Chapter 133 Daily life, fun
Time, like running water, slips quietly through your fingertips.

As the date of the Alchemist Conference draws closer, a large number of alchemists come from all over the Gama Empire and even from other empires.

In just a few days, more than a thousand alchemists signed up to participate in this Alchemist Conference.

During this period, all shops in the Holy City of Gama opened earlier than usual, and the residents of the imperial capital all got up early.

On the wide streets, many young men and women in their prime dressed themselves up and showed off their charm. Many of them were looking forward to a chance encounter with the mysterious and noble alchemist.

The whole city was filled with bustle and passion, completely washing away the originally rigorous and solemn atmosphere of the imperial capital.

At noon, two figures were walking hand in hand on a busy street. They were Lin Yuan and Qing Lin.

A week has passed since the Mittel family surrendered. Under Lin Yuan's orders and support, the Mittel family is preparing for a massive expansion.

Lin Yuan and Qing Lin have also completed all preparations for seizing the Xiao family's ancient jade.

Considering that the Gama Empire's Alchemist Conference is a rare event, Lin Yuan brought Qing Lin, who had been practicing hard recently, out for some fun.

At this time, Qing Lin, wearing a green skirt, gently held Lin Yuan's arm, with a faint smile on her face, strolling on this bustling street. In her right hand, she held a string of candied haws, the bright red color emitting a soft red glow under the sunlight.

Qinglin took a bite of one, and the sweet taste melted in her mouth and heart. The sweet feeling made her eyes squint involuntarily.

After a moment, Qinglin turned her eyes and looked at Lin Yuan. As if she had thought of something, her pretty face turned red, and she handed the candied haws in her hand to Lin Yuan's mouth, looking at Lin Yuan with a look of expectation in her eyes.

"Sir, here. This is delicious. Have one too!"

Seeing this, Lin Yuan smiled faintly, nimbly picked a candied haws from the string and put it in his mouth.

"How is it, sir? Is it delicious?"

After Lin Yuan swallowed the food in his mouth, Qing Lin asked in a crisp voice, with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

"Hmm," Lin Yuan turned the gourd stick full of candied haws in his right hand, pondered for a moment, and chuckled, "Very good, the taste is indeed quite good. If Qing'er likes it, I can go back and improve it, and make you even tastier candied haws."

Qing Lin smiled brilliantly upon hearing this, and held Lin Yuan's arm tightly, bringing the two of them closer. The sunlight shone on the two of them, and their shadows overlapped on the bluestone road.

"Don't bother, sir. This is good enough." Qing Lin's gentle voice reached Lin Yuan's ears.

"Well, okay then!"

Soon, the two walked side by side and continued to move forward.

However, what was strange was that the two people with beautiful looks and extraordinary temperament walked on this prosperous and noisy street, but seemed to have not attracted anyone's attention.

The people in front of the two men unconsciously made way when they approached.

At this time, if there is an alchemist with high soul power, he may find that the two of them are shrouded in a faint soul power, accompanied by a strange kind of oppression.

Looking at the people who unconsciously made way for him a few meters ahead, Lin Yuan thought to himself, "Although this little soul secret technique of 'Idle People Go Away' was accidentally invented by me during my research and cannot be used in battle, it is somewhat useful in daily life."

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Lin Yuan paused, as if he had sensed something, and looked towards the northwest.

"What's wrong, young master?" Qinglin asked in confusion.

Lin Yuan's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a playful smile on his face. He looked at Qing Lin and asked, "Qing'er, do you still remember the three-year agreement I told you about?"

"Yes." Qing Lin nodded, "It's about Xiao Yan from the Xiao family and Nalan Yanran from the Yunlan Sect."

"We have been walking around for a long time today. Come on, young master, I will take you to see a good show." As he said that, he pulled Qinglin and walked towards the northwest.

In the northwest of Jia Ma Holy City, Xiao Yan was on his way to the Alchemist Guild.

Feeling the passion in the city, Xiao Yan's calm heart also quietly accelerated its beating. He looked at the many figures wearing alchemist robes around him, and couldn't help but marvel at them.

Back then, Liu Xi, a mere first-class alchemist, could act tyrannically in Wutan City. But in the Holy City of Gama today, alchemists, who were rarely seen on weekdays, now have gathered in the thousands.

“Tsk tsk, so many alchemists are here. It’s worthy of being the capital of Jia Ma Empire and worthy of being the alchemy conference held once every eight years.” Xiao Yan exclaimed.

“Hey, this is just the beginning.” Yao Lao’s voice sounded from the bottom of Xiao Yan’s heart, and he said with a smile: “Although the qualifications of an alchemist are one in a million, the Douqi Continent is after all vast and rich in resources, with a large population. The number of alchemists accumulated is naturally not small. What the Douqi Continent lacks is high-level alchemists.”

"When you go to Zhongzhou Danyu, Shengdan City, and Danhui in the future, you will know what a true alchemist festival is. That festival gathers tens of thousands of alchemists of the sixth rank and above."

"Hiss~" Xiao Yan couldn't help but take a breath of cold air when he heard this. There was only one sixth-grade alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire, but there were tens of thousands of such people gathered at the alchemy conference.

"The Alchemy Contest, tens of thousands of high-level alchemists, did the teacher win the championship in this kind of competition?" Xiao Yan muttered in a low voice, and then a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, "One day, I will go."

"Since you have practiced the Burning Technique, of course you have to go." Yao Lao said seriously.

"Hmm?" Xiao Yan asked in confusion, "Teacher, is there any connection between the Danhui and the Burning Decree?"

Yao Lao pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "I was planning to tell you later, but since you have made an appointment with Tianshu for the Alchemy Meeting, I might as well tell you in advance that the Alchemy Region... or the Alchemy Tower has strange fire, and it is an ownerless strange fire that has not been subdued by anyone."

"What?" Xiao Yan's face changed slightly, but he immediately remembered that he was on the street, so he forced himself to calm down.

After his face returned to normal, Xiao Yan asked anxiously in his heart: "Teacher, can you explain in detail?"

He wanted to improve so much, and his progress was inseparable from the strange fire.

Seeing this, Yao Lao chuckled and tempted, "I will tell you everything in the future. You don't need to know too much now. You just need to know that if you can achieve good results or even win the championship in the alchemy competition, your master will have a way for you to try to subdue the ninth-ranked Three Thousand Flames."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan’s eyes flashed with a hint of heat. It turned out to be a Strange Fire ranked in the top ten. Is there anything more attractive than this?

"Teacher, is this true?"

"Of course I take it seriously. This is why I asked you to participate in the Alchemist Conference to gain some experience. This is to prepare for participating in the Alchemy Conference in the future and taming the Strange Fire. For you who are practicing the Burning Technique, the Alchemy Conference is more important than for others."

Xiao Yan nodded and was about to say something when he suddenly heard Yao Lao's solemn voice in his heart, "Xiao Yan, calm your mind and don't show any abnormality from now on."

"Tsk, that kid, is he planning to have fun? Eh? The aura around him is..."

Just as Xiao Yan was wondering, suddenly, the figure of a delicate woman in a moon-colored dress not far away caught his eye.

The delicate woman walked forward slowly. Her slender and seductive figure, wrapped in the moonlight dress, looked particularly charming.

Next to her, a young man wearing an alchemist's robe and a three-patterned medicine cauldron badge on his chest was saying something to her. She responded calmly, with a hint of unattainable temperament in her smile.

The two were surrounded by many young men and women in luxurious clothes, and a series of fiery and awe-inspiring gazes were cast upon them.

The moment Xiao Yan saw her face, he suddenly paused, his body stiffened as if struck by lightning. His eyes were fixed on the moon-robed woman, his expression changed suddenly, from smiling to gloomy in an instant. "Na, Lan, Yan, Ran!!!"

Although Nalan Yanran's appearance had changed a lot in the past three years, Xiao Yan recognized her the moment he saw her.

Nalan Yanran left a deep impression in his heart, almost comparable to Xun'er. Of course, these were two completely different directions and feelings.

Although the mark left by Nalan Yanran was stamped into Xiao Yan's heart by trampling on his dignity, she ultimately made Xiao Yan remember her deeply.

Looking at the smiling Nalan Yanran surrounded by the crowd, Xiao Yan suddenly felt an uncontrollable anger in his heart.

In the past three years, as the young master of Yunlan Sect, she should have lived a very comfortable life in Yunlan Sect, right? But he had gone through countless painful trials and climbed on the edge of death countless times, just to defeat her.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan clenched his fists tightly in his sleeves, digging his nails into his palms, causing waves of pain.

In a moment, a fierce aura suddenly began to surge from Xiao Yan's body.

"Xiao Yan! Don't forget what Tianshu warned you about."

A soft shout rang in Xiao Yan's heart, waking him up instantly.

Immediately, Xiao Yan slowly closed his eyes, took a long breath, and murmured in his heart: "I didn't expect that I would lose my composure like this."

"I really didn't expect it, but it's no big deal." Yao Lao's soothing laughter slowly echoed in Xiao Yan's heart.

Xiao Yan took a few deep breaths again and finally adjusted his mentality.

He looked at Nalan Yanran indifferently, and when he found that he could not sense the other party's specific aura, he whispered in his heart: "Teacher, can you tell her current strength?"

"A four-star great fighter, and he should have just achieved a breakthrough not long ago."

Although Nalan Yanran was wearing a device to isolate herself from detection, her true level of cultivation could not be hidden from Yao Lao, whose soul power had recovered to Dou Zong level.

“She has actually reached the level of a four-star Grand Master?” Xiao Yan pondered for a moment, his eyes becoming more serious. “It seems that she has not wasted these three years. This is good, because defeating her will be more meaningful. Fighting is not just about the level of cultivation.”

“Hehe, even though you said that, you must still be a little panicked in your heart. After all, although your progress is fast, you have just broken through to the Grand Fighter not long ago.” Yao Lao’s playful voice sounded in Xiao Yan’s heart.

"Teacher, please stop ruining my show." Xiao Yan said helplessly.

"Xiao Yanzi, it's not that you don't have a chance. If you can refine what I taught you, then you still have hope of catching up with her. Now, whether you can catch up with Nalan Yanran in cultivation depends on you." Yao Lao said lightly.

"A fourth-grade top-level elixir, Qingyuan Zhuling Pill?" Xiao Yan opened his eyes, his eyes full of determination, "I will definitely succeed."

Immediately, he looked at Nalan Yanran indifferently again. At the same time, Nalan Yanran seemed to sense something and turned her gaze to look at Xiao Yan.

For a moment, there was silence between the two.

The people around Nalan Yanran noticed something was wrong and looked over.

"Brother Yanxiao?" one of the men asked in surprise.

When the word "Yan Xiao" came out, everyone was shocked. This name was the most famous genius in Jiama Holy City recently. Especially after he beat up Mu Zhan for Ya Fei a week ago, his momentum was known to everyone in the upper circle.

"Rock Owl? The Rock Owl that is famous in the imperial capital?" Nalan Yanran came back to her senses, blinked her long eyelashes with interest, her eyes stayed on Xiao Yan, and walked towards this side. For some reason, this somewhat indifferent young man in front of her always gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

With a bit of curiosity, Nalan Yanran took the initiative to walk towards Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan stood there, waiting for Nalan Yanran to come over. His pride would never allow him to show weakness or retreat in front of this woman.

In an attic not far away, Lin Yuan and Qing Lin leaned side by side against a carved railing, their eyes simultaneously directed towards Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran not far below.

Qing Lin looked at the two people below, with curiosity flashing in her eyes. She shook Lin Yuan's arm and asked excitedly, "Young Master, do you think they will really fight on the street?"

After listening to Lin Yuan's story, Qing Lin, who is very familiar with the story of the two, can now be considered a veteran.

Seeing this scene, she found it particularly interesting and was looking forward to what would happen next.

Lin Yuan patted Qing Lin on the back of his head and chuckled, "Probably not, but the interaction between the two of them might be interesting?"

At this moment, an old voice sounded faintly in the ears of Lin Yuan and Qing Lin, "You kid, you really have a bad taste. Did you deliberately lure Nalan Yanran and her group here?"

As the voice fell, Yao Lao's illusory figure slowly condensed beside Lin Yuan. He glanced at Lin Yuan, then glanced at Qing Lin.

“That’s not true, Senior.” Lin Yuan chuckled and said, “Although I am somewhat interested in Brother Xiao’s state when he met Nalan Yanran, I am not interested to this extent. Besides, if Xiao Yan is really exposed, it will not be good for our agreement.”

"I hope so!" Yao Lao looked at Lin Yuan deeply, then turned to Qing Lin, "Who is this little girl?"

As he spoke, a trace of solemnity and deep thought flashed in his eyes.

Although the girl's aura was very obscure, and there was also a layer of energy membrane mixed with Tianshu's soul aura on her body, covering her aura. However, Yao Lao would never mistake the fleeting Dou Wang aura.

The girl in front of him, who looked a few years younger than Tianshu and Xiao Yan, was actually a Dou Wang powerful warrior.

"She is Xingmou." Lin Yuan revealed Qinglin Vest's name, "More of it is a commercial secret. You can also see that I have done some work to isolate her aura. Anyone who probes with the power that may break through the energy membrane I have laid will be sensed by me."

"I hope we can respect each other's secrets. I hope you won't pry into them, just as I won't try to pry into your and Brother Xiao's secrets."

When Yao Lao heard these frank words, he looked at him strangely and said, "I understand. Let's do as you say. Over the years, I have met countless people, but your behavior can still be called that of a strange person. However, I don't hate you."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan bowed and said, "Thank you for the compliment, senior."

Then, he turned his gaze to Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran below, and said to Yao Lao with a smile: "Senior, don't you plan to go and support Brother Xiao?"

"No need." Yao Lao said confidently: "My disciple, I am only dealing with this trivial problem. I came to you to make a deal with you."

"Oh? What deal?" Lin Yuan said.

"I can use some of the recipes to exchange for the herbs in your hand." Yao Lao said slowly, "As a high-level alchemist, you should have a lot of herbs in reserve."

"Yes, this is indeed a deal worth discussing." Lin Yuan nodded slightly, "I even think we can establish a long-term trading relationship."

Hearing this, Yao Lao pondered for a moment, thinking of his lack of medicinal materials in recent years. So, he nodded and said in a deep voice: "Your suggestion is feasible, we can discuss it in detail later."

Afterwards, the three of them looked at Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran who were about to come into contact below.

(End of this chapter)