Xiao Yan is Actually a Dou Wang? Nalan Yanran's Shock!

The Cloud Mist Sect, one of the three great sects of the Gama Empire!

To be able to enter the Cloud Mist Sect for cultivation is truly an opportunity that countless people could only dream of!

However, The Xiao Yan of today is a Dou Wang!

A fifteen-year-old Dou Wang—does he really need your permission to join your Cloud Mist Sect?

I fear that if the ancestors of the Cloud Mist Sect were to find out, they would come running themselves, begging and coaxing him to join, wouldn't they?

Yet—

Faced with such terms, Although the anger in Xiao Zhan's heart had dissipated somewhat, he still found it laughable; it felt as if the other party were bestowing charity upon them.

With the aid of the Medicine Elder, an eighth-tier alchemist, does Xiao Yan still need this so-called Qi Gathering Powder? Does he still need to join your Cloud Mist Sect?

"Heh..."

"You use this to test my Xiao Family? What do you take us for?"

"Furthermore—"

"Just call me Clan Head Xiao; I cannot bear to be addressed as Uncle Xiao by you..."

As these words fell, Nalan Yanran's pretty face shifted.

She had never expected Xiao Zhan to respond in such a manner.

She looked at the gazes of the other Xiao clansmen—

What was that?

Sarcasm?

Mockery?

They were looking at her as if she were a fool?

An indescribable emotion surged within Nalan Yanran's heart.

What on earth is this Xiao Family doing?

That is the Qi Gathering Powder of Pill King Gu He!

Four pills!

Four whole pills!

An opportunity that countless small families could not obtain even if they begged for it!

She had originally thought that by presenting such conditions, the Xiao Family would surely be filled with gratitude and joyfully agree to annul the engagement.

But now...

These people are actually looking at her with such eyes?

"Clan Head Xiao..."

Nalan Yanran took a deep breath, wanting to say something.

However—

Before she could even speak, Ge Ye, who was lying on the ground, struggled violently to his feet. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stared at Xiao Zhan with a dark, gloomy expression.

"Xiao Zhan, do you know what you are saying?"

His voice was hoarse and cold, carrying suppressed fury.

"You dare to offend Master Gu He; are you not afraid that your Xiao Family will be—"

Before the word "erased" could leave his lips, Puff!

Ge Ye was struck by a heavy blow once more. His entire body flew backward, slamming heavily into the ground as he spat out a mouthful of blood!

This time, the injury was even more severe than before!

Medicine Elder slowly withdrew his gaze, his tone as indifferent as water:

"Pill King Gu He?"

A cold sneer curled the corners of his lips.

"What kind of thing is he?"

"In the presence of This Seat, he is nothing but an ant."

The voice was not loud, yet it exploded in everyone's heart like a thunderclap.

The hall fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone stared blankly at Medicine Elder, their eyes filled with shock.

Pill King Gu He...

One of the ten strongest experts in the Gama Empire...

In the mouth of this old man, he was actually nothing more than an "ant"?

Ge Ye collapsed on the ground, his eyes filled with terror and confusion.

He wanted to retort, wanted to roar in anger, but found that he could not even speak.

However—

What shocked him even more was yet to come.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Medicine Elder waved his hand casually, and several medicinal pills immediately hovered in mid-air.

That was the Qi Gathering Powder.

The entire body was pale cyan, emitting a faint glow, exactly the same as the four pills Nalan Yanran had brought out.

But—

Judging by their quality, they were actually even stronger than the Qi Gathering Powder refined by Pill King Gu He!

On the surface of those pills, a cyan halo faintly circulated, and the medicinal fragrance they emitted was so rich it almost condensed into a solid!

"This... this is impossible..."

Ge Ye widened his eyes, his face full of horror.

As a deacon of the Cloud Mist Sect, he naturally had some knowledge of medicinal pills.

The quality of this Qi Gathering Powder clearly surpassed the craftsmanship of Master Gu He!

"Who... who exactly are you?"

Ge Ye's voice trembled, and his entire body was shaking.

To be able to casually produce pills of this quality, to be able to heavily injure him with a single sentence...

The identity of this old man was absolutely not simple!

Nalan Yanran's pretty face also changed drastically.

She finally realized something was wrong.

The identity of this mysterious old man seemed far from as simple as she had imagined.

Combined with the looks the Xiao Family members had given her earlier...

Those gazes clearly carried a hint of strangeness, a hint of mockery, as if they were anticipating something.

A sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in Nalan Yanran's heart.

She bit her lip, took a deep breath, suppressed the unease in her heart, and cupped her hands toward Medicine Elder:

"May I ask for your name, Senior?"

Medicine Elder let out a cold laugh, his gaze sweeping over her indifferently.

"Little girl, let alone you—"

He paused, his tone carrying a hint of disdain.

"Even your Cloud Mist Sect's founder is not qualified to know this seat's name."

Nalan Yanran was slightly stunned upon hearing this.

Immediately, she shook her head.

She did not believe it.

The Cloud Mist Sect's founder—what kind of status was that?

Although this old man was powerful, to say that even the Cloud Mist Sect's founder was not qualified to know his name...

That was simply too exaggerated.

She took a deep look at Medicine Elder, then looked at Xiao Yan, and a thought suddenly surged in her heart.

If this old man was truly so powerful, why would Xiao Yan have become a waste?

Could there be some hidden story behind this?

"Then, may I ask, Senior..."

Nalan Yanran's eyes flickered as she spoke again.

"What is your relationship... with Xiao Yan?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the hall stagnated slightly.

Everyone's eyes fell upon Xiao Yan.

The corners of Xiao Yan's mouth curled up slightly, and he finally stood up slowly.

He looked at Nalan Yanran with a calm gaze, a look as if he were watching a clown.

"He is my teacher."

Xiao Yan's voice was not loud, yet it reached everyone's ears with perfect clarity.

Nalan Yanran's pupils constricted slightly.

Teacher?

This mysterious old man was actually Xiao Yan's teacher?

A surge of indescribable emotion suddenly welled up within Nalan Yanran.

There was shock, and there was confusion.

With such a teacher, why had Xiao Yan remained a piece of trash after three years of cultivation?

However—

Before she could dwell on it.

In the next instant!

She saw Xiao Yan standing with his hands behind his back, his gaze as calm as still water.

"Nalan Yanran."

"The engagement between us was set by our ancestors; I, Xiao Yan, have never taken it to heart."

"If you had come to discuss it properly, dissolving the engagement would not have been impossible."

"But—"

His tone shifted, turning abruptly cold.

"You came to my door today, bringing people from the Cloud Mist Sect, using power to intimidate and profit to tempt, completely disregarding the dignity of my Xiao Family."

"Such arrogance, such condescension—it is truly sickening."

Nalan Yanran's face turned pale; she opened her mouth, wanting to defend herself.

But Xiao Yan did not allow her to speak.

"Today—"

He enunciated every word, his voice like thunder.

"It is not you, Nalan Yanran, who is breaking off the engagement, but I, Xiao Yan—"

"Who is casting you aside!"

The moment the word "cast aside" was uttered, the entire hall seemed to freeze.

Nalan Yanran widened her eyes, staring at Xiao Yan in disbelief.

Cast aside?

He said... cast aside?

She, Nalan Yanran, the pride of the Cloud Mist Sect, the greatest beauty in the Gama Empire...

Was actually being cast aside by a piece of trash with only three stages of Qi?

"You... what did you say?"

Nalan Yanran's voice trembled, her eyes filled with utter incredulity.

However—

The response she received was a terrifying aura that suddenly erupted from Xiao Yan's body!

BOOM!

Crimson Dou Qi surged violently from within Xiao Yan!

The strength of that Dou Qi was such that it instantly condensed into a pair of massive flaming wings!

With a wingspan exceeding three meters, the wings were entirely crimson, radiating a pressure that made one's heart tremble!

Dou Qi manifesting as wings!

The mark of a Dou Wang!