Gu He's gaze was complex and lonely, while the Alchemists below grew even more worshipful.
"Young Alchemists, this seat believes that your potential is limitless. It is just that some lack excellent teachers, and some lack sufficient resources."
"But please believe in yourselves. The future of the Fighting Qi Continent belongs to every young person, and that includes you!"
"Next, I will refine a Huangji Pill while explaining the process. Listen carefully and watch closely. How much you can learn will depend on your own ability!"
After speaking, Chen Yang sat cross-legged in the Void Realm, waved his hand to bring out his Medicine Cauldron, and then waved again to bring out a set of Huangji Pill medicinal herbs that Fa Ma had requested. He began to refine them slowly.
"The first step in refining a pill is heating the cauldron. The heat must be controlled perfectly; otherwise, the first medicinal herbs you put in will be instantly destroyed, and the refinement will be declared a failure..."
Listening to Chen Yang explain starting from the basics, even Fa Ma and Gu He began to listen intently.
Xiao Yi Xian smiled and said to Hai Bodong beside her, "Husband is really teaching seriously this time. Last time he refined a Huangji Pill, he just threw all those medicinal herbs into the Medicine Cauldron at once!"
During this time when Chen Yang refined pills, besides the Sky Swallowing Python that was always clinging to him, only Xiao Yi Xian was by his side. Thus, Xiao Yi Xian was incredibly familiar with Chen Yang's refining process.
On Xiao Yan's side, he was engaged in double learning. He observed Chen Yang's refining while Yao Lao's teachings echoed in his ears; he was truly a winner in the life of the Medicine World.
This refinement lasted for a full five hours, but even so, Gu He was shocked.
Although he was a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, he had never successfully refined a Huangji Pill in his life.
However, even if he hadn't succeeded, he knew the difficulty of refining a Huangji Pill. For an ordinary Sixth-Rank Alchemist to refine a top-tier sixth-grade pill, it would take at least two or three days. Yet Chen Yang had only used five hours?
*Whoosh!* As a pillar of red light shot into the sky, it announced that Chen Yang's refinement was a success.
"Everyone, don't be in a hurry to leave. Stay and digest what you've learned. Return only when you feel you've absorbed enough!" Chen Yang waved his hand to catch the Huangji Pill that tried to escape, dropped it into a jade bottle, and spoke with a smile before flying back to the high platform.
"Here!" Tossing the pill to Fa Ma, Chen Yang took Xiao Yi Xian's hand and departed gracefully.
Seeing this, Hai Bodong followed, while Xiao Yan cupped his hands to Fa Ma and the others before getting up to leave as well.
In the entire square, it wasn't until an hour later that some Alchemists stood up to leave with bitter expressions. These were the ones with poor talent, the type for whom even having the Alchemy Skill broken down and stuffed into their brains wouldn't help.
When Gu He and the others came to, they also cupped their hands from afar in the direction of the Mittel Family. From today's feast, even Gu He had gained much!
...In the blink of an eye, two days passed!
Imperial Capital, Xiao Family residence.
"Brother Yang!" Today, Xiao Yan was no longer wearing his Fourth-Grade Alchemist robe. Instead, he had changed into his familiar black clothes and carried the xuan heavy ruler on his back.
Chen Yang and his group had left the Mittel residence yesterday and come to the Xiao Family. Today, they were to head up to Yun Lan Mountain.
"Not bad, you look very spirited!" Chen Yang reached out and patted Xiao Yan's shoulder. Xiao Yan froze for a moment, feeling that the phrase sounded very familiar.
However, Xiao Yan quickly put it out of his mind and chuckled. "Hehe, over these three years, thank you for your support all along, Brother Yang. Although you scammed quite a bit of money from me, that money has all turned into my strength. I am truly, truly grateful to you, Brother Yang!"
Chen Yang reached out and slung an arm around Xiao Yan's shoulder. "There's no point in all that sentimental talk. The fact that you have your current strength after these three years is mostly due to yourself. If you hadn't been able to withstand those two cycles of beatings, you'd be a Great Dou Master at most right now. Your current strength was earned through one comminuted fracture after another."
Xiao Yan gave a carefree smile upon hearing this. "Let's not talk about that. Today, I can finally put a perfect period on my youth. After today, Xiao Yan of the Xiao Family will strive for even greater goals, rather than just this small Three-Year Agreement..."
Xiao Yan felt that his Three-Year Agreement was very much like high school life. From fifteen to eighteen, today's Three-Year Agreement was his college entrance exam.
He believed he would definitely be able to turn in a satisfactory answer sheet!
"Let's go!"
"We are going up Yun Lan Mountain!"
Chen Yang nodded and walked with Xiao Yan in large strides toward the main gate of the Xiao Family.
Today, only Chen Yang and Xiao Yan were going up Yun Lan Mountain together... well, plus one Sky Swallowing Python and one Yao Lao.
As for Xiao Yi Xian and the others, they had already set out with the Mittel Family and the Nalan Family under the escort of Hai Bodong and the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
Walking all the way out of the Imperial Capital, the two saw coachmen driving carriages along the road and the Imperial Army stationed at the foot of Yun Lan Mountain, finally arriving at the base of the mountain.
"Here, Brother Yang!"
Xiao Yan pulled out a water skin and handed it to Chen Yang. After Chen Yang took two gulps, he threw it back to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan chuckled, took a few sips himself, and then looked up at the towering Yun Lan Mountain.
"This Cloud Mist Sect is truly majestic and imposing!" Xiao Yan said with emotion. "Three years ago, when I knew Nalan Yanran had Sister-in-law Yun Yun's backing to come and break the engagement, I was actually very afraid."
"Living in Wutan City, the Cloud Mist Sect was like this mountain to our Xiao Family, weighing down on our heads. Resistance was merely the powerless roar of the weak."
Chen Yang also looked up at Yun Lan Mountain.
Three years. It had already been three years since he came to this world.
From having only a pair of underwear at the start to his current Dou Zong cultivation, being a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, and having a beautiful companion, everything felt like a dream.
That blue planet and the city that had once instilled despair in him seemed as if they were still right before his eyes.
"Brother Yang, are you homesick?" Looking at Chen Yang's expression, Xiao Yan asked with a smile.
"I suppose..." Chen Yang gave an ambiguous answer.
"Hahaha, when people are young, they all want to escape their hometowns, but after some time, they can't help but miss them!" Having lived two lives, Xiao Yan had a deep understanding of this.
"You talk as if you're very old!" Chen Yang rolled his eyes at Xiao Yan and then slowly floated into the air.
"Over these three years, I have finished the road I needed to walk. For this last stretch, I'll fly up!" Seeing Chen Yang take flight, Xiao Yan gave a carefree smile, spread his green wings, and leaped into the air.
*Whoosh!*
The two were incredibly fast, cutting through the void and soon arriving above the Cloud Mist Sect, looking down at the square below.
"I, Xiao Yan of the Xiao Family, a One-Star Dou Wang, have come to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement!"
Looking at Nalan Yanran standing in the center of the square, Xiao Yan's resolute voice instantly echoed across half the mountain.
As Chen Yang floated over to Xiao Yi Xian and the others, the System's notification sound rang in his mind:
[Ding...]
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