In a luxurious room, Xu Jiawei handed the Dragon Blood Ganoderma that had just been displayed on the auction stage to the elderly man before him.
"As expected of Shrek Academy. You truly possess wealth rivaling that of a nation."
Without the old man making any visible movement, the Dragon Blood Ganoderma Xu Jiawei had placed on the table suddenly vanished. He said calmly, "Thank you. Finding an immortal-grade treasure like this here truly exceeded my expectations."
Xu Jiawei asked tentatively, "May I ask you to clear up a doubt for me? Elder Mu, why are you collecting these extraordinarily valuable herbs?"
Mu En slowly shook his head.
"No comment."
Xu Jiawei nodded somewhat disappointedly.
"Very well."
He had several guesses in mind, but unless Mu En confirmed them himself, they would remain nothing more than guesses.
About a year ago, Mu En had begun establishing contact with some of the world's top powers, hoping to obtain precious herbs from them.
As time passed, he had indeed received many replies, but there had been no news regarding the most precious batch.
On one hand, those herbs were simply too rare. Even the major powers had seen very few of them. On the other hand, even if they possessed what Mu En wanted, they were unwilling to hand it over so easily.
Xu Jiawei had originally intended to wait and see. However, after witnessing Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's outstanding performances in this tournament, he suddenly realized something.
Given the two children's ages, they had most likely entered Shrek Academy only last year.
When he connected that with the fact that Mu En had begun gathering herbs a year ago, Xu Jiawei finally understood.
If he had talents of that caliber under his command, he too would spare no expense to