After some words, Lin Yan quickly expressed sincere thanks to the Medicine Elder.
As for the Medicine Elder, upon hearing Lin Yan's words, he couldn't help but pause for a moment. Then, he regained his composure and said to Lin Yan, "Good! I'll graciously accept your thanks here."
He also returned Lin Yan's gesture of respect, and as he continued to look at Lin Yan, the admiration in his eyes became even more difficult to conceal! In his eyes, Lin Yan, besides being extraordinarily talented, also had a good character. He remained humble and composed even in the face of praise, responding modestly.
This kind of temperament was truly rare! So, unconsciously, even the Medicine Elder himself didn't realize that Lin Yan's rating in his heart had risen significantly!
Afterwards, Lin Yan quickly resumed his alchemy practice. And the Medicine Elder continued to play the role of a teacher, providing Lin Yan with guidance on the side.
Although Lin Yan had not formally become his disciple, the Medicine Elder didn't hold back at all, and even taught him very carefully. This was entirely because Lin Yan had gained the Medicine Elder's approval. So, even without the formalities, he chose to impart his knowledge generously!
Thus, half a month passed.
During this half month, Lin Yan's cultivation did not improve much because he had devoted all his energy to alchemy. So, in just half a month, Lin Yan had transformed from a complete novice in alchemy to a first-rank alchemist.
Although a first-rank alchemist was considered low-ranking within the alchemist system, it was still a step in the right direction. And it should be noted that Lin Yan had achieved such progress in just half a month. Someone like the Medicine Elder, who was already a rare alchemy genius, took several months from being a novice to reaching this level. So, it's easy to imagine how impressed the Medicine Elder was with Lin Yan's achievement!
However, today Lin Yan didn't plan to practice cultivation or alchemy.
"Young friend, what's this?"
Inside the house, seeing the fishing tools Lin Yan had prepared, the Medicine Elder looked puzzled. He couldn't believe that someone like Lin Yan, who was so focused on cultivation, would have the leisure to go fishing?
"Hehe, Elder Medicine, you may not know."
"Appropriate relaxation is actually beneficial for cultivation."
"Because it's necessary for recuperation."
"After a period of intense cultivation, both the body and the mind are exhausted. At such times, it's suitable to take a break, reflect on life, find a space to relax, and future cultivation will be more efficient."
As Lin Yan walked towards the riverbank with his fishing rod, he explained to the Medicine Elder.
"Your words make sense."
"It seems that young friend has a unique understanding of cultivation."
The Medicine Elder agreed with Lin Yan's viewpoint and joined him at the riverbank for fishing.
The two of them soon arrived at the riverbank in the back mountain and cast their fishing rods into the water.
Lin Yan quieted his mind to enjoy the leisure time and also used the opportunity to contemplate life.
After months of struggle, he had finally established himself in the Lin family.
However, Lin Yan, who knew the original story, knew that there were still several major challenges ahead for the Lin family.
Lin Yan would probably choose to intervene in those major challenges.
"People are not plants; how can they be without emotions?"
When Lin Yan first crossed into the Martial World, he was only thinking about himself. But now, after spending a long time with the Lin family, he must have developed some feelings.
So, he helps when he can.
After dealing with these matters, Lin Yan also wants to go out and explore.
After all, Lin Yan is a modern person and is quite interested in exploring this fantastical world after arriving here.
Moreover, besides these matters, he also needs to help the Medicine Elder rebuild his physical body, right?
The Medicine Elder sincerely treats him, so he will naturally repay the kindness.
Tick-tock, tick-tock.
As he was thinking, the sky suddenly cleared, then turned overcast and started raining.
A few raindrops suddenly fell on Lin Yan's head, and soon the light rain turned into a downpour.
"It looks like I need to find a place to take shelter from the rain."
Lin Yan said regretfully, picked up his fishing rod, and quickly found an old pavilion to take shelter in.
"Young friend, isn't that girl, Qingtan, the same one from last time?"
Not long after, the Medicine Elder said to Lin Yan.
Soon after, Lin Yan noticed that Qingtan, who had been drenched like a soaked chicken by the rain, had also taken shelter here.
Qingtan, as usual, was carrying a bamboo basket while searching for herbs in the back mountains.
After all, since Lin Xiao was exiled from the Lin family, he has been living in the back mountains. They also didn't have many sources of income, so in order to find herbs for Lin Xiao, Qingtan had to often search for them in the back mountains.
Today, luck was not on her side. Seeing that the weather was fine, she didn't bring an umbrella, but unexpectedly, it started raining suddenly.
"Lin Yan, why are you here too?"
Entering the pavilion, Qingtan looked pleasantly surprised to see Lin Yan. It had been a long time since they had seen each other since last time. Now, being able to meet Lin Yan here again made her quite happy.
"I came out to fish, but it started raining."
Lin Yan pointed to the fishing rod lying on the ground and said to Qingtan.
Seeing Qingtan's drenched appearance, he quickly let her in. Then he took off his own dry clothes and handed them to Qingtan. "If you don't mind, you can wear this."
"Yours is completely soaked, and you haven't been cultivating, so you might catch a cold."
Qingtan was a little stunned at first. After all, Lin Yan naturally revealed his bare body when he took off his clothes. But Lin Yan's physique, due to the tempering of the Eight Extremes Collapse, was exceptionally strong. His muscles were clearly visible all over, full of masculine charm, which made Qingtan's lips dry up involuntarily.
However, she didn't lose her composure too much. After sneakily glancing a few times, Qingtan quickly suppressed her racing heart and finally averted her gaze.
She accepted the offer and put down the bamboo basket, feeling a bit embarrassed as she said to Lin Yan, "Lin Yan, could you, uh, turn around a bit?"
Lin Yan nodded in agreement. "Of course."
He turned around very honestly, not someone who would take advantage of others in such situations.
At first, Qingtan was a bit cautious, keeping an eye on Lin Yan. But after realizing that he really didn't have any ulterior motives, she felt a lot more at ease and quickly changed her clothes.
"Okay, Lin Yan, thank you."
Lin Yan smiled and didn't say much, directly picking up some dry firewood from the pavilion.
With a flick of his finger, a strand of fire attribute energy directly ignited the firewood.
"Come over here. It's raining, and it's a bit cold."
Lin Yan said to Qingtan.
Qingtan was extremely shocked to see this.
After all, Lin Yan was using methods from the Continent of Douqi, and the martial artists here, at least in the early stages, didn't have such exquisite control over elemental energy. So, this was also the first time Qingtan had seen such a method.
With wide eyes and an open mouth, Qingtan couldn't help but exclaim to Lin Yan, "Lin Yan, you're amazing! You can actually control fire?"
(End of this chapter)