Chapter 474 The Past

In the past three months, Xiao Yan had been refining the medicine without stopping, and most of it had slipped through his fingers like quicksand.

The Alchemy Meeting was approaching, and Xiao Yan finally took Yaolao and Zi Yan to the Alchemy Region where the center of Zhongzhou was located.

"That-teacher?"

When Xiao Yan saw Yao Lao again, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

The old man who was as tall and tall as a pine in the mountains disappeared, and what appeared in front of him was a handsome young man with silver hair. Only the simple linen clothes were still familiar.

Xiao Yan almost thought that he had recognized the wrong person, when he saw the corner of Yao Chen's mouth twitching, revealing a helpless smile.

"What's wrong? We haven't seen you for a few days and you don't recognize the teacher anymore?"

Yao Chen coughed all over and showed a hint of embarrassment. In fact, he had also considered whether to show his youthful appearance in front of his apprentice.

As a living person, if you want to maintain the appearance of your youth, you often have to spend a lot of effort. However, the soul body has no worries in this regard. It is just a thought of what state it wants to be. Just in between.

The reason why Yao Chen kept appearing in such an old state before was naturally more due to his own mentality.

After all, they are all young people, why bother pretending to be young in front of the apprentice, but this time... it is more or less a special situation.

"Teacher, what is this...?"

Xiao Yan blinked his eyes. His soul power, which had now unknowingly ascended to the spiritual realm, felt the unusual soul fluctuations in Yao Chen's body, and he could guess that his beautiful master was probably also in his teacher's body.

It is not difficult for Xiao Yan to guess that this is probably related to his master. Having said that, the relationship between the master and the teacher is really unusual... Xiao Yan himself naturally doesn't think much about the emotional dispute between Yao Lao and Han Shanshan. Interested in judging.

After all, he is not an old-fashioned person, and it is not his turn as a disciple to comment on the relationship between the teacher and the master. In addition, it would be too strange for the disciple to oppose the relationship between the teacher and the master.

As for the general relationship between masters and disciples - what does that have to do with him? Xiao Yan doesn't care about this. As long as the people around him can live happily, let others talk about the rest.

Xiao Yan couldn't help but complain in his heart. All in all, regarding the relationship between Yao Chen and Han Shanshan, what Xiao Yan wanted in his heart was to support silently and never add to the chaos. If possible, he would provide a solution to the deadlock between the two. It's not impossible to do it.

"It's... a long story."

Yao Chen couldn't help but not know what to say. To be honest, he was actually quite worried that Xiao Yan would get to the bottom of it.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yan nodded without hesitation, seemingly showing an incomparable understanding of Yao Chen's performance at this moment.

"I understand, teacher."

The corner of Xiao Yan's mouth revealed a trace of understanding as he said, which made Yao Chen feel a little strange in his heart. Although it would be great for Xiao Yan to understand the difficulty he was having that he couldn't explain now, his expression was that of someone who had experienced it. What about the expression that sees everything?

Yao Chen really didn't expect that one day he would be so embarrassed in front of Xiao Yan.

However, this topic almost turned around when Xiao Yan took the initiative to discuss it. He was not bold enough to tease the teacher about his emotional history: "By the way, teacher, how should we participate in this alchemy meeting?"

"Don't worry about this. As one of the Sifang Pavilions in Zhongzhou, Xingyun Pavilion would have received invitations from the Danhui. It's just that I haven't been here these years, so Feng Xian just brought some talented juniors to have a little fun. , although no good results can be achieved, it is still a very valuable practice opportunity.”

Yaochen stood with his hands behind his hands, his head independent. Even Xiao Yan was half a step behind him. As the strong wind roared across the space, his waist-length silver hair flew with the wind, flying wantonly. In a trance, Xiao Yan seemed to It was to see the high-spirited Medicine Venerable hundreds of years ago.

Yao Chen changed his style and said: "However, the standards of ordinary disciples do not apply to you. Are you mentally prepared for this elixir meeting?"

"Get ready."

Xiao Yan nodded slightly, he was bound to win the three thousand flames.

The news about Wan'er, the last hope, and...the revenge against the Spirit Devouring Clan, and the entanglement with the Soul Palace, all of which still need to be settled by oneself.

Especially the Spirit Devouring Clan.

He cannot escape, nor can he let go of these scourges that will harm everyone as long as they live. Whether it is from a personal perspective or in name, Xiao Yan has only one attitude towards the Spirit Devouring Clan. .

Kill them all.

His shoulders trembled slightly, and the resentment in his heart burned like a flame in his chest.

Zi Yan was vaguely aware of the violence coming from Xiao Yan, and couldn't help but shrink her neck, hesitated, and then subconsciously said: "Xiao Yan...?"

Zi Yan's voice brought Xiao Yan back to his senses. He couldn't help turning his head to look at Zi Yan, but suddenly realized what happened: "Well...it's nothing."

She really wants to answer whether your current appearance seems to be nothing, or it is a bit scary.

However, she still controlled her mouth, thinking that some things were better said in private.

The movements of the three of them were not slow at all. After running all the way, the Dan Realm in the center of Zhongzhou was already in front of them.

After entering the Dan Domain, Xiao Yan and the other two immediately felt the difference between the thousand-mile territory radiating from the Dan Tower and the outside world, as well as the terrifying attraction brought by the Dan Conference.

Any city was bustling and prosperous. On the streets, the figures of alchemists of various colors almost dazzled his eyes. This number of alchemists was really the first time he had seen such a large number of alchemists in these years. The alchemist conference held by the Jia Ma Empire in the past was far from comparable to the alchemists in the Dan Domain in terms of quantity and quality. Here, there were so many alchemists of the fifth and sixth grades that they were countless.

Moreover, this was just a city in the Dan Domain. I really don’t know how shocking the flow of people would be if all the alchemists gathered in the Holy Dan City.

If it were in the past, Xiao Yan would probably be very shocked when he thought of the grand scene of thousands of fires rising, thousands of tripods falling, and thousands of pills coming into the world. After all, humans are social animals, and it is understandable that they like to join in the fun.

However, Xiao Yan now could not stop for these things. He just hoped to be faster, deal with the Alchemy Conference as soon as possible, and also wanted to get the Three Thousand Flames as soon as possible.

Seeing Xiao Yan hurrying on his way with his head down, Yao Lao and Zi Yan were a little worried. They looked at each other and saw the worry and anxiety in each other's eyes.

After a non-stop journey, Xiao Yan and his companions finally arrived at the center of the Alchemy Domain, the Holy Alchemy City under the Alchemy Tower.

Not long after entering the city, Yao Chen took Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to the headquarters of the Alchemist Guild under the Alchemy Tower to submit Xiao Yan's quota for participating in the Alchemy Conference.

As a well-known force in Zhongzhou, Xingyun Pavilion can naturally enjoy a certain degree of convenience in the Alchemy Tower, but this convenience is actually very limited. In the final analysis, it just saves Xiao Yan some troublesome steps, but there will be no favoritism in the final results of the Alchemy Conference.

This is also a matter of course.

But when Yao Chen signed up for Xiao Yan, he couldn't help but hesitate.

After struggling for a long time, Yao Chen sighed and took the initiative to add his own name.

This action caused the soul bead on his body to glow, as if it recalled many memories that had been buried in countless years. In the past, they were mixed together and surged into his heart.

"What are you hesitating about?"

After a while, Han Shanshan's questioning voice came from the soul bead.

"...Xuan Yi."

Yao Chen's tone was rarely hesitant.

"What's wrong with Xuan Yi?"

Han Shanshan felt a little puzzled. In her old impressions, which were not particularly many now, Xuan Yi seemed to have no special relationship with Yao Chen?

"... She confessed to me at the beginning, but because I only wanted to teach my first apprentice well at that time, I rejected her."

Yao Chen's tone revealed a hint of sadness, but he didn't know who this sadness came from. Was it the Xuan Yi he missed? Or was it Han Feng, who he had already cleared out of the door after he misjudged him? He couldn't figure it out.

"...Is that so."

Han Shanshan was silent for a moment. She didn't feel surprised about this. It was like she accidentally learned that Xiao Yan and Yao Wan didn't join the team together in the end, but were unclear with other girls. Things like feelings are hard to explain. She won't blame Yao Chen, let alone her old friend. After all, she has long passed the stage of liking to be jealous, and she doesn't care about this. Now she can accompany Yao Chen and watch the descendants slowly come with him. It is already a great happiness.

"Then...you have written this, why don't you go back to see her?"

"See what? Is she like a ghost now?"

Yao Chen couldn't help shaking his head.

"Then why did you write it?"

"With Xiao Yan here, if Xuan Yi is interested, she will guess that it's me even if I don't write it. Hiding and being shy will make her look guilty."

Yao Lao was silent for a moment, and then said: "Maybe she has already hidden in the Little Dan Tower and stopped caring about the world, or traveled to the Douqi Continent? It's been too long, it's better not to meet."

Han Shanshan just shook her head. She still knew her old friend a little bit. She... I'm afraid she's still here.