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Chapter 591: Yao Lao’s High Praise!

Author: anish44
updatedAt: 2025-08-02

Chapter 591: Yao Lao’s High Praise!

“Xiao Yan, the Guild President is here—aren’t you going to come greet him?”

At that moment, upon hearing Bai Xiuyuan’s words, many around turned their eyes in the same direction.

Though Bai Xiuyuan didn’t speak loudly, his voice was just enough for Xiao Yan to clearly hear from where he stood.

“Me? Go greet him?”

In this situation, Xiao Yan felt incredibly awkward. Originally, he’d thought he wouldn’t have any interaction with Liu Ling at this banquet. He didn’t expect Bai Xiuyuan to pull something like this—intending to introduce him to Liu Ling.

Xiao Yan stared blankly at Bai Xiuyuan and Liu Ling, at a loss for what to do.

“Cousin Xiao Yan, looks like Elder Bai appreciates you. He wants to introduce you to the Guild President. You’d better seize this opportunity!”

Seeing Xiao Yan dazed, Xiao Yu smiled and whispered into his ear.

Hearing this only made Xiao Yan more conflicted. He tentatively reached out to Yao Lao in his mind. “Teacher, should I go?”

“Go. See what his attitude is. If things don’t go well, once this banquet ends, disband the Dreamchaser Mercenary Corps,” Yao Lao said after a moment of thought.

“Alright then, I’ll do as you say.”

After replying, Xiao Yan nodded at Xiao Yu, then steadied his expression and walked toward Liu Ling and Bai Xiuyuan. In his heart, he still felt reluctant to give up on the Dreamchaser Mercenary Corps—he had poured two months of hard work into it.

When he was three meters away from Liu Ling, Xiao Yan stopped, cupped his fists, and said respectfully, “Xiao Yan greets the Guild President and Elder Bai.”

Though he and Liu Ling were old acquaintances—back during the alchemist conference in Jia Ma Empire’s capital, he could still call him Brother Liu—now their statuses and strengths were worlds apart. With so many people present, Xiao Yan naturally couldn’t address him the same as before.

“Xiao Yan, you’ve made decent progress over the past two years.”

Facing Xiao Yan’s respectful greeting, Liu Ling responded casually.

“I’ve made little progress. Compared to your accomplishments, Guild President, I’m far from worthy of recognition.” Xiao Yan replied with a lowered tone.

“What’s going on here? Judging from the way the Guild President is speaking to Xiao Yan, it seems the two of them already know each other?”

“He knows the Guild President? I didn’t expect Xiao Yan to have such connections… Looks like he’s someone worth befriending.”

Hearing their exchange, Bai Xiuyuan and the others were visibly surprised.

“Xiao Yan, your talent and abilities are quite good. Work hard in the Mercenary Guild—there’s a bright future ahead for you,” Liu Ling said with a faint smile, offering a polite remark. He clearly didn’t intend to continue the conversation further.

“Thank you for your encouragement, Guild President. Xiao Yan will remember your words.” Xiao Yan was tactful. After another bow, he stepped aside and said no more.

From that brief interaction, Xiao Yan gleaned a few things.

Liu Ling hadn’t tried to avoid acknowledging their past acquaintance. Instead, he even praised Xiao Yan a little and never mentioned anything from back then. He hadn’t tried to embarrass him. These signs made it clear Liu Ling bore no hostility.

In truth, Liu Ling regarded young, driven, and promising mercenary leaders like Xiao Yan as exactly the kind of talents the guild needed now. As for that so-called Three-Year Agreement—even Nalan Yanran no longer cared. Naturally, Liu Ling wouldn’t cling to such matters.

After all, people like Xiao Yan and their generation had long since ceased to be on the same level.

“Teacher, I suppose this Liu Ling won’t target me anymore over what happened back then?”

Standing not far from Bai Xiuyuan, Xiao Yan quietly communicated with Yao Lao’s soul inside the ring.

“Mm, he shouldn’t anymore… This Liu Ling isn’t simple. In terms of cultivation talent, he’s several times stronger than Nalan Yanran.

And his alchemy talent is also extremely impressive. His soul is probably on the verge of breaking through to the Spirit Realm!”

“The most important thing is, this person has great vision. Given time, he’ll definitely accomplish something extraordinary.”

Hearing Yao Lao’s words, Xiao Yan felt puzzled. “Soul? Spirit Realm?”

Noticing Xiao Yan’s curiosity, Yao Lao explained, “Little Yan, you’re only a fifth-rank alchemist now. Normally, it’s too early for you to understand this.

But since it came up, I’ll explain. Soul power doesn’t have levels like cultivation, but it does have realms.”

“Of course, this classification is now rarely mentioned. Even among powerful cultivators, few ever touch upon it in their lifetime.”

“Do you know why many alchemists remain stuck at seventh-rank their whole lives? It’s because of this very soul realm!”

Xiao Yan frowned deeply. He had never heard of this before.

Still, he understood the soul was the root of all living beings. Without the soul, there is nothing.

A soul that doesn’t perish still holds a thread of life. So it’s only natural that such profound matters should be treated with respect.

Currently, Xiao Yan had just stepped into the fifth-rank alchemist level.

He had never heard detailed information about top-tier alchemy before. Yao Lao had also never explained this to him.

So hearing this now left him feeling very lost.

Yao Lao continued in a slow tone, “What I’m telling you now is known only to eighth-rank alchemy masters or found in ancient records.”

His achievements in the past were extremely high. He had long since reached this level and was now offering Xiao Yan some insight.

“There are four stages in the soul realm: Mortal, Spirit, Heaven, and Emperor.”

“Most people—and even most alchemists below eighth-rank—have souls that remain within the Mortal Realm.”

“However, the strength of soul power can still vary within that realm. Your current soul power ranks among the stronger ones within the Mortal Realm.”

“But Liu Ling’s soul power has already reached the peak of the Mortal Realm. He’s just one step away from entering the Spirit Realm.”

“Some seventh-rank alchemists, if lucky, might faintly touch the edge of the Spirit Realm.”

“If one’s soul power reaches that level, they gain a particular ability—bestowing spirit.”

“Bestowing spirit means imbuing pills with a kind of sentience. Eighth-grade pills almost always possess such extraordinary spirit.”

“It’s precisely due to this spiritual essence that they can be categorized as eighth-grade.”

“No matter how excellent an alchemist’s technique is, if they can’t bestow spirit upon their pills, they will never reach the eighth grade.”

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