Chapter Thirteen: Refining Medicine and an Unexpected Encounter with Xiao Yan

  More than a year had passed in the blink of an eye, and that once-in-a-lifetime genius Xiao Yan had lost his talent, becoming a "waste", and compared to his previous life, it was truly a difference between heaven and hell.

  Fortunately, Xiao Yan was a relatively open-minded person, and Xun Er still loved him dearly.

  Xiao Xing Meng knew that Xiao Yan's accumulated anger didn't erupt until three years later when Nalan Yan Ran came and directly broke off the engagement due to his "uselessness".

  The Xiao family rules that if one cannot reach the seventh stage of Dou Qi before the age of sixteen, they will be deemed unsuitable for Dou Qi training and sent out. The two older brothers of Xiao Yan were sent out in this manner. If Xiao Yan fails again, the next head of the Xiao family will have to be replaced!

  Without power, the beloved Xiu Er would be married off to another; the father who loved him more than anything would lose his position as clan leader, and Xiao Yan himself felt guilty for leaving behind the ring his mother had given him.

  However, Xiao Yan was destined to not die yet and flew up into the sky. Xiao Xing Meng temporarily did not plan on meddling in other people's business anymore. Moreover, Yao Lao's "Burning Heaven Technique" as well as his secret method of increasing medicinal strength were still extremely interesting to him. He would have to find an opportunity to exchange ideas with him another day.

  Don't mind other people's business, Xiao Xing Meng had just passed his coming-of-age ceremony, with the strength of a 16-year-old who has just reached the seventh level of Dou Qi, he didn't need to go out of the Xiao family industry, then he applied to leave for another month.

  At this time, Xiao Xing Meng had become a Dou Ling and officially started learning alchemy!

  Although he had taught the first alchemist of the Soul Clan, Hún Ruò Wén, with his rich collection of Dan methods and his own high-level control over soul power, he himself had never practiced making a single medicine. Learning to make medicine, of course, requires a large amount of medicinal materials at the beginning.

  Although these years in the Xiao family, Xiao Xing Meng has never gone to make money, but Xiao Xing Meng only needs to go and get a card, then communicate with the Soul Clan, and immediately have millions of gold coins transferred to the card. What a huge difference in treatment compared to when Xiao Yan first started making money...

  Donning the traditional black robe of the Soul Clan, Xiao Xing Meng rushed into the famous Temir auction house and swept through the goods, buying a large quantity of medicinal materials and a pretty good medicine cauldron. He fully experienced the thrill of being a nouveau riche. Unfortunately, at that time, the auction was still in progress, and he didn't see the clever and beautiful Ya Fei. But as the saying goes, "the future is long," and he wasn't someone who only had beauties on his mind, so he didn't have any regrets. He left first and found a secluded cave to start refining medicine.

  Unfortunately, some high-grade medicinal materials were not found. With the medicinal materials bought at the auction site, I can only make three types of dan medicine. However, I'm just here to practice and improve my skill proficiency anyway.

  Four kinds of hetero-fire, the soul power of the emperor's realm, countless high-level alchemists have spent their lives pursuing something that they can't get, but Xiao Xing Meng is using it to practice low-level pill refining, I'm afraid those alchemists would spit out a mouthful of blood if they knew.

  From one to three grades of Dan medicine, slowly trying, with external hanging general strength Xiao Xing Meng quickly grasped the various techniques such as controlling fire, the failure rate became smaller and smaller, unknowingly turning those large quantities of medicinal materials into large quantities of Dan medicine. The first-grade energy storage pill to the third-grade return air pill, as well as various soul tribe spread Dan Fang inside various messy pills, piled up several thousand bottles. Xiao Xing Meng thought that in the future he might be able to use them as gifts, and put them all away in his own spatial ring. These low-grade Dan medicines were still very marketable here, it would be a waste of resources if they weren't used.

  When I came out of the cave and saw the long-lost sunlight, I suddenly realized that I had been practicing alchemy in there for more than two months. My whole body smelled like medicine, damn it! Could it be that I'm really getting old and my memory is getting worse? I didn't notice this at all, I was so focused on refining the elixir.

  He changed into a set of clothes from his storage ring and walked slowly back to the Xiao residence. After walking for a while, he stopped and found an unexpected person on a tree branch: Xiao Yan.

  Wow, Xiao Xing Meng didn't expect to run into Xiao Yan in this place. Xiao Xing Meng just came here to find a place to learn about alchemy. Is this the fate of both the orthodox and unorthodox factions? If this were a comic book, I reckon now is when the caption would pop out: "Two young men's chance encounter sets the wheels of fate in motion."

  Why not start getting to know that kid now, and in the future if Xiao Yan and the Soul Clan's grudge isn't too big, just let him and Xun Er be together in a corner, it can also be considered as fulfilling a good relationship. Anyway, as long as the Tuo She Ancient Emperor Jade is obtained from the Xiao family, the Soul Clan won't have plans to destroy the Xiao family either. There's still Xiao Mei and her nominal parents in the Xiao family, and some followers who get along with her, at least before their lifespan ends, she can't bear to take drastic measures.

  Of course, if necessary, he would transfer Xiang Mei and his nominal parents and those followers to let them live happily in another place, even integrate into the Soul Clan, and then eliminate Xiang Yan and other people. With Xiang Xing Meng's status, it is absolutely possible.

  Xiao Xing Meng's mind flashed a scene: Xiao Xing Meng pointed a gun at Xiao Yan, who looked at him with sorrow and shouted, "Why did you betray me!" Xiao Xing Meng smiled, it was unclear whether it was a bitter or happy smile, and replied, "Sorry, I'm an undercover agent!"... The above is purely this guy's thoughts running wild.

  "Hey, is that Xiao Yan up in the tree? I'm your cousin, Xiao Xing Meng." Xiao Xing Meng tried to greet Xiao Yan first.

  Xiao Yan lowered his head and took a look, he indeed remembered him, his own cousin, who had just come of age recently, with a cultivation level of exactly seven segments of Dou Qi. Normally, they didn't have much interaction, and even after Xiao Yan's Dou Qi had gone berserk and leaked out, this person hadn't come to mock him. It was said that he had been getting very close to Xiao Mei recently, could it be because Xiao Mei came to find trouble with him?

  But the other party was after all his own clansman, and had greeted him first, and he seemed to have no intention of mocking himself, so Xiao Yan jumped down and replied: "Yes, why would my clansman appear here?"

  "You're the one who's unhappy, running to the back mountain?" Xiao Xing Meng didn't directly answer Xiao Yan's question. He took a look at Xiao Yan and thought, "Wow, he's grown up and become even more handsome! It seems that this villain can't compare to the protagonist in terms of being handsome."

  Xiao Yan also furrowed his brow and sighed, saying: "I suppose Brother Xiao also knows my situation... Alas, if there's nothing else, then I'll take my leave."

  Xiao Yan was about to quietly leave by himself when Xiao Xing Meng swiftly grabbed his shoulder.

  "Hey, Xiao Yan, little brother, want to recover your strength?" Xie Xing Meng said this sentence as if he didn't care.

  Xiao Yan heard this and felt as if his heart had stopped for a few seconds. He immediately turned around and grabbed Xiao Xing Meng: "Brother, do you have any way? My father has been investigating this situation for a long time, but he can't find the reason!"

  "Hey, your innate talent is just average, it's not like you relied on this trick to reach the seventh stage of Dou Zhi at the age of 16? If it weren't for the fact that I'm looking out for my cousin Xiao Mei and you're still on good terms with her, I wouldn't be telling you this!" Xiao Xing Meng's serious expression, combined with his not extremely handsome but determined facial features, gave off a unique sense of seriousness at this moment, causing Xiao Yan to involuntarily believe him.

  "Please instruct me, brother. I, Xiao Yan, will never forget." Seeing an opportunity to resolve the troubles that had plagued him for nearly two years, Xiao Yan became serious and asked his elder brother for guidance.

  "Alright, follow me then!" Xiao Xing Meng revealed a hint of a smile, but it looked like the kind of satisfied smile that came from successfully teasing someone...

  Xiao Xing Meng then took Xiao Yan out of the back mountain and into the city, making a series of twists and turns. One walked quickly, while the other was impatient, and they soon arrived at their destination.

  "......Huh, is this really the place where I can recover my energy?" In front of him, the entrance to this store was quite bustling, with many charming women soliciting business. This was none other than the famous brothel in the Gamara Empire... Red and Green Textiles.

  "That's right, sometimes when I'm not in the mood for training, I'll come here to relax a bit. In my estimation, Xiao Yan, you must be too tense with your training, so I brought you here to unwind a bit. Don't worry, today it's on me! I've got a 30% off VIP card." Xiao Xing Meng suddenly gave Xiao Yan a knowing look.

  Xiao Yan was sweating profusely, he hadn't expected his own clan brother to be so out of tune, it seemed that he had been expecting too much.

  Xiao Xing Meng pretended not to see Xiao Yan's reaction and continued to persuade him, saying: "I know you have Xun Er, but the girls here can't compare to her. However, as the old saying goes: 'Home flowers are not as fragrant as wildflowers.' Why don't you try someone else? Who knows, your Dou Qi might surge up at that moment! I'm telling you, after I last visited a girl named Xiao Die, my Dou Qi broke through to the seventh stage in no time! I'll help you call Xiao Die over later."

  Xiao Yan really couldn't withstand his cousin's enthusiasm, if he didn't leave now, he might lose himself here, so he hastily made excuses that he had urgent matters and turned to leave.

  "Hey, wait a minute, I have a bottle of Dan medicine here. After eating it, I'll be invincible and my Qi training speed will be even faster (can these two effects be combined?). You take it first." Soul Star Meng took out a bottle of Qi-training Dan he had just refined from his storage ring and stuffed it into Xiao Yan's hands before letting him go.

  "He's running away so fast, yet he didn't seem tense when facing Yun'er's impropriety - could it be that he really is a loli fan? Perhaps the reason he didn't come earlier was because he was worried about Yun'er discovering his true nature? Didn't the original story say that Yun'er wasn't too opposed to opening up to Xie Ye?" Xiao Xing Meng thought with a wicked grin as she watched Xiao Yan's fleeing figure.

  Xiao Xing Meng gave Xiao Yan a pill that had just been refined: the Cultivation Pill, its effect was to make people with Qi below the fifth stage cultivate faster.

  The speed at which Yao Lao absorbed the aura was faster than Xiao Yan's training speed, causing Xiao Yan's aura to continuously decrease. He didn't know if the medicinal power of this bottle of training dan could allow Xiao Yan to barely raise his Dou Qi by one or two levels. Although it would soon be absorbed away by Yao Lao, Xiao Yan should still know that it was his own "something" that helped him, right?