Fighting Against the Odds: I Am the Right Path

Of course, this perception was naturally sneered at by Yao Chen, who had seen the world.

Pfft~ A fourth-grade alchemist can be called a high-level alchemist?

As expected, a small place is still a small place after all. Let alone a fourth-grade Dan, even if Dan King Gu He was placed in the Dan Tower in Zhongzhou, he would at best be an apprentice with little talent.

When the silver-haired girl heard Xiao Yan's words, her pupils suddenly trembled.

A third-rank alchemist? So young???

The silver-haired girl couldn't help but look at Xiao Yan's face.

He looks about the same age as me? I just passed the exam to become a second-grade alchemist not long ago, and he's already a third-grade one?

After a long while, the silver-haired girl gradually came back to her senses, and a hint of unwillingness flashed in her eyes.

This is also human nature. When you meet someone who is about the same age as you but is far superior to you in the field you specialize in, how can you not feel unwilling?

Of course, she was just unwilling, and the silver-haired girl hadn't yet reached the point of jealousy.

After calming down, the silver-haired girl explained patiently.

"My teacher is right there. I can take you in under his name as a reward for the favor you just did for me."

"This"

Xiao Yan was slightly stunned and was about to refuse as usual, but then he remembered what happened to the Little Medical Fairy just now. In addition, there might be something he needed there, so after a while he nodded slightly and said to the silver-haired girl Zheng Sheng.

"Okay, I'll trouble you then."

"You're welcome. It's just a piece of cake." The silver-haired girl smiled slightly and stretched out her hand to Xiao Yan. "My name is Xue Mei."

"Xiao Yan."

Xiao Yan stretched out his hand and shook it, but it was just a light touch. This was Xiao Yan's most basic courtesy.

Seeing Xiao Yan and Xue Mei introducing themselves to each other, the little medical fairy on the side was so angry that her lungs almost exploded!

again!

Another! One!

Of course, it seems that the two of them are just getting to know each other now, and if things continue like this, they will only be friends.

But Xiao Yixian still felt a deep sense of uneasiness in her heart. Didn’t she just regard Xiao Yan as a friend in the beginning?

But at this time, Xiao Yixian was unable to stop Xiao Yan. After all, Xiao Yan really just wanted to borrow Xue Mei's identity to go to the high-level alchemist's store, and she couldn't use something that hadn't happened yet to stop him.

"This is Xiao Yixian, and this is Qinglin."

Just as Xiao Yixian was thinking about something, Xiao Yan turned sideways and introduced Xiao Yixian and Qing Lin to Xue Mei. Qing Lin nodded politely in greeting. Xiao Yixian also came back to her senses. Although she was very unhappy, she still smiled and nodded to Xue Mei.

After all, no matter what, he couldn't let Xiao Yan feel embarrassed because of his emotions.

"Hello, first time meeting you."

"Hello." Xue Mei nodded in response, and then her eyes moved back and forth between Xiao Yan and the other two, and asked with a puzzled look: "Excuse me, are you two a couple?"

? ? ? ? ?

Xue Mei's words made Xiao Yan pause suddenly, but Xiao Yixian immediately felt happy in her heart.

"Really? In your opinion, this is the kind of relationship we have."

Xiao Yixiang did not explain, but chuckled with her hand covering her mouth. Her favorability towards Xue Mei immediately soared.

This girl is quite good at talking. She's also very cute if you look closely.

While Xiao Yixian was in no hurry to explain, Xiao Yan was a little flustered and hurried to defend himself.

"No, no! Please don't misunderstand! Xiao Yixian and I are just friends. I was asked by an old friend to take care of her."

Indeed, Xiao Yan was so anxious to explain not for himself, but for Xiao Yixian.

You said that if it were to be rumored that such an innocent young lady had an affair with me, wouldn't it have a huge impact on Little Medical Fairy's reputation?

But Xiao Yan's panicked explanation didn't sound right to Xiao Yixian.

What? Does it bother you that people mistake you and I for a couple?

Of course, based on Xiao Yixian's understanding of Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan definitely didn't think so in his heart, but this anxious explanation still made her feel resentful. She stretched out her hand and twisted Xiao Yan's waist, causing Xiao Yan to cover his side waist in pain. He looked at Xiao Yixian with deep doubts in his eyes.

"Little Doctor Fairy, what's wrong?"

"Humph! You want to go by yourself!"

The Little Medical Fairy crossed her arms, curled her lips slightly, and looked unhappy.

Xue Mei looked at the two people in front of her, nodded thoughtfully, with a hint of realization in her eyes.

It’s not that Xue Mei is so smart when it comes to love matters. The relationship between Xiao Yixian and Xiao Yan is something that even someone who meets them for the first time can understand with just a quick glance.

Recalling Xiao Yan's meddling just now and what he said, Xue Mei clenched her fist and placed it to her mouth and chuckled softly. Her cold face looked extremely beautiful and charming.

She also roughly guessed what kind of person Xiao Yan was. To be honest, such people were really rare in today's world. At least Xue Mei had not seen anyone with a personality similar to Xiao Yan so far.

This made her slightly interested in Xiao Yan, but really just a little.

"Let's go. If we go too late, some of the things you want might have been bought by others."

Xue Mei said this as she led Xiao Yan and the other two to the end of the market. Xiao Yan and Xiao Yixian also followed, each holding one of Qing Lin's hands.

On the way, Xue Mei turned her head slightly and looked at the three people following behind her, with a strange look in her eyes.

Although we already know that they are not in that kind of relationship, to outsiders, they really look like a family of three.

Chapter 232 Speaking freely

Following Xue Mei, they came to the innermost door of the gathering, and the guards at the door stopped them according to the rules.

"Sorry, you are not allowed to come and go here at will."

The guard said lightly, and then Xue Mei took out the badge given to her by her teacher from the ring and showed it to the guard. The guard's attitude changed immediately when he saw the badge.

"So you are President Frank's disciple! Please come in!"

The two guards respectfully opened the heavy door. Xue Mei nodded slightly, put away her badge and walked in. Xiao Yan also bowed to the two guards to express his gratitude, and entered with Xiao Yixian and Qing Lin.

As soon as he entered the gate, Xiao Yan felt something different.

If the gathering outside was as noisy as a busy market, the atmosphere inside was exceptionally quiet. Although it could be seen as a market, both buyers and sellers spoke in low voices, and even when transactions were taking place there was not much noise.

Immediately, Xiao Yan understood that this should be the place where the so-called high-end people gathered.

No wonder only alchemists of the fourth rank or above can enter. The atmosphere here is definitely not the same as the busy market-like gathering outside.

Naturally, the prices of the things sold here are far from comparable to those outside.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan's face couldn't help but turn bitter.

To buy things here, not to mention the remaining 30,000 yuan, I'm afraid even if I borrow the more than one million yuan from Xiao Yixiang, it won't be enough.

Just come here for a look. If you really come across something you need, we'll find a way then.

But no matter what, before leaving, Xiao Yan still needs to follow Xue Mei to meet her teacher. He was able to come in because of her help, so he should at least thank her in person, and prove to her that he is not a troublemaker. After all, his being able to come in is equivalent to a guarantee from Xue Mei's teacher, and she should be able to rest assured.

Xiao Yan and the other two followed Xue Mei in one direction. After a few minutes, they arrived in front of a stall and saw two old men standing there chatting. Next to them stood a young girl in red who looked like she had a hot temper.

"teacher."

Xue Mei called softly, and one of the old men turned his head to look.

"Oh, Xue Mei, you're back." Immediately, the old man looked at Xiao Yan and the other two behind Xue Mei, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Who are these three?"

"Teacher, this is Xiao Yan, it's like this."

Xue Mei began to tell the old man everything that had just happened at the gathering outside. When the old man heard that Xue Mei was going to exchange the fourth-grade pill formula for the Peach Blossom Fire, he was obviously about to get angry. Fortunately, he calmed down after hearing Xiao Yan's attempt to stop her. He turned his gaze to Xiao Yan with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"I'll talk about your matter later."

The old man glared at Xue Mei and felt a little annoyed that his disciple had almost been taken advantage of.

He was already crazy to exchange the fourth-grade pill formula for a peach blossom fire seed, and what he was going to exchange for was a broken peach blossom fire seed? If this result really happened, he would be so angry at his disciple that he would vomit blood.

In response, Xue Mei just lowered her head silently, looking as if she completely accepted the reprimand.

It was okay for her teacher to be angry. After all, wasn't it because she was ignorant of worldly matters? Fortunately, Xiao Yan stepped in to stop her losses, otherwise her teacher would have started to curse at her.

Thinking of this, Xue Mei's gratitude towards Xiao Yan deepened.

The old man walked past Xue Mei, came in front of Xiao Yan, and bowed to Xiao Yan to express his gratitude.

"Thank you very much, little brother. Otherwise, I would be so angry that I would get sick."

"That's just what I should do. You don't need to take it to heart, old sir. On the contrary, I got in here by borrowing your name, so please bear with me."

Xiao Yan clasped his hands together and responded neither humbly nor arrogantly, causing the old man to nod in satisfaction.

It is not easy to stand up and meddle in other people's business, but he can remain calm when facing the thanks from the beneficiary. This kind of mentality is quite rare among young people. If it were someone else, even if they stood up to help Xue Mei, they would probably be so proud of themselves after being thanked like this.

"My name is Frank, and I am the president of the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild. Others have given me the false title of master, so you can just follow suit and call me that." Then, Otto slightly turned sideways and introduced another old man to Xiao Yan, "This is my good friend, who also belongs to the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild, Otto."

"The boy has met Master Otto."

Xiao Yan bowed to Otto in greeting. Otto put his hands behind his back, looked Xiao Yan up and down, and asked softly.

"Are you also an alchemist?"

"Yes, I just passed the third-grade alchemist assessment yesterday."

Xiao Yan responded softly, and this answer surprised both Frank and Otto.

Third-rank Xiao Yan looks about the same age as his disciple, but he is already a third-rank alchemist?

“It seems that we are really getting old.”

Frank put his hands behind his back, smiled bitterly and shook his head.

They have lived to such an old age and have only just reached the fifth rank. Originally, the presence of Gu He, a sixth-rank alchemist in his thirties, was enough to discourage them. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yan has reached the third rank at his age. This talent is probably slightly better than Gu He's back then.

However, after all, having lived to such an old age, Frank and Otto no longer have the drive of young people, and their attitude towards Xiao Yan is just admiration.

On the other side, the girl in red stood beside Xue Mei and laughed and joked.

"Look, Xue Mei, I told you that you would be taken advantage of if you were alone. If it weren't for that kid, you would have been scolded to death by Master Frank. Would you consider repaying him with your body?"

The girl in red pinched her chin with her jade fingers, her eyes full of teasing. Xue Mei glared at her unhappily with her cold eyes, but remained silent and did not say anything in response.

After all, it is really embarrassing to make this matter public. Being taken advantage of is bad enough, but being taken advantage of is a pure and top-notch example. This is far beyond the level of being ignorant of the ways of the world.

Seeing Xue Mei's displeased look, the girl in red shrugged lightly and did not continue to tease her. As Xue Mei's good friend, she naturally knew Xue Mei's temper. She just teased her a little bit. If she continued, Xue Mei would really turn against her.

Immediately, the red-clothed girl walked past Frank and Otto and came in front of Xiao Yan. She lightly touched her chin with her jade fingers and looked at Xiao Yan carefully, which made Xiao Yixian's eyes become a little unfriendly. Xiao Yan also stepped back a little with some discomfort.

"Miss, what can I do for you?"

The girl in red did not answer immediately, but continued to stare at Xiao Yan. After a while, she spread her hands and shrugged helplessly.

"He's not very handsome, obviously not my type."

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Hearing the red-clothed girl's blunt words, Xiao Yan couldn't help but frown.

Admittedly, what the red-clothed girl said was true, and Xiao Yan had never thought that he was that handsome, but he still felt a little dissatisfied when someone commented on his appearance directly to his face.

"Lin Fei! Don't be unreasonable!"

When Otto saw his disciple being so rude, he immediately scolded him loudly. Lin Fei, who was being scolded, crossed her arms and pouted without any concern.

"I'm telling the truth, why are you yelling at me? Do you think he's handsome, teacher?"

These words really stifled Otto. He was so angry that he puffed his beard and glared. He grabbed Lin Fei's collar and threw her behind him, looking at Xiao Yan with deep apology in his eyes.

"I'm really sorry, my disciple doesn't know how to speak properly, please don't take it to heart, little brother."

"Oh, it's okay. It's okay."

The corners of Xiao Yan's mouth twitched slightly, and he waved his hand awkwardly. At this time, Lin Fei's head popped out from behind Otto again, grinning.

"But no matter what you look like, thank you for standing up to help Xue Mei, well done~"

As she spoke, Lin Fei gave a thumbs up, which made Xiao Yan's dissatisfaction with her fade away, but Otto became even more angry and yelled at Lin Fei.

"Stay at the back obediently!!!"

"Bah~~~"