“Haha, it’s a good thing!”

Xiao Yan laughed heartily, his face radiant and free from any trace of gloom.

“Now that Xiao Yan is fine, I can rest assured. You go ahead and busy yourself!”

Seeing that Xiao Yan was a little absent-minded, Xun’er smiled obediently and left.

Xiao Yan touched his nose, feeling warm in his heart. He couldn’t help but think that Xun’er was really considerate.

He quickly returned to his room and continued to cultivate his soul power. With such a powerful technique just obtained, he wished he could cultivate for a whole month!

Xu Zong waited at the Xiao family for two days, but still didn’t see Yao Chen come out.

“Could I have scared him?”

Xu Zong pondered over the events of the past few days and couldn’t help but sneer.

Yao Chen must have already awakened and knew about the outside world. It was mentioned in the original work that he had secretly observed Xiao Yan for a long time. But now that the time for Yao Chen to awaken and take Xiao Yan as his disciple had long passed, Yao Chen still hadn’t appeared. The only possibility was that she was the unexpected factor.

She appeared in front of Xiao Yan as a soul cultivator, and her strength might make Yao Chen think she was from the Soul Hall. Moreover, Yao Chen might even think she was from the Soul Clan. After all, how could an ordinary teenager in their early teens reach the Dou Huang Realm?

Although Yao Chen was a Dou Zun in his previous life and had a glorious past, he was now just a soul, and his soul was severely damaged. At most, he could only exert the strength of a Dou Huang. But now, Xu Zong’s soul was at the Ling Realm, enough to rival a Dou Zong. She might really be able to defeat Yao Chen.

Thinking about it, it was possible that she had scared Yao Chen!

“I need to come up with a plan.”

Xu Zong pondered for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

“I wonder if this will work?”

That day, Xu Zong left the city of Wu Tan.

Yao Chen still cautiously did not show himself. He had experienced the painful betrayal of his disciple before, so he must have become extremely cautious now. It wouldn’t be easy to lure him out.

Of course, Xu Zong didn’t think it would be so simple to lure Yao Chen out.

After several days, a masked figure in a black robe arrived at the city of Wu Tan and went straight to the Xiao family.

“Let the patriarch of the Xiao clan come out and see me!”

The person spoke with a foreign accent and arrogantly rushed into the Xiao family’s main hall, causing the Xiao family members who tried to stop him to be blown away by his Dou Qi.

“Who dares to be so insolent in my Xiao family!”

A roar came, and a middle-aged man in a luxurious gray robe rushed out, his expression furious when he saw the Xiao family members scattered on the ground from the impact of the Dou Qi.

Without hesitation, he activated his Dou Qi technique. A giant furious lion suddenly appeared around him, and solidified Dou Qi formed on his arms. Then, he punched fiercely towards the black-robed person!

Releasing Dou Qi externally and forming a solid state was the symbol of a Great Dou Master’s cultivation.

“Hmph!”

However, the black-robed person remained unaffected by the attack. Instead, he sneered and a huge amount of Dou Qi emanated from his body, forming a sharp protective layer like a sea urchin.

“Boom!”

Xiao Zhan’s punch didn’t break through the protective layer, but he himself was blown away and fell to the ground, his chest feeling congested.

“A Dou Spirit expert?!”

Xiao Zhan’s face changed when he saw the protective layer surrounding the person.

Condensing Dou Qi into a solid form was the symbol of a Dou Spirit expert!

There was not a single Dou Spirit expert in the entire city of Wu Tan, so there was no way to contend with this person!

“What do you want in my Xiao family?”

Xiao Zhan stood up from the ground, gritting his teeth and asking the black-robed person.

Facing a Dou Spirit expert, the entire Xiao family couldn’t resist, so they could only compromise for now.

“You’re not stupid.”

The black-robed person sneered.

“In the Imperial Capital of the Jia Ma Empire, there is a clan called the Na Lan clan. The current clan leader’s daughter has a marriage contract with your Xiao family. Is that correct?”

“What if it is?”

Xiao Zhan’s face turned serious as he asked.

“From today onwards, that marriage contract no longer exists!”

The black-robed person seemed completely indifferent to the Xiao family’s opinion and simply announced the result.

“The patriarch of the Na Lan clan was poisoned by a Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva. No one in the entire Jia Ma Empire can cure it, but our clan leader can. Our clan leader has heard of the talent of the Na Lan clan’s daughter and wants to form an alliance with the Na Lan clan. Your Xiao family is in the way!”

Xiao Zhan’s expression changed instantly.

Just because the Xiao family was in the way, this person came to the Xiao family and acted recklessly?

“I am here to inform you that the marriage contract between your two families no longer exists. Otherwise, don’t blame our clan leader’s subordinates for not showing mercy. We have more than one Dou Huang expert in our clan. A mere Xiao family can be wiped out with a single hand!”

The black-robed person sneered and didn’t wait for Xiao Zhan to respond. He turned around and left the Xiao family, quickly disappearing without a trace.

Xiao Zhan was filled with anger, trembling all over, but in the end, he let out a sigh.

He was the patriarch of the Xiao clan and had to take responsibility for the entire Xiao family.

It seemed that this marriage contract had to be cancelled, even if he didn’t want to.

“Xiao Zhan, what happened?”

Soon, several elders of the family arrived, shocked to see the chaos in front of them.

Xiao Zhan let out a long sigh, pushed aside the elders, and walked silently towards the backyard.

In a small room in the backyard.”What happened in the hall?”

Xiao Yan was immersed in his cultivation when suddenly he heard a loud noise. After a moment of recognition, he quickly got out of bed and wanted to go to the front hall to take a look.

“There’s no need, young man. It’s useless for you to go.”

But at this moment, a faint voice suddenly sounded in the empty room.

“Who?”

Xiao Yan’s hair stood on end and he looked around in horror.

This was obviously a man’s voice, and he sounded very old, completely different from his teacher’s voice!

While he was looking around in panic, a faint light lit up on his ring, and a phantom figure floated out, transforming into an old man in a white robe with billowing sleeves. The man’s face was old, and his eyes seemed to have experienced countless vicissitudes. At this moment, he was smiling as he looked at Xiao Yan.

“Ghost!”

Xiao Yan was startled and quickly crawled to the side of the bed, crossing his hands in front of him defensively, his face full of vigilance.

Looking closely, the old man clearly had no substance, only a phantom figure floating there, not a living person at all!

“You rude brat, I am Medicine Elder!”

The old man with white hair stared at him discontentedly, as if being called a ghost insulted him.

Seeing that the phantom figure could communicate, Xiao Yan subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

“So you’re not a ghost?”

“Well… according to ordinary people’s perception, I am indeed a ghost now!”

Medicine Elder pondered for a moment, raised his head, and said with a smile.

Xiao Yan’s mouth twitched.

But he felt somewhat relieved in his heart.

At least this ghost could communicate, and he didn’t seem like a bad person. He hadn’t done anything to harm him, so he shouldn’t be an evil ghost.

“You said your name is Medicine Elder? Why did you come out of my ring?”

“Well, let me explain.”

The old man nodded calmly, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

“But, before introducing myself, shouldn’t the little girl come out?”

Little girl?

Xiao Yan was stunned, which little girl?

“Medicine Elder is indeed amazing. Even if only a remnant soul remains, you can still detect me.”

As soon as the voice fell, a breeze blew through the room, and the figure of a girl in a white dress appeared in the room, bowing to Medicine Elder and smiling.

“Teacher!”

Xiao Yan’s expression brightened, and he quickly came to the side of the girl in the white dress.

This old man looked strange and made him quite uneasy, but with his teacher here, he felt much more at ease.

“The little girl is amazing!”

After facing each other, Medicine Elder sighed emotionally.

“The chaos in the front hall, I think it was arranged by you, right? At such a young age, not only do you have extraordinary strength, but your thoughts are also very deep!”

“Medicine Elder is too kind.”

Xu Zong smiled faintly, modestly.

“I just sensed that there was a soul hiding in my disciple’s ring and was worried about his safety. I didn’t expect that it would be Medicine Elder in the ring. If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have had to go through so much trouble.”

Was the chaos in the hall arranged by his teacher? Did he sense that there was a soul in my ring?

Xiao Yan’s brain quickly turned, and he suddenly realized, feeling grateful.

He didn’t expect his teacher to have been by his side all along, worrying about his safety. He was truly considerate! Apart from his father and Xun Er, he hadn’t felt this kind of concern from anyone else for a long time, causing his eyes to become slightly sour.

“At such a young age, the little girl is already a Dou Huang expert and also practices soul cultivation. Could it be that she is from the Soul Clan?”

Medicine Dust’s face showed no expression, but he secretly prepared his soul power, ready to take action at any moment.

Even among the Eight Ancient Clans, it was too outrageous for someone of this age to reach the Dou Huang realm!

And she also possessed a very rare soul cultivation method, which Medicine Dust had to be cautious about.

Dou Huang expert?

Xiao Yan was shocked at the words.

So this teacher who looks about the same age as me is already a master at the Dou Huang realm?

This old man said that the teacher is young, so the teacher is not some kind of rejuvenated monster, but really looks like a ten or so-year-old, about the same age as him?

Xiao Yan was greatly shocked. The young teacher had already reached the same realm as the master of the Cloud Mist Sect, the ruler of the Gamma Empire?

There really are such geniuses in the world?

“Medicine Elder, you can rest assured, I am not from the Soul Clan, nor am I a lackey of the Soul Palace.”

Xu Zong smiled faintly, shaking his head indifferently.

“But according to what I know, the soul cultivation methods in this world have long been lost, and only a few forces like the Soul Clan possess the inheritance. Where did you get this soul cultivation method?”

Medicine Elder also smiled, but he didn’t let it go and seemed to want to investigate her origins.

He was in a miserable state now, having lost his physical body and with a damaged soul. If he encountered someone from the Soul Palace at this time, it would truly be adding insult to injury. His life might not even be guaranteed.

“I created it myself.”

Xu Zong smiled faintly.

“Hehe.”

Medicine Elder’s mouth twitched, and his face was full of disbelief.

“Instead of investigating my origins, Medicine Elder, why not apologize to my disciple first?”

Seeing this, Xu Zong’s mind moved, immediately changing the topic.Upon mentioning this, Yao Lao’s expression clearly turned awkward.

“Apologize to me?”

Xiao Yan looked confused, his gaze turned towards Xu Zong in bewilderment.

“What does this have to do with me?”

“He is the culprit behind your loss of talent over the past three years.”

Xu Zong pointed at Yao Lao with a grin.

(End of Chapter)