Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, Nalan Yanran's Regret

The Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, recaptured by Xiao Yan, struggled madly and glared viciously at him, trying to bite his arm.

"Roar!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King hurriedly let out a roar. If he enraged this young man, both he and the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King would die.

"Xiao Yanzi, what do you need it for?"

Yao Lao asked in confusion, "A fully grown Amethyst Winged Lion King is indeed impressive, but magical beasts grow extremely slowly!"

"I have a guess." Xiao Yan smiled and flicked his finger, sending out a wisp of harmless Turtle Spirit Earth Fire.

"Awoo!"

After the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King swallowed it, the crystals on its body began to flow with scorching firelight.

"So it really works."

The corner of Xiao Yan's mouth curled up as he continuously fed Beast Flame to the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Heavenly Flames could devour Beast Flame, so could physically powerful magical beasts devour Beast Flame as well?

With a brief test, he had his answer.

"Under my control, Heavenly Flames without any offensive properties can indeed be devoured by fire-attributed magical beasts!"

"You... are far too extravagant!" Yao Lao's mouth twitched slightly.

Only Xiao Yan could afford such waste, with so many Heavenly Flames and such rapid recovery.

Who else would dare squander them like this?

As vast amounts of Heavenly Flames entered its body, clusters of flame rose from the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King's surface.

With a boom.

It leaped straight to the fourth tier!

"It broke through?" The Amethyst Winged Lion King's eyes widened in disbelief.

Magical beasts all shared one trait: long lifespans and slow growth.

The reason he wanted the Transformation Pill was to become human and break free from this shackle.

"How about letting it follow me?" Xiao Yan glanced at the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

"Excellent! Excellent!" The Amethyst Winged Lion King nodded joyfully. He even wanted to follow Xiao Yan himself and continuously devour Heavenly Flames.

Though the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King had already been on the verge of breaking through, advancing from the peak of the third tier to the fourth tier would have taken at least several years through its own cultivation.

Being able to follow Xiao Yan was the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King's good fortune!

"Awoo!"

The Little Amethyst Winged Lion King reluctantly waved its claws as Xiao Yan set it down on the ground.

A pair of broad wings slowly unfurled at a visible pace.

"Not a bad mount."

Xiao Yan stepped onto the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King's back and suddenly shot into the sky, turning into a streak of light as he flew toward Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.

"Transformation Pill, Transformation Pill..."

The Amethyst Winged Lion King gave a dazed smile, curled up where he was, and began restoring his depleted Dou Qi.

On the mountain peak.

Yun Yun stood on tiptoe, staring solemnly into the distance, her fair hand clenched tightly.

Only now did she have the attention to recall what had happened in the sky earlier.

"Little bastard!"

After cursing Xiao Yan, Yun Yun suddenly blushed again. Xiao Yan had not taken advantage of her.

Rather, she had...

"Master, look!"

Pointing at the dark shape growing larger in the distance, Nalan Yanran cried out.

Yun Yun was startled.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King?

No!

Looking at the Amethyst Winged Lion King, whose size had shrunk several times over, Yun Yun gripped her sword in reverse.

"Don't be so nervous."

A familiar lazy voice sounded out. Yun Yun immediately spotted Xiao Yan standing atop the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King's back.

All of a sudden.

Her fair hand clenched even tighter, and the shame and anger in her gaze nearly shredded Xiao Yan into a thousand pieces.

"Yao Yan!"

Nalan Yanran had just cried out in delight when she heard Xiao Yan laugh helplessly.

"Sect Master Yun Yun, you were the one who scattered the medicine, and you were the one who kissed me. Why are you being so fierce?"

The smile on Nalan Yanran's face abruptly froze.

She slowly raised her head.

The joy in her heart was suddenly pierced over and over by countless sharp needles.

"Oh, right, your Amethyst Spirit Crystal." Xiao Yan casually tossed it over.

Nalan Yanran caught the Amethyst Spirit Crystal blankly. She should have been thrilled, yet she felt inexplicably sorrowful.

That was right.

For Xiao Yan to defeat the Amethyst Winged Lion King, he had to be at least a Dou Huang.

And she...

She was merely a lowly Dou Shi. Only her master was worthy of this young man...

"Whoosh!"

The sword slid back into its sheath, and Yun Yun's annoyed expression gradually turned bitter.

"I just feel that it's a little unfair."

She was not someone who indulged in romance or clung to outdated notions. It was simply that Xiao Yan had seen every inch of her, inside and out, while she did not even know where he came from.

"Could you help me refine a pill?" Yun Yun's dark hair drifted in the wind.

"Ah!"

Xiao Yan sighed and reached out to take the materials. "Don't you have an alchemist friend? Why trouble me? Owing too many favors makes them hard to repay."

As Xiao Yan refined the pill, Yun Yun wore a complicated expression as she gazed into the distance.

"Compared to him, I would rather owe you."

Scorching flames danced as ingredient after ingredient fell into the medicinal cauldron, illuminating Nalan Yanran's distracted face.

She gazed blankly at Black Robe, wanting to see the face beneath the robe, yet she could never make anything out.

"Does he truly have no feelings for me at all...?"

Nalan Yanran slowly crouched down, her trembling hand moving aside the scattered stones.

She had experienced the free love she longed for, a relationship unbound by an engagement.

Only...

It was somewhat bitter.

"The humiliation he suffered when I annulled the engagement that day must have been even greater than mine..."

"At least I still have the Nalan Family, the Misty Cloud Sect, and Master."

"But he had nothing."

Nalan Yanran's fair hand trembled.

In that instant, she matured greatly.

But that growth...

Was somewhat cruel.

"Smack!"

Xiao Yan tossed the pills to Yun Yun. His enormous wings crackled as he rose into the air.

"One pill is for your disciple. The other will help you remove the seal."

Looking down at the expressionless Yun Yun, Xiao Yan rubbed his nose.

"Come to think of it, when you kissed me, I really did feel something. After all, it is hard for a man to forget the first girl he shares such intimate contact with."

Yun Yun's fair hand stiffened as she stared into the air in astonishment. She had never expected this youth to dare tease her so blatantly.

"Then you had better forget it." Yun Yun swallowed the pill, and the aura of a Dou Huang erupted.

At that moment, her lovely face was ice-cold. The untouchable Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect had returned.

"I can count the pills as a free favor, but there are still some things you have yet to return to me." Xiao Yan grinned playfully.

"What?"

Before Yun Yun's astonished gaze, Xiao Yan descended. As his enormous wings folded, his lips lightly touched her forehead.

Then.

With a flap of his bone wings, Xiao Yan laughed loudly and soared into the sky.

"See you at the Misty Cloud Sect in a few days!"

Wind spirals howled through the sky, yet Xiao Yan's figure had already vanished into the distance.

"This little bastard!" Yun Yun did not know whether to laugh or cry, and the hand holding her sword fell helplessly.

"Yanran..."

When she looked toward Nalan Yanran, the two trails of tears on the latter's face were a shocking sight.

Yun Yun's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be...

"Master, I regret it..." Nalan Yanran burst into tears.

She suddenly understood completely why the young man in the hall that day had been so hysterical.

To that young man, she, the next Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect, was just like the black-robed man was to her—both held overwhelming superiority in status and position.

She truly had never considered Xiao Yan's feelings.

Just as that mysterious black-robed man had never cared about her feelings for him.

That Qi Gathering Powder, which she had thought could serve as compensation, might have brought the young man humiliation as boundless and heavy as its price...

Watching Nalan Yanran cover her face and weep, Yun Yun bitterly smiled and pulled her into an embrace.

"People have to go through certain things before they can grow."

"After Yao Yan visits the Misty Cloud Sect in a few days..."

"I'll accompany you to the Xiao Family."