Hope You've Been Well

In the main hall, everyone from Burning Flame Valley had left. Only the people of Starfall Pavilion remained, and the atmosphere immediately grew much more relaxed. The Starfall Pavilion elders casually chatted among themselves.

Their gazes occasionally fell on me. Clearly, they were all surprised by their newly appointed young alliance leader. Of course, there might have been a few dissenters, but with the joint support of Wind Venerable and Mu Qingluan, those objections could simply be ignored.

Little Fairy Doctor sat in her seat, looking bored. She took out a Purple Clay Teapot and a jar of clear water, then began boiling water and making tea. Her movements flowed as smoothly as clouds and water, perfectly inheriting my teachings.

I waved Mu Qingluan over, and the two of us went to Little Fairy Doctor. From my Ring of Holding, I took out the tea Yun Yun had sent me from the Nalan Empire. It had grown atop Yun Lan Mountain Peak, personally picked and roasted by her. Its flavor was like Yun Lan Mountain itself, shrouded in mist year-round—cool, serene, and detached.

Once the tea was ready, the three of us gathered together, sipping it in small mouthfuls as we chatted idly. Because of Yao Lao's earlier hostility toward me, Xiao Yan stood beside Yao Lao with his hands hanging at his sides. He was too embarrassed to come over and mooch some tea, or he would probably have been reminded of Nalan Yanran.

Wind Venerable looked at the somewhat dejected Yao Chen and sighed softly. At last, he had time to send him a message through Dou Qi. "Yao Chen, why are you so determined to target Nalan Ye?"

Yao Lao pressed his lips together and explained Xiao Yan's situation, as well as what had just happened. "This