A Drop of Kindness Should Be Repaid with a Gushing Spring!

Seeing Xiao Yan's puzzled expression, Chen Yang gave a slight smile. "Whether it is or not, wouldn't you find out if you take off the ring and cultivate for a while?"

Xiao Yan nodded absentmindedly, his gaze complex as he looked at the Black Ring on his right hand. Then he slowly raised his hand, removed it, and placed it on the table.

Next, Xiao Yan hurried back to the bedside, sat down cross-legged, formed hand seals, and began cultivating.

Chen Yang sat by the table. Rather than picking up Medicine Elder's ring to inspect it, he immersed his consciousness in his mind and searched through the many pill recipes for medicinal pills suitable for Xiao Yan's Foundation Establishment, as well as cultivation at the Dou Zhe and Dou Shi levels.

The Third-grade Alchemy granted to him by the system encompassed every pill recipe throughout the history of the Dou Qi Continent. Even the Yao Clan, famed for alchemy, and the Pill Tower and Little Pill Tower could not compare to Chen Yang when it came to recipes of the third grade and below—let alone Yao Chen, who had failed to break through to Ninth-grade Alchemist before his death.

Soon, twenty-five minutes passed. Xiao Yan, seated cross-legged on the edge of the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, his face filled with wild joy.

"It didn't disappear! My Dou Qi really didn't disappear!"

"It really was because of that ring!"

Xiao Yan excitedly jumped off the bed and ran to the table, staring intently at the Black Ring for several moments. Then he bent over and bowed deeply to Chen Yang.

"Brother Yang, I will remember this grace of rebirth for the rest of my life!"

"If it hadn't been for you, I probably wouldn't have realized for another three years that my disappearing Dou Qi was actually caused by the ring Mother left behind!"

Chen Yang smiled, stood up, and patted his shoulder. "Now that you've found the cause, you'll need to work hard over the next three years to reclaim both your dignity and your father's!"

Xiao Yan nodded, his little face calm. "Even if you hadn't said so, Brother Yang, I already knew. Today's humiliation may only be an insignificant stumbling block on my path through life, but I will definitely repay Nalan Yanran for it!"

Chen Yang smiled and nodded. "All right, go share the good news with your girlfriend. Come find me at the Mittel Auction House tomorrow. Oh, and remember to bring money!"

Upon hearing the words "girlfriend," Xiao Yan scratched his head with a silly grin, neither admitting nor denying it. As for Xun Er, he... Huh, why did I think of Xun Er?

"I'm leaving!" Chen Yang glanced at Xiao Yan, then clasped his hands behind his back and hummed a tune from 2025 as he left Xiao Yan's courtyard.

"Strange. Why does the tune Brother Yang was humming sound so much like a song from my original world..." Xiao Yan scratched his head in confusion.

Meanwhile, Chen Yang, who had yet to leave the Small Courtyard, had a dark look on his face as he secretly cursed those idiotic chimeras!

As Xiao Yan watched Chen Yang completely leave the Small Courtyard, he was about to head out in search of Xun Er when an aged voice suddenly sounded behind him. "Little fellow, thank you for your offerings over the past three years..."

"Huh? Old bastard, fuck your mother!!!"

After leaving Xiao Yan's courtyard, Chen Yang naturally left Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder some time alone.

He had only walked a few steps when he encountered Xiao Zhan and Ya Fei. Clearly, Xiao Zhan had been worried about his son and had come to wait along the way.

"Little Brother Chen Yang!"

"Master Chen Yang!"

Upon seeing Chen Yang, the two stepped forward one after the other. Hope was clearly written across Xiao Zhan's face.

"It's all right now, Patriarch Xiao. Xiao Yan's problem has been resolved. After cultivating just now, his Dou Qi didn't disappear either!" Chen Yang said with a smile as he looked at Xiao Zhan.

"Resolved???"

"Wonderful!"

"Wonderful!"

"Wonderful..."

Xiao Zhan excitedly paced back and forth on the spot. Ya Fei and Chen Yang exchanged a glance, then gently shook their heads and smiled.

After pacing several times, Xiao Zhan suddenly came before Chen Yang. He swept aside his robe and was about to kneel directly.

Chen Yang flashed forward and supported him. Xiao Zhan was shocked to discover that, despite his cultivation as a Six-star Great Dou Master, he could not kneel?

"Patriarch Xiao, I'm a Nine-star Great Dou Shi. If I let you kneel before me today, I'd be utterly disgraced!" Chen Yang said as he pulled Xiao Zhan upright and walked toward a nearby pavilion to sit down.

"Nine-star Great Dou Shi..." Xiao Zhan had not expected that Chen Yang, despite his young age, was not only at least a Third-grade Alchemist but already a Nine-star Great Dou Shi as well.

Thinking this, he did not kneel again. Instead, from a distance of two and a half meters away, he gave Chen Yang a deep bow. "Master Chen Yang has restored Yan'er's talent. Xiao Zhan will never forget this kindness. Even if I must spend every last bit of my family fortune, I will repay Master's grace!"

Chen Yang waved his hand and took out a fruit from his Storage Ring, casually taking a bite. "Forget it. Your family's meager possessions aren't worth much to me, even if you gave me all of them!"

Seeing the slightly awkward look in Xiao Zhan's eyes, Chen Yang continued.

"I helped you for one reason because I find Xiao Yan to be a likable kid, and he also possesses the talent of an Alchemist. What I did today can be considered forming some good karma with him. He'll be an adult soon enough, so he can repay this favor himself!"

"Besides that, there is another reason. When I first arrived in the Jia Ma Empire, I was unfamiliar with the place and didn't even have clothes or shoes on me. It was a man from your Xiao Family, named Xiao Yong, who gave me clothes and shoes and brought me to Wutan City."

"Patriarch Xiao, your Six-star Great Dou Master cultivation and helping Xiao Yan restore his talent are only the minor part!"

"The Xiao Family's true fortune is yet to come!"

When he had first arrived in the Dou Qi Continent, if Xiao Yong had not given him clothes and shoes and escorted him along the way, forget activating the system—even avoiding being eaten by Magical Beasts would have been a miracle.

In Ya Fei and Xiao Zhan's eyes, Xiao Yong had merely given Chen Yang a set of clothes and a pair of shoes, then shown him the way. With Chen Yang's strength as a Nine-star Great Dou Shi, how could he possibly have encountered danger near Wutan City?

But to Chen Yang, this was unmistakably life-saving grace.

"Yan'er actually has the talent of an Alchemist?"

"Master Chen Yang helped the Xiao Family because of Xiao Yong as well?"

For a moment, Xiao Zhan felt somewhat dazed. As for Chen Yang's claim that their fortune was yet to come, he did not take it too seriously. As long as his son was well, that was enough!

"Patriarch Xiao, is Big Brother Xiao Yong currently in the clan?"

"If he is, could I trouble you to invite him over? Would that be possible?"

Chen Yang looked at Xiao Zhan and asked.

"He is. I'll send someone to invite him... No, I'll go invite him myself!"

After saying that, Xiao Zhan leaped away and vanished directly down the path.

Once Xiao Zhan left, Ya Fei approached with graceful steps. A fragrant breeze drifted into Chen Yang's nostrils along with the wind.

"Little Brother Chen Yang, I never expected you and the Xiao Family to have such a wonderful connection," Ya Fei said with a smile.

"A drop of kindness should be repaid with a gushing spring. In the future, I'll have to trouble Sister Ya Fei to extend some convenience to the Xiao Family," Chen Yang said seriously as he looked up at Ya Fei.

"Don't worry. Even if you hadn't said so, I would have done the same. After today, this young master of the Xiao Family is probably about to rise!" Ya Fei was full of emotion.

"That is only a matter of time. I trust Sister Ya Fei's judgment, and I trust the Mite'er Family's judgment as well!" Chen Yang was speaking from a god's-eye view.

"Three years... I truly wonder just how far Xiao Yan will grow in three years' time..."

As the two spoke, Xiao Zhan hurried over from the end of the road with a big man around his age.

As soon as Chen Yang spotted them, he hurriedly stood up and walked out of the pavilion to greet them.

After Xiao Zhan's explanation, Xiao Yong felt somewhat uneasy. He had never imagined that the kid he had casually brought back to Wutan City the day before yesterday was actually a distinguished Alchemist.

"Chen Yang, little... Sir!" Xiao Yong flusteredly tried to bow, but Chen Yang grabbed hold of him.

"Big Brother Xiao Yong, just keep calling me Little Brother!" Chen Yang said with a smile, then pulled him toward the pavilion.

"This..." Xiao Yong turned to glance at Xiao Zhan, his heart in utter turmoil.

Xiao Zhan nodded at Xiao Yong, inwardly overjoyed.

This time, the Xiao Family was truly going to rise...