Chapter 168 Nalan Yanran: I will not lose no matter what.
The three-year agreement was originally an agreement between the Nalan family and the Xiao family.
However, some well-informed people still got wind of it.
The duel between Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan soon spread among the upper echelons of the Jia Ma Empire.
One was the future successor of the Yun Lan Sect, and the other was a young fourth-grade alchemist who made a name for himself in the Alchemist Competition. Naturally, they attracted the attention of various forces.
"Who are the Xiao family? How could they have an engagement with the Nalan family?"
"Young man, you don't know that the Xiao family was originally a big family in the imperial capital. Its member Xiao Lin is also a genuine Dou Wang strongman, and he is a close friend of Nalan Jie. Later, Xiao Lin died in a feud, and the Xiao family moved to Wutan City in the northeast of the empire."
"So that's how it is. The impoverished Xiao family is indeed no match for the Nalan family."
"That's not the case. Xiao Yan was once a famous genius in the empire. It is said that he successfully condensed a Dou Qi cyclone at the age of eleven and became the youngest Dou player in the Jia Ma Empire. But later, for some reason, he lost his Dou Qi and fell to the waste of the third stage of Dou Qi. He has been sinking ever since. But three years ago, he seemed to have been favored by a mysterious alchemist. Not only did he recover his original talent, but it only took him one year to upgrade from the third stage of Dou Qi to the strength of a Dou player. Now two years have passed, he should have been promoted to Dou Master, right?"
"A genius is born, a genius falls, and a genius recovers. Is this Xiao Yan the protagonist of a novel? Tsk tsk~ This life experience is too fantastic."
"Is Xiao Yan a very good alchemist? Why don't I see his name on the ranking list of the competition?"
"Brother Liu Ling, do you know what happened?"
Facing the crowd of spectators beside him, Liu Ling frowned and said, "This person tried to forcibly improve the grade of the elixir in the finals, but unfortunately the failure caused the finished elixir to be destroyed. The competition was judged as incomplete, so he was deprived of the ranking qualification. But in terms of alchemy level, this person is probably better than me."
Since the failure of the alchemist competition, Liu Ling has gone through a deep reflection and realized his own shortcomings.
"Impossible? He is actually better than Brother Liu Ling?"
Everyone expressed surprise.
"Tsk! What does alchemy have to do with fighting? I know this kid, he is just a coward, haha!"
Mu Zhan showed a disdainful expression on his face. He had met Xiao Yan once at the banquet. At that time, he heard Yun Tianming and Ya Fei getting close, and ran over in a rage. He bumped into Xiao Yan, who chose to tolerate, which made Mu Zhan despise him.
Under the gaze of the crowd of onlookers, a young man carrying a huge black ruler appeared at the foot of Yunlan Mountain. He took steady steps and climbed up the long stairs of Yunlan Sect step by step.
At the end of the long stone stairs, there was mist and clouds, and behind the mist was a huge square. At this time, thousands of Yunlan Sect disciples dressed in moon-white robes had gathered in the square.
At the top of the square, there were old men with immortal demeanor sitting on the stone seats. They were all elders of Yunlan Sect.
"Is this person Xiao Yan?"
"His aura is restrained, and I can't tell his specific level for the time being."
"Such a young fourth-grade alchemist can be called a genius."
Yun Leng gave a good evaluation after examining Xiao Yan, "After the battle is over, we can send someone to contact him to see if he is willing to join our Yunlan Sect."
"Grand Elder, I don't think it's likely."
"This boy has a mysterious alchemist behind him, and his origins are probably not small."
Gu He secretly exerted his sixth-grade alchemist's soul power to try to detect Xiao Yan, but he got nothing in return, and was secretly surprised.
"Is he finally here?"
Yun Tianming stood on the high platform, looking down at Xiao Yan who was walking step by step from the stairs.
"He seems to have changed a lot, and he is completely different from three years ago."
Nalan Yanran's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.
"Yanran, you must not underestimate the enemy."
Yun Tianming warned him earnestly.
"I know. I won't lose no matter what!"
Nalan Yanran answered confidently.
She has her own pride, especially in front of her lover, she must win beautifully!
While they were looking at Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan was also looking at them.
"Nalan Yanran."
"Sure enough, she is stronger than expected."
Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes. Although he could not see through the opponent's strength, he could still feel a strong breath from the latter with his good soul power.
"Don't have any psychological burden, do your best, and you will have no regrets whether you win or lose."
Yao Chen's voice seemed a little decadent.
This was because he forcibly separated a particle of fire from the bone spirit cold fire for Xiao Yan, which consumed a lot of soul power.
"Teacher, you have worked hard, I will not let you down!"
Xiao Yan gritted his teeth, quickened his pace, and after a run-up, his figure jumped up and boarded the square of Yunlan Sect.
One foot per person, facing the nearly 1,000 disciples of Yunlan Sect in front of him, there was no fear on his face.
A loud voice sounded on the field.
"Xiao Family, Xiao Yan!"
The simple words slowly floated over the huge square.
Countless disciples of the Yun Lan Sect all looked at the black-robed young man standing resolutely on the square with their own different emotions. Everyone was more or less jealous of this young man named Xiao Yan.
Just because he almost married Nalan Yanran, who was like a goddess in their Yun Lan Sect, although the engagement between the two had been cancelled, it was indeed not easy for him to accept the three-year agreement and personally challenge Yun Lan Sect!
"Tsk tsk~ This Xiao Yan doesn't look like he is unprepared."
"This is going to be a good show!"
The crowd was very excited.
"Old Nalan, this guy is the one who almost became your son-in-law? He doesn't look bad."
Mu Chen said with a teasing look. Apart from anything else, the identity of a fourth-grade alchemist alone is enough to make people dare not underestimate him. I don't know what the Nalan family thought, they actually cancelled the engagement.
"Indeed, he is worthy of being Xiao Lin's grandson."
"But since it is the young man's choice, I, the old man, have nothing to say."
Nalan Jie's eyes flickered. He had a good first impression of Xiao Yan. But when he thought of Yun Tianming, he felt that he was more suitable to be the son-in-law of the Nalan family!
"This kid has some things, but not much."
Hai Bodong leaned back lazily on the chair. After seeing a top genius like Yun Tianming, his vision was different.
"Nalan family, Nalan Yanran!"
Nalan Yanran jumped down from the high platform, her delicate body upright like a proud snow lotus, her bright eyes staring at Xiao Yan, and her voice was as calm as the latter.