Ancient Wilderness City; Alchemist Guild.
At this moment, inside a large hall, Xiao Yan and his group were sitting in the center. Outside the hall, all the alchemists from the Alchemist Guild were crowding around, craning their necks to look at Xiao Yan in the hall, their eyes filled with excitement and anticipation.
In the past two years, the Alchemist Guild has become much stronger than before. The influx of new blood has laid a solid foundation for the Alchemist Guild's future development, and a large portion of these new members are there because of Xiao Yan.
Achieving such great success at a young age is extremely rare among alchemists.
Of course, after these people joined, they also learned of Xiao Yan's death. Although some left in disappointment, those who remained were all elite-level individuals.
Xiao Yan's death seemed to have become a trial for their Alchemist Guild, discarding the dross and retaining the essence.
In the hall, Xiao Yan was forced to sit in the main seat, which should have been Gu Li's, but the latter insisted that Xiao Yan sit there and destroyed all the other empty chairs. Xiao Yan had no choice but to sit down.
"Hey, you brat, back when that old bastard Wei Yi was still around, he'd always come up and sit down whenever we weren't around. But you, we couldn't even force you to sit down."
Gu Li rolled her eyes at Xiao Yan and chuckled as she scolded him.
As soon as he finished speaking, the people in the hall burst into laughter, and the atmosphere, which had been tense, returned to a relaxed state that everyone could bear.
Xiao Yan smiled wryly upon hearing this, then looked at Gu Li and noticed that the latter's complexion had clearly recovered.
Under the influence of the Emperor Grade Pill, although his internal strength wouldn't recover quickly, it did suppress his injuries for a period of time, making Gu Li Gu Li much better. Next, as long as he refines the remaining pills in his body, he believes that his internal strength should be restored within a month.
After exchanging a few words with Xiao Yan, Gu Li turned her gaze to Luo Jin, who was sitting opposite her.
With his keen eyesight, he could naturally tell that the young man in front of him was definitely not an ordinary person. At least, his strength as an Eight-Star Half-Emperor was not much weaker than his own.
In this respect, the young man's talent for cultivation is even more terrifying than that of Xiao Yan, whom they are familiar with!
Most importantly, the young man in front of them seems to have an extraordinary relationship with Xiao Yan.
"Just who is Yan Xiao? His puppets are terrifying, his pets are incredibly powerful, and even his friends are all cultivation freaks!"
Gu Li's lips twitched slightly, her heart filled with inexplicable shock.
"Hehe, I was so busy chatting with Yan Xiao that I almost forgot about this friend. Hehe, please don't mind!"
Pulling herself back to reality, Gu Li exchanged a glance with Chi Lin Luo Jin, who was also looking at Luo Jin, before smiling apologetically at him.
Seeing this, Luo Jin laughed and said:
"Haha, it's alright. Brother Yan Xiao disappeared for two years, and now that he's reappeared, I can't help but want to chat with him more. Not just you guys, but me too, haha."
The cheerful laughter instantly brightened the atmosphere in the hall.
"Hehe, after all this talk, you still don't know this friend's name?"
Gu Li faced Luo Jin, his cloudy old eyes gleaming with a sharp light, and asked with a kind smile.
Luo Jin smiled upon hearing this, cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Gu Li, and laughed heartily:
"My name is Luo Jin."
Upon hearing this, Gu Li and Chi Lin exchanged a glance, and then the two of them also cupped their hands in greeting to Luo Jin and introduced themselves.
"Young man, you're probably not from my Ancient Wilderness City, are you?"
Suddenly, Chi Lin was standing next to Gu Li, couldn't help but ask Luo Jin a question.
Upon hearing this, Gu Li also looked at Luo Jin with curiosity, as he was equally curious.
When Luo Jin heard Gu Li's words, his expression faltered slightly. Then, a faint smile appeared on his lips as he turned his gaze to Xiao Yan, who was sitting in the main seat, barely suppressing a smile as he looked at them. He said with a half-smile:
"Then tell me, am I considered a person of the Ancient Wilderness City Ancient Wilderness City, or not?"
As soon as the words fell, Gu Li and Chi Lin raised their eyebrows slightly, not yet realizing the meaning behind them, when Xiao Yan, sitting in the main seat, suddenly burst out laughing, his face turning red.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
After laughing for a while, until his stomach ached from laughing, Xiao Yan finally managed to stop. He then looked up and immediately saw the strange looks Gu Li and Chi Lin were giving him. Those looks made him feel uneasy...
Xiao Yan took two deep breaths, wiped away the tears of excitement from the corners of his eyes, and then looked at Luo Jin. The latter shrugged indifferently when he saw Xiao Yan's gaze. Xiao Yan nodded, understanding what the latter meant.
Seeing the strange behavior of the two people in the room, Gu Li and Chi Lin frowned, looked at each other, and shook their heads helplessly. If the two people in front of them didn't say anything, they wouldn't know what had happened.
After a long while, Xiao Yan finally turned his gaze to Gu Li and the other person. His face still showed the same excited expression as before, but now he seemed much more formal.
"Hehe, guild leaders, who do you think is the most mysterious figure in this Ancient Wilderness City?"
Hearing Xiao Yan's seemingly unrelated question, Gu Li and Xiao Yan raised their eyebrows slightly, exchanged a glance, and silently thought to themselves:
"If we're talking about the most mysterious figure in the Ancient Wilderness City, it would undoubtedly be Elder Luo from the south of the city. After all, he's been in this Ancient Wilderness City for so many years, and not only does no one know his true strength, but his origins are also completely unknown."
With this thought in mind, Gu Li's expression suddenly hardened, and her gaze instantly shifted to Luo Jin opposite her.
Elder Luo's surname is Luo, and this young man in front of me also has the surname Luo. Could it be...?
The next moment, Gu Li and Chi Lin Lin's expressions suddenly changed, and they quickly stood up, bowing respectfully to Luo Jin.
Xiao Yan and Luo Jin exchanged a glance. Judging from their expressions, these two old men must have guessed that Luo Jin was the head of the Cloud Hidden Pavilion.
The two exchanged a smile, and Luo Jin was about to get up when the words that came from Gu Li and the other person suddenly struck them like a thunderbolt, almost causing them to lose their footing.
"We two juniors pay our respects to Elder Luo!"
"Pfft!"
At the head of the table, Xiao Yan had just taken a sip of fragrant tea with a smile when he was startled by the sudden, shocking words and spat them out with a "pfft."
As Xiao Yan spat out that mouthful of tea, the atmosphere in the hall became awkward in just a few breaths.
Xiao Yan couldn't help but curl his lips inwardly. He really didn't expect that these two old men would think of his question in such a skewed way. No matter how mysterious Elder Luo's identity was, they had at least met him before!
How could Luo Jin, who looks so young, possibly be the same old man with a face full of wrinkles and white hair like Elder Luo?
After coughing violently a few times, Xiao Yan hurriedly looked up and happened to meet Luo Jin's eyes. The two looked at each other for a moment, and then couldn't help but laugh out loud.
This scene left Gu Li and his companion looking extremely embarrassed. At this point, they knew without needing to say anything more that their judgment was undoubtedly wrong.
If that's the case, then who exactly is this young man surnamed Luo standing before them?
Of course, Gu Li and Li couldn't help but wonder what Luo Jin's relationship was with Elder Luo.
After all, even if he wasn't Elder Luo, his surname and his extraordinary cultivation level were enough to make most people believe that Luo Jin was Elder Luo's junior.
Of course, that is indeed the case, but Luo Jin does not intend to let them know about his relationship with Elder Luo.
After a long while, as the people present managed to calm their emotions, Xiao Yan slowly raised his dark and deep eyes and looked down at Gu Li Chi Lin.
Recalling the scene just now, Xiao Yan's lips still twitched slightly, and he almost laughed out loud. Composing himself, Xiao Yan regained his composure and slowly chuckled:
"You might not believe it, but he is actually the head of the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion."