A moment later, when Xiao Yan returned to the inn, he found Luo Jin and the others sitting in the room waiting for him. They had all been worried about him since he hadn't returned, but they were relieved to see Xiao Yan back.
The moment Xiao Yan pushed open the door, everyone in the room turned their gaze to him. After confirming that he was unharmed, they breathed a sigh of relief.
We couldn't find you all afternoon, where did you go?
Luo Jin couldn't find Xiao Yan all afternoon, and even searching the city with his Spiritual Strength didn't work, which made him worry about Xiao Yan's safety.
"Save them."
"Save them?"
Xiao Yan stepped forward and, without any hesitation, drank the tea in Luo Jin's teacup in one gulp. As everyone exclaimed in surprise, he plopped down on the chair that Xiao Yi Xian had brought over.
Afterwards, Xiao Yan gave everyone a general account of his encounter with Fang Zhicong and Lan Ye that day.
"Oh, Late Origin Return Realm expert as a bodyguard, tsk tsk, it seems the Fang Clan is no ordinary family or power. Otherwise, you wouldn't have willingly gotten yourself into this kind of trouble."
Upon hearing Xiao Yan's story, Luo Jin smiled wryly, looking at Xiao Yan with a mocking expression, the hidden meaning in his words self-evident.
Upon hearing this, the two brothers immediately exchanged knowing smiles before Xiao Yan continued speaking.
"Although it's still unclear which Fang Clan the Fang family belongs to, their patriarch must at least be a powerhouse at the Origin King level or above. Otherwise, they couldn't possibly subdue a powerhouse of that caliber. Making an Origin King level powerhouse owe them a favor is definitely worthwhile."
As soon as Xiao Yan uttered these words, everyone present nodded in agreement. A powerhouse at the Origin King Great Realm was someone who had surpassed the Origin Return Realm and had truly mastered Origin Qi. They were truly among the top powerhouses on this continent.
Countless people hope to gain the favor of Origin King- level powerhouse, because once they have such a favor, it's like having a get-out-of-jail-free card, and it can even bring them endless wealth and glory. However, usually, such people almost never appear.
Ordinary people simply cannot persuade Origin King expert, while those with sufficient strength often do not covet such experts. As for alchemists, as long as they possess sufficiently powerful alchemy skills, even Origin King Great Realm experts would be subservient to them and would be too busy chasing after them to bother pursuing them.
Therefore, now that this opportunity has been presented to Xiao Yan, he should seize it firmly. This might even become a means of survival for them in this Far Southern Land.
After a few laughs, Luo Jin suddenly seemed to remember something, raised an eyebrow, and asked Xiao Yan with a puzzled look.
"I'm saying, although we've reached the Far Southern Land now, have you thought about how we're going to exchange for Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva once we get to Burning Flame Valley? My father paid a heavy price to get this back then, sacrificing many of the sect's protective formations to get a little bit from that old man. What are we going to offer now?"
Luo Jin's words hit the nail on the head; almost everyone present, except for Xiao Yan, instantly wore a bewildered expression.
For the past month or so, they have been caught in a double tension of rushing to the Far Southern Land and the Sea Cloud Palace, but they seem to have forgotten about this one aspect.
Even if they have already reached the Far Southern Land, if they go to the Burning Flame Valley but can't offer anything enticing enough to exchange for the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva, then this trip will have been in vain, ending up with nothing to show for their efforts.
However, while everyone was stunned, Xiao Yan chuckled. It seemed that the group of people in front of him had really forgotten this extremely important matter. When Xiao Yi Xian and the others saw the expression on Xiao Yan's face, they immediately understood that Xiao Yan must have expected this, otherwise he would not be so calm and composed at this moment.
"Don't worry, since I said I wanted to get the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva, I'll make sure it goes perfectly."
With a confident smile, and then, under the gaze of everyone in front of him, Xiao Yan waved his sleeve, and the storage Storage Ring on his finger immediately flashed with light, and then the light in the room immediately became dim.
"Buzz!"
After a loud rustling sound, a tall, ancient tree appeared before everyone, and the once spacious house suddenly felt cramped.
"This is..."
Looking up at the enormous fan-shaped leaves on the ancient tree before them, the expressions on everyone's faces first froze, then turned to shock.
"This is... the Thousand-Fan Tree!"
"Judging by the size of this tree and its Thousand-Fan Leaf, it must be over three thousand years old!"
The enormous tree trunk was probably nearly ten feet in diameter, and its height even reached the roof. Several people could see that many of the roof tiles had been lifted. The sky was dark, and the starlight was scattered. The tree crown that was exposed above the roof looked like an indistinct pagoda in the darkness. The soft light reflected from inside the house complemented it, making it look even more mysterious.
At this moment, on the Thousand-Fan Tree, many uniformly sized Thousand-Fan Leaf are swaying gently, and the air is filled with a rich energy aura, which is the special medicinal power inherent in the Thousand-Fan Tree itself. As the Thousand-Fan Leaf grow, this medicinal power becomes even more concentrated.
At this moment, the Thousand-Fan Leaf gently swaying in front of Xiao Yan and his group numbered over a hundred, making the medicinal power they intertwined even more concentrated.
"Hehe, to be precise, this Thousand-Fan Tree is already seven thousand years old, and these largest Thousand-Fan Leaf are five thousand years old for medicinal use."
Xiao Yan smiled slightly. These thousand-year-old Thousand-Fan Leaf were the very ones he used to exchange for the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva.
"A seven-thousand-year-old tree, a five-thousand-year -Thousand-Fan Leaf!"
"This level of medicinal material is enough to refine some seventh-grade pills. Kid, where did you get this from? It's terrifying!"
Zhou Tai stared in shock at the enormous ancient tree before him. The aura of antiquity emanating from it told him that Xiao Yan was absolutely not exaggerating. But could something of this caliber truly still be found or even exist in this world?
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan smiled but didn't say anything more. In fact, all of this was thanks to the Heavenly Flames!
The fourth-ranked Life Spirit Flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking possesses this special effect of stimulating plants. Ever since Xiao Yan obtained the Thousand-Fan Tree from Jin Yao, he has been nourishing it with the Heavenly Flames, and it has indeed lived up to his expectations.