Xiao Se's prediction was indeed correct. After some time spent investigating through various channels and confirming that Xiao Se was not from the Hall of Souls, Xuan Kongzi, one of the Dan Ta Three Giants, sent his Disciple, Cao Ying, to pay him a visit.
"Xiao Se, my Master requests your presence." Cao Ying performed a graceful bow, a bewitching smile appearing on her stunningly beautiful face.
"Understood, I'll go right over." He cast an appreciative gaze up and down Cao Ying's lithe figure, then rose from the embrace of his wife and daughter, walking out the door. Bibi Dong, Xiao Xue, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin followed closely behind.
Along the way, Xiao Xue clung to Xiao Se's arm as usual, sticking to him and acting spoiled. Bibi Dong, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin followed behind with faint smiles, while Cao Ying kept some distance from Xiao Se, walking side-by-side with him and glancing at him from time to time.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Feeling Cao Ying's gaze, Xiao Se asked casually.
"It's nothing." Cao Ying shook her head, but the curiosity in her eyes could not be concealed.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Watching you hold it in makes me tired." Xiao Se said.
"Then I'll ask." Cao Ying took a deep breath and asked, "Are you really only eighteen?"
"More than that."
Hearing this, Cao Ying breathed a sigh of relief, but Xiao Se's next sentence left her dumbfounded.
"In a few months, I'll be nineteen."
"Can't you speak without leaving such long pauses?" Cao Ying rolled her eyes and continued, "Since you're only eighteen, how can you have such a big daughter?"
As she spoke, Cao Ying tilted her beautiful, fair chin toward Xiao Xue.
It really had to be said, with that appearance and figure, even Cao Ying, who prided herself on being peerlessly beautiful, couldn't help but feel a twinge of envy.
The same went for Bibi Dong, who was behind Xiao Se.
She had never seen such a beautiful woman.
Beautiful enough not to seem of this world, as if she were the world's darling.
"Want to know?" Xiao Se revealed a mysterious smile.
Cao Ying nodded; she was indeed very interested in this.
Xiao Se looked Cao Ying up and down and said with a smile, "I can tell you, unless..."
"Unless what? Don't you dare have any delusions! This Young Miss will not lower herself to like a man with a harem like you." Cao Ying looked Xiao Se up and down, then looked at the beautiful women surrounding him, hurriedly stopped her footsteps, covered her chest, stepped aside, and put several meters of distance between herself and Xiao Se.
The corner of Xiao Se's mouth twitched, and he flicked his finger, sending a flick to Cao Ying's forehead from a distance.
"Ouch, ouch." Cao Ying covered her head and cried out in pain. Her bewitching, large eyes revealed innocence as she stared at Xiao Se, wanting to ask why.
Then she heard Xiao Se say, "You little girl, what are you thinking? I saw that you have good talent, so I wanted to invite you to join a force I established in the Northwest Continent to serve as an Elder in the Pill Hall."
"A force? What force?" Hearing that Xiao Se had created a force, Cao Ying became interested.
"Sea Alliance." Xiao Se said while walking.
"Never heard of it." Cao Ying caught up with Xiao Se's pace.
"It was only founded a few years ago, so of course you haven't heard of it. But sooner or later, it will become the number one force on the Fighting Qi Continent." As he spoke, Xiao Se didn't continue to explain further and quickened his pace.
Shortly after, Xiao Se brought the women to the Little Pill Tower again.
As soon as he entered the main hall, he saw the Dan Ta Three Giants already waiting for him.
"Greetings to the three Seniors." Xiao Se performed a symbolic cupped-fist salute.
"Hehe, no need for formalities." After verification, they had already confirmed Xiao Se's identity.
Upon learning that Xiao Se was not from the Hall of Souls and had a mortal enmity with the Hall of Souls, they became much friendlier instantly.
"We have already consulted the Grand Elder." Xuan Yi looked at Xiao Se.
"I wonder what the Grand Elder said?" Xiao Se asked Xuan Yi.
"The Grand Elder said that although he would very much like to agree to your request, he cannot break the rules of the Pill Tower. If an outsider wishes to obtain the opportunity to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, they must place in the top ten of the Pill Gathering." Xuan Yi covered her red lips and laughed delicately.
"If that were the case, SeniorXuan Yi would not have asked me to come over. Let's talk about the conditions." Xiao Se said calmly.
"It's very simple. Outsiders currently cannot obtain the opportunity to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, but a Pill TowerElder can. As long as you join the Pill Tower and become an Honorary Elder of our Pill Tower, you can obtain the opportunity to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame." Xuan Yi added, "We will not interfere with your actions usually; we only need you to step in and help out when the Pill Tower is in a moment of crisis. Correspondingly, the Pill Tower will satisfy your needs for medicine-refining Materials as much as possible. If there are some medicinal herbs you are lacking, you can apply to us directly."
"Agreed." Without hesitation, Xiao Se agreed directly. It was a highly profitable deal, and this way, he wouldn't be short of medicinal herbs in the future. With the Pill Tower's channels, collecting some rare and precious medicinal herb seeds would also be much easier.
"This is your Elder token, please follow us." Xuan Yi stepped forward, took out a token engraved with a Medicine Cauldron, handed it to Xiao Se, and then tore open a spatial rift. Inside, a pitch-black, straight, and wide passage was revealed. Xuan Yi entered first, followed closely by Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi.
Xiao Se exchanged glances with the women and also entered.
Under the guidance of the Dan Ta Three Giants, the five of them soon arrived at the Star Domain, the place where the Three Thousand Burning Flame was sealed.
"We can only escort you to here. Whether you can subdue it or not depends on yourself." At the end of the passage, the three of them stopped.
In front of them was a huge stone gate, from which majestic spatial power poured out.
Xiao Se nodded and said to the women beside him, "Dong'er, Xue'er, Xian'er, Qing Lin, you wait here for me first. I'll be back shortly."
As he spoke, Xiao Se quickly darted inside.
Watching Xiao Se's disappearing back, the four women very consciously stood guard in front of the stone gate, protecting him to prevent others from disturbing him.
As soon as Xiao Se entered, intense spatial fluctuations erupted from within the stone gate, and the roar of a Dragon could be heard from time to time, but these fluctuations came quickly and went even faster.
It quieted down after a while.
"It's solved already?" Xuan Yi and the others, who hadn't left yet, showed expressions of disbelief. How long had Xiao Se been inside? And he had already subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame, ranked ninth on the strange fire ranking list?
This was too incredible.
Meanwhile, at the same time that Xiao Se was swallowing and refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame, the news of him becoming an eighth-RankPeakAlchemist and an Elder of the Little Pill Tower had already spread outside.
Through the dissemination by the many Alchemists who witnessed Xiao Se refining the nine-colored Pill LightningFu Ling Qing Dan, suddenly the entire Central Plains knew of Xiao Se.
Inside a cave in the Forgotten Soul Mountain Range.
"Hehe, kid, have you already advanced to the Dou Ling stage? It seems your Cultivation Technique is quite unique. You can actually rely on swallowing Beast Fire to improve your cultivation. However, it's a pity that the Rank is too low. Like this, once you reach the Dou Wang or Dou Huang stage, the Cultivation TechniqueRank won't keep up." Just as Xiao Yan finished swallowing a seventh-RankBeast Fire, a Hall of SoulsProtector walked in.
(End of Chapter)
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