Chapter 140: Fate Brings Peach Blossoms

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    At the same time, situated at the junction where the borders of the Jia Ma Empire and the two neighboring empires met, an ancient academy with a far-reaching reputation quietly stood. With its immense prestige and unparalleled strength, even the three great empires had to treat it with utmost respect and dare not show the slightest disrespect or negligence toward it.

    On a remote mountain peak of the ancient academy, a young lady in a light green dress stood gracefully by the cliffside. The gentle wind blowing against her caused her waist-length, silky black hair to flutter gently, and as the hem of her skirt swayed, it faintly revealed the perfect contours of her figure.

    It had been over a year since Xiao Yan left Jia Nan Academy. The freshmen of the past had now become senior students, and even those senior students of the Xuan Class whom Xiao Yan had defeated had already entered the Inner Academy to cultivate.

    Xun Er quietly gazed in the direction of the Jia Ma Empire. Every time she looked that way, a warm current flowed through her heart, for in that direction was the person she cared about.

    After a long silence, the young lady suddenly spoke. Her ethereal and pleasant voice gave people a strange feeling of having their souls cleansed.

    "Old Ling."

    A black-robed figure mysteriously appeared behind Xun Er, kneeling on one knee and respectfully saying, "Miss, what are your orders?"

    The black-robed figure was none other than Ling Ying, who had once been discovered and driven away by Xiao Yan after his Spiritual Strength reached the Late Mortal Stage.

    "I would like Old Ling to make a trip to the imperial capital of the Jia Ma Empire. It''s been over a year since Xiao Yan ge-ge left. Calculating the time, he should have arrived at the imperial capital to fulfill his agreement," Xun Er said in a clear and cold voice.

    Ling Ying was silent for a moment before he said, "Miss, with Young Master Xiao Yan''s spiritual perception abilities, I''m afraid he will detect me within several hundred meters, even a thousand meters."

    He felt helpless! Xiao Yan''s Spiritual Perception was too strong, even surpassing that of an average Dou Emperor.

    He himself possessed dark-attribute Dou Qi. This made him especially adept at concealing his presence. Yet, he had been discovered by a young Dou Grandmaster, an eighteen-year-old boy.

    Frustrating, truly frustrating!

    "Then don''t get within a thousand meters," Xun Er said indifferently.

    Ling Ying was silent for a moment before saying, "Miss, in my opinion, Young Master Xiao Yan doesn''t like being monitored."

    Nalan Su was momentarily stunned by Xiao Yan''s words and asked, "Didn''t you come because

    you received the message we sent?"

    Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "I just happened to arrive in Jia Ma Sacred City and came to visit Uncle Nalan on behalf of my father to extend our greetings."

    He even lifted the fruit basket in his hand to indicate that he was truly here for a visit and was unaware of what had transpired.

    "Come with me, and I''ll explain as we walk."

    After Nalan Su''s explanation, Xiao Yan finally understood the situation. It turned out that

    several years ago, Nalan Jie had been poisoned with the Searing Poison and had been relying

    on his Dou King''s Dou Qi to barely suppress it. Recently, the Searing Poison suddenly flared up and nearly claimed his life.

    Even Pill King Gu He was unable to treat it and could only provide some pills to prolong his life. He mentioned that to completely eradicate the Searing Poison, it would require a Heavenly Flame to enter Nalan Jie''s body and burn the poison away.

    Not long after, when Nalan Yanran returned and learned about this matter, she recalled the flame that Xiao Yan used when fighting Mo Cheng in Yan City, which resembled a Heavenly Flame, and thus sent people to find him.

    But they could not find him after searching everywhere. They hadn''t expected that Xiao Yan was actually in Rock Desert City and assumed he was deliberately avoiding them.

    So when the old steward saw Xiao Yan arriving at the Nalan Mansion, he was so excited, thinking that he had finally forgiven them and had come to save Nalan Jie.

    Xiao Yan let out a wry laugh after hearing this. Although Nalan Yanran''s annulment of the engagement had been very rude, it didn''t affect the Xiao Clan at all, and he had even beaten

    her in the end.

    As he slowly approached the large bed, his gaze fell on the figure lying on it. The once

    imposing Nalan Jie in his memory was now thin like a bamboo stick, skin clinging to bones.

    His face was faintly tinged with large patches of grayish-black, actually carrying a hint of

    deathly aura.

    "It''s very serious indeed."