When Zi Yan Met Xiao Xiao

Yao Wan and Xiao Yan had only just returned to Starfall Pavilion when they heard that work had come in.

The three of them had not even met Old Yao before Xiao Yan spotted another familiar face from the Yao Clan.

A man dressed in the Yao Clan's standard robes stood waiting quietly, like a statue, as though he had long since forgotten the passage of time.

Xiao Yan was slightly startled when he saw him, then hurried forward and said, "Elder Yao Qi, what are you doing here?"

That was right. The Yao Clan elder before them, a Dou Zun, was the very Venerable Yao Qi who had tirelessly carried messages between the Yao Clan and Starfall Pavilion back when Yao Wan and Xiao Yan's relationship had yet to be confirmed or accepted.

However, after their marriage ceremony, Xiao Yan had devoted himself to cultivation. Though he had been living within the Yao Clan and had gained a general understanding of its necessary affairs, he had not had much contact with the outside world.

Otherwise, Yao Feng would not have dared to stir up trouble by sowing discord behind the scenes.

Though he had not been able to keep jumping around for long before he went quiet.

Venerable Yao Qi instinctively raised his head and saw that the person he had been waiting for had finally arrived. Yet faced with Xiao Yan's unchanged respect, even someone as accustomed to all manner of things as Venerable Yao Qi could not help pausing.

"You are too courteous, Young Master."

Venerable Yao Qi gently shook his head. After all these years, seeing Xiao Yan become another Dou Saint expert filled him with emotion.

He had merely acted impartially, yet he had once been treated with utmost respect by a future Dou Saint