Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 339 The Meaning of the Ninth Rank, See You Again Gu Xun'er

"I see……"

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes, and he said meaningfully: "It seems that the cooperation between the Ancient Clan and the Medicine Clan is not too comfortable!"

As a smart man, after Gu Zhen’s simple reminder, Lin Yuan immediately figured out the key.

Before, he had always focused on the Soul Clan, thinking about the significance of a ninth-grade alchemist to the Soul Clan's plan, but he had overlooked one thing to a certain extent... A ninth-grade alchemist was also of great significance to the other clans.

Currently, in the Douqi Continent, there are only three clans that possess ninth-grade alchemists: the Medicine Clan, the Soul Clan, and the Dan Tower, plus the independent cultivator Shennong.

Among the parties...

Although Hunxuzi of the Soul Clan can refine ninth-grade elixirs, the problem is... who dares to ask him for medicine? Apart from the Soul Clan, who dares to eat the ninth-grade elixir he refines?
Old man Shennong, this old veteran in the world of alchemy, is completely elusive.

In Danta, only the Great Elder of Xiaodanta can be considered a ninth-grade alchemist, but his success rate in refining ninth-grade pills in the past was... a bit low.

As for the ninth-grade elixir, even if it is a ninth-grade precious elixir, the preciousness of its ingredients is by no means comparable to that of the eighth-grade elixir - even the ancient clans cannot afford to waste it.

At present, only the Medicine Clan can refine and supply ninth-grade elixirs with a considerable success rate.

In other words, the shipment of ninth-grade elixirs is monopolized by the Medicine Clan.

No matter in which world, monopoly always means huge profits...Treasures such as elixirs are naturally no exception in the Douqi Continent.

The Medicine Clan is able to be so arrogant because of the objective conditions.

As for the major forces such as the Ancient Clan, the Thunder Clan, the Flame Clan, etc., in terms of elixirs, especially the ninth-grade elixirs, it would be a more advantageous situation if Danta had the strength to restrain the Medicine Clan, or even compete with the Medicine Clan.

The extraordinary talent in alchemy demonstrated by Lin Yuan undoubtedly gave the ancient clan and other clans hope of changing the situation.

You don’t even need to invest anything on your part, just wait quietly for it to grow.

After Lin Yuan achieved the ninth grade, all the races had one more way to obtain ninth grade elixirs... a way that was not from the Medicine Clan. This way, they at least had one more bargaining chip to bargain with the Medicine Clan.

In particular, up to now, Lin Yuan's attitude towards the outside world is a very positive attitude of cooperating with others.

It can be said that when Lin Yuan, at the age of twenty, successfully refined an eighth-grade six-color elixir in the eighth-grade assessment of Danta, demonstrated his ninth-grade status and became famous on the continent, he was already standing on the chessboard of the game between the top forces.

After figuring out all these key points, Lin Yuan relaxed a little - with all the tribes having expectations of him, he had more room to maneuver than before.

"Looking at Brother Lin's expression, I think he understands."

Seeing that Lin Yuan understood immediately, Gu Zhen smiled in appreciation and said seriously: "Although you have some conflicts with Deputy Commander Gu Yao, in the final analysis, it is just a dispute between young people. Its impact is far less than the real important matter."

Gu Xun'er's thoughts could not be hidden from the elders of the Gu clan. They all knew that she was using Lin Yuan as a target to resist some of the clan's thoughts and arrangements about her.

However, even if everyone knew about it, they could only go with the flow.

The only ones who could make the final decision on Xun'er's marriage were the clan leader and herself... Besides, she had already made some concessions and put forward quite 'reasonable' conditions.

That’s right, in the eyes of the ancient clan elders, Xun’er’s request was very reasonable.

Even if he is one of his own descendants, if he cannot even defeat Lin Yuan, a person who is not a descendant of the Dou Emperor, how can he be qualified to receive Xun'er's favor?

After all, the importance and love that the ancient clan elders showed to Xun'er far exceeded that shown to Gu Yao and the others... It's just that this old-fashioned love that was "for her own good" rather than "for her happiness" was not something Xun'er herself liked.

As for Lin Yuan, the top leaders of the ancient clan would not be stupid enough to treat him differently because of his fake "ambiguous" relationship with Xun'er...especially when their interests are involved.

As for the Gu Zhen lineage, since they have already taken the lead in cooperating with Lin Yuan and the relationship between the two sides is quite friendly, they should naturally make good use of it.

This time, Gu Zhen took the initiative to inform information related to body refining fighting skills, and was prepared to actively build a bridge between Lin Yuan and the Shi clan, in order to further deepen the relationship between the two sides.

The top leaders of the ancient clan were happy to see this lineage's actions.

"Thank you, Brother Gu Zhen, for your reminder." Lin Yuan smiled slightly and said softly, "I'm very happy to have a friend like you."

"I'm also honored to be your friend!" Gu Zhen smiled and bowed.

"However, a guest has arrived, so it seems that our reminiscing about the past must come to an end here!" Lin Yuan changed the subject and lightly tapped the celadon teacup with his fingers. A pleasant and crisp "ding" sound was heard in this quiet room.

He tilted his head slightly, his eyes fell on the door, and chuckled, "Come in, Xun'er! I've been waiting for you for a long time..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was slowly pushed open, and an elegant girl in green clothes appeared in front of the two.

"Long time no see, Senior Lin Yuan." Xun'er greeted him elegantly.

She glanced at the two people sitting opposite her and her eyes fell on Gu Zhen: "Brother Gu Zhen, would it be convenient for me and Lin Yuan to be alone for a while?" After Gu Zhen gave up his idea of ​​​​her, Xun'er's attitude towards him became a little kinder.

Hearing Xun'er's words, Gu Zhen nodded quickly: "Of course, Brother Lin and I have finished reminiscing about the past."

As he spoke, he quickly stood up and said goodbye to Lin Yuan: "Brother Lin, I'll take my leave first..."

"We'll talk about it later!" Lin Yuan nodded slightly and chuckled, "By the way, you seem to be quite interested in drinking tea, so I'll give you this..." As he spoke, he raised his hand, and a jade box emitting a fresh tea fragrance fell in front of Gu Zhen.

"Thank you!" Gu Zhen thanked him, then put away the jade box and quickly walked out of the quiet room.

"Come and sit down, Junior Sister Xun'er!"

Lin Yuan waved his hand, and immediately condensed a cup, then picked up the teapot and filled it up: "Why not try it, Gu Zhen's tea is really good!"

He picked up the teacup in front of him and said leisurely, "You came to see me specially. I think you have something to say..."

The elegant face, set against the curling mist, gave off an inexplicable sense of dreaminess.

Xun'er walked lightly to the tea table, then sat down elegantly opposite Lin Yuan and asked in a deep voice, "You sent me a message before, saying that Brother Xiao Yan is also coming to this First Thunder Ceremony. Is that true?"

"Of course it's true." Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion: "Didn't you notice? The young man in the alchemist's robe in the Danta team is Xiao Yan."

Gu Xun'er didn't recognize Xiao Yan at once, which really surprised him.

According to Lin Yuan's stereotype, shouldn't this woman be able to see through everything and recognize that it was her brother Xiao Yan the moment she saw Xiao Yan's disguise?

Noticing the subtle gaze of the person sitting opposite her, Gu Xun'er frowned slightly, feeling offended... Did this person have some strange misunderstanding about her? Was it so strange that she didn't recognize Brother Xiao Yan at once? Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she carefully recalled the young man that Lin Yuan mentioned, with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

The young man in the white alchemist robe was quite different from Xiao Yan in age, appearance, and body shape. More importantly...

"Is that person really Brother Xiao Yan?"

After a moment of hesitation, Xun'er looked at Lin Yuan steadily and questioned, "I used the strange fire resonance to detect that person. He didn't have the aura of Brother Xiao Yan's Wind Fury Dragon Flame. Instead, he had the aura of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire..."

On Tianlei Lake, after she received Lin Yuan's message, she took action and used the strange fire to carefully investigate the people on the Danta stone pillar.

After all, Senior Yao has a close relationship with the giants of Danta, so if Xiao Yan comes, he will most likely be on the Danta side.

When she investigated the young alchemist, she did inexplicably feel a sense of familiarity, but the results of the strange fire's investigation soon told her the "answer".

“So that’s how it is. Did they use the strange fire resonance to eliminate the correct answer?” Lin Yuan’s eyes showed a hint of understanding: “It seems that Xiao Yan hasn’t told her about the Burning Decree yet! However, using fire to cover fire… It’s a bit nostalgic!”

After more than a year in Zhongzhou, Xiao Yan realized the preciousness of the strange fires and understood that he had to hide the fact that he possessed multiple kinds of strange fires.

His approach was quite similar to what Lin Yuan had done before, using the aura of a different fire to cover up the aura of another different fire... In this way, as long as the difference in strength was not too great, he could barely hide it.

At the same time, in order not to reveal the identity of the Xiao clan, Xiao Yan would usually display the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire to the outside world.

There are traces of the three-year agreement and Canaan College, and the subtle connection between Xiao Yan of the Xiao family and Fengnu Longyan can still be vaguely traced.

"Is he really Brother Xiao Yan?" Xun'er narrowed her eyes and confirmed again.

"I won't lie to you about this." Lin Yuan waved his hand casually, with a look of surprise in his eyes, and said calmly: "Didn't he tell you? Never mind, the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire involves his secrets. Since he hasn't told you yet, I won't say anything more."

He tapped the tabletop with his fingertips and chuckled, "By the way, do we want to continue the 'relationship' between you and me? I don't mind, it's up to you..."

There was a hint of ill-concealed mischief in the unhurried voice.

How will Gu Xun'er choose between emotion and reason... Lin Yuan is quite curious about this.

Should he be more rational and maintain the cooperation with Lin Yuan at the cost of possible emotional damage, so that he can continue to help Xiao Yan attract firepower? Or should he be more emotional and end the cooperation with Lin Yuan, but at the cost that Xiao Yan may have to face a difficult challenge?

For Lin Yuan, it is a very interesting pastime to see where the future of Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yan, who seemed like a destined couple in the original trajectory, will go after he becomes a time traveler.

Although if he did it himself, it might cause some misunderstandings between the two of them, but that would be a bit boring... Anyway, it's lively enough now.

Now, those who participate in the "competition" for Gu Xun'er are far more than just the younger generation of the Gu clan.

As for the Soul Clan, Hun Feng has made his position clear at Tianlei Lake.

As for the Thunder Clan...

"Lei Dong of the Thunder Clan, what is your current strength?" Thinking of some of the information about the Thunder Clan that Mang Tianchi had told him, Lin Yuan couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly - under the influence of this variable, Gu Xun'er's marriage has now become particularly interesting.

With Lei Dong and Hun Feng taking the lead, I believe that geniuses from other clans such as Yao Tian would also have some thoughts about Gu Xun'er, the most perfect Dou Di bloodline of the ancient clan in thousands of years.

After all, if he married Gu Xun'er, it would be like picking up a top-level Dou Di bloodline for free, and also gaining a father-in-law who was a nine-star Dou Saint, which would be of great benefit to his own family lineage.

And these people will be the "pressure" that Xiao Yan will face.

Under the influence of the butterfly effect brought by Lin Yuan, a drama among the eight ancient tribes surrounding Gu Xun'er's marriage is slowly unfolding.

Since he had no such thoughts towards Gu Xun'er, Lin Yuan was just waiting to have fun.

He has never forgotten the troubles that Gu Xun'er had caused him. Now, although he could not beat her to tears, watching her caught in an interesting state of contradiction, struggle and entanglement between emotion and reason was also a "delicious" thing to enjoy.

"Jiejiejie——"

Looking at Gu Xun'er's troubled eyes and feeling her complicated emotions, Lin Yuan smiled happily in his heart, picked up the teacup, and drank the tea in it.

"It's a pity that such a delicious 'appetizer' doesn't have wine in the cup. It's a bit of a waste."

Putting down the teacup, Lin Yuan secretly said what a pity.

When Gu Xun'er noticed Lin Yuan's teasing look, a big "井" character appeared on her forehead... This guy was actually laughing at her!

She took a deep breath, forced herself to suppress the complicated emotions in her heart, and her face quickly became cold.

Seeing Gu Xun'er's "delicious" expression disappear, Lin Yuan felt a flash of regret in his heart, but he immediately gathered his thoughts and started talking about business: "Xun'er, how about it, have you made up your mind? Let's talk about this matter first..."

Hearing this, Gu Xun'er bit her red lips and said thoughtfully, "Let's maintain it for now, and then we'll see what happens next. By the way, you can't be as rude as you were last time..."

"Okay, I agree to this." Lin Yuan waved his hand and agreed decisively.

Then, in front of Gu Xun'er's slightly surprised eyes, he changed the subject and added a warning tone to his voice: "But, please behave yourself, Xun'er, and don't do anything tricky! I still have some things to do at this conference..."

There were many powerful people coming this time, and he also had tasks assigned by Hunxuzi, so he had no interest in playing house with Gu Xun'er.

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, Gu Xun'er was silent for a while, then slowly spoke.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything small from now on. Those small actions in the past were because you and Brother Xiao Yan had an appointment for the alchemy meeting. I didn't want him to taste the taste of failure, so I wanted to help him find out your background, but..."

"Now, the gap between you two is too big. Brother Xiao Yan can't catch up with you before the Alchemy Conference. Naturally, I won't do anything useless."

The gap between the two was so huge that Xun'er couldn't deceive herself.

She sighed inwardly. Her brother Xiao Yan, who had a strong sense of self-esteem, might really face a setback in the form of a failed duel. After all, even if Lin Yuan stopped making progress from now on, Xiao Yan would not be able to catch up in five years.

Unless Xiao Yan could obtain Lin Yuan's secret of cultivation - how to quickly improve in the Dou Zong stage? How to quickly advance to Dou Zun? How to quickly improve soul power?
However, Xun'er didn't think Lin Yuan would be willing to tell her, and she didn't have enough bargaining chips to exchange.

In addition, Lin Yuan, who has the full endorsement and support of Danta and is respected even by some old guys in the clan, possesses energy that cannot be shaken by her willfulness.

Even though her relationship with Lin Yuan was not harmonious, at this moment, Gu Xun'er had to admit that Medicine Lord Lin Yuan was extremely outstanding!

(End of this chapter)