"Heh... I never thought I would end up entangled with the Misty Cloud Sect like this."
"Yao Yan..."
Seeing the bitterness on Xiao Yan's face, Yun Yun felt her heart clench. She was about to speak when his gaze suddenly turned toward her.
"Sect Master Yun Yun, my name is Xiao Yan. I have come today to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement I made with Nalan Yanran."
Those words stopped whatever Yun Yun had been about to say in her throat.
Yun Yun understood that, from this moment onward, the two of them could never return to what they once had.
The Misty Cloud Sect stood between them as an irreconcilable barrier. Coupled with Yun Yun's relationship with Nalan Yanran, it had already sealed their ending.
Elsewhere, Su Tian hovered in midair, the wings behind his back beating as he watched the scene with interest.
Beside Su Tian, Hai Bodong's brows were tightly furrowed, as though he could not quite judge the situation.
"Rest assured. This battle between Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran is bound to reach a final conclusion."
Su Tian smiled faintly and glanced at Nalan Yanran, whose lovely face was filled with confusion, before slowly speaking.
Hearing this, Hai Bodong raised his brows and gave Su Tian a meaningful look.
"If there is nothing urgent, Sect Master Yun Yun, my battle with Nalan Yanran is not yet over..."
Xiao Yan drew a deep breath and suppressed all the tangled emotions in his heart. When he raised his head again, his eyes were calm.
Then, without looking at Yun Yun again, Xiao Yan turned his gaze toward Nalan Yanran.
"Today's battle must settle things between us."
"That is what I want as well."
Meeting Xiao Yan's gaze, Nalan Yanran did not shrink back in the slightest. Although she did