Chen Fan and An Ye left Medicine King Valley immediately after obtaining the desired ancient herbs.
This collaboration had been successfully completed.
An Ye had shown no mercy to Medicine King Valley, taking herbs at least a hundred years old, even the lesser quality ones. He had truly fleeced them dry.
Upon seeing these ancient herbs, Chen Fan's eyes lit up; he had indeed found what he was looking for.
"This trip to Medicine King Valley was worth it!" Chen Fan exclaimed.
An Ye flashed a brilliant smile, winking, "Why don't you say I'm good at fleecing?"
Chen Fan chuckled, "Mm... well done!"
An Ye raised an eyebrow and calmly stated, "Exchanging the refining method for the Minor Qi Gathering Pill for so many ancient herbs, Boss, you're a real shrewd merchant!"
Chen Fan gave a knowing smile, "The Minor Qi Gathering Pill is more than enough for them! If it were any more advanced, they likely wouldn't be able to keep it safe!"
"After all, there are mountains beyond mountains, and skies beyond skies!"
An Ye asked, "You mean there are existences more powerful than Medicine King Valley?"
Chen Fan hummed in affirmation, "This world is still vast!"
An Ye found Chen Fan's words reasonable and didn't press further.
Weaving through the forest, they headed back to Shancheng... along the mountain paths, they moved with incredible speed, as if walking on level ground.
Meanwhile, within Medicine King Valley.
Ouyang Hui stared at the medicinal fields before him, his old face contorted with anguish, his heart bleeding profusely... Damn it, Chen Fan and An Ye were too ruthless! They had practically looted the place!
Ouyang Hui roared at the elder responsible for managing the herb fields, "Why didn't you stop them?"
The elder was on the verge of tears and stammered, "Valley... Valley Master, you didn't instruct us, so we didn't dare to intervene!"
"That's right!"
Annoyed, Ouyang Hui raised his hand and sent the elder flying, knocking him down.
They all landed in a heap, covered in dust.
"Even if I didn't say it, couldn't you have stopped them?" Ouyang Hui fumed.
"But... but they're Grandmasters, we wouldn't dare!"
"..."
"Grandmaster my ass!"
Ouyang Hui cursed, his composure cracking.
The ten elders hurried over and tried to appease Ouyang Hui.
"Valley Master, we didn't lose anything. At least we obtained the refining method for the Qi Gathering Pill!"
"Indeed!"
"Also, Chen Fan took so many herbs from our Medicine King Valley. He will surely owe us a favor!"
"Looking at it that way, it's not a loss!"
Ouyang Hui was still incensed and was merely venting his frustration.
The First Elder chimed in, "With their strength, even if they had come to Medicine King Valley for a direct plundering, we couldn't have stopped them!"
"Thinking about it now, it's not a loss!"
Considering the situation from a different perspective, Ouyang Hui even felt a sense of relief.
What the heck!
What kind of situation is this!
Ouyang Hui took a deep breath and irritably said, "Alright, alright, stop talking. I understand what you mean! I'm just feeling incredibly frustrated and want to blow off some steam!"
"..."
"Also, from today onwards, seal off the entire Medicine King Valley and cut off all contact with the outside world for three years!"
"Yes!"
To be honest, Ouyang Hui truly felt the sting of being fleeced this time.
The pain was immense.
The other elders were speechless at this display, never having seen their old Valley Master act this way.
They all found it both amusing and exasperating.
Subsequently, the old Valley Master Ouyang Hui also went into seclusion to research the alchemy techniques.
And so, Medicine King Valley quickly returned to a state of hidden obscurity, as if it had never appeared before...