"Brother Xiao Yan, are you alright?" A few minutes later, Xun Er and Xiao Yan successfully rendezvoused. Immediately, Xun Er transformed from her previous cold demeanor, skipping around Xiao Yan like a lively little sprite and beaming with a broad smile the moment she spotted the Alchemist Emblem on his chest.
"How can this Fairy Sister be like two completely different people before and after..." Yao Shigui muttered with a twitch of his lip as he watched Xun Er act this way, though if he knew the fate of Shen Hong and his companion earlier, he would likely be wearing a completely different expression.
"Let's go, let's head back to our residence first. In a few days, the rare Auction Gala of Yao Wang City will take place. That will be the final warm-up before the Yao Clan Ceremony, so let's go take a look too." Xiao Yan smiled dashingly, and the group of three slowly left the Alchemist Association, heading toward the mansion under Yao Shigui's guidance.
However, no sooner had Xiao Yan departed than Elder Feng passed news of his actions back to the upper echelons of the Yao Clan, inevitably stirring up a wave of gossipy sighs. Yet, constrained by the fact that Xiao Yan came without a formal affiliation, and with the Yao Clan currently tied up in intense preparations for the Yao Clan Ceremony, they naturally lacked the time and spare strength to come and chat with him.
What was worse, Liu Hao had already brought an extremely terrifying force from the Holy See, splitting them into two teams: one team personally hunted down all Soul Hall Remnants, while the other headed directly toward this place. Although they could not enter the Yunling Mountains due to certain entanglements with the Yao Clan, the vast Yunling