Yun Shan: Nalan Yanran Is Excellent-Send Her to Xiao Yan at Once!

At the Misty Cloud Mountain.

Like any other day, today was just another ordinary one.

Everything is normal.

Since Xiao Yan became the Deputy Sect Leader, the Misty Cloud Sect joined the Yan Alliance and became one of the alliance's elders. Elder Gu He from the sect also joined the alliance's Alchemy Hall and served as the hall master together with President Fa Ma of the Jia Ma Empire's Alchemist Association. Since then, the Misty Cloud Sect has been thriving.

Yun Yun, the fiancée of the alliance leader and a member of the alliance elders, is quite busy these days.

Although Ya Fei handles most of the affairs, Yun Yun also has a heavy burden.

Fortunately, with Yun Shan's return, Yun Shan can make decisions regarding the affairs of the Misty Cloud Sect if she is unable to attend to them.

However, Yun Yun didn't go to the alliance headquarters today. Recently, the alliance's development has entered a relatively calm and stable phase, and there's nothing major to do.

For her, Misty Cloud Sect was like home. Now that she had time to rest, she naturally wanted to go home and relax for a couple of days.

Upon returning to the sect, she went straight to the residence specially arranged for Xiao Yan, the Deputy Sect Leader. After personally cleaning it, she intended to lie down there for a while.

This is where Xiao Yan lives in the Misty Cloud Sect. She always feels that resting in this small courtyard is like being in Xiao Yan.

After all, she was a woman with whom Xiao Yan had had in-depth conversations, and he naturally missed her after not seeing her for so long.

However, before those round, plump buttocks could even touch the bed, an incredibly powerful surge of Dou Qi suddenly erupted within the sect.

Yun Yun grew up in the Misty Cloud Sect, so she naturally knew the direction from which this fluctuation came—it was the Gate of Life and Death, which was considered Forbidden Ground within the sect.

"The Gate of Life and Death? Is Yanran about to emerge from seclusion!?"

A look of joy quickly appeared on Yun Yun's face. As Nalan Yanran's teacher, she naturally cared a great deal about this disciple.

It took her two and a half years to get out of the Gate of Life and Death. About a year later, she broke through to the Dou Emperor. The following year, she met Nalan Yanran and wanted to take her as her disciple. However, Nalan Yanran begged her to go to Wutan City and take her genius fiancé Xiao Yan as her disciple as well.

She clearly remembered the girl's confident assertion. "Xiao Yan is ten times, even a hundred times, a thousand times more talented than me."

She took it as the girl flattering her future husband, but since her disciple had a request, she was willing to go and see.

Unexpectedly, the boy named Xiao Yan was actually an unbelievable genius.

She certainly didn't want to miss out on such a talented disciple, and readily offered to take him on as her student.

Unexpectedly, he was rejected.

But who could have imagined that just four years later, her apprentice's fiancé would become her own fiancé?

Recalling the countless nights she spent with Xiao Yan, the details that made her blush and feel weak all over, Yun Yun felt her cheeks burning and her legs unconsciously tightening.

Although she was reluctant to admit it, she missed the bad guy who had pinned her down, whispering "Teacher Yun'er" in her ear while forcefully expressing his love.

Wait, what was she originally thinking about?

Sigh, whenever she thinks of Xiao Yan, she can't help but let her mind wander.

She had to admit that her heart had long been stolen by that little rascal, and now she didn't even care much about her apprentice's appearance.

Oh, right, what she actually meant was that it took her two and a half years to get out of the Gate of Life and Death, which wasn't actually slow.

But Yanran's talent is better than hers.

Why did it take more than three years, almost four years, for him to emerge from the Gate of Life and Death?

Could it be in order to directly break through to the Dou Emperor?

Dou Emperor...

Thinking of this, Yun Yun couldn't help but think of Xiao Yan again.

That young man, with his terrifyingly prodigious talent, was already a Dou Zong powerhouse when he left.

With his inhuman cultivation speed, he's probably already Dou Zun by now, right?

Thinking of this, Yun Yun's expression became quite complicated.

She initially suggested that Nalan Yanran join the Gate of Life and Death, hoping to narrow the gap between Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan, but unexpectedly, the gap only widened.

Of course, if that's all there is to it, it's really nothing.

This is mainly because Xiao Yan is too abnormal; it's not her fault, nor is it Nalan Yanran's fault.

Mainly...

Yun Yun was actually a little guilty.

When she first suggested that Nalan Yanran enter the Gate of Life and Death, she really had no other intentions.

Unexpectedly, the events that occurred in the Monster Mountain Range completely changed the nature of her relationship with Xiao Yan. If it were just Xiao Yan doing bad things, she could still make some excuses, but she was willing to cooperate and even became somewhat involved.

She even used the excuse of Yanran to numb herself, and then did many things with Xiao Yan that she was ashamed to talk about.

Even now, Yun Yun can still recall Nalan Yanran's unwavering statement before entering the Gate of Life and Death: the day she emerges from seclusion will be the day the Misty Cloud Sect prospers!

And at that time...

She just wanted to get Nalan Yanran into the Gate of Life and Death as soon as possible, so that it would be easier for her and Xiao Yan to do that within the sect...

Oops!

Yun Yun felt increasingly guilty and was starting to feel afraid to see Nalan Yanran.

She felt incredibly ashamed now, realizing how thrilling it had been for Xiao Yan back then because of those immoral acts.

How is she going to face Yanran?

How can I tell her that I've actually already arranged for Yanran's fiancé to be mine?

We can't really ask Nalan Yanran if she understands filial piety or righteousness. How can such a good man not be given to her master first?

Although she admitted that she was excited at the time, she still couldn't bring herself to say it.

"Yun'er, Yanran has already come out of seclusion, why haven't you gone to see her yet?"

At this moment, Yun Shan knocked on the already open door, then walked in and got straight to the point.

Upon hearing this, Yun Yun hurriedly went to greet her, but a bitter smile appeared on her face:

"Teacher, given my current relationship with Xiao Yan, I really don't know how to face Yanran anymore..."

Yun Shan was somewhat dismissive of this, thinking, "So what? At worst, Xiao Yan will just have to enjoy a meal with his master."

In any case, whether it's his disciple's son-in-law or his grand-disciple's son-in-law, they are all good sons-in-law of Yun Shan and good sons-in-law of the Misty Cloud Sect.

As for the influence of sectarian atmosphere...

What the hell does it affect?

If there were someone in the sect as talented as Xiao Yan, with such a powerful background, Yun Shan wouldn't care about those disciples' personal relationships at all.

As long as it benefits the sect, let alone a master-disciple meal, the Misty Cloud Sect would even hold a beauty pageant for Xiao Yan if he liked him.

Even if she doesn't enter the Xiao Family and become one of Xiao Yan's wives or concubines, she could at least serve as a maid for Xiao Yan's entire household.

Of course, this is mainly because Nalan Yanran is only a grand-disciple he has never met, but Yun Yun is his only disciple whom he raised like a daughter.

There's a difference between close and distant relationships.

"What are you afraid of? I've already figured out what happened between Yanran and Xiao Yan. Their affairs have nothing to do with you, and their engagement was dissolved a long time ago. What are you afraid of? To be honest, you are Xiao Yan's fiancée and Yanran's teacher now. You are the one in the right."

Looking at his disciple's conflicted expression, Yun Shan said with a hint of disappointment.

Although he couldn't understand Nalan Yanran's chaotic and confusing actions, as her master, he would definitely side with his own disciple.

Moreover, Xiao Yan's disciple's wife is not only his savior but also the one who has put the Misty Cloud Sect on the right path to revival. He lacks nothing.

"Sigh, but I still feel a little guilty."

Yun Yun sighed, and walked out the door with Yun Shan, flying towards the Gate of Life and Death as they spoke.

"Never mind that for now. I have a feeling something's off about this aura."

Yun Shan waved his hand, his brows furrowed, and said...

Yun Yun was taken aback upon hearing this, and quickly sensed it carefully as well. An expression of disbelief immediately appeared on her face:

"This aura... Dou Zun?"

Sensing an aura stronger than hers within the Gate of Life and Death, Yun Yun was completely stunned.

How is that possible?

If the Gate of Life and Death truly offered such an opportunity, then the Misty Cloud Sect wouldn't have fallen to the point where Cloud Yun Shan had to make a deal with the Soul Hall in order to break through to the Dou Zong.

"You think so too?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Shan's expression turned somewhat solemn. His talent was inferior to Yun Yun's. Although he had received pills from the Yan Alliance over the years, he was only Six-Star Dou Zong. Although he could roughly sense the aura that was similar to that of Dou Zun, he could not be certain.

You should know that Hai Bodong from next door is already Eight-Star Dou Zong!

This infuriated him!

That guy would challenge him to a duel whenever he had free time.

Actually, it was all about beating him up!

Damn it, so what if I beat him a few times back when I was at the Dou Emperor level?

How can they hold a grudge like that!

That petty, Old Man Ice!

"Um."

Yun Yun's expression was also somewhat complicated. If Yanran really broke through to Dou Zun, that would be a good thing. However, she was a little worried. The speed of going from Dou Ling to Dou Zun in less than four years was just too fast!

If one doesn't rely on the immense energy contained within the Heavenly Flames to advance, like Xiao Yan did, it would be virtually impossible.

Moreover, such a rapid breakthrough will most likely lead to an unstable foundation, or even directly affect one's future. In severe cases, it may even cause one to be permanently stuck at the current level for the rest of their life.

Could it be that Yanran, in her haste to catch up with Xiao Yan, forcefully exhausted her potential and broke through to this realm?

Yun Yun's heart was filled with worry at this moment. Looking down at the area of Gate of Life and Death, she felt an immense heaviness in her heart.

If that's the case, she can only go to Xiao Yan to see if she can get some pills to try and save him.

After all, she herself doesn't have the ability to solve this kind of problem.

"Boom!"

Just as Yun Yun was pondering, a beam of light shot into the sky from the Gate of Life and Death. Accompanying the beam of light was a beautiful figure with waist-length black hair flying in the wind, a tall and slender figure with well-proportioned body.

The aura of Dou Zun level cultivator erupted, and everyone in the Misty Cloud Sect, except for those at the Dou Huang Realm or above, knelt down under this pressure.

Even Dou Huang expert felt his Dou Qi was extremely sluggish and almost impossible to mobilize.

"Teacher!"

The beautiful figure in the pillar of light let out a joyful cry, then flew out and rushed into Yun Yun's arms.

"I did it!"

Nalan Yanran said to her teacher with great joy.

"Congratulations, Yanran. But, you're now Dou Zun expert?"

Yun Yun also embraced Nalan Yanran, offered her congratulations, and then couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, teacher, I received the inheritance of our ancestor, Senior Yun Potian, in the Gate of Life and Death. I devoted myself to cultivation and broke through to the Dou Zun Realm in one fell swoop!"

Nalan Yanran said with immense joy.

But the truth is not so simple.

The Misty Cloud Sect does indeed have Yun Potian's legacy, but at best, that legacy can only produce one two- or three-star Dou Zong.

As for her breakthrough to Dou Zun...

She herself couldn't quite explain why, but after breaking through to the Dou Zong, she suddenly felt a power surging out from her body and even the depths of her soul. After she had refined it to a certain extent, she directly became Dou Zun.

She felt that this might be related to her rebirth, as if she had inherited a portion of the power from her previous life.

But she didn't understand the specifics of what happened.

In short, her power was not superficial at all; on the contrary, it was as solid as the power she had cultivated diligently for decades.

She was actually quite excited. Dou Zun was considered a powerful figure in Central Plains. Although she believed that with Xiao Yan's abilities, he was probably already Dou Zun by now, and his combat power was even comparable to High-Stage Dou Zun, she was confident that with her current strength, she could stand by Xiao Yan's side and face some enemies with him.

Yun Yun didn't really believe Nalan Yanran's explanation.

She's not stupid.

The ancestor Yun Potian was only a Five-Star Dou Zun level expert. Even if he poured all his life's Dou Qi into the inheritance before his death, waiting for the next generation to receive it, so many years have passed, and the Dou Qi in the inheritance has probably been greatly depleted. It is absolutely impossible for it to still have the strength to create a Dou Zun.

But since Nalan Yanran didn't tell the truth, it meant she didn't want to tell the truth, so there was no need for her to ask now, lest both sides lose face.

"That's wonderful! You've now surpassed your master and are ready to inherit the position of sect leader."

Yun Yun held Nalan Yanran's hand and said with a smile.

Nalan Yanran's smile faltered upon hearing this.

What?

We agreed that she could go directly to Xiao Yan after she finished her seclusion.

Why is he about to inherit the position of sect leader?

This doesn't make sense, does it?

Before she could think about it, Yun Yun had already taken her hand and started introducing Yun Shan to her.

"Yanran, this is your teacher's teacher, your grandmaster, Yun Shan."

Nalan Yanran certainly knew Yun Shan; she and Yun Yun had helped collect Yun Shan's body back then...

Looking at Yun Shan, who had an otherworldly air and an extraordinary temperament, and whose aura was equivalent to Six-Star Dou Zong, Nalan Yanran understood that her grandmaster had finally escaped a calamity in this life and had not been killed by Xiao Yan. The Misty Cloud Sect had also not suffered the same fate as in the previous life, being forcibly disbanded. She couldn't help but feel gratified.

She was right to have her teacher take Xiao Yan as her disciple!

"Greetings, Grandmaster!"

Despite her inner thoughts, Nalan Yanran remained outwardly composed and respectfully bowed to Yun Shan.

"Hmm, not bad, a good child."

Yun Shan nodded with a smile.

Indeed, this child is quite handsome; we should find a way to send him to Xiao Yan.