Tian Feirong hesitated for a moment, but eventually decided to go back to the Tian family for a visit. It was better to quietly see his father and grandfather now, rather than making a big fuss and letting everyone know.
Xiao Pangzi followed Gu Yao's actions, and the Tian family's affairs were not suitable for outsiders to participate in.
Tian Feirong came to the front of the Tian family's mansion with a strange face. The guards at the door looked different from before, and he understood that this was the confidence that he, his elder brother and his aunt brought to the Tian family with their achievements outside. Along the way, he could also see that the Tian family's territory was more lively than before.
Before he aroused the suspicion of the guards, Tian Feirong left the gate and sneaked into the mansion from the back. He grew up here since he was a child, and he was very familiar with everything inside. Even the formations could not stop him. But when he came to his grandfather's side, he saw his grandfather and father sitting together and dealing with daily affairs. His mind moved and triggered the formation outside.
"Who? Who broke into my Tian family…"
When the Tian family master rushed out, his scolding was not over yet, he saw the person standing outside. He had left for more than ten years and had grown from a teenager to a youth. The Tian family master and the Tian father who came out later were so excited that their eyes turned red.
"I'm not seeing a hallucination in front of me, right? Feirong really came back? Why didn't you send a message back first?" Tian father said with disbelief and red eyes.
"Grandfather, father, I wanted to give you a surprise." Tian Feirong grinned and smiled, his eyes also reddened a bit.
"Good boy!" The Tian family master was very relieved, this kid was still willing to recognize them.
On the other side, Gu Yao and the others came to the market and saw the familiar scenery. Gu Yao and Chi Changye looked at each other and smiled. Xiao Pangzi felt that he was the redundant one, but fortunately there was Liuli with him.
Gu Yao and Chi Changye were not blindly immersed in the past, but the Yuanyang Town had a special meaning for them. It can be said that both of them got rebirth here. This is their starting point in the Tianlin Continent.
But the place was too small after all, and it felt like they arrived at the no-man's land in the middle of the three markets in a short while. The three-legged pattern did not change, and this place was still mixed with fish and dragons. The two looked forward and saw the guy who was still soliciting business at the door, but it was not the same guy as ten years ago.
Xiao Pangzi had also played with this thing outside, and he didn't have much interest now. After coming here, Chi Changye released his divine sense to search, and pulled Gu Yao's hand to the back. A blinding technique immediately made the pedestrians here ignore the existence of the three of them, and then they easily jumped into the wall.
Behind the shop was a yard, and coincidentally, the Dong boss who was still alive and well was in a room behind the yard.
Dong boss was listening to the report of his subordinates, and for decades, they were all trivial matters. He was tired of listening, but if he didn't do it, he would be stepped on by others. Even if it was such a small business, there were still people who wanted to take his place.
Dong boss was a little dazed, and he didn't know why. He often thought of the past recently. Maybe he was old, and old people always like to recall the situation when they were young and energetic. However, what he thought of most was the two teenagers he met in the market ten years ago. The latest news he got was that one of them had beaten the Jin Dan envoy of the Chang Xian Sect and sent him back. He made a ten-year oath and blocked the transmission array leading to the Chang Xian Sect. And the city lord's mansion of the Ten Fang City had nothing to do with him, and acted like deaf and dumb.
The other person, also a genius alchemist whose fame was not inferior to Hu Guzhu, but in just ten years, he had a more brilliant and dazzling life than others in their lifetime, which made people jealous. Sometimes Dong boss would also think, if he was not too afraid of death when he was young, and dared to leave Yuanyang Town and go out to explore, would he achieve more than he did now by guarding a shop?
Unfortunately, there was no if. He circled his life in Yuanyang Town, and could not build a foundation. He only had a short life span of a hundred years, and he could not see how high and far the two genius teenagers could go in the future.
Thinking of these, Dong boss lazily waved his hand and let him go to his own business. When the person left, Dong boss took out the broken skin on his body. He was obsessed with this broken skin. Even if he died, he wanted to know what kind of secret was hidden in this map. What was the situation of the broken skin in the hands of the two teenagers?
Suddenly Dong boss's eyebrows jumped, but he couldn't do anything. He could only watch the broken skin in his hand fly out. His eyes widened, and three young cultivators walked in from outside. The faces of the two in front were so familiar. Dong boss opened his mouth and said silently: "Chi… senior, Gu alchemist?"
Gu Yao grabbed the broken skin, and Chi Changye moved his mind. Dong boss regained his freedom, but he did not call for help outside. Even if he called all the cultivators in the town, could anyone deal with Chi Changye?
"It is an honor for Dong to have the two of you grace me with your presence. I can't decipher this map, but if you want it, Dong will offer it with both hands. I just want to know what secrets are hidden in this map before I die." At this moment, Dong Lao Da had put life and death aside. He was actually quite honored to see these two people again before he died.
And he was a bit excited. Could it be that the secrets recorded in this map were so important that even Golden Core cultivators would be moved by them?
Gu Yao smiled and said, "Sorry for the inconvenience, please forgive me, Dong Lao Da. As for this map… If you want to study it, I'm afraid you won't be able to figure it out in your lifetime." He said as he took out the prepared medicine and slowly sprinkled it on the broken skin. Dong Lao Da was surprised to find that the broken skin absorbed the medicine and then peeled off a layer of skin, becoming white and smooth. Was this its true appearance? He couldn't help but smile bitterly. As Gu Yao said, this thing was in his hands, and he really couldn't figure it out in his lifetime. He guessed that not many people could make this restoring medicine.
Xiao Pang Zi also watched this scene in amazement.
Gu Yao took out the other piece of map and spread it on the table. He joined the two pieces together, and a more surprising scene happened. The two pieces of animal skin quickly merged together, forming a new and complete piece of animal skin. The patterns on it also twisted for a while before stabilizing. Dong Lao Da was stunned. The other piece was the one he personally gave away. He almost missed the chance to see the truth. He was not the destined person after all. The good thing was in his hands, but he didn't know how to use it.
"Where is this?" Gu Yao asked, and then the three heads leaned over to look, but none of them knew where the terrain on it was.
Dong Lao Da was itching to try, and plucked up the courage to say, "I ran around a lot when I was young. Why don't you let me take a look?"
Gu Yao and Chi Chang Ye looked at each other and smiled. The two of them didn't know much about the terrain outside of Yuan Yang Town. Even the original body rarely left the Gu family's mansion. There were too many monsters outside. How dare they run out? So they had to ask for Dong Lao Da's help. They believed that he wouldn't dare to play tricks under their eyes now.
"Dong Lao Da, come and have a look." Gu Yao made room for him.
"Dong Lao Da felt strange, seeing that Gu Yao and Chi Chang Ye's relationship was almost unchanged from ten years ago, but his mind was attracted by the map on the animal skin, and he had no time to think about anything else. He walked over and his eyes fixed on the lines and patterns on it.
After imprinting every line in his mind, Dong Lao Da spoke up: "I think I know where the terrain on this map is, it's…"
Gu Yao waved his hand and said, "We'll let Yi Lao Da lead us there later, we're not familiar with this place, but we have to wait a bit before we leave, we still have to wait for Tian Er Ge to come."
Dong Lao Da's brow twitched again, Tian Jia Er Shao really came back with them, he wondered why only three people appeared, so Tian Er Shao went back to Tian Jia, that makes sense, who would come back to Yuan Yang Town and not go home, these years the town didn't know how many people envied Tian Er Shao, back then he had a unique vision and took in Gu Yao and Chi Chang Ye who were driven out of Gu Jia, now they were only in their twenties, and they had already built their foundation, this envious people also included Li Lao Da himself."
"Then I'll arrange a place for the three of you to rest." Dong Lao Da said cleverly, and finally he gave up this place, forbidding anyone else to come in, and personally served the three of them. He didn't do much, though, as Gu Yao and the others brought their own spirit fruits and spirit tea, and food as well. This place had thin spiritual energy, and it couldn't produce anything good.
But Gu Yao asked him about the situation of the Gu family. Although he happened to meet some Gu family members at Xiong Tou Bao, he guessed that someone in the Gu family might have been seriously injured, but he wasn't really interested in the specifics. He wanted to know, but it was also a way of fulfilling the original body's wishes.
Seeing that Gu Yao asked casually, Dong Lao Da guessed that Gu Yao just wanted to know the situation of the Gu family, and not really care about them. Otherwise, there were many ways to find out, and he wouldn't have to wait until everything was settled before he had the leisure to ask.
Dong Lao Da said, "Now the Gu family barely maintains its original position. The Gu family used to have alchemy to support it, but later…"
Yi Lao Da said this and deliberately looked at Gu Yao, "Ever since the Alchemist Guild appeared, the Gu family's position has been threatened. I believe that in another ten or twenty years, the situation will be worse."
Dong Lao Da thought, Gu Yao's move was the most ruthless. The Gu family's alchemy, which they had always been proud of, could no longer be monopolized by them. In fact, Dong Lao Da hoped that there would be a branch of the guild in Yuan Yang Town, so that they could buy pills more easily, and the people who wanted to learn alchemy would also have an easier time. Gu Yao was surprised, he didn't expect to have this effect, and he couldn't help but laugh.
Dong Lao Da muttered, Gu Yao really had no feelings for the Gu family, huh? Otherwise, how could he laugh when he encountered such a situation? He was obviously watching the Gu family's jokes.
"The third branch and the second branch of the Gu family are now the most miserable. Gu Lao Er is now living in a drunken stupor, Gu Xing married someone from outside of Yuan Yang Town, and I heard that she killed a talented concubine son of the other family because of jealousy, and was crippled and thrown in a side courtyard. The Gu family didn't care about her, and now they don't know whether she is alive or dead."