Even though Xiao Yan still felt conflicted, he did not have much room to choose. The Pill Tower Ancestor told him to rest for the night and said he would take him to the ruins tomorrow.
Xiao Yan's reason for agreeing was simple as well. As the saying went, if a powerhouse of that level truly wished him harm, there was no way he could avoid it.
Besides, to put it nicely, Xiao Yan had an adventurous spirit; to put it bluntly, he was a gambler. Having decided to visit ruins whose location he did not even know, he felt some worry—but, surprisingly, even more anticipation.
In the lavish room Burning Flame Valley had arranged for him, Xiao Yan patted his cheeks and forced himself awake enough to carefully recall and consider the words and actions of Flame Cloud Ancestor and the Pill Tower Ancestor today.
Flame Cloud Ancestor had been normal enough, but Xiao Yan could not grasp the key to the Pill Tower Ancestor's behavior.
The Pill Tower Ancestor had first spoken of Xiao Yan's cultivation, then brought up the feud between the Xiao Clan and Soul Hall, even involving an ancient secret.
Yet when it came down to it, all he wanted was for Xiao Yan to visit some ruins?
That anticlimactic feeling was far too obvious!
But with the other party's childlike appearance and childlike behavior, Xiao Yan truly could not read his intentions. He could only resolve to thoroughly ask Xun'er about these matters the next time he saw her.
The next day, the Pill Tower Ancestor appeared in Xiao Yan's room like a ghost. If Xiao Yan had not been in the habit of rising early, he might not have noticed someone else in his room until he opened his eyes!
"Nothing to