"A follow-up commission?"
Those words piqued Xiao Yan's interest. Could killing one tower master have been only one of the objectives?
"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Lin Li. To be precise, I'm not from the Northwest Continent. I'm a discarded son cast out by a great clan.
"In my original clan, my innate attribute and talent fell far short of their requirements, so I was exiled to the Northwest Continent."
Exiled to the Northwest Continent?
An alchemist who could refine a sixth-grade Emperor-Breaking Pill and possessed the cultivation of a peak Dou Wang had actually been cast out for lacking talent. Such a thing was utterly unheard of in the Jia Ma Empire.
"But after arriving on the Northwest Continent, I discovered that even a good-for-nothing like me could become someone everyone revered here.
"I spent several decades becoming a Dou Emperor and reaching the level of a peak fifth-grade alchemist. This Emperor-Breaking Pill was a sixth-grade pill I managed to refine through sheer luck."
Hearing this, Xiao Yan could not help frowning. "But from what I can sense, your current strength is only at the peak Dou Wang level, correct?"
"Your Soul Power is impressive. You could even see through that. It seems I chose the right person. For certain reasons, I came into conflict with Medicine Emperor Han Feng of the Black-Corner Region. He actually paid the Shadow Tower a fortune to assassinate me."
"I used a secret art to escape with my life, but those bastards from the Shadow Tower slaughtered my entire family. The secret art's side effects also greatly diminished my cultivation, reducing me to a peak Dou Wang.
"I knew revenge was beyond my reach. Besides, the Shadow Tower and Han Feng had eyes and hands that reached everywhere in the