Xie Tianxiao, who was watching the conversation between Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, couldn't help but shook his head and thought to himself:
"With Xiao Yan's current knowledge, if he knew Yao Lao's identity, he would probably just think that the other party is a liar."
The current Xiao Yan is no longer the Flame Emperor Xiao Yan who is famous throughout the continent.
But it was Xiao Yan, an ordinary person who only had the fourth level of Dou Qi and had absolutely no idea about cultivation or even alchemy.
It is precisely because of this kind of Xiao Yan that he has no conflict of interest with Xie Tianxiao, which is why Xie Tianxiao has not disturbed Xiao Yan's series of apprenticeship activities.
"Since you are willing, then please do the apprenticeship ceremony."
Yao Lao crossed his legs on a piece of bluestone and waved towards Xiao Yan, the meaning of which was self-evident.
"Do you still want to salute?"
Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment.
"Nonsense, you don't show courtesy, and you expect me to teach you everything you know with just a few words. Are you dreaming?"
Yao Lao rolled his eyes. It was obvious that the old man, who was a bit pedantic, cared a lot about this master-disciple relationship.
"All right."
In order to become a distinguished alchemist, Xiao Yan had no choice but to kneel down and respectfully said to Yao Lao: "Teacher."
"Well, get up."
Yao Lao nodded with satisfaction, and added: "I know you don't want to be my disciple because you are afraid that I will harm you and force you to do something."
"And I do have something for you to do."
"Ah? It really exists!"
Xiao Yan was stunned, then looked bitter.
"Why are you panicking? Wait until I finish speaking!"
Yao Lao glared at Xiao Yan and continued, "But don't worry, since you have become my disciple, I will never let you do anything that is beyond your ability or threatens your life."
"By the time you can do that, you will at least be at the Douhuang level."
"So, you don't have to worry about me harming you."
Yao Lao saw that Xiao Yan's expression had relaxed a lot, so he smiled and patted his shoulder.
"All right."
Xiao Yan shrugged and didn't ask any more questions. He would know about this matter sooner or later anyway, so there was no need to rush at this moment.
"By the way, teacher, what rank of alchemist are you?" Xiao Yan suddenly asked.
Alchemists in Douqi Continent are divided into grades one to nine, with grade one being the lowest and grade nine being the highest. The famous Dan King Gu He of the Gama Empire is a grade six alchemist!
"What's the matter? Is your grade too low? Are you going to dislike me as your master?"
Yao Lao stared at Xiao Yan.
"Uh, no, that's not the case. I'm just a little curious."
"After all, I am now your disciple, but I don't even know your rank. Isn't this a bit of a failure?"
Xiao Yan scratched his head and explained quickly.
"I am of a different rank, but I won't tell you now, lest you become too proud and get carried away."
Yao Lao shook his head and then said calmly: "However, you just need to know that the so-called King of Pills is just trash to me."
My goodness, he even called the King of Dan a piece of trash, what kind of teacher did he choose?
Xiao Yan swallowed and didn't dare to ask more questions for a moment.
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"Although I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation between master and disciple, but, Yao Chen, you won't forget who used a Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva to help you recover, right?"
At this moment, Xie Tianxiao's voice came from the side, with a hint of teasing in his tone.
The Seven Illusions Green Spirit Saliva was just found by Xie Tianxiao in the storage rings of a group of Dou Wang in the Tianyin Mountains. It was a free profit, but it couldn't be wasted. What should be done still had to be done.
"Of course I remember."
"But what I don't understand is how did you know that I was in this ring?"
Yao Chen turned around, frowned slightly and continued to ask:
"Besides, you are not an alchemist, but you know how to use strange fire to purify the Seven Illusions Green Spirit Saliva to help me recover my soul power. This makes me very curious. What is your identity?"
Yao Chen never forgot Xie Tianxiao, but seeing him quietly watching him and Xiao Yan communicating, he resisted the urge to ask about Xie Tianxiao's identity and intentions.
Another reason was that he couldn't see through Xie Tianxiao.
Although he had just awakened, after being nourished by the Seven Illusions Green Spirit Saliva, his soul power was already able to reach the level of a high-level Dou Huang.
But he still couldn't be sure of Xie Tianxiao's strength, and the other party knew him, which made Yao Chen feel that Xie Tianxiao might be a strong man from Zhongzhou, and his cultivation was not low!
This was also the reason why he didn't dare to suppress the other party with his strength at the first time when he knew that Xie Tianxiao knew that he was hiding in the ring.
"Yes, how do you know that the reason why my fighting spirit disappeared was because it was absorbed by the teacher?"
Xiao Yan also looked at Xie Tianxiao with a puzzled look.
"You two have a lot of problems as a master and disciple."
Xie Tianxiao did not answer Yao Chen and Xiao Yan. Instead, he looked at Yao Lao and said,
"Yao Chen, you should have discovered that I have no ill will towards you. Otherwise, I would not have helped you recover in advance, but would have killed you directly."
Hearing Xie Tianxiao's words, Yao Chen frowned, was silent for a moment, and said: "So, what is your purpose? I don't believe that you would help me out of kindness without asking for anything in return."
"Of course there is a purpose."
Xie Tianxiao did not beat around the bush and said directly: "As long as you hand over the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and refine some pills for me when I need it, it will be fine."
Bone spirit cold fire!
Hearing this condition, Yao Chen's face changed, he narrowed his eyes and said: "So you came here for my strange fire."
He didn't expect Xie Tianxiao to make such a request.
"You can understand it that way."
Xie Tianxiao nodded without hiding it.
"Since you know my name, you should also know how important this strange fire is to me, so please forgive me for not agreeing to it."
"As for helping you refine the pills, that's no problem, but it will take some time, because I have to teach Xiao Yan the art of cultivation and alchemy in the next two years."
Yao Chen hesitated for a moment and refused.
That strange fire is what he uses to save his life and make medicine. It is his root. How can he give it away so easily?
If he had not been unable to see through Xie Tianxiao's strength and was worried that he would endanger Xiao Yan, he would have already taken action to try the person who wanted to take his strange fire.
"Of course I know how important strange fire is to alchemists."
"But, what does this have to do with me?"
Xie Tianxiao raised the corner of his mouth and looked at Yao Chen indifferently.
"You are such an unreasonable person!"
Xiao Yan on the side interrupted.
Although he was very grateful to Xie Tianxiao for telling him about the disappearance of his fighting spirit and asking him to become a disciple of an alchemist, he did not expect the other party to be so overbearing and unreasonable.
"Reasonable? Xiao Yan, you are still too naive!"
"To be reasonable requires equal strength. Unfortunately, I have it, but you don't yet!"
Xie Tianxiao glanced at Xiao Yan, stretched out a finger and gestured left and right in front of him a few times, and said.
"You are just making up excuses, using bandit logic!"
Xiao Yan shouted angrily, this Xie Tianxiao was so shameless, he had no shame at all.
"Whatever you think."
Xie Tianxiao was too lazy to pay attention to Xiao Yan, but turned to look at Yao Chen and said indifferently: "What do you think, Yao Chen."
(End of this chapter)