bookbashuk Chapter 123 Unexpected Colleagues
Chapter 123 Unexpected Colleagues
Chapter 123 Unexpected Colleagues
A fragrant breeze wafted into Xiao Yan's nostrils, and he felt something soft under his head, which seemed to be someone's thigh.
He opened his eyes and saw the girl looking at him calmly.
"You are—Nalan Yanran?!"
Xiao Yan suddenly woke up with a start, realizing that he was in a guest room without even knowing when.
The guest room is about twenty square meters in size. Around it are soft couches for people to rest, and in the middle there is a lacquered wooden table with an incense burner on it, emitting a fragrant aroma of herbs.
When she saw Xiao Yan wake up, Nalan Yanran merely raised her eyebrows slightly, without much emotional fluctuation on her face.
"You're awake? I thought you'd sleep a little longer."
Xiao Yan suddenly sat up, darted to the side, and looked at Nalan Yanran warily: "What—what are you doing?"
"What am I doing? Isn't it obvious? You were seriously injured and unconscious, I rescued you, that's all."
Nalan Yanran spoke in a flat tone, and compared to their first meeting, her personality seemed to have become even more—cold.
Xiao Yan used his soul power to investigate and was surprised to find that Nalan Yanran's soul power was extremely weak, or rather, incomplete.
A normal person's soul power is like a burning flame, but now, Nalan Yanran's soul is reduced to a small flame.
Strangely, this small flame burned very brightly, seemingly consuming itself further to transform into some kind of power.
"What happened to you?"
After all, she was still his fiancée in name only, so Xiao Yan asked instinctively.
"I don't know. I've forgotten the reason, but my teacher said that I must have some kind of strange disease that causes my memories and emotions to gradually disappear until I become a walking corpse."
Nalan Yanran's tone was frighteningly calm, as if she were talking about someone else's affairs.
"Aren't you scared? You're so young, if you die, you'll have nothing left."
Nalan Yanran was eerily calm at this moment, as if nothing could stir any emotion within her.
"Fear? I don't seem to feel that way anymore. I can't even remember many people anymore, except for my teachers, father, mother, grandfather, and—the old man who was with me, what was his name again?"
As they spoke, Nalan Yanran had even forgotten Ge Ye's name, which made Xiao Yan realize that her condition had worsened.
"And what about me? Do you recognize me?" Xiao Yan pointed to himself. He and Nalan Yanran had only met once, so there was no reason for her to remember him.
"I remember you. You are Xiao Yan, my fiancé."
Nalan Yanran's words once again put Xiao Yan in an awkward position.
"But this was just an engagement arranged by my grandfather and grandfather. You and I have only met once. Why do you remember me?"
Xiao Yan was quite surprised; Nalan Yanran should have no reason to remember him at all.
"I can't quite remember why I became like this. It seems like someone gave me a pill, but the person who made me decide to take it was you."
Nalan Yanran once longed for freedom. She did not acknowledge the marriage arranged by her grandfather, but Xiao Yan's reputation as a genius would not allow anyone around her to support her in breaking off the engagement.
Therefore, she desperately wanted to become stronger, but even though she spent twice as much time cultivating as others every day, she became the number one among the younger generation of Yunlan Sect.
But she was still far from being as good as her genius fiancé.
Later, someone gave him a pill, saying that after taking it, he could activate his full potential and make his cultivation speed advance by leaps and bounds.
In the end, Nalan Yanran chose to take the pill, and her cultivation speed did indeed become incredibly fast.
In just two years, she rose from a one-star Dou Zhe to a nine-star Dou Zhe!
And if it were less than three years later, she would have already cultivated to the level of a nine-star Dou Shi!
However, as time went by and her cultivation level improved, her condition became more and more serious. Now, she can only remember a few people.
Among them, the one who impressed her the most was not her parents, teachers, or friends, but Xiao Yan, the man who made her willing to embark on this path.
Seeing Nalan Yanran in this state, Xiao Yan felt both pity and regret.
Even though she took that unknown elixir, and even though she could become a Great Dou Master before the age of eighteen, I still leave her far behind.
It can be said that everything Nalan Yanran did was meaningless from the beginning. If she insisted on not marrying him, she could have talked to him privately and dissolved the engagement.
But now it has turned out like this. Although it is not Xiao Yan's fault, it still makes him feel somewhat guilty.
"Is there really no other way?"
When Xiao Yan inquired about Nalan Yanran, he decided to do everything he could to help her, since she was still his fiancée in name only, and the Nalan and Xiao families were old friends.
"The teacher said that they seem to have found a solution, but they are still missing one crucial thing. They set off to look for it somewhere earlier, and I don't know if they have returned yet."
With Nalan Yanran's current memories, she can hardly describe any useful information. Xiao Yan sighed helplessly, realizing that he couldn't help her even if he wanted to.
Xiao Yan got up and went to the window. Looking at the floating clouds outside, he realized that he was now sitting on a flying magical beast.
This is a magical beast exclusive to the Yunlan Sect. It is faster than ordinary flying relay stations and can reach any part of the Jia Ma Empire directly.
"Where are we going?" Xiao Yan asked.
"Returning to the capital, I thought you were severely injured in that great battle, and I planned to take you back to let—"
A master alchemist treated him.
"But you seem to be fine right now. If you want to leave, you can tell me anytime."
Nalan Yanran was sent by the sect's Grand Elder to offer congratulations to the Mo family. She happened to meet Xiao Yan and witness his battle, and eventually brought him up.
Xiao Yan was not actually injured, or rather, the injuries he suffered had been reversed by the hourglass divine runes.
However, the move he figured out himself was truly terrifying. Before attacking others, he had to be burned by the fused strange fire first, and only if he survived could he extract the fire yang.
If it weren't for the hourglass rune, I would have turned to ash before I could release it, and I'll probably have to use this move during the hourglass rune's recovery period in the future.
"Never mind, I don't have anywhere to go for the time being. I haven't been to the capital of the Gama Empire yet. That's where the Alchemist Guild is located. I might as well go there and pass the third-grade alchemist exam."