"Father-I'm back."
Looking at the Nalan Family estate, which felt both familiar and somewhat strange, Nalan Yanran spoke softly to Nalan Su in the main hall.
At the sight of Nalan Yanran's return, a trace of a smile finally broke through the anxiety on Nalan Su's face.
"You're back. Good, it's good that you're back!"
Normally, he would never have worried about wherever his daughter went, but her condition was worsening by the day. Nalan Su feared that one day, his precious daughter would no longer even recognize him.
"And this is?"
Looking at the young man who had accompanied Nalan Yanran home, Nalan Su found it unbelievable that he could not detect even the slightest trace of his aura. Presumably, he was wearing some sort of item that concealed his cultivation.
Naturally, he could not imagine that a young man around his daughter's age could have cultivation surpassing his own as a Five-Star Dou Ling.
"Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan pays his respects, Uncle Nalan." Xiao Yan cupped his hands in greeting, neither servile nor arrogant.
The name made Nalan Su's pupils tremble. Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan-wasn't he the young genius betrothed to his daughter? He had only met Xiao Yan as a child. Now, so many years had passed in the blink of an eye, and he had certainly grown into a fine-looking young man.
At the very least, the bearing Xiao Yan displayed gave him an excellent first impression.
"Junior Sister Nalan, you're finally back. As it happens, I came today to deliver medicine to suppress Old Master Nalan Jie's poison, and to let you know that Sect Master Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect some time ago.
"She instructed me to bring you back to the Misty Cloud Sect as soon