"Young Clan Leader, you've finally emerged from the Star Region!"
Just as Huo Xuan left the area of Alchemy Tower, he saw Huo Zhi and the others walking towards him from a distance.
"Huo Xuan, Brother, what's your strength?"
Huo Zhi stepped forward and grabbed Huo Xuan's wrist. A burst of Dou Qi quickly flowed into Huo Xuan's body through his meridians.
"Girl, there's no need to probe anymore. My current strength has just reached the Three-Star Dou Zun Peak."
"What! Three-Star Dou Zun Peak!"
"Young Clan Leader, you truly live up to your Young Clan Leader. Looking across the entire Flame Clan, you are probably the only one who possesses such strength at such a young age!" Yan Liao exclaimed in admiration.
"I've already obtained the Three Thousand Burning Flame, so there's no need for me to stay in Saint Pill City any longer. Let's go back to the Yan World," Huo Xuan said.
"By the way, Young Clan Leader, when you subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Region, a woman came to find you. She said she knew you. Would you like to meet her?" Yan Ling suddenly asked.
"Young Clan Leader, she not only said she knows you, but she also knows your name is Huo Xuan, so... look... this..."
"What's her name?" Huo Xuan asked, his tone tinged with doubt.
"Her? Her name seems to be Nalan... Yan Ran."
"Nalan Yanran?"
In the courtyard, a graceful figure sat somewhat awkwardly on a chair. The woman wore a light blue dress, and her curvaceous body looked quite alluring under the dress.
Just as she was feeling a little uneasy, a familiar young figure slowly walked in.
"You came to Alchemy Tower to see me this time, there must be something you need, right?"
Upon hearing this, Nalan Yanran clenched her hands tightly. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Young Master Huo Xuan, we meet again. I... I would like to ask you to help my teacher."
"As expected, they need something from me..."
"Alright, you guys go and explore Saint Pill City first," Huo Xuan said to Huo Zhi and the others.
"Huo Xuan, Brother, you..." Huo Zhi's words were about to come out when Huo Xuan forced her back with a look.
Looking at Huo Zhi's hesitant expression, Nalan Yanran couldn't help but feel puzzled, as if something bad was about to happen.
"Alright, you guys go ahead and look around. I'll come find you in a bit."
"Save them?"
Huo Yun's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile that was hard to detect. It was unclear whether he simply wanted to laugh or was secretly mocking Nalan Yanran.
"Fool..."
Yan Ling and Yan Liao silently mourned for Nalan Yanran and her teacher.
They could understand that Nalan Yanran was anxious to save her teacher, but of all people, she had to ask their Young Clan Leader.
They had been in contact with him for quite some time, and they knew what kind of person the Young Clan Leader was.
The Young Clan Leader has few good points but many bad ones. He is selfish, ruthless, and extremely vengeful. This vengefulness is especially evident in Huo Cheng. They know perfectly well what has become of Huo Cheng the Flame Clan.
Previously, Huo Cheng was considered a dazzling genius in the Flame Clan. Later, it was said that he clashed with Huo Xuan because he wanted to become the Young Clan Leader, which caused them considerable conflict. The outcome was predictable: Huo Cheng not only failed to win against Huo Xuan, but also ruined his future...
Seeing that he couldn't become the Young Clan Leader, he decided to settle for being the successor of the Great Elder. However, when the Young Clan Leader found out, he immediately helped Huo Yun, who had always been suppressed, to suppress Huo Cheng.
I heard that Huo Cheng has changed a lot. The once dazzling genius has gradually become decadent and lost his fighting spirit. Because of Huo Cheng, another shortcoming of the Young Clan Leader has been brought out. The Young Clan Leader seems to like to bully others by relying on his power.
At first, they also felt that the Young Clan Leader had no other merits besides his high talent, high bloodline rank, and high cultivation.
Being around the Young Clan Leader is a very dangerous thing. Anyone who might pose a threat to him will be eliminated without hesitation once he discovers Young Clan Leader. This was clearly demonstrated in the case of that Woeful Poison Body last time.
Anyone who threatens the Young Clan Leader, even if they were just helped by someone before, will likely be stabbed in the back without hesitation by the Young Clan Leader.
However, after spending the next few years getting to know the Young Clan Leader, they discovered that he had another advantage: he had a strong sense of belonging to his race and the Flame Clan.
This sense of belonging is undoubtedly a great advantage for the Flame Clan. In any Ancient Race or power, betrayal is a despicable act.
The Young Clan Leader gave them the impression that he would never betray the Flame Clan. He could be selfless in matters concerning the Flame Clan, but in other matters, he would always seek something in return.
If the Young Clan Leader doesn't help Nalan Yanran, that would be fine, but if the Young Clan Leader decides to help Nalan Yanran, then she and her teacher are probably in big trouble.
The Young Clan Leader, that vampire, has a huge appetite. If he helps them, the enemy will definitely not be able to escape, but afterwards they will definitely be drained dry!
In the courtyard.
"Miss Yan Ran, what happened? Please explain more clearly..."
Huo Xuan had already foreseen Yun Yun's ultimate fate. Since the Three-Year Agreement still existed, she would still go to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to find the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King to obtain the Amethyst Spirit Crystal, just as described in the original novel. During the fight, she would be accidentally hit by the Amethyst Seal of the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King and eventually be rescued by Xiao Yan, who was using the alias Yao Yan.
After living together in a cave for a while, they had a romantic and ambiguous relationship, and Yun Yun eventually fell in love with him.
Subsequently, because Nalan Yanran was defeated in the Three-Year Agreement in the original story, Yun Lan Sect, the foolish Great Elder of Yun Ling Yun Lan Sect to massacre Xiao Family in revenge against Xiao Yan, causing Xiao Yan to hate Yun Lan Sect, which eventually led to the destruction of the Yun Lan Sect by Xiao Yan.
When Xiao Yan became an enemy of the Yun Lan Sect, only she herself knew the painful choice she faced as the Misty Cloud Sect Master, caught between the Yun Lan Sect and Xiao Yan. Later, when Xiao Yan returned, he single-handedly destroyed the sect that had raised her. Originally, she should have harbored resentment towards Xiao Yan, but in the end, she chose to distance herself from the Jia Ma Empire, where she had painful memories, and from Xiao Yan.
But things are different now. The original plot was significantly disrupted by Huo Xuan from the very beginning. First of all, the Xiao Family had already been slaughtered by his scheme, and that fool Yun Ling was also killed by him. Therefore, the Yun Lan Sect probably wouldn't want to massacre the Xiao Family. However, even if they wanted to, there was no longer Xiao Family could massacre.
Furthermore, although Nalan Yanran was defeated in the Three-Year Agreement, Xiao Yan's fate was not much better. In the duel against himself in the Three-Year Agreement, Xiao Yan was defeated, killed by himself, and his soul was even used by himself to create Puppet.
Xiao Yan is dead. The later plot of massacring the Yun Lan Sect will definitely not happen, so Yun Yun's ending should be that she continues to Misty Cloud Sect Master in the Jia Ma Empire, and finally marries the so-called Pill King Gu He with the help of Yun Shan. But now everything is far from what she originally expected.
"Why are you in Central Plains? Where is the Yun Lan Sect?" Huo Xuan asked.
"The Yun Lan Sect has been destroyed..."
"What? The Yun Lan Sect was destroyed? When did this happen?"
"It happened three years ago..." Nalan Yanran said.
"Three years ago... even without Xiao Yan, the Yun Lan Sect was still destroyed. The Yun Lan Sect was the overlord of the Jia Ma Empire. No force in the Jia Ma Empire could rival the Yun Lan Sect. The force capable of destroying the Yun Lan Sect must have been an outsider..."
Foreign forces? With this thought, Huo Xuan had a vague answer in his mind.
"Who destroyed the Yun Lan Sect?"
"It was a man in black robes. He seemed to be called Protector Mu, and he was from the Soul Hall."
"Really..."
"Tell me everything that happened back then," Huo Xuan said.
Upon hearing this, Nalan Yanran revealed a hint of joy, thinking that the matter should be resolved and her teacher should be saved.
If Huo Xuan knew what Nalan Yanran was thinking at this moment, he would definitely laugh at her ignorance. Indeed, she was a bit ignorant. She had just pretended to know Yun Yun, but she actually believed him and now wanted him to rescue Yun Yun.
Huo Xuan knew that Nalan Yanran was doing this out of concern for her teacher, fearing that Yun Yun's life would be threatened. But simply going out and finding a powerful person to go back and save their teacher was not a wise move.
It could very well lead to the wolf into the house, and in the end, not only could it fail to save Yun Yun, but in severe cases, it could even cause both of them, master and disciple, to perish.
Clearly, Nalan Yanran may not have heard of things like what some parents in her previous life taught their children, such as not talking to strangers or not easily trusting strangers.
Yun Yun is an important female supporting character in the original novel. She became Dou Huang expert in her early twenties. To be honest, her cultivation talent is quite good.
However, she was just an ordinary person with nothing special about her. Unlike Queen Medusa, she did not have the bloodline of Ancient Beast, nor did she have the magical physique of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils like Qing Lin, nor did she possess the same Dou Di Bloodline as the Ancient Eight Clans. Therefore, she had little potential for growth and was not worth Huo Xuan's cultivation. That's why Huo Xuan did not have any intention of taking her.
Moreover, she had already secretly fallen for Xiao Yan. It was already quite good that Huo Xuan didn't actively cause her trouble. Save her? Huo Xuan could only smile. Whether in his past life or this life, he had a principle in everything he did: to do as little as possible, or even not at all, things that didn't bring any reward. After all, no fool really liked to suffer losses.
Everyone should mind their own business and not worry about the frost on someone else's roof. What does Yun Yun's life or death have to do with him?
He had no intention of saving Yun Yun at all, but even if he didn't save her, he still wanted to hear the story.
Nalan Yanran didn't have any mind-reading abilities, so she naturally didn't know Huo Xuan's true thoughts. She then slowly recounted what had happened back then.
"Back then, the Yun Lan Sect was very powerful in the Jia Ma Empire. No force in the Jia Ma Empire dared to provoke us easily. Later, after my grandmaster, who was also my teacher Yun Yun's master Yun Shan, successfully broke through to the Dou Zong, the strength of the Yun Lan Sect undoubtedly reached a new level. Originally, the future of the Yun Lan Sect was bright, but all of this was ruined by that Protector Mu..."
"That day, when that Protector Mu appeared at the Yun Lan Sect, he told my grandmaster that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and that if you accept benefits, you have to pay a certain price."
Upon hearing this, Huo Xuan finally understood what was going on. Although he had killed Xiao Yan, it would not affect Yun Shan's collusion with the Soul Hall. Yun Shan Dou Zong realm must have been aided by the Soul Hall, but the Soul Hall was not so kind. The reason they helped Yun Shan was for the souls of the Yun Lan Sect members.
In the original story, Yun Shan's soul was extracted by that Protector Mu. Not only Yun Shan, but most of the high-ranking members of the Yun Lan Sect were also controlled by the Soul Hall because they accepted the so-called power of the Soul Hall. In the end, their souls were extracted just like Yun Shan's. It must be the same thing now.
"Miss Yan Ran, if I'm not mistaken, most of the people in your Yun Lan Sect must have had their souls extracted by that Protector Mu, which led to the destruction of the Yun Lan Sect, right?"
"How do you know so much?" Nalan Yanran asked, somewhat surprised.
"The Soul Hall is a top power in the Central Plains. I am a native of the Central Plains, and I know better than you what kind of existence the Soul Hall is."
Cooperating with the Soul Hall is like seeking help from a tiger. Over the centuries, countless people have been drawn to the Soul Hall, accepting its power and rapidly increasing their cultivation. However, this is all an illusion. This kind of advancement is equivalent to selling one's soul. Although you may appear to have gained immense power, the Soul Hall has secretly taken control of your soul. Your life and death are entirely in their hands, and they can take your soul at any time they need it.
"Alas, it's no use talking about this now..." Nalan Yanran's tone was filled with endless sorrow.
"After that great battle, the Yun Lan Sect severely weakened. Only my teacher, a few disciples, and I survived. The Yun Lan Sect was no longer as powerful as before. As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down. Later, under the threat of the Jia Ma Royal Family, my teacher had no choice but to disband the Yun Lan Sect."
"It seems that Protector Mu only extracted the souls of Yun Shan and a large number of the Yun Lan Sect disciples. This Protector Mu is also a fool. In the original story, he was an Earth-Rank Protector of the Soul Hall, with strength at least at the level of a Three Star Dou Zong. With his strength, no one in the Jia Ma Empire could match him. Why didn't he extract the souls of Yun Yun, Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, and others? They are all genuine Dou Huang expert, and their souls are much more valuable than those disciples of the Yun Lan Sect." Huo Xuan thought to himself.
" With the Yun Lan Sect no longer existing, there was no point in my teacher staying in the Jia Ma Empire. After that, my teacher and I left the Jia Ma Empire and came to this Central Plains..."