A remote area of Saint Pill City.
Huo Zhi and the others were staying here. At this moment, the atmosphere was very heavy, and they all seemed to have something on their minds.
"Huo Yun, you've spent a lot of time with the Young Clan Leader, do you know who Nalan Yanran is?" Yan Ling broke the silence first and asked.
"Yan Ling, you're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? I've spent more time with the Young Clan Leader than you and Yan Liao, but that doesn't mean I can know about such private matters," Huo Yun said irritably.
"This Nalan Yanran looks so-so, her strength is not good. She is only a Dou Ling now, and I guess her potential is not that great. I really don't know how the Young Clan Leader knows her?" Yan Liao leaned against the trunk of a tree, his tone filled with contempt for Nalan Yanran.
"You can't say that about Yan Liao. Maybe she has something special about her, like a strong physique or a powerful ancient bloodline that she just hasn't awakened yet."
"You don't need to guess anymore. There's nothing special about Nalan Yanran. She's just the fiancée of Xiao Yan, the Young Clan Leader of the fallen Xiao Clan," Huo Zhi said.
"The fiancée of the fallen Xiao Clan's Young Clan Leader?"
"That's right, but she has nothing to do with the Xiao Clan now. She broke off her engagement with Xiao Yan, the Young Clan Leader of the Xiao Clan, in order to pursue her own happiness. Huo Xuan, Brother just happened to see her break off the engagement and casually helped her break it off."
She knew everything about Nalan Yanran. Not only that, she knew that Nalan Yanran 'Nalan Yanran teacher was named Yun Yun, and she even knew the relationship between Yun Yun and Xiao Yan, as well as Nalan Yanran's change in attitude towards Xiao Yan, and how she fell in love with Xiao Yan again after the annulment of the engagement.
Nalan Yanran and her teacher Yun Yun, Huo Xuan, Brother had already told her the whole story of how they met Xiao Yan fell in love with him. When she first learned about it, she was shocked. How could a master and disciple fall in love with the same man?
"Miss Huo Zhi, since you know about Nalan Yanran's background, you must know something else, right..." Yan Liao said.
"Since we're just killing time anyway, Miss Huo Zhi, why don't you tell us about Nalan Yanran and the fallen Xiao Clan..."
In the courtyard where Huo Xuan was.
"Shortly after my teacher and I arrived in Central Plains, we joined the Flower Sect..." Nalan Yanran said slowly, "This sect is quite peculiar. It only recruits women and does not have the strong aggressiveness of other forces. In fact, it is more like a hermit sect."
"The Flower Sect one of the two major sects. Being able to join the Flower Sect means that your teacher must have been quite strong back then," Huo Xuan said.
"I joined this sect simply because my teacher liked the atmosphere there, so he gave me the title of guest elder, and my teacher and I lived there for a long time... Normally, if nothing unexpected happened, my teacher and I wouldn't have caused too much of a stir in the Flower Sect. After all, our strength in the Flower Sect is only considered to be in the middle range."
At this point, Nalan Yanran smiled bitterly and said, "The reason for the current situation should be the first six months after my teacher and I joined the Flower Sect. At that time, my teacher and I found a mountain peak to live on our own within the Flower Sect's territory. Usually, no one came to visit us. We thought that the entire mountain peak was just the two of us, but who knew that my teacher would find a cave during a casual stroll, and in that cave, there was an old woman who was paralyzed in both legs."
"An old woman with paralyzed legs?" Upon hearing this, Huo Xuan's eyes flickered slightly.
"This old woman had a very cunning and eccentric temper. After discovering the teacher, she directly beat her and threw her out. The teacher was injured in the process, but she was not angry at all. Instead, she brought food to the old woman. And she kept bringing food to her for almost two years. After two years, the old woman finally agreed to come out of the cave and live with us for a while."
Upon hearing this, Huo Xuan was not surprised at all. Knowing the plot well, he naturally knew the old woman's true identity. The old woman was the sect leader of the Flower Sect.
"After the old woman stayed with us for a while, her temper seemed to have improved a lot. That's when we learned that she called herself Flower Granny, but we didn't know what she did, nor did we discover that she was any powerful figure..." Nalan Yanran sighed, "However, this Flower Granny seemed to have a short lifespan. Before long, her life came to an end. And when her time was up, she used a strange method to seal all her life's Dou Qi into Teacher's body without saying a word. She also gave Teacher a jade tablet, telling her to become the sect leader of the Flower Sect..."
At this point, Nalan Yanran looked up at Huo Xuan and said with a wry smile, "Don't you find it strange? We also found it unbelievable at the time. When we were rescuing Flower Granny, our teacher personally examined her and found that there was no trace of Dou Qi in her body. But judging from Flower Granny's performance on the last day, she was clearly a super strong person whose strength had reached the Peak Dou Zun."
"Indeed. To encounter such an opportunity even in a random secluded place is an immense blessing!" Huo Xuan said, feigning surprise.
The Flower Granny's lifespan was so much shorter than described in the original story? According to the original story, the Flower Granny should have had at least two or three more years to live.
"Dying two or three years earlier, was it because Yun Yun discovered her earlier? Or was fate simply arranging for Flower Granny to give Yun Yun a cheat code? Because Yun Yun discovered Flower Granny earlier, Flower Granny's mission also started earlier, and after she completed her mission, fate made her leave in a hurry?"
Huo Xuan thought about it and realized it made perfect sense. After all, in the original story, Flower Granny was indeed a character who provided a cheat code.
"Forget it, I don't want to think about such a brain-taxing thing anymore..." With that thought, Huo Xuan stopped dwelling on the matter. He should now focus his attention elsewhere, such as the Dou Qi left behind by the Flower Sect Master...
"The lifelong battle Dou Qi left behind by a Peak Dou Zun expert? That's quite interesting..."
"Faced with this unexpected situation, Teacher was quite helpless, but she had no interest in becoming the Flower Sect Master. So after burying Flower Granny, she continued to live in seclusion here. Unexpectedly, half a year ago, the current sect leader of the Flower Sect suddenly appeared and asked Teacher to give her the sect leader's jade tablet. Teacher didn't want to cause trouble, so after thinking about it, she gave her the jade tablet. Not long after that woman got the jade tablet, she came to our door again. This time, what she wanted was Flower Granny's lifelong Dou Qi sealed in Teacher's body." As she said this, a hint of anger appeared on Nalan Yanran's face, clearly furious at the woman who had gone too far.
"Oh, what is the strength of the Flower Sect Master?" Huo Xuan asked.
"She is only the acting sect leader, but she also possesses the strength of Four Star Dou Zun. However, the troublesome one is not her, but her male companion... Demon Flower Evil Monarch, who possesses the strength of Six-Star Dou Zun," Nalan Yanran said helplessly.
"Just a mere Six-Star Dou Zun..." Huo Xuan said disdainfully.
"After your teacher received the inheritance from that Flower Granny, her strength should have increased greatly. Isn't she still a match for the two of them?" Huo Xuan asked deliberately.
"How could Master possibly refine such a massive amount of Dou Qi in such a short time?"
"So, what level of skill has your teacher reached now?"
"After receiving Flower Granny's inheritance, Teacher's strength has leaped from a Three Star Dou Huang to Dou Zong in just over a year," Nalan Yanran said.
"What Dou Zong?" Huo Xuan pressed.
"Teacher has only just entered the Dou Zong."
"Luckily, I've only reached the One Star Dou Zong. It's still more worthwhile to make a move now..."
"Since that woman wants Flower Granny's inheritance, why don't you just hand it over? Anyway, your teacher doesn't want to be the sect leader. If you hand over Flower Granny's inheritance, you might be able to get peace in return, right?" Huo Xuan said deliberately.
Upon hearing this, Nalan Yanran gave a bitter smile and said, "Now that the Dou Qi has already merged into Teacher's body, if it is to be taken out, it will surely harm Teacher's life. That vicious woman clearly wants to take Teacher's life."
"Fortunately, it seems that Flower Granny made some arrangements before she passed away, so many elders are on the teacher's side. That's why the woman didn't dare to forcibly take it, but she did make a bet and challenge the teacher to a contest..."
"Four Star Dou Zun fighting a One Star Dou Zong? This Flower Sect Acting Master really has the nerve to propose such a contest."
"In a contest, even if the teacher and that woman are on the same level, the teacher is no match for her, because there is a strange rule in the Flower Sect that allows two people, a man and a woman, to fight at the same time. In other words, that woman can fight together with her male companion Demon Flower Evil Monarch..." Nalan Yanran said with a wry smile.
"Attack at the same time? A Four Star Dou Zun and Six-Star Dou Zun joining forces to deal with a Dou Zong, that is indeed a bit too much."
"The teacher agreed to the competition; she must have been annoyed by all the pestering..."
Nalan Yanran sighed softly, her beautiful eyes fixed on Huo Xuan before her, her tone pleading as she said, "I had no choice. I heard there are many powerful figures at the Second Pill Gathering, so I came here to see if I could find some help. I just happened to hear about a young man named Huo Xuan who is very strong, so I came here to take a look..."
"It seems Nalan Yanran is a fool too. When I helped her annul the engagement last time, I was just pretending to be Yun Yun's friend. Didn't she even bother to ask Yun Yun if she actually knew me after the engagement was successfully annulled?"
"Young Master Huo Xuan, you once said that you had some connection with our teacher... I don't know if it's true or not... but if you don't intervene, our teacher is in grave danger this time... So, I beg you, please save our teacher, okay?"
Hearing Nalan Yanran's weak voice, which carried a hint of pleading, Huo Xuan pondered for a moment and then asked in a deep voice, "How much time is left before the competition?"
"Half a month..."