Only after Xiao Yan had left did the mercenaries approach the Magic Cores on the ground, their gazes burning.
"We're rich!" someone said, and excitement shone in everyone's eyes.
The Magic Core of a Tier 2 Magical Beast usually sold for between five thousand and twenty thousand gold coins. Together, these four were worth nearly fifty thousand. Split evenly, each of them would receive over a thousand gold coins.
With their earlier gains added in, this expedition had earned them enough to stay home and spend lavishly for three years. If they lived frugally, they could practically retire.
And all of this was simply because a young man wanted to court Xiao Yi Xian.
What a big spender! they all cried inwardly.
At that very moment, that big spender was soaring swiftly through the sky. His vast seventh-grade Soul Power spread out, allowing him to scour the surrounding mountains in just half a day. Finally, Xiao Yan found a secluded basin.
"Unless I'm mistaken, this should be the place." Xiao Yan could clearly sense that the energy within the basin was considerably denser than outside.
"Young master, there seems to be something strange about this place." The voices of Elder Wen and Elder Wu reached him, making Xiao Yan frown slightly.
"What could be strange about a place like this?" Xiao Yan slowly descended onto a small hill at the basin's edge.
The basin was not particularly large, roughly the same size as the one guarded by the Xiao Clan's Seven-Star Village.
"We have yet to determine it ourselves, but unless we are mistaken, an Ancient Powerhouse may have fallen here." Xiao Wen's voice came again, bringing a trace of surprise to Xiao Yan's face.
"To think this place has a connection to an Ancient Powerhouse."
Standing on the hill,