Xiao Yan Was Going to Have Another Marriage Arranged

"I'll defeat him fair and square, then admit my wrongdoing to the sect."

With determination on her face, Nalan Yanran was as naive as ever.

"Go back and continue reflecting on your mistakes in seclusion."

Yun Shan couldn't even be bothered to comment on that answer. Did she really think that a young master of such mysterious origins, with a Dou Zun at his side, would be weak?!

What could a little girl who had only just broken through to Dou Shi possibly use to confront him head-on?

"Xiao Yun, guide her well for the time being. There's no need to change her mind. I'll handle what happens after the Three-Year Agreement." Yun Shan's voice was calm. He had already decided to give up on Nalan Yanran.

"Also, after the Three-Year Agreement, Yanran will be expelled from the Misty Cloud Sect. From now on, she is only a core disciple of our sect, and she is no longer qualified to access its inheritances."

In the end, Yun Shan nailed the matter down.

In any case, she had already been given quite a few of the sect's secret teachings, including Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills. Once she mastered them,

it would be enough for the young master to enjoy a splendid fight.

Of course, it was more likely that a vast gap would open between their cultivation levels in a short time.

A Dou Zun was personally raising him!

How could the Misty Cloud Sect offer anything like that? Even at its height, when its founding master had established the sect, no disciple had ever received such favor.

"Master, I'll help Yanran."

After a moment's silence, Yun Yun was still unwilling to accept it.

Who said women were inferior to men?

When it came to cultivation, having a better background didn't mean one would cultivate faster.

"As you wish!"

His gaze deep, Yun Shan knew exactly what his foolish disciple was thinking.

But sorry as he was to say it, that was the truth.

Even he, Yun Shan, could casually be turned into a Dou Zun with a touch, to say nothing of a clansman whom the senior valued.

"You're completely mistaken to think that way. Why would he care about such things? If you want to raise her, just raise her!" Mo Xuan appeared as if floating on air and let out a leisurely sigh.

"Senior!" Yun Shan hurriedly bowed, unable to keep his heart from trembling. Had the arrangements he had just made violated some taboo again?

"You're scheming again. Cultivation requires purity. Why are you being so cautious? In cultivation, you should press bravely forward."

Mo Xuan continued to put on the airs of an eminent senior.

"If your cultivation improves day by day and you manage to break through to Dou Sheng, I imagine he'll hold you in higher regard."

Yun Shan's lips twitched slightly. Anyone who heard that would have shaken their head.

A Dou Sheng, no less! Yun Shan believed that if he had the opportunity to become a Dou Zun in this lifetime, it would already be a gift from heaven.

A Dou Sheng! A legend among legends. He dared not even dream of it.

"You've been having quite a good time these past few days!"

Xiao Xuan stepped forward, his figure appearing before them.

He had not been in seclusion for long; he had merely wanted to think a few things through.

There would be no more doubts about the future!

Earth, fire, water, and wind. He would first gather the power of fire. On the Dou Qi Continent, Heavenly Flames were the easiest to find, and their quality was sufficient as well.

As for the remaining earth and water, Xiao Xuan had a faint feeling that they were connected to a divine object in the world, while wind ought to be the manifestation of spatial power.

Perhaps he would have to visit that clan on the continent to have a look. He wondered how the old monster in there was doing now.

Xiao Xuan let out a leisurely sigh. He was in a fairly good mood.

There was plenty to do, but there was no need to rush.

That was why he had come out to see where Mo Xuan had gone.

After all, he was a Ninth-Tier Xuan Pill!

If he could become an Emperor Pill life-form, the Xiao Clan would have something to rely on in the future.

But one look at Mo Xuan was enough to tell that he didn't even have a hope of becoming a golden core.

Giving blind guidance! He probably couldn't even make sense of his own cultivation.

"Out of seclusion? I was looking around!" To maintain his aloof image, Mo Xuan showed little weakness, and his bearing was not the least bit inferior. Besides, Mo Xuan had lived through far too many years. Judging by appearances alone, he could stand on equal footing with the unassuming Xiao Xuan.

"Hah!"

With no intention of paying the fool any attention, Xiao Xuan turned his gaze to Yun Shan and the others.

"The Misty Cloud Sect does have a few promising juniors."

"That little girl is Nalan Yanran? She looks quite good. I wasn't there when you broke off the engagement before, or it wouldn't have been out of the question to make you a daughter-in-law of the Xiao Clan."

It wasn't as though a man could only have one wife, much less that she had to be given the status of the principal wife.

When Xiao Xuan saw a junior he liked, he was quite casual about playing matchmaker.

"The Xiao Clan? Senior, you were there at the time too?!" Nalan Yanran's face filled with shock. Thinking back on it now, she really had been bold because of her skills.

Although she had shown some consideration for the Xiao Clan's face in her conduct back then, if it really came down to it, had the Xiao Clan been strong enough, they would have been entirely justified in killing her on the spot.

Nalan Yanran had indeed dared to go to their door and break off the engagement because she had seen how weak the Xiao Clan was.

"Senior, you are magnanimous. Yanran knows she was wrong."

If she had another chance, Nalan Yanran would not have gone straight over and brazenly broken off the engagement, but she would still have had the same intention.

She alone could control her own life and marriage.

"You've got spirit!"

Xiao Xuan praised her, then a thought occurred to him. "But the Three-Year Agreement seems a little too long. That boy from my clan couldn't wait and has already come over."

"He's a Dou Ling now!"

Smiling, Xiao Xuan watched Nalan Yanran with great interest, wanting to know how the little girl would respond.

"A Dou Ling?"

Only a few months had passed! Xiao Yan, the fallen genius who had once been stuck at Dou Qi, was cultivating at such an astonishing speed.

After taking a moment to recover, Nalan Yanran no longer dared to call him trash.

Compared to him, wasn't she the trash?

Nalan Yanran, a mere Dou Shi, had thought she had already been cultivating diligently.

"Even though Xiao Yan has broken through to Dou Ling, Yanran still dares to fight him!"

Her fighting spirit burning high, Nalan Yanran wanted to make this match the final light to blossom in her life.

"Hmm." Xiao Xuan rarely took such an interest, but now he chuckled softly. "Then I'll give you the strength to fight him."

With that, he pointed a finger at her. Following Xiao Xuan's movement, the Dou Qi in Nalan Yanran's body began to surge of its own accord, whipping up vortex after vortex around her.

But the fluctuations were only at the Dou Ling level, and even Yun Yun could easily suppress them.

"I'm a Dou Ling too?"

Nalan Yanran murmured to herself, feeling even deeper awe at her extraordinary experience and Xiao Xuan's might.

An ordinary person truly would find it hard to match a junior personally raised by a supreme expert.

But she was not afraid!

"Thank you, Senior. Yanran will give her all in this fight."

"We'll decide the victor and settle life and death!"

Naive as she was, Nalan Yanran knew what was at stake.

Whatever the final outcome, her death would best serve the interests of all sides.

Or rather, it would be most advantageous for the sect and her clan.

The senior might not care, but others could not afford not to!

This was her responsibility, Nalan Yanran's responsibility.

As Xiao Xuan listened to her lofty declaration, the smile in his eyes grew even wider.

What was he to do?

He wanted her as Xiao Yan's wife more and more. With a little more help, perhaps she really could rival Gu Xun'er.

Xiao Xuan had loved watching juniors compete against one another a thousand years ago.