48: Chapter 48 Yunyun's Date

At night, Jia Ma Holy City was brightly lit. Xiao Yan, wearing a luxurious fifth-grade Alchemist robe, was chatting and laughing with Yao Ye and others in a magnificent palace.

The palace was decorated with bell-shaped white flowers. Their stamens emitted a translucent luster, which, under the reflection of the lights and walls, took on a pale yellow hue.

Xiao Yan raised the glass cup in his hand to signal to everyone, then drank it in one gulp. The atmosphere was exceptionally harmonious.

But just at this moment, the white doors were pushed open, and a beautiful figure in a white robe appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Yanran!" Liu Ling couldn't help but exclaim softly as he looked at the person who had suddenly appeared before him.

The hall gradually quieted down. Regarding the grievances between Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan, those who hadn't known about them had recently learned everything. Therefore, while everyone was surprised by Nalan Yanran's appearance, they were also very curious.

The white-robed figure walked straight toward Xiao Yan, who was holding his glass cup. After a brief silence, Nalan Yanran took the initiative to speak: "Xiao Yan, our Sect Master wants to see you."

"Sect Master, you mean Yun Yun? Or is it Yun Zhi?" Xiao Yan turned his head and looked with a faint smile at the Young Sect Leader before him, who had already grown into someone with extraordinary bearing.

Xiao Yan's words clearly stirred up many people's imagination. Could it be that the Cloud Mist Sect Master had once had contact with Xiao Yan, and it appeared to be contact where she had hidden her name?

"Tomorrow morning, I will wait for you at the foot of Yun Lan Mountain. Whether you come or not depends on you; my teacher will not force you to go." After saying this, Nalan Yanran turned and left.

"You come when you say you will, and leave when you say you will? Nalan Yanran." Xiao Yan sneered.

Nalan Yanran's departing figure paused. She turned back to look at Xiao Yan, her eyes cold as she said: "Xiao Yan, what else do you want then?"

"Heh, do you still remember that Three-Year Agreement?" Xiao Yan smiled lightly and asked.

"Naturally, I remember. The Three-Year Agreement; if I lose, I will become a slave or a maid, to be dealt with at your disposal." When saying this, Nalan Yanran's eyes dimmed significantly.

"I don't have the time to drag you, a dead weight, along while I travel the continent. Your teacher has shown me kindness, and it is impossible for me to return kindness with enmity. How about this: I will go to the Cloud Mist Sect tomorrow, and if you can withstand three moves from me, then there will be no more grievances between us." Xiao Yan smiled faintly, looking at the downcast Nalan Yanran before him as he spoke.

He already knew the news of Yun Yun's injury. If he didn't go to check on her, he would feel a bit guilty, as it was, after all, caused by him.

At this time, Yun Shan should be in seclusion. Without the Three-Year Agreement and with the Mo family affair not yet exposed, this trip should be without danger.

Nalan Yanran looked at Xiao Yan with confusion, but although she was full of questions, she still kept them to herself.

"Alright, go now. I'm going back to rest in a while." Xiao Yan said impatiently to Nalan Yanran.

Nalan Yanran's arrival left Xiao Yan with no interest in continuing the banquet. After Nalan Yanran left, Xiao Yan drank a little wine and also left the banquet.

Walking on the road back, Xiao Yan was also thinking. The most likely reason Yun Yun wanted to see him was regarding Nalan Yanran's Three-Year Agreement. After all, as a master, she wouldn't want to see her Disciple suffer humiliation.

He had deliberately revealed "Yun Zhi" to Nalan Yanran, naturally to put Yun Yun at ease so she wouldn't have to worry.

Combined with his previous pseudonym "Yao Yan" and his green Exotic Fire, there was no need to guess; that Yao Yan was indeed Xiao Yan.

Heh, I'll go see her tomorrow. After all, Yun Yun getting injured while blocking the Snake People was related to him. I just didn't expect that Yun Yun would be so stubborn as to try and lay a hand on the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python...

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but rub his forehead and sigh.

After entering the inn, Xiao Yan once again took out the Green Lotus pedestal, but this time, he also took out the Dou Ling Pill he had refined today.

Today, Xiao Yan was prepared to attempt a Breakthrough from a four-star Dou Wang to a five-star Dou Wang.

As his Realm constantly improved, the energy required for a Breakthrough became increasingly terrifying. According to his calculations, the energy he needed to break through one star could at least allow a Dou Wang of the same level to break through three times or more!

There was no helping it; his Dou Qi, whether in purity or quantity, was terrifying, even far exceeding that of an ordinary Dou Huang expert.

His powerful physical talent made Xiao Yan incredibly sensitive to external energy. Although he was only a four-star Dou Wang, he could already mobilize large amounts of external energy of the same attribute. Not only that, but he could even stay in the air for a short time.

Fortunately, although the energy required for a Breakthrough was massive, the energy he refined from the heavens and earth also far exceeded that of other Dou Wang experts.

Xiao Yan pinched the round Dou Ling Pill, swallowed it in one gulp, and began his Breakthrough.

The massive and pure energy circulated and refined rapidly within his body. Under Xiao Yan's control, the speed gradually increased, and before long, it actually formed an energy hurricane inside his body!

The energy hurricane frantically condensed liquefied Dou Qi, flinging it into Xiao Yan's limbs and bones, merging it within them.

It took the condensation of over forty drops of liquefied Dou Qi before it finally ended. At this moment, Xiao Yan finally opened his eyes, and an aura stronger than before burst out, blowing the miscellaneous items in the room into disarray.

Ever since Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Wang, the dou crystal in his Dou Zhi Qi vortex had transformed into pure energy and merged into every part of his body. Now, when he mobilized his Dou Qi, it was different from before; the mobilization of Dou Qi came from all over his body and could be used directly along his Meridians, which was far smoother than using the dou crystal.

"Five-star Dou Wang. I remember that Han Feng should be at the strength of a nine-star Dou Huang at this time, though it might also be a half-step Dou Zong..." Xiao Yan calculated to himself. If he encountered Han Feng now, and if Han Feng insisted on running away, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to kill him successfully.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh. His methods were still too singular; if he didn't have the Exotic Fire Bead, encountering Han Feng would mean he would be the one insisting on escaping.

It seems he indeed needed to raise his strength to a nine-star Dou Wang...

The next day, just as the fiery red sun rose, Xiao Yan was already flying high in the sky.

The Cloud Mist Sect was built on Yun Lan Mountain, dozens of miles away from the Imperial Capital. With Xiao Yan's high-speed flight, he arrived at the foot of the mountain in the blink of an eye.

Many of the Empire's elite troops were stationed at the foot of the mountain, and soldiers had already begun training early outside the white tents.

Xiao Yan glanced casually and landed straight in front of the stone steps at the foot of the mountain, where a young woman had been waiting early.

Xiao Yan nodded slightly toward Nalan Yanran, then tapped his feet lightly and advanced rapidly, leaping dozens of steps at a time.

Nalan Yanran followed closely behind, and looking at the youth in front of her, she couldn't help but reveal a bitter expression.

After thinking for these past few days, she had already accepted the fact that she had completely failed.

During this time, she had thought a lot. If, if she hadn't been willful and gone to break off the engagement back then, what would the situation be like now?

Nalan Yanran knew that, at the very least, Nalan Jie, her grandfather, would not have died.

Regret?

These few days of painful reflection finally made Nalan Yanran realize her mistake. She still didn't regret the act of breaking off the engagement back then, but she hated herself for using that method...

At the end of the stone steps was a plaza surrounded by clouds and mist. There were many Disciples scattered about, practicing in the morning. When they saw Xiao Yan, they were first startled, and then they saw Nalan Yanran following behind him.

"Senior Sister Nalan!" Several Disciples greeted her with smiles when they saw Nalan Yanran.

Although these Disciples spent most of their time in the Cloud Mist Sect, they were very well-informed and had clearly recognized the identity of the youth walking in front.

But precisely because of this, they didn't dare to casually speak up and touch upon Senior Sister Nalan's bad luck, so they greeted her and hurriedly left.

It was just that the direction some of them left in was where the Grand Elder was located...

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