. Upon hearing this, Yun Yun's brows furrowed slightly.
Yun Yun had brought Nalan Yanran to the Xiao family to break off the engagement, intending to resolve her disciple's emotional ties and cancel the engagement with Xiao Yan.
However, things went against her will. Although Nalan Yanran was not required to marry Xiao Yan, she was publicly divorced.
If the dignified Young Master of the Yunlan Sect were to be divorced
, the Yunlan Sect's thousand-year-old prestige in the Jiama Empire would be destroyed if this matter became public. Who would want to join the Yunlan Sect in the future?
If Xiao Yan truly went to the Nalan family to divorce her, Nalan Yanran would be filled with resentment, which would not only hinder her cultivation but also greatly increase her difficulty in passing the Gate of Life and Death. Some within the Yunlan Sect would also oppose Nalan Yanran becoming the next Master.
With this in mind, Yun Yun formed a plan: to negotiate with the Xiao family and, at all costs, prevent Xiao Yan from actually going there to divorce her.
Yun Yun helped Nalan Yanran to her feet and handed her to the care of a female deacon from the Yunlan Sect. She looked at Xiao Zhan and his son and bowed. "Clan Leader Xiao, this matter is the fault of our Yunlan Sect. We offer a generous reward as apology. Xiao Yan may choose from any of the Yunlan Sect's advanced martial arts and fighting techniques, and Elder Gu He will also refine several sixth-grade elixirs for him. I only hope the Xiao family will let this matter go. Divorcing my wife
at my house would be detrimental to both of us and would only make a fool of the other factions in the Imperial Capital." "As for the Nalan family, I will personally go and explain to Old Man Nalan Jie. Let's just pretend this marriage never happened."
Seeing this, Xiao Yan frowned. It seemed that the Yunlan Sect, to preserve its reputation, didn't intend for him to actually divorce her and escalate the matter.
Xiao Yan's face remained calm, but he was already beginning to ponder his decision.
Although the Xiao family had now moved back to the Imperial Capital, their influence had grown rapidly with Xiao Ling's help. However, the Yunlan Sect had stood for a thousand years within the Jiama Empire, and its power was far greater than the Xiao family's.
Furthermore, his cousin had previously warned the Xiao family that the Yunlan Sect was not as simple as it appeared. The previous sect leader, Yunshan, had served a powerful faction in Zhongzhou, breaking through from peak Douhuang to Douzong. Unless absolutely necessary, conflicts with the Yunlan Sect should be avoided. If the Yunlan Sect were pushed too far, the Xiao family would be in serious trouble.
While publicly canceling the engagement would be satisfying and satisfying, it would create a powerful enemy for the Xiao family. Xiao Yan could still prioritize.
However, the Xiao family couldn't afford to lose face. The Yunlan Sect couldn't expect the Xiao family to just pretend today's events hadn't happened. Without some good things to offer, this matter couldn't just be dismissed.
Xiao Zhan, standing nearby, naturally remembered Xiao Ling's warning and cast a stern look at Xiao Yan.
The thought flashed through his mind for a moment. Xiao Yan nodded to Xiao Zhan before stepping into the center of the martial arts arena.
His gaze fixed on Yun Yun, Xiao Yan's expression remained calm. "Since Sect Master Yun has spoken, considering that Old Master Nalan Jie doesn't know about this, and that Nalan Yanran's father, Nalan Su, and my father are close friends, I can forgive the divorce. However, regarding this matter today..."
Finally, after some negotiation, Xiao Yan selected several wind-attributed, Profound-level fighting techniques suitable for his father's cultivation. He also took some medicinal herbs needed for refining sixth-grade elixirs. The several elixirs previously provided by the Yunlan Sect also went into Xiao Yan's possession. The matter finally came to an amicable end with Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan annulling their engagement.
As the Yunlan Sect members left the Xiao residence, Xiao Yan's gaze shifted to the newly acquired storage ring, his lips curling upwards.
"The Yunlan Sect's leader is truly wealthy, possessing so many valuable resources."
Xiao Yan's current alchemy skills were costing him a considerable amount of resources. Although Xiao Ling had given him some elixirs and fighting techniques, he hadn't prepared the herbs needed to practice alchemy. After all, Xiao Ling didn't have the herbs needed to refine low-level elixirs.
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With the help of these resources, Xiao Yan believed he would soon become a second-grade alchemist.
Zi Yan, who had been somewhat drowsy, suddenly seemed to sense something. She spread her Dou Qi wings and flew towards Xiao Ling's courtyard.
...
Inside the training room.
Atop a cyan lotus pedestal, a naked young man sat cross-legged. His half-closed eyes trembled slightly, then slowly opened.
Within his inky black pupils, a faint cyan flame swirled. After a moment, it suddenly surged, obscuring the entire pupil. For a moment, Xiao Ling's pupils turned cyan, giving him a faintly eerie look.
At that moment, even the air in the gloomy training room rippled with a subtle crackling sound.
As these eyes opened, a majestic aura, like a mighty warrior awakening, slowly rose and roared to the sky, shaking the heavens.
The soul barrier outside the training room shattered with the slightest collision with the aura, unable to block it at all.
The moment this overwhelming momentum appeared, it instantly attracted countless gazes from within the Gama Holy City.
Yun Yun, who had just left the Xiao family compound, looked back in astonishment, gazing towards the Xiao family's backyard. "How is this possible? Someone in the Xiao family has actually reached the Douhuang realm. Could it be Xiao Ling, who's been in seclusion for six months? If I remember correctly, he and Yanran should be the same age."
Under this overwhelming aura, several times more powerful than ever before, the training room trembled slightly. Cracks as thick as arms spread like spider webs from beneath the Qinglian Platform, eventually spreading to every corner of the training room.
Is this... the feeling of being a Dou Huang..."
Xiao Ling slowly spread out his hands, feeling the mighty Dou Qi in his body that was like a mountain torrent. A faint arc overflowed from the corners of his mouth. At this moment, a heroic feeling that the world was in his control emerged from his heart.
"My cultivation has reached the level of a four-star Dou Huang. It feels so wonderful to refine the strange fire to improve my cultivation. The "Burning Decree" has also been advanced to a quasi-earth-level technique, which is enough before I reach the Dou Zong level."
After experiencing the strength of the Dou Huang for a while, Xiao Ling jumped down from the Qinglian throne, took out a set of clothes from the storage ring, and covered his body.
After moving his body, which was a little numb from sitting for a long time, Xiao Ling muttered to himself with some fear: "Fortunately, I prepared the elixir to remove the evil fire in advance. The evil fire born from the fusion of the strange fire is really a bit weird. "
Perhaps because one of Xiao Ling's strange fires was a seed fire, the side effects Xiao Ling experienced were not strong. After taking a few pills prepared in advance, all those distracting thoughts were dispelled.
(End of this chapter)