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After Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder discussed it for a while, Chu Yang said he could let their clan members test it.

Thus, Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder hurriedly summoned a few people whose cultivation was below Dou Qi strength.

These people arrived quickly.

They included Xiao Zhan's precious son, Xiao Yan; the Great Elder's grandson, Xiao Ning; and Xiao Mei, who had caused quite a stir at the previous Dou Qi strength test...

With these three here, Chu Yang guessed that Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder intended to give each of them a Strength Advancement Pill.

Chu Yang reckoned that Xiao Yan was about to begin his grueling training with Old Yao. He did not know whether Old Yao had initially tried to stop Xiao Yan from testing the Strength Advancement Pill, but Xiao Yan had come anyway. Perhaps he had not yet reached the point of completely obeying Old Yao; for now, he still stood on his father's side.

The Great Elder's grandson, Xiao Ning, was currently at the eighth stage of Dou Qi strength. After all, the Strength Advancement Pill could not help someone at the ninth stage break through to become a Dou Practitioner the way the Qi Gathering Pill could. As for Xun'er, who was one stage higher than Xiao Ning at the ninth stage of Dou Qi strength, there was no point in having her test the Strength Advancement Pill, so Chu Yang did not see her.

Moreover, he estimated that Xun'er might already have broken through to become a one-star Dou Practitioner.

While distributing the Strength Advancement Pills to them, Chu Yang noticed that Xiao Mei kept casting flirtatious glances his way.

Chu Yang could not help but smile bitterly. This girl...

Next, Xiao Mei was actually the first to swallow a Strength Advancement Pill. It was as if she had not considered it at all and trusted Chu Yang completely.

Compared with her, Chu Yang noticed that Xiao Yan still had a faint trace of hesitation.

But before long, all three test subjects had taken the Strength Advancement Pills.

Immediately, Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder, both highly skilled, sensed changes beginning to occur in the three test subjects.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning naturally also felt something changing within their bodies.

Although advancing from the first stage of Dou Qi strength to the ninth stage was far easier than progressing through the later levels, like crossing a small stream, many people still needed a long time just to raise their Dou Qi strength by one stage. After all, not everyone was talented in cultivation.

On the Dou Qi Continent, there were even many people incapable of cultivating Dou Qi at all. They were destined to remain ordinary for their entire lives.

Even Xiao Yan, who had once been a genius, could never raise his Dou Qi strength by one stage within a single day.

Yet Chu Yang's Strength Advancement Pills had forcibly raised these people's Dou Qi strength by one stage in an instant.

To completely dispel any lingering doubts the Xiao clan members might have had, Chu Yang even told them on the spot that they could immediately verify it at the Dou Qi strength testing monument.

Although Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder both felt somewhat embarrassed, as though they were being overly distrustful of Chu Yang.

But Chu Yang had already taken the lead, striding toward the Xiao clan's Dou Qi strength testing ground. Xiao Yan and the other three test subjects promptly followed him.

How could these youngsters understand the adults' awkwardness? All they wanted to know was whether they had truly raised their Dou Qi strength by one stage.

Though Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder walked behind them, they soon followed as well.

Upon arriving at the Dou Qi strength testing ground, Xiao Mei was the first to step forward.

"Eighth stage of Dou Qi strength."

At once, everyone's emotions were stirred.

Xiao Ning went next. After taking the Strength Advancement Pill, he had risen from the eighth stage of Dou Qi strength to the ninth stage.

Xiao Yan tested later. Chu Yang could not understand it for a moment. Since Xiao Yan had likely already received Old Yao's explanation and learned why his talent had declined, he should have regained his spirit. Why, then...

Could it be because of me? Chu Yang wondered.

At this point, Old Yao should have opened a great door for Xiao Yan, allowing him to recognize the vastness of the Dou Qi Continent. Xiao Yan himself must have felt that, with Old Yao's help, he would surely soar through the skies in the future!

Yet Chu Yang's sudden appearance had once again astonished him.

Subconsciously, would Xiao Yan regard him as a thorn in his side?

That was what Chu Yang was most worried about right now.

However, Chu Yang did not catch anything unusual in Xiao Yan's eyes.

Meanwhile, every member of the Xiao clan present, led by Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder, was naturally as excited as if they had gone mad with joy.

Their Xiao clan finally had a true alchemist.

Although they could not simply assume that Chu Yang would definitely stay, they had subconsciously begun treating him as one of their own.

That was because the Xiao clan had recently learned that their rival, the Jia Lie clan, seemed to have hired an alchemist. The Jia Lie clan was preparing to launch a fierce assault on the Xiao clan's commercial market.

The Xiao clan members all understood that if the Jia Lie clan, which had once been evenly matched with them, truly hired an alchemist to assist them, the Xiao clan's business in Wutan City might suffer a crushing defeat.

But now, the Xiao clan also had an alchemist. That was why they were so overjoyed!

Chu Yang did not seem to know what the Xiao clan members were thinking.

He was merely following the system's missions.

His purpose in coming to the Dou Qi Continent had never been Xiao Yan, nor had he come to suppress Xiao Yan and make him his lackey. What he cared about most was the system's rewards!

Yet, without realizing it, he seemed destined to remain entangled with Xiao Yan for the rest of his life.

"Congratulations, Host. You have triggered a random mission: defeat the alchemist Liu Xi in alchemy and receive one Lucky Draw point."

After seeing off Xiao Zhan and the other Xiao clan members, Chu Yang was preparing to continue refining Strength Advancement Pills when the system's voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

A random mission?

The reward was only one Lucky Draw point, without even a draw itself. Was the system being stingy? Chu Yang could not help complaining inwardly.

But he could not truly complain about anything. At least for now, whether he received missions or not was not something he could decide.

Chu Yang knew about Liu Xi, the alchemist hired by the Jia Lie clan. If he did not intervene, Liu Xi would ultimately be killed by Xiao Yan with Old Yao's power.

At the same time, Xiao Yan would use Old Yao's alchemy skills to secretly help the Xiao clan contend against the Jia Lie clan and Liu Xi.

Was this random system mission not making him compete with Xiao Yan for credit again?

Originally, after refining the Strength Advancement Pills for the Xiao clan, if the system's mission required him to leave the Xiao clan, he would have left without hesitation. After all, he had no prior ties to the Xiao clan.

But now, he vaguely felt that many things in his future would be tied to the Xiao clan and Xiao Yan.

Was this the system's arrangement?

Chu Yang felt that he should not keep asking Huan Huan.