When Yun Shan saw Xiao Yan approach, he immediately put on a smile and went to greet him, bowing with utmost sincerity.
"Alliance Leader Xiao, thank you for saving me."
Xiao Yan regarded this villain from the original story with a faint, knowing smile. "Weren't you in league with Protector Wu?"
"When exactly did I save you?"
Yun Shan's expression remained unchanged. "You may not know this, Alliance Leader Xiao, but Protector Wu tampered with my soul, leaving me no choice but to submit to his control."
"Now that you've killed Protector Wu, haven't you effectively saved me?"
Xiao Yan raised his brows at that. Rather than answering immediately, he turned his gaze toward Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.
Both women knew Xiao Yan's temperament well. He was not the sort to slaughter everyone to the last, especially since Yun Shan had never once attacked him.
Neither of them worried in the slightest about Yun Shan's safety.
Nalan Yanran pleaded sweetly, "Brother Xiao Yan, since Grandmaster has put it that way, why not see your good deed through to the end and fix the problem with his soul too?"
"Don't worry, Grandmaster certainly won't let your efforts go unrewarded. The Misty Cloud Sect has stood for centuries. Its reserves are certainly no less substantial than those of the Black Emperor Sect or Demon Flame Valley."
Nalan Yanran spoke with a cheerful grin.
The Flame Alliance had only recently been founded, and this was precisely when it needed resources to build its foundations.
At that moment, Nalan Yanran was thinking entirely of Xiao Yan, completely forgetting that she was still the Misty Cloud Sect's Young Sect Master.
Listening to Nalan Yanran, Yun Yun felt black lines spring up across her forehead.
*Why did it feel as though this girl was turning