all Eight Clans still existed and the Xiao Clan could still stand toe to toe with the Gu Clan.
The Soul Clan had not yet been completely ostracized by the other clans, either.
As for the great war the girl had mentioned, Xiao Fan had too little useful information to make sense of it.
"Oh, right, the Saintess! We have to find the Saintess at once!"
The girl suddenly cried out and sprang to her feet, looking at Xiao Fan with a grave expression.
"Qing Jue, I'll check the Alchemy Room, the Herb Garden, and the Weapons Vault. You check the Front Hall and the Rear Courtyard. We must find the Saintess."
Without waiting for Xiao Fan to respond, a pure white radiance enveloped her. An instant later, she appeared in the distance, then vanished from his perception after a few flickers.
"Hey..."
Watching the girl disappear into the distance, Xiao Fan lowered his outstretched hand. Only then did he get out the words he had been about to say:
"I mean... at least tell me where the Front Hall and Rear Courtyard are..."
"And what does this Saintess look like?"
Shaking his head, Xiao Fan stopped dwelling on it. He picked a direction at random and began wandering.
He noticed that nearly all the buildings here had been built on the trunk of that enormous tree. His current position was extremely close to its main trunk.
Below the main trunk, he could see an enormous city gate. It seemed that an exceedingly prosperous city already existed inside this gigantic tree.