The two men were equally tall and strong. One of them had short hair that was as short as steel needles and was wearing a sleeveless tight-fitting outfit made from the fur of some unknown monster.
The muscles on his exposed shoulders were like two small mountains, bulging up, with tendons coiled like angry dragons, and his limbs were as thick as a bear.
One glance at it gives one the feeling of being able to move mountains and tear tigers and leopards apart.
The other person was as thin as Aisan and the others, and his skin was dark blue.
He wore a square turban hat and held a string of jade beads in his hand, which he was fiddling with between his fingers.
His facial features were handsome yet feminine as he stared at the slowly solidifying figures of a man and a woman opposite him.
The two people who appeared had very ordinary looks, except for the woman who had a curvy figure and skin as white as snow. However, after seeing her appearance, one could not help but feel that it was a pity.
There was still a person standing with his hands hanging down at the bottom of the hall, and he had not sat down yet. It was Aguxi who had just hurried over after receiving the tribesmen.
He was not qualified to participate in the conversation here, but he was the strongest of the remaining giant tree tribe on the Tianlan grassland, so there were some things that needed to be confirmed by him.
"You two are the Taoist friends who saved my people. Please take a seat! Ah Guxi, you should sit down too.
My Giant Wood Clan and the other six clans are extremely grateful for the help from the two Taoist friends this time.
I am the clan leader here, Ting Bixiao, and below are two elders of my clan, Tingshan and Wusitu!"
When the green-robed man on the upper seat saw Li Yan and Zhao Min appear in the hall, he immediately stood up, smiling, and gestured to Li Yan and the others to sit down.
Then he swung his arms and pointed at the burly man and the feminine man below.
“Ting Bixiao, Tingshan, and Wusitu, this clan leader and Tingshan might be from the same branch.
According to the brief message Aguxi had transmitted before, the Giant Wood Clan originally had four Jindan cultivators, two of whom were captured and killed a few days ago.
This means that all the strong men of the Giant Wood Clan have gathered here, but if we really speculate based on Aguxi's description, we would be totally wrong..."
Li Yan was quickly digesting the content of Aguxi's previous voice transmission, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
"I'm Zhang Ming, this is my Senior Sister Zhao. During our training, we accidentally wandered into the depths of the grassland, and that's how we met Aguxi and the others.
Saving them is just a deal, except that the Tianlan tribe slaughters mortals, which violates the rule that immortals and mortals are on different paths!"
Li Yan bowed slightly and sat down.
He did not take any credit for it and stated his original intention directly.
For Li Yan, it is useless to say too much about other things. In the end, it all comes down to the word "benefits", and what he asks for is the most practical return.
"Don't you think it's impolite to repeatedly scan others with your spiritual sense?"
At this moment, Zhao Min's cold and pleasant voice rang out, which made everyone pause.
After sitting down, Zhao Min was looking coldly at the feminine man opposite her, the Jindan cultivator named Wusitu.
Monks usually don't use their spiritual sense to carefully scan each other. If their cultivation is low, they will be easily killed. Monks of the same level will just give each other a quick glance and pass by.
After a scan, you can sense as much as you can and no longer make any careful exploration moves.
Just like what happened just now when Li Yan and the others met, they just glanced at each other's body.
Li Yan has already confirmed that the Giant Wood Clan's patriarch is a false infant cultivator, and one who has entered the false infant realm for a long time. This kind of person undoubtedly has a certain understanding of forming a false infant, and his cultivation is naturally terrifying.
The sturdy man opposite had also reached the middle stage of the Golden Core, while the feminine man was in the late stage of the Golden Core.
Similarly, the other people also made a preliminary assessment of the cultivation levels of Li Yan and Zhao Min, one was in the early Jindan stage, and the other was in the middle stage.
In fact, Li Yan had already sensed that the feminine man was looking at him and his girlfriend with a somewhat cold gaze, which made him quite unhappy.
The man's spiritual sense swept over himself and passed by, but focused on Zhao Min. This is easy to explain, because he simply ignored Li Yan.
Seeing the coldness in Zhao Min's eyes, Usutu on the opposite side flashed disdain in his eyes.
Ting Bixiao's tiger eyes above glanced over casually, then moved away. Wusitu felt as if he was being stared at fiercely by a ferocious beast.
He was shocked in his heart, but his face remained expressionless. Although he did not stand up, his upper body slightly bowed towards Zhao Min.
"This is my first time seeing a human cultivator, so I can't help but feel a little curious. I'm sorry for being so presumptuous!"
Ting Bixiao also laughed immediately.
“Indeed, there are few cultivators of your race coming to the Queling Pagoda, and Ustu rarely goes out. This is the truth.
His action was indeed abrupt, and I hope the two fellow Taoists can forgive me. Since you have come to my Giant Tree Clan, please have a taste of our "Gai Xue Tong Ming Tea".
This is a spiritual tea that is very beneficial to Jindan cultivators like us!"
As he spoke, he pointed to the tea table beside Li Yan and Zhao Min, on which there were two jade-colored teacups with steam rising from them.
"Oh, Aguxi, you have one too. Drinking it will have a good healing effect on some of the old evils in your body!"
Then, Ting Bixiao spoke to Aguxi, who was leaning against the edge of the chair with a nervous look on his face, and he naturally changed the subject.
At this time, Aguxi no longer had the recklessness of previous days. He finally led his people back to their ancestral land, and they had hope for rebirth.
At this time, he was no longer as aggressive as before. He needed to consider more things and no longer had the mindset of risking his life!
Li Yan saw all of Ting Bixiao's actions, and he glanced at the man named Wusutu indifferently.
"Chief, is this our tribe's 'Gai Xue Tong Ming Tea'?"
Aguxi's voice sounded excitedly from below. "Oh? You have also heard of this tea?"
Ting Bixiao looked at Aguxi with a smile.
“Of course I have heard of it. I heard that this tea is a precious spiritual tea unique to my tribe, and it needs to be refined by collecting autumn morning dew condensed from spiritual trees that are more than a thousand years old.
It has extraordinary miraculous effects on strengthening tendons and bones and removing impurities from the body. If you can drink a cup every day, the magic power in your body will be continuously purified, the power will be doubled, and your tendons and bones will be tough, clear and spotless.
However, I heard that this tea is most effective when you drink it for the first two or three times, and the effect can only be accumulated little by little afterwards!"
Aguxi looked at the jade teacup beside him, at the transparent tea with a light green color, his eyes filled with passion.
There were deep-seated old evils in his body. Although he had the pills given by Li Yan during this period, it would take more than ten days to refine the medicinal power.
If he drinks the legendary "Gai Xue Tong Ming Tea", not only will the medicinal power in his body be refined exponentially faster, but the tea can also wash away impurities in his body, greatly improving his physical body.
Just as he had heard, this tea was most effective after the first two or three times of drinking, and its effects would only be apparent through long-term drinking in the later stages. However, this idea was undoubtedly a foolish dream.
Aguxi did not pick up the teacup immediately, but raised his head.
"Clan leader, this tea is given to me, can I use it on my own?"
"Hehe, Aguxi, I know what you mean. You want to bring it back to Aisan and Aini, right?"
Ting Bixiao chuckled.
"Patriarch, please understand!"
Aguxi did not deny it.
"You don't have to think like that. As some compensation to you, each of the thirty or so of you, including the mortals, will be given a cup.
It’s just that the amount of tea used by mortals is only one tenth of the amount in your cup, but it is enough to cure their chronic diseases and bring them vitality.
I think you know how precious the 'Gai Xue Tong Ming Tea' is and how difficult it is to refine. Moreover, their bodies cannot withstand too much spiritual tea for cleansing, and too much will be counterproductive.
Similarly, the spiritual wood morning dew contained in your cup is also a dosage suitable for foundation-building cultivators. Of course, it cannot be compared with the two cups of Fellow Daoist Zhang and the others.
Otherwise, you will be frozen to death!
As for all the returning monks, there will be two more chances later, but this requires meeting certain conditions before the reward can be given.
Don't worry, those conditions are not very difficult for you, I will explain them to you in detail later!"
Ting Bixiao waved to Aguxi, then looked at Li Yan and Zhao Min.
"Although this A Gu Xi hasn't seen much of the world, he is a very shrewd person!"
Li Yan was thinking in his heart that after Zhao Min questioned Wusutu, Aguxi obviously didn't want the relationship between the two sides to become strained. He had just seen hope.
Since he inherited the magic of the Giant Tree Clan, he should have known about some of the clan's treasures long ago, but he still asked deliberately.
Then he took the opportunity to explain to Li Yan and the others. Not only did he tell them the effects of the tea, but he also diverted the unpleasant scene and dispersed Zhao Min's anger.
But Li Yan could also see that Agushi might really not have known that the tea was "Gai Xue Tong Ming Tea" before, and even his later desire to leave this tea to Ai Sang and Aini was a true revelation.
This is very rare for a cultivator who has always been selfish. Therefore, Li Yan also thought of the five brothers and sisters of Meng Zhiyuan, who also support each other.
"They have been through life and death together. The people around them are the ones they trust the most. They are the ones who are willing to die for each other. They still retain a kind of simplicity that is hard to see in the outside world monks!!"
When Li Yan saw Ting Bixiao looking at him, he smiled slightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip. At the same time, he sent a message to Zhao Min.
"Sister, don't rush to drink it!"
Li Yan's action made Ting Bixiao, who was looking over, freeze his smile. He did not expect that this early Jindan cultivator would be so "straightforward" and even "desperate for his life".
The tea he took out was the real "Gai Xue Tong Ming Tea", and its effects were exactly as A Gu Xi said.
As for Li Yan’s original purpose, we can put it aside for now, but he really saved their people, for which he is grateful.
However, he just wanted to give it a try. Anyway, the spiritual tea had been taken out and his own words had made it clear that this was actually what was called opportunity in the cultivation of immortals.
If you don't drink, Ting Bixiao won't explain any more, as that will only make Li Yan and the others more suspicious.
When the time comes, these two cups of tea will be taken back and given as rewards to the tribesmen, as that is something many people desire.
But if you plan to drink it, you will risk your life!
In his opinion, Li Yan and Zhao Min might have to at least wait until Aguxi finished drinking, or use their spiritual sense to carefully investigate before making any further decisions.
But the Zhang Ming in front of him only sensed that the other party's spiritual sense lightly swept through the tea, and then he picked it up and took a sip directly.
It can no longer be described as "bold" to describe the other party, it can be said that they have no scruples.
Tingshan and Wusitu, who were opposite Li Yan, were also stunned. Then Tingshan opened his mouth and laughed, while Wusitu's eyes flickered, and his expression returned to normal.
"I really don't know how this person cultivated to the Golden Core stage. With this kind of personality, shouldn't he have died a thousand times ago?"
Wustu thought in his heart that if it were him, he would definitely not drink the cup of tea, but he would also try his best to see if he could take this cup of spiritual tea away.
Li Yan took a sip of the spiritual tea and suddenly felt a line of icy air going straight down from his throat into his stomach.
Wherever the ice passes, the tendons and bones seem to be frozen and tightened, and so is the magic power in the body.
Then, Li Yan activated his magic power a little, and a breath came out of his mouth. A stream of white air shot out for about a foot before dissipating.