22: Chapter 22 The Beautiful Snake

"Bang!" Deep yellow Dou Qi wrapped around Otto's entire body. With a surge of energy, he kicked the refined steel door in front of him, sending it flying into the room.

"Old bastard..." Otto walked into the room with an uncoordinated gait. He didn't want to lose face in front of Xiao Yan, so he had directly kicked away the iron door that was specifically designed to block him.

"Ah! You old bastard, you're playing for real!" Seeing the door get kicked away, a strange cry immediately sounded from inside.

"Xiao Yan, come in." Otto brushed off his sleeves and said to Xiao Yan behind him.

"Ugh, you brought someone else? What do you want?" A slovenly old man jumped out, his face full of confusion.

Otto rolled his eyes. He looked at the dust-covered chair and stood as he said, "He is the one looking for you."

Master Guter looked at the 3rd-tier Alchemist badge on Xiao Yan's chest, feeling a bit suspicious and uncertain. He asked, "This guy, he doesn't even look twenty, a 3rd-tier Alchemist?"

"To be precise, he is seventeen." Otto said with an arrogant look on his face, as if shocking this guy was an extremely pleasant thing.

Master Guter looked at Xiao Yan with incredulous eyes and said, "A seventeen-year-old 3rd-tier Alchemist, incredible, truly incredible... What have you come to find me for? Are you here to sell treasures?"

"Great Master Guter, I do indeed have a good item in my possession. I just don't know what you are willing to offer in exchange." Xiao Yan smiled slightly and took out a jade bottle.

Opening the jade bottle, a wisp of purple Qi emerged. Inside it was, naturally, the accompanying purple crystal source.

As the jade bottle was taken out, the temperature in the room instantly increased by quite a bit.

Seeing this, Otto smiled. He walked to the door, tapped a spot on the doorframe, and walked out, causing a wooden door to slowly rise.

Seeing Otto leave, Master Guter carefully held the jade bottle. He placed it under his nose and took a light sniff of the purple Qi, causing the fire-attribute Dou Qi in his body to instantly become active.

"Good stuff, good stuff!" Feeling the change in his body's Dou Qi, Master Guter took out a crystal saucer and a hollow fine needle. He inserted the needle into the jade bottle, sucked up a full needle tube of purple liquid, and cautiously dripped it onto the crystal plate. One could see a purple flame faintly jumping within it.

Afterwards, Master Guter took out a thick book and flipped through it quickly.

"This is... the accompanying purple crystal source! Little guy, I couldn't tell, you actually managed to get your hands on such a rare item like the accompanying purple crystal source." Master Guter said in surprise, then asked, "Speak, what of mine have you set your eyes on?"

Xiao Yan smiled slightly and said, "The ice spirit cold spring."

Master Guter's face twitched. He hesitated for a moment and said, "That thing... I do indeed have it, but wanting to trade it for a mere bottle of accompanying purple crystal source, isn't that a bit lacking?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan released purple flames from his palm and said, "This Beast Fire of mine was obtained from this accompanying purple crystal source. The books didn't mention that, did they?"

Master Guter looked at the purple flame in Xiao Yan's hand in shock. He subconsciously thought it was a Heavenly Flame, but after hearing Xiao Yan finish speaking, his expression eased slightly. He asked with suspicion, "Is what you said true?"

Otto revealed a look of realization, finally knowing how Xiao Yan's purple flame had come to be.

"Naturally it is true, otherwise how do you think the purple flame in my hand came about? If it weren't for a friend asking me to look for the ice spirit cold spring, I wouldn't be trading this accompanying purple crystal source for your ice spirit cold spring." Xiao Yan said with a very unhappy face.

After speaking, he sealed the mouth of the jade bottle, held it in his hand, and said with a pained expression, "Are you trading or not? If not, then forget it. I only have this one bottle left, and I really am a bit reluctant to part with it."

Ever since he refined the purple flame last time, he had been able to refine a few drops every day for the past few months. Besides the bottle in his hand, there was really only one bottle left in his storage ring.

And with the Burning Technique devouring the fire seed, it had successfully promoted to a Yellow Rank Intermediate Cultivation Technique, and his cultivation speed had increased once again.

For these past few months, Xiao Yan had temporarily set aside refining Medicinal Pills, and instead continuously refined the accompanying purple crystal source. His own Realm had also stepped into the 9-star Great Dou Master a week ago!

After a long silence, Master Guter glared fiercely at Xiao Yan, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "Kid, you're ruthless. I have never seen the accompanying purple crystal source in my life, therefore, you are very lucky. If you had brought anything else to trade, you might have left empty-handed."

Master Guter shouted, snatched the jade bottle back, held it lovingly in his palm, and opened the bottle cap to deeply inhale the scent once more.

"Ahem, Great Master Guter, it is time to bring out the ice spirit cold spring."

"Wait here, don't touch anything." The old man, whose mood had been disturbed, hummed twice, picked up the accompanying purple crystal source, knocked open a mechanism, and walked into the cave entrance.

After a while, Master Guter walked out holding a jade box the size of a washbasin. The white jade box was sealed very well; apart from the lid on top, there were no other gaps.

However, even through a layer of white jade, one could feel the icy cold air permeating from inside. When the jade box was opened, a burst of icy cold air emerged, and the temperature in the room instantly plummeted.

Inside, a thick layer of ice had already formed, and in the middle of the ice layer was a small jade bottle; it was indeed the ice spirit cold spring.

"Take it, this is the ice spirit cold spring you wanted." Master Guter looked at the small jade bottle, sighed, and said to Xiao Yan.

After confirming the authenticity of the ice spirit cold spring with Yao Chen, Xiao Yan put it away.

After saying goodbye to Master Guter, he went out to find Otto.

"Many thanks, Great Master Otto. Thanks to you, I was able to trade for the ice spirit cold spring." Xiao Yan thanked Otto.

"Hehe, this isn't my credit. It's truly surprising that you were actually able to trade for the ice spirit cold spring from that freak." Otto declined the credit and said in surprise.

"Without your introduction, I don't know how much time it would have taken to obtain the ice spirit cold spring." Xiao Yan thanked him again.

"By the way, Xiao Yan, are you aware of the Alchemist Convention in half a year?" Otto smiled slightly, accepted Xiao Yan's thanks, and said.

"Alchemist Convention? Where is it being held?" Xiao Yan asked.

"This year's Alchemist Convention will be held in the capital of the Jia Ma Empire. If you have any free time, you should go and participate. I think it will be of great benefit to you." Otto said softly.

"The capital? No problem, I will go when the time comes." Who doesn't like showing off?

Moreover, Xiao Yan did not plan to hide his identity.

After subduing the Green Lotus Core Flame, he would hide his strength and go to the Nalan family. If Nalan Yanran insisted on fulfilling the three-year agreement, then taking in a maid wouldn't be a bad thing.

After saying goodbye to Otto, Xiao Yan headed directly to the flight transport agency located in the city center.

On the huge square, over a dozen large flying birds and beasts were resting. These birds and beasts had extraordinary stamina; they only needed one full meal to fly for four or five days.

The square was bustling with activity, and the lines were long.

Xiao Yan took a look, then bypassed the long line and walked straight to the ticket office.

Someone looked angry and was about to say something, but suddenly saw the 3rd-tier Alchemist badge on Xiao Yan's chest. They instantly swallowed their words, and even shrank back, afraid that Xiao Yan would notice their actions.

The people nearby didn't mock him; instead, they looked at Xiao Yan with awe. The status of an Alchemist was incomparably noble, and no one dared to provoke them casually.

"Noble Alchemist, where are you going?" A woman at the ticket office asked with a fawning smile.

"The eastern border of the Empire, Mo City." Xiao Yan chuckled. Cutting in line wasn't good, but the status of an Alchemist was just that good. Not only did it make people willingly let you cut in line, but it also exempted you from the ticket fee.

As for why he was going to Mo City.

Because Mo City still had Hai Bodong and the Purification Lotus Demon Flame fragment. This was a place he had to go to. Afterwards, he would go to Stone Desert City, where the Green Lotus and earth fire lotus seed of the Green Lotus Core Flame were still present.

Hehe, as for the Green Lotus Core Flame, it is waiting for me with the Snake Beauty.