Watching Xiao Yan's puzzled expression, Chen Yang smiled slightly: "Whether it is or isn't, if you take off the ring and Cultivate for a moment, won't it be clear?"
Xiao Yan nodded in a daze, looking at the black ring on his right hand with complex eyes, then slowly raised his hand to take it off and placed it on the table.
Then, Xiao Yan took two steps in one, quickly returned to the bedside, sat cross-legged, and formed hand seals to begin to Cultivate.
Chen Yang sat by the table, not picking up Yao Chen's storage ring to observe, but instead sank his consciousness into his mind, searching among the many Pill Formulas for Medicinal Pills suitable for Xiao Yan's Foundation Establishment and for the cultivation levels of a Dou Practitioner and Dou Master.
The Third-Grade Alchemy Skill bestowed upon him by the System encompassed all the Pill Formulas of the Fighting Qi Continent throughout history. Even the Medicine Clan, known for Alchemy, as well as the Pill Tower and Little Pill Tower, could not compare to Chen Yang in terms of Pill Formulas of the Third-Grade and below, let alone Yao Chen, who had not even reached the level of a Ninth-Grade Alchemist before he died.
Soon, twenty-five minutes passed, and Xiao Yan, sitting cross-legged on the edge of the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, his face full of wild joy.
"It hasn't disappeared, the Qi really hasn't disappeared!"
"It really was because of that ring!"
Xiao Yan jumped off the bed in excitement, ran to the table, stared fixedly at the black ring for a few moments, and then bowed to Chen Yang:
"Brother Yang, I will remember this grace of rebirth for the rest of my life!"
"If it weren't for you, I'm afraid that even in another three years, I wouldn't have realized that my Qi disappearing was actually because of the ring my mother left behind!"
Chen Yang smiled, stood up, and patted his shoulder: "Since the cause has been found, then for the next three years, you must strive hard to regain the dignity of yourself and your father!"
Xiao Yan nodded, his young face wearing a calm expression: "Brother Yang, even without you saying it, I understand. Today's humiliation is just a trivial stumbling block on my life's path, but I will definitely return it to Nalan Yanran!"
Chen Yang smiled and nodded: "Alright, go find your little girlfriend and share the good news. Come to the Mittel Auction House to find me tomorrow. Oh, right, remember to bring money!"
Hearing the words "little girlfriend," Xiao Yan reached out and scratched his head with a silly smile, neither admitting nor denying it. Regarding Xun'er, he... 'Huh, why did I think of Xun'er?'
"I'm leaving!" Chen Yang glanced at Xiao Yan, then with his hands behind his back, humming a tune belonging to 2025, he left Xiao Yan's courtyard.
"Strange, why does the tune Brother Yang is humming sound so much like a song from my original world..." Xiao Yan scratched his head, puzzled.
Chen Yang, who had not yet left the courtyard, had a face full of black lines, inwardly cursing those idiotic stitch-up freaks!
As Xiao Yan watched Chen Yang completely leave the small courtyard, just as he was preparing to go out to find Xun'er, an old voice suddenly sounded from behind: "Little fellow, thank you for the offerings over these past three years..."
"Hmm? You old thing, f*** you!!!"
Chen Yang, having left Xiao Yan's courtyard, naturally left the time to Xiao Yan and Yao Chen.
He had only walked a few steps when he encountered Xiao Zhan and Ya Fei. Clearly, Xiao Zhan was worried about his son and was waiting on the road ahead.
"Great Master Chen Yang!"
Seeing Chen Yang, the two stepped forward, one after the other, with clear hope on Xiao Zhan's face.
"It's fine now, Clan Leader Xiao. Xiao Yan's problem has been solved. After Cultivating just now, the Qi did not disappear!" Chen Yang looked at Xiao Zhan and said with a smile.
"Solved???"
"That's great!"
"That's great!"
"That's great..."
Xiao Zhan paced back and forth in excitement. Ya Fei and Chen Yang looked at each other, shook their heads gently, and smiled.
After pacing for a few rounds, Xiao Zhan suddenly came before Chen Yang, lifted his robes, and was about to kneel directly.
Chen Yang flashed forward to support him. Xiao Zhan was surprised to find that with his cultivation of a Six-Star Great Dou Shi, he couldn't actually kneel down?
"Clan Leader Xiao, I am a Nine-Star Great Dou Shi. If I let you kneel before me today, I would lose face completely!" Chen Yang straightened Xiao Zhan up, walked to a pavilion nearby to sit down, and said to Xiao Zhan.
"Nine-Star Great Dou Shi..." Xiao Zhan did not expect that Chen Yang, at such a young age, was not only at least a Third-Grade Alchemist but also already a Nine-Star Great Dou Shi.
Thinking of this, he did not kneel again but, from a distance of two and a half meters, bowed deeply to Chen Yang: "Great Master Chen Yang saved Yaner's talent. Xiao Zhan will never forget this. Even if it means exhausting the family wealth, Xiao Zhan must repay the Great Master's kindness!"
Chen Yang waved his hand, took out a fruit from his storage ring, and took a bite: "Forget it, your family's peanuts and dates—even if you gave them all to me, I wouldn't care for them!"
Seeing Xiao Zhan's slightly awkward expression, Chen Yang continued: "Helping you, one reason is that I find this kid Xiao Yan pleasing to the eye, and he also has the talent of an Alchemist. Today's action can be considered as establishing a good relationship with him. He is about to come of age, so let him repay this debt of gratitude!"
"Besides that, the other reason is that when I first arrived in the Jia Ma Empire, I was unfamiliar with the place. I didn't even have clothes or shoes. It was a member of your Xiao Family named Xiao Yong who gave me clothes and shoes and even brought me to Wutan City."
"Clan Leader Xiao, your Six-Star Great Dou Shi cultivation and helping Xiao Yan restore his talent are just minor things!"
"The good fortune of your Xiao Family is still yet to come!"
Upon first arriving at this Fighting Qi Continent, if it weren't for Xiao Yong gifting him clothes and shoes and escorting him the whole way, let alone activating the System, it would be lucky he wasn't eaten by a Demonic Beast.
In the eyes of Ya Fei, Xiao Zhan, and others, Xiao Yong had merely given Chen Yang a set of clothes and a pair of shoes, and led the way for him. With Chen Yang's strength as a Nine-Star Great Dou Shi, how could he possibly encounter danger near Wutan City?
But for Chen Yang, this was truly a life-saving grace.
"Yaner actually has the talent of an Alchemist?"
"Great Master Chen Yang helping the Xiao Family is actually also because of Xiao Yong?"
Xiao Zhan was momentarily dazed. As for what Chen Yang said about the good fortune to come, he didn't take it too much to heart; as long as his son was fine, that was enough!
"Clan Leader Xiao, is Brother Xiao Yong in the clan right now?"
"If he is, could I trouble you to invite him over? Would that be possible?" Chen Yang looked at Xiao Zhan and asked.
"He is. I will send someone to invite him... No, I will go invite him personally!" After Xiao Zhan finished speaking, he leaped and disappeared on the small path.
After Xiao Zhan left, Ya Fei stepped forward with lotus steps. A fragrant breeze, carried by the wind, entered Chen Yang's nostrils.
"Great Master Chen Yang, I didn't expect you to have such a wonderful connection with this Xiao Family?" Ya Fei said with a smile.
"A drop of kindness should be repaid with a gushing spring. In the future, I trouble Miss Ya Fei to show some convenience to the people of the Xiao Family." Chen Yang looked up at Ya Fei, instructing her with a serious face.
"Rest assured, even if you didn't say it, I would do so. After today, this young master of the Xiao Family is likely going to rise!" Ya Fei said with emotion.
"That is only a matter of time. I trust Miss Ya Fei's judgment, and I also trust the judgment of your Mittel Family!" Chen Yang was speaking from a god's-eye perspective.
"Three years... I really don't know what level Xiao Yan will grow to after three years..."
While the two were talking, at the end of the road, Xiao Zhan brought a big man of similar age to him, walking over in a hurry.
Chen Yang scanned the two, hurriedly stood up, walked out of the pavilion, and went to meet them.
And Xiao Yong, after Xiao Zhan's guidance, was still somewhat nervous. He didn't expect that the little friend he had casually brought back to Wutan City the other day was actually an Alchemist Great Master.
"Chen Yang, little... Great Master!" Xiao Yong was flustered and about to bow, but was grabbed by Chen Yang.
"Brother Xiao Yong, just continue to call me Young Brother!" Chen Yang smiled and looked at Xiao Yong, then pulled him toward the pavilion.
"This..." Xiao Yong turned his head to look at Xiao Zhan, his heart in his throat.
Xiao Zhan nodded at Xiao Yong, feeling incredibly happy inside.
This time, the Xiao Family is really going to rise...