The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage smiled and nodded gently.
"That's right."
Heavenly Lord Hanjian's cheek twitched as he gazed at the Golden Millet Paper in his hand with burning eyes.
"Old Codger, if we'd had a few more sheets of Golden Millet Paper when we were young and roaming the Kunlun Ruins together, wouldn't we have crushed all those Heavenly Geniuses!"
The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage seemed to recall those days as well and said with deep feeling,
"Indeed. Back when we joined forces, our only shortcoming was that we couldn't bring your mastery of talismans to the ultimate realm."
Heavenly Lord Hanjian then put the Golden Millet Paper back into the wooden box and picked up a Flaming Sun Fruit and a Qi Mushroom instead.
He held the Flaming Sun Fruit and Qi Mushroom beneath his nose and sniffed each, then said with a delighted expression,
"Although This Lord has eaten both Yang Yan Fruit and Qi Mushroom Herb before, these two have exceptionally pure auras, much like things from ancient times. They should contain some ancient spiritual power."
"They might not be worth much eaten separately, but if used to refine pills, they could raise the pills' quality by a grade or two even without serving as the principal ingredients."
As he spoke, he placed both the Qi Mushroom and Yang Yan Fruit into the wooden box, then shook his head repeatedly.
"Ding Mou, you're certainly willing to pour resources into this disciple who hasn't even entered your tutelage yet!"
The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage laughed heartily.
"Lin Hanjian, you've got it wrong. Xu Taiping obtained all these things from the Immortal Burial Ruins during the Dragon-Slaying Assembly!"
At those words, Heavenly Lord Hanjian's expression immediately changed.
"These things are actually your own?"
Xu Taiping put away the wooden box and