Chapter 232: Outspoken (1/2)

Chapter 232 Speaking freely

Following Xue Mei, they came to the door at the far end of the gathering, and the guards at the door stopped a few people in accordance with the rules.

"Sorry, you are not allowed to come in or out at will."

The guard said calmly, and then Xuemei showed the waistband given to her by her teacher from the Najie in front of the guard. The guard's attitude changed immediately when he saw the waistband.

"Turns out he is a disciple of President Frank! Please come in!"

The two guards opened the heavy door respectfully. Xuemei nodded lightly, put away his badge and walked in. Xiao Yan also thanked the two guards and entered together with the Little Medical Fairy and Qing Lin.

As soon as he entered the gate, Xiao Yan felt something different.

If the gathering outside is as noisy as a busy market, the atmosphere inside is particularly clean. Although it can be seen that it is a market, both buyers and sellers are whispering, even when conducting transactions. There wasn't much movement.

Immediately, Xiao Yan understood that this should be a place where high-end people gathered.

It's no wonder that you must be a fourth-grade alchemist or above to enter. The atmosphere is indeed not the same type as the busy gathering outside.

Of course, the prices of the things sold here are far from what they can be compared to outside.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a little bitter on his face.

When buying things here, let alone the thirty thousand yuan I have left. I'm afraid even borrowing the more than one million yuan from the little medical fairy won't be enough.

Just think of it as just coming here for a walk. If you really come across something you need, we'll figure it out later.

But no matter what, Xiao Yan still needs to follow Xuemei to meet her teacher before going back. He got in because of someone else's glory. At least he has to thank him in person, and he also has to prove himself to the other person. He is not a troublemaker. After all, being able to come in is equivalent to Xuemei's teacher being a guarantee, so people can rest assured.

Xiao Yan and the other three followed Xuemei in one direction. A few minutes later, they arrived at a stall and saw two old men standing there chatting. Next to them stood a girl in red who looked like she had a very hot temper.

"teacher."

Xuemei called softly, and one of the old men turned to look.

"Oh, Xuemei, you're back." Immediately, the old man looked at Xiao Yan and the three people behind Xuemei, and raised his brows slightly, "Who are these three people?"

"Teacher, this is Xiao Yan, this is it."

Xuemei began to tell the old man everything that had happened at the gathering outside. The old man was obviously about to get angry when he heard that Xuemei was about to exchange the fourth-grade elixir recipe for the peach blossom fire. Fortunately, he heard that Xiao After Yan intervened to stop him, he calmed down and turned to Xiao Yan with a little surprise in his eyes.

"I'll talk about your business later."

The old man glared at Xuemei, feeling a little angry at his disciple who was almost taken for granted.

Then there is something wrong with the fourth-grade elixir recipe's replacement of a Peach Blossom Fire Seed, and what's more, what is being replaced is actually a incomplete Peach Blossom Fire Seed? If this really happened, he would be so angry that his disciple would vomit blood.

In response, Xuemei just lowered her head silently, as if she fully accepted the reprimand.

It's okay for your teacher to feel angry. After all, isn't it just that you don't understand the world? Fortunately, Xiao Yan stood up and stopped her losses, otherwise her teacher would have started yelling at her now.

Thinking of this, Xuemei felt even more grateful to Xiao Yan.

The old man crossed Xue Mei, came to Xiao Yan, and thanked Xiao Yan.

"Little brother, thank you very much, otherwise my disciple would really make me mad."

"That's just what I should do. Don't take it to heart, old gentleman. On the contrary, this kid got in here by using your name. Please be patient."

Xiao Yan clasped his hands into fists and responded in a neither humble nor overbearing manner, making the old man nod with satisfaction.

It is not easy to stand up and mind other people's business, but to be able to act calmly and calmly when facing the recipients' thanks. This kind of temperament is quite rare among young people. If it were anyone else, even if they were to stand up and help Xue. Mei, I am afraid that my nose will turn up to the sky after being thanked like this.

"My name is Frank, and I am the president of the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild. Others gave me the false title of master, so you can just follow suit and call me that." Then, Otto turned slightly sideways and introduced the other person to Xiao Yan. An old man said, "This is my good friend who also belongs to the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild, Otto."

"The boy has met Master Otto."

Xiao Yan raised his hands in greeting to Otto. Otto looked Xiao Yan up and down with his hands behind his back and asked softly.

"Are you also an alchemist?"

"Yes, the boy just passed the third-grade alchemist examination by luck yesterday."

Xiao Yan responded softly, and this answer made both Frank and Otto look surprised.

Xiao Yan, a third-grade alchemist who looks about the same age as his disciple, is already a third-grade alchemist?

"It seems we are really old."

Frank put his hands behind his back and shook his head with a wry smile.

They have lived for such a long time to reach the fifth level. Originally, there was a sixth-level alchemist Furukawa in his thirties in front of them, which was enough to defeat them. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yan had reached the third level at this age. With such talent, I'm afraid it's slightly better than Furukawa back then.

But after all, after living at such an old age, Frank and Otto no longer have the energy of young people, and their attitude toward Xiao Yan is just appreciation.

On the other side, the girl in red stood beside Xue Mei and laughed and joked.

"Look, Xue Mei, I told you that you would definitely be taken advantage of by others. If it weren't for that boy, you would have been scolded to death by Master Frank. Would you consider giving yourself to him?"

The girl in red pinched her chin with her jade fingers, her eyes full of ridicule. Xue Mei glared at her with cold eyes, but remained silent and did not respond.

After all, it was really embarrassing to tell this matter. Being taken advantage of by others was fine, but it was a pure and excellent sucker. This was far beyond the level of being ignorant of the world.

Seeing Xue Mei's unhappy look, the girl in red shrugged lightly and did not continue to tease her. As Xue Mei's friend, she naturally knew Xue Mei's temper. She just teased her a little. If she continued to talk, Xue Mei would really turn against her.

Immediately, the girl in red passed Frank and Otto and came to Xiao Yan. She put her jade finger on his chin and looked at Xiao Yan carefully, which made Xiao Yixian's eyes become a little unfriendly. Xiao Yan also stepped back a little uncomfortable.

"Miss, what can I do for you?"

The girl in red did not answer immediately, but still stared at Xiao Yan closely. After a while, she spread her hands and shrugged helplessly.

"He is not very handsome. Obviously not my type."

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Hearing the girl in red's blunt words, Xiao Yan couldn't help but have some black lines on his face.

Admittedly, what the girl in red said was the truth, and Xiao Yan never thought he was so handsome, but he was still a little dissatisfied when someone directly commented on his appearance in front of him.

"Lin Fei! Don't be unreasonable!"

Otto saw his disciple being so rude and immediately scolded him. Lin Fei, who was scolded, crossed her arms and curled her lips without caring.

"I'm telling the truth, why are you yelling at me? Do you think he's handsome, teacher?"

This really made Otto so angry that he blew his beard and glared. He grabbed Lin Fei's collar and threw her behind him, looking at Xiao Yan with deep apology in his eyes. "I'm really sorry, my disciple doesn't know how to speak properly, little brother, don't take it to heart."

"Hehe, it's okay, it's okay."

Xiao Yan's mouth twitched slightly, and he waved his hand awkwardly. At this time, Lin Fei's head popped out from behind Otto again, grinning.

"But no matter what you look like, thank you for standing up to help Xue Mei, well done~"

As she said this, Lin Fei also gave a thumbs up, which made Xiao Yan's dissatisfaction with her subside, and Otto became even more angry and yelled at Lin Fei.

"Stay at the back obediently!!!"

"Pah~~~"

Facing the furious Otto, Lin Fei didn't care at all. She stuck out her pink tongue and turned to chat with Xue Mei, which made Otto tremble with anger, but he couldn't get angry in this place full of important people, so he could only hold it in.

"This girl! I must teach her a lesson when I go back! Otherwise, she will rebel in the future!!!"

Otto cursed in a low voice in frustration, and Frank patted his shoulder to comfort him.

"Okay, old Otto, Lin Fei has that kind of personality, and it's useless to be angry." Then Frank looked at Xiao Yan and apologized calmly, "Sorry, Xiao Yan, Lin Fei is not a bad kid, she just speaks without restraint, don't bother with her."

"Master Frank, don't worry, I don't take it to heart."

Xiao Yan responded with a smile. To be honest, Lin Fei's comment on his appearance did make Xiao Yan feel unhappy, but later she thanked him on behalf of Xue Mei, which dispelled this unhappiness.

A person who can thank a stranger on behalf of his friend must not be a bad person. At present, it seems that Lin Fei is just as Frank said, just a girl who speaks a little annoyingly. Xiao Yan's personality naturally won't care.

Faced with Xiao Yan's generosity, Frank smiled and nodded, and said slowly.

"After this exchange just now, I have almost concluded that you are not a troublemaker. As a thank you, you can take me as a guarantee and go around here to see if there is anything you like. After all, there are so many high-level alchemists gathering, and you can only have the opportunity to see it before the Alchemist Conference."

"I thank Master Frank here." Xiao Yan once again clasped his fists to Frank to thank him, and turned his eyes to Xue Mei, "Miss Xue Mei, I'll leave first."

"Well."

Xue Mei nodded gently, and then Xiao Yan took Xiao Yixian and Qing Lin to stroll in this high-end gathering, while Xue Mei quietly looked at Xiao Yan's back, thinking about something in her cold eyes.

"Hehe~Xue Mei."

Seeing Xue Mei's absent-minded eyes, Lin Fei put her arm on her shoulder with a smile, raised her arm slightly, and raised a little finger.

"Are you attracted to that boy?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Xue Mei denied it immediately, and glared at Lin Fei unhappily, "Didn't you see that there was a girl of the same age following him?"

"So what? Isn't it over if I pry her away?"

Lin Fei waved her hand lightly, her tone was very matter-of-fact, which made Xue Mei speechless and shook her head lightly against her brows.

This friend of mine is good in everything, but he really speaks out everything with this mouth, without any taboos, and sooner or later he will offend others because of this mouth.

At this time, Frank frowned slightly, stroked his beard and murmured.

"By the way, I seem to have heard the name Xiao Yan somewhere, where is it?"

"Oh, I remember now." Otto hammered his hand and looked at Frank, "General Nalan's granddaughter's fiancé seems to be called this name?"

"Oh! Yes, yes, I remember it too."

Frank suddenly realized, and Xue Mei and Lin Fei both looked a little strange when they heard this. Lin Fei looked at Xue Mei and raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Is the girl behind him Nalan Yanran?"

Lin Fei's words were full of doubts. After all, Xiao Yixian's temperament didn't look like a young lady no matter how you looked at it.

"No." Xue Mei shook her head slightly and replied slowly: "He introduced me to the girl called Xiao Yixian."

"Huh?"

Lin Fei grinned and tilted her head slightly.

"Could it be that Xiao Yan ran out secretly to date Xiao San?"

Bang!

As soon as Lin Fei finished speaking, Otto finally couldn't help it and hit her head with a chestnut, causing Lin Fei to cover her head in pain, and then Otto's scolding came.

"You girl! Be more careful when you speak! Can you say such things carelessly?!"

Otto was really furious. What are you making up about the affairs of General Nalan's family? Besides, do you know the truth?

"I'm just curious. Why are you so angry?"

Lin Fei curled her lips in dissatisfaction, and Otto glared at her unhappily.

"You have to be curious about the right person. Don't say anything without restraint!"

"Yes"

This time, Lin Fei didn't talk back. She also realized that what she said just now was indeed inappropriate. After all, Lin Fei was just a chatterbox. If she really brought unnecessary trouble to others because of her chatterbox, she would feel very guilty.

And Xue Mei looked at Lin Fei who bowed her head to admit her mistake, and her eyebrows slightly twisted.

After a brief contact before, Xue Mei could basically conclude that Xiao Yixian really liked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan just regarded her as a friend.

As for the relationship between Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, Xue Mei didn't think that Xiao Yixian was completely unaware.

Thinking of this, Xue Mei's mouth twitched slightly.

In other words, Xiao Yixian was very likely to have been following Nalan Yanran even though she knew of his existence?

Xue Mei was full of curiosity, but that was all.

After all, this was someone else's business, so an outsider like her shouldn't get involved.

At least in this regard, Xue Mei was much better than Lin Fei.

On the other side, Xiao Yan was walking around the gathering with Xiao Yixian and Qing Lin, looking for what they needed.

Suddenly, a familiar voice reached Xiao Yan's ears.

"Mr. Xiao."