"When are we going in?" Zi Yan looked at the sea of people around them, her impatience burning like fire. She could sense countless natural treasures on that island and longed to charge in right now and plunder them all. Yet Xiao Yan was keeping her here, leaving her to stare helplessly at a mountain of treasure within arm's reach without being able to enter. The feeling was simply agonizing.
"Don't rush. Wait until that pillar of energy disperses." Xiao Yan tugged at Zi Yan's hair. He was about to offer a few more words of reassurance when he suddenly felt a strand of soul force sweep over him. Although he had expected this and made preparations to deal with it, the feeling of being pried into still left him thoroughly displeased.
With a thought, Xiao Yan swiftly extended a strand of soul force, tracing the earlier probe back to its source. His soul force was far stronger than the other person's, so when that person withdrew his probe, he never noticed another strand of soul force following it back.
It led to a man in blue robes, with a medicine cauldron badge bearing six golden markings pinned to his chest. That badge proclaimed his alchemy rank: Sixth-Rank Alchemist. Only a handful of people in the Black-Corner Region possessed such ability. Though Xiao Yan had never seen him in person, he could still deduce the man's true identity.
The Medicine Emperor, Han Feng!
At that moment, the Medicine Emperor who ruled all of Maple City was frowning deeply. His earlier soul force scan had detected several people at the Dou Emperor level, but none of them were anything to fear. What truly caught his attention was the mysterious figure concealed beneath black robes.
Xiao Yan was now almost thirteen. His