Elder Xuan

Central Plains, Pill Domain.

The Pill Domain is the territory of the Pill Tower in the Central Plains. It is a vast area, divided into the Inner Domain and the Outer Domain by the Pill Tower. In a secluded space in the Inner Domain, a beautiful woman in a cheongsam is bending over and watering a Medicine Garden. Looking around, although there are not many medicinal herbs in this Medicine Garden, most of them are high-grade herbs.

If Zi Yan were to see these medicinal herbs, her eyes would surely light up, and she would want to possess them all.

What attracts more attention here is this beautiful woman. Judging from her appearance, she is about thirty years old, but she exudes a kind of spirit. Her expression is calm and composed, and she is full of the charm of years. The aura on her body is mysterious and powerful, which means that she must also be Dou Zun expert!

The woman was diligently watering the plants when suddenly a strange change occurred. A violent explosion came from outside the space. The woman was slightly startled, then her brows furrowed as she looked up at the sky. In an instant, she saw a ten-foot-wide opening suddenly torn open in the sky, with spatial power raging inside, causing the woman to frown involuntarily.

A figure was ejected directly from the black hole and slammed heavily into the Medicine Garden. The woman's expression suddenly turned pained, and she cursed inwardly, "Who is this person, daring to destroy my Medicine Garden!"

Having said that, she angrily walked towards the figure. Upon closer inspection, the woman was slightly taken aback. She was surprised to see that the figure was actually a young man. This made her pause. Only Dou Zun expert could wield such powerful spatial energy, yet here was just a young man.

The young figure was none other than Xiao Yu, who had been injured by the self-destruction of the Three Thousand Burning Flame. However, he hadn't expected that the explosion of the Heavenly Flames would directly blast him into this Pill Domain!

Xiao Yu's clothes were tattered, and his bronze body was covered in wounds. It seemed that Xiao Yu had suffered great injuries in the massive explosion, but it was likely that the Prison Suppressing Divine Body played a significant role in saving Xiao Yu.

The woman looked at Xiao Yu, observed him for a while, then frowned slightly, sighed helplessly, and with a wave of her slender hand, a burst of energy directly attracted Xiao Yu into her palm. Grabbing Xiao Yu with one hand, she walked towards the Bamboo House behind her. Behind the Bamboo House was a hot spring about two zhang in size, steaming with hot air, but the color of the hot spring was a peculiar red.

A faint medicinal fragrance slowly wafted out. The woman was also curious about Xiao Yu's identity. As an alchemist herself, she could see that Xiao Yu was seriously injured and would likely die soon if he wasn't treated in time.

The woman could sense a faint flame power within Xiao Yu's body, suggesting he was also an alchemist. She decided to offer a small rescue and then gradually inquire about his background.

Soon, time slowly passed, and three days flew by.

"Hiss!"

When Xiao Yu woke up, he felt as if the bones in his body had been crushed. He took a deep breath of cold air, but the heat and the aroma of medicinal herbs filled his mouth and nose, causing him to cough violently.

Cough cough cough!

"Woke up?"

A woman's voice came from outside, and then Xiao Yu saw the bamboo door in front of him open. A beautiful woman in a cheongsam walked in, carrying several medicinal herbs, which she threw directly into the hot spring pool where Xiao Yu was.

The beautiful woman glanced at Xiao Yu and then praised him, "Your recovery is quite good. It seems you regularly use medicinal potions to strengthen your physique; otherwise, it would probably take another month to fully recover!"

Xiao Yu looked at the woman with some confusion and asked, "Did you save me?"

The woman rolled her eyes at Xiao Yu and said, "Otherwise what? I really don't know how you got here, little guy. You've ruined so many of my medicinal herbs, you'd better compensate me!"

Hearing the woman's rather reproachful tone, Xiao Yu also felt somewhat apologetic and said, "Don't worry, I can compensate for any losses, no matter how many!"

Seeing how sensible Xiao Yu was, the woman nodded and said, "It seems you are a grateful person. There's no need for compensation. You can work as an assistant here. It's relatively quiet here. Since you're seriously injured, you can do some odd jobs in my Medicine Garden to recover. How about that?"

Xiao Yu also calmed down and sensed the changes in his body. Fortunately, the Dou Qi in his dantian was almost exhausted, which must have been lost in the explosion to protect himself. However, he was still afraid when he thought of that terrifying explosion.

Suddenly, Xiao Yu noticed a purplish-black flame flickering quietly in a corner of his Qi Sea, just like the one Xiao Yu had encountered in the spatial turbulence before.

"This, this is the Three Thousand Burning Flame?" Xiao Yu was overjoyed. Not bad, not bad. This can be considered a great blessing after surviving a great calamity. It's just a pity that the Chaos Flame is also weak now. After it recovers for a period of time, it can be directly devoured.

Seeing that Xiao Yu seemed a little stunned, the woman spoke again, "So? What's your decision?"

The woman's voice startled Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu quickly nodded and said, "Okay, okay, but I want to know where I am right now?"

"Pill Domain!"

Xiao Yu was shocked. He had actually come all the way to the Pill Domain. This place was too far from North Sky City, where the Han Family was located. However, since he had already come here, he would stay here first and go to North Sky City after he recovered his strength!

The woman asked, "What's your name? Where are you from? How did you end up in that spatial turbulence?"

Xiao Yu answered them one by one, "You can just call me Xiao Yu. I come from the Northwest Continent. During my journey here, a spatial storm occurred, and I was swept out of the Space Wormhole. By chance, I ended up here."

The woman nodded and said, "From now on, you can just call me Elder Xuan. You're lucky amidst your bad luck to have been swept up here. I see you have a fire element and a faint Wood Attribute on you, so you must be an alchemist, right?"

Upon hearing Elder Xuan's question, Xiao Yu nodded and said, "That's right, I am indeed an alchemist!"

"That's perfect. You've been helping me manage the Medicine Garden these past few days, so you should be able to identify all the medicinal herbs there. Once your strength has recovered, I'll send you out!" Elder Xuan said, glancing at Xiao Yu.

In truth, Elder Xuan couldn't completely trust Xiao Yu either. After all, they were strangers before. Keeping him here now would allow for observation, and if there were no problems, sending him away after he recovered wouldn't be a loss. But if he were to leave now, he probably wouldn't be able to go anywhere.

Ultimately, it was Elder Xuan's kind heart that led him to devise such a win-win solution, and thus, Xiao Yu settled down here with peace of mind.