Chapter 163 Transactions and Warnings

After Lin Yuan said goodbye.

"Teacher, Tianshu... no... can Lin Yuan really be trusted?" Since the matter involved the Xiao family, Xiao Yan was still a little worried.

Yao Lao stroked his beard and said calmly, "What he said matches some of the information I know. In addition, with his status as a Canaan College student, he should be a trustworthy person. After all, Canaan College has always had a good reputation on the mainland."

After a pause, Yao Lao continued: "However, we cannot completely rely on his character. And we have to add another step to the strategy he proposed."

"Hmm? Teacher, what is it?" Xiao Yan asked anxiously.

"After the Xiao family arrives in the Black Horn Region, their identities will be erased there, so that they will completely disappear from the sight of the Soul Palace. Coincidentally, the Black Horn Region is a famous black market on the continent, so it is most suitable to complete this step there."

"Let me take care of this matter!" Ling Ying at the side took over the conversation, "We have some power over there, enough to complete this step seamlessly."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan immediately bowed to Ling Ying and said, "Thank you, Elder Ling. I'll trouble you with the rest."

"It's just a small matter." Ling Ying waved his hand and said seriously: "However, as Lin Yuan said, you should go to Canaan College as soon as possible. Canaan College has some special backgrounds. Your safety will be guaranteed when you get there."

After thinking for a while, Ling Ying warned in a serious tone: "Also, don't forget, little guy, someone has been waiting for you there for a long time."

When Xiao Yan heard this, a green figure flashed through his mind, and a soft color appeared in his eyes, "Don't worry, Elder Ling, I understand."

Ling Ying nodded slightly, "I'm glad you understand."

"Let's go. We have to race against time." Yao Lao looked in the direction of Wutan City. "The longer we delay, the greater the possibility that someone from the Soul Palace will come. We have to complete our part of the plan before then."

"is teacher."

Soon, two streams of light flew towards the direction of Wutan City.

And on the other side.

After flying for a few minutes, Lin Yuan landed on a cliff. Looking at the void behind him, he chuckled and said, "Come out, Senior Yao."

As soon as he finished speaking, an illusory soul clone flashed in front of Lin Yuan. It was Yao Lao's soul clone.

"Is there anything else, Senior Yao?" Lin Yuan looked at Elder Yao in confusion, "Is it something that we can't discuss in the situation just now?"

Yao Lao pondered for a moment and said seriously: "This is just my curiosity as a pharmacist. You can choose to answer or not. After all, everyone has their own secrets. However, if you are willing to answer, I will reward you handsomely."

"Oh?" Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows, showing more interest. "Senior, please tell me. I will answer as appropriate."

Yao Lao stared at Lin Yuan and asked directly, "Lin Yuan, the Fire Lotus Fighting Technique you performed yesterday was not ordinary. It required overcoming the natural repulsion between different fires. How did you manage to manipulate the second different fire to that degree?"

"So that's the problem." Lin Yuan smiled calmly when he heard that.

"As for this, it's okay to answer it, Senior. My only source of fire is the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire, but the Fallen Heart Flame Fire was created by me personally, and it has something to do with the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire. Therefore, my control over it is exceptionally strong."

"It was not separated from the original body of the strange fire, but created by hand?" Yao Lao was slightly surprised.

"That's right." Lin Yuan nodded. "As for the more specific details of the process, it is inconvenient to tell you. After all, as you said, everyone has secrets, and that is one of mine."

Yao Lao nodded and said softly, "In that case, I won't ask any more questions."

After a pause, Yao Lao continued, "But since you possess the Fallen Heart Flame, then I think the rumors I heard before are true. The Fallen Heart Flame, which is known as a cheating device for cultivation, is really in Canaan College."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan nodded and sighed, "Sure enough, the news of the Fallen Heart Flame cannot be concealed from the outside world forever."

Yao Lao looked at Lin Yuan subtly, with a hint of profound meaning in his eyes, and a hint of tentativeness in his words.

"Lin, what does your Canaan Academy think of the Fallen Heart Flame? Since the news about it has been leaked, it will sooner or later attract covetous people, and then it will be a big trouble."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan smiled confidently and said meaningfully: "The Fallen Heart Flame is the inherited fire of my Canaan College. It is also one of the foundations and resources that enabled the college to become the number one college on the continent. We will never allow outsiders to get involved. And Canaan College also has the absolute power to protect it."

"Haha, the strength of my Canaan Academy is not just what can be seen on the surface."

Upon hearing this, Yao Lao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he secretly felt something was wrong.

"This is troublesome. Judging from the attitude of Lin, the candidate for the Grand Elder, the strength of Canaan Academy and the importance it attaches to the Fallen Heart Flame are higher than expected."

"In this case, both the difficulty of obtaining it and the trouble after obtaining it are greater than expected. It seems that we still need to weigh the pros and cons of planning the Fallen Heart. After all, with the help of Lin kid to borrow fire, it is enough to refine the body's strange fire."

Thinking of this, Yao Lao changed the subject and said another purpose of his visit: "Lin boy, I am very interested in your Fire Lotus Fighting Skill. Are you willing to trade it to me?"

"Okay." Lin Yuan immediately nodded in agreement without any sign of hesitation.

"Hmm? So decisive." Seeing this, Yao Lao's eyes flashed with surprise, "This fighting skill should be created by you. Are you willing to give it up so much?"

"Haha." Lin Yuan smiled and said playfully, "Even if I don't trade now, Senior Yao will research it himself! And with your ability, you will be able to research it sooner or later. In this case, why don't I go with the flow and accept this deal."

"This way, I can benefit and the senior can save time, it's a win-win situation. And I like this kind of win-win situation."

Looking at Yao Lao, Lin Yuan's heart was as clear as a mirror.

The reason Yao Lao came this time was more like he wanted to obtain Lin Yuan's authorization in a fair and square manner rather than to make a deal.

After all, as the continent's top alchemist, Yao Lao still has to save face. It is somewhat disgraceful to secretly learn the moves of a junior, who had fought side by side with him not long ago.

On the other hand, this is not conducive to maintaining the subsequent cooperative relationship between the two parties.

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Yao Lao nodded slightly and praised: "You have thought it through very thoroughly. Tell me, what do you want?"

Lin Yuan turned his head and looked at Medusa beside him, "Queen, this is a rare opportunity. Is there anything you want?"

Hearing this, a hint of tenderness flashed in the depths of Medusa's charming eyes, and she said lightly: "I don't lack anything here, so you should trade for something useful to you! Anyway, what's yours is mine after all..."

Lin Yuan scratched his head, "Haha, that's right! What's mine is my wife's, and what's my wife's is mine." Yao Lao looked at the two of them helplessly, and sighed in his heart: "These fiery young people are really unbearable. It's more comfortable to get along with Xiao Yanzi."

Lin Yuan did not think for too long and quickly put forward his request, "Senior Yao, just give me a set of formations. As for the grade, it depends on how Senior Yao judges my Fire Lotus Fighting Skill. I believe in your judgment."

“Not only did you throw the problem at me, you also put me on the hook?” Yao Lao was a little amused, “This kid is really a cunning guy.”

However, Yao Lao didn't care. What he lacked the most was this kind of knowledge. It was a great deal to be able to exchange a mere set of formations for this Fire Lotus Fighting Skill that seemed to be extremely suitable for the Burning Decree.

So, the two of them reached a deal happily and each got what they wanted.

After the transaction was completed, Yao Lao's soul clone also left.

Not long after, after Lin Yuan had preliminarily sorted out the knowledge of the formation in his mind, he looked in the direction where Yao Lao had left, with a hint of profoundness in his deep eyes.

"Senior Yao, Xiao Yan, I have given you sufficient warnings today regarding the Fallen Heart Flame. I hope you will not make mistakes."

At the same time, Queen Medusa's playful voice sounded in Lin Yuan's ears.

"Little man, I didn't expect you to be so generous today. I was worried that you would take advantage of their anxiety and blackmail them."

“Haha, Queen, you’re worrying too much.” Lin Yuan chuckled and said, “They are excellent trading partners. By using them, the large amount of resources we collect in the future can be more easily converted into what we really need.”

"Compared to the short-term gains and losses, long-term cooperation is more in our interest."

For Lin Yuan, collecting a large amount of resources is not a difficult task, nor is using alchemy to increase the value of resources several times. The real difficulty lies in being able to get the necessary things when necessary, that is, the problem of trading channels.

A typical example is the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva. Even though Lin Yuan can currently offer something more expensive than the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, he cannot get it without going through Gu Xun'er's channels.

This is also the reason why Lin Yuan is willing to spend his energy to help the Xiao family and Xiao Yan.

The existence of Xiao Yan and the Xiao family alone can help him maintain the two trading channels with Yao Lao and Xun'er.

In Lin Yuan's eyes, Xiao Yan and the Xiao family were the external weaknesses of Yao Lao and Gu Xun'er. As long as he used them properly, he could help Yao Lao and Xun'er create some trading needs so that he could profit from trading with them.

For example, helping the Xiao family migrate this time, which was a trivial matter for Lin Yuan, allowed him to obtain extremely precious earth-level soul skills from Yao Lao through a transaction.

In addition, Yao Lao and others think that this matter is very risky, but in fact the risk is very small.

Because the guardian Wu, who Yao Lao and the others thought was dead, was actually not dead. In this way, the Soul Palace would naturally not notice the changes in the Jia Ma Empire in the short term, and naturally no one would come here in the short term.

As long as he moved quickly, by the time the Soul Palace noticed what was happening here and sent people to investigate, Lin Yuan would have already settled all matters concerning the Gama Empire and left.

Thinking of this and today’s many gains, Lin Yuan was in a good mood.

"Let's go, Queen. Let's go back. After we finish the things here and plunder the Gama Empire, we can leave this troubled place."

"Plunder the Gama Empire? Are you going to agree to the meeting request from the old man in the royal family that Hai Bodong conveyed earlier?"

"Why not?" Lin Yuan chuckled and said, "I know the reason why Jia Xingtian came to me. This is also a good opportunity. I think the centuries of accumulation of the Jia Ma royal family should enrich my collection a lot."

"Oh, what are you going to do?" Medusa asked playfully.

"Hehe!" Lin Yuan laughed heartily with a somewhat inexplicable meaning, "Of course my approach is still the same old way. Treat them, behead them, and keep them as dogs."

Medusa raised her eyebrows when she heard this and reminded him, "Lin Yuan, you are the candidate for the Grand Elder of Canaan College. This kind of behavior..."

"Not so good, is it?" Lin Yuan took over Medusa's words and said confidently: "I admit this and I know it well. So when I go out and do similar things, I usually wear a vest and open a small account."

As he spoke, he patted Medusa on the shoulder and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, I won't let these things have anything to do with Lin Yuan, the candidate for the Grand Elder of Canaan College."

"Since you know what's going on, I won't say much." Medusa nodded slightly, then changed the subject and said, "There are no strong enemies on your side that need my help, so I will go back to the snake people first."

"The grand migration ceremony is approaching, and there are still many things in the tribe that need my presidency."

"So busy?" Lin Yuan was a little surprised.

“Heh—” Queen Medusa glanced at Lin Yuan and said unhappily, “Do you think the migration of a tribe is just a simple move to another place? After all, the snake people are also a tribe with a long history. For such a major event, all kinds of etiquette and rituals are naturally indispensable.”

"In addition, there are matters such as the handling of old lands, the division of new lands, the distribution of various benefits, etc. These major matters require the final decision of this king."

Queen Medusa was also overwhelmed when it came to these matters. These matters seemed trivial, but they were indeed major matters concerning the entire clan, and only she, as the queen, was qualified to make the final decision.

Dealing with all these things made her feel more exhausted than fighting a battle with a Dou Zong master.

Originally, these things could have been done slowly.

However, when Medusa thought about the Soul Palace's intervention in the Gama Empire, she decided to take the snake people away from this troubled place as soon as possible just in case.

Therefore, recently she has been busy with various tiring tasks such as traveling, government affairs, festivals, wars and "battles".

"Forget it, I won't talk about these troubles any more." Medusa waved her hand, "I'm leaving first. I've been away for a few days, and there must be a lot of things piling up in the tribe waiting for me to deal with."

"Take good care of Xiao Cai and the others. I'm going back first."

"Remember to come back in half a month to attend the final ceremony. After all, you are the fifth elder of the snake people. In addition..."

Medusa hesitated for a moment, her face turned to the side, and said with mixed feelings: "The elders are back. They have a secret technique and know that I am no longer a virgin. You should find a way to tell them..."

After saying this, Medusa didn't even wait for Lin Yuan's reply. She quickly turned into a rainbow light and disappeared into the distant sky.

"Half a month later?" After watching Medusa leave, Lin Yuan calculated the time and thought to himself, "It's still in time. It's enough to deal with all the affairs of the Gama Empire."

Then, a stream of green light shot up into the sky and rushed towards the Holy City of Gama.

(End of this chapter)