There Can Be No Us Both
"The pills were tampered with?"
Wind Venerable was dumbfounded.
"The pills were tampered with?"
Xiao Yan was stunned, looking at his teacher Yao Chen in surprise.
"The pills were tampered with?"
After her initial shock, Mu Qingluan frowned and asked with concern, "Master, is it these Pale White Silken Threads?"
Like Feng Qing'er, Mu Qingluan recognized Ye Feng as her master in the Tianmu Mountain Range.
Ye Feng told Mu Qingluan that his teacher, Wind Venerable, had actually been tricked by Yao Chen. Even Yao Chen didn't know the efficacy of that Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, yet he gave it directly to Wind Venerable.
Mu Qingluan returned to the Starfall Pavilion, found her master, and told Wind Venerable about the matter.
Upon hearing this news, Wind Venerable ignored Mu Qingluan. He felt that Yao Chen wouldn't scheme against him like that. Mu Qingluan suggested that Wind Venerable put on a show. The Pill Tower was about to hold the Pill Gathering, and Xiao Yan, as Yao Chen's disciple, had already arrived in the Central Region and would definitely participate in the Glory Competition for Alchemists— the Pill Gathering.
The only way to lure out Xiao Yan and Yao Chen was to use a self-inflicted Sacrificial Stratagem. That's how the scene described earlier came about.
"Who are you?"
Xiao Yan stared at the mysterious woman shrouded in a black robe.
"Xiao Yan, it's been a long time."
The mysterious woman's voice returned to normal, no longer hoarse. A delicate, white hand emerged from beneath her sleeve, lifting the cloak covering her head and revealing an exquisitely beautiful face.
"Nalan Yanran!"
Xiao Yan was dumbfounded. This mysterious woman, whose strength had broken through to the Dou Zun realm, was actually his former fiancée Nalan Yanran.
"You've broken through to the Dou Zun?"
Xiao Yan recalled the battle just now, his expression one of astonishment.
Four years later, Nalan Yanran has broken through to the Dou Zun realm, which he can only look up to.
"How is that possible? How could your talent be so strong?"
Xiao Yan clenched his fists tightly.
He couldn't accept the reality before him.
He still wanted to avenge his previous humiliation and wreak havoc at the Yunlan Sect. He planned to reach the Dou Sheng realm, enough to be fearless against Ye Feng, and defeat Nalan Yanran in front of everyone. However, Nalan Yanran's cultivation had reached a level he now looked up to.
To become stronger, Xiao Yan endured countless hardships. He even went so far as to destroy rare and precious materials to gain the ability to devour them. He originally thought his cultivation was far superior to Nalan Yanran's, but he never expected that Nalan Yanran... would break through to... Dou Zun.
Nalan Yanran reveled in Xiao Yan's shocked expression. She glanced sideways at Ye Feng.
She discovered Ye Feng when he arrived in Ye Feng Doupo Plane. Ye Feng was grateful to Ye Feng, improved her physique, and gifted her a divine spark.
A divine title, specifically the Second-Level God, the God of Gale God. Originating from the Douluo Plane.
Nalan Yanran absorbed the divine spark, but her strength did not increase significantly. However, the divine spark contained the Source Qi needed for a Dou Sheng to break through to the Dou Di realm.
Source Qi has a special ability: after absorbing Source Qi, as long as the amount of Battle Qi in the body reaches a certain level, one can ignore bottlenecks and continuously break through shackles in the realm before becoming a Battle Emperor.
Nalan Yanran did not appear in the Tianmu Mountain Range to break through to the Dou Zong by relying on the Tianshan Mountain bloodline for the same reason.
In just four years, he broke through to the Dou Zun realm.
Nalan Yanran had never dared to dream like this before. She also knew that all of this was something Ye Feng had earned in return for his kindness to her.
"Nothing is impossible. Xiao Yan, I wasn't wrong back then. You and I are destined to be from two different worlds." Nalan Yanran said calmly, silently mocking Xiao Yan.
The second time!
Xiao Yan clenched his fists tightly.
He was humiliated by the same woman a second time. He vowed to work hard and surpass Nalan Yanran.
"Master, what exactly are these Pale White Silken Threads?" Mu Qingluan interrupted Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan's conversation.
"Something that can control people. If necessary, activating the energy hidden within these pills can kill someone." As Ye Feng spoke, he threaded Pale White Silken Threads into the body of a cat in the alley.
Ye Feng flicked his finger, casting a talisman. The cat immediately curled up in pain. Finally, with Ye Feng's continued manipulation, its body exploded with a bang.
"It can be hidden within the pill, invisible and odorless. When the body absorbs the pill, this hidden energy will permeate the body's internal organs. When necessary, its energy can be activated to make the opponent obediently submit. Otherwise, it can cause the opponent to explode and die," Ye Feng explained in detail. "There is a special condition for performing this secret technique. That is, the pill must be refined using a Heavenly Flames. During the pill refining process, this secret technique is performed using the Heavenly Flames."
"Azure white? Master, I've heard you mention that the Pavilion Master possesses an azure white Heavenly Flames — the Bone Chilling Flame, is that right?" Mu Qingluan stared intently at Yao Chen in his soul form.
In the original storyline, when Xiao Yan was refining pills for Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, he asked Yao Chen to tamper with the pills to prevent Hai Bo Dong from causing him trouble, or to control or kill Ice Emperor Hai Bodong.
If Ye Feng hadn't reached the Emperor Realm in soul perception and hadn't begun to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, he wouldn't have been able to see at a glance that Yao Chen had also tampered with Wind Venerable's body.
"Xiao Yanzi, run!"
Yao Chen cried out urgently.
Things progressed in a way that exceeded Yao Chen and Xiao Yan's expectations.
"Yao Chen! You old scoundrel! I treated you with the utmost sincerity, like a brother! Brother! You... you actually betrayed me like this!"
Wind Venerable was enraged. His battle qi surged out chaotically, forming a hurricane that destroyed the houses on both sides of the alley.
Wind Venerable wanted to pursue Yao Chen, but Ye Feng stopped him.
With a light tap of his Ye Feng caused the hurricane that had surged from Wind Venerable's battle aura to disappear.
"Ding-dong!"
"Congratulations on exposing Yao Chen's conspiracy and allowing Wind Venerable to see the real Yao Chen. Wind Venerable Wind Venerable will no longer search for Yao Chen; he will now only hunt Yao Chen down all over the world. This has overturned the original storyline. Reward: 529 Attribute Points points."
"You want to stop me from killing him?" Wind Venerable looked at Ye Feng with apprehension.
With a mere gesture, Ye Feng effortlessly neutralized the hurricane, forcing the wind's energy to retreat back into his body. Ye Feng's strength filled the Wind Venerable with profound awe.
At this moment, Wind Venerable seemed to understand why his disciple Mu Qingluan, had taken the initiative to acknowledge Ye Feng as her master.
This is a dog-eat-dog world. The weak will depend on the strong for survival, and the strong will depend on the even stronger for survival.
Ye Feng's strength was enough to make Mu Qingluan submit to him as a slave.
No, I won't stop you.
"Then why did you stop me?"
"Azure Luan said that Starfall Pavilion is your life's work. You don't want Starfall Pavilion to be controlled or destroyed by Yao Chen, do you?"
"What do you mean by this?" Wind Venerable frowned, pondered for a moment, and then asked in astonishment, "You don't mean to say that he even tampered with the pills given to those elders, do you?"
"We can't rule out that possibility," Ye Feng said.
"Hateful!"
Wind Venerable trembled with rage, his hands clenched tightly, and his eyes gleamed with a blue light. "Yao Chen, I, Feng Xian, swear that from now on, I will have neither you nor my life."