Chapter 323: Pill Domain, Holy Pill City, An Unexpected Encounter!

Fire Cloud Old Ancestor's change in attitude was extremely abrupt, so much so that even Chu Yang did not expect it. He was stunned for a moment before looking at Tang Huo'er and smiling. "Let Miss Tang decide this matter herself!"

For many sects and forces, if Chu Yang were to directly snatch away an outstanding disciple like this, the other party would never agree.

But this generation of the Burning Flame Valley was different. Tang Huo'er was Tang Zhen's own daughter, and no matter who she took as a teacher, she could not sever her relationship with the Burning Flame Valley.

So for Tang Zhen and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, having such a young Dou Sheng teach Tang Huo'er was actually a good thing.

Most importantly, Chu Yang could reach the Dou Sheng realm at such an age, and his future would be limitless.

This move not only found a good teacher for Tang Huo'er but also allowed the Burning Flame Valley to connect with a future top powerhouse.

What was somewhat unexpected was that Tang Huo'er pursed her lips and did not agree directly, but said softly:

"Mr. Chu Yang, I was born in the Burning Flame Valley and grew up in the Burning Flame Valley, and my father is the Valley Master of the Burning Flame Valley. Even if I take you as my teacher, I will not draw a line with the Burning Flame Valley..."

Her meaning was very clear: she was stating the ugly truth first to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future when she could not balance her teacher's sect and her family.

Tang Zhen looked anxious, fearing that his daughter's words would cause Chu Yang to be dissatisfied and that they would part on bad terms.

On the contrary, Fire Cloud Old Ancestor stroked his beard, looking at Tang Huo'er with appreciation.

Being able to remain neither humble nor arrogant in the face of a Dou Sheng powerhouse made him feel as if he saw himself when he was young.

Chu Yang waved his hand. "You can understand this as a transaction. I need you to stay by my side and borrow the fire at any time."

"As a condition, I will provide you with cultivation resources and guide your cultivation."

"When I no longer need the help of the different fire, our master-disciple relationship will come to an end."

Hearing him say this, Tang Huo'er did not hesitate any longer and immediately knelt on the ground, performing the master-disciple ceremony. "Disciple Tang Huo'er, pays respects to Teacher!"

Chu Yang nodded with a smile, took out a jade slip, and handed it over. "This is a Dou Skill with a very high ceiling. Although it only starts at the Xuan-tier, if you can understand the true meaning, it can even surpass the Heaven-tier. Consider it a gift for taking you as a disciple."

Fire Cloud Old Ancestor and Tang Zhen's eyes widened in shock, truly not expecting Chu Yang to be so generous.

A Dou Skill with a ceiling that could surpass the Heaven-tier was something they had never even heard of!

Tang Huo'er also knew the importance and carefully took the jade slip, happily saying, "Thank you, Teacher!"

With the master-disciple relationship, Tang Huo'er no longer put on airs and looked like a cheerful little girl.

Thinking for a moment, Chu Yang said, "I will first treat Huo'er's hidden illness, and then solve the old injuries for Fire Cloud Saint."

Fire Cloud Old Ancestor waved his hand. "I'm not in a hurry! It just so happens that inheriting the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire requires a lot of preparation work, and Tang Zhen and I will take advantage of this time to arrange it."

Afterward, Tang Zhen took Chu Yang and Tang Huo'er to a secret room, and then he and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor got busy together.

It wasn't until early the next morning that Chu Yang walked out of the secret room with Tang Huo'er. The latter's spirit and energy seemed to be glowing, and even her cultivation had broken through a small realm.

Treating Tang Huo'er's injuries was not a difficult task for Chu Yang. The reason it took so long was that Chu Yang had influenced Tang Huo'er's foundation through Primordial Qi.

This influence was positive. The original inherited cultivation method of the Burning Flame Valley could allow the practitioner to inherit the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire and fuse the power of the different fire into their Dou Qi from a young age.

On the Dou Qi Continent, this was indeed a good thing, allowing the practitioner to possess stronger combat power at the same level.

But if you look at it from a long-term perspective, this would actually affect the practitioner's ceiling.

After all, the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire was only a different fire ranked twelfth on the Different Fire Ranking. Once one relied on it too much, I fear that barely breaking through to Dou Sheng would be the limit.

Chu Yang fused Primordial Qi into Tang Huo'er's foundation, so that the power of the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire could complement her Dou Qi without being as inseparable as before.

In this way, once the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire affected Tang Huo'er's cultivation, she could separate it at any time.

Seeing that his daughter's injuries were finally completely recovered, Tang Zhen's old face was full of joy, and his attitude toward Chu Yang became even more polite.

After Tang Zhen took Tang Huo'er to inherit the different fire, Chu Yang took Fire Cloud Old Ancestor into the secret room again, but this time it only took half an hour to heal his old injuries.

"Little friend, I have something to ask..."

Having received Chu Yang's favor, Fire Cloud Old Ancestor was also much more polite, no longer straight to the point, and there was some probing in his words.

Chu Yang waved his hand. "Senior, please feel free to ask!"

Fire Cloud Old Ancestor smiled. "It's not a big deal, it's just that I'm really curious about your actual age!"

"Why don't you guess, senior?" Chu Yang sold a pass.

Fire Cloud Old Ancestor narrowed his eyes. "I heard yesterday that a monstrous figure appeared in the Northwest region. Although he came from a small sect in a remote area, he showed Dou Zun strength at the age of sixteen!"

"Not long ago, before he was even eighteen, he crushed three Dou Shengs and confronted the Gu Clan, Shi Clan, and Ling Clan head-on!"

Speaking of this, Fire Cloud Old Ancestor paused and looked at Chu Yang meaningfully, asking, "I wonder if little friend has heard of this person?"

Chu Yang knew that his affairs had long spread across the continent, and he wouldn't hide his head and show his tail for this, so he smiled and said, "I wouldn't dare to call myself a monster, just slightly talented!"

Having guessed it long ago, Fire Cloud Old Ancestor couldn't help but shrink his pupils, and then asked again, "The outside world is rumored that the person obtained a great opportunity, perhaps even a Dou Di inheritance, which is why he ascended to the sky in one step!"

"Little friend, do you think that he can ascend to the Saint realm at a young age, is it due to opportunity or talent?"

Chu Yang looked directly at Fire Cloud Old Ancestor and smiled meaningfully. "I think it's mostly talent!"

"After all, I haven't heard of any Dou Di whose methods are similar to his!"

"If you say it's a prehistoric Dou Di that hasn't been recorded, that's even more nonsense."

"Even the eight ancient clans with Dou Di bloodlines have had their Dou Di bloodlines become increasingly thin to this day. How could prehistoric Dou Di bloodlines possibly survive to this day?"

Fire Cloud Old Ancestor didn't say anything more, his eyes flickering as he fell silent.

After a long time, Tang Zhen brought Tang Huo'er into the hall. The former's aura was somewhat withered, obviously the stripping of the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire had a certain impact on her.

On the contrary, Tang Huo'er's cultivation jumped directly to the peak of Dou Zong, and her aura was abundant.

Just at this moment, the silent Fire Cloud Old Ancestor suddenly stood up, his expression extremely serious, bowed to Chu Yang, and said in a deep voice, "From now on, I will trouble little friend to take care of Huo'er!"

"If there are any errands in the future, even if it means going through fire and water, the entire Burning Flame Valley will follow little friend's lead!"

Fire Cloud Old Ancestor was making a statement, and the previous silence was weighing the pros and cons.

Saying these words meant that the Burning Flame Valley would be completely tied to Chu Yang.

Even if it meant standing on the opposite side of the three ancient clans!

Fire Cloud Old Ancestor was making a big gamble, using the entire Burning Flame Valley to bet on a future! Tang Zhen also realized this. Although he didn't understand why Fire Cloud Old Ancestor wanted to do this, he still bowed to Chu Yang with a solemn expression.

Chu Yang stood up and smiled. "Since Huo'er has taken me as her teacher, we are one family, so you two don't need to be like this."

After everyone sat down and exchanged pleasantries for a long time, Chu Yang took Tang Huo'er and left the Burning Flame Valley. Standing in front of the mountain gate, watching Chu Yang tear open space and leave with Tang Huo'er, Tang Zhen asked softly, "Teacher, although Chu Yang is extraordinary, is it worth betting the entire Burning Flame Valley on just these few days of understanding?"

Fire Cloud Old Ancestor glanced at him and hummed. "What do you know, kid?"

Looking at the closed spatial rift, he took a deep breath and suddenly asked, "How many years has it been since a Dou Di appeared on the continent?"

Tang Zhen's pupils shrank, and his heart was shocked.

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Pill Domain, Holy Pill City.

Walking on the bustling street, Tang Huo'er kept looking around. She rarely left the Burning Flame Valley, so even though the Burning Flame Valley was not far from the Pill Domain, she had never been here.

"Teacher, look at that old man, he looks like an immortal, could he be a high-grade alchemist?" Tang Huo'er pointed to an old man not far away.

Actually, her personality was not so jumpy, but rather calm and polite. The reason she behaved like this was, on one hand, because of the joy of being free like a bird.

On the other hand, it was because she had Chu Yang, a teacher, to back her up, so she dared to be unscrupulous.

Everyone has two sides, and it was precisely because Chu Yang saw this side of Tang Huo'er that he taught her that Dou Skill.

In Chu Yang's view, what Tang Huo'er had hidden under the surface before was a heart of innocence.

The old man was clearly extraordinary. Hearing Tang Huo'er's words, he looked over, but he was not dissatisfied because of her rudeness, but smiled gently instead.

Tang Huo'er blinked, feeling a little embarrassed.

Chu Yang raised his eyebrows, suddenly quickened his pace, walked to the old man, cupped his hands, and said:

"May I ask... is senior a member of the Pill Tower?"

The old man looked at him and asked back, "Why does little friend say that?"

Chu Yang smiled. "Senior's cultivation is not bad, and your Soul Force is even more abundant, and you appear in this Holy Pill City, so I guess..."

"Senior is likely a member of the Pill Tower, and your status is not low."

The old man's expression froze. "I wonder which Saint you are?"

The other party could see through his cultivation at a glance, and even his soul foundation could be seen through, but his own soul power probed over, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea.

Clearly, the other party's cultivation was far stronger than his own!

He was a peak Dou Zun powerhouse, so the other party could only be a Half-Saint, or even a Dou Sheng! The old man had the same idea as Tang Zhen back then: Chu Yang was likely some old monster who was good at maintaining his youthful appearance.

Chu Yang smiled. "I have no name, no title, I came for the Pill Tower."

"Oh?" The old man's eyes lit up. "Are you an alchemist?"

Chu Yang nodded. The old man let go of some vigilance, his expression became much more amiable, and he cupped his hands. "I am Xuan Kongzi, I wonder how to address you?"

Chu Yang was stunned. Although he guessed that this old man must have an extraordinary status in the Pill Tower.

But he never expected that just after arriving in Holy Pill City, he would meet one of the three giants of the Pill Tower on the street!

"So it is Senior Xuan Kongzi, I have been disrespectful!"

Chu Yang also cupped his hands, giving the other party enough face. "My name is Chu Yang, I came from outside the Central Continent, and because I was troubled by the lack of pill recipes, I encountered a bottleneck, so I came to visit the Pill Tower by reputation!"

This time it was Xuan Kongzi's turn to be stunned. Countless alchemists come to Holy Pill City every day, either to join the Pill Tower or to take a teacher and learn skills.

But he had never heard of such an outrageous reason! Lack of pill recipes?

Are you kidding? Whenever an alchemist's grade improves, the circle around him will also be different, and naturally, he will be able to come into contact with higher-grade pill recipes.

In this way, almost no alchemist would be troubled by pill recipes.

And this person's strength is unfathomable, likely a Half-Saint or even a Dou Sheng powerhouse. For a powerhouse at this level, even if he wants to get a recipe for an eighth-grade pill, it is not a difficult thing.

Thinking for a moment, Xuan Kongzi said, "In that case, why don't you come with me to the Pill Tower to sit for a while?"

No matter what purpose this person has, being able to form a good relationship with a powerhouse is always a good thing.

Even if the visitor has ill intentions, even if the other party is a Dou Sheng powerhouse, the Pill Tower is not afraid! The most powerful thing about alchemists is often not their own strength, but the influence they possess.

As the largest alchemist force on the continent, the Pill Tower's influence has reached a terrifying degree.

What's more, there are also Dou Sheng powerhouses sitting in the Pill Tower! Tang Huo'er looked at Chu Yang and then at Xuan Kongzi, and for a while, she was a little confused.

After learning Xuan Kongzi's identity, she originally thought her abruptness would cause trouble, but she never expected that the two would start chatting.

And as they chatted, this Pill Tower giant actually invited the teacher to be a guest? Dizzily following Chu Yang and Xuan Kongzi into the Pill Tower, Tang Huo'er finally understood the key.

Strength!

The reason they could have such treatment was likely because of the teacher's strength! Thinking of this, while Tang Huo'er strengthened her determination to become stronger, she also had a trace of worship for Chu Yang.

The Pill Tower is located in the center of Holy Pill City. The outer domain of Holy Pill City is fully open, but the inner domain is heavily guarded, and usually only forces related to the Pill Tower or high-grade alchemists can enter.

However, with Xuan Kongzi leading the way personally, Chu Yang and his party naturally did not encounter any obstacles.

The Pill Tower is a towering black tower that reaches into the clouds, majestic and imposing. Xuan Kongzi took Chu Yang and Tang Huo'er directly to the upper levels of the Pill Tower.

This is where he usually lives, practices, and refines medicine.

But before the three could sit down, a figure rushed in in a hurry.

"Teacher! You are finally back!"

It was a woman with a hot figure and a face not inferior to Tang Huo'er, but with a bit more charm.

"Ying'er! Don't be rude!" Xuan Kongzi frowned, but he didn't show any anger, and there was a trace of doting in his eyes instead.

"Who are these two?" The woman looked at Chu Yang and Tang Huo'er.

She was a smart woman and knew that those who could be invited here by the teacher were not ordinary, so she didn't show the slightest contempt.

Xuan Kongzi smiled at Chu Yang. "Let Mr. Chu Yang laugh. This is my disciple, Cao Ying."

"Ying'er, this is Mr. Chu Yang and his high disciple."

Cao Ying looked at Chu Yang curiously and bowed. "I have met Mr. Chu Yang!" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 324 =====