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The elders of the Ye family, upon hearing Xiao Fan's words, all showed expressions of understanding. Then, they astutely gleaned a crucial piece of information from Xiao Fan...

"First place in the Alchemy Competition..."

"The Pill Gathering is held every thirty years, and the champion of each gathering is a legendary figure on the continent, whose fame is renowned throughout the entire Dou Qi Continent. May I ask who your teacher is, young friend...?"

The elder had a hint of curiosity on his face. As one of the five great families in the Pill Domain, the Ye family naturally knew the prestige of each Pill Gathering champion.

From the information Xiao Fan just revealed, it turns out that the two of them are actually disciples of someone. Recalling the champions of the recent Pill Gatherings, the Grand Elder kept guessing about the identity of the teacher behind Xiao Fan and the other person.

"Hehe, you will all know my identity as a teacher during the alchemy gathering."

Xiao Fan cupped his hands in greeting but offered no explanation.

After discussing with the Grand Elder, the group did not linger. The Grand Elder arranged a grand feast to welcome Xiao Fan and his group. After the feast, he arranged for Xin Lan to take Xiao Fan and his group to a secluded courtyard.

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"Alright, this is the courtyard that the Grand Elder arranged for you."

Xinlan led Xiao Fan and his group to the entrance of a quiet courtyard. Turning back to Xiao Fan and his group, she smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the Grand Elder would actually be willing to give you the Heavenly Alchemy Chamber for alchemy."

"The Heavenly-level Cultivation Room?"

“Hmm.” Xinlan nodded slightly and explained to Xiao Yan and the others, “As one of the five elder families in the Pill Domain, the Ye family is naturally equipped with the most advanced alchemy room. However, the consumption of a high-level alchemist is something that even a medium-sized power cannot afford. Therefore, even with the strength of the Ye family, we must use our limited resources wisely.”

"Therefore, the alchemy rooms built within the clan were divided into four grades, distinguished by Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow."

"The Xuan and Huang alchemy rooms need no introduction. Apart from being secluded and having slightly denser battle qi, they are not particularly outstanding and are mainly used by some low-level alchemists in the clan."

"And each alchemy room above the Earth level has extremely special effects. To use it, you must get the consent of a member of the clan who is an elder or above."

As Xinlan spoke, a look of pride appeared on her face. After all, as a member of the Ye family, this was a unique resource belonging to the Ye family. Even within the Pill Domain, the Ye family's alchemy room was enough to make them stand out from the crowd.

"Each of the Heaven and Earth level alchemy rooms consumed a massive amount of resources. When they were built, they were inscribed with extremely ingenious formations. They require a lot of manpower and financial resources to maintain every day and have various wonderful effects."

"Earth-grade alchemy rooms are filled with extremely rich energy. When refining medicine, the array within the alchemy room will provide energy to the alchemist from afar, so there is no need to worry about exhausting battle qi. Moreover, it also has the effect of calming the mind and concentrating the spirit. In fact, the most amazing thing is that within an earth-grade alchemy room, the alchemist's soul control can be increased by 10%. This 10% effect is enough to increase the success rate of pill formation by 30%."

Listening to Xinlan's introduction of Xiao Fan and his group, apart from Ziyan, who was a complete novice in alchemy, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan were both surprised.

As alchemists, the two of them naturally knew the most common problems that alchemists encounter when making medicine. Now, in the Earth-level cultivation room, they didn't have to worry about their own battle qi at all. Moreover, the formation had the effect of calming the mind and concentrating the spirit, and it could also improve the alchemist's control over the soul power. Such an effect was exactly what an alchemist dreamed of.

"If a Class-Earth alchemy room can produce such effects, what about a Class-Heaven alchemy room?"

As Xiao Yan listened to Xin Lan's introduction, he curiously inquired about the effects of the Heaven-level alchemy room.

"As for the Heavenly Alchemy Chamber, besides the effects I just mentioned, I'm not very clear about it. I've only heard from the clan elders that it seems to enhance the medicinal properties of herbs and increase the chances of pill formation. Only the elders who have used the Heavenly Alchemy Chamber know the specifics."

Xinlan looked at Xiao Yan with envy as she spoke, and then said, "So, I didn't expect that the Grand Elder would actually be willing to give you the Heaven-level Alchemy Room. You should know that within the Ye family, only elders can use the Heaven-level Alchemy Room. Anyone else who wants to use it must pass the Elder Council's assessment and obtain the consent of more than half of the elders."

"It's so difficult to use a Heaven-level alchemy room..."

"of course!"

Xinlan looked at Xiao Yan and said excitedly, "The Xuan and Huang level alchemy rooms don't have any special effects, so there are many in the clan. But the Di level alchemy rooms, there are only ten in the clan. And the Tian level alchemy room, when it was built, consumed a huge amount of resources, so there is only one in the clan."

"However, as the Grand Elder just said, you can use the Heaven-level cultivation room as long as you wish, until the Pill Gathering begins."

Xiao Fan was never worried about the Ye family playing any tricks. After all, the Grand Elder would never offend a Dou Zun powerhouse like Xiao Fan, a genius alchemist with exceptional talent like Xiao Yan, and the unknown teachers behind the two of them, all for a little bit of resources.

However, upon hearing about the scarcity of Heaven-level cultivation rooms, Xiao Fan felt much more at ease about Xiao Yan's situation in the coming period. With such resources available, Xiao Fan believed that Xiao Yan's alchemy skills would definitely improve by leaps and bounds!

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Deep within the sacred land of the Serpent People in the Gama Empire.

The elders of the Serpent People stood atop the mountain behind the temple, watching the patrolling Serpent People law enforcement teams below, a hint of excitement flashing across their faces.

"The Xiao family has left?"

The Serpent Clan's First Elder turned his head to look at the Third Elder beside him, his tone calm, but he couldn't hide the joy on his face.

"Yes, Xiao Ding of the Xiao family, Xiao Yan's elder brother, and the current acting head of the Xiao family, just passed away yesterday."

The elder nodded upon hearing this, then looked at the snake-men patrolling below and continued, "In the coming days, send out Yan Ci and the others to guard the entire territory firmly. If anyone causes any trouble, don't blame me for not letting them off the hook!"

"Don't worry!"

Upon hearing this, the Third Elder laughed heartily and said, "Ever since Xiao Fan helped them condense their internal fighting spirit, those of them who have now entered the Dou Huang realm have held Xiao Fan in the highest esteem. This matter is definitely not an accident."

Upon hearing this, the First Elder glared at the Third Elder, then smiled and looked towards the temple.

"Hmph, after all these years, my snake-people race finally has a glimmer of hope to break free from its shackles..."

As the Grand Elder finished speaking, the tightly closed temple doors opened again. Flower Serpent, the Queen's personal guard, gracefully emerged from the temple, her arms crossed over her chest. Against the light, only two chubby heads could be vaguely seen resting on her neck…

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Within the mysterious array in Zhongzhou.

The whistling zither music became somewhat fragmented, and large numbers of monster corpses lay on the ground around them. Two women, their clothes somewhat disheveled, knelt on the ground with their backs to each other, their long swords stuck in front of them, panting heavily as they looked at the monsters surrounding them.

Further away, suffocating battle shockwaves emanated from the valley. From afar, the once beautiful valley was transformed into a barren wasteland as energy exploded.

"laugh!"

Among the surrounding demonic beasts, a demonic wolf with its eyes torn apart and its body covered in dense sword marks tore towards the two kneeling women. The suffocating feeling of death enveloped the two who were already powerless to resist.

"Woo~"

Just then, the distant sound of a flute rang out. The demonic wolf that had been attacking showed a struggle in its scarlet eyes and then stopped. The demonic beasts that had been surrounding them, exuding a cold killing intent, also gradually retreated.

"Shh!"

With a flash of purple light, Little Fairy Doctor appeared in front of Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran. Her face was pale, her aura was fluctuating, and she looked extremely weak. Seeing that the two were unharmed, she could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran were shocked to see this and rushed forward. They found that Little Fairy Doctor's injuries were quite serious, and a trace of sorrow appeared on their faces.

"call out!"

A flash of light, and a soft, melodious voice, like that of a nightingale, rang in the ears of the three.

"Yin Gu Baili greets the three of you..."

Chapter 161 The Heavenly-level Alchemy Room begins its seclusion!

The next day, Xiao Yan and the others, having rested overnight, were full of energy.

Not long after, Xinlan ran to the courtyard where Xiao Fan and the others were, looking quite excited.

"Have you all rested enough?"

Xinlan looked at Xiao Fan and the others and said, "If you've rested well, let's set off. I'll take you to the Heavenly-level Alchemy Room now."

Upon hearing Xinlan's words, Xiao Fan turned to look at Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan, who was standing to the side, also turned her gaze to Xiao Yan. Although she was not an alchemist, after Xinlan's introduction yesterday, she had developed a great interest in the Ye family's so-called Heaven-level alchemy room.

"Of course I'm well rested."

With a smile on his face, Xiao Yan looked at Xin Lan and said, "Xin Lan, let's go. Let us see the Ye family's alchemy room."

"it is good."

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xin Lan nodded and then led the three of them outside.

Led by Xinlan, the three of them quickly left their house, and the surrounding environment gradually became deserted, no longer as bustling as before.

"There are so few people."

Looking at the desolate scene around him, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh.

He had originally thought that he would see quite a commotion on his way to the Heavenly-level alchemy room.

"Hehe, there are quite a few people around."

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xiao Fan glanced at him and said, "Although the surrounding buildings aren't as bustling as the residential area outside, there are still quite a few people, and they all carry an extremely strong fragrance of pills. If I'm not mistaken, the surrounding buildings should be the so-called Profound and Yellow Level 2 alchemy rooms, right?"

Upon hearing Xiao Fan's words, Xin Lan showed admiration and nodded at him.

“That’s right, Brother Xiao Fan.”

Xinlan pointed around and said, "The buildings around here are basically the clan's alchemy rooms. Although the Xuanhuang level two alchemy rooms are not as unique as the Tiandi level two ones, they are mostly used by the clan's disciples. Therefore, many formations are inscribed outside the alchemy rooms to help alchemists shield themselves from external interference."

A hint of surprise flashed in Xinlan's eyes, and she said with a smile, "I didn't expect that you, Brother Xiao Fan, could actually see through these formations."

After about half an incense stick's time, Xiao Fan and the others keenly sensed that the surrounding energy had become more concentrated, and the already sparse buildings were now even fewer.

Ahead of them, a thin film could be felt, hindering their progress.

"Alright, this is where the clan's Heaven and Earth level alchemy rooms are located. Normally, without the elders' permission, clan disciples are not allowed to proceed further from here."

Xinlan looked at the formation in front of her, spoke to Xiao Fan and the others, and then took out a token from her bosom and placed it on the formation.

Soon, ripples appeared, and a passage emerged within the formation. Xinlan stepped into it first.

After passing through the formation, everyone felt that the energy circulating in the surrounding world had become even more concentrated, and Xiao Fan keenly sensed that the fire element energy within the formation had become much more active.

It seems that within this formation, the alchemy room can also extract flames to refine pills.

"Alright, we've finally arrived."

Looking at the oval-shaped alchemy room in the very center, which seemed out of place with the surrounding buildings, Xinlan put her hands on her hips and looked at Xiao Fan: "Alright, this is the Heaven-level cultivation room. Once you enter, you should be able to understand its purpose."

As she spoke, Xinlan took out the token from her bosom and handed it to Xiao Yan, saying, "Brother Xiao Yan, this is a token given to me by the Grand Elder. If you need any materials, you can just use this token to ask for them. The Grand Elder will then send someone to place what you need at the entrance of the Heaven-level Alchemy Room. You can pick it up whenever you have time."

After saying that, Xinlan looked at Xiao Yan expectantly, raised her fist and said, "There's not much time left before the Pill Gathering. I hope you can gain something from it, Brother Xiao Yan."

"Aren't you coming in with us to take a look?"

Xiao Yan took the token from Xin Lan's hand and looked at her with surprise. From Xin Lan's tone yesterday, it was clear that she longed for this Heaven-level cultivation room.