Chapter 24: Become a Disciple
"If there is a ready-made Heavenly Flame, you must go with me to get it. It's not easy for me to get it alone!"
After hearing Xiao Bai's conditions, Yao Lao's eyes flashed with disbelief, and he complained:
"Xiao Bai, you didn't plan to give me a map from the beginning and let me find it myself, did you?"
Xiao Bai heard his surprised words and touched his nose a little embarrassedly.
Seeing his appearance at this time, Yao Lao instantly realized that his guess was right, and he couldn't help but be speechless.
Damn, this little bastard looks serious on the surface, but he is really full of bad water in secret. Fortunately, he was prepared and added a condition in time.
"You are not sure that there is a Heavenly Flame just by a Heavenly Flame Map, right? What if there is no Heavenly Flame, or someone has taken it first, or it is a young Heavenly Flame, what can you trade?
I will only give you what you want when I see the Heavenly Flame, you kid, don't think about getting something for nothing!"
Yao Lao said seriously.
"Don't worry, senior. At first, I did intend to give the location of the Heavenly Flame. However, the Heavenly Flame does exist and is a mature form. I can guarantee this. However, senior and Xiao need to go together, otherwise it will be difficult to get it!"
"How is it difficult to get it? Does this Heavenly Flame have an owner? Then I won't go!"
If someone has an owner, there will be conflicts. Those who can own the Heavenly Flame either have a background or strength. He doesn't want to provoke these two types now.
Seeing that Yao Lao was about to give up, Xiao Bai decided to make the bait more fragrant and the situation more urgent, otherwise Yao Lao's fish would slip away.
"It is ownerless and has not been discovered yet. It will not conflict with others. It is just in the underground magma. It needs the help of seniors, but time must be quick, otherwise it may be taken by someone else in a while!"
Yao Lao pondered for a moment and agreed.
On the one hand, these children in front of him can be said to have grown up under his watch. He understands and approves of their temperaments. Among them, Xiao Bai is the best, but unfortunately he has the thunder attribute.
Second, the Heavenly Flame was really tempting. If he wanted to revive, he needed Heavenly Flame. This time he succeeded and had two kinds of them, which was only one short of three. That would be much easier.
"I need some time. I can't leave right away. Is that okay?"
Yao Lao stroked his beard and said to Xiao Bai.
Xiao Bai nodded and said,
"No problem. We'll leave in three months!"
Knowing that Yao Lao had to arrange Xiao Yan first, he gave him three months.
According to the timeline in the original book, Queen Medusa would not get the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame until a year and a half later, so he was not in a hurry.
Xiao Yan was a little bored on the side, and suddenly found two pairs of eyes staring at him, which made him a little flustered. He swallowed his saliva and said,
"Brother Bai, what's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me all of a sudden?"
Now he didn't dare to scold the old man in the ring. He was ignorant and fearless just now. Now that he knew that the old man was an eighth-grade alchemist, he would be stupid to scold him.
Although he was still a little aggrieved, he had to bow his head under the eaves.
"Boy, are you willing to take me as your master?"
Yao Lao floated in front of Xiao Yan, with a kind smile on his face, one hand gently stroking his beard, and the other hand behind his back, looking like a master.
"Pray... Pray... Take me as your master?"
Xiao Yan looked around to confirm that the words were spoken to him, and was a little confused for a moment.
After being confused, he was a little entangled, as if there were two villains arguing in his heart:
Xiao Yan A: Take me as your master? What the hell, this old guy has an unknown origin, and he has sucked my Dou Qi for three years. I haven't settled the score with him yet!
Xiao Yan B: Pay it! Hurry up and pay it, didn't you just hear Brother Bai say that this old man is an eighth-grade alchemist, he must be a strong man, after you take it as your master, Yunlan Sect is nothing!
Xiao Yan A: Then he sucked me for three years and that's it? I have to call him teacher in the future, anyway... I can't say it!
Xiao Yan B: Humph! It's not a shame to be born in a humble family. Only when you can bend and stretch can you be a real man. What's wrong with calling me teacher? It's not like calling me foster father!
…
Xiao Yan's expression was struggling, and the two villains in his heart had already started fighting.
Suddenly, he thought of Xiao Bai. Now he had unreserved trust in Xiao Bai.
Xiao Yan turned his head hurriedly and looked at Xiao Bai for help.
"Brother Bai…"
Xiao Bai was speechless. In the original work, Yao Lao used the alchemist as bait to lure him into becoming his apprentice. Now because of him, this guy knew more, why did he hesitate?
He wondered if his appearance made Xiao Yan weaker and less decisive.
Rubbing his eyebrows, Xiao Bai felt a little tired and said:
"Do you want to become stronger? Today you shouted to people not to bully the poor young people. Now that you don't want to become your disciple, will you shout to people not to bully the poor middle-aged people… don't bully the poor old people in the future?"
"Puff…!" Xiao Xun'er's charming laughter sounded from the side.
Yao Lao also had the urge to laugh, but he held it back. Now that he was a teacher, he couldn't laugh!
But Xiao Bai's words are really interesting, hahahaha...
Xiao Yan also figured it out after hearing what Xiao Bai said. Becoming stronger is the real thing. If he is strong enough, how could he have the humiliation of being rejected in public today.
Putting aside his hypocrisy, Xiao Yan knelt down in front of Yao Lao, bowed three times respectfully, and formally addressed him: "Teacher!"
Looking at Xiao Yan's strict and polite manners, Yao Lao nodded with satisfaction, and his eyes became more friendly.
"Okay, okay, okay..."
Yao Lao was satisfied with Xiao Yan, because his previous experience of being betrayed by his apprentice made him more cautious in choosing people this time.
And Xiao Yan was the candidate he had observed for nearly ten years before he decided on him. This time, he didn't believe that Yao Chen would receive another apprentice with a ruthless heart.
"Teacher, can you let me break through to the seventh stage of Dou Qi in one year?"
Xiao Yan said distressedly. This is the issue he is most concerned about now. He will be sixteen years old next year. In the Dou Qi Continent, this age is considered an adult.
In the Xiao family, if you can't reach the seventh stage of Dou Qi by the age of sixteen, you will be arranged to work in various industries. Even if his father is the patriarch, he can't avoid this.
So his most urgent matter now is not the Yunlan Sect's affairs, but the coming-of-age ceremony in a year.
"It's difficult for others to go from the third stage to the seventh stage in one year, but you are different. Your foundation was very solid three years ago;
plus you have a strong character and have not missed a day of practice in the past three years, so it's not impossible for you to reach the seventh stage, it just requires some tricks!"
Xiao Yan rolled his eyes, thinking of Yao Lao's identity, and asked curiously:
"Can we use external force, such as elixirs?"
Yao Lao said lightly: "Almost! But with the toughness of your meridians now, your body can't withstand the impact of ordinary elixirs, even the lowest level of Qi Gathering Powder!"
"The lowest level of Qi Gathering Powder?" Xiao Yan rolled his eyes. As expected of an eighth-grade alchemist, he was so arrogant!
He described the elixirs that were being hyped up at sky-high prices in the Jia Ma Empire as the lowest grade. If Brother Bai hadn't confirmed that he was indeed an eighth-grade pharmacist, he would have thought that the old man was crazy.
"Then what is your method, teacher?" Xiao Yan calmed down and asked with a frown.
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