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Just like that, for the next period of time, Xiao Lin stayed entirely within the Xiao Clan.
During this period, Xiao Yan actually looked for him quite frequently.
As for Xiao Yan's purpose in looking for him, it went without saying that it was all related to cultivation.
Although Xiao Yan also really wanted to have a talk with his dear grandfather about breaking the marriage contract, he himself knew that with his current age, discussing this topic was inappropriate.
Therefore, he could naturally only approach his grandfather, who was said to be one of the top ten experts of the Jia Ma Empire, to discuss matters regarding cultivation.
Interestingly, this little guy Xiao Yan never called him grandfather on ordinary days. But once it came to asking him about cultivation matters, those calls of "Grandfather" one after another were simply too sweet!
It could be seen that this kid Xiao Yan was also a person without much moral integrity. Xiao Yan's obsession with extraordinary power was similarly manifested quite clearly. He had even asked Xiao Lin during this period if he could be allowed to start cultivating right now.
Considering the development issues of a child, Xiao Lin decisively rejected this proposal from Xiao Yan. In the end, Xiao Lin settled a promise with Xiao Yan, allowing him to begin cultivating when he turned four years old.
This also made Xiao Yan long for time to pass a bit faster every single moment.
He was already a bit impatient to start cultivating this thing called Dou Qi!
During this period, every single time, Xiao Yan would obliquely ask for some knowledge regarding cultivation from Xiao Lin.
For the sake of hearing this little guy Xiao Yan call him grandfather, Xiao Lin also harbored bad intentions, only telling Xiao Yan a tiny bit each time before dismissing him.
To use Xiao Lin's words, it was for children to eat more, play more, sleep more, and ask less about these miscellaneous things.
This left Xiao Yan extremely depressed.
But there was no helping it, his grandfather only told him a tiny bit of knowledge in this area each time, causing his heart to itch with unbearable anticipation all along. It had to be said that this wave of Xiao Yan's was perfectly manipulated by Xiao Lin!
This was just like some children when they were young, always pestering their parents to tell stories before bedtime, but their parents never told the full story each time!
Tell me, facing this kind of similar situation, how could Xiao Yan's heart not itch with unbearable anticipation? Yet there was no helping it, Xiao Yan, who was extremely interested in this aspect, could only choose to be manipulated by his grandfather.
Because of this, as time passed, the degree of recognition for Xiao Lin as a grandfather in Xiao Yan's heart had also gradually caught up with his parents and his two older brothers.
Now, every time Xiao Yan faced his grandfather Xiao Lin, he was no longer as awkward as he was during their first meeting. Xiao Lin, who saw all of Xiao Yan's transformations in his eyes, was very gratified by this.
In his view, such a transformation in Xiao Yan was undoubtedly good. Right now, it just lacked an opportunity for Xiao Yan to completely recognize these family members of Xiao Lin in this life.
Of course, staying in the Xiao Clan, Xiao Lin would also occasionally use the Dou Qi Continent version of the mobile phone given to him by Ji Li back then to understand the situation of the Myriad Array Spiritual Palace far away in the Central Plains.
Overall, Xiao Lin's life was still very fulfilling.
The only point that made Xiao Lin feel dissatisfied was that his cultivation progress had slowed down once again.
For Xiao Lin, who already possessed a Five-Change Dou Zun cultivation base, under normal circumstances, if he wanted to raise another minor realm now without any opportunities, it was estimated that it would take several years.
This was also an unavoidable matter.
A Five-Change Dou Zun was already considered relatively high on this Dou Qi Continent. No matter whose body this kind of cultivation base was placed on, if they cultivated through hard work, it would take several years, or even ten to twenty years, to possibly raise a minor realm.
An opportunity was not something that could be encountered anytime and anywhere.
Just like Xiao Lin, if he didn't have opportunities, it was estimated that he wouldn't necessarily have reached a high-star Dou Zun by now, let alone his current Five-Change Dou Zun cultivation base!
"Should I find a time to go to the Falling Star Pavilion again? So many years have passed, there should be quite a lot of star power accumulated in the Falling Star Pavilion again, right? Just, what kind of reason should I use?"
See, Xiao Lin, who disliked his slow cultivation speed, was thinking about going to the Falling Star Pavilion to reap benefits again.
In Xiao Lin's view, the Falling Star Pavilion didn't really have much use for that star power anyway, did they? To maintain the operation of the Great Falling Star Formation, just having that star fragment was enough.
Of course, Xiao Lin was only thinking about it like this for the time being.
During this period of time, he was not yet prepared to return to the Central Plains.
Just like that, the following period of time was entirely spent by Xiao Lin accompanying his grandson (training Xiao Yan). On this very day, the Xiao Clan welcomed a guest—the future Pill King of the Jia Ma Empire, Gu He!
Gu He was brought to the Xiao Clan by Xiao Zhan.
"Father, this is my friend Gu He. He came to the Xiao Clan today specifically to visit you."
When Xiao Zhan led Gu He before him and spoke these words, even Xiao Lin was stunned.
What was the situation? Was this Gu He the same Gu He from his understanding?
If so, how on earth did his own son become friends with him? He didn't remember his son having any friendship with Gu He in the original story!
"Gu He greets the Xiao Clan Leader!"
While Xiao Lin was in a daze, Gu He had already clasped his hands toward Xiao Lin.
"Since you are Zhan'er's friend, there is no need to be polite. Are you the Gu He who won the championship at the Alchemist Grand Meeting three years ago?"
As Gu He spoke, Xiao Lin also snapped back to reality and asked probingky.
As the clan leader of the Xiao Clan, Xiao Lin naturally knew about Gu He winning the championship at the Alchemist Grand Meeting three years ago.
It was just that he wasn't sure if the Gu He in front of him was the exact same person as the Pill King Gu He from the original story.
"Father, that is indeed Gu He!"
At this time, without waiting for Gu He to reply, Xiao Zhan stepped ahead to answer for him.
"It is merely a bit of empty fame, I have made Clan Leader Xiao laugh."
Gu He acted very humbly.
Upon confirming that his son's friend in front of him was indeed the Pill King Gu He from the original story, Xiao Lin finally had the time to size him up. Gu He looked to be around the same age as Xiao Zhan, both nearing thirty years old.
As for his Dou Qi cultivation, it was currently at the Five-Star Dou Ling realm.
However, his soul realm was a bit exaggerated.
In Xiao Lin's perception, Gu He's soul realm was already about the same as Fa Ma, the association master of the Alchemist Association.
Three years ago, when Gu He won the championship of that session's Alchemist Grand Meeting, according to the intelligence collected by the Xiao Clan, he was only a tier 4 alchemist at that time.
Now, in Xiao Lin's perception, since the other party's soul realm already rivaled Fa Ma, the association master of the Alchemist Association. That meant the other party's alchemist rank was, with a high probability, already at Tier 5!
It had to be said that in the original story, this title of Pill King Gu He was indeed worthy of its reputation.
One had to know that looking across the entire Battle Through the Heavens series, someone who could possess a peak Tier 6 alchemist while only at the Dou Wang stage realm, apart from the protagonist Xiao Yan, there was only Gu He!
Whether one liked it or not, in the aspect of alchemist talent, Gu He could definitely be counted as top-tier!
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