Chapter 349: Xiao Han: Did I Travel Through Time?

After Xiao Han returned to the Central Plains, he saw the intelligence that had been collected, organized, and placed on the desk.

He only took a brief glance before his head was instantly filled with question marks.

"Did I travel through time?" Xiao Han asked, filled with astonishment.

"What's wrong?" Yi Huang asked curiously upon seeing this.

After taking the scroll Xiao Han handed over, Yi Huang quickly replicated Xiao Han's expression; surprise, shock, and conflict were intertwined, eventually coalescing into a single sentence:

"How is this possible?"

Xiao Han spread his hands, "Facts prove that we still underestimated the Soul Clan's appetite."

Xiao Han never dreamed that the Soul Clan would actually attack the Yao Clan and the Shi Clan at the same time, and more importantly...

They actually succeeded!

Not to mention the Shi Clan, which was almost wiped out single-handedly; had it not been for his principle of maintaining pleasant transactions, which led him to gift a Space Scroll personally crafted by Zhu Kun, the Shi Clan's bloodline would have been one hundred percent extinct.

The Yao Clan had slightly better luck; due to the existence of the ancestor Xiao Xuan, they barely managed to keep their base in the Yao Realm from being lost, but the scars of war were still extremely painful—half of their Dou Sheng Elders were gone, and the majority of the Yao Clan experts beneath them were lost.

They even had to summon the remnant soul of the Medicine Emperor, which meant that their trump card, equivalent to a full-strength strike from a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, was completely wasted.

Added to the "consultation fee" collected by ancestor Xiao Xuan, after one war, two-thirds of the entire Yao Clan's foundation was emptied; without special opportunities in the future, the Yao Clan would likely need several thousand years to recover.

"I don't know if the Ancient, Lei, and Yan clans should be happy or mournful now!" Yi Huang shook her head in pity; two perfectly fine Ancient Races had just been scrapped like this.

In normal times, if a few Ancient Races declined, others might be "grief-stricken" while feeling overjoyed in their hearts.

After all, the cake was only so big; with fewer people to share it, they could naturally take more.

But today is different from the past; the Soul Clan's posture clearly indicated they were prepared to take action against all Ancient Races, and combined with the terrifying strength they displayed—including three Nine-Star Dou Sheng level combatants, the Soul Clan Clan Leader Hun Tiandi among them—it made one's hair stand on end just thinking about it.

The Ancient, Lei, and Yan clans truly did not have the confidence to resist to the end.

"I estimate that the Ancient Clan and the others must be in a hurry to contact allies right now!" Xiao Han said with a smile; the Soul Clan's strength was simply too terrifying for the remaining Ancient Races to withstand.

"Eh?" Xiao Han was slightly startled, then laughed heartily, "Ancestor, since you have come here, why not reveal yourself?"

"Hehe~" Xiao Xuan's figure slowly emerged from the void, laughing as he said:

"Your strength is truly becoming more and more refined; I fear your Dou Qi cultivation is already no less than mine!"

Xiao Han humbly replied, "This junior still has a significant gap compared to you, Ancestor."

Xiao Xuan also knew where that so-called gap came from; the bonus to combat power from an Emperor Realm Soul was simply terrifying. As long as Xiao Han did not step over that threshold, he could never be Xiao Xuan's opponent at the same level.

Thinking of this, Xiao Xuan smiled faintly, "This time, it was this old fellow who was abrupt."

"When we arrive at the Ancient Clan, I will give you a big gift!"

At this moment, Xiao Xuan felt some regret; why hadn't he finished off that thing in the Heavenly Tomb before leaving? It would have been a decent welcoming gift, at least!

Looking back, he had been too excited at the time; he had simply lost his mind!

"A big gift?" Xiao Han was stunned, then thought of the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb he had ignored, and realized.

However, he did not speak it out loud; after all, the existence of the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb could only be sensed by the Energy Bodies within the Heavenly Tomb. How would an outsider like him, who hadn't even stepped into the Heavenly Tomb, know about it?

He felt grateful for Xiao Xuan's good intentions in his heart, but Xiao Han already had an excellent way to rapidly increase his Soul Power; he only needed to wait patiently for a period of time.

Subsequently, Xiao Han asked expectantly, "I wonder what you gained from the Yao Clan this time, Ancestor?"

Upon hearing this, even the calm and composed Xiao Xuan could not help but reveal a smile, sighing with emotion: "The Yao Clan is indeed worthy of being a race of Alchemists; their foundation is rich."

In other words, they had lots of money!

Xiao Xuan waved his sleeve, and looking at the hundreds of Storage Rings densely packed before them, Xiao Han and Yi Huang could not help but widen their eyes; the radiance of money almost dazzled them.

"I f***ing..." Xiao Han felt a wave of desolation in his heart and looked at the Chief Steward of the Langya Pavilion beside him, "How much does our Langya Pavilion treasury have?"

Yi Huang could not help but sink her consciousness into a Storage Ring; after withdrawing it again, her expression was complex, and she said forlornly:

"I estimate that even if we scraped our treasury clean, we wouldn't have this much."

Just this...

Just this?

Xiao Han laughed to himself; he had thought they had already achieved financial freedom, but now it seemed that poverty had truly limited his imagination.

Seeing the dejected appearance of the two juniors, Xiao Xuan found it quite amusing and comforted them:

"The Yao Clan has special abilities, and after accumulating for countless years, it is naturally not a small amount. Your faction has great potential, and in the future, it will surely not be much weaker than the Ancient Races."

These words were not mere comfort, but a judgment Xiao Xuan made based on a certain understanding of the Langya Pavilion.

Unlike the Ancient Races, the Langya Pavilion, which was born out of the Central Plains, had numerous business methods, and its emphasis on commerce could even be called the greatest among all factions.

If one were to make an analogy, the Ancient Races were like landlords, living off various unique resources and abilities.

While the Langya Pavilion was like a merchant, not only developing various commodities but also using various means to concentrate more resources into their own hands.

With the ambition to get rich, coupled with the strength to maintain that wealth, the speed of the Langya Pavilion's foundation accumulation would only get faster and faster.

"Right, there is also this thing." As Xiao Xuan spoke, he took out a crystal-clear, round jade piece engraved with ancient, mysterious patterns.

The moment the jade piece appeared, Xiao Han's heart could not stop trembling.

"Thank you for your trouble, Ancestor!"

Only with the Tuoshe Ancient God Jade could everything be considered ready.

"It's not that much trouble, just a small effort," Xiao Xuan said casually.

When Xiao Xuan proposed wanting the Tuoshe Ancient God Jade, Yao Dan agreed almost without thinking.

Not only because the former was a benefactor of the Yao Clan, but Yao Dan also knew very well that with the current Yao Clan, they could neither use nor protect the Tuoshe Ancient God Jade; it was better to do a favor and build a good relationship with Xiao Xuan, the once strongest and now peak expert.

"Before I left, Yao Dan invited me to go to the Ancient Clan together to discuss the alliance to deal with the Soul Clan."

Xiao Xuan looked at Xiao Han, "When do you plan to enter the fray?"

Although he was very unwilling to admit it, based on the strength the Soul Clan had displayed, Xiao Xuan understood that the power of the other Ancient Races alone could no longer easily contend with the Soul Clan; therefore, the intervention of the Central Plains factions was necessary.

According to his estimation, the representatives of the Ancient Races at this time were likely already on their way to the Langya Pavilion and the Heavenly Mansion.

Xiao Han smiled strangely, "Ancestor, this junior has only just discovered that the Ancient Races seem to be dripping with wealth!"

"What are you trying to do?" A bad premonition coiled in Xiao Xuan's heart.

"Nothing much, it's just that I've been a bit short on funds lately, and I hope to borrow some resources from you friends of the Ancient Race to use."

Afterwards, under Xiao Xuan's increasingly strange gaze, Xiao Han laid out his "get-rich" plan.

Whether Xiao Xuan agreed or not, no one knew; he simply stomped the threshold to pieces as he left.