"Xiao Yan, you really are impressive. You actually know so much about this deputy commander!"
Heaven Beyond, by the lake.
Seeing Xiao Yan recount his background as though listing treasures in his own home, Huai En showed a flicker of surprise.
Although he was rather famous in Heaven Beyond, Xiao Yan had spent little time there. He had never expected Xiao Yan to know him so well. How interesting.
Across from him, seeing that Xiao Huai'en merely smiled at him instead of attacking again, Xiao Yan asked with a composed expression, "Deputy Commander Xiao, don't you think you owe me an explanation? We've never met before, so why did you attack me the moment we met?"
Xiao Yan had no intention of explaining anything to him. Besides, although his opponent seemingly had not used his full strength in that strike, anyone weaker would certainly have been injured.
Moreover, he was certain that he had never offended Xiao Huai'en. Wasn't attacking him right upon arrival a little too much of a bullying act?
Beside him, Xiao Xun'er felt the same. She also wanted to know why Xiao Huai'en had come. After all, judging by his swift arrival and immediate attack, he had clearly come straight for Xiao Yan.
However, Huai En swept his gaze over Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, then smiled. "Nothing much. I've always heard Teacher say you're a cultivation genius, and that among the younger generation, almost no one can compare to you in alchemy.
"I figured that anyone Teacher admired so much was someone I had to meet.
"When you visited Heaven Beyond before, I happened to be in secluded cultivation each time. Now that I finally have some free time, wouldn't I be missing out terribly if I didn't come see the person even Teacher admires?"