The Dou Qi Continent.
"Master's been in seclusion for a year. Why hasn't he come out yet?" Xiao Yan asked worriedly. He had already broken through to Dou Wang, but going so long without seeing his master left him uneasy.
"At Master's level, a year is nothing. It would be normal for him to stay in seclusion for decades. Brother Xiao Yan, you don't need to worry."
Xun'er spoke from beside him, and she meant it. She did not know Yao Chen's exact strength, but her father had come to meet him once.
After that, the Ancient Clan had abandoned every plan it had for the Xiao Clan. Neither her father nor even the Ancient Clan's elders had voiced any objection to her relationship with Xiao Yan.
They had let her stay at Jia Nan Academy as she wished. They had even withdrawn the guards around her, utterly at ease.
That had given Xun'er a suspicion: Yao Chen might also be a Nine-Star Dou Sheng!
At the very least, he was no weaker than her father. If he were merely an Eight-Star Dou Sheng, the Ancient Clan could never have taken this attitude!
Xun'er did not understand how Yao Chen, who had only been at the peak of Dou Zun back then, had gained such terrifying strength. Still, she was happy.
With a master at the peak of Nine-Star Dou Sheng behind them, no one could stop her and Brother Xiao Yan from being together!
More importantly, that Nine-Star Dou Sheng was also a ninth-tier Alchemist—one capable of refining ninth-tier Golden Core pills!
Born to a noble family, Xun'er understood what that meant. Between his Alchemy and his own strength, calling Yao Chen the foremost person on the continent would be no exaggeration.
"Decades?" Xiao Yan exclaimed. "By the time