"Master, when will I be able to be like Brother Fan?"
"Him? You can't compare to him..." Yao Lao, inside the ancient Storage Ring, sighed silently. This disciple of his simply could not compare to the genius he had met over a year ago. He had even gone so far as to reveal himself early to teach Xiao Yan.
A year ago, Xiao Fan had already been able to refine tier-two pills, while this disciple of his, after receiving his guidance, had only just barely reached the seventh stage of Dou Qi. One was in the heavens, the other was in the dirt.
Thinking this, Yao Lao shook his head helplessly. But then, all of a sudden, he cried out, "This is bad!"
"Bad?" Before Xiao Yan could react, Yao Lao's soul had already hidden back inside the Storage Ring.
Yao Lao warned him, "Don't speak, and don't make any strange movements!"
Xiao Yan only felt a chill run down his back. An indescribable sense of danger lingered in his heart.
"Jie jie jie. Who would've thought the Xiao Clan of the past would have fallen so far?" Protector Wu had followed the trail from the declining Xiao Family in the Imperial Capital all the way to the Xiao Family in Wutan City.
"Tch..." Protector Wu frowned, his tone turning grave. "The aura of the Gu Clan... A bunch of cowards who cling to life."
Protector Wu merely confirmed the Xiao Family's situation, then quickly left. The Gu Clan was not something a mere protector like him could stand against, and at this critical juncture, they would not tolerate a conflict with the Gu Clan either. The Xiao Clan was indeed important, but the Xiao Family was not worth exposing the Soul Clan's thousand-year plan over.
"Since I can't deal