Taking a Master, Past Events

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan licked his lips, his gaze burning as he stared intently at Yao Chen. Alchemist —these were rare creatures! The most prestigious profession on the continent. If he could become Alchemist, wouldn't he have a chance to reach the level of Pill King Gu He?

Xiao Yan quickly made up his mind.

Looking into Xiao Yan's clear yet foolish eyes, Yao Chen nodded in satisfaction. He had finally gotten this disciple. However, with Lin Qing's gem preceding him, he still felt a little regretful. He wished he had acted sooner. Who knew he could misjudge someone so easily?

But no matter what, his hope of resurrection rests entirely on Xiao Yan. Besides, Xiao Yan is quite good; his temperament and talent are both top-notch. He still owes Xiao Yan a favor, so taking him as a disciple is a good thing.

"So? Do you want to learn?"

"Learn! Learn!" Xiao Yan nodded quickly without hesitation, then respectfully bowed to Yao Chen as his disciple.

After carefully observing that Xiao Yan had performed all the proper Xiao Yan, Yao Chen nodded in satisfaction, his voice becoming more affectionate. "My name is Yao Chen. As your cousin said, I am a Nine Revolutions Dou Venerable, Eighth-Grade Nine-Color Alchemist, and Heaven Realm Soul. It's just that I ended up in this situation because of some things."

Then Yao Chen turned to Lin Qing and said, "Junior, tell me, how did you know about me? And who is this Han Shanshan?"

"Senior Yao, my teacher's name is Shen Xitong. She is a Nine-Star Battle Saint Peak Sheng expert and a Tier 9 Alchemist. As for your matter, it was all told to me by my teacher."

"As for Han Shanshan, she's a woman like Hu Jiujiu, your confidante, the confidante you almost ended up with. Because you failed to subdue the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, she sacrificed herself to summon the Medicine Emperor so that you could subdue it. The Medicine Emperor crossed time and space to save you."

"At the same time, she also perished, leaving only a wisp of her soul within the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. However, your memories of her have also been erased. To revive her, you need to break through to the Dou Emperor!" (This is how it seems to be described in the side story of Old Yao, which also features the appearance of the Medicine Emperor. I read it about seven or eight years ago.)

After listening to Lin Qing's story, Yao Chen fell silent. Lin Qing had no reason to lie to him, and judging from his behavior, what he said should be true.

Yao Chen did not have any memory of Han Shanshan, but he felt that she was very familiar and dear to him, as if she were someone very important to him.

It turns out that all her memories have been erased!

Yao Chen felt the Bone Spirit Cold Flame within his soul, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions. He wondered when he would be able to see Hu Jiujiu and Han Shanshan again.

Perhaps we'll never see each other again in this lifetime!

After all, to revive Han Shanshan and see Hu Jiujiu, one would need the strength of Dou Emperor), and no Dou Emperor has appeared in this world for tens of thousands of years. Could he really do it?

Yao Chen fell into a long silence.

Hearing such a shocking revelation, Xiao Yan dared not speak, fearing that he might be humanely killed by his teacher and cousin if he wasn't careful.

This was something a novice apprentice like him couldn't possibly understand, and now he regretted not leaving sooner after becoming an apprentice.

Cursing under his breath, Xiao Yan then seriously pricked up his ears.

"However, I do have something that you might be interested in!"

Seeing that Yao Chen remained silent, Lin Qing took out the Jade Bottle containing Han Feng's soul.

"Zhang San, please, kill me!" Han Feng cried out as soon as Lin Qing Han Feng released his soul.

Anyone who has been locked in a dark room knows that when a person is in a confined environment for a long time, their psychological defenses often become weak.

Han Feng experienced an enhanced version of the "dark room"—his physical body was destroyed, his Heavenly Flames was extracted, and his soul was sealed. Then, Lin Qing threw him into the Storage Space for a long time. In the dark and sunless space, Han Feng's psychological defenses collapsed.

It can be said that Han Feng has now truly become someone who can get whatever he wants.

"Han Feng, look who this is!" Lin Qing grabbed Han Feng's Soul Body and pointed at Yao Chen beside him.

"Teacher!" Han Feng's tone became somewhat dazed when he saw Yao Chen, who was also in a soul state.

He couldn't understand why that old Yao Chen would appear in front of him.

"Han Feng!" Upon seeing Han Feng's Soul Body, Yao Chen's tone turned sinister, and a murderous aura erupted from his body.

"Young friend Lin, this is Han Feng, the disciple who betrayed me. May I handle him?" Yao Chen quickly realized what was happening and said to Lin Qing.

"Hehe, Senior Yao Chen, that's not how it works. Although Han Feng was once your disciple, he gathered people from the Soul Hall to attack the forces I established, and I destroyed his physical body. Now he is my prisoner, so it's impossible for him to be taken away directly!" Lin Qing shook his head and refused directly.

"So what do you mean?" Yao Chen's breath hitched, and his expression turned somewhat grim. The other party's act of taking out Han Feng's soul meant that they wanted to befriend him or make a deal with him.

But what does this mean? Are they playing a trick on him?

"Okay! More money!"

Ignoring Yao Chen's somewhat unpleasant expression, Lin Qing spoke slowly and deliberately.

"Speak, what do you need!" Yao Chen instantly understood the little fox's thoughts; he simply couldn't raise the price on the spot.

"Venerable Yao, I need some ninth-grade Venerable Yao Ninth-grade Pill Recipe. Surely you don't want your rebellious disciple to run away and spread the news of your survival to the Soul Hall, do you? You need to clean house, don't you?"

Lin Qing's tone at this moment was like that of someone from a certain country who was living a comfortable life, which left Xiao Yan somewhat dumbfounded. At the same time, he also said that he had learned something.

"Too expensive! Such a rebellious person isn't worth this much. Ninth-grade Pill Recipe isn't common; it's extremely rare even among the Seven Ancient Clans and several top-tier powers!"

Yao Chen instantly felt that Lin Qing was treating him like a sucker to be fleeced.

Although he really wanted to deal with this rebellious disciple himself, if it required giving up Ninth-grade Pill Recipe, then he wouldn't want the chance to do so!

It should be noted that the rarity of Ninth-grade Pill Recipe is even greater than that of Ninth-grade Pill; one Ninth-grade Pill Recipe can be exchanged for several Medicinal Pills of the same grade.

"Han Feng's soul is indeed not worth it, but what if we add something else?" Lin Qing glanced at Yao Chen and Xiao Yan and said meaningfully.

"What is it?" Yao Chen was also curious. After learning that the young man in front of him was a disciple of a Dou Sheng Expert, and considering that Lin Qing was also a Dou Zong expert, he figured that he must have some valuable collectibles on him.

Yao Chen was also curious about what items the other party could offer that would tempt him, since at his level, there were very few items that could excite him.