Arrangements Before Leaving, Nalan Yanran!

Arrangements Before Leaving, Nalan Yanran! "Instructor Ruo Lin, you know that the entry requirements for the academy's Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower are too high. It's expensive, time-limited, and there's also Fire Poison..."

After struggling for a long while, Xiao Yu gave Ruo Lin an embarrassed look.

"Forget it, forget it." Ruo Lin smiled bitterly.

If she kept letting these juniors of the Xiao Family enter Jia Nan Academy, she would truly be leading them astray.

However.

To her surprise, Xun Er actually took the initiative to say that she would still enter Jia Nan Academy.

"You're not interested in the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower?" Ruo Lin asked in astonishment.

"I'm only interested in Brother Xiao Yan. Without Brother Xiao Yan, no matter how many benefits the Xiao Family has, Xun Er doesn't care." Xun Er smiled elegantly.

Ruo Lin was so moved that she nearly cried. Although Xun Er could not compare to Xiao Yan, she was still a genuine freakish genius! As for Xiao Yan...

He could not even be considered human! Xiao Yan was not surprised by Xun Er's plans. That little girl had far too many secrets. Even Yao Lao, who had once looked down upon Central State, remained tight-lipped about them.

"Brother Xiao Yan, you'd better come to Jia Nan Academy quickly, or you won't get to see me anymore!" Xun Er said petulantly.

"Even if you run to the ends of the earth, I'll find you!"

Xiao Yan smiled and pinched Xun Er's nose. His Fire Wings spread as he prepared to soar into the sky.

Before leaving.

He glanced at a corner with a faint smile. "Senior Dou Huang, Xun Er's safety will be in your care."

Whoosh!

As he watched the firelight in the sky, Ling Ying's expression changed constantly, making for quite a spectacle.

"That kid can really detect me?"

Ling Ying was rather unsettled. Having guessed Xiao Yan's intentions, he slowly revealed himself amid countless terrified and horrified gazes.

"The person Miss has taken a liking to truly is extraordinary."

Ling Ying sighed helplessly. "Patriarch Xiao Zhan, although you have never met me, I have been by your side for more than ten years."

"I am Ling Ying. Greetings, Patriarch Xiao!"

Ling Ying released his powerful Dark Attribute Dou Qi without restraint.

"Dou... Dou Huang?" Mittel Tengshan and Zuo Xiu Hua were aghast.

Xiao Zhan and several Elders stared in stunned silence. Even after a long while, they could not recover their wits.

"You've been in my Xiao Family all this time?" Xiao Zhan stared blankly at Ling Ying.

He could guess that Xun Er's origins were extraordinary, but having a Dou Huang personally protect her was simply too terrifying.

"The Xiao Family has a Dou Huang?" Zuo Xiu Hua was drenched in sweat.

Once again, he felt fortunate for his decision.

Otherwise.

Even if he could defeat Xiao Yan, this Dou Huang expert could still slap him into dust!

"What kind of dragon's den and tiger's lair is the Xiao Family? Why are there more monsters than the last?" Mittel Tengshan wiped his sweat-drenched face with his sleeve.

Ling Ying shrugged helplessly. "Don't be nervous. I'm merely the weakest among Miss's many guards. I'm very easy to get along with."

"Pfft!" Everyone nearly coughed up blood.

A Dou Huang?

The weakest? "After all, with strength like mine, I wouldn't even qualify to guard the gates in Miss's family."

Ling Ying's casual words stunned everyone once more, leaving their minds buzzing.

"Ling Ying, stay in the Xiao Family for the time being and help Brother Xiao Yan ease his burdens." Xun Er smiled.

"Miss..."

Ling Ying was utterly unwilling, but upon seeing Xun Er's expectant gaze, he forcibly swallowed the refusal already at his lips and could only nod.

"The Xiao Family is truly going to rise!"

This thought surfaced in everyone's mind. Xiao Zhan and the several Elders smiled so broadly that their faces resembled blooming chrysanthemums.

"I must cling tightly to Xiao Yan's thigh!" Mittel Tengshan and Zuo Xiu Hua looked feverish.

They had a feeling that Xiao Yan would bring them even more surprises in the future!

Auction House, reception hall.

"Elder Ya Fei, this is the account ledger for the Mite'er Wutan City branch. Please review it!"

"Mhm."

Ya Fei nodded lightly and began flipping through the account book.

She was now an Elder at the Mite'er headquarters, overseeing resource allocation across seven cities and wielding immense authority.

And the one who had brought her all of this was the mysterious young master of the Xiao Family.

Xiao Yan!

Thinking of Xiao Yan's appearance, Ya Fei suddenly felt restless. This unfamiliar emotion made her somewhat unable to accept it.

"Is this what it feels like for a young woman to fall in love..." Ya Fei pursed her red lips. Though melancholy, she also found it somewhat amusing.

If someone had told her just a few days ago that she would fall for a man, she would certainly have regarded them as a fool.

"Hm?"

Ya Fei seemed to sense something. She suddenly rushed out of the reception hall and looked up.

Whoosh!

A yellow-and-red streak shot over the courtyard, racing beyond Wutan City.

"Xiao Yan?" Ya Fei grew flustered.

Xiao Yan.

Where was he going?

"Elder Ya Fei!"

A Dou Ling Elder ran over excitedly and cupped his hands toward Ya Fei.

Yet Ya Fei had no mind to return the gesture. "The Xiao Family Young Master is leaving Wutan City?"

"That's right! Heh! Elder Ya Fei, you don't know yet, do you? Young Master Xiao Yan built a Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower, and cultivating inside it..."

The Dou Ling Elder's excited voice gradually became blurred in Ya Fei's ears.

Xiao Yan.

He was really leaving!

"That damned little bastard!" Ya Fei bit her lips tightly.

Before she came into contact with Xiao Yan, she had seemed glamorous on the surface, but in truth, she had merely been duckweed in the Jia Ma Empire, liable to be overturned and crushed by a storm at any moment.

Even as a member of the Mite'er Family, they would abandon her whenever she stood in conflict with their interests.

Until...

Whoosh!

Just as mist gathered in Ya Fei's eyes, a smiling voice suddenly sounded behind her.

"Sister Ya Fei, you seem to be in a rather bad mood."

Hearing that familiar tone, Ya Fei's beautiful face stiffened as she slowly turned around.

It was Xiao Yan!

"Hehe."

Ya Fei's heart stirred lightly. Feigning seductiveness, she said, "Young Master Xiao Yan is in quite the mood. Aren't you going to play that game of putting on robes and sweet-talking people anymore?"

Xiao Yan sighed. "Speaking in that tone makes us seem rather distant."

Ya Fei's breath caught slightly, and she revealed a smile. "Ya Fei simply truly cannot figure out whether she should call you Young Master Xiao Yan or Senior Alchemist."

Hearing the faint grievance hidden in Ya Fei's words, Xiao Yan shook his head with a bitter smile.

When women fussed over such matters, regardless of their status, they seemed to share the same attitude.

"If you can't figure it out, perhaps I can help you."

Xiao Yan suddenly stepped forward, wrapping an outstretched arm lightly around Ya Fei's alluring, slender waist.

The seductiveness on Ya Fei's face instantly froze, and her delicate body stiffened involuntarily.

"Sister Ya Fei, see you again in a few days."

Xiao Yan's smile was warm. No longer indulging in the softness in his hand, he flapped his Fire Wings and soared into the sky.

"That little bastard has some nerve!"

Ya Fei watched Xiao Yan's figure quickly shrink into a dot on the horizon, her pretty face flushed crimson.

For a long time, she could not recover her senses.

Magical Beast Mountain Range.

"Yao Lao, the consumption of Heavenly Flames from these Flame Wings is far too intense. Is there any way to reduce the consumption?"

As the Mysterious Yellow Flame and Myriad Beast Spirit Fire inside his vortex continually diminished, Xiao Yan asked gloomily.

While the Heavenly Flames were consumed, they also regenerated quickly, but their regeneration speed clearly could not keep up with the expenditure caused by flying at full speed.

"Hehe!"

Yao Lao rolled his eyes. "You want to fly while consuming less Heavenly Flames? How could there be such a good thing? Even flying Dou Skills consume Dou Qi!"

"Unless..."

"Unless what?" Xiao Yan's mind stirred.

Just as Yao Lao was about to answer, Xiao Yan's powerful Mental Strength suddenly caught an intense fluctuation of battle.

"Nalan Yanran?!"

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