Qingshan Town! Xiao Yi Xian!

Joy was fleeting, and the sorrow of parting would not last long either!

This day was rather special for the Xiao Family.

"Uncle Chen Yang, are you really leaving?"

A year had passed. With just one month until her sixteenth birthday, Xiao Ling had already grown into a young woman. She was nearly 1.7 meters tall, and if not for the slight childishness still lingering on her face, no one would have guessed that she was not yet sixteen.

The people from Jia Nan Academy had arrived in Wutan City yesterday. Chen Yang was prepared to leave tomorrow, so he had come to the Xiao Family today to say farewell!

Looking at Xiao Ling's mature figure and childish temperament, Chen Yang could not help reaching out to pat her head. "Uncle has to go home and accept an inheritance. Aren't you going to Jia Nan Academy too, Ling Er?"

As he spoke, Chen Yang removed a Storage Ring and placed it in Xiao Ling's hand. "Cultivate well at Jia Nan Academy. Inside are most of the Medicinal Pills Uncle refined for you to use before becoming a Dou Wang. Once Uncle's alchemy improves, I'll have someone send you the rest!"

After placing the Storage Ring in Xiao Ling's hand, Chen Yang rubbed her head again. "Don't worry. In a little over a year, Uncle will come to Jia Nan Academy to find you!"

Xiao Ling lowered her head and tightly gripped the Storage Ring in her hand.

She did not dare raise her head to look at Chen Yang, afraid he would see the weakness on her face and in her eyes.

Having always been an unnoticed little figure in the clan, she had experienced for the first time what it felt like to be valued because of Chen Yang's appearance.

Her family's future had undergone tremendous changes because of Chen Yang.

Seeing Xiao Ling like this, Chen Yang turned to Xiao Yong, then took out another Storage Ring and placed it in his hand.

"Big Brother Xiao Yong, this Storage Ring contains what I've left for you. Your talent is lacking, but you still have hope of reaching the Dou Emperor realm in the future. The Medicinal Pills inside are likewise enough for you to use until you become a Dou Wang. Remember, aside from the healing pills, none of the others may be given to anyone else. I placed restrictions on them and added the power of your bloodline. If others consume them, they will suffer a decline in cultivation at best, or explode and die at worst!"

Chen Yang looked at Xiao Yong and asked with a serious expression.

"Mm!"

Xiao Yong was very clever. He did not ask anything else, merely cupped his hands toward Chen Yang in gratitude.

"When I first met you on the road, your hair was still short. A year and a half has passed, and now your hair is this long!"

Xiao Yong did not mention Chen Yang's cultivation at all, only spoke of the changes in Chen Yang's hair.

"What once seemed ordinary has changed so much afterward!"

"Chen Yang will never forget the kindness of Big Brother Xiao Yong giving me clothes and shoes, then bringing me to Wutan City!"

Chen Yang looked at Xiao Yong and returned the salute with cupped hands.

"The road to becoming a strong person is always difficult!"

"Brother Chen Yang, all Big Brother can do for you is silently wish you a safe journey!"

Xiao Yong's eyes were slightly moist. Looking at Chen Yang, he reached out and patted Chen Yang on the shoulder, delivering his instructions word by word.

"Rest assured, Big Brother Xiao Yong. This journey will surely be smooth!"

"After some time, I'll come back to see you!"

Chen Yang nodded.

"Go!"

Xiao Yong nodded, reached out to pull Xiao Ling close, and the father and daughter watched Chen Yang leave their small courtyard!

After leaving Xiao Yong's small courtyard, Chen Yang went to find Xiao Zhan and sold him a Spirit Ascension Pill for 200,000 Gold Coins.

Over the past nearly seventeen months, Xiao Zhan's Nine-star Great Dou Shi cultivation had approached perfection, and he was already able to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Ling.

The Spirit Ascension Pill could raise a peak Da Dou Shi's chance of breaking through to Dou Ling by fifty percent. With Xiao Yan's luck supporting him, Xiao Zhan's fortune should not be too poor.

However, whether Xiao Zhan became a Dou Ling or not no longer mattered much to Chen Yang. He was already prepared to leave.

"Thank you, Master Chen Yang!"

Even after a year and a half, Xiao Zhan still addressed Chen Yang as Master Chen Yang.

Over the past year, although every transaction between him and Chen Yang had been fair, Xiao Zhan knew that not everyone was qualified to conduct fair transactions with a Dou Ling expert and a Fourth-grade Alchemist.

Moreover, of the Medicinal Pills Chen Yang had brought out, which Alchemist in the entire Jia Ma Empire could produce them?

Chen Yang had chosen him partly because of Xiao Yong, but Xiao Zhan did not dare forget Chen Yang's kindness. The Xiao Family's smooth future was ninety percent due to Chen Yang, while the remaining ten percent was due to Xiao Yong.

"You are too polite, Patriarch Xiao Zhan. After I leave, I'll have to trouble you to take good care of Big Brother Xiao Yong!" Chen Yang said with a smile, cupping his hands toward Xiao Zhan.

"Master Chen Yang, rest assured. Unless I die, I will never allow anything to happen to Brother Yong!" Xiao Zhan nodded and gave his promise with a serious expression.

"Then I can rest easy!" Chen Yang nodded. After chatting with Xiao Zhan for a few more minutes, he left the Xiao Family!

The next day, Jia Nan Academy's recruitment began in full swing!

Led by Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan and the other members of the Xiao Family made their way into Instructor Ruo Lin's tent.

What followed was the familiar sequence: Xun Er forcibly dragged Xiao Yan out to show off, and in the end, he requested leave.

However, compared to the original story, where Xiao Yan could only barely meet the requirements for leave, this time Xiao Yan fought Five-Star Great Dou Shi Ruo Lin to a draw, leaving Xiao Yu utterly dumbfounded.

"No... he... wasn't he only a Seven-star Dou Zhe?"

"How... how could he fight Instructor Ruo Lin to a draw?"

Xiao Yu was completely stunned.

Meanwhile, Xun Er looked at Xiao Yan with some heartache. Only she knew exactly what hardships Xiao Yan had endured to possess his current strength.

That physical constitution comparable to a Third-tier Magical Beast had been built entirely through getting beaten up!

Having successfully obtained leave, Xiao Yan was about to embark on his journey toward becoming a Dou Di, carrying dreams for the future and reluctance to part with his family and Xun Er.

However, before leaving, Xiao Yan made a special trip to Mittel, intending to bid Chen Yang farewell. On one hand, he wished to express his gratitude; on the other, he wanted to ask for advice about his upcoming adventure.

The moment he entered, he ran into Ya Fei.

"Young Master Xiao Yan!"

Xiao Yan had a good relationship with Chen Yang and had also worked with Mittel, so Ya Fei had quite a favorable impression of him.

"Miss Ya Fei, I came to find Brother Yang!"

Xiao Yan smiled as he spoke to Ya Fei. He knew that Ya Fei was Chen Yang's woman.

"Chen Yang left three days ago!" A trace of loneliness flashed through Ya Fei's eyes, then her pretty face reddened as she recalled the madness they had shared on the night before Chen Yang left...

"Brother Yang left three days ago?"

"Wouldn't that mean it was the very day I took Jia Nan Academy's examination?"

Xiao Yan did not notice Ya Fei's loneliness or embarrassment and cried out in surprise.

"That's right!"

"Oh, right. These Medicinal Pills were entrusted to me by Chen Yang before he left. Of course, you have to pay for them!"

Ya Fei suppressed her unease, took out a Storage Ring, and handed it to Xiao Yan.

"Gulp..." Xiao Yan swallowed bitterly. After taking the Storage Ring and Glancing at the Medicinal Pills inside with his Spiritual Power, he could not help crying out in shock, "Holy shit!"

That shout left Ya Fei momentarily stunned. She remembered Chen Yang having used that phrase before. Hmm... Xiao Yan must have learned it from Chen Yang!

"My apologies, Miss Ya Fei. Brother Yang really Prepared For me a grand gift!!!" Xiao Yan said through Gritting Teeth as he looked at the Medicinal Pills in the Storage Ring.

There were many Medicinal Pills inside, and they were all very useful for his upcoming adventure, but they were also very expensive.

By his estimate, these Medicinal Pills would empty out all the Gold Coins he had on him.

Xiao Yan smiled bitterly and took out his entire fortune of Two Million Gold Coins, Handed To Ya Fei, and from this day onward, he was a poor bastard with fewer than two thousand Gold Coins left.

A Second-grade Alchemist with only two thousand Gold Coins to his name—who would believe that?

Xiao Yan shed tears as he bid Ya Fei farewell, then left Mittel with a miserable expression.

"By now, Xiao Yan should have received the final Gift I Prepared For him, right?"

Inside Qingshan Town, within Myriad Medicine Pavilion, Chen Yang looked at Xiao Yi Xian in her white dress and with her slender waist, rubbing his chin as he muttered to himself...