Chapter 264 Three-Year Agreement
The Yunlan Sect is the most powerful force in the Gama Empire and is also the one that the royal families of all generations of the Gama Empire fear the most.

In order to guard against the Yunlan Sect, the royal family of the Jia Ma Empire stationed a most elite army at the foot of the mountain, in the name of protection, but in fact for surveillance.

A handsome young man in a white robe was walking leisurely, looking at the layout of the military camp in front of him from time to time. When the guard at the gate saw the young man, he bowed respectfully and saluted.

The young man nodded, walked around the military camp and headed towards the foot of the mountain not far away.

Looking up at the steps that seem to go to heaven, there is no end in sight. The end is covered by white clouds, like a fairyland.

I stepped lightly on the bluestone steps and climbed up step by step, looking left and right from time to time to appreciate the beautiful scenery.

It took Xiao Yan nearly two hours to walk up the stairs and arrive at a huge circular bluestone square. The square was surrounded by circular stands, and sitting on them were all Yunlan Sect disciples wearing white clothes and holding swords.

The higher you look, the higher the steps are, and the higher the seniority is. Sitting in the last row are obviously the elders of the Yunlan Sect and the people who came to watch the competition between Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan.

When the disciples of the Yunlan Sect saw Xiao Yan appear in front of them, they all began to discuss in low voices.

"Is this Xiao Yan? I heard that Xiao Yan has reached Dou Huang, and is also the champion of this Alchemist Conference. He is a seventh-grade alchemist!"

"Seventh-rank alchemist! Isn't that even more powerful than Elder Gu He!"

"Who says it's not true? Xiao Yan is only 18 years old this year! He has already reached Dou Huang. This kind of talent is truly a monster! Senior Sister Nalan is doomed to fail!"

"Alas! In fact, Senior Sister Nalan is also a peerless genius. She broke through from a fighter to a fighting spirit in three years. We have all seen her efforts with our own eyes!"

"What can we do? A genius is doomed to be beaten to pieces by a monster!"

"Back then I thought it was because Senior Sister Nalan was too useless. Now it seems that it's not that Senior Sister Nalan is not good enough, but that someone is too evil!"

With Xiao Yan's arrival, the originally solemn square became as noisy as a vegetable market.

"Quiet!" At this moment, a low shout suddenly came from the square.

The Yunlan Sect disciples who were talking excitedly suddenly quieted down when they heard this low shout. It can be imagined that this person must have a high reputation in the Yunlan Sect.

"I'm Yun Leng, the Grand Elder of the Yunlan Sect. Since the Sect Master is not here, I will be presiding over today's competition. The purpose of this competition is to exchange ideas and stop when the time is right. No matter who wins or loses, we should not argue too much afterwards!" The old man in white robe shouted loudly while standing on the high platform.

"What's going on? Where is Yun Yun?" Xiao Yan kept looking around, but still couldn't find the green figure.

"Too much nonsense! Let's get started!" Xiao Yan felt bad when he saw Yun Yun was not there.

Hearing this, Yun Leng's breathing became a little rapid. Normally, even the sect leader did not dare to speak to him like this.

But thinking of Xiao Yan's strength, Yun Leng had to suppress his anger. Xiao Yan's strength was secondary. The most important thing was that he was a seventh-grade alchemist!
He really couldn't afford to provoke someone of this status, otherwise their Yunlan Sect would be in trouble, or even destroyed.

A seventh-grade alchemist is capable of hiring Dou Zong masters. As long as he invites one or two Dou Zong masters, plus a few Dou Huang masters, it will be enough to destroy their Yunlan Sect.

"Yanran, go down! Just do your best! It's okay even if you lose!" Yun Leng said to Nalan Yanran beside him. Nalan Yanran's efforts in the past three years are obvious to all, and no one can find fault with her. In three years, she has gone from a fighter to a fighting spirit. This talent can be considered rare. In the future, she will be able to grow into a fighting emperor or even a fighting ancestor, which is enough for her to be the next leader of the Yunlan Sect.

As for being defeated by Xiao Yan, does that count?
Not only did everyone not think that Nalan Yanran was weak, but they thought that Nalan Yanran was very powerful. After all, being able to fight against a monster like Xiao Yan and daring to draw her sword was enough to make her look down on the world.

Nalan Yanran nodded to the Great Elder Yun Leng, then walked slowly down the stairs. Today she did not use the Feixu body movement technique that she was very good at, not because she did not want to use it, but the pressure from Xiao Yan was too great, so she did not even have the courage to use it.

Nalan Jie looked at Xiao Yan, regret evident on his face. This was originally his son-in-law!
If they had not gone to the Xiao family to cancel the engagement, their Nalan family would have become the largest family in the imperial capital, and in the future would have surpassed the royal family and the Yunlan Sect to become the number one family in the northwest continent.

Everyone turned their eyes to Nalan Jie, with mockery unconsciously appearing on their lips.

"I thought you were too lazy to come!" Nalan Yanran looked at Xiao Yan with a disdainful smile.

"I am a person who keeps my promises!" Xiao Yan said with a faint smile.

"Can you tell me, why did you help my grandfather detoxify when our Nalan family treated you like this?" Nalan Yanran looked at Xiao Yan with complicated eyes and expressed her doubts.

Hearing this, the others also pricked up their ears, wanting to know why Xiao Yan was so kind. Almost everyone knew about the conflict between Xiao Yan and the Nalan family.

"You don't need to know this!" Xiao Yan naturally would not tell the reason.

Seeing Xiao Yan's impatient look, Nalan Yanran felt secretly bitter. After three years of hard work, the result might be that she couldn't even take on Xiao Yan's moves. This result was really hard to accept.

“Although you are very powerful, I will not surrender! Although I know I will lose, I will still try my best!” Nalan Yanran drew out the green sword, pointed it at Xiao Yan, and her aura surged.

"I admire your courage to draw your sword! I won't take advantage of you. I will stand still and not fight back. As long as you can break my defense, you win if you touch me! I will apologize for what I did before!" Xiao Yan looked at Nalan Yanran without any contempt in his heart, only admiration.

“What? Standing still? Not fighting back? You’ll admit defeat as soon as your body is touched?” Everyone thought that Xiao Yan was too arrogant. Nalan Yanran was a Dou Ling!
"Old man Hai, tell me the truth, how strong is Xiao Yan?" Fa Ma turned to look at Hai Bodong and asked in a low voice.

Hearing this, the others also pricked up their ears and eavesdropped. After all, they also wanted to know how strong Xiao Yan was.

Although this was a competition among juniors, Xiao Yan was already considered one of the top ten strongest men in the Jia Ma Empire, so all the former and current top ten strongest men came. Their purpose was naturally to fight with Xiao Yan. After all, the top ten strongest men often competed with each other.

"How strong! I can't say for sure! Back then, Green Barbarian and Eight-winged Black Snake King from the Sky Snake Palace almost died in his hands!" Hai Bodong said in a shocking tone.

Hearing this, everyone's eyes almost popped out. They were not sure who Lu Man was, but they had heard of the Eight-Winged Black Snake King, a famous ferocious beast on the continent, which was no less powerful than Medusa.

No one in the Jia Ma Empire except Jia Xingtian could guarantee to stay safe from the Eight-Winged Black Snake King, but such a powerful murderer almost died at the hands of Xiao Yan.

Everyone turned their eyes to Xiao Yan in the field again. It was hard to imagine that this handsome young man could have such a brutal side.

After hearing the exclamations from the stage, Nalan Yanran's hand holding the sword began to tremble. However, she was too stubborn to admit defeat. She clenched her teeth, tapped the ground with her toes, and her body turned into a ball of green light. She raised the sword in her hand and stabbed towards Xiao Yan.

(End of this chapter)