Leaving in Haste, Nalan Yanran Comes to Ask the Truth
"I... I have something to discuss with the Xiao Clan." Yun Yun quickly fabricated a reason.
Nalan Yanran blinked, her voice tinged with sorrow. "Master, are you going to keep deceiving me forever?"
Yun Yun felt a pang of pain in her heart. She didn't know how to bring up Nalan Yanran, her disciple whom she had long regarded as a daughter.
"Yanran, go back first," Yun Yun said softly.
Nalan Yanran glanced at the approaching gazes on the street and didn't want to make things difficult for Yun Yun.
The master and disciple left the gate of the Xiao Clan mansion in silence and returned to the Misty Cloud Sect's Flying Boat.
We entered Yun Yun's room.
Yun Yun immediately used her Dou Qi qi to create a barrier to prevent the sound from leaking out.
"Yanran, your teacher..."
Just as Yun Yun was about to speak, she was suddenly interrupted by Nalan Yanran.
Nalan Yanran spoke earnestly:
"Master, I believe you. I will believe whatever you say."
So, don't lie to me, okay?
Yun Yun felt a lump in her throat; the words she had intended to use to evade the question simply wouldn't come out.
"Yanran, do you really have to figure everything out?"
Nalan Yanran nodded without hesitation. "Master, please tell me."
"Yanran, do you like Yan Xiao?" Yun Yun asked.
Nalan Yanran her lips, choosing to remain stubborn. "It's not Master, I just don't like being teased."
Yun Yun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yanran, if that's the case, you can ask him yourself. He'll be willing to tell you."
Nalan Yanran pressed, "Ask whom? Xiao Yan or Yan Xiao?"
"Anyone is fine," Yun Yun replied.
Nalan Yanran felt a lump in her throat.
Yun Yun didn't answer her, but her words spoke volumes.
"I'll ask myself, Master." Nalan Yanran didn't want to make things difficult for Yun Yun any further, so she turned and left the room.
She wanted to ask Xiao Yan herself if he was indeed Yan Xiao Yan, and if so, why he was so kind to her, causing her to develop feelings for him that she shouldn't have.
Time passed slowly.
After seeing Yun Yun off, Xiao Yan stayed at the Xiao Clan for two days.
Half of the two days were spent with his father, Xiao Zhan, chatting about everyday things and easing his longing for him.
He spent half his time refining pills, using the Medicinal Herbs accumulated by the Xiao Clan and the large amount of Medicinal Herbs that originally belonged to the Snake-People Tribe in his Storage Ring.
These Medicinal Herbs were of little use to him, so he simply refined most of them into low-grade pills for the Xiao Clan's development.
After doing all this, Xiao Yan left.
Life in the Xiao Clan was certainly peaceful and leisurely.
But if he doesn't make an effort, this peaceful and leisurely life will inevitably be disrupted.
Outside the walls of Wutan City.
Beside the Flying Boat.
Xiao Zhan saw Xiao Yan off alone.
"Goodbye, Father." Xiao Yan gave his father, Xiao Zhan, a big hug.
"Yan'er, don't push yourself too hard. Your father will always be there for you." Even as the dignified patriarch of the Xiao Clan family, Xiao Zhan choked up a little.
"I know, Father." Xiao Yan handed the Storage Ring full of pills to Xiao Zhan: "The pills inside can be used to develop the family. There are also some fourth and Fifth Tier pills inside, some for healing, some for accelerating cultivation, and some for directly improving cultivation level. They are all suitable for you to take, Father. Remember to take them."
Xiao Zhan nodded vigorously. "Yan'er, Father will strive to improve his cultivation. Even if I can't help you, I will try my best not to hold you back."
Xiao Yan shook his head and smiled, "If it weren't for you, Father, how could I be where I am today? How could I be considered a burden?"
"Yan'er..."
Xiao Yan waved to Xiao Zhan one last time, and in a flash, he appeared on the Mittel Family's private magical beast Flying Boat.
The Flying Boat started up and flew further and further away from the ground, until it became a tiny dot.
On the Flying Boat.
To alleviate his melancholy, Xiao Yan specifically sought out Hai Bodong and Mittel Teng Shan to inquire about any recent events.
As the de facto head of the Mittel Family, Mittel Teng Shan has always been keen on intelligence and has an astonishing ability to gather information.
Through Mittel Teng Shan's information, Xiao Yan learned about the events of the past few days.
First was Jia Xingtian, who returned to the Imperial Capital on the very day the Three-Year Agreement ended and immediately began seclusion, never venturing out.
Anyone who knows anything about the situation knows that Jia Xingtian is attempting to break through to the Dou Zong.
After all, Yun Shan has already broken through to the Dou Zong. If Jia Xingtian remains at the peak of the Dou Emperor, then the Jia Ma Imperial Family will be in danger.
Xiao Yan pondered this information, thinking that if Jia Xingtian could successfully break through, he might be able to bring Jia Xingtian into his camp to fight against the Misty Cloud Sect together.
A Dou Zong high-level martial arts master) can have a significant impact on the battle.
If Jia Xingtian can at least hold off Yun Shan, then he Medusa can use the Justice Circle to kick Protector Wu, increasing their chances of victory.
Silently keeping this idea as an option, Xiao Yan continued to inquire about information from Mittel Teng Shan.
However, the following information was of little use.
For example, after his battle with Nalan Yanran, Three-Year Agreement, he was hailed as the first and second geniuses of the Jia Ma Empire.
The Xiao Clan, the Nalan Family, Misty Cloud Sect all gained even greater prestige as a result.
The Xiao Clan, in particular, was already rising rapidly, and with the Mittel Family's support, which was ostensibly assistance but in reality aid, their power grew almost daily.
Xiao Yan's appearance this time shows that, at less than eighteen years old, his strength already surpasses that of Nalan Yanran, who is at the Peak Dou Master, and his future potential is obvious to all.
Many people bet on the Xiao Clan and came to seek refuge with them.
Although these messages were not very useful, Xiao Yan felt comforted just by hearing them.
This reminded him of the magical beast essence blood that his father, Xiao Zhan, had given him, filling a Storage Ring.
As the Xiao Clan grows stronger, when he returns to the family next time, Xiao Zhan will probably give him a 5th or even 6th tier magical beast blood essence Storage Ring.
However, when that time comes, his physique will probably no longer be able to utilize the essence blood of these high-level magical beasts.
Chatting casually, the Flying Boat soon landed.
Xiao Yan disembarked from the Flying Boat and went straight to his courtyard.
He was slightly disappointed not to see Ling Ying Medusa, guessing that they would need some more time to arrive, so he could only wait patiently.
"If I'd known they wouldn't be this fast, I should have stayed home another day," Xiao Yan thought with slight regret.
thump thump thump--
A familiar knocking sounded on the door.
Xiao Yan let someone in; it was a servant from the Mittel Family.
"What is it?" Xiao Yan instinctively tightened his mask, which he had put on before disembarking from the Flying Boat.
"Master Yan Xiao, Miss Nalan Yanran of the Nalan Family requests an audience. Shall we grant her an audience?" The attendant sought Xiao Yan's opinion.
"Nalan Yanran?" Xiao Yan murmured the name, knowing that what was bound to happen was finally coming.
He did not choose to flee, but said to the servant who came to report, "Bring her here."
"Yes." The attendant left.
A moment later, the attendant reappeared and led the girl behind him into Xiao Yan's courtyard.
After the girl entered the courtyard, the servant closed the gate and tactfully withdrew.
"Master Yan Xiao, it's been a long time." The girl spoke softly, her eyes unusually fixed on Xiao Yan's exposed hands.
Xiao Yan nodded, followed Nalan Yanran's gaze to his hands, and suddenly chuckled, "So it was because of this?"