"I hereby announce that the champion of this Alchemist Tournament is-Yan Xiao!"
In the Jia Ma Empire, cheers erupted as Fa Ma made his announcement from the VIP seats.
"Yan Xiao! Yan Xiao! Yan Xiao!"
Everyone shouted Xiao Yan's name, their gazes burning, their voices excited, their faces filled with fervor. In a corner of the VIP seats, Nalan Yanran watched the black-robed youth on the stage, a trace of hurt flashing through her eyes.
"Why are you so cold to me...?"
As the young sect master of the Misty Cloud Sect, she had always treated Yan Xiao courteously, lowering herself several times to get along with him. Yet every encounter had been met with his cold indifference. He could even chat and laugh freely with Yao Ye, but whenever she approached, his cheerful smile instantly vanished, turning as bitterly cold as winter.
"If there's some misunderstanding between us, you could just tell me..." Nalan Yanran kept her gaze on the Alchemist Tournament's champion and murmured so softly that only she could hear.
Little did she know that the man she had fallen for was the very man she had personally rejected.
Just then, a disciple dressed in the Misty Cloud Sect's uniform approached Nalan Yanran from behind and said respectfully, "Young sect master, the grand elder and the others ask that you return to the Misty Cloud Sect as soon as possible."
"All right." Her lips parted slightly, and Nalan Yanran regained her usual composure, as though the girl from a moment ago had never been her at all.
Meanwhile, in the Black-Corner Region, Xiao Fan had left the Black Skull Tomb and arrived at Black Seal City.
Before even entering Black Seal City, Xiao Fan encountered several fights to the death outside its walls. He was no longer