"...They're here."
The tall, breathtakingly beautiful woman instinctively turned around and looked toward the several figures slowly descending. She murmured softly, a faintly radiant smile appearing on her face.
By the time Xiao Yan and Yao Wan finally arrived at the entrance to the Burning Flame Secret Realm, the tall beauty who had been waiting for a long time led the two people who would be entering the Burning Flame Secret Realm alongside Xiao Yan over under the watchful eyes of the elders.
"Oh my... Wan'er, you've truly made your sister wait for quite a while."
Fairy Huo Ling crossed her arms and teased with a hint of amusement.
"It couldn't be helped. I've been busy rushing about these past few days. Sister Huo Ling, please don't blame me."
Yao Wan smiled as she explained, prompting quite a few Yan Clan elders to lower their heads and whisper among themselves upon seeing her and Xiao Yan. Clearly, they all knew perfectly well what Yao Wan and Xiao Yan had been doing these past two years.
"Sigh... Seizing the Bodhi Ancient Tree's inheritance, escaping the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's encirclement, rising from the brink of death and advancing to Dou Sheng, then destroying the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan not long afterward..."
Fairy Huo Ling sighed, then gently shook her head. "Such thunderous methods are something even many men do not possess..."
As she spoke, Fairy Huo Ling's crimson, bewitching eyes turned toward Xiao Yan. She smiled faintly. "Remnant of the Xiao Clan, Yao Clan Son-in-Law—I have long heard of your resounding reputation. I had wondered what sort of man could capture the Yao Clan Young Miss's heart. Now that I have seen you, you truly are extraordinary."
"You flatter me, Fairy Huo Ling. They are merely empty reputations spread about recklessly