Chapter 223 I, Xiao Yan, Am a Straight Man (1/2)

Chapter 223 I am Xiao Yan, a straight man

Jia Ma Holy City, inside the Alchemist Guild.

As the green lotus earth core fire in the double snake cauldron gradually dissipated, a round elixir was released. The color was so bright. The surface of the elixir was also outlined with gorgeous lines. The elixir emanating from it made the smell of it even more exciting. The person is intoxicated.

"Huh~~~"

Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and the tense nerves in his heart finally relaxed.

He hadn't refined the medicine properly for so many days, and he was worried that his skills had deteriorated.

But now it seems that he is worrying too much. The strange fire and the level increase of Burning Jue have made him more comfortable in refining medicine than before.

Immediately, Xiao Yan handed the third-grade elixir Fengxing Dan to the dazed examiner in front of him and asked softly.

"Do you think this is qualified?"

"Huh? Oh!"

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's inquiry, the examiner suddenly came back to his senses, reached out to take the Feng Xing Dan in Xiao Yan's hand, and examined it carefully, with a look of surprise and complexity flashing in his eyes.

"Passed."

The examiner's voice trembled slightly, and he suppressed the shock in his heart when he announced the results of the assessment.

Then a staff member walked in from the door holding a tray. Inside the tray was a robe and a silver badge. The most conspicuous thing on the badge was the three stars engraved under the word "medicine". The certificate of a third-grade alchemist recognized by the Alchemist Guild of the Mar Empire.

"Sorry to trouble you."

Xiao Yan saluted the examiner with clasped fists, then immediately put away his robe, badge and medicine cauldron, and left the examination room under the guidance of the staff.

And just as Xiao Yan left the examination room, a figure appeared next to the examiner.

The president of the Jiama Empire Alchemist Guild, a fifth-level alchemist with Douhuang strength, Fa Ma.

"How is the result?"

"Lord Fa Ma!" Fa Ma's sudden appearance startled the examiner, and then he presented the Feng Xing Dan in his hand to Fa Ma, "Lord Fa Ma, this is the Feng Xing Dan refined by that young man."

Fa Ma reached out and took the elixir, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully. After a while, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Although Fengxing Dan is only a third-grade elixir, looking at the quality of this elixir and even the pill patterns on it, judging from the level of refining, the young man named Xiao Yan can't even refine a fourth-grade elixir. No problem, plus he is young and possesses strange fire

"It's a little unfair to others to let this kid participate in the Alchemist Conference."

Fa Ma laughed.

The Alchemist Conference only has age restrictions and no regulations on grade.

But normally speaking, those who can reach the fourth level of alchemist in this age group are probably very rare in the entire Jiama Empire.

"Little Princess Yaoyue and that guy Liu Ling are probably going to be hit hard this time~"

Fa Ma handed the elixir back to the examiner. Thinking of the recommendation letter just now, his old eyebrows slightly wrinkled.

Xiao Yan, this young man from Wutan City and Nalan Yanran’s fiancé, had a recommendation letter for the Alchemist Examination written by Miter Auction House. If nothing else happens, when Xiao Yan attends the Alchemist Conference, he should also be Mittel Auctioneers.

At this point, anyone would feel something is wrong.

Regardless of emotions or reasons, Xiao Yan should participate in the Alchemist Conference in the name of the Nalan family.

Of course, it would be understandable if Xiao Yan had a bad relationship with his fiancée's family.

However, judging from the news I heard, the relationship between Xiao Yan and the Nalan family is quite good.

Moreover, the entire Jiama Holy City basically knows that Xiao Yan is the future uncle of the Nalan family. Miter Auction House should not take the initiative to do such an offensive thing. This is equivalent to sweeping away the Nalan family. face.

They are all in the Holy City of Jia Ma, and they are all three major families. However, their future son-in-law is supported by Miter Auction House, a seemingly unrelated person, to participate in the Alchemist Conference. If this news spreads, some interested people will still hear it. I feel that the Nalan family does not want to see Xiao Yan.

In other words, the Nalan family probably acquiesced to Mittel Auction House's actions.

As for the Miter Auction House taking the initiative to do something that might offend the Nalan family, the Nalan family did not object. There was only one reason that Fa Ma could think of.

Someone must have given orders to both families from above.

(Is it the royal family?)

With a sullen face, Fa Ma turned around and slowly left the examination room under the examiner's doubtful gaze.

As those at the top of Jia Ma Holy City, they are naturally very aware of the recent affairs of the royal family and the Yun Lan Sect.

As the saying goes, people become better with age, Fa Ma just thought for a moment and immediately understood the purpose of the royal family's behavior.

"It seems that this alchemist conference should be the last calm before the storm."

Fa Ma murmured and sighed.

Outside the Alchemist Guild, Nalan Yanran and the other three were still waiting in boredom.

"But I really didn't expect Xiao Yan to be able to refine medicine."

Nalan Yanran chanted softly, and the little medical fairy squatted on the ground, with a helpless smile on her lips.

"If you knew what he had been doing during this period, you should think that it is no big deal that he can refine medicine." The little medical fairy turned his eyes slightly and glanced at Nalan Yanran, "What have you been doing with him recently?" Compared with those things, being able to refine medicine is nothing to mention. "

What the little fairy doctor said is the absolute truth.

As for the various deeds Xiao Yan did in the Snake Tribe incident, they were just refining medicine, and they are incomparable to those things.

Whether you can refine medicine or not is a matter of talent.

And the things Xiao Yan did, even the most talented people could not do.

Hearing Xiao Yixian's words, Nalan Yanran frowned slightly.

After all, she knew nothing about the snake people, and Nalan Jie did not reveal a single thing to his granddaughter because of Jia Xingtian's suspicion of Nalan Yanran.

"What has he done during this period?"

Nalan Yanran asked in a low voice, and Xiao Yixian shook her head slightly, indicating that she refused to answer this question.

"Miss Nalan, I can't tell you these things yet, but I believe you will know them in the future."

Xiao Yixian has been following the progress of the incident these days, and naturally knows that Jia Xingtian is on guard against Nalan Yanran.

Although Xiao Yixian can be sure after a brief conversation with Nalan Yanran that Nalan Yanran has no connection with those people in Yunlan Sect.

However, this is only Xiao Yixian's own recognition of Nalan Yanran, and it does not mean that it is the truth.

Therefore, at this stage, it is better to follow Jia Xingtian's instructions and conceal these things from Nalan Yanran as much as possible.

Xiao Yixian's words made Nalan Yanran's eyebrows slightly sank, and she asked lightly.

"Is that what Jia Lao meant?"

".Yes." Xiao Yixian hesitated for a while, and finally nodded.

At least Jia Xingtian's suspicion of Nalan Yanran could still be known to her. Even if Xiao Yixian didn't say it, Nalan Yanran could guess it herself.

"I know." Nalan Yanran sighed lightly, leaned against the wall with her hands behind her back, and murmured, "It seems that the problem of Yunlan Sect is much more serious than I thought."

Because of her identity as the young master of Yunlan Sect, she was suspected by the royal family, and her teacher also forbade her to return to Yunlan Sect during this period.

This problem is definitely not an ordinary big one.

At this time, the door of the Alchemist Guild opened wide, and Xiao Yan walked out from inside, looking at the three people with a smile.

"Sorry, I kept you waiting for a long time."

"Xiao Yan, have you finished the assessment?"

Nalan Yanran looked at Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yixian also stood up and asked softly.

"What's the result?"

"It's not too difficult, I passed successfully."

Xiao Yan took out the badge representing the third-grade alchemist and presented it to the two of them. Xiao Yixian didn't react after seeing it, after all, she didn't know much about alchemists.

Nalan Yanran was shocked, holding Xiao Yan's wrist with both hands, staring at the badge in his hand.

"Third-grade?!"

Originally, Xiao Yan's ability to refine medicine was beyond Nalan Yanran's expectations. She expected that it should be the first grade, and the second grade would be the limit.

But she never expected that Xiao Yan would get the third-grade alchemist qualification!

Third-grade alchemist!!!

How old is Xiao Yan? This is considered a genius in the Jiama Empire, right?

Even Gu He's direct disciple, Liu Ling, who has been pestering me, was just promoted to the third grade some time ago.

He is worthy of being my fiancé, Nalan Yanran!

Nalan Yanran was extremely excited. Just as she was about to shout out this sentence, her heart tightened and she held it in her throat. She began to blame herself secretly.

The old problem came back again

What do you mean by worthy of being my fiancé, Nalan Yanran? It was as if only Xiao Yan could match her.

Her feelings for Xiao Yan had absolutely nothing to do with these things.

"Let's go! Let's go home. Grandpa will be very happy when he knows it!"

Nalan Yanran said excitedly. Nalan Jie was already very satisfied with Xiao Yan, his grandson-in-law. Now that he knew that Xiao Yan had successfully obtained the certification of a third-grade alchemist, he would be ecstatic. Who wouldn't want their future grandson-in-law to be so outstanding?

Just as they were about to return to the Nalan family, the originally empty street not far ahead suddenly became lively. Many people stood on both sides of the road, as if they were welcoming something.

After a while, Xiao Yan vaguely saw a group of people walking slowly along the road in the human wall. From a distance, he saw that the leader was an old man with a dignified face riding on horseback, and the temperament he exuded was very similar to Nalan Jie.

And sitting on the pony behind the old man was someone Xiao Yan knew.

The eldest princess of the Jia Ma Empire, Yao Ye.

Immediately, Xiao Yan understood that Yao Ye was going to represent the Jia Ma Empire to formally go to the Tagor Desert to sign a contract with the snake people.

The royal family had not yet widely spread the news that the Mo family was running a slave business, so only a small number of people knew the destination of Yao Ye's trip. By the time almost everyone knew it, the contract should have been signed.

At this time, Yao Ye's eyes suddenly caught Xiao Yan who was watching on the side of the road, and then he raised his hand lightly to signal to stop, and then turned over and dismounted. In the curious eyes of the people, he came to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan also smiled and saluted.

"Your Highness Yaoye."

Hearing Xiao Yan address him as His Highness, Yaoye raised his eyebrows in displeasure, but since it was a public place after all, he did not dwell on the question, and chuckled and joked with Xiao Yan.

"Are you here to see me off?"

"No." Xiao Yan denied softly, pointing to the Alchemist Guild behind him, "I'm here to take the Alchemist Assessment, and I just happened to meet you."

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Xiao Yan's answer made Yaoye's mouth twitch, and everyone around him felt speechless from the bottom of their hearts about Xiao Yan's straight man's remarks, even Xiao Yixian and Nalan Yanran covered their faces with black lines.

How did they fall in love with such a person?

Yao Chen was speechless in the ring. His disciple was really a straight man!

Yao Ye thought he was a casual and straightforward person, but he was also blocked by Xiao Yan's honest words, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Forget it, this guy has this kind of personality. Shouldn't I have known it clearly in the Tagor Desert before?

Before, Yao Ye admired Xiao Yan's unparalleled integrity, but at this moment, Yao Ye suddenly realized.

It seems that being too upright in everything is not a good thing.

Yao Ye looked at Xiao Yan and said.

"This time, I will represent the Jia Ma Empire to officially go to the Tagor Desert to meet your sister and others. After that, the migration of the snake people can proceed smoothly." Yao Ye said, with a little helplessness on his face, "But this time, I probably won't be able to come back for two or three months."

"Is your safety okay?"

Xiao Yan's eyes were filled with worry. The affairs of the snake people were important, but Yao Ye was the future queen of the Jia Ma Empire. If something happened when she was out, it would not be a joke.

"Don't worry, General Mu Chen is with us." Yao Ye slightly turned sideways and introduced the old man who was leading the group and had a very similar temperament to Nalan Jie to Xiao Yan, "This is the head of the Mu family, General Mu Chen."

"Junior has met General Mu."

After Yao Ye's introduction, Xiao Yan immediately saluted Mu Chen with his fists. Mu Chen did not respond, but just nodded slightly, and his old eyes looked at the young man in front of him.

As Jia Xingtian's most trusted right-hand man like Nalan Jie, Jia Xingtian naturally told Mu Chen everything that happened to the Snake People. As for the key figure Xiao Yan, Jia Xingtian was even more generous in praising him.

Jia Xingtian even half-jokingly said in front of him, "If Xiao Yan had not been engaged to the Nalan family, I would have betrothed Ye'er to him." This is enough to prove how much Jia Xingtian thinks of Xiao Yan.

Putting aside Jia Xingtian's personal opinion of Xiao Yan, Mu Chen was also terrified by the things Xiao Yan did in the Snake People incident, especially when he heard that Xiao Yan broke into the strange fire alone just to save Medusa, which made Mu Chen admire him even more.

Mu Chen was sure that he could not be as decisive as Xiao Yan with the same identity and strength as Xiao Yan, and he was ashamed of himself.

If the strength is not enough, it can be compensated by training.

But if the character is not enough, it is not so easy to improve.

Mu Chen originally thought that his grandson Mu Zhan was already a great man among the younger generation. Although he was a bit of a playboy, he was generally a very outstanding young man. He had made many achievements in the army, which made him, his grandfather, proud.

However, compared with Xiao Yan, Mu Zhan's excellence suddenly seemed too inferior.

And this was definitely not Mu Zhan's problem. Mu Chen didn't even think about letting Mu Zhan's character reach Xiao Yan's level.

That kind of character is simply not something that normal people can catch up with.