Dismissing all the family scions, servants, and menial workers, the room left only Guo'er and Nalan Chaoge.
Guo'er was using a towel to help Nalan Chaoge wipe away the scars on his body.
"Doesn't it hurt! If it hurts, just cry out!"
Guo'er carefully blew a puff of hot air, then gently wiped the scar with the towel.
Nalan Chaoge felt a little intoxicated.
Cared for so considerately and meticulously by a little beauty, this kind of feeling was not something ordinary people could enjoy.
Only, the atmosphere slowly grew a bit awkward.
Guo'er used the towel dipped in hot water to wipe Nalan Chaoge's scars, but what left Guo'er bewildered was that those scars actually vanished along with the moisture-wiped away, gone, vanished...
Furthermore, after the scars were wiped away, Nalan Chaoge's skin did not suffer the slightest bit of damage.
For a moment, Guo'er blankly stared at Nalan Chaoge's bronze-colored skin, where not even a trace of a scar remained.
"Young Master, you..."
"Haha, you saw right through it, you silly girl. How could Grandfather ever bear to hit me?But you, you've suffered wrongs by following me!" Nalan Chaoge pulled Guo'er's hand, where her wrists had already been chafed raw from being hung up.
Nalan Jie would take care of Nalan Chaoge, but as for menial servants like Guo'er, there were no protective measures whatsoever.
"Young Master, Guo'er is a servant with thick skin and tough flesh. It's nothing! As long as Young Master is fine, Guo'er is very happy!"
"Guo'er..." Nalan Chaoge pulled Guo'er's hand, somewhat moved.
Guo'er also lowered her head shyly, letting Nalan Chaoge act unruly.
"Ahem!"
Suddenly, with a muffled grunt, the door was pushed open, and Nalan Jie's unyielding figure appeared at the threshold.
The two separated as if struck by lightning, just like some shady business caught in the act.
"Old Master..." Guo'er hastily stood up and stepped aside.
"Mm, you go outside first. I have some things to discuss with Chaoge!" Nalan Jie glanced at the blossoming, pretty, and poised Guo'er, and said unhurriedly.
Hearing Nalan Jie's words, Guo'er curtsied to him, walked out of the room, and closed the door behind her on her way.
As soon as the door closed, Nalan Jie suddenly sprang forward in a stride and grabbed Nalan Chaoge's wrist.
"Tenth Stage Dou Qi, hahaha, it really is Tenth Stage Dou Qi!"
Nalan Jie laughed wildly up at the sky.
Within a month, from a good-for-nothing incapable of cultivation, he had suddenly turned into a freak of nature. Tenth Stage Dou Qi! Even the gifted Nalan Yanran, who started practicing Qi at age four, entered the Misty Cloud Sect at nine, and reached only the eighth stage of Dou Qi at age twelve.
"Quick, tell Grandfather, how did you pull this off!" Nalan Jie looked at Nalan Chaoge with a fanatical expression.
"Uh, this..." This was what Nalan Chaoge found most vexing. How was he supposed to explain this? Should he say he acquired a system, but how could he tell them what a system was?
If he didn't mention it, how else could he explain his strength advancing by leaps and bounds?
"I truly never expected that Fifth-order Fiery Poison Seal Python would be so effective! It was well worth me risking my life to get my hands on it!"
"Huh?" Nalan Chaoge was stunned for a moment. "What nonsense?"
"A Fifth-order Magical Beast, of course! Or did you think you could cultivate on your own? And progress so rapidly? Isn't it all thanks to that Fiery Poison Seal Python!"
"Uh... right, right, exactly!" Nalan Chaoge hurriedly chimed in, "Grandfather is wise, it's all thanks to Grandfather!"
"Hmph, you rascal!" Suddenly, Nalan Jie slapped the table in anger.
"Ah? What is it, Grandfather?" Nalan Chaoge looked at Nalan Jie, feeling somewhat depressed.
"You rebellious boy, why did you kill Mu Lu? Don't you know doing that will bring the Mu Family's resentment upon us, and also draw the attention of that old fogey Jia Xing Tian? You've seen it yourself, Yaoye has already come to the door. That old fellow, back when I went to propose marriage,
he stalled and beat around the bush playing dumb, but now look, he's actually come knocking on our door of his own accord!"
A blissful smile rippled across Nalan Jie's face.
Sigh!
Nalan Chaoge sighed. Was this old man not quite right in the head? How could his train of thought leap so far? Just a moment ago he was talking about the Fifth-order magical beast Fiery Poison Seal Python, and in the blink of an eye he jumped back to women. Was he hinting that the woman Yaoye had a heart as venomous as a scorpion's?
No way. According to his own understanding, that shouldn't be the case!
On the Dou Qi Continent, wanting to become a true Dou Zhe required the prerequisite of condensing a Dou Qi Vortex within one's body. Yet condensing a Dou Qi Vortex carried a not-so-small failure rate. Upon failure, the Tenth Stage of Dou Qi would drop back to the eighth stage. Someone with bad luck might need to attempt condensation a dozen or more times before potentially succeeding. Such repeated condensations, however, robbed people of their prime cultivation period, severely damaging their future prospects.
"Xiao Ge, don't rush to condense your Dou Qi Vortex these past two days. I've already sent a letter asking Pill King Gu He to help refine a few Qi Gathering Powders. It won't be too late for you to condense it after you take the Qi Gathering Powder!" Nalan Jie looked at Nalan Chaoge and said earnestly.
Only, what Nalan Jie didn't quite know was that while other people's cultivation only went up to nine stages, Nalan Chaoge was different-his cultivation stages had ten.
To give an example, when other people cultivated to the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi, breaking through upward required reaching perfection at the tenth stage.
But Nalan Chaoge was not like that. He was already at tenth-stage perfection right now, meaning logically he could already break through to a Dou Zhe.
Yet because of the system's restriction, he remained stuck at the Tenth Stage of Dou Qi.
The Qi Gathering Powder-its function was to allow someone at the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi a one-hundred-percent successful condensation of a Dou Qi Vortex!
This miraculous effect made countless people eager to become a Dou Zhe as early as possible drool over it, yearning for it day and night yet unable to obtain it.
So Nalan Jie was playing this kind of angle.
Yet hearing Nalan Jie's words, Nalan Chaoge focused all his attention on the very last sentence.
Nalan Yanran was coming back.
"My sister is coming back?" Nalan Chaoge said with a trace of excitement.
"Yeah, she hasn't been back in two years. It's about time she came back for a visit. This time back, I plan to have her make a trip to the Xiao Family!" Nalan Jie said with a slight smile.
When Nalan Chaoge transmigrated over, he was nine years old, and at that time Nalan Yanran was ten, having already joined the Misty Cloud Sect.
Having muddled through the past two years, Nalan Chaoge had never once laid eyes on Nalan Yanran.
During his two years of unconsciousness, Nalan Yanran had indeed visited once, but Nalan Chaoge still hadn't seen her.
Hearing the sudden news that Nalan Yanran was coming back, Nalan Chaoge was momentarily stunned.
Qi Gathering Powder?
Nalan Yanran?
Oh no, Nalan Yanran was going to break off the engagement!
"Grandfather, did my sister say when she's coming back?" Nalan Chaoge said excitedly.
"That's hard to say. It probably depends on Pill King Gu He's schedule. But, Xiao Ge, you must remember this: absolutely do not rashly attempt to break through to a Dou Zhe!"
"Oh, oh, I know!" Nalan Chaoge replied absent-mindedly, his mind already completely wrapped up in the fact that Nalan Yanran was returning.
Getting Grandfather to agree to cancel the engagement was impossible. In that case...
Xiao Yan was still at the Third Stage of Dou Qi! Should he go take care of Xiao Yan himself?
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