This little Azure Realm had weathered ten thousand years, and its resources had been severely depleted. Though spiritual qi remained abundant, its spirit stone veins had long since been exhausted to almost nothing. Aged or rare medicinal herbs were also exceedingly difficult to find.
That was why the Junior Disciple cried out when he saw the medicinal herb in Qi Song's hand.
This herb was not only old, but rare as well.
The Junior Disciple glanced at the other medicinal herbs in Qi Song's medicine bowl.
He clutched his chest, so overwhelmed that he nearly fainted.
"Where did you get these medicinal herbs?!"
The disciple spoke so loudly that he drew everyone's attention almost immediately.
Before long, a crowd had gathered around Qi Song.
Then everyone learned that Qi Song was a healing cultivator-and one with a great many precious medicinal herbs in his possession.
The commotion around Qi Song soon drew the attention of the rest of the Fang Family.
Once they discovered that this man really was a high-level healing cultivator, the Fang Family's steward, who had originally thought little of him, slowly realized just what a treasure they had picked up.
The Grand Tournament happened to be approaching. The Fang Family wanted to compete, but could not muster enough disciples. At that point, Qi Song stepped forward and offered to repay them for saving his life.
After testing Qi Song's strength, the Fang Family gladly agreed.
But the competitors had to be disciples of the Fang Family, so Qi Song became Fang Song.
Publicly, he was declared a newly adopted son of the Qi Family.
Qi Song walked at the back of the Fang Family's procession, his head lowered as he recalled his experiences with them. At the same time, he began pondering Su Jiu and Chu