Chapter 1 Medicine Clan
Shennong Mountains.

This place is located in the southernmost part of Zhongzhou. To be honest, this area has already left the area of ​​Zhongzhou, so it seems quite remote.

But as the old saying goes: A mountain is not famous because of its height, but because of the immortals living there.

Although the Shennong Mountains are located in a wild area with poisonous insects rampant and all kinds of ferocious beasts rarely seen in Central China, because this place is the home of the Medicine Clan, this area has become quite lively. Moreover, this mountain range is rich in various rare medicinal materials. Many alchemists come here from far and wide to find medicinal materials for alchemy, making the Shennong Mountains extremely popular.

Of course, these alchemists only dared to search for medicinal materials in the periphery, and did not dare to set foot in the core area inside.

Because that is the territory of the Medicine Clan.

The Yao Clan is one of the eight ancient clans. They take Yao as their surname and consider themselves the best in the world in terms of alchemy. Everyone in the clan, even if they are not alchemists, can say a thing or two about alchemy, and they are the best in the world in tasting elixirs.

After countless years of development, there are countless strong people in the tribe, and there are countless high-quality alchemists, and the influence is extremely huge.

……

Danding City is one of the cities in the medicine world.

On the central square stands a bronze medicine cauldron, nearly three meters high. Lifelike elixir patterns are painted on its surface. The faint fragrance of medicine fills the air, making people feel relaxed and happy. Beside it, three figures are standing at this moment.

Leading the group were two old men with serious expressions, both of them were looking at the young man with his palm placed on the surface of the medicine cauldron.

The young man was wearing a simple robe, with long black hair casually tied behind his back. His slightly raised face was quite handsome. At this moment, he was closing his eyes, as if sensing something. As time passed, the elixir pattern on the medicine cauldron suddenly lit up.

After a moment, the three dan patterns slowly emitted light, like stars.

Seeing the three dan patterns light up, the slightly older old man said indifferently: "Yao Yan, age twelve, strength six-star fighter, third-grade bloodline level, talent is fair."

"Unfortunately, it's a little off."

Another middle-aged man next to him sighed, seemingly dissatisfied with the result.

As a family with the bloodline of the Dou Emperor, the importance of bloodline is unquestionable. Since the Yao clan was passed down to this day, the number of people in the clan has already exceeded 10 million, and many of them are intermarried with outsiders, or are disciples accepted as disciples, or are related by blood, and some are dependent on in-laws.

No matter what your origins are, as long as you can live in the Yao clan’s territory, you are a member of the Yao clan and have an inseparable kinship with the Yao clan, but you will be given the name of a branch.

Among them, only those whose bloodline level reaches the fourth grade or above are core members of the clan. They can be trained by the clan and provided with a large amount of natural treasures to nourish the power of their bloodline.

The young man in front of him was obviously far inferior to him and could hardly meet the requirements of the Medicine Clan.

There is only one word difference between this branch meridian and the main meridian, but there is a world of difference between them.

"He is still young. When he reaches adulthood, his bloodline level may reach the fourth rank or above. Even if it is a little lower, it can be compensated if his alchemy skills can reach a certain level. Our Medicine Clan does not only look at the bloodline level. Boy, work hard and strive to have your name on the clan monument after you reach adulthood."

The older man looked at the boy Yao Yan in front of him with a serious expression and gave him an instruction.

He is an elder in the clan school of Danding City, responsible for the clan school's teaching and talent selection. He has some impression of Yao Yan, a younger generation with decent talent, so he said a few more words.

"Yes, elder!"

Yao Yan opened his eyes, bowed and responded in a dignified manner, then glanced at the towering stone tablet standing in the sky with a longing look on his face.

The stone tablet that is somewhere far away from here is the clan tablet of the Medicine Clan. Only those who have made contributions to the Medicine Clan can be recorded on it. Basically, every member of the Medicine Clan regards it as their goal and are proud of it.

Yaoshan saw Yaoyan's expression, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Go down."

Yao Yan bowed respectfully to the two of them, then turned and walked out of the square.

Today is the day of the bloodline test. The square is already surrounded by people, many of whom are acquainted with Yao Yan.

A dark-faced uncle in armor saw Yao Yan's depressed expression and couldn't help but comfort him: "Boy, don't be discouraged. The third-grade bloodline is not bad. You can still be a captain of my iron guard in the future."

The Iron Guards are an army of the Yao Clan that specifically protects the safety of the clan’s territory. They are responsible for dispersing ferocious beasts and outsiders around the city and guarding the safety of the city.

"Okay, Uncle Tie."

Yao Yan responded with a forced smile, with a hint of frustration more or less revealed on his face.

"Don't talk nonsense. Xiao Yanzi's talent in alchemy is quite good. There are not many people better than him in this class."

"Yes, yes, yes, look at my brain, I almost forgot, haha."

……

Yao Yan responded politely to everyone's comfort, but with a frustrated look on his face, he walked slowly towards home, seeming very lost.

When everyone saw this scene, no one stepped forward to continue comforting them, because this scene is seen every year.

Not everyone is born with a destiny.

There are many cities within the Medicine Clan's territory, and each city has a population of hundreds of thousands. There are schools in each city, and all the children of the Medicine Clan can attend school. From an early age, they can be exposed to alchemy techniques that are difficult for ordinary people in the outside world to access. This is the foundation of the ancient great clan.

You can imagine how difficult it is to stand out from them.

What's more, there are the core members of the clan. Compared with those monsters, they can really be regarded as ordinary people.

As he left the square, Yao Yan's frustration faded a lot. In fact, he was not frustrated at all. He was not even surprised by this result. His parents who passed away in this life were only a Dou Wang and a Dou Ling, and his father did not have the blood of the Yao Clan. He had expected this result. He was even a little surprised by the third-grade bloodline.

Taller.

After all, in the Doudi family of the world of Doupo, blood inheritance is a matter of fate. If the blood concentration of the parents is not high enough, it will be as difficult for the offspring to give birth to powerful bloodline descendants as it is to draw a lottery in a game. It is all about trying to get a mutation.

Ordinary children of the medicine clan do not have strong bloodlines, nor are they nourished by natural treasures from childhood, so how strong can the power of their bloodlines be?
Yao Yan never thought that he was an exception, even though he traveled through time.

He traveled through time from his mother's womb. Not long after he traveled through time, his father died in the Shennong Mountains. It was said that he died at the hands of a group of fourth-level monsters. His mother also died soon after, leaving him an isolated child. This seemed to confirm the saying: being the parent of a time traveler is a high-risk profession.

Yaoyan is very sorry about this.

He didn't know if it was a coincidence or what.

At that moment, Yao Yan even suspected that he was the so-called pig's foot, who had a system to rely on. In the end, he found that he did not. The only advantage he had was perhaps his soul power that was much stronger than his peers and his familiarity with the plot. This allowed him to accept new knowledge quickly since he was a child, which also led to his good talent in alchemy.

After several years of hard work, at the age of twelve he had become a second-grade alchemist, able to refine dozens of first- and second-grade pills.

Yes, that's an exaggeration.

This is almost a heaven-defying existence in the outside world, but in the medicine clan, it can only be regarded as excellent, far from being called a genius or a monster.

For the children of the Medicine Clan, refining low-grade elixirs is really not difficult. They have had sufficient medicinal materials to practice since childhood, and there are also pharmacists who teach them step by step. Therefore, most adults of the Medicine Clan are pharmacists of the third or fourth rank, even the guards.

For them, the difficult part is to break through to the sixth level and above.

"The blood concentration is generally good. At least it won't attract attention."

Yao Yan comforted himself in his heart. He was actually a little worried that his blood concentration was too high and he would be trained by the Yao Clan. If that was the case, then he would be really finished. He would not be able to escape even if he wanted to, and he would even be targeted by the Soul Clan.

That’s right, in the past few years, he has already started planning to escape.

Because there is really no future in the Medicine Clan, and the future is bleak.

In the original work.

Except for a few people, the entire Medicine Clan was refined by the Void Devouring Flame, including the tens of millions of members of the branch clans, all of whom were transformed into resources for Emperor Hun Tian to advance to Emperor Dou. The description in the text was extremely miserable. If Xiao Yan, the protagonist of the original novel, had not been involved in it, it is estimated that no one would have been able to escape.

In fact, when Yao Yan knew that he had traveled to this world, he began to think about his future path.

As for changing all this... without the strength of a Dou Di, how can we fight the Soul Clan?
The Soul Clan is the most powerful force in the entire Douqi Continent.

Especially the ruthless character Hun Tiandi, who planned for a thousand years to break through to the Dou Emperor, and in the end directly sacrificed half of Zhongzhou and several ancient families, and slaughtered trillions of lives. If the original protagonist Xiao Yan had not appeared, he would definitely be the final winner.

Compared with him, the other patriarchs of the ancient tribes were undoubtedly unremarkable, all of them just lying in their comfort zones and muddling through.

This might also be the reason why Emperor Hun Tian only thought highly of Xiao Xuan. At least Xiao Xuan dared to give it a try and use the whole clan's strength to fight.

Think of this.

Yao Yan couldn't help but think of the Burning Decision.

After traveling to the world of Doupo, how could one not have thoughts about the Burning Decree? Even though the risk of practicing it is no different from committing suicide by swallowing a gun, it is the only plug-in in Doupo. Although the risk in the early stages of practicing is extremely high, the rewards in the later stages are ridiculously high. It is a direct path to becoming a Doudi.

As for the path to the Emperor Pill... If you don't have the strength of a peak nine-star Dou Sheng, you are not qualified to even take a look at it.

Therefore, a few years ago, Yao Yan had inquired about Yao Chen, on the one hand because of the Burning Decree, and on the other hand because he wanted to determine the timeline.

The name Yao Chen is quite taboo in the Yao Clan, because he is an abandoned son of the Yao Clan. When he was young, he had a conflict with Yao Wangui, the elder of the Yao Clan's Punishment Hall. However, he made a big name in the outside world. Not only did he win the championship of the conference held by Danta, he also founded the Xingyun Pavilion.

His own strength has even reached the level of Dou Zun, and he is known as Medicine Zun.

This series of events was very exciting for ordinary members of the Medicine Clan. Everyone likes to listen to gossip, let alone gossip related to the elders.

So Yao Yan easily got the other party's information.

About a dozen years ago, Yao Chen died from a backlash while refining an elixir...

That’s right, it’s dead.

Apparently, Yao Chen's 'good disciple' Han Feng has turned against him and stabbed his teacher who treated him like his own son. The gears of the plot are rolling forward.

As for Xiao Yan, he has not appeared yet.

Unfortunately, Yao Yan was unable to obtain the accurate timeline from it. If he wanted to judge this, he would either have to find out how old Gu Xun'er was now, or go to the Gama Empire, both of which were impossible for him at the moment.

"There's no point in thinking so much."

Yao Yan sighed lightly. For him at the moment, accumulating strength in the Yao Clan was the right path. Only when he had strength would he be qualified to plan for the future.

After all, in this world of battle, strength is everything.

(End of this chapter)