Chapter 2561: Lin Lan's Shocking Move!

"Golden Core! Ninth-grade Golden Core!"

Strange cries came from the crowd.

In Tang Yu's hand was actually a golden, gleaming pill!

No need for appraisal; it was naturally a ninth-grade golden core!

Beside him, Tang Jinhua was dumbfounded.

He had thought that Ye Yuan had forgotten his own son, and his heart was filled with resentment.

Who would have known that he had actually given his son a ninth-grade golden core!

"Father, I told you, Big Brother wouldn't forget me! The pills he refined for those people earlier were just practice!" Tang Yu said.

Over the years, he had come to know Ye Yuan well.

Since Ye Yuan was refining Jasper Renewal Pills, he certainly wouldn't forget him.

So when Tang Jinhua grumbled earlier, Tang Yu told him to calm down.

Sure enough, the best one was reserved for himself!

"Thank you, Big Brother!" Tang Yu said respectfully to Ye Yuan.

"You deserve it!" Ye Yuan said with a smile.

Everyone else was envious.

Being a good friend of Master Ye was truly a blissful thing!

"National Preceptor, are you convinced?" Ye Yuan looked at Lin Lan with a half-smile.

Lin Lan had long been stunned by Ye Yuan's alchemy skills!

Convinced?

Of course he was convinced!

How could he not be convinced by someone who could refine a Jasper Renewal Pill to the level of a ninth-grade golden core?

He too was a pursuer of the Dao of alchemy, but confined to a corner of Donglin Kingdom, with high position and great power, he had long lost his original intention!

This defeat was a complete defeat!

He silently turned and left, saying nothing.

Some saw that the National Preceptor had left the city; no one knew where he went.

The emperor did not try to stop him. He knew that after this defeat, Lin Lan was utterly disheartened.

"Today, watching Master Ye refine pills, I am truly amazed! I wish to appoint Ye Yuan as National Preceptor. Would the master be willing to accept?"

With that, the emperor actually bowed deeply to Ye Yuan in public!

This was the highest level of courtesy!

Now, Qiao Kaiyuan was inviting Ye Yuan, not fulfilling a bet!

But no one thought it was inappropriate.

Ye Yuan deserved it!

With Ye Yuan's alchemy strength, what was being a National Preceptor?

In fact, Ye Yuan taking the position of National Preceptor was even a condescension!

Ye Yuan said calmly, "Since Your Majesty shows such courtesy, I will respectfully obey."

...

When one attains the Dao, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

Ye Yuan's powerful rise made the Tang family leap to become the number one great family in Donglin!

The Tang family's influence quickly spread throughout the entire Donglin Kingdom.

The emperor also officially announced that the second prince would become the crown prince and ascend the throne in three years.

The Yang family, Jiang Yu, Lu Yun, and others also saw their status rise in Donglin Kingdom.

Just when everyone thought things had calmed down, another incident shook all of Donglin.

One morning half a month later, just as dawn was breaking.

"Eh, why is someone kneeling in front of the National Preceptor's mansion?"

"Heh, what's so strange about that? Since Master Ye became National Preceptor, people have been coming in droves to beg for pills. This person is probably here to beg for pills too, right?"

"No, look at his appearance, doesn't he look like the National Preceptor?"

"National Preceptor? Are you blind? How could the National Preceptor kneel at his own doorstep?"

"Ah, I'm not talking about National Preceptor Ye, but National Preceptor Lin! Lin Lan!"

"Huh? It... it's true! This... this is going to stir up trouble! Master Lin actually came back and is kneeling at the gate of the National Teacher's Mansion!"

...

By daybreak, the area before the National Teacher's Mansion was already packed with onlookers.

The former National Teacher kneeling at the current National Teacher's gate—how could this not cause a sensation?

Naturally, such a scene drew plenty of pointing and whispering.

But Lin Lan remained unmoved, kneeling upright and still.

Tang Yu walked out of the National Teacher's Mansion, frowned at Lin Lan, and asked, "Master Lin, what is the meaning of this?"

By now, Tang Yu's severed arm had regrown, looking no different from an ordinary person's.

Moreover, after taking the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Pill, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, breaking through to the upper Minor Extreme Heaven.

After Ye Yuan moved into the National Teacher's Mansion, Tang Yu handed over all family affairs to Tang Jinhua and willingly came to the mansion to serve as the head steward.

Upon hearing this, Lin Lan merely said calmly, "I have come to take him as my master!"

"Take him as your master?" Tang Yu's eyes widened in shock.

The esteemed former National Teacher, a second-rank Heavenly Alchemist, coming to take a master?

The surrounding crowd was also ignited by these four words!

"Take... take him as master? Did I hear that wrong?"

"What a joke! Wasn't Master Lin Master Ye's sworn enemy? He's actually lowering himself to kneel at Master Ye's gate and ask to be his disciple!"

"Could Master Lin be enduring humiliation to harm Master Ye?"

"Very likely!"

...

No one had expected that the National Teacher, who once looked down on the entire Eastern Lin, would humble himself to kneel publicly and seek apprenticeship!

The impact was overwhelming.

Even someone as clever as Tang Yu was momentarily baffled.

"Go away, go away! National Teacher, if you keep causing trouble, don't blame me for being rude!" Tang Yu instinctively thought the man was here to stir up trouble and directly ordered him to leave.

Lin Lan remained calm and said flatly, "As you wish! If I don't see Ye Yuan, I won't leave!"

Tang Yu frowned and said sternly, "Are you deliberately causing trouble?"

Lin Lan ignored Tang Yu and fell silent.

Tang Yu snorted coldly, "Lin Lan, don't think that just because you're a Great Extreme Heaven powerhouse, no one in this imperial city can handle you! Let me tell you, Master Yun is now in the National Teacher's Mansion, and he has broken through to the middle Great Extreme Heaven!"

Hearing this, a flicker of surprise passed through Lin Lan's eyes.

But that flicker quickly turned into determination!

Seeing that Lin Lan was impervious to reason, Tang Yu simply summoned Lu Yun and a group of helpers.

With Lu Yun around, his confidence immediately swelled.

After taking the ninth-rank Foundation Establishment Heavenly Pill, Lu Yun's foundation had been greatly consolidated.

His strength had also advanced rapidly, breaking through the bottleneck to reach the middle Great Extreme Heaven!

"Men, get him out of here!" Tang Yu ordered sternly.

A group of people shoved and jostled, trying to push Lin Lan away.

But he remained as still as a rock.

Those at the Minor Extreme Heaven naturally could not move a Great Extreme Heaven cultivator.

However, Lin Lan did not fight back.

One impatient guard kicked him directly, yet he still did not retaliate.

"Stop!" Lu Yun frowned at the scene.

He approached Lin Lan and asked, "Do you truly wish to take him as your master?"

Lin Lan said, "My mind is made up!"

Lu Yun frowned, "Why should I believe you?"

Lin Lan said calmly, "Words are useless; I will prove it with my actions!"

Lu Yun sensed that Lin Lan seemed somehow different.

He felt that Lin Lan had let go of everything, becoming much lighter in spirit.

Neither sad nor joyful, neither arrogant nor impatient!

This Lin Lan was a completely different person from the one he had known before!

Such a demeanor could not be feigned.

"Fine, I will inform the National Teacher. Whether he sees you or not is beyond my control," Lu Yun said.