Inside the grand hall of the Medicine Clan.
Normally, after the Medicine Codex ceremony ended, the elders of the Medicine Clan should have already gone into seclusion.
However today, every single elder of the Medicine Clan had gathered here.
There were roughly a hundred people present, but among them, only twenty-seven were Dou Saints.
The rest were mostly Half-Saints, and even then, most of them were only at the initial Half-Saint level.
From this alone, one could see that the Medicine Clan had already begun walking down the path of decline.
To be fair, the Medicine Clan was still doing slightly better than the Spirit Clan and the Stone Clan.
After all, the current patriarchs of the other two clans were only around five or six-star Dou Saints.
"Calling everyone here today is for one matter alone."
Patriarch Yao Dan looked at the gathered elders, his aged expression heavy.
"Patriarch, don't tell me you intend to form a marriage alliance with the Thunder Clan?" Elder Wan Huo asked.
Yao Dan paused, but did not answer. Instead, he asked:
"What do all of you think of the Thunder Clan's Lei Qi?"
Another key figure of the Medicine Clan, Yao Wangui, snorted coldly with clear disdain.
"Even if his talent seems impressive, compared to our Medicine Clan, he still falls far short.
Once he reaches a certain level in the future, he will likely stagnate. There is no need to pay him much attention."
The Medicine Clan had the arrogance befitting the number one alchemy clan.
"Patriarch, the marriage alliance—is it to guide Lei Qi in alchemy?"
Another elder of the same status as Wan Huo asked.
"That's right. This old man does have that intention."
Yao Dan did not deny it, because such "guidance" was the best dowry they could offer.
"But Patriarch… have you considered that once Lei Qi finishes learning from us, the status of our Medicine Clan might…"
Elder Wan Huo spoke again.
"This…"
While the Medicine Clan was discussing this matter, Lei Qi was currently being escorted by the Yao siblings, Yao Tian and Yao Ling, to a small city belonging to the clan's branch descendants.
Although the bloodline here was extremely thin, these people were still part of the Medicine Clan.
Their lives were the same as those in the outside world—working at sunrise and resting at sunset.
The city wasn't small. After all, the branch members numbered in the millions.
Most importantly, the girls in the city were graceful and beautiful.
"Damn it, why are Thunder Clan women the only ones who think muscles are beauty?"
Lei Qi muttered internally.
"Brother Lei Qi, is there anything you want to do today? My treat."
Yao Tian laughed.
He didn't know why the Patriarch asked him and his sister to entertain Lei Qi, but since it came from the Patriarch himself, he had no courage to refuse.
"How about… visiting a pleasure house to listen to music?" Lei Qi said casually.
"???"
Yao Tian stared blankly, then turned toward Yao Ling.
Yao Ling's expression remained cold as always. She simply shook her head.
"Brother Lei Qi, may I ask… what is a pleasure house?" Yao Tian asked.
"Hehe, nothing. Just a joke."
Lei Qi found his reaction amusing.
This guy was clearly someone who had drowned himself in alchemy his whole life.
A place filled with wonders of flesh and seduction… he didn't know anything about it.
As for this cold beauty in front of him—according to Mang Tianchi, the Medicine Clan inviting them as guests was very likely because they wanted a marriage alliance.
And if that was the case… it would undoubtedly be Yao Ling.
Of course, no clan wanted to marry off their own prized genius.
But in this world, nothing was absolute.
However, Lei Qi wasn't fond of marriage alliances.
It wasn't that something was wrong with the girl—
but because you could look, but you couldn't touch.
What use was that kind of marriage?
"Let's just walk around. If Brother Yao Tian has no good place in mind, I have some questions I want to ask." Lei Qi said.
He had no problem with second-grade pills, but when it came to third-grade pills, he had already tried three times, and all three ended in explosion.
"Ah, then let's head to that tavern."
Yao Tian, who didn't feel like wandering, immediately led the way.
Inside the tavern, after hearing Lei Qi's doubts, Yao Tian's mouth twitched.
"Brother Lei Qi… you truly never studied alchemy before this?"
"No. I had no interest. If I hadn't found that match entertaining, I wouldn't have even tried it." Lei Qi shook his head.
"You're far too impatient. Even in the Medicine Clan, no one can rapidly advance in alchemy in such a short time.
When you can refine second-grade pills without any explosions, then think about the next level.
Also, you have no True Fire, so failure is normal."
This time, the normally silent Yao Ling spoke.
Her cold voice was unexpectedly pleasant to the ears.
If someone could conquer this icy beauty… the sense of achievement would be amazing…
"Why are you staring at me like that?"
Yao Ling frowned slightly, displeased by his gaze.
"There are no girls as beautiful as you in my clan. I was simply moved."
Lei Qi said honestly.
Even Yao Ling, as cold as she was, was still a young girl.
Hearing such direct praise, a faint blush appeared on her frosty face.
Her fair, pink cheeks only made her look even prettier.
"Ahem!"
Yao Tian quickly reminded her, feeling awkward.
Yao Ling instantly felt embarrassed.
How could she…
Lei Qi found her reaction amusing.
So the 'iceberg' was just a mask…
This little girl probably wanted to be wild deep down.
Yao Tian noticed Lei Qi still staring at his sister and felt unhappy.
He really wanted to ask Lei Qi—
"Where is your sense of decency?"
But how would he know that before his bloodline awakening test, Lei Qi had been basically raised freely?
And in a clan where every problem was solved by punching each other, Lei Qi's personality was naturally aggressive.
Still, knowing he was in the Medicine Clan, he restrained himself.
Although the Medicine Clan was weaker, if two Emperor Clans fought, even if the Thunder Clan won, the price would be devastating.
Compared to the Soul Clan—which could easily slaughter the three weaker clans—the Thunder Clan was still far behind.
In fact, even the so-called strongest ancient clan in the continent would still pay a heavy price to wipe out the Soul Clan.
Under such circumstances, Lei Qi had to keep a low profile.
After chatting for a while longer, the three returned to the residence the Medicine Clan had arranged.
At this moment, Mang Tianchi was already waiting for them.
"The Medicine Clan seems hesitant. We'll leave tomorrow." Mang Tianchi said.
"Mm."
Lei Qi agreed without objection.
As he thought—
The marriage alliance was useless to him right now.
Since it had no real benefit, why bother?
More importantly, he was extremely curious about Canaan Academy's Fallen Heart Flame.
He wanted to know whether the black lightning in his body could really devour an Heavenly Flame.