Seeing Xiao Yan's puzzled look, Chen Yang smiled slightly. "Whether it is or not, just take off the ring and cultivate for a while, and you'll know."
Xiao Yan nodded absentmindedly, looking at the black ring on his right hand with a complicated expression. He then slowly raised his hand, took it off, and placed it on the table.
Then, Xiao Yan quickly returned to the bedside, sat down cross-legged, and began cultivating by forming hand seals.
Chen Yang sat at the table, not picking up Yao Lao's ring to examine it, but instead focusing his mind on searching among the various pill formulas for suitable pills for Xiao Yan's Foundation Establishment and for those at the Dou Zhe and Dou Shi levels.
The Grade 3 alchemy technique that the World Tree bestowed upon him encompassed all the medicinal formulas from ancient times to the present in the Dou Qi Continent. Even the Medicine Clan, which was famous for its alchemy, and the Pill Tower and Little Pill Tower, could not match Chen Yang's Grade 3 and lower-grade medicinal formulas, let alone Yao Chen, who did not break through to the Grade 9 Alchemist before his death.
Twenty-five minutes passed quickly, and Xiao Yan, who was sitting cross-legged on the edge of the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, his face filled with ecstasy.
"It hasn't disappeared! The Dou Qi really hasn't disappeared!"
"It really is because of that ring!"
Xiao Yan excitedly jumped off the bed, ran to the table, stared intently at the black ring for a few moments, then bowed deeply to Chen Yang.
"Brother Yang, I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life!"
"If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't have realized for another three years that my Dou Qi disappeared because of the ring left by my mother!"
Chen Yang smiled, stood up, and patted him on the shoulder. "Now that you've found the reason, you'll have to work hard for the next three years to regain your and your father's dignity!"
Xiao Yan nodded, his expression calm. "Brother Yang, I understand even if you don't say it. Today's humiliation is just a trivial stumbling block on my path in life, but I will definitely repay Nalan Yanran!"
Chen Yang smiled and nodded. "Alright, go tell your little girlfriend the good news. Come find me at the Mittel Auction House tomorrow. Oh, and remember to bring your money!"
Upon hearing the words "little girlfriend," Xiao Yan chuckled sheepishly and scratched his head, neither confirming nor denying. As for Xun'er, he… 'Wait, why am I thinking of Xun'er?'
"I'm leaving!" Chen Yang glanced at Xiao Yan, then put his hands behind his back, humming a tune from his previous life, and left Xiao Yan's courtyard.
"Strange, the tune Brother Yang is humming sounds so much like a song from my original world…" Xiao Yan scratched his head in confusion.
Chen Yang, who hadn't even left the courtyard yet, was speechless, cursing those fellow transmigrators in his heart.
As Xiao Yan watched Chen Yang leave the courtyard, he was about to go out to find Xun'er when a frail voice suddenly sounded behind him. "Little fellow, thank you for your offerings over the past three years…"
"Huh? What old monster is this!!!"
...
Having left Xiao Yan's courtyard, Chen Yang naturally left his time with Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.
He had only walked a few steps when he encountered Xiao Zhan and Ya Fei. It was obvious that Xiao Zhan was worried about his son and had been waiting for him on the way.
"Brother Chen Yang!"
"Master Chen Yang!"
Upon seeing Chen Yang, the two approached one after another, with Xiao Zhan's face clearly showing hope.
"It's alright, Clan Leader Xiao. Xiao Yan's problem has been resolved. His Dou Qi didn't disappear after he cultivated just now!" Chen Yang looked at Xiao Zhan and said with a smile.
"Resolved???"
"Very good!"
"Very good!"
"Very good…"
Xiao Zhan paced back and forth excitedly. Ya Fei and Chen Yang exchanged a glance, shook their heads, and smiled.
After wandering around for a while, Xiao Zhan suddenly came to Chen Yang and lifted his clothes to kneel down.
Chen Yang swiftly stepped forward and helped him up. Xiao Zhan was surprised to find that despite his cultivation level of a 6-Star Great Dou Master, he couldn't kneel down.
"Clan Leader Xiao, I am a 9-Star Great Dou Master. If I make you kneel before me today, I will lose face big time!" Chen Yang straightened Xiao Zhan up and walked to a nearby pavilion to sit down, saying to Xiao Zhan.
"9-Star Great Dou Master…" Xiao Zhan didn't expect that Chen Yang, at such a young age, was not only at least a Grade 3 Alchemist, but also a 9-Star Great Dou Master.
Thinking of this, he stopped kneeling and instead bowed deeply to Chen Yang from a distance of two and a half meters. "Master Chen Yang saved Yan'er's talent, and Xiao Zhan will never forget it. Even if it means giving away all his wealth, Xiao Zhan will repay the Master's kindness!"
Chen Yang waved his hand, took out a fruit from his storage ring and took a bite. "Forget it, even if you gave me all your wealth, I wouldn't want it!"
Seeing Xiao Zhan's embarrassed expression, Chen Yang continued.
"I'm helping you for two reasons. Firstly, I find Xiao Yan pleasing to the eye, and secondly, he has the talent of an alchemist. Today's actions can be seen as establishing a good relationship with him. He'll be an adult soon, so he can repay this favor!"
"Besides that, another reason is that when I first arrived in the Jia Ma Empire, I was unfamiliar with the place and didn't even have clothes or shoes. It was a man named Xiao Yong from your Xiao Family who gave me clothes and shoes and brought me to Wutan City."
"Clan Leader Xiao, your 6-Star Great Dou Master status and your help in restoring Xiao Yan's talent are just the tip of the iceberg!"
"Your Xiao Family's good fortune is yet to come!"
When he first arrived on the Dou Qi Continent, if it weren't for Xiao Yong giving him clothes and shoes and seeing him off all the way, he wouldn't have been able to activate the World Tree, and he would have been lucky to escape being eaten by magical beasts.
In the eyes of Ya Fei, Xiao Zhan and others, Xiao Yong had only given Chen Yang a set of clothes and a pair of shoes, and led him the way. With Chen Yang's strength as a 9-Star Great Dou Master, how could he possibly encounter danger near Wutan City?
But for Chen Yang, this was undoubtedly a life-saving grace.
"Yan'er actually has the talent of an alchemist?"
"Master Chen Yang helped the Xiao Family, and it turns out that Xiao Yong was also involved?"
Xiao Zhan was momentarily dazed. As for Chen Yang's words about good fortune coming later, he didn't take them to heart. As long as his son was well, that was enough!
"Clan Leader Xiao, is Brother Xiao Yong in the clan at this moment?"
"If he is here, would you please ask him to come over? Would that be alright?"
Chen Yang looked at Xiao Zhan and asked.
"Yes, I'll send someone to invite them right away… no, I'll go invite them myself!"
After Xiao Zhan finished speaking, he leaped and disappeared on the path.
After Xiao Zhan left, Ya Fei stepped forward with graceful steps, and a fragrant breeze wafted into Chen Yang's nostrils.
"Brother Chen Yang, I never expected you to have such a wonderful connection with the Xiao Family," Ya Fei said with a smile.
"A drop of kindness deserves a spring of gratitude in return. I hope you will trouble Sister Ya Fei to do me a favor for the Xiao Family in the future." Chen Yang looked up at Ya Fei and earnestly instructed her.
"Don't worry, I would have done it even if you hadn't said anything. From today onwards, the young master of the Xiao Family is likely to rise to prominence!" Ya Fei said with a sigh.
"That's just a matter of time. I trust Sister Ya Fei's judgment, and I also trust the judgment of your Mittel Family!" Chen Yang was speaking from a God's-eye view.
"Three years… I wonder how much Xiao Yan will have grown in three years…"
As the two were talking, Xiao Zhan hurriedly walked over from the end of the road with a burly man of similar age to him.
Chen Yang glanced at the two people and quickly got up and walked out of the pavilion to greet them.
After Xiao Zhan's reminder, Xiao Yong was still a little uneasy. He hadn't expected that the little boy he had casually brought back to Wutan City the other day would actually be a master alchemist.
"Young… Master Chen Yang!" Xiao Yong hurriedly tried to bow, but Chen Yang grabbed him.
"Brother Xiao Yong, you can continue to call me little brother!" Chen Yang smiled at Xiao Yong, then pulled him toward the pavilion.
"This…" Xiao Yong turned to look at Xiao Zhan, his heart pounding with anxiety.
Xiao Zhan nodded to Xiao Yong, overjoyed.
This time, the Xiao Family was truly about to rise again…