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  Chapter 344 A Different Three-Year Agreement

  "Haha, I never thought that among all of us, the first one to touch the threshold of Dou Zong would be Sect Master Yun." Feeling the powerful aura exuded by Yun Yun at this moment, the Alchemist Guild President Fama's turbid old eyes opened slightly. Although he was a little surprised, when he considered that Yun Yun was a generation younger than all of them, he felt relieved. Youth means infinite possibilities. As long as the opportunity is sufficient, it is not an exaggeration to go from Dou Huang Three Stars to the threshold of Dou Zong in three years.

  "President Fama, you are too kind. Please take a seat." Yun Yun made a gesture of invitation, her beautiful face still calm, without any joy or sadness.

  Fama nodded with a smile and sat down with Jia Xingtian, who looked doubtful about his life.

  "Strange, besides the two of us and Old Man Hai who has not yet arrived, has Yunlan Sect invited other Douhuang powerhouses?" Jia Xingtian glanced at the two empty seats beside him in confusion, and turned his head to ask Fama.

  Fama thought for a moment and replied, "Recently there are rumors that Xiao Huohuo, who won the Alchemist Conference championship three years ago, has broken through to the Douhuang level. I think it should be him."

  "Xiao Huohuo" and Xing Tian were stunned, and disbelief appeared in his turbid old eyes again.

  If it is said that Yun Yun's advancement from three-star Dou Huang to touching the Dou Zong threshold and even being promoted to half-step Dou Zong in three years is already astonishing.

  Then the fact that Xiao Huohuo was promoted to Dou Huang from a Grand Dou Master in just three years can be described as a monster.

  The most important thing is that the other party is very likely to have become a sixth-grade alchemist.

  If that's the case, combined with the strange fire, wouldn't it be the Po Zong Dan?

  Just as Jia Xingtian was racking his brain with thoughts, Yun Yun, who was sitting on the top of the stone platform, and Nalan Yanran, who was sitting cross-legged in the center of the huge square, opened their beautiful eyes and looked up at the distant sky. There, two streams of light, one blue and one gold, were rapidly approaching. The camera zoomed in, revealing the familiar figures of Hai Bodong and Xiao Se in disguise.

  "He's finally here." The beautiful master and disciple slightly raised their red lips, and a gentle smile appeared on their beautiful faces.

  Xiao Se noticed the gazes of the two beautiful master and disciple, smiled back, folded the evil god wings, and brought Hai Bodong to land in the VIP area.

  Sensing two powerful Dou Huang auras approaching, Jia Xing Tianxia subconsciously looked up, his expression becoming more and more exciting. He found that even Hai Bodong had broken through to the peak of Dou Huang and his cultivation had caught up with him, and the other familiar figure, although his specific cultivation level could not be judged, had also reached the Dou Huang level.

  "Haha, old man Jia, old man Fama, we are late." Putting away his icy fighting wings, Hai Bodong followed Xiao Se, first nodded to Yun Yun who was on the top of the stone platform, then laughed at Jia Xingtian and Fama.

  Noticing that Hai Bodong was standing behind Xiao Se, always one step behind him, Jia Xingtian frowned. He knew that Hai Bodong was arrogant, and it was unusual for him to treat him like this. Immediately, Jia Xingtian asked the most puzzling question in his mind: "Old Hai, what is your cultivation?"

  If he remembered correctly, two months ago, Hai Bodong was still a seven-star Dou Huang.

  "Oh, you are talking about this. This is all thanks to the Huangji Pill refined by my brother Huo Huo, which allowed me to directly break through the two-star cultivation level and reach the peak of Douhuang." Seeing Jia Xingtian's solemn expression, Hai Bodong did not hide it. This was Xiao Se's intention. He wanted to publicize in advance that he could refine sixth-grade pills in order to prepare for the establishment of the subsequent Sea Alliance.

  "Oh? I didn't expect that little friend Xiao Huohuo not only has your cultivation level been promoted to Dou Huang, but you can actually refine the sixth-grade Huangji Pill. This is a precious pill that even Gu He, that kid, can't refine." Upon hearing this, Fama on the side, a dazzling light flashed in his turbid old eyes, and he couldn't help but exclaimed.

  "It was just luck, President Fama, you are too kind." Xiao Se's face remained expressionless, and he waved his hand and said, "President Fama, Master Jia, Master Hai, the other main person of the three-year agreement will be here soon, so let's take a seat first!"

  Hearing this, Fama and the other two nodded and sat down with Xiao Se.

  During this period, Fama kept asking Xiao Se questions about alchemy. Xiao Se was bored and had a good impression of Fama, so he answered all his questions. With Xiao Se's profound knowledge of alchemy as a seventh-grade top alchemist, it didn't take long for Fama to become a little fan of the former. In the beginning, he looked at him as an excellent junior, then as a peer, and finally as a junior.

  "Thanks to Master Xiao Huohuo for his teachings today, Fama is grateful. If anything happens in the future, Fama is willing to do his best without harming the interests of the Alchemist Guild." Fama stood up and bowed to Xiao Se.

  "President Fama, you are too polite. You have been very caring towards me in the past. This is just a small matter and it is not worth mentioning." Xiao Se said with a faint smile.

  What Xiao Se didn't know was that Fama had been stuck at the peak of the fifth-grade alchemist for decades. Although he was only one step away from becoming a sixth-grade alchemist, he had been unable to break through. Now that he was casually pointed out by him, Fama suddenly realized that he was already showing signs of breaking through to the sixth grade.

  "Master Xiao Huohuo, you are too polite. It may be just a casual remark for you, but for alchemists like us with ordinary talents, getting guidance from a high-level alchemist is an opportunity we cannot even ask for," Fama explained respectfully.

  Hearing this, Xiao Se suddenly realized something, raised his hand to signal Fama to sit down, closed his eyes, and said no more.

  Jia Xingtian, who was sitting next to Hai Bodong, was shocked to see that Fama, who always looked humble but was actually extremely arrogant, was so respectful to Xiao Se. Although he did not know how to refine medicine, he could make Fama call him a master and regard himself as a descendant. Even the Dan King Gu He, who was a sixth-grade alchemist, could not do it.

  Immediately, Xingtian added his fighting spirit and sent a message to Hai Bodong: "Old friend."

  "What's wrong?" Hai Bodong was stunned when he heard the familiar old voice in his mind. He turned his head to look at Jia Xingtian and replied with some surprise.

  "What level of alchemist is Xiao Huohuo now? Why is even old man Fama willing to lower himself to do that?" Jia Xingtian asked Hai Bodong.

  "You'll know in a few days." Hai Bodong couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he recalled the scene two months ago when Xiao Se suppressed him with his soul power alone. If he was right, Xiao Se had become a true seventh-grade alchemist.

  The huge square was silent and time passed quietly.

  Not long after, slightly heavy footsteps suddenly sounded quietly from under the bluestone steps outside the square. Everyone, including Xiao Se, opened their eyes and looked over.

  Under the gazes of dozens of powerful men whose cultivation had reached at least the Dou Ling level in the square, a black-robed young man carrying a huge black Xuanzhong ruler on his back walked up slowly step by step and stopped at the edge of the square.

  The young man's face showed no joy or sadness, and his eyes swept across the huge square indifferently. When he passed Xiao Se in disguise, he was slightly amazed at the former's youth, and then stopped his gaze in the center of the square, at the beautiful girl who also had a pair of bright eyes looking at him.

  There were seven parts anger and three parts regret in his eyes.

  It's not that he regretted proposing the three-year agreement, but he regretted that he shouldn't have been so reckless. Three years of experience have made him more mature. If he hadn't pointed out Nalan Yanran's intention to break off the engagement, he and his father Xiao Zhan wouldn't have been criticized by the world.  

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  However, the so-called regret only goes so far. The matter has been settled. If Nalan Yanran had not broken off the engagement, there would be no so-called criticism. Therefore, Nalan Yanran must pay the price for this.

  Thinking of this, the regret in Xiao Yan's eyes was completely replaced by anger, and he spoke lightly.

  "Xiao Yan of the Xiao family!"

  Slowly standing up, Nalan Yanran looked deeply in the direction of Xiao Se. Her delicate body was like a proud snow lotus, her expression was calm, and her voice was calm.

  "Nalan family, Nalan Yanran!"

  In the square, except for Xiao Se and Yun Yun, all the spectators looked at Xiao Yan at the edge of the square with surprise.

  They were not unfamiliar with Xiao Yan. His relationship with Nalan Yanran had long been spread in the imperial capital and became the topic of conversation among many people.

  Of course, whenever this matter is mentioned, Xiao Yan is always negative, mostly with ridicule and disdain. Let's not talk about Xiao Yan, a child of a small family, wanting to marry Nalan Yanran, the daughter of Yunlan Sect. Even his long-standing "renowned" talent and his self-righteous behavior of "exposing Nalan Yanran's conspiracy" clearly show that he is mentally abnormal.

  I thought that if I canceled the engagement in Douqi Continent, I would be ridiculed by the world, but if no one knew about it, there would be no ridicule.

  Nalan Yanran is planning to settle the matter privately, and your father Xiao Zhan has also agreed.

  But you, for the sake of your so-called pitiful self-esteem, made this matter known to everyone. How deceiving!

  However, today is a little different.

  The young man in front of him, named Xiao Yan, was still a traitor to his father, but he no longer seemed to be the waste of the Xiao family that was passed down by word of mouth.

  "You are Xiao Yan from the Xiao Family?" Yun Yun, who was standing on the top of the stone platform, looked at Xiao Yan for a moment and said calmly, "I am Yun Yun, the leader of the Yun Lan Sect. This competition is for the purpose of learning from each other. We will stop when we reach the limit."

  "Life and death are all left to fate!" Xiao Yan responded indifferently without any hesitation.

  Just as he said this, he was stunned because the voice just now seemed familiar, and he immediately looked up. On the top of the 100-meter-high stepped stone platform, a beautiful light blue figure stood elegantly, and his eyes turned to the woman's beautiful face that was calm and indifferent. It turned out to be one of Xiao Se's girlfriends who had seen him at the Mittel Auction House.

  "Is it her? She is actually Yun Yun, the leader of the Yun Lan Sect. Damn Xiao Se. Nalan Yanran broke off my engagement, but he ended up hooking up with my fiancée's teacher."

  Xiao Yan clenched his five fingers into fists. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and his eyes almost burst.

  "It's up to you." Nalan Yanran raised her beautiful eyes slightly and stared at Xiao Yan. There was no joy or sadness in her voice.

  Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Yun Yun frowned slightly, and she despised Xiao Yan even more in her heart. She knew that Xiao Se would save his life, but he still made such a request. Was he relying on the fact that he would not die, or that Medicine Master had already awakened, and had no scruples?

  At this moment, a desolate voice suddenly rang in Yun Yun's mind, "Yun'er, let him go. If he wants to die, we can't stop him. I just promised old man Yao that I would protect him down Yunlan Mountain, provided that he can survive the three-year agreement. Don't worry about Yanran, I will take action at the critical moment."

  Yun Yun nodded, and after a while, she waved at Xiao Yan and said calmly: "The three-year agreement was initiated by you. Since you want to make such a request, then it's up to you. Life and death are up to fate."

  That being said, if Xiao Yan's life is in danger, Yao Lao will save him. If Nalan Yanran's life is in danger, Xiao Se will save her. Their lives are not in their own hands.

  Xiao Se slowly grasped the Xuanzhong Ruler in his hand, and suddenly pulled it out. The Xuanzhong Ruler brought a gust of oppressive wind, pointed obliquely at the ground, and exploded a circle of light gray-white fighting spirit, staring at Nalan Yanran: "Three years of appointment. I am here as promised. Nalan Yanran, you brought shame to my Xiao family that day, today. Return it to you."

  Nalan Yanran's beautiful eyes still looked at Xiao Yan, with a trace of undisguised contempt in her eyes, and she said in a cold voice: "I will decide my own marriage. Even though three years have passed, I still don't think I did anything wrong. I have the right to decide my own destiny. As for the shame, haha..."

  Nalan Yanran sneered, "At first I intended to settle this matter with Uncle Xiao in private, and Uncle Xiao agreed. If things go well and the engagement is peacefully terminated, no one will know about it, and naturally no one will criticize it. It's you who are so smart that you announced this matter in public, and you even called it exposing my 'coercion'. I think you have been a loser for too long, and you want to have a sense of existence."

  Hearing the sound, there was an uproar in the venue.

  "Heh, it seems that he is really a silly boy who doesn't even know that family disgrace should not be made public." Jia Xingtian sneered. Xiao Yan's cultivation was that of a three-star great fighting master. He was indeed an amazing genius to have such strength at this age. Unfortunately, with Xiao Se's example, he was not so eye-catching.

  "Indeed." Hai Bodong nodded in agreement.

  "You are looking for death." Xiao Yan's expression instantly became ferocious after being hit in a sore spot by Nalan Yanran. His hand holding the ruler handle became tighter and tighter. In anger and humiliation, he suddenly took a step forward. Where he stepped, the hard bluestone slab actually spread several cracks to the soles of his feet. The surging fighting spirit surged up from the surface of Xiao Yan's body.

  Nalan Yanran raised her beautiful eyes slightly, and looked at Xiao Yan with more and more contempt, as if she was looking at a clown whose mind was exposed. She turned back and looked deeply at Xiao Se again. After seeing the latter's encouraging eyes, she felt relieved. She pursed her red lips slightly, and a hint of stubbornness flashed across her beautiful eyes. She said to Xiao Yan:

  "My marriage does not need anyone to decide. I can't spend my whole life with a strange and brain-dead guy."

  As she spoke, Nalan Yanran instantly drew out the light blue long sword from her waist. The blade tilted, and the sunlight shone down, reflecting a cold and eerie glow...

  Xiao Yan tightly grasped the Xuan Zhong ruler and turned into a black shadow, suddenly rushing towards Nalan Yanran.

  Nalan Yanran looked calmly at Xiao Yan who was rushing towards her, her jade hand tightly grasping the light green long sword. A light green wind rolled and floated over the sword. In the wind, a sharp wind blade flashed, leaving horrible and hideous sword marks on the hard bluestone slab. The sword was raised and pointed at Xiao Yan in the distance. The sharp sword edge shone brightly under the reflection of the sunlight.

  The three-year agreement thus began.

  (End of this chapter)