When Yao Wan said these words, Nalan Yanran felt that the bright sunshine outside the window had also become a little darker, as if following her words, even the sky and the earth were changing color.
Nalan Yanran's breathing was stagnant, and suddenly he felt a chill for no reason.
Looking at the back of the woman in front of her, she subconsciously wanted to pull back.
Just when she reacted, she stopped her movements in time.
"... What did you say?"
Nalan Yanran can't help but wonder if there is something wrong with his ears. After all, everything he hears is always much more illusory than what he thinks.
Yao Wan knows that Nalan Yanran's current suspicion is natural, and she naturally doesn't care. After all, the fear of facing unknown things is human instinct, and there is nothing to say about it.
"... Let you have the power to surpass your master in the future, and let everyone in the Gama Empire crawl at your feet, how about it?"
Yao Wan took the trouble to say again that she knew Nalan Yanran's character and knew how she would choose in the end, so she didn't care about the process, as long as it was the result she wanted, that was enough.
But Nalan Yanran refused to believe anything he said.
"Such a good thing will happen to me? Why are you looking for me? Wouldn't it be better for you to leave this opportunity to Xiao Yan?"
Nalan Yanran couldn't help but say, his words were all natural.
"Then tell me, why did I do this?"
Yao Wan chuckled and asked.
Nalan Yanran looked at Yao Wan and turned around again, those beautiful eyes that reflected the sea of stars were particularly deep.
Gradually, Nalan Yanran had a guess in her mind that was a little difficult for her to understand.
But before she could post again, Yao Wan took the initiative and said, "I just said it, right? If nothing else happens, let alone being better than Xiao Yan in the future, it is still unknown how many rounds you can go through under Xiao Yan."
"However, I don't want him to go through this first truly huge challenge in his life without any suspense."
"That's you, Young Miss of the Nalan Family, Young Sect Master of the Yun Lan Sect."
"You want to use me as Xiao Yan's whetstone?!"
Nalan Yanran's guess was confirmed by Yao Wan himself, and he couldn't help but feel angry.
Having said this, if Nalan Yanran still doesn't understand, then it's really better to just crash to death like this.
But compared to Nalan Yanran, who reacted like a cat whose tail was stepped on, Yao Wan was not anxious at all.
"Yes, what's wrong? Don't you want to?"
Yao Wan sat on the chair in the guest room, and her slender Rouyi fingertips still couldn't help but want to play with the pot of epiphyllum that had not yet bloomed.
"What can Yun Yun and Yun Lan Sect teach you? Isn't it just a few profound-level exercises and Dou Technique?"
Yao Wan's soft voice pierced Nalan Yanran's heart like a dagger.
But even so, there wasn't even the sarcasm in her tone, it was more of a simple teasing, or ridicule.
To her, this was just a joke to make her laugh, but it was precisely because of this that Nalan Yanran felt powerless when facing her.
Nalan Yanran remained silent, finally swallowing back the rejection that was about to blurt out.
"As for resources and elixirs... what is the best elixir you have ever taken in your life? Even if you are Young Sect Master, Gu He can't treat you like a direct disciple, right?"
However, Yao Wan's pressure continued, making it difficult to breathe.
"Then what can you give me?"
Nalan Yanran suppressed the rejection she wanted to blurt out again and again. The character she had developed since childhood made her destined not to have too much affection for this request that was no different from coercion.
"I'll give you whatever you want, techniques, resources, elixirs, weapons, anything that can make you stronger."
Yao Wan continued without changing his expression, "As for repayment, the only thing you need to repay me is to show your strength and prove that you who had the courage to break off the engagement are not just a bully. Then, two years later, on Three-Year Agreement, use all your strength to defeat Xiao Yan. How about it? Can you do it?"
"..."
Nalan Yanran inevitably fell into silence.
"I don't need you to change any sect. You will still be your Yun Lan Sect Young Sect Master, and you will still be Yun Yun's disciple. I will not take anything away from you."
"Didn't you say that I want to use you as Xiao Yan's whetstone? Then have you ever seen anyone who uses a whetstone and then takes it around and doesn't put it in its original place?"
"I gave you the opportunity. Whether you want to seize this opportunity to become stronger or not is entirely up to you. But in my eyes, you are the most suitable candidate to sharpen Xiao Yan."
"If you refuse, I will naturally have other ways to train Xiao Yan."
Yao Wan said lightly, then folded off the epiphyllum bud that had not yet bloomed, Cyan Light Flame ignited in her hand, and the vigorous vitality was injected into the bud in her palm.
Nalan Yanran smelled a faint fragrance, and then, the buds that had been broken off swayed slightly and bloomed from the palm of the woman in front of him.
Nalan Yanran's pupils shrank slightly, and it was like this again... She also healed Xiao Yan's wounds in this way when they first met.
"Well, although flowers are good, they are just short-lived after all. This flower is given to you. A short-lived night flower is given to a beauty, so it might as well be in full bloom."
With that said, Yao Wan stretched out his hand and handed the epiphyllum lying quietly in his palm to Nalan Yanran.
"... Can you save my grandpa?"
It's just that Nalan Yanran didn't make any move after all, he just asked.
"Ah, are you talking about this?"
Yao Wan said, "Didn't I say it? I can't cure this disease, so please ask someone else."
"If it can't be cured, it can at least be relieved, right?"
Nalan Yanran frowned slightly and asked.
"I didn't say that, you thought so."
"Then I promise you, can you cure my grandfather?"
"It's not me who should cure your grandfather... I'd better keep posting notices, but there's nothing wrong with keeping Nalan Jie alive for a few years."
"You are really just waiting for me to obey your words and blackmail me - despicable!"
Nalan Yanran is angry.
"I have never said that I am a good person. Although I have no ill feelings toward you, I don't have any favorable impressions of the Nalan Family either. Saving or not saving him is just a matter of my thoughts. Even if I don't save him, wouldn't he be able to live for a few years? Isn't that not bad? - At most, he will live in more pain."
Yao Wan smiled and shook her head. Being called a bad woman didn't help her at all, but it seemed quite satisfying.
But she doesn't bother to pretend to be a good person. Unlike Xiao Yan, she doesn't mind making small sacrifices to achieve her goals.
Whether it's a Buddha or a demon, it's all me.