Every Word Cut Deep—Who the Hell Is Gu He?!

Every Word Cut Deep—Who the Hell Is Gu He?!

Inside the hall, upon hearing the three Elders' startled cries, the young men and women within abruptly widened their eyes, their burning gazes fixed firmly on the jade box in Ge Ye's hand.

"Heh heh, this was personally refined by our sect's honorary Elder, Lord Pill King Gu He. I trust you have all heard of his esteemed name?" Ge Ye said smugly as he watched the Xiao Family lose their composure.

"This medicine actually came from Pill King Gu He himself?" The three Elders were deeply moved upon hearing this.

A Qi Gathering Powder that came from such a figure would likely be worth several times more than usual.

"Miss Nalan, may I ask whether Nalan Old Master agreed to this matter of breaking off the engagement today?"

Xiao Yan's sudden voice instantly brought everyone in the hall back to their senses, and they glared angrily at Ge Ye.

Humiliation!

Naked humiliation!

Not only had they brought Nalan Yanran to break off the engagement, they had even brought along a completely unrelated young man. Did they take the Xiao Family for some sideshow act?

And now, they had taken out a Qi Gathering Powder as so-called compensation.

Were they saying the Xiao Family's dignity was worth just one Qi Gathering Powder?

"If I had a Qi Gathering Powder, I'd become a Dou Zhe before long..." Xiao Ning stared greedily at the Qi Gathering Powder.

"Shut up!" Xiao Mei angrily smacked Xiao Ning on the head.

"I was only thinking about it..." Xiao Ning lowered his head sheepishly, though the longing in his eyes did not lessen in the slightest.

That was a Grade Four Pill, capable of allowing someone at the ninth stage of Dou Qi to form a Dou Qi Cyclone with absolute certainty! Rising to her feet, Nalan Yanran gazed at the youth before her, who should have been her husband, and said in a gentle, indifferent tone, "Grandfather never agreed, but this is my own matter. It has nothing to do with him."

"So this was your own idea?"

Xiao Yan stared fixedly at Nalan Yanran. "Let me ask you one more thing. Do you hate me, or do you hate the engagement?"

"Of course I hate the engagement!" Nalan Yanran nodded as though it were only natural.

"That makes sense. You've never even met me, so how could there be any talk of liking or hating me?"

Xiao Yan's face gradually turned cold. "Since it isn't me that you hate, why couldn't you leave a shred of dignity for my father and me? Couldn't this have been discussed in private? Would that not have satisfied you?"

"Why should it be discussed in private? I am breaking off this engagement openly and honestly! I want everyone in the Jia Ma Empire to know!" Nalan Yanran proudly lifted her chin.

"Good! Very good!"

Xiao Yan laughed in extreme anger. "Honestly, I admire your courage to defy convention. I even appreciate it. If I were in your position, I too would be unwilling to settle my lifelong affairs with someone I had never met.

But if you wanted to defy convention, why did you have to trample on my father's and my dignity? You could have explained it to me or my father somewhere private! If your fiancé had been a prince of the Gama Imperial Family, and that prince had gone from a genius to a cripple, becoming the laughingstock of the Jia Ma Empire, would you still dare to break off the engagement before so many of the Jia Ma Empire's high-ranking figures, just as you have today?"

Nalan Yanran's lovely face changed, becoming somewhat unsightly.

Naturally, she would not dare.

Even if she did not care about that crippled prince, she would still have to consider the Gama Imperial Family's dignity. If she dared to grind the Royal Family's honor beneath her feet, even the mighty Misty Cloud Sect might not be able to protect her.

"And you!"

Xiao Yan turned to Ge Ye with a cold laugh. "She is young and ignorant, but are you as well? Is the Misty Cloud Sect truly this arrogant and contemptuous of others? Or have you lived all these years only to fill a dog's belly?!"

"You..." Ge Ye's old face trembled with fury.

They had indeed been in the wrong with this matter, so Xiao Yan's every piercing word was like a sharp needle stabbing into him again and again, yet he was unable to refute any of it.

"You are merely a cripple with three stages of Dou Qi. How can you be compared with a prince of the Gama Imperial Family?!" Nalan Yanran bit her lips tightly and stared stubbornly at Xiao Yan.

She was the proud Nalan Yanran, the personal disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Leader and the future successor of the Misty Cloud Sect.

How could she admit fault to a cripple? From beginning to end, she truly had never considered Xiao Zhan's dignity. Or rather, in her arrogance, she simply could not be bothered to care about a mere Da Dou Shi, and that was why she had failed to think things through.

But so what?

Who told you to be only at the third stage of Dou Qi, while I am a Three Star Dou Zhe? Who told you that your backing was merely a Da Dou Shi, while I have the Misty Cloud Sect behind me?

If there was anyone to blame, blame your weakness! Blame your father for being useless!

"When all is said and done, you are just a toad lusting after swan flesh, unwilling to break off the engagement with me!"

Nalan Yanran looked as though she had seen through Xiao Yan completely. "What exactly will it take for you to agree to dissolve the engagement? Do you think the compensation is too little? Fine. I can have my teacher give you another three Qi Gathering Powders. And if you are willing, I can even have you enter the Misty Cloud Sect to study profound Dou Qi cultivation techniques. Is that enough?"

As they listened to the tempting offers spilling from the girl's lips, the three Elders immediately felt their breathing grow rapid. The youths in the hall swallowed hard as well. Enter the Misty Cloud Sect to study? Heavens, that was something countless people dreamed of...

After stating those conditions, Nalan Yanran slightly raised her snow-white chin and waited proudly for Xiao Yan's answer like a princess. In her mind, such terms were enough to drive any young man mad...

Yet unlike what Nalan Yanran had expected, after she finished speaking, the youth before her suddenly began to tremble violently. He slowly raised his head, and his delicate, youthful face had become frighteningly twisted...

"Ah..." Startled by the youth's terrifying expression, the girl hurriedly stepped back. The handsome young man at her side abruptly drew his longsword, his cold gaze pointed directly at Xiao Yan.

"I... really want to kill you!" Xiao Yan clenched his fists tightly, rage burning in his dark eyes.

"Yan'er, do not be rude!" Xiao Zhan was startled by Xiao Yan's actions. The Xiao Family could not afford to offend the Misty Cloud Sect now.

Moreover, although Xiao Yan's talent had returned, after losing three years, he was still only a One Star Dou Zhe.

Nalan Yanran was a Three Star Dou Zhe!

"If I were still only at the third stage of Dou Qi today, I would have no choice but to swallow every bitter consequence alone!"

Xiao Yan cast a cold glance at the Qi Gathering Powder. "My master was right. Pill King Gu He is nothing! At his age, he can only refine a mere Grade Four Qi Gathering Powder to such poor quality!"

"Impudent!"

"Outrageous!"

Ge Ye and the Moon Robe Youth shouted in unison. Xiao Zhan's expression also changed in alarm. "Yan'er, do not be rude!"

That was Pill King Gu He, an alchemist beyond reach! "An alchemist?"

Xiao Yan sneered and took out the Heart Stabilizing Pill. "I have never refined a Grade Four Qi Gathering Powder, but if I had enough ingredients, I might not be unable to refine one!"

At the sight of the Heart Stabilizing Pill in Xiao Yan's hand, not only did Ge Ye and the others' pupils contract, but even Xiao Zhan and the others changed expression.

"This is... a Grade Two Pill?"

"Yan'er, who gave you this pill?" Xiao Zhan looked at Xiao Yan in shock, while Ge Ye and the others held their breath.

A faint curve appeared at the corner of Xiao Yan's lips.

"It is merely a Grade Two Pill."

"I can refine it at will."