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Seeing that they had the upper hand, the sudden appearance of the Wind Venerable was bound to anger Old Monster Huangquan.
Most importantly, Venerable Yellow Springs knew that his strength was far inferior to Venerable Wind's...
However, Venerable Wind had no time to pay attention to him at this moment. Instead, he slowly opened his eyes and asked in a slightly hoarse voice, "What is your relationship with him?"
After so many years, this is the first time we've received news of Yao Chen since his disappearance. You can imagine how Feng Zun Zhe feels.
Taking a deep breath, judging from Venerable Feng's current behavior, his teacher's words were true. This person was indeed his teacher's sworn brother, and this friendship had not faded with time...
"Master and disciple!"
Xiao Yan uttered two words in a deep voice.
However, neither Xiao Yan himself nor Venerable Feng directly mentioned Yao Lao's name.
Because both of them knew very well that, in such a public setting, it was still difficult to expose the old doctor's identity...
Venerable Feng nodded slightly, and with a swift movement, appeared directly in front of Xiao Yan.
At this moment, there was a hint of benevolence in his gaze as he looked at Xiao Yan, and he said softly, "This is the answer I most want to hear. But you need to give me evidence!"
Xiao Yan smiled, reached out and touched the fire mark on his forehead, and then a thin wisp of pale white flame quickly shot out from his fingertip.
"Bone Spirit Cold Flame..."
Venerable Wind was all too familiar with this flame. Back then, Yao Chen almost lost his life trying to obtain it.
Moreover, and most importantly, within the fire mark on Xiao Yan's forehead, Venerable Feng sensed an unusually familiar soul aura for that instant...
"As expected, it really is him..."
At this moment, Venerable Wind had no more doubts.
"Old man, I've been looking for you all these years..."
After saying that, a glint flashed in Venerable Feng's eyes as he looked at Xiao Yan and said, "This isn't the place to talk. Come with me and tell me in detail about that old guy's situation..."
After speaking, Venerable Feng prepared to pull Xiao Yan away.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan quickly stopped him, saying, "Venerable Feng, please wait..."
"Hmm? What's wrong..." Venerable Wind paused and asked.
Xiao Yan smiled helplessly and said, "At this moment, my friend is..."
"I truly cannot leave alone while facing off against the Yellow Springs Pavilion..."
"Oh, I forgot about that." Venerable Wind slapped his forehead, looking as if he had just realized something.
"However, did Wang Chen really die at your hands?"
Xiao Yan nodded directly and said, "Yes, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that I killed him with my own hands..."
Of course, this statement is somewhat of a deliberate attempt to take responsibility upon himself.
Venerable Feng could naturally tell, after all, Xiao Yan's cultivation level was still quite different from Wang Chen's.
However, he didn't point it out. After all, judging from the scene, Xiao Yan's friends must have extraordinary identities, otherwise they wouldn't have Dou Zun-level experts protecting them...
"Very well, regardless of who killed Wang Chen. With me and that unfamiliar Dou Zun here, Old Ghost Huang Quan can't cause any trouble..."
With that, Venerable Wind stepped to Venerable Heavenly Fire's side, nodded to him, and then turned his gaze to Venerable Yellow Spring, whose face was now gloomy, and said coldly, "Old ghost Yellow Spring, let's call it quits for today!"
"Give up?!" Venerable Huangquan was so angry he laughed.
"My personally trained disciple has been murdered, and the murderer is right in front of us. You actually say you're just going to let it go?"
"Otherwise what?" Venerable Feng rarely revealed a cold and stern expression as he said, "Do you really intend to seek revenge against the two of us, the Dou Zun?"
Upon hearing this, Venerable Huangquan clenched his entire hand into a fist, making a cracking sound.
"Venerable Wind, don't push your luck! Aren't you afraid that your actions will provoke a great war between the two pavilions?!"
Faced with Venerable Huangquan's threatening words, before Venerable Feng could speak, Ye Xinyue, who had remained silent until now, finally couldn't hold back anymore...
"War? Fine! I killed Wang Chen. If the Yellow Springs Pavilion wants war, my Ye family will gladly oblige!"
Everyone was stunned by the girl's nonchalant words, directly declaring war on a top-tier power like the Yellow Springs Pavilion...
"Wait, the Ye family... could it be that Ye family?"
Soon, someone noticed something in Ye Xinyue's words and couldn't help but speak up.
"Is it the Ye family, one of the five great families of the Pill Domain? I've heard that the Ye family has a genius disciple who is the personal disciple of the Pill Tower's president and a candidate for the next leader of the Pill Tower?"
"With a Dou Zun accompanying and protecting them, this really could be the Ye family..."
Hearing the murmurs, not only were the people below shocked, but even the Venerable Huangquan, who was determined to take revenge, had a drastic change in expression...
"You...the Ye family you mentioned, is it the Ye family, one of the five great families of the Pill Domain?" Venerable Huangquan asked nervously.
Ye Xinyue smiled faintly: "Is there another Ye family in Zhongzhou?"
Swish!
In an instant, Venerable Yellow Springs' already grim face turned even darker, but upon closer inspection, one could also discern a strange fear within it...
This is truly a jinx!
Seeing how useful her family's name was, Ye Xinyue was quite pleased. Of course, doing so might also bring trouble to the family, but considering the group of people present, they didn't seem to have the qualifications to become a "man-made disaster" for the Ye family, so Ye Xinyue had no more concerns.
Ye Xinyue's gaze shifted to Xiao Yan, who was equally shocked. She walked over, patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "Junior Brother Xiao Yan, thank you very much this time. If you have time later, you can visit the Pill Domain."
The Pill Gathering will begin in a year. You are also an alchemist, so I imagine you'll be interested.
If you really do go to the Pill Domain, don't forget to come to Ye City. I'll take you to visit the Holy Pill City then..."
Chapter 353 The Assessment of the Five Great Families
Danyu, Misty Valley.
The tranquility of Misty Valley was shattered today. A beam of azure light shot straight into the sky, stirring up the wind and clouds, and even the mist in the sky seemed to be dispersed.
Inside the valley, Song Chun'er stared nervously at the direction of the pillar of light, while beside her stood the composed Queen Medusa and Little Fairy Doctor.
"Don't be nervous, with Ye Chen by your side, nothing will go wrong..." Queen Medusa finally offered a word of comfort after noticing the nervous look on Song Chun'er's face out of the corner of her eye.
“Yes, Madam, don’t worry, Young Master is here to help…” Little Fairy Doctor also spoke up.
After hearing what the two women said, Song Chun'er's expression improved considerably.
"Hehe, it's alright. I'm just a little unsure. After all, Xinlan has only been a sixth-grade alchemist for less than two years, and Chen'er already wants her to refine seventh-grade pills. I just feel it's a bit too early..."
Despite this, Song Chun'er did not blame her son.
After all, the Pill Gathering is just around the corner, and before that, the Pill Tower will first conduct its assessment of the five major families...
Although Ye Chen's intervention secured the first place for the Ye family, they can't keep relying on him. Otherwise, outsiders might think that the Ye family has no other capable individuals besides Ye Chen, which would be a laughingstock.
As the three talked, the strange phenomenon in the sky disappeared.
A moment later, Ye Chen, dressed in light green, walked over with a cheerful young girl.
"Hehe, Mother, Sister Caidie, Sister Xian'er!" Ye Xinlan ran excitedly to the three of them, proudly presenting the jade bottle in her hand to them like a treasure, and said with a look of pride, "Look, I've refined a seventh-grade pill! From now on, I'm also a seventh-grade alchemist!"
After all, she was only a twenty-year-old girl, and she had been too well protected since childhood, so Xinlan's personality at this time was much more lively than her counterpart at the same age in the original work.
Of the three, Little Fairy Doctor was the closest to her, a best friend she had known since childhood. Seeing this, she was genuinely happy for Xinlan and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Xinlan!"
"Hehe, thank you, Sister Xian'er."
Subsequently, Song Chun'er and Queen Medusa also offered their blessings, which made the girl even happier.
"Alright, it's just that you've refined a single Grade 7 low-level pill, and the success rate is less than 70%. Look how smug you are."
Ye Chen couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but speak up to criticize.
"Tch! Big brother, don't think I don't know. Unless you're a mid-level seventh-grade alchemist, a success rate of less than 70% is normal. Look at Mother, she hasn't been able to achieve that success rate in all this time, has she?"
Snapped!
Song Chun'er, who had been all smiles, saw that this brat dared to use her as a comparison, so she slapped her lightly. Her beautiful eyes widened, and she said threateningly, "Well, you little brat, you're here to make fun of your old mother, aren't you?!"
"No, no, hehe, Mom, please don't overthink it. I just wanted to tell my brother that not everyone in this world is a freakish genius like him..."
Looking at Xinlan pleading with her mother, Ye Chen shook his head speechlessly.
This girl, when did I become a perverted monster...?
"Alright, stop joking. It's good that you successfully advanced to a seventh-grade alchemist. Otherwise, if you had to get your older brother to help again this time..."
"Let's see if you youngsters still have the face to show yourselves in front of outsiders..."
Song Chun'er finally spoke up, interrupting her daughter's antics.
"Although you have been promoted to a seventh-grade alchemist, there are some things that I still need to make clear to you beforehand..." Ye Chen straightened his expression, looked at Xin Lan, and said.
"According to the information I have about the other four families, in addition to the Dan family and the Cao family, even the people from the Qiu family and the Bai family who participated in the assessment this time are not simple."
Upon hearing that they were talking about serious matters, Ye Xinlan immediately put away her playful thoughts and became serious.
"The Qiu family and the Bai family? I hadn't paid attention to that. I had only heard that the Dan family had your good friend Dan Xuan, and the Cao family had Cao Dan. Both of them were far more talented than me, and I wondered what level they had reached now..."
Although the five major families are all keeping an eye on each other's information, there are some things that cannot be known in advance.
Just like Danxuan, it's been almost two years since he parted ways with Ye Chen in Saint Pill City, and there's been no news of him since. He's obviously been in seclusion and cultivating diligently within his family...
As for the Cao family, everyone only knows that besides the enchantress Cao Ying, the Cao family only has one genius, Cao Dan! But Ye Chen knows very well that besides Cao Ying, the truly powerful member of the Cao family is the long-unsung Cao Xiu…
After a moment's hesitation, Ye Chen said, "As for Dan Xuan, you shouldn't compete. This Brother Dan reached the peak of the seventh rank two years ago, and I suspect he's been in seclusion these past two years, trying to break through to the eighth rank!"
"Eighth rank?!"
This time, not only Ye Xinlan was shocked, but Song Chun'er next to her was also shocked.
"Could it be that the Dan family is about to produce its third eighth-grade alchemist?"
This matter concerns the future development of the Ye family, and as the matriarch of the Ye family, Song Chun'er immediately became somewhat flustered upon hearing this news.
Seeing his mother's strong reaction, Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh and said, "You don't need to overthink it. If becoming an eighth-grade alchemy master was so easy, then they wouldn't be so rare."
“Look at my grandfather, even with a strange fire and rare treasures like the Earth Core Soul Marrow and Soul Liquid, he still hasn’t succeeded in advancing to the next level…”
Ye Zhong's seclusion lasted much longer than Dan Xuan's. During this time, Ye Chen tried his best to help him, and the Dan family even gave him a soul cultivation secret technique as a token of gratitude. However, even now, he still hasn't been able to break through the Spirit Realm barrier!
"That's good..." Song Chun'er breathed a long sigh of relief.
Of the five major families today, the weakest, the Bai and Qiu families, need not be mentioned for the time being. The remaining three families, Ye, Dan, and Cao, all possess eighth-grade alchemists.
Furthermore, the latter two families each have two...
Although the Ye family only has one eighth-grade alchemist, Ye Chen, he is the strongest and most influential, which is why the Ye family is showing signs of becoming the leader among the five major families.
But this was ultimately a burden carried by Ye Chen alone. If the Ye family couldn't produce another sufficiently powerful alchemist, then surpassing the other two families would be impossible...
"Apart from Danxuan, the remaining members of the Cao family, including Cao Dan, are not much stronger than Xinlan. However, apart from Cao Ying, the truly strong member of the Cao family is not Cao Dan, but Cao Xiu!"
Although this person was not well-known, his temperament was far more composed than Cao Dan's. After coming of age, he went out to gain experience on his own...
He returned home seven years later, having already reached the seventh rank at the age of twenty-seven. As I predicted, he should now be at the mid-seventh rank.
Chapter 354 Shocking Hearing of Xiao Yan
The Cao family had Cao Dan and Cao Xiu, the Bai family had Bai Ying, and the Qiu family had Qiu Ji...
Among them, Cao Xiu and Bai Ying are stronger, probably at the mid-stage of the seventh rank. Cao Dan and Qiu Ji are slightly weaker, probably only at the early stage of the seventh rank.
In the original novel, Dan Xuan, while ranking among the top-tier, was only at the mid-level of the seventh rank. However, under Ye Chen's influence, Dan Xuan now possesses the same strength as Song Qing in the original story…
To be honest, this can be considered as benefiting from Ye Chen's influence.
Looking at it from all angles, although Xinlan has now advanced to the initial stage of the seventh rank, she is still somewhat inferior to Cao Dan and Qiu Ji, who have been promoted for many years.
Of course, this doesn't necessarily mean they have poor alchemy skills...
After all, Xinlan possesses a different kind of fire, and if we consider alchemy alone, she might even be considered among the middle tier of these people.
The assessment of the five major families by the Kodan Tower is not just about alchemy; they assess comprehensive abilities...
This directly renders Xinlan's advantages useless, and it is most likely that she will become the worst performer.
Of course, it was just a last-place finish, and Ye Chen didn't care, nor would the Ye family.
After all, Xinlan is only twenty years old now. She still has the opportunity to participate in the next assessment of the five major families. By then, the others will all be over the age limit, and she can take back the championship.