Chapter 364: I Really Am an Alchemist

"Oh dear, that little white tiger is so fast! I couldn't even catch him!" Shangguan Lingxue fumed.

Just then, the carriage curtain was lifted, revealing the face of a handsome young man.

"Lingxue, we've arrived."

Shangguan Lingxue had no time to worry about the white light now; she had to bow and step down from the carriage, offering a curtsy to the man.

"Thank you, Seventh Prince. I've had a wonderful time these past few days," Shangguan Lingxue said.

"Heh, accompanying one of the Twin Beauties of the Royal City, Shangguan Lingxue, on an outing is my honor!" The Seventh Prince was exceptionally dignified, without any airs.

"Lingxue is just a common beauty, hardly one of the Twin Beauties of the Royal City. That's just something idle gossips made up," Shangguan Lingxue said generously.

The Seventh Prince laughed. "Lingxue is too modest! Since I've seen you home, I won't disturb you further. Please convey my regards to Uncle Shangguan."

Shangguan Lingxue smiled sweetly. "Farewell, Seventh Prince."

Watching the Seventh Prince leave, Shangguan Lingxue's gaze swept around, but there was no trace of the white light.

...

In a secluded corner, Ye Yuan appeared. He shook White Light's little head vigorously and laughed. "Our White Light is irresistible when he acts cute!"

White Light jumped away, baring his teeth at Ye Yuan.

Clearly, what had just happened had become an eternal pain for him.

He was a divine beast! A divine beast!

Ye Yuan laughed heartily. "Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore. You did really well this time! I'll give you some candy later, hehe!"

Only then did White Light feel appeased, but when Ye Yuan asked him to enter the spatial artifact, he absolutely refused.

Ye Yuan had no choice but to keep him by his side.

Having searched the middle-aged martial artist's memories, Ye Yuan followed them and finally found the Xiao family's establishment, the Four Seas Pavilion.

Catching the whiffs of medicinal fragrance, Ye Yuan couldn't help but feel nostalgic for his days at the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion.

"I wonder how Father and Mother are doing now, and why they went to the Northern Domain. When I return this time, it's time to go to the Northern Domain to find them," Ye Yuan murmured to himself.

After a moment's thought, Ye Yuan stepped into the Four Seas Pavilion.

In the Gale Realm, martial arts flourished, but due to scarce resources, the paths of alchemy and formations were very underdeveloped.

Compared to the Boundless Realm, they lagged far behind in these aspects.

However, a martial artist's foundation still lay in personal strength, so the people of the Gale Realm were inherently very aggressive.

Thus, when those martial artists heard that the passage between the two realms had been opened, their first reaction was to attack the Boundless Realm, not to exchange goods or anything.

"Buying pills? Over there. Third-grade pills are very expensive. Looking at your shabby appearance, do you have money?" As soon as Ye Yuan entered, a shop assistant looked down on him.

Ye Yuan was wearing clothes prepared by Lan Feng. Given the region of the Lan tribe, they naturally couldn't provide good clothes.

The shop assistants in the royal city were all snobbish. One look at Ye Yuan and they knew he was from the countryside, so they naturally showed no kindness.

Moreover, because pills were scarce in the Gale Realm, they were even more precious. These elite pill shops were more popular, and their attitudes... naturally weren't good.

Ye Yuan casually tossed out a bronze token and said, "Is the manager in? I'm here to apply for the position of Xiao family guest elder!"

This bronze token was something Ye Yuan found in the middle-aged martial artist's storage ring; it was a token for applying as a guest elder.

"Guest elder?" The assistant looked at Ye Yuan suspiciously, sneering, "A brat whose hair hasn't even grown in dares to apply as a guest elder? Do you even know how to light a furnace? Do you think you're Miss Ruyan? Get out of here, the manager is busy and has no time for a little kid like you!"

As he spoke, the assistant moved to push Ye Yuan.

He exerted force but pushed nothing; Ye Yuan had already moved behind him and gently pushed him in the back.

"Bang!"

The assistant's face slammed directly into the door.

"Ouch! Kid, you dare to start a fight at the Four Seas Pavilion? Are you tired of living?" The assistant covered his face in pain.

This assistant was also a Liquid Realm martial artist, so this injury was nothing to him.

But with the Four Seas Pavilion bustling with people, this proud assistant had lost face badly.

Ye Yuan smiled. "It seems you were the one who struck first, right?"

The dignity of the Alchemy Emperor could not be offended by a mere shop assistant. Ye Yuan had only given him a light punishment, which was already showing mercy.

However, the commotion had already attracted a crowd of onlookers, and it was clear that things wouldn't end peacefully.

The assistant shouted, "Where are the guards? Are they all dead? Someone's causing trouble—arrest him!"

At his shout, two late-stage Crystal Condensation guards appeared. But before they could act, a voice sounded from behind.

"What's going on?" An old man walked out unhurriedly.

The assistant covered his face and said, "Manager Tong, this kid is deliberately causing trouble. I told him to leave, but he wouldn't and even hit me!"

Manager Tong's face darkened, and he said to Ye Yuan, "Is this true?"

Ye Yuan said calmly, "I came to apply for the position of Xiao family guest elder. He didn't even let me try and told me to get lost. Isn't that going too far?"

The assistant stammered, "Manager Tong, this kid is at most sixteen. Even if he started learning alchemy in the womb, how accomplished could he be? Does he think he's Miss Ruyan, reaching the level of a grand alchemist at such a young age? He's obviously here to cause trouble!"

What the assistant said was not unreasonable. Given Ye Yuan's age, it was impossible for him to have made great achievements in alchemy.

"Young man, what do you have to say?"

Manager Tong was a steady man and didn't jump to conclusions.

Unexpectedly, Ye Yuan calmly took out a badge and pinned it on his chest—it was the badge of a junior alchemist!

"I really am an alchemist, not here to mess with you," Ye Yuan said flatly.

"Pfft!"

Seeing this, the onlookers almost spat out blood.

Was this kid here to be funny? A junior alchemist daring to apply as a Xiao family guest elder?

"Ahem, I haven't taken the exam at the Alchemist Guild in a while. I'm just showing you my identity. As for whether I'm qualified, a test will tell," Ye Yuan explained.

"Haha, Manager Tong, I told you he was here to cause trouble! A junior alchemist dares to apply as a guest elder at our Four Seas Pavilion! In my opinion, he must be sent by the Tong family to stir up trouble!" The assistant mocked.

The first thing an alchemist did after advancing was to go to the Alchemist Guild to obtain the badge corresponding to their level.

Because the corresponding level meant corresponding treatment. A senior alchemist and a junior grand alchemist were completely different in people's eyes.

So in the assistant's view, Ye Yuan was definitely here to cause trouble.

Manager Tong, after a moment's thought, said to Ye Yuan, "Young man, can you release your soul power?"