Starting as a supporting character in Doupo

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"This humble one, Xiao Fan, greets Elder Feng!"

"This humble one, Xiao Yan, greets Elder Feng!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan bowed to Venerable Feng. Although Xiao Fan's strength had already reached the Dou Zun realm, the two of them bowed to him because of the relationship between Venerable Feng and Yao Lao, treating Venerable Feng as an elder. This had nothing to do with their own strength.

"Oh Well!"

Venerable Wind looked at the two of them with a smile on his face, then turned to look at Venerable Thunder and said, "Hehe, since the Four Directions Pavilion Conference has ended, I won't stay any longer."

As soon as he finished speaking, Venerable Feng nodded slightly to Venerable Lei. A wisp of azure wind appeared beneath his feet, carrying Xiao Fan and his group into the air. Then, with a wave of his hand, a blue flying magical beast appeared. Mu Qingluan landed on the beast's back and left Thunder Mountain with Venerable Feng and his group.

Watching Venerable Wind depart, Venerable Sword nodded slightly, then left with Tang Ying. Venerable Thunder, gazing at Venerable Wind's retreating figure, seemed lost in thought. With a flash of lightning, he too vanished. As the four Venerables disappeared, Thunder Mountain once again became noisy. With the departure of the crowd, news of the Four Directions Pavilion Grand Meeting on Thunder Mountain gradually spread throughout the Central Continent…

On the back of the magical beast, Xiao Fan and his group sat down. Mu Qingluan looked at Xiao Fan and his group with a puzzled expression. Her eyes were practically glued to them, and her curiosity was completely undisguised.

"Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, can you tell me now where your master is?"

Venerable Feng looked at Xiao Fan and Yao Chen. Now that they were alone, a cautious look appeared on his face as he pressed for answers. Seeing that Yao Chen's storage ring and the strange fire were both with Xiao Yan, he feared the news he would receive was...

Upon hearing Venerable Feng's question, Xiao Yan, who had been excited, instantly turned gloomy, his teeth clenched tightly together. Even Xiao Fan, who was usually unsmiling, fell silent.

"Our teacher... he's been captured by the Soul Palace!"

Almost through gritted teeth, Xiao Yan recounted the news about Yao Lao.

"What! Yao Chen has been captured by the Soul Palace!?"

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Venerable Feng's aura sharpened, and his eyes instantly turned fierce. "The Soul Palace seems to have a grand plan that requires many high-level alchemists. Yao Chen even received an invitation from the Soul Palace back then, but the Soul Palace is treacherous, and this matter was too bizarre, so Yao Chen refused. Later, when we were exploring a cave, we even clashed with people from the Soul Palace. Now it seems that the Soul Palace was already targeting Yao Chen back then..."

"The Venerable Yao Chen? That Pavilion Master who has never shown his face?"

At this moment, Mu Qingluan, who was watching the melons from the side, suddenly couldn't help but speak up when she heard a familiar name.

"Pavilion Master?"

Xiao Yan looked puzzled upon hearing Mu Qingluan's words, while Xiao Fan showed no reaction.

"Oh, look at me, I was so busy asking about Yao Chen's whereabouts that I forgot to introduce him to you."

Hearing Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan's questions, Venerable Feng finally realized what was going on and said to Xiao Fan and Mu Qingluan, "This is my disciple, Mu Qingluan; these two are Yao Chen's disciples, as for their names, you heard them just now."

After a brief introduction, Venerable Feng continued, "Starfall Pavilion was a force that Yao Chen and I founded together. He was the nominal pavilion master, but he rarely showed his face, and he delegated all the pavilion's affairs to me..."

"I see. I didn't know that teachers had this kind of identity."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was surprised to learn that his teacher was actually the head of the Starfall Pavilion in Central Continent. His teacher had never told him about this before. Looking at the calm Xiao Fan beside him, Xiao Yan couldn't help but nudge him and say, "Senior brother, why are you so calm? Did our teacher tell you about this?"

Everyone's gaze followed Xiao Yan's movements and fell on Xiao Fan.

"No ah."

Xiao Fan blinked, smiled at everyone, and then continued, "However, when I heard that Teacher and Elder Feng were old friends, I already had a rough guess in my mind."

"Hehe, you little rascal, you're quite clever..."

Venerable Feng smiled at Xiao Fan, then recalled Yao Lao's fate, a hint of resentment appearing on his face. He said, "Hmph, when the news of Yao Chen's death came, I thought it was impossible. With his alchemy skills, how could he possibly die from a backlash while refining medicine?"

"As soon as I got the news, I went to question Han Feng, but he used that as an excuse to brush me off. Later, he avoided me at every turn. Over the years, I haven't heard from him in Zhongzhou. I'm afraid this matter is related to Han Feng!"

Chapter 109 The Place of Imprisonment, Strength

Upon hearing Venerable Feng bring up Han Feng, Xiao Yan did not hide anything and immediately recounted to Venerable Feng how Han Feng had colluded with the Soul Palace and betrayed Elder Yao.

"what!"

Upon hearing this, Venerable Wind's killing intent intensified.

"That beast Han Feng, if it weren't for Yao Chen taking him in and raising him when he was in dire need, he would have been long gone. In the end, he turned out to be a treacherous ingrate..."

Venerable Feng spoke, cursing Han Feng incessantly, feeling deeply regretful that he hadn't been able to capture Han Feng, that traitor who betrayed his master and ancestors.

Seeing Venerable Feng's expression, Xiao Yan took out the jade bottle that sealed Han Feng's soul from his storage ring and said to Venerable Feng, "Elder Feng, Han Feng... was already killed by my senior brother and me long ago..."

Venerable Feng looked at the jade bottle in Xiao Yan's hand, a strong killing intent flashing across his face.

"Xiao Yan, let me go. If you just let me go, I'm willing..."

As soon as the seal on the jade bottle was broken by Venerable Feng, Han Feng's weak pleas for mercy rang out. However, when he saw Venerable Feng, only fear remained on Han Feng's face.

"Wind... Venerable Wind!"

"Heh, Han Feng, you ungrateful bastard..."

Venerable Feng looked at Han Feng with a murderous intent that seemed to pierce Han Feng's soul. However, he did not make a move because he needed to extract information from Han Feng about Yao Chen's location.

"Tell me, where is Yao Chen being held by the Soul Palace?"

Venerable Feng's expression was gloomy. Han Feng, dressed simply, did not beg for mercy. Instead, he fell into an eerie silence, his eyes flickering.

"Hmph, unrepentant!"

The Wind Venerable, dressed simply, unleashed a beam of azure battle qi towards Han Feng's soul, causing Han Feng to immediately let out a series of shrill screams...

"Speak! I'll talk! Stop it now!"

A flicker of fear crossed Han Feng's eyes. Sensing that Venerable Feng had stopped moving, Han Feng, panting heavily, finally spoke loudly, "Yao Chen is imprisoned in... the Soul Palace branch in the Netherworld City of the Western Regions of Central China..."

Now that things had come to this, Xiao Yan finally learned from Han Feng where the Soul Palace was imprisoning his teacher. A look of excitement appeared on his face as he murmured to himself, "Teacher... soon, we'll be able to come and rescue you soon..."

As Xiao Yan recalled the scene he witnessed when he broke through to the Dou Zong realm, a rare smile appeared on his face...

"I'm asking you, how many elders of the Soul Hall are guarding this branch hall?"

After learning the location of Yao Lao's imprisonment, Venerable Feng didn't immediately stop, but continued to inquire about information from Han Feng. Xiao Yan, standing nearby, listened intently; these were elders of the Soul Hall, all Dou Zun-level powerhouses...

"One...one..."

"Not honest yet!"

Upon hearing Han Feng's answer, Venerable Feng's face turned furious, and he said, "Do you really think I know nothing about the Soul Palace?"

Venerable Feng Lianshan revealed a mocking expression and said, "In each branch of the Soul Palace, there are at least two branch masters, one principal and one deputy, and at least two elders. Moreover, this is the branch where Yao Chen is imprisoned."

Hearing the information revealed by Venerable Feng, Xiao Yan's face showed a hint of lingering fear. If he and his senior brother had truly believed Han Feng's words and gone to the Underworld City, receiving such deadly false information would have been disastrous...

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan's eyes once again held a hint of killing intent as he looked at Han Feng.

"Elder Feng, now that we have information about the location of our teacher's detention, we cannot completely trust any other information Han Feng has to provide. There is no point in continuing to press him for answers. Elder Feng, you and our teacher are good friends, and you have many friends in Zhongzhou. I'm afraid we will have to trouble you a lot in the future!"

Seeing that the two had interrogated Han Feng enough, Xiao Fan spoke up and sealed Han Feng back into the jade bottle. Of course, he also threw in a wisp of the Fallen Heart Flame once again, which continuously burned Han Feng's soul.

Only after a soundproof seal was applied to the bottle opening did Han Feng's wailing and pleas for mercy completely cease.

"Don't worry, we didn't know anything about Yao Chen before, but now that we know his exact location, things will be much easier!"

Venerable Feng nodded to Xiao Fan and said to the two of them, "In the coming days, I will gradually contact the friends who were kind to Yao Chen back then, and also inquire about the news in the Underworld City in advance to make preparations."

"Thank you very much, Elder Feng!"

Upon hearing Feng Zun Zhe's reply, Xiao Yan could hardly hide his excitement.

"Sigh, this is something I've always wanted to do. There's no need to thank me. As for you, I still need to visit some old friends. In my opinion, you should go back to Xingyun Pavilion with Qingluan for the time being."

Venerable Feng shook his head, then looked at Xiao Fan and the other person with curiosity.

"We...we're going to attend the Pill Gathering in the Pill Domain next."

Seeing Feng Zun Zhe's gaze, Xiao Fan took the initiative to speak, without hiding their purpose.

"Dan will..."

Venerable Feng smiled and looked at the two of them, saying with a laugh, "Haha, I remember that Yao Chen won the championship of that year's Pill Gathering. As his disciples, you mustn't embarrass him."

"Furthermore, in this Pill Gathering, the top ten will all have the opportunity to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flames. This is probably one of the reasons why you alchemists want to participate in the Pill Gathering."

Venerable Feng spoke, but his gaze remained fixed on Xiao Fan.

Xiao Yan has the Bone Spirit Cold Flame left by Yao Chen on his body. It seems that Xiao Fan participated in the Pill Gathering in order to devour and subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flames.

"Ah."

Xiao Fan nodded slightly, looked at Venerable Feng, and continued, "Junior Brother has cultivated the Burning Technique, making it difficult to find different kinds of fire. We only managed to find out about the Three Thousand Burning Flames after a lot of trouble."

"Burn Jue!"

Upon hearing this, Venerable Feng's gaze fell upon Xiao Yan, his brows furrowing slightly. He said, "I didn't expect this old fellow to even pass on this skill to..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Venerable Feng frowned.

Whether it's Yao Chen's storage ring, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, or even the Burning Technique, they all belong to Xiao Yan. So what did Yao Chen leave for Xiao Fan?

Venerable Feng knew Yao Chen's character well; if the two were truly his disciples, he would never show such favoritism...

Furthermore, along the way, Venerable Feng felt that he couldn't see through Xiao Fan's strength, and even vaguely sensed a threat. Venerable Feng couldn't help but become wary...

Feng Zun Zhe's sudden silence went unnoticed by Xiao Yan and the others. Only Xiao Fan sensed Feng Zun Zhe's suspicion, a wry smile appearing on his face. He pursed his lips at Xiao Yan and said with a laugh, "You brat, Elder Feng thinks I'm a fake."

Upon hearing Xiao Fan's words, Xiao Yan realized that something was wrong with Venerable Feng. He quickly waved his hand to stop Venerable Feng and explained, "Elder Feng, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

They all knew that Han Feng had betrayed Yao Lao for the sake of the Burning Technique. Now that they were all under Yao Lao's tutelage, and Yao Lao's inheritance storage ring, strange fire techniques, and other things were all in Xiao Yan's hands, it was inevitable that Venerable Feng would suspect Xiao Fan.

Upon hearing Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan's words, Venerable Feng showed a hint of doubt on his face, waiting for Xiao Yan to continue.

So, Xiao Yan recounted to Venerable Feng the circumstances under which Yao Lao had taken them as disciples, and the subsequent events...

As he spoke, worried that Venerable Feng might not believe him, Xiao Yan also showed off the five different flames he had already devoured.

As the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Tortoise Spirit Earth Flame appeared one after another, Venerable Feng and Mu Qingluan and Lin Yan beside him looked at the two of them in shock.