Several days later.
Flender led the group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Meanwhile, Dugu Bo brought Lin Yan back to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
The moment they landed, Lin Yan saw Dugu Yan.
The young girl had happily come out to welcome her grandfather, but the excitement on her pretty face instantly froze when she saw Lin Yan, this uninvited guest.
"Grandpa, why did you bring him back?"
"Didn't you say the secret of this place couldn't be known by anyone?"
"This..."
Dugu Bo looked troubled. He still did not want Dugu Yan to know about the martial soul poison, since it concerned the cause of death of her parents—his son and daughter-in-law. He did not want Dugu Yan exposed to this too early.
Lin Yan saw through Dugu Bo's thoughts. Wanting to tease Dugu Yan, he pulled a face and taunted her.
"Serves you right! I came anyway!"
"Go ahead and kill me!"
The words left Dugu Yan completely dumbfounded.
"Huh?"
"Grandpa, look at him!"
Dugu Bo patiently looked at Lin Yan.
"Stop teasing her. Hurry up and tell me what to do."
"What's the rush?" Lin Yan raised his chin and looked Dugu Yan over with an appraising gaze.
"You grandfather and granddaughter were both thinking about how to teach me a lesson before. Is this really the attitude you're going to have when asking me for help?"
Dugu Bo's face twisted.
It was true. The way his granddaughter and he had treated Lin Yan before had not been very friendly. Now that they had to accept this man's life-saving favor, it was indeed inappropriate to treat him this way.
His tone softened somewhat.
"Then what do you want?"
Lin Yan nodded, a wicked smile curling across his lips as he pointed at Dugu Yan.
"Have