Nalan Yanran Goes on a Hunger Strike in Anger!

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

For those three days, Xiao Cang and Yun Yun did not leave their room even once.

Freshly married, they were wrapped in sweetness and affection.

On the fourth day.

"Husband, there's something I want to tell you."

"What is it?" Xiao Cang asked gently.

"I just received a message from the Great Elder. There are some matters in the sect that need me to handle, so I may have to go out for a day."

After Yun Yun finished speaking, she feared spoiling Xiao Cang's mood and hurriedly added, "I'll be back tonight."

Seeing how cautious Yun Yun was, Xiao Cang immediately smiled. He cupped her flushed, lovely face and said fondly,

"Mm, you really should go deal with the sect's affairs."

"Otherwise, the elders and stewards might gossip behind my back, saying that all I do every day is indulge in our tender little world with you and delay the sect's normal operations."

Yun Yun furrowed her delicate brows at this. "Hmph, whoever dares gossip about Husband will answer to me!"

Her tone was cool, carrying a touch of dominance that brooked no doubt.

Before Xiao Cang, she was a gentle little kitten. But before outsiders, she was the sect master of the Misty Cloud Sect, a dignified Dou Emperor expert!

If anyone dared make Xiao Cang unhappy, she would definitely make them pay dearly!

"I didn't expect my Yun'er to be so protective of her husband."

Xiao Cang smiled warmly and lightly scraped Yun Yun's nose with his finger.

The Yun Yun who had been giving off a Queen-like air just moments ago immediately blushed and turned back into that gentle little kitten.

An hour later, Yun Yun got dressed. After nestling in Xiao Cang's embrace for a long while, she finally left reluctantly.

"Husband, I'll be back tonight."

"Mm, go on."

Xiao Cang nodded. Then, as he watched Yun Yun's departing figure and noticed her slightly awkward gait, the corners of his mouth could not help but rise.

After Yun Yun left, Xiao Cang sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to examine himself inwardly.

Before cultivating the complete Flame Mantra, he had cultivated the Misty Cloud Sect's Advanced Xuan Tier cultivation technique.

If his Qi Sea back then had been as large as a pond,

then now, after cultivating a Super Heaven Tier cultivation technique, his Qi Sea was truly like a vast ocean, inexhaustible and limitless!

And within that ocean floated a golden, radiant lotus of flame, exquisitely beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

But Xiao Cang knew that beneath the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame's magnificent exterior lay power capable of destroying heaven and earth!

With these two sources of confidence, he believed that even against a One-star Dou Emperor, he might not necessarily lose.

And this was not even all he had gained.

After absorbing the experience of a Fifth-grade Alchemist, he had already stepped across the threshold of becoming one himself.

If an eighteen-year-old Dou Wang would make all the experts of the Jia Ma Empire wary and envious,

then an eighteen-year-old Dou Wang plus a Fifth-grade Alchemist would earn the pursuit and goodwill of every expert in the empire.

Even Jia Xing Tian would treat him with great friendliness.

The future was promising!

"Martial Uncle Xiao Cang."

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door.

"Come in."

A young and beautiful female disciple entered the room.

When she saw Xiao Cang's handsome face, her pretty face immediately turned crimson.

An invisible charm drew her in, making her heart race.

Xiao Cang was clearly already used to such things. With Infinite Charm enhancing him, almost any member of the opposite sex reacted this way upon seeing him. No matter how strong their willpower was, they would instinctively develop a favorable impression of him.

"What is it?" Xiao Cang asked.

Only then did the female disciple suddenly remember that she had come to find Xiao Cang because something urgent had happened.

"Martial Uncle Xiao Cang, hurry and go see Junior Sister Nalan! She has been on a hunger strike for four days!"

"What?!"

Xiao Cang sprang to his feet. "What happened? Take me there, quickly!"

At the mountaintop, inside an ornate, fragrant boudoir.

Nalan Yanran was curled up in the corner of her bed, hugging her knees and sobbing continuously.

A month ago, she had deliberately used the excuse of leaving the mountain to train and break through to Three-star Dou Zhe. In truth, she had gone to prepare a coming-of-age gift for Xiao Cang.

She had braved countless dangers in the Monster Beast Mountain Range to hunt several Tier-one Magical Beasts. From them, she found the Demonic Core she thought was the prettiest and most unique, made it into a bracelet, and happily planned to give it to Xiao Cang.

But when she returned to the sect, what she saw shattered her heart.

Her beloved Brother Xiao Cang had married her respected Teacher Yun Yun!

In an instant, sorrow, grief, jealousy, anger... and countless other emotions tangled together in her heart.

She burst into tears!

Without looking back, she ran to her room and buried her head in tears.

And she had cried for four days.

For four days, she neither ate nor drank, spending every day with tears streaming down her face.

By now, she had cried herself dry, yet she still could not stop sobbing.

Scene after scene of the time she had spent with Xiao Cang flashed through her mind.

"You're the new disciple Senior Sister took in? You're quite pretty. What's your name?"

"Hello, Martial Uncle. My name is... my name is Nalan Yanran."

"Hey, don't call me Martial Uncle. It makes me sound old. I'm only a few years older than you, so just call me Brother Xiao Cang."

"Brother... Brother Xiao Cang."

"Such a good girl! Say it again, but sweeter this time."

"Brother Xiao Cang."

"Ah~ Sister Yanran is so adorable!"

"..."

"Sister Yanran, the stream over here is cleaner, so you can bathe here. I'll stand guard for you and won't let anyone barge in to peep."

"Thank you, Brother Xiao Cang."

"I'm getting in, Brother Xiao Cang, you really... Ah!!! Brother Xiao Cang, you're bad! No peeking!!"

"..."

"Sister Yanran, you're not allowed to keep following me anymore. At the very least, you need to cultivate for a while every day before coming to find me. Otherwise, Senior Sister will start nagging me again."

"But I just want to be with Brother Xiao Cang. If I can't see Brother Xiao Cang, I'll miss you terribly. Only when I see you am I truly happy."

"Fine, then I'll cultivate with you from now on."

"Really, Brother Xiao Cang? You're so kind!"

"..."

"Brother Xiao Cang, my mother once said that if one day I met someone I wanted to cling to every hour of every day, I should marry him. Brother Xiao Cang, can I marry you?"

"Pfft, you little girl, do you even know what marriage means? And you're already saying you want to marry me."

"I don't... But I want to stick with Brother Xiao Cang for the rest of my life. Is that okay?"

"Of course it is."

"Then... can I marry you?"

"Of course you can."

"..."

Memories from the past flashed through her mind one after another.

Nalan Yanran could not understand it. Brother Xiao Cang had clearly promised to marry her, so how could he suddenly marry her teacher?

She had locked herself in her room, refusing to eat or drink and refusing to see anyone.

In truth, she was simply sulking. She wanted to see whether Xiao Cang still cared about her, wanted him to come see her, and wanted to ask him why all of this had happened.

"Sister Yanran."

Just then, Xiao Cang pushed open the door and entered.

This was already the fifth revised version of this chapter, and it was already very wholesome. If it still failed the review, this author was really going to cry a storm. o(╥﹏╥)o