Wutan City, the Xiao Clan.
Ever since Xiao Yan had lost the Dou Qi within his body, no matter how he cultivated, he remained at the third stage of Dou Qi, without the slightest improvement.
Moreover, no one could discover why his Dou Qi had vanished. For a time, news that the Xiao Clan's genius, Xiao Yan, had become a useless failure spread like wildfire throughout Wutan City.
As time passed, word of Xiao Yan's fall into uselessness also reached the Imperial Capital, even though no one deliberately followed or spread the news. After all, the Xiao Clan had once been a renowned family in the Jia Ma Empire's Imperial Capital.
Even Xiao Tian Ce, who seldom left his residence, heard the news during one of his occasional outings.
Naturally, the Nalan Family, whose daughter was betrothed to Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan, heard it too. They even sent someone directly to Wutan City to investigate.
Meanwhile, atop a mountain peak in the Misty Cloud Sect.
A girl of twelve or thirteen sat on a stool, sulking. As the sole personal disciple of Yun Yun, the Misty Cloud Sect's Current Master, both her talent and her strength made her worthy of her position as successor to the next Misty Cloud Sect Master.
Had things remained as they were before, she could have accepted it. Xiao Yan had at least been a cultivation genius, a rare talent even within the Jia Ma Empire, and had barely been worthy of her. Even if others in the Misty Cloud Sect objected, they would not have been too harsh. After all, their sect master would have to marry someday.
But now, after news spread that Xiao Yan had become useless, those who knew about the situation kept belittling him in front of her.