"Thank you for saving our lives, Young Clan Leader Xiao." ×N
Beaming, he nodded and gently raised a hand. An invisible force formed from Dou Qi lifted everyone bowing to him, along with those who were about to kneel.
"Heh... hahahaha, no problem. It was only right." Xiao Yan cleared his throat, trying to make his laughter sound as upright as possible, and nodded with a smile. He happily listened to their flattery for over half an hour before finally heading to the center of the caravan, still craving more.
After asking Nalan Zhong and Xiao Heizi about the situation, Xiao Yan more or less understood what had happened.
Unless he was mistaken, the unrest in these mountains had been caused by his Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
All he could say was that it was quite a coincidence. If he had not been nearby, the Magical Beasts would not have gone berserk. And if he was nearby, his passive ability was bound to trigger, bringing him in to save everyone at exactly the right moment.
He could only count himself lucky. His perfect-timing passive had worked its magic again.
Aside from that, Xiao Yan also figured out what this caravan was about.
First, apart from the joint family businesses the two clans had agreed on, the caravan also included plenty of independent merchants who had spotted the opportunity and wanted to go there to do business together.
Among them was the traveling merchant who had stirred that inexplicable sense of resonance within his perception.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan asked just who that fellow who had triggered his sudden intuition was.
"Ah, you mean him? That fellow... how should I put it? He calls himself a Second-Rank Alchemist, but he's really just an alchemy apprentice. Or rather, those identities as