Jia Ma Empire, Alchemist Headquarters.
Nalan Yanran looked at her teacher lying unconscious on the bed, and her whole body was haggard.
This period of time can be said to be the most painful time for Nalan Yanran...
In the family, her grandfather who had always loved her passed away... Although this was something she had been mentally prepared for, when it really happened, Nalan Yanran was still heartbroken.
But the matter of her grandfather had not yet completely passed, and the sect that she had always regarded as her second home suddenly suffered a devastating disaster!
The teacher that she had admired and been closest to the most since she was a child was in a coma, and 90% of the disciples of the sect died in that disaster...
The elders and other strong people in the sect were all killed in one day, and even the legendary old sect master Yunshan died.
In an instant, she felt that she had lost everything...
This series of blows almost crushed her tender shoulders!
Creak...
There was a sound of a door opening, and a footstep walked in.
"Young Sect Master, you should go and get some rest. I'll be guarding outside, and you'll be fine."
Ge Ye sighed softly as he looked at the girl before him, advising her.
At this moment, the entire Yunlan Sect's burden rested on a girl barely twenty years old. Even the thought of such pressure chilled Ge Ye's heart.
Shaking her head, Nalan Yanran forced a smile and said, "It's okay, Elder Ge. I want to stay here and watch over my teacher..."
Ge Ye opened his mouth, but no words came out.
Yun Yun had been in this state for days. Every time Gu He and Fa Ma came to check on her, they noticed her body slowly recovering, but they had no idea how long this process would take.
"Ah..."
Sighing, Ge Ye realized his advice was useless and turned to leave.
But just as he took a step, he suddenly noticed a flash of silver lightning appearing out of nowhere in the air in front of him...
"...!!!"
In an instant, Ge Ye became alert.
But before he could raise his voice, a dark figure suddenly appeared in his sight.
"Who is it?"
Ge Ye felt his hair stand on end.
With a flick of his right hand, a sharp sword energy instantly took shape, slashing directly at the figure.
He was surprised to see the opponent simply raise his hand, grasping the entire blade, and then exerting a slight force...
crack... bang!
The sword energy shattered, transforming into countless sharp blades of fighting spirit that scattered in all directions.
"Ah, Teacher!"
Nalan Yanran, who had just reacted, cried out in shock, then threw her slender body in front of Yun Yun's bed...
But just when Nalan Yanran thought she was destined to be seriously injured by the shattering sword energy, a figure suddenly appeared before her.
A pair of enormous purple-blue wings spread out, completely bisecting the room.
Nalan Yanran looked up in shock, only to be met with a handsome face.
"It's you?!"
Mo Tang lowered his head slightly, looking at the stunned girl with a frown. "Are you okay?"
"No... I'm fine."
Nalan Yanran came to her senses, feeling a little embarrassed by her behavior. She was even more startled when she realized she was now almost completely slumped in the man's arms.
Mo Tang didn't think twice. He quickly retracted his Wind and Thunder Wings and turned to stop Ge Ye, who was about to attack. "Stop! Elder Ge, it's me!"
Ge Ye was stunned by the familiar voice and stammered, "Elder Mo... Elder Mo Tang? Why is it you?"
Feeling the man's unmistakable Five-Star Dou King aura, Ge Ye was completely stunned.
Wasn't this guy's cultivation level similar to his own before? How did he suddenly become a Five-Star Dou King now?
Mo Tang was in no mood to explain his confusion.
When he returned to the Yunlan Sect, he was stunned by the sight of the nearly half-collapsed mountaintop.
He had only been away for over a month, and how could Yunlan Mountain have become such a horrible state!
Watching the imperial soldiers clearing the ruins, Mo Tang almost thought the royal family had joined forces with other imperial factions to annihilate the Yun Lan Sect.
But on second thought, that seemed unlikely.
After all, the Yun Lan Sect still had the immortal old man Yun Shan at its helm. If anyone dared to attack the Yun Lan Sect, they would be courting death!
Not everyone is Xiao Yan, with countless powerful figures backing him.
Besides, Xiao Yan is dead now...
Faced with Ge Ye's shocked eyes and Nalan Yanran's incredulous gaze,
Mo Tang didn't waste any time talking to them. He sat down beside Yun Yun's bed and placed his fingers on her wrist.
A wisp of Dou Qi flowed through his meridians, and Mo Tang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's okay, it's okay... Thank goodness I asked her to take the Yin-Yang Dragon Pill earlier, otherwise..."
Mo Tang shuddered at the thought of the worst possible outcome.
"Yin-Yang Dragon Pill? What is that?"
Nalan Yanran asked nearby, puzzled.
Initially, Nalan Yanran hadn't noticed anything unusual about her teacher and the man before her.
However, during these recent conversations, her teacher would often mention this man's name.
At the time, Nalan Yanran was baffled. Why would her teacher care so much about a man?
She'd assumed it was because she admired Mo Tang, a man with such rapid cultivation...
But seeing Mo Tang's reaction now, Nalan Yanran suddenly understood: she had been naive all along.
Recalling the heartbeat she'd felt just moments before, nestled in that man's arms, and looking at the man now sitting beside her teacher's bed with a look of pity on his face, the young woman's heart darkened.
Even as the sensitive Nalan Yanran was secretly mourning, a sudden surge of Dou Qi erupted from the room, drawing the attention of the outside world.
This was the Alchemist Guild headquarters, after all!
Sensing the unfamiliar Dou Wang aura, Fa Ma and Gu He, who had been searching for the pharmacy, were both startled, their bodies transforming into phantoms and vanishing.
Gu He, following the Dou Qi surge, rushed to Yun Yun's resting room and saw a strange man sitting beside her bed, even daring to reach out his dirty hands to caress his beloved's face...
"Yun Yun!"
"Asshole! Get your dirty hands off me!"
Furious, Gu He attacked with resentment, yet he held back from a full-blown outburst due to concern for his beloved.
Mo Tang, who had been about to check his ring for a recipe to cure Yun Yun, frowned and turned to see Gu He, his eyes red.
His brows knitted together; Mo Tang had no sympathy for Gu He.
However, thinking of what Nalan Yanran had said before, that Yun Yun was able to be rescued so quickly this time, it was thanks to this guy, so he barely suppressed his disgust and just casually punched him.