Having someone come to your door to break off an engagement was an extremely humiliating thing.
Although Ge Ye had not said it outright, he had already hinted at it quite clearly. Any intelligent person could understand.
Before Ge Ye could take the next step and propose dissolving the engagement,
Xiao Yan had already risen to his feet. Xiao Zhan looked at him and said with some heartache, "Yan'er."
Xiao Yan said, "This gentleman just said that the sect has rules, right? Then that saves me a trip. In fact, Father and I have discussed this for a long time."
Ge Ye was utterly dumbfounded, while Nalan Yanran looked at Xiao Yan with a face full of confusion.
Xiao Yan suddenly pulled a sheet of paper from his robes—a divorce letter he had prepared in advance. Then he tossed it directly to Ge Ye.
Ge Ye opened it, and he was so furious that his whole body trembled.
When Nalan Yanran saw it, her face flushed red with anger as she pointed at Xiao Yan and cursed, "You bastard! You actually dare divorce me!"
Holding the divorce letter, Ge Ye said, "It seems Young Master Xiao Yan prepared this divorce letter long ago! How farsighted of you!"
Xiao Zhan also stood up at this moment and shouted sternly, "Since that is the case, we will not hide it from you any longer. Yan'er and I prepared this divorce letter long ago. Since you have come today, we might as well make everything clear."
Green Dou Qi slowly began to emerge around Ge Ye.
Hai Bodong sensed Ge Ye's killing intent and opened his eyes.
With that glare from Old Hai, Ge Ye's imposing aura immediately dissipated.
Without Old Hai as his backing, Xiao Yan would not have dared to be so bold.
But Nalan Yanran angrily stood up, drew her longsword, and pointed it at Xiao Yan.
Xiao Zhan's gaze turned cold as he said in a deep voice, "Niece Nalan, what are you trying to do?"
Nalan Yanran snorted and said furiously, "You, the good-for-nothing known far and wide, actually dare divorce me. My master is the Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect, and my family is the Nalan Clan, one of the three great clans of the Jia Ma Empire. In what way am I not worthy of you?"
Xiao Yan propped up his chin with one hand, rolled his eyes, and said, "It does seem like there is no way you are unworthy of me. But isn't this your sect's rule? You cannot have entanglements with men. I am simply helping you fulfill it. I prepared this divorce letter long ago, but I did not know what excuse I could use to send it to you. Now you have come to collect it yourself."
"You have some nerve! Does the Young Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect need trash like you to divorce her? We came here today to dissolve the engagement. The Young Sect Master even obtained a Qi Gathering Powder from Pill King Gu He for your sake!" Ge Ye took out a medicine box as he spoke.
When it was opened, a jade-green medicinal pill lay inside. The entire room filled with its fragrance.
The First Elder stared fixedly at the pill. His grandson happened to need that Qi Gathering Powder right now.
But with Hai Bodong beside them, he did not dare say much.
Xiao Yan smiled. "A fourth-grade pill? So in your eyes, Nalan Yanran is only worth this much?"
Nalan Yanran gritted her teeth and said, "What do you mean by that?"
"You underestimate us too much, and overestimate yourself too highly. Take the pill back, along with the divorce letter." With his hands behind his back, Xiao Yan spoke with complete calm.
Nalan Yanran clenched her fists tightly and said indignantly, "Are you insulting me? What do you mean, I am only worth this much? It seems I have been too kind to you. I was even considering your dignity."
Xiao Yan waved his hand. "Drop the act. We have said enough. I have written the divorce letter and placed it in your hands. As for what happens next, that is up to you."
Nalan Yanran tore the divorce letter in her hand in half, then viciously threw it to the ground.
"Xiao Yan! I will remember this. This is not over between us." With that, Nalan Yanran turned to leave with Ge Ye and the others.
"Wait!"
Ge Ye forced down his anger and stopped where he was. Nalan Yanran asked, "What is it?"
Xiao Yan pointed at the divorce letter on the ground and said casually, "Take the divorce letter with you!"
Nalan Yanran's eyes widened as she looked at Xiao Yan as though he were an idiot.
Ge Ye stomped his foot and bellowed, "What did you say? You brat have gone too far! You dare humiliate the Misty Cloud Sect!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he charged toward Xiao Yan. Even Xiao Zhan on the platform did not have time to react.
Yet before Ge Ye could reach Xiao Yan, he slammed into a solid wall of ice.
The next instant, Ge Ye, an elder of the Misty Cloud Sect and a seven-star Da Dou Shi, was helplessly lifted into the air by Hai Bodong, who had him by the throat.
Nalan Yanran sneered. "Fine, fine, fine. I will remember what happened today. Xiao Yan, if you have the courage, let us not rely on those behind us. Just the two of us will settle this."
Xiao Zhan snorted coldly. "You know Xiao Yan's current condition. Are you saying this to humiliate us?"
Nalan Yanran said, "Uncle Xiao, I do not wish for this matter to damage everyone's relationship. How about this? Three years from now, if Xiao Yan wins, then I will accept the divorce letter. If I win, then you will accept the broken engagement."
Xiao Yan nodded. Seeing this, Hai Bodong tossed Ge Ye away.
Nalan Yanran immediately ran over to check on Ge Ye. Fortunately, Hai Bodong had not been too harsh, and Ge Ye was not seriously injured.
Nalan Yanran helped Ge Ye up and was about to leave, but Xiao Yan called out to her again.
"Miss Nalan truly has a poor memory. I have reminded you twice already about that divorce letter on the ground."
Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Nalan Yanran's body trembled, but she still walked back and picked up the divorce letter.
Before leaving, Nalan Yanran said viciously, "Xiao Yan, you will regret what you did today."
Xiao Yan replied without courtesy, "I will be waiting anytime."
With Nalan Yanran's departure, this farce finally came to an end.
With his unyielding attitude, Xiao Yan preserved the Xiao Clan's dignity. While he had been humiliated, he had also humiliated Nalan Yanran.
All in all, Xiao Yan had not suffered a loss. However, with his current strength, he was still far from being able to win the Three-Year Agreement.
Thinking of all the pain Xiao Yan had endured in the original story in order to grow stronger, Xiao Yan could not help but shudder.
Even so, Xiao Yan had only achieved a narrow victory. Therefore, he could not afford to slack off now.
Moreover, after this incident, all of Wutan City learned that Xiao Yan had a mysterious Dou Ling expert by his side.
Even people from the Misty Cloud Sect had been beaten, so the mockery and ridicule Xiao Yan heard began to lessen considerably. Even the Second Elder, who had been publicly thrown outside, no longer dared cause trouble for Xiao Yan.
But Xiao Yan knew that they feared Hai Bodong, not him. Therefore, Xiao Yan had to grow stronger.
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