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 Chapter 361 Martial Competition to Find a Spouse

The passageway between the two worlds was already at a state of heightened nervousness. There were constantly people patrolling.

Lan Yu brought Lan Hu along and were currently making their rounds when Lan Yu suddenly said, "It's been so many since Lan Bao left, but there's no news. I'm a little worried."

Lan Hu was taken aback and said, "No way, right? Big Brother Lan Bao's strength is extremely great. How can he possibly lose to a brat that just broke through to the Crystal Formation Realm?"

"I also don't feel that it's very likely. But if he dealt with that Ye Yuan, he should have returned long ago!" Lan Yu said with a frown.

"Or maybe he was delayed by some matter along the way."

Lan Yu shook his head and said, "This matter cannot be treated lightly! We'd better send people to the Central Capital to warn Lord Wind Emperor. I reckon that Lord Patriarch should have already brought the advance party over. That batch of slaves is most likely already sold off. Lan Hu, I'll have to trouble you to make this trip."

Lan Hu mused a moment and nodded, saying, "Okay. What should I say when I see Lord Wind Emperor?"

"Tell the truth! But, you have to let Lord Wind Emperor know the formidability of this boy. With Lord Wind Emperor's wisdom, catching a puny little Crystal Formation Realm is naturally nothing much!"

"Fine. Then, I'll depart right away!" Lan Hu did not drag either and left as he spoke.

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Wind Raising City.

It was one of the four great cities surrounding and protecting the Central Capital!

After entering the Level One region, there would be many cities that existed.

Each city would have wind expelling formations. Martial artists living in the cities was not too different from the Endless World. It was just that inside the city, an inch of earth, an inch of gold. Ordinary martial artists simply could not bear the costs inside the city.

The final destination of all the transmission arrays in the peripheral was these four great cities.

Inside a restaurant in the Wind Raising City, a young man was currently eating while listening to the conversations of the surrounding martial artists.

"Have you all heard? After four thousand years, the realm passageway between our Fierce Gale World and Endless World finally opened up!" A middle-aged martial artist flaunted this news to his companions.

Indeed, once he said that, it immediately aroused everyone's interest. "Endless World? What kind of place is that?"

"Stupid! Since it's called a world, it's naturally a small world like our Fierce Gale World!"

"Ah! It's actually this case! Doesn't that mean that we no longer need to live in this wind and sand anymore in the future?"

"Hehe, that's of course! Lord Wind Emperor allegedly already deployed forces to prepare to invade the Endless World en masse! At that time, not only do we no longer need to live in this wind and sand, we can enjoy limitless beauties and essence crystals!" The middle-aged man was already fantasizing about the beautiful life.

"How do you know this news? Is it reliable?"

"Absolutely trustworthy! My elder brother is a guard in the Central Capital's Xiao Family. Two days ago, he just happened to come to Wind Raising City to settle some business and told me this news. Definitely won't be wrong! My brother said that the Xiao Family even bought two Endless World slaves. Each one of them looked so delicate and tender; much better looking than our Fierce Gale World's people!" The middle-aged martial artist bragged.

Hearing these words, the eyes of the youth eating at one side involuntarily flickered.

This youth was precisely Ye Yuan who had just entered the city not long ago!

After leaving the Cloud Prancing Tribe, Ye Yuan and Lan Feng transited midway once more and had just arrived at Wind Raising City yesterday.

Ye Yuan knew that teahouses were places where information converged. Hence, he came today to see if he could hear some news relating to Mei Zhen and the rest. To think that he really heard some juicy details.

It was just that this bit of news was still too little of value to Ye Yuan.

Approaching the capital, it was inconvenient for Ye Yuan to bring Lan Feng around. By any chance that there were Lan Family members who had not left and they discovered it, the problem would be huge.

Ye Yuan savored a sip of tea and was somewhat gloomy.

Experts roamed like clouds in this Central Capital. Wanting to rescue his fellow apprentices was really as hard as ascending to heaven!

But for the Wind Emperor to launch a war between two worlds, he was bound to transfer large numbers of experts out. This was an opportunity to Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan was presently being dejected by himself when the people at that table conversed again.

"Speaking of the Xiao Family, have you heard? The Xiao Family's little princess, Xiao Ruyan, is about to hold a martial competition to find a husband. Our Wind Raising City has a registration venue. I heard that Xiao Ruyan is beautiful like a heavenly fairy. If I can get close to her, I can really even die willingly!" The middle-aged man had an idiotic look.

"Save it! Their family's martial competition to find a spouse, the first requirement is to be under the age of 30. You're already out!" Another person dealt a blow.

"Sigh, you're not fun at all! I heard my brother say that he once saw Miss Xiao Ruyan and was immediately awestruck by her fairy-like looks! A beauty like that, don't you wish to?"

"Rubbish. Who doesn't like beautiful women? But they and we are people from completely different worlds. It's best to not have these rotten ideas. Either way, I'll also join in the fun when the time comes!"

At this time, Ye Yuan suddenly moved closer and asked, "This Elder Brother, such a formidable family like the Xiao Family, why would their own missus have to hold a martial competition to find a spouse?"

That middle-aged martial artist shot a glance at Ye Yuan and said disdainfully, "What? Do you also want to join in the fun with this strength? I think you should forget it! Those participating in the spouse finding martial competition at the minimum requires Late-Stage Crystal Formation Realm strength. You, this Second Level Crystal Formation Realm, once you go up, you'll be beaten to death by others right away."

Ye Yuan chuckled and said, "Haha, Elder Brother is mistaken. This Younger Brother is from out of town and doesn't know much about the capital's matters. So I want to understand more. It also counts as seeing the world."

As he spoke, Ye Yuan fished out a middle-grade essence crystal and stuffed it into the middle-aged martial artist's hand.

That middle-aged martial artist's brows shot up, and he immediately switched to a smiley face as he said, "Haha, it's indeed a good thing for young people to see the world more. You asking me also counts as asking the right person! The Xiao Family is just a second-rate family in the capital. In terms of power, they are inferior to the first-rate families, the Huang Family and Xue Family. A year ago, the Huang Family and Xue Family proposed marriage at the same time to the Xiao Family, wishing to marry this Xiao Ruyan. The Xiao Family didn't dare to offend either one of them. They dragged until now where it really can't be dragged anymore. So they could only come up with this strategy to organize a spouse finding martial competition. While it's a spouse finding martial competition, in truth, isn't it still the struggle between the two Huang and Xue families? How can ordinary martial artists be the two family's match?'

Ye Yuan saw the light and said, "Then judging by what elder brother said, didn't this spouse finding martial competition become ornamental? There shouldn't be anyone who goes to register, right?"

"Heh heh, then you guessed wrong! Do you see this street filled with young men? They are all targeting Xiao Ruyan!" The middle-aged martial artist said with a snicker.

"You don't understand this, right? Xiao Ruyan is known as one of the two absolutes in the capital. Which man under the heavens doesn't wish to obtain her beauty? Even if they know that they are just serving as a foil, as long as they are martial artists of the right age, they will chase after like a flock of ducks! Furthermore, for martial artists such as ourselves, once we marry Xiao Ruyan, it will be soaring to the sky with a single move! So, do you think they will participate or not?"

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"Turns out that there's still so many stuff to learn!" Ye Yuan had a face like he learned things.

"Haha. Young man, you just entered the Jianghu. Although your strength is still decent, there are still many things to learn! Otherwise, you'll even be counting money for people after being sold!" The middle-aged martial artist then chortled.

Ye Yuan smiled and agreed. He did not feel like arguing. He already obtained all the information he wanted and also had a preliminary understanding of the capital's faction division.

Thinking now, this first-rate family should be the top tier major influence in the capital. As for those like the Xiao Family, they might be a level weaker.

As for the spouse finding martial competition, Ye Yuan naturally did not have plans to participate. He did not wish to marry a woman he did not know.

Although he knew that he would definitely get first place if he went.

Martial artists under the age of 30 in the Fierce Gale World were at the very most First Level Sea Transformation Realm. With Ye Yuan's present strength, it was still more than sufficient to defeat a First Level Sea Transformation Realm.

Leaving the inn, Ye Yuan did not plan on staying in Wind Raising City any longer and headed directly out of the city in the direction of the capital.

But before traveling for long, Ye Yuan's path was obstructed by three martial artists.

"Hehe, boy, didn't think that we would meet again so soon, right?" It was precisely the middle-aged martial artist who took Ye Yuan's middle-grade essence crystal.

The three people were all Sea Transformation Realm martial artists. But seeing that Ye Yuan was alone, evil intent welled up.

Towards these three fellows, Ye Yuan naturally did not take this to heart. He said nonchalantly, "Yeah. This Elder Brother isn't thinking of inviting me to drink wine by stopping me here, right?"

"Hahaha, what is he saying? He said to let me invite him to drink wine? Boy, are you really stupid,or pretending to be dumb? Hand over all the essence crystals and treasures on your body, and I can leave you an intact corpse!" the middle-aged martial artist barked fiercely.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "You're going to kill me whether I hand them over or not. Why should I give them to you?"

The middle-aged martial artist was stunned and thought it was true. This sort of threatening words seemed rather stupid when one heard them.

"Heh heh, fine then. Today, your Grandpa Hao will show mercy and let you off! Quickly hand over all the essence crystals on you!" As he spoke, he extended his hand out and demanded from Ye Yuan.

"Hur hur, that's more like it!" Ye Yuan said. As he spoke, Ye Yuan touched his storage ring like he was really going to give them.

The middle-aged martial artist had a pleased look as he said, "Boy, next time when you go out, make sure to remember the principle of not revealing your wealth. Understood? I already told you in the inn that there are still many things to learn!"

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Elder Brother must be joking. If I were to learn like you, wouldn't I become dumber as I learn?"

"En?"

The middle-aged martial artist was just about to get angry, only to see a blurry figure. A malicious looking silhouette appeared. It was precisely Lan Feng.

Seeing Lan Feng appear, the three people's expression changed.

Three First Level Sea Transformation Realm versus a Third Level Sea Transformation Realm. They did not have the slightest hope of winning!

Currently, the middle-aged martial artist's face was as fascinating as you wanted it to be. He said with a wail, "L-Little Brother, we have eyes but can't recognize Mt. Tai. We were wrong! W-We'll get lost right away!"

Lan Feng's figure moved and blocked their path.

Ye Yuan said leisurely, "Who permitted you to leave? You all are stupid but don't think of me to be as dumb as you guys, alright? If you all leave and spread the news that I have a spatial spirit artifact, wouldn't I be hunted down by everyone in the world?"

"You . . . What do you want?" said the middle-aged martial artist as he stammered.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Nothing much. This kind of thing like killing and robbing people, you people have done it quite a number of times, right? Just submit today!"

The middle-aged martial artist's had a savage look as he said, "Humph! I don't believe that he can stop the three of us alone! Brothers, split up and move! Anybody that escapes counts! If I die, go to the capital to find my brother to help me take revenge!"

Finished talking, the three people really fled separately. But Lan Feng's movements were clearly much swifter than theirs. He held back the other two people the moment he made his move. Only that middle-aged martial artist escaped.

The middle-aged martial artist could not help being overjoyed when he saw the situation and hastened his footsteps to escape.

But right at this moment, alarm bells suddenly sounded!

Only to see a blur before his eyes. Ye Yuan actually ran in front of him from god knew when!

"Y-Y-You, how did you catch up?" The middle-aged martial artist had an expression like he had seen a ghost.

How could a Second Level Crystal Formation Realm's speed be so quick?

"Just caught up like this," Ye Yuan said smilingly.

The middle-aged martial artist gritted his teeth and said, "Seeking death!"

Finished talking, a palm chopped towards Ye Yuan.

However, Ye Yuan vanished before him just like that.

"Wind-Fire Violent Blaze Transforming Dragon!"

The middle-aged martial artist only heard a cry from behind him. Then he was out cold.

Ye Yuan grasped the limits very well and did not kill him.

He came in front of the middle-aged martial artist, released his divine sense, and forcefully plunged into the other party's sea of consciousness!

The middle-aged martial artist gave a muffled groan but had his soul searched by Ye Yuan without any resistance.

Soul search was even more tyrannical than slave seals. After searching the soul, the martial artist's divine soul would be shredded into fragments and become an idiot.

But Ye Yuan did not have any intention of going easy. Looking at this middle-aged martial artist's appearance, he had most likely done quite a few robberies. If he died, then he died. Nothing to feel pity about.

Indeed, Ye Yuan saw that this fellow had done many bad things from his memories. It was enough to die ten times over.

"En? His brother actually went to find alchemists. The Xiao Family is soliciting alchemists? Hmm . . . This is my old profession. I can give it a shot. This fellow sending himself to my gates saved me a bout of trouble," Ye Yuan said with an emotional sigh.

From the middle-aged martial artist's memories, Ye Yuan roughly understood the faction distribution in the Central Capital. Although with the middle-aged martial artist's identity, he did not understand things that were too detailed, this gave Ye Yuan more or less some baseline in his heart.

The Central Capital's factions were intricate and complex. But on the whole, they were divided into first-rate families, second-rate families, third-rate families, as well as some small families that did not make the mark.

Apart from this, there were still some large factions that were not inferior to first-rate families, such as a major merchant like the Treasure Hoarding Tower.

Of course, the influences that could not be provoked most of all was the military factions!

The Wind Emperor had three major iron guards. The first was the Swift Wind Guards. The second was the Shadow Wind Guards. The third was the most mysterious Dark Wind Guards.

But these three major iron guards normally seldom interfere with affairs in the city. They were mostly cultivating.

Such a colossal framework was truly unbelievably powerful.

Ye Yuan could not help sighing secretly. When the Fierce Gale World's cavalry stepped into the Endless World, how could the Endless World withstand them?

Of course, Ye Yuan's understanding of the Endless World was not deep as well. Perhaps the Northern Domain also had very powerful factions.

Either way, if the sky fell, the tall people will support it. He just had to rescue his fellow apprentices and bring them back to the Endless World.

As for future matters, talk again in the future.

When Ye Yuan finished dealing with the middle-aged martial artist here, Lan Feng had only just finished taking care of the two people.

As for these two people, Ye Yuan obviously did not plan on leaving them alive. He directly killed them and burnt them into nothingness with fire.

A day later, Ye Yuan finally arrived at the Central Capital by himself!

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Even Ye Yuan was also immensely shocked by the Central Capital's magnificent atmosphere.

Looking from afar, this was simply like a desolate ancient giant beast emitting an aura that made people revere and prostate in worship.

This was the holy land for all the Fierce Gale World's martial artists!

Not because there was a city here, but also because this place had a Wind Emperor!

Boundless Realm powerhouse was a godlike existence in the Fierce Gale World!

Although Ye Yuan did not have much awe and veneration towards the Wind Emperor, he had to admit that he was an ant-like existence in front of the Wind Emperor.

When he was about to reach the capital's gate entrance, Ye Yuan quickly discovered that something was off.

The martial artists entering the city were actually queueing up in a long, long line; it was more than several miles distance from the city.

Ye Yuan's vision was exceedingly good. He noticed that there seemed to be people examining thoroughly at the gate entrance!

Ye Yuan also joined in the queue. He asked a martial artist softly, "This Elder Brother, this is Younger Brother's first time coming to the capital. Has the inspection here always been so stringent? If they keep checking like this, we also can't enter the city by nightfall!"

That martial artist also had a discontent look as he said, "Sigh, don't talk about it! How can it be so strict in the past? How many people come and go into the capital every day? Wouldn't checking one by one tire the city guards to death? But god knows what happened these two days. It suddenly became strict. They say that another world's spy sneaked inside. Don't you think that this is nonsense? How much time do people such as us who frequently enter and leave the city have to waste?!"

That martial artist complained fervently. But when Ye Yuan heard it, he was secretly greatly alarmed.

Otherworld spy. Didn't that mean him?

Could it be . . . the Lan Family Tribe?

Only the Lan Family Tribe knew that he, this fish that escaped the net, entered the Fierce Gale World. Naturally, only they would inform the capital's side.

Looking at it now, the news of Lan Bao's death had already been sent back to the Lan Family Tribe. Otherwise, they would also not have mobilized so many people and specially informed the capital.

Since the capital already knew that he came, continuing to queue was equivalent to walking into the trap.

Ye Yuan obviously would not do this sort of foolish thing. He grumbled, "This queue is so long. I can't enter the capital even if I queue until tomorrow! Forget it, forget it. Originally, I wanted to enter the capital to enrich my experience. Not going to waste this time anymore!"

Finished talking, Ye Yuan turned around and left.

Due to the queue being too long, there were many who complained and left like Ye Yuan. He naturally would not draw other people's attention either.

Ye Yuan walked leisurely in the direction away from the capital, and his head unwittingly started to ache.

The inspection was so stringent. How should he enter the capital?

Yet, Ye Yuan just happened to be the least proficient in disguising skills. Otherwise, if he changed his appearance, he believed that even the Lan Family Tribe's members could not recognize him.

But now, he only slightly altered his looks. Those sharp-eyed ones could surely identify him at a glance. Ye Yuan naturally could not take this risk.

Right then, a horse carriage came over from a distance. One look and one could tell that it was a large family's young lady that returned from her trip.

The gears in Ye Yuan's head rotated, and an idea came to his mind!

He came to a deserted area and let White Light out. White Light clearly did not like staying inside the spatial spirit artifact. Every time he came out, he would frolic about.

But Ye Yuan did not have time to play with him. Holding him still, he exhorted, "White Light, now's the time for you to exercise your individual charisma! In a while, I'll enter the spatial spirit artifact. You bring me along and jump inside that horse carriage. Think of ways to coax the lady inside to bring you into the city. Understood?"

While White Light could not speak, he was very bright. He could understand all of Ye Yuan's words and nodded his tiger head at once.

Ye Yuan was afraid that White Light would not do his best and urged again, "Little thing, Big Brother's life is all in your hands. If you screw up, Big Brother won't be able to make any more candy for you to eat in the future!"

Indeed, once Ye Yuan said that, White Light's entire body shuddered.

The candy that Ye Yuan spoke of was naturally medicinal pills.

Ever since White Light followed Ye Yuan, he had been eating cultivation medicinal pills like candy all along. No matter how many he ate, he could digest them all.

It was precisely because so that White Light's cultivation speed was extremely shocking. He already reached late-stage Tier 2 and was going to break through to Tier 3 soon!

Such cultivation speed was absolutely heaven-defying until it could not be defied anymore among demonic beasts.

Hence, this threat from Ye Yuan immediately made White Light pluck his spirits up.

Seeing as that horse carriage was about to drive into the city, Ye Yuan did not dare to delay. Muttering incantations, his figure vanished instantly and entered the spatial spirit artifact.

White Light brought the dust-like spatial spirit artifact with him, transforming into a stream of flowing light and scurrying out.

In a blink of an eye, White Light scuttled in from the horse carriage's window lattice.

"Ahh!"

Inside the carriage were two ladies. Seeing a mass of white light scurrying in, they involuntarily shrieked in fear.

When they saw clearly that it was a highly lovable and cute kitten, the two of them melted in an instant.

Right at this moment, the carriage curtains were pulled aside with a swoosh. A handsome man reached his head in and asked, "Lingxue, you alright?"

At this time, Shangguan Lingxue already hid White Light under her skirt. The guy did not see at all.

The awful thing was that Ye Yuan was afraid that an accident would happen and was observing the situation outside from inside spatial spirit artifact the entire time.

Currently, White Light was kept under Shangguan Lingxue's skirt by her. Ye Yuan took in the full view inside the skirt. It was really too beautiful to be absorbed all at once, making Ye Yuan has to impulse to nosebleed.

"Nothing. A bug flew in just now. It's already scared away by Qing-er," Shangguan Lingxue said.

"Oh. Then that's fine. You girls sit tight. We're about to enter the city," said the man who then drew the carriage curtains.

Shangguan Lingxue only took White Light out from under her skirt at this time and was delighted to the extreme.

"Where did this little white tiger come from? It's really so cute!" Shangguan Lingxue used her face to rub against White Light.

White Light instinctively wanted to dodge. But at the thought of Ye Yuan's words, he steeled his heart and used his furry face to rub over too.

At this time, White Light squeezed out a smile on his face with all his might, looking just like a kitten; one that was adorable to the max.

Shangguan Lingxue was instantly swooned by White Light in a blink and hugged him, unwilling to part with him.

She would kiss him for a while, rub him for a bit, and scratch him for a while, nearly making White Light have an impulse to break down.

An exalted divine beast progeny was actually treated as a pet by others!

How could a proud divine beast suffer this blow?!

Right at this moment, conversing sounds came from outside.

"This is our travel permit. Quickly let us pass!" said someone. It was the man earlier.

"Yes!" The guard mused for a brief moment and directly let them pass.

As the horse carriage gradually drove into the capital, Ye Yuan's tightly wound nerves finally eased up.

"What's your name?"

"Yelp!"

"You follow me from now on, alright?"

"Yelp!" White Light trembled.

"Lingxue, we've reached!" Right then, the horse carriage suddenly stopped. A man's shout was heard from outside.

Shangguang Lingxue was engrossed in teasing White Light and could not help being dazed when she heard this call.

But right when she was in a daze, White Light struggled free from her hands with a whoosh and leaped out of the window lattice once more.

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"Oh no! That little white tiger's movement was so fast. I actually couldn't hold him!" Shangguang Lingxue was peeved.

Right at this time, the carriage curtains were pulled aside, revealing a handsome man's face.

"Lingxue, we've arrived."

Shangguan Lingxue had no time to bother with White Light right now. She could only bend down and dismount the carriage, giving a lady's curtsy to the man.

"Many thanks to Your Highness, Seventh Prince. Lingxue had a very pleasant time these few days," Shangguan Lingxue said.

"Haha, to be able to go sight-seeing with one of the two absolutes in the capital, Shangguan Lingxue, it's my honor!" Seventh Prince's bearing was extraordinary, without the slightest hint of putting on airs.

"Lingxue is but a common girl. How am I some dual beauty of the capital? It's all some meddlesome people monkeying around," Shangguan Lingxue said magnanimously.

But Seventh Prince laughed and said, "Lingxue is too modest! Since I've already sent Lingxue here, I won't impose on you anymore. Help me send my regards to Uncle Shangguan."

Shangguan Lingxue smiled sweetly. "Goodbye, Seventh Prince."

Seeing off Seventh Prince with her eyes, Shangguan Lingxue's gaze began to wander about. But how was there still White Light's figure?

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In a deserted corner, Ye Yuan's showed himself. He rubbed White Light's tiny head hard and said with a smile, "When our family's White Light acts cute, really nobody can resist!"

White Light jumped aside and bared his teeth at Ye Yuan!

Very clearly, that incident earlier already became his everlasting pain.

He was a divine beast! A divine beast!

Ye Yuan chuckled and said, "Alright, alright, I'm not messing with you anymore. Well done this time! I'll give you candy to eat later! Heh heh!"

Only then did White Light became pleased.

It was just that when Ye Yuan made him go inside the spatial spirit artifact, he refused to enter no matter what.

Ye Yuan was helpless and could only bring him along by his side.

Ye Yuan had searched that middle-aged martial artist's memories before. Following his memories, Ye Yuan finally found the Xiao Family's Four Seas Building.

Smelling the waves of herbal fragrance wafting over, Ye Yuan unwittingly recollected the days of the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion.

"Not sure if Father and Mother are doing well now. I don't know where they went to in the Northern Domain. Going back this time, it's time to go find them in the Northern Domain," Ye Yuan murmured to himself.

After musing for a brief moment, Ye Yuan stepped into the Four Seas Building.

The Fierce Gale World's martial age was extremely flourishing. But due to a shortage of resources, their alchemy path and formations path were all much declined.

Compared to the Endless World, they were far weaker in these aspects.

However, martial artists' root was still the strength of their own bodies. Hence, the aggressive nature in the bones of the Fierce Gale World natives was still very strong.

Therefore, when those martial artists heard that the realm passageway was linked together, their first reaction was to invade the Endless World and not to trade to make up for what they lacked.

"Buying medicinal pills? Over there. Tier 3 medicinal pills are very expensive. Looking at your penniless appearance, do you have money?" said a shop assistant said to him with his head held high, right at the moment Ye Yuan entered the door.

The clothes that Ye Yuan was wearing were clothes Lan Feng prepared for him. With the location that the Lan Family Tribe resided in, he naturally could not bring out any fine clothes.

The shop assistants in the capital were all people whose eyes grew at the top of their heads. One look at Ye Yuan's appearance and they knew that he came from the countryside. They naturally did not have a good attitude.

Furthermore, precisely because the Fierce Gale World's medicinal pills were in shortage, they appeared even more valuable. These shops that engaged in medicinal pills were naturally much sought after. As for their attitude . . . it was unsurprisingly not very good.

Ye Yuan casually threw out a bronze token and said, "Is the manager here? I'm here to enlist for the Xiao Family's guest retainer!"

This bronze token was what Ye Yuan found in that middle-aged martial artist's storage ring. It was the token to enlist as a guest retainer.

"Guest retainer?" The assistance looked at Ye Yuan with suspicious eyes and said with a scornful look, "A brat whose hair isn't even fully grown dares to come and enlist as a guest retainer? Do you know how to light a fire for pill furnaces? Do you think that you're Miss Ruyan? Quickly go, quickly go! The manager is very busy and doesn't have time to waste on a kid like you!"

As he spoke, the assistant was about to push Ye Yuan.

He exerted force but shoved empty space. Currently, Ye Yuan already arrived behind him and lightly pushed his back.

Smack!

The assistant's face directly planted on the door.

"Ouch! Brat, you dare to make a move in the Four Seas Building! I think that you're tired of living, right?" said the assistant as he touched his face that was in pain.

This assistant was Spirit Condensation Realm too. This bit of injury was naturally nothing much to him.

But people came and went into the Four Seas Building. He, this haughty assistant, lost a huge amount of face.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Seems like you made a move first, right?"

How could an Alchemy Emperor's dignity be affronted by a little clerk? Ye Yuan was just doling out some small punishment. It was already considered showing mercy.

But the commotion over this side already drew a large group of people to surround and watch. Evidently, it could not be resolved anymore.

The assistant yelled out at the top of his voice, "Where are the guards? Where the hell did the guards go to? Somebody is making a scene! Why aren't you taking him down?!"

This yell, two Late-Stage Crystal Formation Realm guards suddenly appeared. But before they could make a move, a voice sounded from behind them.

"What happened?" An elderly man came out unhurriedly.

The assistant covered his face and said, "Manager Tong, this brat is intentionally here to cause trouble! I asked him to leave, but he didn't and even attack me!"

Manager Tong's face fell, and he asked Ye Yuan, "Was there such a thing?"

Ye Yuan said coolly, "I came to enlist as Xiao Family's retainer. He didn't even test me before asking me to get lost. Isn't that going too far?"

The assistance said hesitantly, "Manager Tong, this brat is at most 16 years old. Even if he started learning alchemy in his mother's womb, it's also impossible to have great accomplishments, right? This punk thinks that he's Miss Ruyan, having Alchemy Grandmaster standards at a young age? He's clearly here to cause trouble!"

The words that the assistance said gave no cause for much criticism. With Ye Yuan's age, wanting to have major accomplishments in the Alchemy Path was basically impossible.

"What say you, young man?"

This Manager Tong was a composed person and did not jump to conclusions.

Who would have expected Ye Yuan to take out a badge very calmly and wear it on his chest? It was shockingly that low-rank Alchemy Master badge!

"I'm really an alchemist. I'm not here to pull your leg," Ye Yuan said composedly.

"Puhwark!"

When the surrounding spectators saw this scene, they involuntarily nearly vomited out a mouthful of blood.

Was this young man here to play the fool? A low-rank Alchemy Master also dared to come to register for Xiao Family's guest retainer?

"Cough, cough, haven't gone to the Alchemist Association for very long to take the test. I'm just indicating my identity. As for whether I have the qualifications or not, just test and you'll know." Ye Yuan explained.

"Hahaha! Manager Tong, I said that he came to cause trouble, right? A low-rank Alchemy Master actually dares to come to our Four Seas Building to register as a retainer! In my opinion, he's definitely sent over by the Tong Family to intentionally create trouble!" The assistant jeered.

The first thing an alchemist would do after advancing ranks would be to go to the Alchemist Association to pass the test for the badge pertaining to their rank.

Hence, the way the clerk saw it, Ye Yuan was simply here to create a disturbance.

But Manager Tong still ruminated for briefly before saying to Ye Yuan, "Young man, can you release your soul force?"

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"Of course I can. But . . . it doesn't have to be here, right?"

Ye Yuan did not wish to be watched like a monkey.

Manager Tong nodded his head and brought Ye Yuan into a wing-room.

"Is here alright, young man?"

Ye Yuan nodded slightly. A majestic soul force rippled out.

Sensing Ye Yuan's soul force, Manager Tong's expression could not help changing.

"Middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster!" Manager Tong said in astonishment.

Breaking through to the Second Level Crystal Formation Realm, Ye Yuan's soul force already crossed the threshold of low-rank Alchemy Grandmaster and became middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster!

"Manager Tong, I wonder if I have the qualifications to enlist for the guest retainer position?" Ye Yuan said with a smile.

Only now did Manager Tong come back to his senses and said, "Of course! Even if you're unable to pass the test, I also have to highlight to the family head to keep you!"

You got to be kidding. A 16-year-old middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster. If they did not rope in such a person, wouldn't it be such a pity?

As an alchemist, in truth, the hardest thing was the divine soul realm! Other aspects could be made up for through hard work, but the breakthrough of divine soul realm varied from person to person.

Why was there nobody who could refine divine pills in the Divine Realm? It was because no alchemist could shatter the fetters of divine soul realm!

Furthermore, a genius like this, if Ye Yuan turned to the Tong Family, wouldn't there be an additional extremely terrifying opponent in the future?

"Haha. Then that's good."

Ye Yuan stubbornly stayed here just to get close to those two slaves. Otherwise, he would have turned around and left long ago.

"I wonder what Little Brother's name is?" Manager Tong's attitude underwent a 180-degree change and already addressed Ye Yuan as brothers.

"Ji Qing!" Ye Yuan gave his fake name.

"So, it's Little Brother Ji Qing. You came just in the nick of time. Miss Ruyan is currently giving out the test to the alchemists who enlisted for guest retainer! Shall we go now?" Manager Tong consulted Ye Yuan's opinion.

Ye Yuan did not move right away. Instead, he asked curiously, "Manager Tong, pardon Junior for shooting my mouth off, but what is the Xiao Family recruiting retainers for? Such a large family business like the Four Seas Building shouldn't lack alchemists, right?"

Manager Tong sighed when he heard this and said, "Not hiding from Little Brother, the Xiao Family doesn't lack alchemists, but lack powerful alchemists!"

"Oh? Please enlighten, Manager Tong," Ye Yuan asked.

"Actually, the recruitment of retainers this time is something which cannot be helped! In this capital, the biggest medicinal pill managing businesses are our Xiao Family and the Tong Family.

It's precisely so that our two families are practically sworn enemies! In order to vie for the medicinal pills market, the two families once came to blows. Just the Sea Transformation Realm experts that died were over a dozen. Later on, Lord Wind Emperor sent people to pass the word down to make the Xiao and Tong, these two families, stop fighting. Only then did the conflict stop."

"What has this got to do with you guys finding guest retainers?" Ye Yuan asked with a confused look.

"Afterwards, through His Majesty, the Wind Emperor's mediation, our two families set down rules. Every ten years, the two family's juniors will undergo a Grand Pill Assembly once to determine the two family's share of the medicinal pill market. And this year just happens to be the tenth year!" Manager Tong said.

Ye Yuan's expression was odd as he said, "You all are finding guest retainers in order to participate in this Grand Pill Assembly? The Xiao Family's junior generation can't make the cut?"

Manager Tong's face changed, and he said furiously, "What do you mean can't make the cut?! First Young Master, Xiao Rufeng, and Second Miss, Xiao Ruyan, are both extraordinary Alchemy Path prodigies! Especially Second Miss Ruyan. She already stepped into the high-rank Alchemy Grandmaster realm at the age of 20. You dare to say they can't make the cut?"

Ye Yuan pursed his lips but thought otherwise.

20-year-old Alchemy Grandmaster. What was there to be proud of?

Seeing Ye Yuan's expression, Manager Tong could not help being stunned and nearly had an impulse to slap his mouth.

This young man was only 16 years old. By the time he was 20, he would probably be a high-rank Alchemy Grandmaster already. Seemed like his household's missus did not have anything worth showing off, right?

Manager Tong coughed dryly twice to ease the awkward situation. He continued, "Actually, it's First Young Master's body that has a problem and is unable to take part in this Grand Pill Assembly. Miss Ruyan alone simply cannot defeat the Tong Family."

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Like that huh. Then is it compliant with the rules for me to participate? After all, I'm not a Xiao Family member."

Manager Tong said, "As long as you join the Xiao Family, it's naturally compliant with the rules. Uh . . ."

Halfway through his words, Manager Tong suddenly noticed something off.

What do you mean did it adhere to the rules if you participate? Who told you to take part? Wasn't this punk's self-confidence a little too inflated?

The test wasn't even passed yet, and he wanted to represent the Xiao Family to fight?

One had to know that among the alchemists who came to register this time, there was no lack of high-rank Alchemy Grandmasters. Ye Yuan had just entered the middle-rank not long ago. Wanting to pass most likely would not be that easy.

The reason why Manager Tong took a fancy to Ye Yuan was because he was eyeing his potential, not his present strength.

Ye Yuan chuckled and said, "Since it follows the rules, let's go take the test then."

Manager Tong had a gloomy look. This punk really took himself to be someone from the Xiao Family.

. . . . . .

When Manager Tong brought Ye Yuan out from the wing-room and Ye Yuan was invited upstairs, the assistant's eyes went wide.

Could it brat really be an alchemist?

The clerk had a premonition that he seemed to have gotten into big trouble and provoked someone that he should not have.

Don't look at me, don't look at me . . . the clerk repeated in his heart.

But whatever one feared would come. Ye Yuan suddenly turned his head and flashed a slight smile at him. Then he went up slowly.

The assistant's legs went wobbly, and he nearly kneeled on the ground.

"It's over. This time, it's really over," the assistant murmured to himself with a wail.

. . . . . .

Manager Tong brought Ye Yuan straight up to the third floor and arrived at a hall.

There were already quite a few people in the hall and even a number of medicinal cauldrons laid out.

At the far end, there was a partition. The partition was blocked by many layers of chiffon. But, one could faintly see a lithe and graceful silhouette inside.

Manager Tong asked Ye Yuan to wait for a moment and walked over to the partition.

Ye Yuan calmly sized up this hall and those alchemists.

These few people were all the same: high-rank Alchemy Grandmasters. Seemed like only he alone was a middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster.

Mm, of course, in these peoples' eyes, he most likely did not even count as an alchemist.

There were still four alchemists apart from Ye Yuan. They clearly saw Ye Yuan too. Seeing the badge adorned on Ye Yuan's chest, they could not help having a disdainful look.

"Elder Brothers are all here to enlist for Xiao Family's guest retainer?" Ye Yuan was warm and enthusiastic as he went forward with a flattering smile.

"So what if yes? You aren't the same as us, right?" said an alchemist among them, making a scornful look.

"Ah? Haha, you even saw through this. Big Brother has really good eyesight!"

That person said sneeringly, "You, a low-rank Alchemy Master, came to play the fool, right? This place isn't suitable for you. Better get lost quickly so as to avoid incurring Miss Ruyan's displeasure!"

"Yeah. A little fellow who doesn't know his own limitations. This bit of strength and you also dare to come out and lose face. I think you better go back home and drink milk!" said another person.

"Without the strength of a high-rank Alchemy Grandmaster, don't come out and make a spectacle of yourself! The few of us were chosen through layers upon layers of sifting! Who do you think you are?!"

Ye Yuan chortled and said, "Why are all the stuff I wanted to say all had been said by you people?"

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This sentence from Ye Yuan drew the aggro from all the alchemists.

At this time, Manager Tong came before the five people and said, "Alright. The few of you were selected very carefully, and your strength goes without saying. I won't say anything unnecessary. Let's start the test now."

"Hang on, Manager Tong!" said an alchemist, interrupting Manager Tong's words.

"En? You have something to say?" Manager Tong asked with a frown.

That alchemist pointed at Ye Yuan and said, "Manager Tong letting a low-rank Alchemy Master compete together with us, isn't this insulting us? I refuse to compete with him!"

"Yes! We don't want to compete together with a low-rank Alchemy Master!" The other three people immediately concurred.

Manager Tong's face darkened, and he said solemnly, "I've already tested. He's not a low-rank Alchemy Master. He's the same as you all, possessing Alchemy Grandmaster divine soul realm! It's just that he hasn't taken part in the Alchemist Association's tests for a long time, that's why he's wearing low-rank Alchemy Master badge."

The few people naturally did not believe it. Not everybody on this earth was Xiao Ruyan.

A 16-year-old youth could become an Alchemy Grandmaster? Even if he became an Alchemy Grandmaster, could he become a high-rank Alchemy Grandmaster?"

"Possessing Alchemy Grandmaster divine soul realm doesn't mean being able to refine Tier 3 medicinal pills. I think that Manager Tong is clearer than us on this point, right? If Manager Tong insists on letting him compete with us, I'll withdraw!" The alchemist earlier pulled out the big guns.

"Yes! I'll withdraw too!"

Manager Tong did not think that these few people would actually make things difficult for him. He involuntarily sneered coldly and said, "Withdraw? Heh heh, the way I see it, you people seem to feel that our Xiao Family is easy to bully, eh? But I'm telling you, a starving camel is larger than a horse!"

The Xiao Family's matters were not a secret. Now, the news that the Xiao Family was going to be thoroughly finished this time was circulating outside. These few alchemists naturally also heard some extent of it.

It was just that they also did not think that if the Xiao Family was perfectly fine, why would they find them?

Indeed, once Manager Tong said these words, these few people's faces changed.

At this time, Ye Yuan sat down carelessly on a chair and said, "Alright, alright, you guys just play. I won't participate, alright? But . . . if you guys all can't make it, it should eventually be my turn, right?"

"You're the one who said it!"

"So what if I said it? This little lord, I, will sit right here and watch you guys play. I want to see what the hell you all can come up with!" Ye Yuan said.

Manager Tong secretly heaved a sigh in relief. Ye Yuan taking the initiative to withdraw really resolved his imminent problem.

Honestly speaking, the counter-attack by those people earlier was seriously quite devastating.

He could indeed use the Xiao Family's power to forcefully suppress them. But if they really chose someone and he intentionally went easy during the Grand Pill Assembly, that would not be amusing.

Yet, Manager Tong did not have much hope in Ye Yuan. Hence, Ye Yuan taking the initiative to withdraw was naturally the best alternative.

Earlier, he already clarified the situation to Miss Ruyan. Miss Ruyan also agreed to give Ye Yuan a chance. As long as Ye Yuan performed well, entering the Xiao Family was naturally not difficult.

But the difficulty of this test was much, much tougher than the difficulty of the test to be given to Ye Yuan afterward.

"Hehe, you still want to appear on the stage? There's no more chance. Sit there properly!"

. . . . . .

The test officially began. Manager Tong said to the four people, "The content of the test is very simple. There are refined medicinal embryos in here. The content of your test is to refine these medicinal embryos into pills, and it will be considered as passing the test."

Evidently, this pill formula was very precious and naturally could not be leaked out. If just the medicinal embryos were provided, even if these few people were even more powerful, they also could not possibly steal the pill formula.

Of course, this did not include Ye Yuan.

The four people were even happier when they heard it. This was too easy.

One had to know that the process of refining pills was very complicated. Any single oversight could cause the pill refinement to fail.

But now, even the medicinal embryos were refined. They were only responsible for the final refinement and forming the pill. It was practically something that was not troublesome.

Although they knew that this medicinal pill was surely not very easy to refine, how could the few of them be simple people?

The four of them held their cleavers and entered the battlefield, starting the refinement at the same time!

Perhaps they deliberately wanted to show off in front of Xiao Ruyan; these few people's refinement techniques were very resplendent, looking quite like the model of a respected grandmaster.

Even Manager Tong also nodded secretly when he saw it. These people were indeed worthy of being strictly and carefully selected. Their strength was highly outstanding.

Ye Yuan watched this scene composedly by the side, with a slightly ruminating expression on his face.

Actually, same as martial artists, the ranks of alchemists and the true standards of alchemists could not be equated the same.

An alchemist obtaining the title of high-rank Alchemy Grandmaster did not mean that he could refine all the Tier 3 high-grade medicinal pills.

The same Tier 3 high-grade medicinal pills, but the refining difficulty varied greatly. Even high-rank Alchemy Grandmasters could not refine some Tier 3 middle-grade or even low-grade medicinal pills!

Behind the partition, Xiao Ruyan was also watching these four alchemists refine medicinal pills in a perturbed mood. This concerned whether the Xiao Family could win at the Grand Pill Assembly or not!

Truthfully speaking, even if selected, Xiao Ruyan did not have the confidence to win for certain. The strength of the Tong Family's juniors was actually even stronger than the Xiao Family!

But this matter was related to the Xiao Family's development in the next decade. Xiao Ruyan was compelled to face the problem head-on.

A pair of beautiful eyes stared fixedly at those four people, hoping that it was best if they did not make mistakes.

But whatever one feared would come. Just seven and a half minutes later, only to hear a puff. Someone already failed. The medicinal pill was burned into black charcoal.

That alchemist had a dejected look. "Why is this damn pill so hard to refine?"

The other three people's faces currently no longer had the composure from when they just started. The difficulty of this medicinal pill had indeed exceeded their imaginations.

Their soul force was completely locked onto the medicinal pill, and they did not dare to slacken the slightest bit.

However, this did not have any d*mn use!

Another series of puffing sounds went on. A furnace of useless pills was refined out.

When that person came to one side and saw Ye Yuan's Cheshire cat smile, he wished that he could go up and rend his face.

But their attention was very swiftly drawn over by the other two people.

The two people's foreheads were already drenched in sweat. Clearly, the difficulty of this medicinal pill was already on the verge of surpassing their limits.

Before long, another person failed. Only one person was left still persevering.

The three people who were defeated had their eyes glued on the last person, hoping that he could succeed.

Because from their peripherals, they already saw the expression on Ye Yuan's face.

Earlier, each and every one of them looked down on Ye Yuan, thinking that they would definitely be the one who won. But now, there was only one final seedling left on the field.

Manager Tong was also very nervous. In the blink of an eye, the four people who were carefully chosen only had one left. This unwittingly made him feel tremendous pressure.

Fortunately, the strength of this remaining one was still considered decent. He actually already barely managed to finish refining the medicinal pill!

"Condense!"

Following his cry, everyone's heart tightened. Did it succeed or not?

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When the medicinal pill formed, everyone heaved a sigh in relief.

Even the always composed Manager Tong also secretly wiped his sweat at this time.

The other three people came forward as well, wanting to see what kind of medicinal pill was refined.

"Qiu Zhi, how is it? Succeeded?" the three people asked, rather nervously.

Qiu Zhi wiped away the sweat on his forehead and nodded, saying, "I'm exhausted to death! Finally I formed the pill!"

Talking up to here, Qiu Zhi looked at Ye Yuan with a proud grin and said, "I said that you won't have the chance, means you won't have the chance! Well? Can you get lost now?"

Ye Yuan was delighted when he heard that. "Isn't the furnace not opened yet? Come, open it and have a look. See what kind of crap you refined."

Qiu Zhi's face darkened. He finished extremely forcefully earlier. He knew that the grade of the medicinal pill was definitely not high.

But in front of so many people, he naturally had no reason to fear.

"Have a look then! I'll let you give up after this!"

As he said, the medicinal cauldron opened. Fragrance suffused all around.

The four people reached their heads over to take a look. Even Manager Tong could not resist moving closer to have a look too.

With this look, Qiu Zhi's face could not be preserved anymore.

The medicinal pill was refined. But it was simply a defect good; unable to even enter the ranks.

Qiu Zhi said to Manager Tong with a bitter face, "Manager Tong, you take a look . . ."

Manager Tong was quite disappointed as well. But he also knew how great the difficulty this pill refinement was. Qiu Zhi being able to refine successfully was already fairly decent.

Manager Tong sighed and said, "There's already no more time. It's you then."

Qiu Zhi was overjoyed when he heard that. Being able to join the Xiao Family, he no longer needed to worry for the rest of his life.

One had to know that alchemist was a profitable career but also a money-burning career. Without the support of a major faction behind, it was very hard to have improvements.

Qiu Zhi being able to cultivate to High-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster Realm was already his limit. Any further, and he must find a backer. Otherwise, it would be like this for this life.

"Hold on!" Right at this moment, a pleasant voice sounded.

Xiao Ruyan spoke!

The gauze curtains were pulled aside. A veil-covered girl walked out from behind the partition.

Although there was a fine gauze covering the face, it could not conceal that lithe and graceful figure of hers, swaying until the four people were entranced.

The four guys did not dare to slight her. They hastily gave a bow and said, "We pay respects to Miss Ruyan!"

Xiao Ruyan nodded her head lightly, but said, "You all are also aware that the Grand Pill Assembly this time is of utmost importance to my Xiao Family. Qiu Zhi, although you refined the Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill, it's only a defect good, not even entering the ranks. While your strength is not bad, you can't win the Tong Family."

Xiao Ruyan was clearly also slightly melancholic in her words.

In truth, this sort of method like finding guest retainers from outside was a choice that could not be helped. The powerful alchemists were long divided up by the various large factions. The remaining ones were those who were rejected.

These four people in front of her were considered passable among those who failed to meet the mark.

Qiu Zhi was thunderstruck when he heard this. He said with a face full of indignation, "But just now, Manager Tong clearly said that we just have to succeed in the refinement and that will do! How can you all renege on your word?"

"Snort!"

A discordant snicker interrupted Qiu Zhi's words. It was precisely Ye Yuan.

Qiu Zhi had anger that he dare not flare towards Xiao Ruyan. But it did not mean that he dare not turn it towards Ye Yuan. He immediately said furiously, "What are you laughing about, stinking brat?"

Ye Yuan chuckled and said, "Sorry, I couldn't hold it. If this is also considered as a successful refinement, then aren't alchemists too easy to become?"

"Humph! Making sarcastic remarks when you can't understand the difficulty! You come and refine then if you have the capabilities! Weren't you saying that you could refine very arrogantly just now? Why don't you refine one for me to see?!" Qiu Zhi said with a cold smile.

Xiao Ruyan's mind was currently in a whirl. These two people's endless bickering made her even more displeased, and she could not help saying, "Stop arguing! Although his soul force is not bad, wanting to refine the Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill is basically an impossible thing. The few of you leave first. I need some peace and quiet!"

When these words were said, Ye Yuan was piqued. "Why is Miss Ruyan the same as these uncultured people, judging people by their outward appearance?"

When these words came out, everyone perspired profusely.

Xiao Ruyan was uncultured? Wasn't this brat's gall too fat?

Indeed, Xiao Ruyan was so furious that her entire body was trembling. She was just about to blow her top when she heard Ye Yuan curl his mouth and say, "Isn't it just Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill? Give me 15 minutes. I'll refine for you to see."

Xiao Ruyan sucked in a deep breath to calm her emotions. But her tone became cold. "What a high-sounding sentiment! 15 minutes to refine a Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill? Do you think that you're an Alchemy King? Fine. I'll let you try it. If you can't refine it . . ."

"If I can't refine it, I'll sign my life away to work like a horse for Miss Ruyan for the rest of my life. How's that?" Ye Yuan said smilingly.

Xiao Ruyan's pretty face went red. Luckily, there was the fine gauze blocking her face. But when she saw that Ye Yuan's smile did not have lecherous intent, she knew that she misunderstood.

As one of the two beauties in the capital, there were too many men pursuing Xiao Ruyan. Even if she did not wish to, she still had immense skill in the aspect of examining a man's words and observing his countenance.

"What do I want you to work like a horse for? If you can't refine it, then help our Xiao Family refine medicinal pills for life!" Xiao Ruyan said.

Hearing these words, the four people all took pleasure in his misfortune.

They knew deeply from experience the refining difficulty of this Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill. This punk only had a middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster soul force. It was still uncertain if he could refine pills or not. It was essentially impossible to refine it.

He was going to be a pill slave for the rest of his life for sure!

Not everyone was Xiao Ruyan!

Xiao Ruyan being able to reach such a realm was because her talent was good. More importantly, she had the powerful Xiao Family supporting her from behind.

Look at what this punk was wearing. One look and they could tell that he came from the countryside. What kind of background could he have?

At most, his natural talent was a little better, and his cultivation was a little quicker.

"Refining a lifetime of medicinal pills. That's also a blissful thing. Except . . . I still have other things I need to do," Ye Yuan said with a rather emotional sigh.

Only a short while ago, Ye Yuan's lifelong aspiration was to refine medicinal pills for life. But the god of destiny makes fools out of people. Now that he had transmigrated, he had no choice but to pursue the paramount of Martial Path to avenge his old hatred.

Xiao Ruyan could not help being very puzzled when she saw Ye Yuan's somewhat desolate eyes. How old was this young man? Why did it seem like he had experienced countless vicissitudes of life?

But to say that Ye Yuan could refine the Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill, Xiao Ruyan refused to believe it no matter what.

It was true that this Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill was a Tier 3 high-rank medicinal pill, but barely any Alchemy Grandmasters could refine it.

Even her own success rate was just 50%. This youth looked like he was even a few years younger than her. How could he possibly succeed?

Xiao Ruyan merely had a momentary burst of anger just now. For this youth to have middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster soul force, his potential was limitless.

No matter what, the Xiao Family had to retain him. Perhaps in the not too distant future, an extremely powerful Alchemy Grandmaster might appear in the Xiao Family.

"Enough crap. We're still waiting to see how you refine the pill. Our skills are lacking, so we need to learn well!" Qiu Zhi said sarcastically.

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Xiao Ruyan furrowed her eyebrows but did not say anything.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "One needs comprehension abilities to learn things. Your talent is too poor; you can't learn anything."

Qiu Zhi's face darkened. "Smile; I hope that you can still smile in a while! When you can't refine it, just wait to be a pill slave for the rest of your life then!"

Ye Yuan could not be inclined to bother with him. He went to the medicinal cauldron's side.

Instantaneously, the aura on Ye Yuan's body changed abruptly!

Earlier, there was still some profligate juvenile aura. But now, it was as deep as the sea, as if everything in the outside world no longer had anything to do with him.

Clearly not standing far from him, but it seemed to be two different worlds!

Xiao Ruyan's expression involuntarily changed and immediately put away her belittling heart.

When experts made their move, the genuine and the fake would become clear at a glance! Xiao Ruyan touched her heart and asked herself when she refined pills, she could not reach Ye Yuan's degree of focus either!

Furthermore, Ye Yuan did not carry out meditation but directly refined the pill. Such ability, among ten thousand alchemists, there might not even necessarily be one.

Xiao Ruyan waved her hand to motion for everyone to move back and not disturb Ye Yuan's pill refinement.

Ye Yuan grabbed with one hand. A bundle of flames flew up from the bottom of the furnace, enveloping the entire medicinal cauldron!

Immediately after, he formed seals with both hands. The temperature of the flames was rapidly rising.

"Tch! Pretending to be profound! This level of fire controlling skill is also just a little nice to look at only," Qiu Zhi said disdainfully.

"Yeah. Just showing off his skill. Pleasant to the eyes but of no use at all!" Another person concurred.

They naturally would not remember that, as a matter of fact, they were also showing off their skills earlier. It was just that they did not parade for long before they could not sustain it anymore.

And Ye Yuan was already very restrained currently. If he really showed off his skills, even he would be frightened.

"Keep your mouth shut if you don't understand! Use your soul force to take a look. The surrounding temperature around the medicinal cauldron is all exactly the same. This lets the medicinal pill receive heat extremely uniform! When refining a Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill, the most important thing is uniform heating!"

When Xiao Ruyan spoke up, the rest naturally shut their mouths sensibly.

And Xiao Ruyan herself was also extremely surprised. Could it be that this Ji Qing had refined Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pills before? Otherwise, how could he possibly know this crucial aspect?

Was it just a coincidence?

As they were talking, Ye Yuan already completed the heating. Gesturing with one hand, the medicinal embryo flew into the medicinal cauldron.

Next, the dazzling display of technique that made everyone feel dizzy officially began!

One seal after another was fired into the medicinal cauldron non-stop. Ye Yuan's hands were like phantoms, intoxicating the people watching it.

Even Qiu Zhi and the others who had been displeased with Ye Yuan all along was also spell bounded by Ye Yuan for a moment and kept their mouths shut.

This was still Ye Yuan not wishing to be overly conspicuous, so he did not enter the Legendary Realm. Or else, it would not be as simple as flaunting his technique.

15 minutes passed in a flash. Only to see Ye Yuan lightly cry out, "condense."

The pill was formed!

Only at this time did everyone feel as if they woke up from a dream.

Manager Tong's strength was the greatest and recovered from his stupor first. He murmured under his breath, "This is a genuinely a pompous display of one's skill!"

Qiu Zhi and the rest also recovered and could not help flushing crimson red.

Apart from Ye Yuan's realm being inferior to theirs, his other aspects were way stronger than them!

Ye Yuan sniggered and said, "Just nice, around 15 minutes! Inspect the pill then, Miss Ruyan!"

Xiao Ruyan took in a deep breath and could not help sizing up Ye Yuan. She was astonished.

"This is a Tier 3 high-grade medicinal pill. You're actually not the least bit debilitated after finish refining it?"

When Xiao Ruyan herself refined the Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill, every time she finished the refinement, it would be a little more than she could stand. Ye Yuan, on the other hand, was perfectly fine!

Xiao Ruyan sensed it very clearly just now. Ye Yuan had only just broken through to the middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster!

Ye Yuan laughed and said, "Still alright. As long as the control is a little more precise, you don't need to expend so much soul force."

Everyone felt depressed. How precise did one's control have to be to be able to expend so little soul force!

Earlier, when he finished the refinement, Qiu Zhi felt like he was on the verge of collapsing. He was a veteran high-rank Alchemy Grandmaster, and it was more than he could bear. Ye Yuan, a newly advanced middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster, could actually do it to such an extent?

A little more precise? How much was this little more?

Qiu Zhi felt like he had no more face to stay on. But he was still rather unwilling to give up. He wanted to see if Ye Yuan really refined out a medicinal pill.

Qiu Zhi plucked up his courage and opened his mouth, "Who knows if you're deliberately kicking up a cloud of dust? Or maybe, you wasted the pill long ago!"

Ye Yuan grinned and said, "I knew that you wouldn't turn back without hitting the South Wall."

"Open!"

Ye Yuan pointed a finger. A medicinal pill flew out of the medicinal cauldron on its own and landed on the jade dish.

Everyone rushed to look at that medicinal pill. With a single look, it caused them to involuntarily drew a cold breath.

"H-High-grade medicinal pill!" Qiu Zhi could hardly believe it.

Xiao Ruyan's beautiful eyes also became intent, and she stared at Ye Yuan rather incredulously.

She could refine out a high-grade Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill, but the success rate was too low. Majority of the time, it was all middle-grade. When she performed below her usual standards, it would be low-grade pills.

She never thought that this young man's first refinement was actually directly a high-grade medicinal pill.

"You . . . You must have cheated!" Qiu Zhi pointed at Ye Yuan and said.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Stop disgracing yourself here. Quickly get lost! Entering the Grand Pill Assembly with this standard of yours is no longer a matter of losing. It's directly throwing away all faces of the Xiao Family members!"

Xiao Ruyan's patience was utterly worn out too. She said sombrely, "Scram for me! Lacking strength and still reproaching others! So many pairs of eyes were looking. Pray tell then, how did he cheat?"

Qiu Zhi was so furious that his complexion turned green. He said with a cold snort, "Go, then go! This place doesn't want to keep this Lord, there will naturally be a place to hold this Lord! Harrumph!"

Finished talking, Qiu Zhi flicked his sleeves and left.

Manager Tong's face fell, but he looked towards Xiao Ruyan, clearly seeking her opinion on whether to take care of this fellow or not.

He only dropped it when he saw Xiao Ruyan shake her head slightly.

Only after Qiu Zhi and the other three people left, Manager Tong asked, "Those few people were so high and mighty. Why did Miss let them leave?"

Xiao Ruyan let out a sigh and said, "If it were in the past, how could I tolerate them being so arrogant? How could they dare to be stuck-up in front of me? It's just that they were publicly recruited by us. If a mishap happened to them in our place here, it would be even harder for this Four Seas Building to sustain."

Manager Tong also sighed faintly when he heard that and did not say any more.

Ye Yuan also made out some things by the side. The Xiao Family's present situation seemed to be very bad. They actually did not even dare to offend these alchemists without backgrounds.

Logically speaking, although a large family like the Xiao Family was not a pinnacle faction in the capital, wanting to take care of a few alchemists without backgrounds was still a piece of cake.

But all these were not what he could bother about. His goal was to figure out who those two slaves were.

At this time, Xiao Ruyan broke away from her pessimistic mood and returned to Ye Yuan once again.

"Mister Ji, if my conjectures are correct, you should have refined the Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill before in the past, right?" Xiao Ruyan asked Ye Yuan with glittering eyes.

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"Ha! Of course I've refined it before. Such a simple medicinal pill." Ye Yuan did not have the intention of hiding it.

To Ye Yuan, this Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill was indeed simple. The truly heaven-defying difficulty level Tier 3 medicinal pill were countless times more complicated than this!

Except, Xiao Ruyan had an impulse to cough blood when she heard these words.

"Mister Ji, can you enlighten Ruyan who you learned from?" Xiao Ruyan asked dejectedly.

"Hehe, my master is just country folk. Miss Ruyan has definitely never heard the name before. Moreover, before I left, Master severely warned me not to use his name."

Ye Yuan pulled out another master. This move was the best. The Fierce Gale World was so huge. Could Xiao Ruyan really dig his master out?

But Xiao Ruyan was not someone who was so easy to dupe. She interrogated again, "Since you're not willing to say, I won't force you either. But how do you make me believe that you're not somebody sent by the Tong Family?"

"This . . . I really have no way of proving it," Ye Yuan said helplessly.

"That means that there's a possibility that the Tong Family sent you here?" Xiao Ruyan stared fixedly at Ye Yuan's eyes, wanting to see if he was telling lies.

Ye Yuan naturally had a composed look as he said with a smile, "I think that if the Tong Family wanted to do something, they wouldn't be foolish enough to send an expert like me over, right? Just based on those dregs that you were recruiting just now, wouldn't they winning you be as easy as turning over their hands?"

"Urgh . . ." Xiao Ruyan was rendered speechless.

Yeah, the Tong Family completely did not need to do anything now and was already sure to win this Grand Pill Assembly.

Sending over one Ye Yuan to be a spy now was simply something superfluous.

An alchemist that could refine the Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill so casually was not some common good.

At this time, Manager Tong moved close to Xiao Ruyan and said, "Second Miss, that's the logic. Furthermore, there are only three days before the Grand Pill Assembly takes place. We have no other alternatives either. Even if he really is a spy, we can only use him!"

Xiao Ruyan sighed and gave a limpid bow, saying, "Alright then, Mister Ji. From today onwards, you're Xiao Family's guest retainer alchemist. I hope that Mister Ji can go all out to help my Xiao Family win this match. As long as Mister Ji can win a match, my Xiao Family is willing to pay any price!"

"For real? Does this any price include Miss Ruyan?" Ye Yuan's eyebrows raised up.

Once these words came out, two killing intents instantly locked onto Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan hastily chuckled and said, "Hahaha! Just making a joke, just making a joke! Don't take it seriously, Miss Ruyan."

"Humph! This sort of joke, I advise that you better not make them next time, so as to avoid you losing your small life! I still have things to do so I'll head back to the Xiao Family first! About Mister Ji's matters, Manager Tong, you arrange it." Xiao Ruyan then left without even turning her head back.

Ye Yuan involuntarily stuck out his tongue. Cracking this kind of joke with women would indeed suffer a disastrous catastrophe!

Manager Tong saw the situation and used his finger to poke Ye Yuan, "Oh you, what kind of joke did you have to crack? Why did you have to crack one with Second Miss? You're already considered lucky that she didn't kill you on the spot!"

Ye Yuan suddenly thought of something and asked curiously, "Oh, right, isn't Miss Xiao Ruyan hosting a martial competition to find a spouse? What's with that?"

Manager Tong sighed heavily and said, "Sigh, Second Miss, she . . . has a bitter life! Spouse finding martial competition is also Xiao Family's action that could not be helped. Truthfully, within this capital, how can it just be the two Huang and Xue Families that are coveting Second Miss's beauty?"

Since Ye Yuan already became Xiao Family's guest retainer, Manager Tong naturally did not have anything much to hide from him. He briefly introduced the Xiao Family's matters to Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan also sighed unceasingly after he heard it.

As a second-rate family, the Xiao Family's and Tong Family's strength had always been equally matched. In so many years of Grand Pill Assemblies, both sides had victories and defeat.

But this sort of equilibrium situation was utterly shattered 30 years ago.

30 years ago, the Tong Family's Alchemy Path strength suddenly skyrocketed. Quite a number of top geniuses appeared in the junior generation in succession, winning the Grand Pill Assembly in one fell swoop!

According to the agreement, the Xiao Family must hand over 50% of the medicinal pill market after defeat!

This Grand Pill Assembly was actually the deciding factor on how many shares the two Xiao and Tong families occupied in the medicinal pill market. The victor occupied 70% of the medicinal pill market, while the loser only had 20%. The remaining 10% was allocated to the other small factions.

For so many years, the two families had always been well-matched in strength. When one side lost, they would think of any way possible to win back too. Hence, it would practically replace once every ten years.

But since 30 years ago, the Xiao Family had never won a match before, consecutively losing three periods!

This year's match was the fourth period. If the Xiao Family lost again, they could basically announce their withdrawal from the medicinal pill market.

The Xiao Family was obviously unresigned to continuous defeats. These ten years, they piled virtually all of their resources on Xiao Rufeng and Xiao Ruyan.

These two people did not let them down either. Especially Xiao Ruyan, who cultivated to the realm of a high-rank Alchemy Grandmaster at a young age!

But there were unforeseen storms in nature. A while back, when Xiao Rufeng entered closed-seclusion, wanting to break through to the Soul Sea Realm in one stroke and to become a Quasi-Alchemy King, his breakthrough failed; he suffered a backlash!

Now, Xiao Rufeng was bedridden with severe injuries and simply could not recover for the Grand Pill Assembly in three days' time.

Compelled against their will, the Xiao Family invited Qiu Zhi and the rest over.

The medicinal pills refined at the Grand Pill Assembly were basically all Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill difficulty level. Qiu Zhi and the rest could not even refine the prepared medicinal embryos. At the Grand Pill Assembly, they would only serve as a stopgap.

Xiao Ruyan was also very disheartened earlier behind the partition. Who would have expected Ye Yuan's appearance would actually make her eyes light up.

As for the spouse finding martial competition, it was also because the Xiao Family's strength was weak. The Xiao Family had to consolidate their position through means of uniting in marriage.

If the Xiao Family really lost the Grand Pill Assembly, they had to find a way out for themselves in advance.

Except, the Xiao Family could not afford to offend either one of the Huang and Xue families. So, they could only use this kind of spouse finding martial competition method to determine who Xiao Ruyan belonged to.

Speaking of that, Xiao Ruyan was a pitiful person.

Ye Yuan also sighed endlessly after hearing the Xiao Family's story.

"Therefore, regardless where Mister Ji come from, please put your best effort forward and help the Xiao Family win the match! This old man is forever indebted!" Manager Tong said, giving Ye Yuan a deep bow.

Ye Yuan hurriedly went to help him up and said with a smile, "Isn't it just a Grand Pill Assembly? A piece of cake! Forget about one match, even three matches is not an issue! Ah, right, can I take on three matches by myself? This way, the Tong Family will lose for sure!"

Manager Tong hurriedly said, "That's naturally not permitted! This Grand Pill Assembly is competing in the composite strength of the two family's juniors. How can they possibly allow one person to fight three matches?"

"Like that huh? Then that's too bad! Guess they got lucky!" Ye Yuan said with a face full of regret.

Talking about alchemy, Ye Yuan was naturally excited. Forget about three matches, he would not mind even 30 matches.

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"Ah! Where did this little white tiger come from? How adorable! Come, let Big Sister hug!"

"Hehe, look, he got angry. Even his angry appearance is so cute!"

"Hehe, this Sir, is this your little white tiger? Can you lend me to play for two days?"

From yesterday onwards, White Light became a beautiful scenic spot in the Xiao Manor. No matter where Ye Yuan went, he would become the focal point of everyone.

Especially these young ladies and maidservants, when they saw White Light, each and every one of them would be rooted to the ground and be unable to resist coming forward to tease him.

But White Light did not like other people's affection. Each time other people came over, he would put on a posture that kept people a thousand miles away and bared his fangs at them.

However, the more he did so, the more lovable these young ladies and maidservants found him.

Ye Yuan was obviously not wandering around with nothing to do. He wanted to find an opportunity to inquire about the matter regarding the slaves. But he could not be so obvious with this kind of thing either. To prevent drawing suspicion, White Light naturally became the best cover-up.

With White Light as a front, Ye Yuan could openly find these maidservants and young ladies to chat. In the long run, he really found out quite a bit of news.

By approaching the subject in a roundabout manner, Ye Yuan still confirmed in the end that the Xiao Family really purchased two Endless World slaves recently!

Speaking of it, those two slaves were not bought by the Xiao Family, but the Huang and Xue Family gifted one each.

Evidently, these two families gifting slaves was in order to curry favor with Xiao Ruyan.

As a second-rate family, the Xiao Family did not have the qualifications to buy such rare slaves yet.

Ye Yuan still wanted to inquire about the looks of those two slaves. But regretfully, those two were sent to Xiao Ruyan's manor directly. Other people totally did not get a chance to see.

And the residences of women were all a part of the inner courtyards. There were experts guarding all around. With Ye Yuan's present strength, wanting to intrude inside silently was not very probable.

Seemed like to approach those two Endless World people, it ultimately still fell on Xiao Ruyan.

With Ye Yuan's present condition, he could only come into contact with these two people. The others should have been bought over by powerful factions. Wishing to figure it out in a short period of time was something not very easy.

But Ye Yuan was not in a rush either. Ever since he knew that Mei Zhen and the rest were peddled to the Central Capital, Ye Yuan made the preparations for a long period of struggle.

"Aiya, Ji Qing, I finally found you! I've been following behind you and asking around for quite some time!" Ye Yuan was currently ruminating when Manager Tong yelled out at the top of his voice.

The Xiao Manor's area was immensely vast. Wanting to find a person really needed to expend some effort.

"En? Manager Tong is finding me for something? I figured out that I'll have to live in Xiao Manor in the future, so I obviously have to familiarize myself. That's why I'm looking around," Ye Yuan said with a smile.

Manager Tong had an indignant look as he said, "I say, Little Brother Ji, there are only two days to the Grand Pill Assembly. You have to do some preparations, right? Wandering leisurely around like this . . . probably isn't good, yeah?"

Ye Yuan could not help rolling his eyes when he heard this. "Isn't it just a Grand Pill Assembly? What's there to prepare? Isn't the Tong Family just sending a couple of juniors up? It's not like we're competing against their family's old freaks."

Seeing Ye Yuan pay no attention to it, Manager Tong was furious. "I say, Ji Qing, you're our Xiao Family's guest retainer now, and drawing our Xiao Family's salary! The Grand Pill Assembly concerns the Xiao Family's survival. You have to at least put in some effort, right? Although the Tong Family is sending their juniors, their strength is very formidable!"

"How formidable?" Ye Yuan asked curiously.

Speaking of which, Ye Yuan was really completely clueless about that so-called Tong Family.

"Tong Family . . . Sigh, forget it, forget it. Come with me, there's somebody who wishes to see you! After you see him, you'll naturally know."

. . . . . .

Ye Yuan followed Manager Tong to a quiet and secluded courtyard and entered a room.

"It's Tong Suan, right? Did you bring Ji Qing here?" A deep voice came from inside the house.

"Yes. He's right outside," Manager Tong said respectfully.

"You withdraw first. Let him enter." The voice inside the house sounded again.

"Yes!"

Finished talking, Manager Tong turned around and said to Ye Yuan, "You enter alone. Remember, don't be impudent."

"Oh," Ye Yuan replied very carelessly.

Manager Tong was depressed but did not say anything. He still withdrew.

Ye Yuan entered the house, but it was a pill refinement room. A middle-aged man was currently meditating on the bed in the center of the refining room.

Ye Yuan was just about to go forward to greet, only to see a majestic soul force attack him in a manner that blotted out heaven and earth.

Ye Yuan's eyes flickered but did not evade, allowing the other party to do as he pleased.

The middle-aged man's divine soul looked to have very strong offensive power, but when it landed on Ye Yuan's body, it was incomparably gentle.

The light soul force enveloped Ye Yuan as if it was seeking out something.

After several breaths, the other party's soul force retreated like tidewater.

"Young man, you're very poised! When my soul force attacked you, you were actually completely unruffled!" The middle-aged man's deep voice sounded.

It was just that although his voice was calm, it carried some astonishment. Clearly, Ye Yuan's performance just now greatly exceeded his expectations.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Can't dodge it. Why take a superfluous action? Ever since I entered this house, if Senior wanted to kill me, I can only be at your mercy."

The middle-aged man suddenly laughed and said, "Indeed, heroes come from the youngsters! Listening to the meaning in your words, if it were outside, you have the ability to escape?"

Ye Yuan sad neither servilely nor arrogantly, "Might not be without assurance!"

Evidently, the other party was a Soul Sea Realm powerhouse!

The possibility of trying to escape from the other party's hands was trifling. But in Ye Yuan's dictionary, there wasn't the word impossible.

If he made proper use of the environmental and human conditions, he might not have zero chance of escaping.

Recalling back then, he was only at the Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm, didn't he still kill the Sea Transformation Realm Black Crow Old Man?

Of course, the difference between Soul Sea Realm and Crystal Formation Realm was an entirely different concept from the disparity between Sea Transformation Realm and Spirit Condensation Realm.

Hence, Ye Yuan just 'humbly' said that he might not be without assurance.

There was a heaven and earth difference between the lower three realms and middle three realms for martial artists. No matter how strong a Sea Transformation Realm was, they were only a lower three realm martial artist; completely incomparable from the middle three realm Soul Sea Realm.

"Heh heh, Tong Suan said that you're capable but doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. Indeed not false. But . . . you really escaped a calamity just now," the middle-aged man said with a laugh.

Ye Yuan knew in his heart, but intentionally asked in confusion, "Oh? What do Senior's words mean?"

"News came from the realm passageway that an Endless World youth might have already silently infiltrated the capital. I was testing your divine soul just now. If your divine soul was different from us Fierce Gale World martial artists, I would have killed you without hesitation earlier!" said the middle-aged man indifferently.

Ye Yuan was taken aback at the right level, asking in surprise, "There's actually such a thing? Senior actually suspects that I'm a person from another world?"

"Hur hur, just that your age matches the information report. Your appearance in the capital is also very sudden. I only tested you out of cautiousness. Oh, right, I'm called Xiao Changfeng, Xiao Family's Family Head."