Chapter 269 Nalan Yanran first heard of Xiao
Se Yunlan Sect.
The top of the back mountain.
Surrounded by clouds and mist, it looks like a fairyland.
On a protruding boulder at the edge of the cliff, a beautiful girl in a moon-white dress sat cross-legged with her eyes slightly closed, forming a practice hand seal. With each breath, the rich energy of heaven and earth around her exuded wisps of faint green airflow, which swirled around the girl's body and were then continuously absorbed into her body for refining.
When the last wisp of green energy was absorbed into the girl's body, she slowly opened her beautiful eyes, a faint green light passed through her eyes, and the girl stood up gracefully. A breeze blew towards her, and three thousand green lights fluttered in the wind. As the hem of her skirt swayed, it set off the girl's perfect contours.
"Didn't I tell you that it's okay and that you shouldn't disturb me while I'm practicing?" the girl said in a cold voice.
"Senior Sister Nalan, it's Grandpa Nalan Su who is here. He told you to go see him right away." Seeing the girl stop practicing, a maid from the Yunlan Sect who had been waiting for a long time hurriedly said respectfully.
"Father? Why did he come to Yunlan Sect?" Hearing this, the girl frowned, shook her head in confusion, and then turned around and left the top of the mountain shrouded in clouds and mist without thinking any more.
In the spacious and bright hall of over a thousand square meters, a middle-aged man with a slightly gloomy face was holding the jade teacup in his hand anxiously.
Because too much force was used, the jade cup made a crisp creaking sound, as if it would be crushed at any time.
Nalan Su is very annoyed now. As the saying goes, misfortunes never come alone. First, Nalan Jie, the backbone of the family, was poisoned while trying to kill the fifth-level monster Branding Poison Python. Later, it was reported that the boy from the Xiao family who was broken off in engagement had his talent restored. It only took him a year and a half to upgrade his cultivation from the third stage of fighting spirit to that of a fighter.
There are also rumors that in addition to Xiao Yan, the Xiao family has two more powerful geniuses. One is Xiao Se, who broke through to the Dou Ling level at the age of less than fifteen and joined Canaan College. Now, a year has passed, and it is unknown how much his strength has improved. The other is Xiao Yu, the daughter of the Xiao family's eldest elder, who also reached the level of a great Dou Shi at the age of less than twenty.
But at this time, Nalan Yanran had already broken off the engagement, which made the Nalan family even more precarious in the imperial capital.
If the rumors were true, not only would his Nalan family lose their talented son-in-law Xiao Yan, but Xiao Se, who was said to be so godly by the outside world, might also become hostile to the Nalan family out of his love for the family.
Whenever Nalan Su thought about a genius who was about to become a Dou Huang and would be hostile to the Nalan family in the near future, he felt uneasy.
However, Nalan Jie agreed to Nalan Yanran's cancellation of the engagement, which put Nalan Su in a dilemma.
"Alas, is God going to destroy my Nalan family?"
The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. Nalan Su couldn't help but increase the strength in his hands. The next second, there was a dull bang, and the jade teacup was crushed to pieces by him.
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"Father, why are you here? Why didn't you inform your daughter in advance?" Just as Nalan Su was filled with grief and anger, the light and ethereal voice of a young girl suddenly rang out in the hall. A graceful and exquisite figure in moon-white color walked slowly into the hall door. Her voice arrived before she arrived.
"Please sit down." Looking at Nalan Yanran, who was becoming more and more beautiful and talented, Nalan Su felt a little comforted and said in a deep voice.
Seeing Nalan Su's extremely ugly expression, Nalan Yanran's heart tightened and she waved to the maid beside her. The latter bowed slightly, turned around and walked out of the hall respectfully.
"Father, did something happen at home?" After the maid left, Nalan Yanran sat next to Nalan Su and said with a frown.
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Nalan Su nodded slightly, "Two major events have happened. The first is that your grandfather was poisoned while trying to kill the fifth-level magic beast, the Iron Poison Seal Python. The poison is now corroding the fighting spirit in your grandfather's body."
"Ah, Grandpa has been poisoned?" Hearing this, Nalan Yanran was shocked. Poison is a thing, and it comes from a fifth-level monster. This is serious enough. "What's the situation now? Have you asked the alchemist to take a look?"
"I have already issued a notice, and now almost half of the alchemists in the imperial capital are watching it. Your grandfather has a high level of cultivation, and the branding poison cannot do anything to him for the time being. What I want to talk about is the second thing." Nalan Su said in a deep voice.
"What's the matter?" Hearing that her grandfather was fine for the time being, Nalan Yanran breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked with some confusion.
"Xiao Yan's talent has been restored, and he has now broken through to the level of a fighter. It only took him a year and a half to go from the third level of fighting spirit to that of a fighter." Nalan Su sighed.
Hearing this, Nalan Yanran's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, then she shrugged her shoulders and said casually, "If he has recovered, then he has recovered. There is only less than a year and a half left before the three-year agreement. How strong can a mere fighter be in a year and a half?"
For a woman who had seen a genius like 'Xiao Huohuo' who could refine a fifth-grade elixir at the age of seventeen, Xiao Yan's so-called talent was no longer enough to impress her. So what if he broke through to the Fighter level at the age of eleven? She had a higher goal in mind.
In the past two years, she used the elixir made by 'Xiao Huohuo' purchased from Miter Auction House. She had already broken through to the Dou Shi level a year ago, and now she has even broken through to the three-star Dou Shi level. What can Xiao Yan do to her?
"That's not what I want to talk about." Nalan Su shook his head helplessly and sighed, "I wonder if you have ever heard of Xiao Se?"
"Xiao Se?" Hearing this, Nalan Yanran was stunned. Just as she was about to shake her head, a burst of old laughter suddenly sounded outside the door: "Haha, Brother Nalan, you are talking about the Xiao Se who has been making a lot of noise in Wutan City in the past year, right?"
As the laughter died down, an old man in a white robe walked in.
"Elder Ge Ye, what's going on with Xiao Se?" Nalan Yanran asked with some confusion when she saw the newcomer. Since the so-called three-year agreement was made, she had only paid attention to the news about 'Xiao Huohuo' occasionally and had been practicing, completely forgetting everything else.
"It is said that a disciple of the Xiao family broke through to the Dou Ling realm when he was less than fifteen years old. More than a year ago, at the Canaan College inner courtyard selection competition, he easily defeated three great Dou Masters by himself. Now, at most he is only sixteen years old." Ge Ye said with a smile.
"Before the age of fifteen, he has reached the level of Dou Ling. How... How is this possible?" Nalan Yanran's face changed drastically. She finally understood why her father had such an ugly expression. Before the age of fifteen, he had broken through to the level of Dou Ling. This talent was enough to rival the 'Xiao Huohuo' in her heart.
"This matter has long been spread by the mouths of students from Canaan College who returned to the Gama Empire during the holidays. It is true. Many families in the cities near Wutan City have already taken the initiative to make friends with the Xiao family." Ge Ye said with a smile.
"In that case, Ge Ye, old man, are you here to laugh at our Nalan family?" Hearing Ge Ye's words and seeing that he was still smiling, Nalan Su's face turned completely gloomy.
"Hey, Brother Nalan, don't be angry. You only know one side of the story!" Ge Ye kept the secret.