Chapter 39

With a blink of his eyes, Xiao Yan’s gaze towards Xiao Long suddenly brightened. A Yellow Rank Alchemist, in the Imperial Capital, was also a rare creature...

In the Imperial Capital, the number of Yellow Rank Alchemists was few, and those who had reached the Third Rank of the Imperial Level, besides the Xiao Clan’s Xiao Long, the Medicine Obsessive, who else could it be? Xiao Long was considered the top person in the alchemy world of the Imperial Capital. However, Old Medicine Master...

"You don’t need to bow to me as your master. I will only give you the formula and guide you in some alchemy techniques. As for the rest, I won’t force you. Young man, will you learn or not?" Xiao Long, looking at Xiao Yan with an uncertain expression, asked somewhat impatiently.

"Thank you, Ancestor Xiao Long."

Hearing this, a trace of gratitude flashed in Xiao Yan’s eyes. Without hesitation, he hurriedly nodded and thanked him. How could he talk about alchemy without a formula or medicinal materials in this continent?

"No need, to be honest, I should thank you, hahaha." Xiao Long burst into laughter.

"Thank me?" Xiao Yan was puzzled.

"Never mind, never mind, hahaha." There was a hint of pride in Xiao Long’s laughter. Xiao Long was a gambler, but his luck was never good, almost always losing. This time, he actually won, and he won from Xiao Li, who never gambled. How could he not be happy? In the future, Xiao Li wouldn’t be able to say that he always lost, hahaha. Just thinking about it made him happy.

Xiao Li walked up, frowned, and asked, "Wait, let’s not talk about other things. Xiao Long, you’re teaching Xiao Yan alchemy but don’t want him to bow to you as a master. What’s the meaning of this?"

Xiao Long quickly pulled Xiao Li aside, glanced at Xiao Yan who was already far away, and whispered in a voice that Xiao Yan couldn’t hear, "I have my reasons. Didn’t you see that Thunder Dragon Devouring Pill just now? You should know what this means. It means this kid won’t fear the Pill Tribulation in the future! How many alchemists get stuck at the Pill Tribulation and can’t advance? You know that. Moreover, a Ninth Rank Alchemist being able to refine the Ten Thousand Ancient Pill on their first try, I’ve never heard of it before. You should know I only prepared three sets of medicinal materials for the Ten Thousand Ancient Pill for him!"

"What? You only prepared three sets of medicinal materials for him? He actually succeeded?" Xiao Li was extremely surprised, and he began to reassess Xiao Yan’s alchemy talent.

"Rubbish, do you think I would beg to teach him otherwise? Such a genius, do you think I have the qualifications to be his master? I have a feeling that in the future, our Xiao Clan will shine because of him. Do you understand my intention now?"

Xiao Li nodded solemnly.

Xiao Long then seemed to remember something and turned to Xiao Li, saying, "By the way, Old Man Xiao Li, does the clan registry have to be processed after three years? Can we let Xiao Yan join the clan registry in advance?"

Xiao Long clearly wanted Xiao Yan to join the clan registry as soon as possible so that any contributions he made in the future would belong to the clan, which would be greatly beneficial to the clan.

Xiao Li pondered for a moment and said, "It’s not impossible to do it in advance, but it’s a bit troublesome. It’s a clan rule, and the other elders might oppose it."

"Other elders oppose it? Bah, nonsense! I’ll take care of it. Just get Xiao Yan’s clan registry processed as soon as possible. I plan to let Xiao Yan go out for some training in a while."

Xiao Li, hearing Xiao Long’s words, felt quite speechless. Indeed, if Xiao Long really got serious, there weren’t many people in the clan who would dare to challenge him. After all, alchemists still had a very high status and strong influence, no matter where they were, and Xiao Long’s strength in martial arts was also quite formidable.

Xiao Li had no choice but to nod in agreement. Xiao Long had his reasons, and Xiao Li understood this.

"Also, don’t forget the bet, hahaha." Xiao Long reminded Xiao Li with a hint of pride.

Xiao Li shot a glance at Xiao Long and said nothing, but he felt a different kind of pride in his heart. He then turned and walked towards Xiao Yan.

Xiao Long followed and walked up to Xiao Yan, who was still standing in the same spot.

"Xiao Yan, I’ll tell you something. In five years, there will be the Xiao Clan’s full clan member testing competition. You can start preparing. With your current abilities, you can go to the nearby mountains for some training. It’s not good to just focus on cultivation in the clan. However, I can’t go with you; the clan doesn’t allow it. Prepare as soon as possible and set out in a few days." Xiao Long said to Xiao Yan.

This testing competition held a very important position in the Xiao Clan. It was a competition to discover and decide which core disciples would be the focus of cultivation, held every hundred years. The last one was ninety-five years ago, so Xiao Yan had five years to prepare for this testing competition. Xiao Yan nodded, not particularly interested in the competition, but he also wanted to see the strength of the other younger generation in the Xiao Clan.

"Xiao Yan, you must be tired from refining the pills for so long. Go back and rest first. I’ll get your clan registry processed as soon as possible. Also, Mingdi seemed to have come looking for you a while ago, but you were refining at the time, so he left." Xiao Long continued to tell Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan nodded. Getting the clan registry processed as soon as possible was good, but he remembered the killing intent he sensed when he first started cultivating, feeling that this early registration might bring him a lot of trouble.

As for why Mingdi was looking for him, Xiao Yan didn’t quite understand. Perhaps it was to congratulate him on his first cultivation achievement, he guessed, but he didn’t think about it much more.

"Ancestor Xiao Li, Ancestor Xiao Long, I’ll go first."

Xiao Long and Xiao Li smiled and nodded. Xiao Yan’s politeness made them think even more highly of him.