Chapter 321: Xiao Family, Xiao Yan!
Three days later, at the foot of Yun Lan Mountain, the breeze was gentle, and the young man in black with a huge weapon on his back stood quietly at the bottom of the stone path, looking up at Yun Lan Mountain in the dim, misty light.
"Finally... I've made it here," Xiao Yan sighed inwardly, then took a deep breath and began climbing toward Yun Lan Mountain. As the light and dark intersected, the young man's figure flickered in and out of sight.
He originally thought he would be very angry, filled with various emotions of fury.
But when he truly arrived here, Xiao Yan suddenly realized that the so-called Nalan Yanran, the so-called three-year appointment, the so-called Yun Lan Sect, were nothing more than a small but beautiful part of his journey to becoming stronger.
"I thought I would really hate that woman, hate her arrogance, hate her pride."
The young man silently walked on the mountain path, caught between light and dark, his mind seeming to enter a state of special tranquility. In Jiang Lin's words, it was a kind of meditation.
"But when I actually stood here, I realized... the hatred I once had was merely a helpless resistance of the weak to power."
The large weapon on his back shimmered with flowing light, and the spirit of Medicine Dust silently listened to the young man's self-reflection. He understood that, in this moment, the young man's mindset had shifted. If before, the young man hadn't known what level he could reach in the future, now, he understood that with his talent, Dou Huang and Dou Zong were merely the lowest limits.
The Six-Star Fire Crystal Core would ensure that Xiao Yan would at least reach Dou Huang, and the Fire-Xuan Heavy Hammer gave him the strongest attack, allowing him to threaten even Dou Zong-level opponents. Realizing these things, Xiao Yan no longer needed to prove himself so much.
A person often desires what they lack the most.
"I used to really dislike being called trash, wanting to prove my talent to others. But now, trash? Heh."
Xiao Yan smiled faintly as he stood on the steps of the mountain path. "True strength doesn't require others' recognition."
Medicine Dust: "..."
Compared to when he had just left Wutan City, Xiao Yan had undoubtedly begun to cultivate the true mentality of a top-tier powerhouse. If Xiao Yan's combination with Medicine Dust had given him a sense of aimlessness, "just getting by," then Jiang Lin's appearance had provided him with a very tangible goal to chase!
The concept of a competitor had slowly faded from Xiao Yan's mind as his cultivation increased rapidly. If not for Jiang Lin, Xiao Yan wouldn't even have a benchmark to measure his cultivation speed!
"So, my purpose in coming here isn't to prove anything," Xiao Yan murmured.
"But rather, to declare a fact."
"Let Xiao Yan's name, from this moment on, resound throughout the Dou Qi Continent!"
"Who goes there?!"
At the entrance to Yun Lan Mountain, just as dawn was breaking, some commotion erupted.
At that moment, a clear voice echoed across the bustling square of Yun Lan Sect's central area:
"Xiao Family, Xiao Yan!"
"Hmm, we've arrived?" On a peak near Yun Lan Sect, a burly man in gray with golden patterns looked toward the lively Yun Lan Square, then smiled and patted the black-red iron pillar next to him, which was about the height of a person. Behind him were two others and an eagle.
At that moment, the veiled white-robed young woman behind the burly man looked curiously at the black-red iron pillar and asked, "Little Lin, why are we here? If we wanted to watch the match, wouldn't it be better to go straight to Yun Lan Sect?"
"Hahaha, I promised I'd give Xiao Huo a grand entrance, so I can't break my word. This thing next to me took me several weeks to prepare. To make it even cooler, I even made a small hole in Yun Lan Sect's mountain protection formation to get ready. Can't let all my hard work go to waste," Jiang Lin said with a gentle smile at Xiao Yi Xian.
He hadn't expected Xiao Yi Xian and Mr. Yao to come to the city to look for him and check out Xiao Yan's three-year appointment.
"Then..." Xiao Yi Xian, her soft purple eyes gazing at the distant Yun Lan Mountain top, turned to look at Jiang Lin and smiled. "Little Lin, compared to Xiao Huo, who's stronger?"
"Of course, I'm stronger!" Jiang Lin answered instinctively without thinking. "I can knock his head off with a headbutt, even if he has twenty-three heads!"
Mr. Yao and Xiao Yi Xian: "..."
Mr. Yao glanced at Jiang Lin's twenty-four heads with an appraising look, and suddenly realized that with Jiang Lin's physique, any of those heads could knock out his opponent.
"Mr. Yao, what are you looking at?!" Jiang Lin suddenly shivered, instinctively trying to cover his inconvenient heads and shot Mr. Yao a glare.
Xiao Yi Xian's face twitched slightly: "..."
All three, including the eagle, were from the medical clan and were very familiar with the structure of the human body. With Jiang Lin's words and Mr. Yao's look, Xiao Yi Xian instantly understood.
Although Jiang Lin had originally meant to joke about using one of his heads for a headbutt to crush a Dou Shi, after the words left his mouth, Xiao Yi Xian realized that, with his massive body, Jiang Lin could probably knock someone out with any of his heads, even while tied up.
"You two... enough! No more of these ambiguous statements!" Xiao Yi Xian's little face flushed slightly, but her little eyes instinctively glanced at Jiang Lin's muscular body and strong chest. She immediately realized Mr. Yao's gaze was probably serious. With Jiang Lin's physique, comparable to a Fourth-Class Magical Beast, even if his hands and feet were tied, he could probably headbutt someone to death just with his chest.
"Hey, hey, look over there, the process is about to begin! Don't look at me!" Jiang Lin put his hands in front of his body. His senses were maxed out, and he could tell Xiao Yi Xian was eyeing him.
"Heh, Little Lin is embarrassed? I used to prepare your bath water for you, and I wasn't shy. Now you're being shy?" Xiao Yi Xian laughed out loud, then quietly walked over to Jiang Lin's side, her gaze following his, just in time to vaguely see what was happening on the Yun Lan Sect Square.
(END CHAPTER)
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