Chapter 246 Asking for information
Ya Fei ordered people to deal with the body, and Xiao Yan returned to the hall again, greeted Hai Bodong, and asked Hai Bodong to watch over the Miter Auction House to prevent any accidents.

Xiao Yan went to the Alchemist Guild alone to find Fa Ma to inquire about family news.

After arriving at the gate of the Alchemist Guild, Xiao Yan saw the alchemists who were rarely seen like giant pandas. Now they were entering and leaving the Alchemist Guild in groups, making it very lively.

Xiao Yan walked straight into the Alchemist Guild and headed towards the west side of the hall.

When the alchemists in the hall saw Xiao Yan dressed so ostentatiously and without an alchemist robe, they went directly to the west side of the hall, the place they longed for, and looked at him as if he were a fool.

Sure enough, when Xiao Yan walked to the entrance of the west corridor, he was stopped by the guards.

"No entry!" the guard said bluntly.

"Hehe! You're really a country boy who doesn't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is!" When the people in the hall saw this scene, they all looked down on him.

"Lead the way!" Xiao Yan directly took out a jade token given by Fa Ma from his storage ring and waved it in front of the guard.

After the guard looked at the token, he immediately knelt down in front of Xiao Yan and bowed deeply.

"No need to be so polite! Just take me in!" Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't bother with these guards.

Hearing this, one of the guards made a gesture of invitation and invited Xiao Yan in.

After seeing this scene, everyone in the hall was amazed and began to guess Xiao Yan's identity. After all, even princes and nobles did not have such treatment.

Xiao Yan followed the guard through the corridor and came to the door of a room.

After asking the guard to leave, Xiao Yan walked straight in and closed the door.

Fa Ma, who was sitting on a chair dealing with things, saw a person suddenly appear in the room. He looked up and found that the person was dressed so flashily. He couldn't help but frowned, but then he relaxed, stood up and asked with a smile: "Xiao Yan?"

"Nothing can be hidden from old Pharaoh!" Xiao Yan found a chair and sat down, saying.

"Haha, this place is not a place that anyone can come to casually, and apart from some old guys, there will be no young people coming here." Fa Ma looked at Xiao Yan and smiled faintly.

“The main reason I came here today is that I have something to ask you!” Xiao Yan directly set up a barrier in the room to prevent others from eavesdropping. After all, this is the Alchemist Guild, and everyone’s soul perception is very strong.

"It seems that you have gained a lot in the past two years! Even I can't tell your true strength!" Fa Ma saw that Xiao Yan could actually set up a soul barrier with ease, and after looking him up and down, he sighed.

"So what if my strength has improved? I was still caught by someone!" Xiao Yan said with a wry smile.

"Alas! I have also heard about your family's affairs, but after I sent people to inquire in many places, there is still no news!" Fa Ma naturally knew what Xiao Yan wanted to ask, and said with a sigh.

"What? How is this possible?" Xiao Yan looked at Fa Ma in surprise. With the power of the Alchemist Guild, they couldn't find out the whereabouts of his father and his family. This was beyond Xiao Yan's expectation. In Xiao Yan's opinion, even if Fa Ma didn't know the exact location, he should know some information. Unexpectedly, he didn't know anything at all.

"Although I don't know who did it, I can roughly guess it! And I think you should have guessed it as well!" Seeing that Xiao Yan was a little disappointed, Fa Ma directly stated his guess.

"The royal family of the Jia Ma Empire!" Xiao Yan said with his eyes slightly narrowed.

Fa Ma looked up at Xiao Yan and said slowly: "It seems that you already know!"

"Has my identity been exposed?" Xiao Yan frowned slightly and asked in confusion.

"I don't know whether you have been exposed or not, but in the two years since you left, the imperial capital has undergone tremendous changes. To be more precise, the old guy Jia Xingtian has changed." Fa Ma glanced at Xiao Yan and said lightly.

"Jia Xingtian! It seems that those people should have found him!" Xiao Yan planted the seeds himself, so he naturally knew what was going on, but he still asked, "What happened to Jia Xingtian?"

"Jia Xingtian suddenly came out of seclusion half a year ago. Not only has his strength become unfathomable, but his temperament has also become unpredictable. He has taken the power of the empire back into his own hands. Because of you, I stopped providing elixirs to the imperial family, but they don't seem to be affected at all. Instead, they have become stronger. And it was not long after Jia Xingtian came out of seclusion that your Xiao family got into trouble, so I guess it was him who did it! As for the reason, I think you should know!" Fa Ma slowly told what he knew.

"It seems that the Soul Palace found Jia Xingtian and asked him to send someone to do it." Xiao Yan thought to himself.

After listening to the information given by Fa Ma, combined with Xiao Yan's own judgment, Xiao Yan knew who had done it, but he still didn't know where Xiao Zhan and his group were being held.

"Although we know that they did it, we can't find any traces, let alone where your father and his group are being held." Fa Ma said solemnly.

"Looks like I have to go to the palace! Maybe she can know some news!" Xiao Yan didn't get any news about Xiao Zhan from Fa Ma, so he had no choice but to go to the palace to see that person.

"By the way, I have registered you for this Alchemist Conference. Remember to attend then!" Fa Ma said directly when he saw Xiao Yan was about to leave.

"Ah! Alchemist Conference!" Xiao Yan was stunned. How could he have the time and energy to attend the Alchemist Conference at this moment!
"What? You are not going to participate?" Fa Ma was a little surprised when he saw Xiao Yan's expression.

"I don't have the energy to attend the Alchemist Conference right now!" Xiao Yan said with a helpless smile. Besides, he was already a sixth-rank alchemist, and the Rong Ling Pill, the champion's reward, was not very attractive to him. Even if he wanted it, he could just ask Fa Ma directly.

"This Alchemist Conference is different from the usual ones. Not only have we invited alchemists from the Jia Ma Empire, but alchemists from other empires have also been invited. The rewards are extremely generous. Most of them are medicinal materials needed for fifth-grade and sixth-grade elixirs, and there are also many seventh-grade medicinal materials. It can be said that as long as you get these medicinal materials, you can successfully reach the sixth grade, or even the seventh grade. I have spent a lot of effort to prepare this carefully for you!" Although Fa Ma knew that Xiao Yan didn't have much to think about at the moment, he had started preparing for this matter since Xiao Yan left the imperial capital.

As Xiao Yan's senior brother, Fa Ma naturally wanted Xiao Yan to become famous. He also knew that Xiao Yan was currently lacking medicinal materials for practice, but even though he was the president of the Alchemist Guild, he could not give them directly, so he used this method.

Seeing that Fa Ma actually cared so much about him, Xiao Yan could only nod when he saw that he really needed to refine more fifth-grade and sixth-grade pills to consolidate his alchemy skills.

Fa Ma was naturally very happy to see Xiao Yan nod, but Xiao Yan's next words made Fa Ma feel uncomfortable.

"Participants in the Alchemist Conference: Bu Jingyun! Instructor: Wuming!"

(End of this chapter)