Nalan Yanran left.
Xiao Yan had also turned down her earlier offer.
After all, his grandmaster Yun Shan had already examined his condition!
If even his grandmaster could do nothing, what good would bringing in his martial aunt do?
It would only waste time.
Before Yun Shan had gone to see Xiao Yan, however, Xiao Lin had already given him a hint.
Once Yun Shan learned that Xiao Yan's condition was Grandpa Xiao Lin's doing, he was puzzled, but he had no intention of exposing him.
So after making a show of examining Xiao Yan, he shook his head, sighed, and left.
To be honest, given Yao Lao's current state and Yun Shan's cultivation now that he had broken through to Dou Zong, Yun Shan might well have discovered the problem if he had investigated carefully!
Unfortunately, Xiao Lin was behind this too, so Xiao Yan could only keep suffering through it.
That was why Xiao Yan saw no point in troubling his beautiful martial aunt.
Meanwhile, Ling Ying, acting on his young lady's orders to investigate in secret, had somehow uncovered clues to the cause of Xiao Yan's condition.
Ling Ying truly lived up to his origins in the Gu Clan.
Though he was only a Dou Emperor, he possessed many special methods ordinary Dou Emperors did not.
Besides, with his Dark Dou Qi, Ling Ying was suited to this sort of work, wasn't he?
Now that he had uncovered something, Ling Ying had come to report to his young lady.
"Young lady, the reason Young Master Xiao Yan's cultivation dropped from the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi to the Three-Stage Dou Qi twice appears to be that an unknown being drained the Dou Qi from his body!"
From the shadows of the night, Ling Ying's voice reached Xiao