Lan Hong suddenly called out Yao Chen's name, leaving everyone else confused. Ling Ying became even more wary; he had not sensed anyone else's presence at all.
At that moment, a soul body emerged from Xiao Yan's ring. It was Yao Chen.
"I am Yao Chen. Greetings, Your Excellency. It was not my intention to remain hidden, but my soul is weak at present, and I did not dare reveal myself."
Seeing this, Xiao Yan immediately reacted and pointed at Yao Chen. "I understand now. You're the one who turned me into a cripple, aren't you?!"
"I have indeed been absorbing your Dou Qi for the past three years. For that, I apologize."
"If apologies worked, then I... cough, cough... Fine, forget the apology. At least give me some tangible compensation."
"Xiao Yan, you've got some nerve. You don't even know who he is, yet you dare ask him for benefits."
"Hehe, isn't Senior here? Oh, right, I still don't know what to call you, Senior."
"My name is Lan Hong. Just call me by my name. To think that the Medicine Venerable of old has fallen to such a state... it truly makes one sigh."
When Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran heard Lan Hong call Yao Chen the Medicine Venerable, they were startled once more.
Even if only a soul body remained, a Dou Zun was not someone their Cloud Mist Sect could afford to provoke.
After all, if Yao Chen had not wanted to cultivate Xiao Yan while also fearing the Soul Hall, he could have had Xiao Yan take him back to the Central Plains to seek out his old lovers.
Yao Chen had been quite a romantic in his youth and had more than a few former girlfriends.
He could have asked them to help him