Nalan Yanran's Fury!

By early the next morning, quite a few Xiao Clan disciples had gathered around the square. They whispered among themselves, their faces carrying expressions of eager anticipation.

"Have you heard? The Misty Cloud Sect's leader, Yun Yun, is personally coming to our Xiao Clan today. It seems she's here to see Young Master Xiao Yun."

"Of course. Young Master Xiao Yun humiliated Nalan Yanran so badly before, making her lose face in front of so many people. How could her teacher not come to demand an explanation?"

"Young Master Xiao Yun may be strong enough to kill even a Five-Star Da Dou Shi like Jia Lie Bi with one palm strike, but Yun Yun is a Dou Emperor! There are only a few Dou Emperors in the entire Jia Ma Empire. No matter how powerful Young Master Xiao Yun is, he can't possibly be a match for a Dou Emperor, can he?"

"Exactly. No matter how gifted he is, he shouldn't have been so impulsive. Offending the leader of the Misty Cloud Sect—isn't that courting death?"

"If only Young Master Xiao Yun hadn't been so impulsive back then. Now her teacher has personally come to the door. How is this going to end?"

The Xiao Clan disciples talked over one another without pause. Most of them looked somewhat worried, feeling that Xiao Yun was likely in serious trouble this time.

After all, no matter how strong the Jia Lie Clan was, it was only a minor clan in Wu Tan City. The Misty Cloud Sect, however, was one of the foremost great sects in the Jia Ma Empire. The two were not even on the same level.

Before long, a group arrived at the Xiao Clan's entrance. At the front was Yun Yun, followed by Nalan Yanran and several Misty Cloud Sect attendants.

Yun Yun wore a long white dress. Her aura was restrained and steady, yet merely standing there gave off an invisible sense of pressure.

As for Nalan Yanran, walking behind her teacher, she wore an expression of reluctance and impatience.

The moment she reached the gate, she began muttering, "Teacher, why did you bring me here? I never want to step through this gate again for the rest of my life."

"Wasn't the humiliation I suffered here last time enough? Why do I have to come again?"

Hearing this, Yun Yun paused and turned to glance at her disciple, her tone carrying a hint of reproach. "Yanran, we are here as guests today. Don't pull that face."

"If you keep speaking without restraint, then don't follow me out again in the future."

Though Nalan Yanran was unconvinced after being scolded by her teacher, she did not dare say anything more. She could only curl her lips and follow behind her.

Still, she was holding back a fire in her heart, secretly thinking that once she saw that bastard Xiao Yun, she would make him pay.

The group soon entered the Xiao Clan's gates. After crossing the courtyard, they arrived outside the Xiao Clan's main hall.

Xiao Zhan, as clan leader, had already received word in advance. He had brought several elders to wait outside the hall early on, and upon seeing Yun Yun's group approach, he hurriedly went forward to greet them.

"Leader Yun, you honor us with your presence. Xiao failed to welcome you from afar, so please forgive me." Xiao Zhan clasped his hands, his manner quite courteous.

After all, a Dou Emperor had personally come to visit. Even as the Xiao Clan leader, he did not dare show the slightest neglect.

Yun Yun, however, did not put on any airs. She gave a slight bow in return. "Clan Leader Xiao is too polite. Yun Yun has come uninvited today, so I should be the one asking for your forgiveness."

"Some days ago, that girl Yanran acted without sense and came here on her own to break off the engagement while I was in seclusion. I only learned of the matter afterward, and I have felt rather guilty ever since."

"I spoiled that girl from childhood, so she has always acted willfully. If she offended you in any way, I hope Clan Leader Xiao can be magnanimous."

Standing nearby, Nalan Yanran's expression changed at once when she heard her teacher actually apologizing to Xiao Zhan.

Her teacher was apologizing to the leader of this tiny Xiao Clan?

They had clearly come to seek justice, so why was her teacher apologizing first instead?

She was thoroughly dissatisfied, but with so many people watching, she could not act out. She could only grit her teeth and endure it.

After entering the hall, they took their seats as host and guests. Xiao Zhan had tea served. Yun Yun lifted her cup and took a sip without speaking, quietly surveying the hall's furnishings.

Nalan Yanran had held herself back for a long time, but in the end she could not endure any longer. "Where is Xiao Yun? Why don't I see him?"

"My teacher has personally come, and he, a junior, still dares not come out to receive her?"

"Tell him to get out here and see me!"

Nalan Yanran's words were utterly impolite, her tone full of arrogance, as though she were the master of this place.

Yun Yun frowned slightly upon hearing this and was just about to rebuke her disciple when an unhurried voice suddenly came from outside the hall.

"Who wants to see me?"

Xiao Yun then walked in from outside the hall, dressed in a simple green robe, his expression remarkably calm.

When his gaze fell upon Yun Yun seated in the place of honor, it paused briefly. Then he went to one side and sat down, lifted a cup of tea, and took a sip, his manner utterly composed.

"I heard that Leader Yun came personally to see me. May I ask what this is about?"

As Yun Yun watched Xiao Yun enter, she quietly appraised him. The youth before her did indeed look very young, his face still carrying the particular immaturity of a boy, yet his every movement possessed a steadiness that did not match his age.

So this is the Dou Wang expert Ge Ye spoke of?

He did indeed possess an extraordinary air about him.

When Nalan Yanran saw Xiao Yun enter, sit down almost immediately, and start drinking tea without even offering her teacher a greeting, fury surged within her.

"Xiao Yun, what nerve you have! My teacher has arrived, yet you neither rise nor salute her, and you still dare sit there drinking tea?"

"Do you know who stands before you? She is the leader of the Misty Cloud Sect, a Dou Emperor!"

"You are merely a young master of the Xiao Clan, yet you still dare behave so presumptuously before my teacher!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yun raised his head and glanced at Nalan Yanran. Smiling, he said, "Since guests have come, naturally we should sit down, drink tea, and talk."

"What? Miss Nalan thinks I should kneel before your teacher?"

Nalan Yanran's face turned ashen from being choked by those words. Just as she was about to retort, Yun Yun raised a hand to stop her.

"Yanran, do not be rude."

Yun Yun spoke, her tone calm yet carrying an undeniable authority.

After being scolded by her teacher again, Nalan Yanran felt utterly stifled. Yet she did not dare contradict her teacher in front of so many people, so she could only shut her mouth resentfully.

Yun Yun then turned to Xiao Yun and took the initiative to speak. "Young Master Xiao Yun, I have indeed come today because there are some matters I wish to discuss with you."

"As for the unpleasantness Yanran caused here last time, I naturally cannot pretend, as her teacher, that I know nothing about it."

"I came today, first, to apologize on my disciple's behalf, and second, to see with my own eyes what kind of person this young man is who has earned such lavish praise from an executive elder of the Misty Cloud Sect."