Xiao Yan Obtained the Flame Mantra [Please Subscribe]

Chen Yang cast an indifferent glance at the Bone Ring, and it floated up from the floor into the air on its own.

A faint halo shone around the Bone Ring, and an extremely weak aura seeped out of it.

Chen Yang lightly tapped the Bone Ring with a finger, and vast torrents of Dou Qi immediately poured into it from his fingertip.

Whoosh! A silvery-white light shot out of the Bone Ring, followed by an aged, illusory figure that slowly emerged from within.

The figure gradually took shape, forming an old man with the bearing of an immortal sage.

Yao Chen slowly opened his eyes and looked around.

Finally, his gaze settled on Xiao Yan.

At some point, Chen Yang had left the spatial domain.

Yao Chen looked at Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan looked back at him, their eyes meeting.

After a long while, Yao Chen spoke first, breaking the silence.

"Young man, you were the one who awakened me!"

Though phrased as a question, his tone was one of certainty.

Xiao Yan did not deny it. He looked at the old man before him, a trace of killing intent surfacing in his eyes.

It was this damned old man who had secretly hidden in the Bone Ring and absorbed his Dou Qi, causing his cultivation to fall from the Dou Zhe level and forcing him to endure undeserved criticism for the past six months.

"By awakening me, you have saved my life. I, Yao Chen, am a man who knows to repay kindness."

"So I intend to repay you."

"Tell me what you want."

"As long as it lies within my power, I will do everything I can to satisfy your wish.

"But there is one condition: it must not violate morality or justice."

Xiao Yan looked at Yao Chen, rubbing his chin in thought before declaring with a resolute gaze, "Take me as your disciple and teach me your skills."

"I want to trample everyone who looks down on me beneath my feet, become a powerhouse like you, drink the strongest liquor, ride the fastest horses, and bed the most beautiful women."

His words left Yao Chen utterly dumbfounded.

Then he scrutinized Xiao Yan with a deep, searching gaze.

"I once swore never to take another disciple in this lifetime."

Just as Xiao Yan thought Yao Chen would refuse, Yao Chen suddenly rounded the bend and revealed a new path.

"But you, boy, are very much to my taste. For you, I could make an exception...!"

"Master, please accept this bow from your disciple, Xiao Yan!" Before Yao Chen had even finished speaking, Xiao Yan had already completed the ceremony of becoming his disciple.

His movements were clean and decisive, without the slightest hesitation, leaving Yao Chen blinking in astonishment.

Then he burst into laughter.

An honest spirit, true to himself—just what he expected of someone who had caught his eye.

"Good! Good! Good!" Yao Chen dispensed with formalities and tossed several cultivation methods to Xiao Yan.

Thanks to his protagonist halo, Xiao Yan still chose the Flame Mantra, with its limitless possibilities, from among Yao Chen's many cultivation methods.

Seeing Xiao Yan choose the Flame Mantra made Yao Chen even more satisfied with his disciple.

He had ambition and boldness, and disdained hiding either.

Such a person was destined to become a formidable overlord in the future.

After teaching Xiao Yan the Flame Mantra, Yao Chen surveyed the surrounding space. Finding nothing unusual, he turned into a wisp of white smoke and returned to the Bone Ring.

Hidden within the spatial domain, Chen Yang watched Xiao Yan so smoothly become Yao Chen's disciple and even obtain the Flame Mantra, feeling rather speechless.

Wasn't something off about this whole scene?

Hadn't becoming his disciple been a little too easy?

This was completely different from what I originally imagined!

Shouldn't there have been twists and turns along the way?

"Ah..." Chen Yang sighed, forced to admit that the protagonist halo was damn impressive.

Even though he had already mangled the plot beyond recognition, he still had not changed the outcome of Yao Chen taking Xiao Yan as his disciple and teaching him the Flame Mantra.

Still, that was not a bad thing.

He had originally been pondering how to make Yao Chen willingly take Xiao Yan as his disciple without holding anything back.

Now he no longer needed to expend any effort on that.

[Ding! Host has completed task one: awaken Yao Chen ahead of time, have Xiao Yan become his disciple, and obtain the Flame Mantra from Yao Chen.

Task reward: 10,000 Modification Points, one portion of Dou Di Origin Qi for advancing to Dou Di.]

"When the old man at the frontier lost his horse, who could have known it was a blessing?" A voice rang out as Chen Yang's figure reappeared within the spatial domain.

Seeing Chen Yang suddenly appear, Xiao Yan instinctively assumed a fighting stance.

Once he saw that it was Chen Yang, however, he immediately relaxed his stance.

After appearing, Chen Yang asked nothing. He merely clenched his hand and dispelled the spatial domain around them.

Since Chen Yang did not ask, Xiao Yan naturally would not run his mouth and reveal Yao Chen's existence.

Still, he felt a little more reverence for Chen Yang now.

He was grateful to him.

He was grateful that Chen Yang had helped him discover why the Dou Qi in his body had kept disappearing over the past six months and had given him such a tremendous opportunity.

As the spatial domain dissolved, Chen Yang and Xiao Yan reappeared in the Xiao Clan's hall.

But seeing the chaotic hall and Nalan Yanran being held hostage left Xiao Yan somewhat bewildered.

He had no idea what had happened while he was away.

Chen Yang was equally puzzled. He turned his gaze toward Xiao Zhan, seeking an explanation.

How had my wife's disciple become the Xiao Clan's prisoner?

Nalan Yanran herself was also utterly bewildered.

After her grandmaster had left with Xiao Yan, these people had attacked her without bothering to distinguish right from wrong.

That girl named Xiao Xun'er, in particular, was simply a violent brute.

She had charged straight in and hurled abuse at her, saying that breaking off the engagement was her own loss.

She had even landed two solid punches, leaving Nalan Yanran's features twitching in pain.

Thus, the moment she saw Chen Yang, Nalan Yanran's eyes filled with tears.

"Grandmaster, save me!"

"Boohoo! Someone hit your adorable Yanran!"

Nalan Yanran immediately burst into tears, which poured out like a surging tide.

"Yan'er, he didn't give you any trouble, did he?"

"Brother Xiao Yan, are you all right?"

Seeing Xiao Yan, Xiao Zhan and Xiao Xun'er questioned him with concern.

Their gazes swept over him from head to toe, checking for injuries.

Utterly confused, Xiao Yan spread his hands, then looked toward the weeping Nalan Yanran and said, "What could have happened to me?"

"Father, what did you do to Yanran? Why have you made her cry like this?"

Hearing that Xiao Yan was safe and that Chen Yang had not troubled him, Xiao Zhan and Xiao Xun'er could not help letting out long sighs of relief. They released Nalan Yanran and guiltily explained to Chen Yang, whose expression was growing ever colder, "Yan'er (Brother Xiao Yan), we thought you'd been taken away, so we wanted to capture Nalan Yanran and exchange her for you."

"That reasoning makes sense, but why is there blood at the corner of Yanran's mouth?" Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Xun'er and voiced his question.

At the same time, he wanted to give Chen Yang an answer.

"I hit her." As the young lady of the Gu Clan, Gu Xun'er dared to own up to her actions and admitted it outright.

"Well..." Xiao Yan found himself in a difficult position. He looked at Gu Xun'er, then at Chen Yang, wanting to speak but holding back.

Upon receiving his answer, Chen Yang showed little change in emotion.

He merely said indifferently to the sobbing Nalan Yanran, "Whoever hit you, just hit them back yourself. What are you crying for?"

At his words, Nalan Yanran's tears flowed even harder.

How could I possibly beat her?

Though Xiao Xun'er was younger than her, her cultivation was far higher.

In the end, Nalan Yanran still did not hit her back.

The matter ended with Xiao Yan stepping forward to have Xiao Xun'er apologize to Nalan Yanran, while the Xiao Clan surrendered half its profits to the Misty Cloud Sect.

All in all, those two punches had been worth taking for Nalan Yanran. Not only had the Xiao Clan paid through the nose, but Xiao Xun'er, proud as a white swan, had also lowered herself to apologize to her.