"Well, if it isn't Old Mu! Why did you come alone today? Isn't that boy Mu Zhan always pestering Ya Fei? How come he's nowhere to be seen?"
Seeing Mu Chen arrive late, Nalan Jie deliberately teased him.
He had also considered the possibility that Mu Zhan would accompany Mu Chen today. If a fight broke out, he would certainly side with Xiao Yan.
An all-out war with the Mu Family would inevitably cost the Nalan Family dearly. But for the sake of his grandson-in-law, he would not compromise even if the Jia Ma Imperial Family pressured him.
What a joke. A teenage Dou Ling with the potential to become a Sixth-Rank Alchemist would become a Dou Huang expert within ten years. From any perspective, the returns on investing in Xiao Yan would even surpass those of the entire Jia Ma Empire.
Besides, Xiao Yan was both his savior and the Nalan Family's grandson-in-law. Even if he had to stake his old life on it, he would do everything in his power to protect Xiao Yan.
"Don't even mention it. Who knows what's gotten into that boy? He refused to come no matter what I said. Even when I told him his beloved Ya Fei would be here, he still wouldn't show his face."
Mu Chen was rather helpless as well. Something must have happened at yesterday's gathering at the Nalan Family estate.
But the boy stubbornly refused to say anything, and in the end, the matter was left unresolved.
"Come to think of it, your Nalan Yanran isn't here either. What happened?"
Mu Chen looked around. Nalan Jie and Nalan Su had come to represent the Nalan Family, but Nalan Yanran was absent.
"Alas, I suspect my granddaughter's condition has worsened again. She went to the Misty Cloud Sect