Shen Liyan is not Shen Liyan yet. He doesn’t even have a surname, and he hasn’t recovered his own talent.
The future head of the Shen family had a rough life. When he was old, the Shen family's convoy was attacked by enemies. He managed to survive the chaos and ended up in Beizhou in a daze.
Eleven years ago, when the Demonic Rift in Northern Province emerged, it was the time for him to test his talent.
Originally, when the spirit essence of the Shen family's special golden thread grass appeared, everyone knew that this person must be connected to the Shen family. At that time, he should have been sent home by the person who wanted to claim the reward. However, before the projection of the spirit essence appeared, a demonic light attacked and happened to hit the testing table.
There was something wrong with his talent, he was affected by the evil spirit. This situation was different from Yin Jiuxiao's, he didn't have any evil bones in his body, only his spiritual marrow was polluted.
This was a blessing in disguise, as this kind of situation had never happened before. After all, an ordinary three-year-old child could not withstand such an attack.
Shen Liyan's talent was so great that he managed to survive for the first time in history, but he didn't have much left to use. He gave himself a name and survived by supporting himself.
Lin Qinghen had previously felt that the pills he refined were a little inexplicably strange, as if something was attached to them. It was his Shen family's ancestral talent that was secretly at work.
After about another one or two years, when Li Yan has grown to a certain state, he will grasp the abnormality of his body and begin to find ways to peel off some of the evil spirits that are entangled with him. Then, he will see the special golden thread on his spiritual marrow and finally guess his own life experience.
However, with this recognition of relatives, returning to the Shen family is just the beginning.
The competition among the aristocratic families is even more intense. The Shen family is considered to be humane, but internal disputes are still unavoidable. The head of the family has more than one son, and there are even more talented direct descendants.
At the beginning, his talent had not yet fully recovered, so he could not get a rank in the Shen family. People who have been wandering outside for a long time cannot adapt to this environment, and the contempt, exclusion and grievances they suffer are no less than those outside.
Yin Jiuxiao met him at about the same time. Shen Liyan's problem happened to be something he could cure, it was just a demon, and he just needed to spend some time to draw it out.
It would be useful for him if this person could recover. So at that time, their interests intersected, and both sides were very satisfied with the results of the cooperation. Rather than friends, the adjective "ally" was more appropriate.
Yin Jiuxiao and Shen Liyan had both suffered a lot in their previous lives, and there was no emotion left in their hearts. Only by being extremely indifferent could they survive and reach the top in that environment.
In my previous life, I felt that state was pretty good. I had the power to control the wind and call the rain, and I didn’t feel it was lonely at the top. But it’s not like that anymore.
There was a Lin Qinghen who had someone truly close to him around him. He felt that nothing in the past mattered. In comparison, he didn't know what kind of life he had lived in his previous life.
Yin Jiuxiao saw that although Shen Liyan was a little dull at this time, at the age of fourteen or fifteen, there was still emotion and light in his eyes, which was much better than the indifference in his previous life.
If he came to the City of Tears and met Lin Qinghen at this point in time, he would probably embark on a different path.
But as soon as Yin Jiuxiao said this, Li Yan turned to look at him, with a vigilant and scrutinizing expression on his face.
"What do you mean?"
He did feel that there was something wrong with his spiritual essence recently. When he was refining medicine, there was always a moment when he felt that something was wrong. The longer the time, the more obvious it became. That was why he hurried to refine the medicine and was so focused that nothing could affect him.
But he didn't tell anyone this. The other person was blind, so how could he see that
"Qinghen has actually been observing you for a while. He noticed something strange about you. Diemeng happens to have a way to help you," Yin Jiuxiao said, "as long as you try."
The tacit understanding between Lin Qinghen and Yin Jiuxiao is unmatched. Although he was surprised when Yin Jiuxiao first spoke, he did not show it.
Now that he heard it, he knew that things were not that simple, but Jiuxiao could not reveal too much, so he had to do it himself at this time.
"Indeed," Lin Qinghen said, looking uncomfortable, and continued, "Liyan, believe me, from my point of view, you are indeed an excellent alchemist, and you may not have discovered it yourself. You won't lose anything if you follow me back to Diemeng. Maybe I can really help you."
He knew Jiuxiao was probably really planning to do something, and this was not a good place to take action, as Yunsi was still watching from the side.
Anyway, it’s good that we can bring the person back now.
Li Yan looked at Yin Jiuxiao, then at Lin Qinghen, and at Lin Yunsi, who was sitting opposite him with eyes wide open, asking, "What's wrong? Why don't I understand?" Then he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you."
He has nothing on him now, and no one will care if he runs away from the Haihun City Chamber of Commerce at this time. There is nothing he cannot try. It's better to give it a try anyway.
After returning to Diemeng, Lin Qinghen sent Lin Yunsi away. Lin Yunsi was still unwilling to leave as he wanted to figure out what was wrong with that person.
"You won't understand what I'm saying now, and you can't help me either. Why are you in such a hurry?" Lin Qinghen said, "Let me study it first. Besides, you're Diemeng's chief alchemist, and he'll have to listen to you when he comes in. If there's any change in him, you'll know by looking at him yourself then, right?"
Lin Yun thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. He stared at Lin Qinghen for a while, snorted, and turned away.
… The little brat, after staying in Diemeng for a few months, has developed a temper.
Lin Qinghen shook his head, turned and left.
Lin Yunsi was curious, he was also curious, it was not that he didn't want to explain, he just didn't understand what Yin Jiuxiao said.
He also didn't expect that Yin Jiuxiao's hand speed was so fast.
Li Yan was politely brought into the reception room by Diemeng's people. According to Lin Qinghen's instructions, he was asked to wait alone for a while. Then, before he could see the scene clearly, he was knocked unconscious from behind.
Yin Jiuxiao showed no mercy to his old ally. When Lin Qinghen and Lin Yunsi came back after they finished talking, he had already quickly extracted a wisp of magic power from Li Yan.
Of course it hurts. Li Yan, who fainted on the ground, was twitching uncontrollably during his coma. This cannot be done in one go. It will take about seven or eight times to completely drain the evil spirit out.
As soon as Lin Qinghen came in, he saw that he had forced out all the spiritual essence of the other person, floating beside him. After a trace of magic was taken away, the grass had indeed begun to change, and traces of golden threads could be vaguely seen.
This way, there is no need to explain, everything is clear.
... Someone from the Shen family
"As soon as he arrived, I knew he had a demon. His situation is a bit similar to mine, but not exactly the same. I can handle it," Yin Jiuxiao said. "Qinghen's vision is as good as ever. He is a direct descendant of the Shen family and a very talented alchemist. He will grow better than Yunsi in the future. We have to keep him."
Lin Qinghen: …
Lao Xi said that when he went to recruit people today, he had never expected this to happen.
His relationship with the Shen family is so complicated that it cannot be cleared up.
Not to mention his parents' generation, the abilities of his system are really similar to those of the Shen family. At that time, Mu Jiu even suspected that he had raised a group of alchemists similar to those of the Shen family. Lin Qinghen did not respond positively. Later, Mu Jiu did not dare to think about it. How could there be so many alchemists with special abilities for him
Mu Jiu now guessed that he had found a method to improve other types of medicinal bases, but he did not bring it out. Lin Qinghen did not explain it either, so he tacitly agreed.
Who would have known that this time he would actually fish out someone from the Shen family.
Yin Jiuxiao didn't intend to leave a second way for the other party: "After waking up, tell him that staying in Diemeng should be his only choice. I should be the only one in the world who can help him. Other methods will not have such a good effect."
No one can compare with Lin Qinghen. When comparing the interests of his own wife, he also uses intimidation and bribery against old allies.
Besides, to be honest, Diemeng is a really good place, no worse than the Shen family. It is not a scam, but a clear path for him.
Lin Qinghen looked at him silently, then looked at Li Yan who was lying unconscious on the ground.
He knew that Yin Jiuxiao always handled external matters in a simple and rough manner, and this time he was really too rough.
He is an alchemist after all, with a weak body, how could he treat others like this
Yin Jiuxiao did not refute him when he said this, but stood obediently behind him, but he didn't feel anything was wrong.
Due to his experience, Shen Liyan might be the toughest alchemist in the entire spiritual world. Although he is a little thin, he is very strong and can't die no matter what. What's so special about this
But the most surprising thing today was of course Li Yan who woke up after lying down for a long time.
He never expected that the famous Diemeng was actually a shady shop. He didn't know how he fainted. He only knew that when he woke up, his whole body was in pain, including a pain in the back of his neck and the whole body.
His vision was blurry for a while, and when he could see clearly, he found that Lin Qinghen was sitting not far away, looking at him with a somewhat apologetic look.
"woke up?"
Then Lin Qinghen saw him struggling to sit up, as if preparing to run.
"Why are you running? I'm not a bad person." Lin Qinghen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Didn't they say there was something wrong with you? I was trying to treat you. If you don't believe me, just look at your own spiritual essence and you'll know."
While he was looking down to examine, Lin Qinghen spoke again, with a friendly expression, explaining.
"When you were three years old and your talent was tested, something unexpected happened. Your spirit essence was affected by the devil, which led to your current state," Lin Qinghen said, "but I didn't know you were from the Shen family before, Li Yan. Now that things have come to this, I'll let you choose. Do you want to stay in Diemeng or go back to your own home?"
What home to go back to
Yin Jiuxiao frowned and was about to speak when he was stopped by Lin Qinghen.
"I owe the Shen family something to some extent, and I never force anyone. Everyone in Diemeng is willing to stay here," Lin Qinghen said, his tone sincere, "If you want to leave, I can send you off within my ability. The Shen family should also be able to take care of the problems with your spiritual essence. Of course, my method should be the best. You have to think clearly, don't compromise and stay in Diemeng, or you will regret it later."
Li Yan sat on the bed. He was stunned for a long time, as if he was trying to digest the news.
Then Lin Qinghen, who had been waiting patiently, heard him ask the first question.
"Die Meng treats me, and every time, you have to hit me with a club. Does it hurt so much?"
It hurts so much that even Li Yan, who has been working outside for so long, can't stand it. After all, it involves the spirit essence, so it is impossible not to hurt.
"… I didn't hit him with a club," Lin Qinghen corrected him, and habitually defended his shortcomings, "The method is a bit simple, but it works. You have to admit that, right?"