Meeting Xiao Yan and His Teacher

Lin Ming's group continued on, passing through the fourth and fifth streets.

The air was filled with all kinds of strange energy fluctuations: the chilling cold emitted by thousand-year cold iron, the fierce, vicious sectarian qi contained within unknown Beast Bones, the refreshing Medicinal Fragrance released by sealed spirit herbs, and even the sense of ancient vicissitudes that naturally showed from some old scrolls. All these auras wove together, dazzling the eyes and setting the mind swaying.

They saw a living "Spirit-Nurturing Coral" that could breathe in and out Heaven and Earth Energy on its own. They saw a "Star Core Fragment" that was said to be capable of forging something on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking. There was even an incomplete yet unmistakably Heaven Tier Low-grade strange Movement Fighting Skill, drawing many people to stop and watch as bids rose one after another.

Lin Ming and the others were well-informed, and their state of mind was quite calm. Toward these treasures that were rarely seen in the outside world, they mostly only gave them a brief appraisal and did not easily feel tempted.

They politely declined several stall owners' fiery enthusiasm and spittle-flying sales pitches, then continued walking with a clear purpose. Just as they were about to turn toward the entrance of the sixth street, Lin Ming's steps paused slightly.

It was not because he had been attracted by some dazzling treasure, but because not far ahead, beside an unremarkable stall with only three or four people gathered around it, two faintly familiar auras were like stones cast into a calm lake, stirring faint ripples in his Soul Perception.

His gaze passed over the sparse figures and landed precisely on the two people before the stall.

One of them wore a seemingly plain grayish-white Alchemist robe, yet his soul