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Gu He, a small figure who could practically be considered completely unknown before that Alchemist Grand Meeting three years ago. However, after winning the championship of that Alchemist Grand Meeting three years ago, Gu He directly soared to the skies in a single leap!
His fame even spread directly throughout the entire Jia Ma Empire!
A Tier 4 alchemist in his twenties, who had now furthermore already entered Tier 5, this talent, even if placed in the Central Plains, would absolutely be counted as a notable figure.
After Gu He won the championship of that session's Alchemist Grand Meeting three years ago, various factions within the Jia Ma Empire basically all extended olive branches to him.
There were even factions from other countries who wanted to invite Gu He to join them. However, toward the invitations of numerous factions, Gu He, whose mind was fully invested in his passion for refining medicine, rejected every single one of them!
To use Gu He's words, he did not like restrictions, and only wanted to purely refine medicine, nothing more. Nevertheless, even so, there were still quite a few factions that did not give up on the idea of recruiting Gu He.
Regarding this, Gu He simply let matters take their course.
Anyway, he temporarily had no intention of joining any single faction, and that was that.
And after winning the championship of that session's Alchemist Grand Meeting three years ago, relying on the gains from that Alchemist Grand Meeting, Gu He successfully broke through to become a Tier 5 alchemist!
At this time, his Dou Qi cultivation was still merely at the Dou Ling realm!
To be honest, if Gu He were willing to join the Jia Ma Empire's Alchemist Association, with his talent, within a few years, he could absolutely take over the position of association master from Fa Ma's hands.
It was a pity that he had no such inclination.
Moreover, Gu He knew his own situation.
In terms of refining pill, he prided himself on having a talent that wasn't bad. However, along the path of management and political scheming, he was a complete novice among novices!
This point could be seen to some extent from the original work where he only served as an honorary elder of the Yun Lan Sect, without participating in any management.
The Xiao Clan was, no matter how one looked at it, one of the four great families of the current Jia Ma Empire, so they naturally possessed some basic information about Gu He, this influential figure of the empire in recent years.
It was just that in this life, Gu He would actually produce an intersection with his son Xiao Zhan, which was something Xiao Lin had not expected.
In reality, for Xiao Zhan to have an intersection with Gu He was both a coincidence and a result of the butterfly flapping its wings. Wasn't Xiao Zhan accepted as the second disciple by Yun Shan back then, and had even stayed in the Yun Lan Sect for a few years?
Subsequently, he went down the mountain to travel and experience the world for two years.
In the second year, he encountered his wife Yang Xiyue. But in the first year of his travels, he happened to run into Gu He, who had not yet shown his talent at that time. The two had also gone on adventures together for a period of time.
Two people who didn't have any scheming minds naturally became friends logically afterward.
At that Alchemist Grand Meeting three years ago, Xiao Zhan had even gone to cheer Gu He on!
Regarding what kind of friends his son made, Xiao Lin would naturally not ask too many questions. Therefore, when Xiao Zhan brought this friend Gu He to the Xiao Clan today, Xiao Lin would be startled.
"Truly young and promising! Much stronger than this brat of my clan!"
On this point, Xiao Lin was telling the truth.
Even though right now Xiao Zhan was a Six-Star Dou Ling, one star higher than Gu He.
But the other party was a Tier 5 alchemist!
If Xiao Zhan were not the young clan leader of the Xiao Clan, and the second disciple of the Yun Lan Sect's Sect Leader Yun Shan, his status would be a large notch inferior to Gu He's.
"Father, can you please not criticize me in front of my friend?"
Although it was the truth, he was still so annoyed!
"Then you should put in more effort and break through to the Dou Wang realm for me as quickly as possible! Otherwise, let alone me, even your teacher Yun Shan's face won't be able to hold up! I've heard that your senior sister Yun Yun has already surpassed you and broken through to the Dou Wang realm!"
Seeing his son still dare to talk back, Xiao Lin immediately let out a stream of disparagement.
Hearing this, Xiao Zhan finally knew to choose to shut his mouth.
He had a Dou Wang father, a Dou Wang senior sister, and a Dou Zong teacher—the pressure was immense, alright?
Compared to other people, Xiao Zhan considered his own talent to be quite good, but compared to his old man, senior sister, and teacher, he was sorry, but he really couldn't compete!
"Clan Leader Xiao does not need to worry about Xiao Zhan's matters. He is my friend, and I will definitely help him break through to the Dou Wang realm!"
As a Tier 5 alchemist now, Gu He indeed had the confidence to speak these words.
Because they were friends who bonded when they were both obscure and insignificant, Gu He attached great importance to his friendship with Xiao Zhan!
Moreover, he could also feel that Xiao Zhan becoming friends with him was never aimed at his identity as an alchemist!
On this point, it was completely different from those people who came to get close to him out of admiration for his fame after he won the championship of the Alchemist Grand Meeting three years ago!
Therefore, when Gu He said he would help Xiao Zhan break through to the Dou Wang realm, his expression was exceptionally serious.
Of course, with Xiao Lin's current achievements in the Central Plains and the resources he held in his hands, it wasn't actually difficult to help his son break through to Dou Wang, or even Dou Huang.
It was just that the main reason Xiao Lin hadn't done so was that he didn't want his son to attract the attention of people with ulterior motives. After all, Xiao Lin himself was currently a Five-Change Dou Zun pretending to be a Seven-Star Dou Wang!
In addition, if Xiao Zhan's breakthrough was too abrupt and inexplicable, it might similarly cause certain people in the dark to pay attention to him, or even to the Xiao Clan.
This was not what Xiao Lin wished to see.
The current Xiao Clan just needed to develop silently in the dark.
Otherwise, Xiao Lin would have long since brought the entire Xiao Clan to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace in the Central Plains, so why would he need to wait until now?
However, if it was Gu He, the future Pill King of the Jia Ma Empire, who helped Xiao Zhan raise his strength, then everything would be perfectly logical and out in the open. It could only be said that the Xiao Clan's situation was too awkward.
One bad move, and it would be easy to plunge into a bottomless abyss!
"Hahaha, for Zhan'er to have a friend like you is his blessing!"
On the surface, Xiao Lin certainly had to acknowledge Gu He's favor.
It could be said that Gu He's existence could perfectly rationalize many unreasonable things happening to Xiao Zhan!
Don't blame Xiao Lin for being pragmatic; as the clan leader of the Xiao Clan, there were times when he had no choice but to consider these pros and cons. Yet he couldn't explain these matters clearly to any single person.
The clan leader of the Xiao Clan was truly not that easy to be!
"This is what I ought to do!"
Gu He's reply was still very earnest.
It was plain to see that he truly valued his friend Xiao Zhan very much.
"In that case, since Mr. Gu He is a friend of my son Xiao Zhan, why not stay in my Xiao Clan for a few more days, so that my Xiao Clan can fulfill our role as hosts? What do you think?"
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Xiao Lin also spoke up.
However, as Xiao Lin's voice fell, Gu He fell into silence for a short moment first.
Seeing this, Xiao Lin's mind spun, and he instantly realized that Gu He had probably come to visit him today because he had some business. Nevertheless, considering that he was his son Xiao Zhan's friend, Xiao Lin also didn't mind lending the other party a hand.
"Clan Leader Xiao, to be honest, apart from visiting a friend, my coming to the Xiao Clan today is also because I have a favor to ask of the Xiao Clan—no, it should be said that I have a favor to ask of Clan Leader Xiao!"
Gu He spoke up with extreme solemnity.
"Oh? You want to ask for my help? Mr. Gu He, since you are a friend of my son Xiao Zhan, you are naturally also a friend of my Xiao Clan. If there is anything you need my help with, feel free to speak!"
With his current strength, Gu He was just one person; Xiao Lin didn't believe that whatever request the other party made would stump him!
Regarding this, Xiao Lin was still very confident.
"I want to request Clan Leader Xiao to take action and help me annihilate the Qieke clan!"
When stating his request, Gu He's expression was incredibly serious!
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