Upon hearing Nalan Yanran mention her teacher, Yun Yun, and emphasize that she was one of the Top Ten Experts of the Gama Empire.
Xiao Ze understood very clearly why she had come.
Moreover, the system had already given him advance notice of the mission.
Xiao Ze had no interest whatsoever in joining the Misty Cloud Sect. Even if Yun Yun personally taught him Dou Qi cultivation techniques, he still had no interest.
What he had obtained was Xiao Xuan's System Panel. A mere Dou Emperor was nothing but shit to Patriarch Xiao Xuan!
Nalan Yanran spoke seriously.
"A few days ago, I went to the Magic Beast Mountain Range, where I met with my teacher."
"I specifically recommended you to my teacher and told her that your cultivation talent was extraordinary. After hearing that, my teacher greatly admired you as well."
"So this time, my teacher sent me to invite you once again to join our Misty Cloud Sect."
"And if you are willing, my teacher Yun Yun, as the sect leader of the Misty Cloud Sect, will personally teach you Dou Qi cultivation techniques."
"The two of us will become fellow disciples in the future. Let me tell you, my teacher Yun Yun does not accept disciples easily."
"Over all these years, I have been her only student. Such a great opportunity, Xiao Ze—you should think it over carefully."
"You are so strong, and your cultivation talent is so astonishing. Even this tiny Wutan City cannot hinder the pace of your progress."
"If you join the Misty Cloud Sect, you will have a powerful backer, along with countless cultivation resources and support in Dou Techniques and cultivation methods. Your potential and limits in the future will certainly far exceed what they are now."
Before Nalan Yanran could even finish speaking.
She unexpectedly received Xiao Ze's direct refusal.
Another refusal!
To be precise, this was already the third time Xiao Ze had refused her, as well as refused to join the Misty Cloud Sect!
"No need! I already told you that I have no interest whatsoever in joining your Misty Cloud Sect!"
Xiao Ze refused directly.
"Next time, if you come looking for me only because of this matter, then do not waste your breath."
After Xiao Ze rejected Nalan Yanran, she was left with a face full of shock and utter disbelief.
"My teacher is a Dou Emperor and the sect leader of the Misty Cloud Sect. She is willing to teach you personally, and you still refuse?" Nalan Yanran thought she had misheard.
After Xiao Ze refused, he finally completed the mission.
Now it was time to claim the system mission reward.
For a moment, he felt rather expectant and excited.
The System Panel had just indicated that after completing the mission, he could receive three White Treasure Chests as a reward and draw prizes from them.
[Current Mission: Refuse Nalan Yanran's invitation to join the Misty Cloud Sect three times.] [Reward: Three White Treasure Chests, which may be used for a prize draw.] [Mission complete. The host has received three treasure chests as a reward. They have been stored in the System Backpack and may be used for a prize draw at any time.]
Xiao Ze looked at the System Panel. Having just obtained three White Treasure Chests, he opened the backpack and saw the three chests.
He immediately opened them.
[The host has opened three White Treasure Chests and drawn rewards from them.] [The host's Alchemist rank has increased. His current level has reached the realm of a Tier 3 Alchemist.] [Obtained 30 Points, which may be used to exchange for premium rewards in the Exchange Mall.] [Fire Control Ability has increased.]
After drawing the rewards from the three White Treasure Chests, Xiao Ze looked at the panel with great satisfaction.
Yet he also muttered to himself inwardly.
"Just White Treasure Chests can already yield rewards like these. If I obtain treasure chests of a higher grade, won't I be able to open even more exceptional rewards?"
For a moment, Xiao Ze was filled with anticipation and curiosity.
He ignored Nalan Yanran before him.
Then he summoned his Beast Flame and began practicing pill refinement.
Now that he was already a Tier 3 Alchemist, refining Tier 3 Medicinal Pills was more than easy for him and required little effort.
"Is that a Heavenly Flame?" Nalan Yanran looked astonished.
The flame in Xiao Ze's hand was so dense and unusually scorching.
It did not resemble the power of a Dou Qi flame at all.
But upon closer inspection, it did not seem to be a Heavenly Flame. Rather, it was a kind of Beast Flame.
It looked to be of no low grade.
Who would have thought that Xiao Ze could actually devour and refine a Beast Flame?
Furthermore, seeing him take out a pill furnace, he appeared to be preparing to refine pills.
Nalan Yanran's expression immediately froze.
"What? Could Xiao Ze know how to refine medicinal pills too? Is he an Alchemist?" Nalan Yanran said in shock.
Xiao Ze looked at Nalan Yanran beside him and said, "Miss Nalan, I need to continue cultivating. If you have nothing else to do, please leave!"
"Just as I said earlier, if you intend to ask me to join the Misty Cloud Sect in the future, then forget it."
"I have no interest in your Misty Cloud Sect!"
After Nalan Yanran left the Xiao Family's Back Mountain, she walked through the streets of Wutan City, turning it over and over in her mind, yet she still found it unbelievable.
Who would have thought that Xiao Ze's strength had actually risen another level since last time?
Furthermore, Yun Yun was a Dou Emperor, and she had offered to take him as her student and invite him into the Misty Cloud Sect, yet he had still refused?
What surprised Nalan Yanran even more was this.
Xiao Ze was actually an Alchemist as well?
And he had even subdued a Beast Flame to serve as his own Dou Qi flame.
That brief span of time had brought Nalan Yanran far too many surprises and shocks!
Although Xiao Ze had made his position absolutely clear just now.
Nalan Yanran still did not want to give up so easily. After all, it was a task entrusted to her by her teacher, and she did not want to disappoint Yun Yun.
Thus, over the next half month.
Nalan Yanran remained in Wutan City, visiting Xiao Ze every few days.
Over that half month, Nalan Yanran witnessed firsthand how Xiao Ze's Dou Qi level rose from that of a Five-Star Dou Shi.
All the way until he advanced to a Seven-Star Dou Shi.
At the same time, she personally witnessed how he relied on his own ability to refine Tier 3 Medicinal Pills.
Before leaving Wutan City and returning to the Misty Cloud Sect.
Nalan Yanran still wanted to make one final attempt, but before she could even speak, Xiao Ze rejected her once again.
Helplessly, Nalan Yanran had no choice but to leave Wutan City and return to the Misty Cloud Sect.
Nalan Yanran had just returned to the Misty Cloud Sect.
When she saw that her father, Nalan Su, and her grandfather, Nalan Jie, were both in the Misty Cloud Sect.
As the sect leader, Yun Yun had already left the Magic Beast Mountain Range and returned to the sect. She had obtained the Purple Spirit Crystal, but her injuries were not light.
"Yanran, you're back. How did the matter I sent you to Wutan City to handle go?" Yun Yun asked.
Naturally, she was referring to inviting Xiao Ze to join the Misty Cloud Sect.
Nalan Yanran answered, "Teacher, Xiao Ze refused."
"What? I personally offered to take him as my disciple, and he refused that too?" Yun Yun said in surprise.
Nalan Jie and Nalan Su, the father and son standing nearby, also roughly understood what had happened.
Who would have thought that Xiao Ze, the younger son of Xiao Zhan, the Xiao Family head, and Xiao Yan's younger brother.
Had already grown to such a terrifying extent?
Hadn't they previously heard that he had remained at the first stage of Dou Qi and was even more useless than Xiao Yan?
"Yanran, what did you just say Xiao Ze's strength was? Seven stars? A Seven-Star Dou Zhe?"
"Not a Seven-Star Dou Zhe. A Seven-Star Dou Shi!"
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