"Brother Xiao Yong, don't worry, this path ahead will surely be smooth!"
"In a while, your little brother will come back to see you!"
Chen Yang nodded.
"Go!"
Xiao Yong nodded, reached out and pulled Xiao Ling closer. The father and daughter watched Chen Yang leave their small courtyard!
...After leaving Xiao Yong's small courtyard, Chen Yang went to find Xiao Zhan and sold him a Spirit Ascension Pill for two hundred thousand gold coins.
After nearly seventeen months, Xiao Zhan's Nine-Star Great Dou Shi strength had approached Perfection, and he was now ready to impact Dou Ling.
The Spirit Ascension Pill could increase the chances of a Peak Great Dou Master practitioner breaking through to Dou Ling by 50%. With Xiao Yan's Luck blessing, Xiao Zhan's Luck shouldn't be too bad.
However, whether Xiao Zhan became a Dou Ling or not no longer had much effect on him; he was already prepared to leave.
"Many thanks, Great Master Chen Yang!"
After a year and a half, Xiao Zhan still referred to Chen Yang as Great Master Chen Yang.
Over the past year, although every interaction with Chen Yang had been a fair trade, Xiao Zhan knew that not everyone had the qualifications to conduct fair trade with a Dou Ling practitioner and a Fourth-Grade Alchemist.
Moreover, which Alchemist in the entire Jia Ma Empire could produce the Medicinal Pills Chen Yang brought out?
Chen Yang's choice of him was certainly due to Xiao Yong, but he dared not forget Chen Yang's kindness. Now, the Xiao Family's future was smooth, ninety percent of which was due to Chen Yang, and the remaining ten percent to Xiao Yong.
"Clan Chief Xiao Zhan, you are too kind. After I leave, I must trouble you to take good care of Brother Xiao Yong!" Chen Yang looked at Xiao Zhan, cupping his hands and smiling as he spoke.
"Great Master Chen Yang, please rest assured. Unless I die, I will absolutely not allow Brother Yong to suffer any misfortune!" Xiao Zhan nodded, promising with a serious expression.
"In that case, I am relieved!" Chen Yang nodded, chatted with Xiao Zhan for a few more minutes, and then left the Xiao Family!
...The next day, Jia Nan Academy's recruitment began in full swing!
Xiao Yan and other Xiao Family members, led by Xiao Yu, arrived at Instructor Ruo Lin's tent.
Next was the familiar process: Xiao Yan was forcibly pulled out by Xun'er to show off, and then he requested leave.
However, compared to the original plot where Xiao Yan barely met the conditions for leave, this time, Xiao Yan fought Instructor Ruo Lin, a Five-Star Great Dou Shi, to a draw, which stunned Xiao Yu.
"No... he... wasn't he only a Seven-Star Dou Practitioner?"
"How... how can he fight Instructor Ruo Lin to a draw?"
Xiao Yu was completely shocked.
At this moment, Xun'er looked at Xiao Yan with some heartache; only she knew what kind of hardships Xiao Yan had endured to possess his current strength.
That physical quality, comparable to a Third-Tier Magical Beast, was entirely achieved through constant beatings!
Having successfully taken leave, Xiao Yan, filled with ideals for the future and reluctance to part with his family and Xun'er, was about to embark on his journey towards the path of a Dou Emperor.
However, before leaving, Xiao Yan specifically came to Mittel to bid farewell to Chen Yang, partly to express gratitude and partly to ask for advice on his adventure.
As soon as he entered, he encountered Ya Fei.
"Young Master Xiao Yan!"
Xiao Yan had a good relationship with Chen Yang and had cooperated with Mittel before, so Ya Fei also had a good impression of Xiao Yan.
"Miss Ya Fei, I'm here to find Brother Yang!"
Xiao Yan said with a smile to Ya Fei, knowing that Ya Fei was Chen Yang's woman.
"Chen Yang, he left three days ago!" A trace of loneliness flashed in Ya Fei's eyes, then her pretty face flushed red again as she thought of their wild night before Chen Yang left... "Brother Yang, did he leave three days ago?"
"Doesn't that mean it was the day I participated in the Jia Nan Academy assessment?"
Xiao Yan didn't notice Ya Fei's loneliness and shyness, exclaiming in some surprise.
"That's right!"
"Oh, by the way, these Medicinal Pills were entrusted to me by Chen Yang before he left, for you. Of course, you'll have to pay for them!"
Ya Fei suppressed her inner unease and took out a storage ring, handing it to Xiao Yan.
"Gulp..." Xiao Yan swallowed bitterly. After taking the storage ring, his Soul Power scanned the Medicinal Pills inside, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy crap!"
The exclamation made Ya Fei pause for a moment. She remembered Chen Yang once using that word... well, Xiao Yan must have heard it from Chen Yang!
"I'm sorry, Miss Ya Fei, Brother Yang really prepared a great gift for me!!!" Xiao Yan said through gritted teeth, looking at the Medicinal Pills in the storage ring.
There were many Medicinal Pills inside, and they were very suitable for his upcoming adventure, but they were also very expensive.
According to his estimation, these Medicinal Pills would just about empty all the gold coins he had on him.
Xiao Yan smiled bitterly, took out his entire fortune of two million gold coins, and handed them to Ya Fei. From today onwards, he would be a pauper with less than two thousand gold coins.
A Second-Grade Alchemist with only two thousand gold coins in his possession – who would believe that?
Xiao Yan shed tears, bid farewell to Ya Fei, and left Mittel with a miserable expression... "By now, Xiao Yan should have received the last gift I prepared for him, right?"
In Qingshan Town, inside Wan Yao Pharmacy, Chen Yang looked at Xiao Yi Xian, who was dressed in a white dress with a slender waist, and muttered to himself, stroking his chin...