Ever since Xiao Yan had exhausted every trick he could think of to scrape out a draw against Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect, he had finally been able to breathe a sigh of relief.
Before the match began, Nalan Yanran had looked at him as though she wanted to devour him!
During the match, she had raised her sword and hacked at him without holding anything back!
That had left Xiao Yan's heart pounding with fear throughout the fight.
But unlike in the original story, their earlier time together had left them with some affection for each other, and Xiao Yan simply could not bring himself to strike Nalan Yanran hard.
So, once the match began, Xiao Yan had found himself at a disadvantage for a while.
On the one hand, he hoped Nalan Yanran could use this chance to vent her anger; on the other, he was trying to figure out how to resolve the problem perfectly.
In the end, after watching the show for a while, Yao Lao could no longer bear to see his disciple agonizing over it and suggested that he fight Nalan Yanran to a draw.
To give credit where it was due, Xiao Lin had guessed right!
It was Yao Lao, that old man with his rich romantic history, who had offered Xiao Yan the advice.
Once he knew how to soothe Nalan Yanran's anger, Xiao Yan seemed to experience an instant revelation. After Yao Lao's suggestion, he had even outdone himself!
At one point, when Nalan Yanran got carried away and came slashing at him again, Xiao Yan deliberately moved into her blade, recreating the scene in Jin Yong's novel where Zhou Zhiruo stabbed Zhang Wuji.
Seeing Xiao Yan demonstrate his "resolve" this way, Nalan Yanran's attitude softened immediately.
That was