"Come out." Before long, Yan Chi spoke quietly directly toward the empty space on one side of the Meeting Room.
"Junior Xiao Yan greets Senior." Hearing this, Xiao Yan no longer hid or cowered, stepping directly out of the void. However, Xiao Yan had only just arrived here and had not heard the conversation between Mu Yingying and Yan Chi just prior.
"I heard from Fen Tian that you played an indispensable role in the plan to rescue me this time." Yan Chi looked at the decent-looking Xiao Yan before him, sizing him up from top to bottom before speaking.
"Junior merely did what little he could; everything is thanks to the Pavilion Master." Hearing this, Xiao Yan naturally deflected the praise.
This Yan Chi was said to be a powerhouse from Fen Tian's era, and with the addition of the Holy Flame, even Fen Tian might not necessarily be able to defeat him.
"Neither arrogant nor impetuous-truly a promising sapling."
"Still, this is only the second time I've heard that old fellow Fen Tian praise a disciple like this." Yan Chi turned his head and said to Xiao Yan.
"The second time?" Xiao Yan exclaimed in surprise.
"That's right, the second time. The first time should have been that fellow several decades ago." Yan Chi said.
"That fellow?" Xiao Yan spoke up once more.
"Before inheriting the position of Burning Incense Pavilion Master, Fen Tian traveled extensively. During one of those journeys, he once took in a stray child."
"Ever since that child followed Fen Tian, he displayed astonishing cultivation talent-one that even someone as arrogant as Fen Tian could not match."
"Coupled with a fine temperament, he was soon taught everything Burning Incense had to offer without reservation."
"From then on, Fen Tian regarded that adopted son as