During this time, Xun'er had also gotten along quite well with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, and naturally learned plenty of stories about Xiao Yan from them.
In Zi Yan's telling, Xiao Yan was an unrivaled powerhouse who supplied her with pills for free, cowed the mighty figures of the Black-Corner Region single-handedly, and helped Jia Nan Academy repel Earth Demon Old Ghost. In Qing Lin's telling, he was an incomparably good man who rescued her from a sea of misery, drove back Queen Medusa, saved the desert's inhabitants, and did good deeds without leaving his name.
Their stories made Xiao Yan's already towering image in Xun'er's heart grow even taller, to the point where he could practically be called a saint. However, Xun'er also learned from Zi Yan about what had happened between them, and even her normally unruffled composure began to crumble. The lovely cabbage she had nurtured for so long, without even getting a chance to take a bite herself... had been eaten by someone else just like that?
"You womanizing scoundrel!" Xun'er shot Xiao Yan a resentful glare, grabbed his arm, and bit down hard on his wrist. She looked just like a young wife who had caught her husband having an affair. Yet there was nothing she could do about Xiao Yan's behavior, so she could only vent her anger this way...
Xiao Yan, however, barely felt a thing. After all, he had practiced a Body-Tempering Dou Technique like the Lesser Glazed Golden Body, and his own strength had reached the Dou Zun level. With Xun'er's current strength, she could not hurt him in the slightest. In fact, had he not deliberately suppressed himself, that bite would have caused her serious injury instead.
Still, Xun'er was clearly jealous. Xiao Yan was no blockhead, and he