The Strange Flame Rekindles in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 69 Fa Ma

Xiao Yan and Fa Ma couldn't help but burst into laughter when they saw Chemir's appearance.

"This is the Alchemist's Guild, after all, with many people and eyes around. Moreover, after this incident, some forces in the capital will be even more eager to find out about you. So you should leave here as soon as possible and go to my residence. There, no one in the entire Gama Empire can harm you," Fa Ma said.

Fa Ma couldn't help but feel excited. He had only guessed before, but now he was truly certain that Xiao Yan was indeed the mysterious old man's disciple.

Xiao Yan nodded, not refusing. He genuinely wanted to have a good talk with Fa Ma. After all, at this point, without Fa Ma's help, he might not even be able to leave the capital. Assassinating geniuses they couldn't subdue was a long-standing tradition of all major powers.

Seeing that Xiao Yan agreed, Fa Ma didn't waste any words. His aura suddenly surged, his wings suddenly unfolded, he reached out and grabbed Xiao Yan, put him on his back, and then flew rapidly into the sky.

Just as Yao Ye led his younger sister Yao Yue to the entrance of the Alchemist Guild, they saw Fa Ma take Xiao Yan and fly away.

"The relationship between the two of them is indeed not simple! It seems we should tell Grandpa about this as soon as possible!" Yao Ye was quite surprised to see that Fa Ma was actually carrying Xiao Yan and flying.

The Fa Ma carried Xiao Yan at high speed, and Xiao Yan, lying on the Fa Ma's back, did not feel any discomfort. Just like flying, he only felt the scenery around him changing rapidly.

Xiao Yan looked down at the earth, and before they knew it, the two had arrived at a valley. In the center of the valley were rows of luxurious residences. The scenery here was extremely beautiful, the air was fresh, and the birds sang and the flowers bloomed, making one feel relaxed and happy. Moreover, there was a huge waterfall here.

"It's so beautiful! In later generations, only billionaires could afford to live here! I never imagined that in my previous life, buying a small apartment of a few dozen square meters would bankrupt me, and most people could only afford the down payment. Now, I can live in a luxury villa," Xiao Yan thought to himself.

Fa Ma carried Xiao Yan into one of the luxurious courtyards. After landing, he quickly led Xiao Yan through a maze of twists and turns into an underground secret room.

The secret room was extremely spacious and exquisitely furnished. In the center was a stone platform with medicinal herbs and a cauldron for refining elixirs. To the left were rows of medicine cabinets, each with many small drawers containing various medicinal herbs, all neatly arranged. To the right were a table, a bed, and other daily necessities.

"Young friend Nie Feng, you dare to come here with this old man? Aren't you afraid I might have malicious intentions towards you?" Fa Ma said with a smile.

"Do you know how, Senior Brother?" Xiao Yan's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile.

"What? You...you really are the disciple of that mysterious old man." Fa Ma was so excited that he couldn't speak.

Fa Ma originally wanted to call him teacher, but the mysterious old man only gave him guidance for three days and did not accept him as a disciple, not even as a nominal disciple.

"Haha! If the teacher hadn't mentioned you, how would I have known about you!" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"He...he mentioned me?" Fa Ma's usual serious expression was nowhere to be seen. He was like a child, overjoyed to hear that he had been praised by his teacher.

"Of course he mentioned it, and my teacher even said he regretted not taking you as his disciple back then. He was too focused on your talent and neglected your character. So, after I met you, my teacher told me to tell you that he had already considered you his disciple in his heart." To gain Fa Ma's protection, Xiao Yan fabricated a lie. Of course, it wasn't really a lie; Xiao Yan was simply stating what Yao Lao was thinking.

At this moment, Yao Lao, who was in the storage ring, remained silent after hearing Xiao Yan's words. He had indeed focused too much on talent and neglected character, otherwise his disciple wouldn't have been stabbed. Moreover, what Xiao Yan said was exactly what he wanted to say.

"Teacher!" Fa Ma hunched over and knelt down on the ground, facing east, kowtowing nine times in succession, tears streaming down his face like broken beads.

"Senior brother, please get up first. You have performed the apprenticeship ceremony, which means you have officially entered the master's school." Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a little awe when he saw that the old man Fa Ma was so solemn.

"Since you joined the sect earlier, I should be calling you senior brother. We can't mess up the etiquette," Fa Ma said earnestly.

"Um..." Looking at the old man's serious expression, it seemed that Xiao Yan couldn't refuse. Because the older a person is, the more they value etiquette, even more than their own life.

"Alright! Alright! Master... never mind! I'll still call you Pharaoh." Xiao Yan was about to agree, but then he looked at Fa Ma's age and couldn't bring himself to call him junior brother.

"Alright!" Seeing that Xiao Yan was having trouble bringing it up, Fa Ma stopped insisting. After all, it would feel rather strange if Xiao Yan really called him junior brother.

"How have you been all these years, teacher?" Fa Ma wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and asked with concern.

"Um... Teacher is eating well and sleeping soundly now. When he's in a good mood, he practices alchemy; when he's in a bad mood, he whips me. He's living a very comfortable life," Xiao Yan said.

Xiao Yan is right! Yao Lao is indeed living a pretty comfortable life now.

Xiao Yan provides Yao Lao with Dou Qi 24/7, so he must be eating well, right? Yao Lao spends most of his time resting in the ring, so he must be sleeping well, right? Apart from not having a physical body right now, everything else is going very well for them.

"I wonder when I'll be able to see Master again!" Fa Ma chuckled at Xiao Yan's words. But then he felt a pang of disappointment, after all, he hadn't seen Yao Lao for many years.

"My teacher went out to take care of his own business while I was away training. He said he would come back to see me after he finished. I will bring him to visit you then," Xiao Yan said calmly.

Although Fa Ma has performed quite well, now is not the time for him to meet Yao Lao. Yao Lao's current strength is only at the Dou Huang level, and he might not even be a match for Fa Ma in a real fight. After all, Yao Lao is currently only in a soul state, so precautions must be taken.

"How can that be! How can I let my teacher come to visit me! I should be the one visiting my teacher," Fa Ma said.

"But now he's traveling all over the world, so you can't visit him anywhere!" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"That's true!" Fama shook his head helplessly, and had no choice but to temporarily give up the idea of ​​visiting his teacher.

"You actually dared to name your teacher Xiong Ba? Aren't you afraid he'll punish you when he finds out?" Fa Ma said half-jokingly.

"Doesn't this name sound imposing? Besides, I'm used to being beaten by teachers, so I'm not afraid!" Xiao Yan said nonchalantly.

"It seems you have a good relationship with your teacher!" Fa Ma said with some envy.

"Hehe, it's alright. The teacher often whips me for no reason!" Xiao Yan laughed awkwardly.

"Uh... Hahaha!" Fama was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then burst into laughter.

"Since you gave your teacher a fake name, then your name must be fake too! And your appearance..." Fa Ma laughed for a while, then stopped and looked up at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan smiled faintly, and then told Fa Ma about his identity.

(End of this chapter)