Chapter 395: Conflict

Xing Yuan was completely dumbfounded!

In fact, the Alchemist Guild of the Hurricane Realm had almost no connection with the Divine Realm.

This place seemed to be a forgotten land.

Of course, no one else was to blame; it was because the Dao of Alchemy in the Hurricane Realm was extremely underdeveloped.

So Xing Yuan's understanding of the Divine Realm was entirely fabricated by his own imagination.

Now, hearing Ye Yuan's words, he realized how naive he was.

Xing Yuan did not doubt Ye Yuan's words, because his words were the most logical! But his own imagination gave him a strong psychological暗示 that the Divine Realm was a wonderful place.

However, that was simply impossible.

Understanding this, Xing Yuan suddenly bowed to Ye Yuan and said respectfully, "Xing Yuan is ignorant; please, Senior, show me the way!"

Unconsciously, Xing Yuan had come to regard Ye Yuan as an old monster-like existence and quietly changed his address.

Ye Yuan reached out to help him up and sighed, "You also know my current situation; how can I bear such a grand salute? You must know that I said all this just to get you to spare me and let me live. It's not about showing you the way, but I can still help you ascend to the Divine Realm."

Enough is enough; too much is as bad as too little.

The gap in strength between Ye Yuan and Xing Yuan was too great. He had talked endlessly until now just to make Xing Yuan beg him.

As long as Xing Yuan had a request for Ye Yuan, he would naturally not harm him.

One should not have the heart to harm others, but one must have the heart to guard against them. Although there was the connection of Li Daoxuan between them, Ye Yuan still had to be on guard.

Only by arousing Xing Yuan's inner desire could he be absolutely safe.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Xing Yuan became extremely excited!

"Senior, what can you teach me?" Xing Yuan said excitedly.

"You are Li Daoxuan's disciple; you must not lack soul-cultivating techniques. But you are only at the mid-Emperor level now, which shows that you have found it difficult to make further breakthroughs," Ye Yuan said.

Xing Yuan said shamefully, "I have let my master down."

Ye Yuan waved his hand and said, "What shame? That kid himself is not much; he didn't break through to the Alchemy Emperor realm in a hundred years with me—that's the real shame! The Hurricane Realm lacks resources and is indeed unsuitable for alchemists to break through. It's already quite remarkable that you have cultivated to this level."

This was not Ye Yuan deliberately showing off in front of Xing Yuan; the Medicine King Hall indeed had many Alchemy Emperor experts.

The fact that the person he brought hadn't broken through to the Alchemy Emperor realm in a hundred years made him feel very embarrassed.

The Alchemy Emperor realm was not the peak for alchemists; it was just another beginning. Though both were Alchemy Emperors, there was a chasm-like gap between Ye Yuan and others.

From the initial Alchemy Emperor to the peak Alchemy Emperor—this was a chasm that many could not cross in their lifetime!

Ye Yuan was hailed as the one most likely to become the Alchemy God precisely because he had broken through to the peak Alchemy Emperor so quickly!

So fast that it put those veteran peak Alchemy Emperors to shame!

Hearing Ye Yuan curse Li Daoxuan again, Xing Yuan wished he hadn't heard it. Now he had to pretend he hadn't, and feigned ignorance, saying, "Senior, do you have a way to help me break through to the Emperor Perfection?"

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Have you ever heard of the Soul Fusion Pill?"

Xing Yuan shuddered all over, exclaiming in shock, "Senior, you can actually refine the Soul Fusion Pill! I saw it in the guild's ancient texts—it's a legendary fifth-grade pill!"

Ye Yuan curled his lips and said, "Those worthless texts of the Gale Realm, you should have thrown them away long ago. How is the Soul Fusion Pill a legendary pill? You don't think a Pill Emperor can't even refine a fifth-grade pill, do you?"

"Cough, cough, cough..." Xing Yuan nearly choked and said, "Xing Yuan's knowledge is shallow; please forgive my ignorance, Senior."

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "But I can only make you an empty promise. With my current strength, I simply cannot refine it. When I have enough power, I will come find you."

Xing Yuan was overjoyed and said, "No matter, no matter. Xing Yuan can wait! By the way, Senior, what did you mean earlier when you mentioned my master...?"

Ye Yuan glanced at Xing Yuan and said with emotion, "It seems you still have some feelings for that kid Li Daoheng. At least he didn't waste his teachings on you. However, I really don't know how he is now. At that time, I only had a wisp of remnant soul that escaped into the Boundless Realm, and I couldn't care about anything else."

Li Daoheng's life or death was entirely in Ji Canglan's hands.

If Ji Canglan went mad and carried out a thorough purge, Li Daoheng's life would likely be hard to save; if Ji Canglan still remembered some old ties, Li Daoheng might have a chance to survive.

But Ye Yuan felt the latter was more likely, though he couldn't say it clearly to Xing Yuan.

Seeing Ye Yuan's lost expression, Xing Yuan knew his question had touched a sore spot, but he also secretly began to worry about Li Daoheng.

...

Leaving Xing Yuan's place, Ye Yuan headed straight to Shi Haoran's. Before entering, Ye Yuan entrusted Bai Guang to Shi Haoran.

However, when Ye Yuan arrived at Shi Haoran's, he was nowhere to be seen. Instead, the White Tiger was held in the arms of an extremely beautiful woman, her face full of resentment.

Beside that woman stood a handsome young man in a yellow robe.

"Hehe, little white tiger, this time you can't escape my grasp, can you?" Shangguan Lingxue said playfully.

Shangguan Lingxue possessed the strength of the Transformation Sea realm; how could White Light possibly contend with her?

Under Shangguan Lingxue's oppressive might, White Light had no choice but to lie obediently in her arms.

Ye Yuan was startled at the sight. Wasn't this the woman who had brought him into the city? Why was she here?

The fatal part was that Ye Yuan had been tucked under her skirt at the time, catching an eyeful of boundless scenery.

Now that he saw her in person, Ye Yuan felt quite embarrassed.

Ye Yuan instinctively wanted to dodge, but it was too late; Shangguan Lingxue and the young man in yellow had already spotted him.

"Why doesn't this servant understand any rules? This is an important alchemy site—how can you just wander in and out?" the young man in yellow said with a frown.

He knew all seven of Xing Yuan's disciples, and there was no Ye Yuan among them. Coupled with Ye Yuan's low cultivation and plain clothes, the young man in yellow instinctively assumed Ye Yuan was a servant.

Ye Yuan frowned. The arrogant attitude of the young man in yellow made him quite uncomfortable.

Even if Ye Yuan were a servant, there was no need to act like this, let alone the fact that he wasn't.

This bossy demeanor, as if everyone owed him something—was it necessary?

Seeing Ye Yuan silent, the young man in yellow grew even more displeased: "What? Didn't you hear me? Get out!"

With that, he flicked his sleeve, sending a powerful gust of energy toward Ye Yuan, intending to forcibly push him out.

This young man in yellow was at the fifth level of the Sea of Transformation, and in his view, this move was more than enough to handle Ye Yuan, who was at the second level of Crystal Condensation.

However, the gust of wind simply swept past Ye Yuan, who remained standing there perfectly fine, without even moving!