"Teacher, what should we do? Should we run?"
Xiao Yan's legs trembled. The pressure Zi Yan exuded was even fiercer than that Soul Hall Protector's had been. Before him, it was as though he saw a gigantic savage beast.
"Run? If you can run away today, then you're this." Yao Lao made a gesture from within the Storage Ring.
"Then what do we do, Teacher?"
"What else can we do? Watch the show." Yao Lao spread his hands. He had no good solution either and had not even figured out how the conflict between these two groups had begun.
"Let me tell you, I can't beat a single person here. There are at least one Dou Emperor and one Dou Zong hidden nearby. Xiao Fan's background is anything but simple."
Even now, Yao Lao still held Xiao Fan in high regard.
Gulp... Xiao Yan unconsciously swallowed. Surpassing Xiao Fan? That was simply impossible...
Zi Yan said nothing. She was afraid... afraid Xiao Fan would leave after learning the truth, afraid that, just as in her previous life, he would die before her eyes.
She could only protest silently, her little hand gripping Xiao Fan tightly and refusing to let go.
Gu Xun'er believed she had gained the upper hand. With what she considered a flawless smile, she said to Xiao Fan, "You're back, Xiao Fan."
Just as Gu Xun'er waited eagerly for Xiao Fan's answer, she heard...
"Sorry, we're not familiar."
Xiao Fan's blunt response did not merely stun Zi Yan. Gu Xun'er herself froze where she stood.
As though she could not believe what she had heard, she asked in a trembling voice, "H-how could that be?"
"Xiao Yan'er, do you know her?"
"I... I don't..." Zi Yan's answer was vague, as though she were deliberately avoiding Xiao Fan's