Chapter 270 Return to the Jia Ma Empire
"Elder Ge Ye, please speak quickly." Nalan Yanran said anxiously. Although she was very proud, she was not ignorant. As it concerned her family, she could not help but be cautious in this matter.
Ge Ye smiled faintly and said, "Haha, how could our Yunlan Sect not pay attention to such a peerless genius? After some investigation, we will soon find out Xiao Se's background."
"When he was young, his parents died for the Xiao family because of misfortune. As a result, the Xiao family was so kind. Because Xiao Se's parents were too upright when they were alive, they affected the interests of many people in the Xiao family. After Xiao Se's parents passed away, they directly rejected the three-year-old Xiao Se. It was not until he was six years old that they discovered that Xiao Se showed an extraordinary talent for cultivation. To compete with Xiao Zhan and compare him with Xiao Yan, the elders of the Xiao family took him back."
"But Xiao Se is very smart and unwilling to be manipulated by the elders of the Xiao family. He seems to have hidden himself. So he has been unknown in the Xiao family for many years. Until three or four years ago, without alerting anyone, he went out to gain experience alone. During this period, he rarely returned to the Xiao family. Even when Canaan College was recruiting students in Wutan City the year before last, he did not return to the Xiao family to take the entrance examination."
"Tell me, when a child's parents sacrificed for the family, and he, who should have been the hero of the family, was excluded and could not return home, how would that child view the family?"
After hearing Ge Ye's words, Nalan Yanran fell silent. For some reason, the figures of Xiao Se and Xiao Huohuo overlapped in her mind.
Yun Yun once told Nalan Yanran that Xiao Huohuo had most likely changed his appearance. When she first met Xiao Huohuo, although Xiao Huohuo was wearing a half-face mask, his chin and skin were much more childish and handsome than the appearance he showed during the Alchemist Conference.
Both of them have the surname Xiao, and Xiao Huohuo seemed to have been to Wutan City with Hai Bodong at that time. Could they be the same person?
While Nalan Yanran was thinking, Nalan Su's eyes lit up instantly: "So Xiao Se will not hate my Nalan family, but will feel the pleasure of revenge against the Xiao family because Yanran broke off the engagement."
Ge Ye stroked his graying beard gently: "That's not the case, but it is certain that Xiao Se has no good feelings towards Xiao Zhan, the head of the Xiao family, or even the entire Xiao family."
Hearing this, Nalan Su immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that the Nalan family would get into trouble with Xiao Se, this terrifying monster.
"In that case, I'll go back first." Nalan Su bowed to Ge Ye, turned his gaze to Nalan Yanran, and warned: "Yanran, although Xiao Se will not make things difficult for my Nalan family in the future, Xiao Yan should not be underestimated. You should practice well in Yunlan Sect and don't slack off. Go back to see your grandfather when you have time."
"Yanran knows." Nalan Yanran nodded slightly.
"Haha, actually, Brother Nalan doesn't have to worry too much. Recently, Elder Guhe seems to have obtained a prescription that can greatly improve the speed of cultivation while exploring the ruins. Soon, the sect leader will go to the Warcraft Mountain Range to search for the materials needed to refine medicine for Elder Guhe." Ge Ye said with a smile.
"Oh? What's the prescription?" Nalan Su's eyes lit up again.
"You'll know when the time comes." A mysterious smile appeared on Ge Ye's old face.
Hearing this, Nalan Su curled his lips and said, "If that's the case, then I'll wait and see."
As he spoke, Nalan Su stood up and walked out of the hall.
At this moment, Nalan Yanran's clear and pleasant voice sounded again behind him: "Wait...Father, do you have any news about Xiao Huohuo?"
"Xiao Huohuo?" Hearing this, Nalan Su was startled, stopped, turned around, and looked at Ge Ye. The two looked at each other, their eyes on their noses and their noses on their hearts, and a smile appeared on their faces at the same time.
"Yanran, you are not in love with Xiao Huohuo, are you? It would be great if you two could be together. After all, your grandfather and I both like that little guy." Nalan Su said with a smile. There was almost no one in the entire imperial capital, or even the entire Jiama Empire, who didn't like this genius alchemist who could refine a fifth-grade elixir at the age of seventeen.
After all, this is the only peerless genius in the Jia Ma Empire who has the potential to refine the sixth-grade pinnacle elixir, the Po Zong Dan.
Hearing this, Nalan Yanran's pretty face immediately flushed. She glanced at Nalan Su with her beautiful eyes and said coquettishly, "Father, stop talking nonsense. Quickly answer whether there is any."
Nalan Su shook his head. "No, it is said that after the Alchemist Conference, he went into seclusion in the Mitel Family. Later, the Mitel Family spread the news that Xiao Huohuo had left the Imperial Capital. During that time, you happened to go to the Xiao Family to break off the engagement."
"Xiao Huohuo left the imperial capital? Broke off the engagement? Xiao Se entered Canaan College? He suddenly appeared out of nowhere and made a big splash. The time interval was so close, could it be?" Thinking of this, Nalan Yanran became more and more certain of her previous guess.
"Father, I will go back to the capital with you to visit Grandpa." Nalan Yanran said. This time, she planned to visit her grandfather and find Ya Fei to inquire about Xiao Huohuo's news.
On the other side, Xiao Se, Medusa, and Butterfly had arrived at the border between the Tagor Desert and the Jiama Empire.
"Wow, I'm back, I'm back. Is this the Tagor Desert twenty years later? It's the same." Looking at the endless golden desert ahead, Butterfly couldn't help but sigh.
"Then go back and take a good look. I believe no one will dare to attack you this time." Xiao Se smiled slightly, looked at Medusa, and chuckled: "Am I right, Shasha?"
"Yes." Medusa nodded heavily. She was no longer the Medusa who was bound by the corrupt clan rules. And this time she came back, she planned to lead the snake people out of this damn desert.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go back quickly. I also want to see what the snake people have become." Butterfly said impatiently.
At this moment, Xiao Se suddenly shook his head, "Shasha, Butterfly, you go first, I will go back to the Jiama Empire to exchange the 'poison pill method' with that soul-body old man. I will come to find you later."
"Why is that?" Hearing that Xiao Se would not go back to the Snake Tribe with them, Butterfly pouted her red lips instantly, but she was helpless and said a little depressedly: "Then you should go back quickly, remember to come back early, my sister is waiting for you to come back and get married."
"Yeah." Xiao Se nodded slightly and looked at Medusa, waiting for her reply.
"Come back early." Medusa slowly flew to Xiao Se, straightened his slightly messy clothes and hair, and said softly.
"Yeah." Xiao Se held Medusa's hand before she could take it back, and in the envious and annoyed gaze of Butterfly beside him, he gently kissed Medusa on the forehead. Then he turned around, flapped his wings, and his body turned into a golden stream of light and disappeared into the sky.
Looking at the place where Xiao Se disappeared, Medusa was a little dazed. After a moment, she suddenly frowned.
The old man that Xiao Se mentioned was clearly in Wutan City, but why did Xiao Se fly to the imperial capital?
Could it be that he is going to look for that little goblin named Yafei?
Damn