Chapter 126

After seeing off Ya Fei, Xiao Yuan calmed down and went back to his bedroom. After instructing the maid not to disturb him, he took off his shoes, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to practice.

He needs to deal with the poison in his body first.

As he entered the state of cultivation, Xiao Yuan's mind also settled in his lower abdomen. As his mind moved slightly, a wisp of black and white flame was spewed out from his soul and rose up from his dantian.

He focused his mind on the constantly swirling black and white flames. After a long time, under Xiao Yuan's control, the black and white flames suddenly swirled and the temperature suddenly rose. As the temperature increased, a faint black mist slowly condensed in the center of the flames.

"What a fierce branding poison. Not only can it resist the terrifying temperature of the strange fire, but it can also merge into it silently. If we were not alert in advance, it would be difficult to detect. It is worthy of being a poison that even Douhuang strongmen are afraid of."

Staring at the black mist, Xiao Yuan murmured softly in his heart.

There is actually another benefit to removing the poison from Nalan Jie's body. The poison has been lurking in Nalan Jie's body for quite a long time. When it corrodes his body on a daily basis, it will occasionally devour some of his fighting spirit. Over time, it has stored a lot of fighting spirit.

This was naturally an extremely unpleasant thing for Nalan Jie, but for Xiao Yuan, who brought the branding poison into his body, it was like a windfall!
If Xiao Yuan was not worried that Nalan Jie would notice something was wrong, and worried that the poison would accumulate in his body and become difficult to handle, or even turn into a disaster, he would even want to transfer all the poison in Nalan Jie's body directly into his own body. Maybe he could take this opportunity to refine the fighting spirit in it and advance again.

However, in the current process of detoxification, the brand poison that was integrated into the strange fire was only a minority after all. The amount of fighting spirit contained in it might be quite a lot for ordinary great fighting masters, but for Xiao Yuan who had five Qi palaces, it could only be regarded as speeding up the cultivation speed.

"It would be a pity to purify it now. It would be better to concentrate it and use it to defeat the enemy directly when we encounter a difficult enemy in the future."

After pondering for a while, Xiao Yuan's lips curled up into a sinister smile, and then his mind moved slightly, and the black and white flames wrapped in black mist began to fluctuate as if boiling, and the temperature became more and more terrifying.

Speaking of which, the reason why this branding poison could be integrated into the strange fire was actually because when Xiao Yuan was detoxifying Nalan Jie before, he was afraid of accidentally burning him to ashes, so the temperature of the strange fire was only turned up to a relatively mild level. This caused Nalan Jie to tremble slightly in so much pain that even though he tried his best to control his body.

But when it was in his own body, Xiao Yuan naturally could not be harmed by the strange fire that had already been devoured and refined for a long time, so he heated up the strange fire with a sense of unscrupulousness. Soon, the temperature of the strange fire reached a level that would make even a Dou Wang strongman change his face.

As the temperature of the black and white flames rose rapidly, the black mist began to ripple. Then, Xiao Yuan's soul power, which carried a bit of spirituality, surged out, transforming the strange fire into a black and white flame tornado wrapped in black mist. It separated Nalan Jie's fighting spirit from the branding poison, while controlling the strange fire and suppressing the branding poison, allowing it to gradually take shape.

After a moment, under the control of Xiao Yuan, the volume of the black mist slowly shrank. After a moment, the black mist gradually gathered and condensed, turning into a deep black bead, flashing a cold light. It was obvious at a glance that it must be highly poisonous!

In the outer circle of the black and white flame tornado, a fairly powerful fighting spirit transformed into a circular light blue energy band, which looked quite strange.

However, Xiao Yuan was not surprised by this. After all, compared with the energy in Hai Bodong's body, it was really far behind.

Fortunately, this opportunity from Yao Lao allowed Xiao Yuan to better control his soul power, so after all this trouble, his soul power was still abundant.

Therefore, Xiao Yuan struck while the iron was hot and changed the seal in his hand. While practicing the fighting skills, the inner circle of the flame tornado shrank smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a black and white, glowing flame film, sealing the poison inside; and the outer circle of flame directly wrapped the donut-shaped light blue energy band, gradually refining and concentrating it, and after turning it into pure energy, sent it into the meridians.

Time, in this practice, slowly passes by.
When Xiao Yuan finished his practice, the afterglow of the setting sun shone through the wooden window and filled the entire room. What he saw was basically warm tones dominated by orange and yellow, which made people feel much more relaxed.

"Hoo!" After exhaling a breath of turbid air, Xiao Yuan jumped off the bed, feeling the Dou Qi filling up his body, and said thoughtfully, "Within a month, I will definitely be able to advance to the three-star Grand Dou Master."

It's almost time to change into some decent clothes and attend the dinner at the Nalan Mansion.

As the thought flashed through his mind, Xiao Yuan directly called the maid. After she helped him tidy up his whole body, he walked out of the house slowly and walked towards the gate of Nalan Mansion diagonally opposite.

Since he was attending a dinner party, Xiao Yuan, who loved white clothes, chose a slim-fitting dress with a white base and gold thread, which had a light luxury style. He wore a white jade hairpin on his head. His long black hair fell on his shoulders, and two strands of fine hair fell on both sides of his forehead. He looked noble and not vulgar, and had an extraordinary temperament.

Many of the people passing by were there to attend the dinner. They were curious when they saw that the Xiao Mansion had a new owner. But when they saw such an extraordinary nobleman walking out of the mansion, they were also surprised.

His unparalleled handsome appearance and extraordinary temperament were so great that even the royal family members and children of large families in the imperial capital could not compare to him.

Xiao Yuan ignored the strange looks from these people and walked into the Nalan Mansion with a calm expression.

The guards at the door seemed to have been instructed long ago. When Xiao Yuan entered the Nalan Mansion, they not only did not stop or question him, but bowed and saluted, as if they were meeting their own young master.

The sky had already grown dark, but the lights in the Nalan Mansion were still on, and clansmen were walking around in the courtyard, just like a morning market.

Xiao Yuan casually dismissed the maid who was about to lead the way, and followed yesterday's route with ease and arrived at the hall.

In the spacious hall, there were bursts of noise and laughter, mixed with some music. Looking closely, there were already quite a few people sitting there, chatting and laughing with each other.

Then, Xiao Yuan saw Ya Fei, who was wearing a red slim-fitting cheongsam and a snow-white fox fur shawl. This added a touch of elegance, graceful curves, and mature charm to her, which attracted the attention of many men in the hall.

Perhaps because of the close contact last night, Yafei was sensitive to Xiao Yuan's gaze. She looked over immediately, then smiled sweetly, stood up and walked straight over.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuan also smiled gently and took two steps at a time to enter the hall.

"Brother Xiao Yuan, you are finally here."

Ya Fei blinked, smiled playfully, and took Xiao Yuan's arm.

"Sorry to have kept Sister Yafei waiting for a long time. I just practiced for a while."

Xiao Yuan smiled apologetically, patted the back of Yafei's soft little hand that was hugging his arm, and spoke softly.

"Haha, the Great Elder is here too, but he has gone to chat with Old Master Nalan. Please follow me."

Ya Fei smiled indifferently when she heard that, then pulled Xiao Yuan back to his seat and sat down together.

Naturally, she would not bother with Xiao Yuan about such a trivial matter.

Previously, many people in the hall had their eyes on Ya Fei. Now, seeing that Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei were so close, some were heartbroken, some were shocked, and some were already sizing up Xiao Yuan's identity.

But they couldn't see anything. They just felt that the man had a good appearance and a rather extraordinary temperament. However, his strength seemed so weak that it was hard to tell that he had any fighting spirit in his body.
It can't be said that this person's strength is far beyond theirs, so they can't sense it, right? What kind of strength is that? Could such a young guy be a great fighter?
impossible?

"Reminiscing about the past? I don't think so." Xiao Yuan said with a thoughtful smile.

"Haha, it seems you have guessed it, but what can we do? The Nalan family doesn't cherish you, so how can we, the Mittel family, treat you as a treasure?"

Ya Fei smiled when she heard this, her beautiful eyes narrowed into a pair of crescents, and she was obviously quite happy.

"Haha, I'm really flattered."

Xiao Yuan also grinned and said with a smile when he heard this.

In the corner of the hall, Nalan Yanran looked at Xiao Yuan who was chatting and laughing happily with Ya Fei, pouted her lips slightly, then glanced coldly at the guy in front of her who was trying to get close to her, frowned, and said irritably: "I'm not interested in you, don't bother me again in the future."

After that, Nalan Yanran quickly walked towards Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei, then smiled and said, "Master Xiao is finally here. You are the protagonist of this banquet!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone immediately looked suspicious. This kid was actually the protagonist of this banquet?
Looking at Nalan Yanran, who was wearing the wide-sleeved moon-white dress that only disciples of the Yunlan Sect could wear, Xiao Yuan's smile faded a little. How could Nalan Yanran become so tactless?
He had to come up and get in the way just when he and Yafei were having a great chat.

"Hey, Xiao Yan, we're here!"

Along with a soft voice, two figures walked into the hall one after the other.

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Hearing this, Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei looked towards the door in surprise, only to see a beautiful girl who looked about the same age as Xiao Yan.

She was wearing a purple gown with silver patterns. Her delicate features, influenced by the royal family, gave her an innate noble temperament. Her slender waist was tied with a purple belt, which showed off her waist to the fullest.

But what's interesting is that her watery eyes sparkled with a mischievous smile, which somewhat destroyed her originally noble royal temperament, making her look like a playful young lady from an ordinary wealthy family.

Next to him was Xiao Yan, dressed in the black robe of an alchemist.

"Brother, Sister Yafei."

Xiao Yan greeted him helplessly. As for Nalan Yanran who was standing beside him, he simply ignored her.

"Eh? Sister Yafei, do you know each other?"

The cute girl blinked and asked in confusion.

"This is the little princess of the royal family." Ya Fei turned her head and introduced Xiao Yuan, then smiled and greeted him, "Yes, I didn't expect the little princess to come with brother Xiao Yan."

Hearing this, the little princess looked at Xiao Yuan and asked with a little curiosity: "Who is this person?"

"Haha, I'm Xiao Yuan, Ya Fei's fiancé, and Xiao Yan's third brother."

Xiao Yuan smiled and bowed.

"Oh, are you the one that Sister Yafei can't forget? You are indeed very handsome! Oh, you look a lot like Xiao Yan!"

A continuous stream of words kept coming out of the little princess's mouth, leaving Xiao Yuan and the other two speechless.

"Hey, Xiao Yan did very well in the internal test of the Alchemist Guild this time. He's better than me. As his brother, are you better than him?"

The little princess then asked curiously.

Hearing this, Xiao Yuan cast an inquiring look at Xiao Yan.

In response to this, Xiao Yan spread his hands innocently, looking helpless.

He didn't want to come either, but the little princess had been pulling him along all the way and didn't show any expression, just like a little sister, so he didn't want to refuse her. What's more, coming to the Nalan Mansion with her might not be a bad thing. It could show the people in the Nalan Mansion that everyone in his Xiao family was not mediocre!

"Haha, I don't know how to make medicine. If it comes to making medicine, Xiao Yan can be my teacher. I am just better at fighting."

Seeing this, Xiao Yuan knew that Xiao Yan actually didn't like such noisy occasions. This time he came to the Nalan Mansion, he probably wanted to take this opportunity to help him stand up. After all, the Mitel family was there, so there was no reason why Xiao Yan, his younger brother, would not be there.

"Oh, then what level are you at? How powerful are you? Why don't you show me some of your skills?"

The little princess asked curiously.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan frowned and was about to speak, but Xiao Yuan took the lead and said:
"Haha, little princess, why don't you try to guess."

"Hey, little princess, today is the banquet of Nalan Mansion."

Seeing this, Ya Fei quickly reminded.

"Oh, that's right. We'll talk about it later! Sister Nalan, long time no see!"

The little princess nodded when she heard this, and then quickly walked towards Nalan Yanran who had been left aside for a long time.

Hearing this, Nalan Yanran showed a somewhat forced smile on her face and said, "Yes, it's been a long time!"

Seeing this, Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan looked at each other and saw the smile in each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)