Fighting: I am Han Feng, I respect my teacher

The morning breeze was cool, and the sound of footsteps came from afar.

The Martyrs' Park was rather deserted, with few visitors.

Nalan Yanran turned around and saw Xiao Yan, wearing a mask, walking towards her.

"Mr. Rock Owl!"

She exclaimed in surprise and rushed forward.

Xiao Yan raised his hand, stopping her from going forward to greet him.

Upon arriving at the martyrs' monument, Xiao Yan saw the name of his grandfather, Xiao Lin, on it.

Seeing Yan Xiao staring silently at the inscription, Nalan Yanran became even more certain of her previous guess.

"Mr. Yan Xiao, do you know anyone up there?"

Nalan Yanran asked.

Xiao Yan nodded.

"when did you come?"

“I’ve been here ever since you asked me to come yesterday, and I haven’t left since.”

Nalan Yanran said earnestly.

"Heh, it must have been hard for you to stand all night."

Xiao Yan said.

Nalan Yanran shook her head.

"As long as Mr. Yan Xiao agrees to save my grandfather, I can endure any hardship. What is standing all night?"

Are you really that determined?

Xiao Yan suddenly looked at Nalan Yanran, his eyes behind the mask fixed on her.

Meeting that gaze, Nalan Yanran suddenly felt a tightness in her heart.

"I have it!"

"Okay, I'll wait and see."

After Xiao Yan finished speaking, he bowed respectfully to the inscription on the stele.

"Let's go to the Nalan residence."

"You agreed?!"

Nalan Yanran exclaimed in delight.

Xiao Yan didn't say anything more. After Nalan Yanran realized what was happening, she immediately led the way for him.

"Mr. Yan Xiao, this way please."

Arriving at the Nalan Mansion, located in the most prosperous part of the empire, Xiao Yan took in all the sights.

When he was a child, he and his father were invited by the Nalan family to visit the capital, and they walked along this street that belonged to the Nalan family.

But that's a very distant memory.

“Mr. Yan Xiao, please wait here for a moment while I go in and check on Grandpa’s condition.”

Nalan Jie, who was branded with poison, has been staying in the deepest courtyard of the Nalan family since he fell into a coma. He is surrounded by elite guards and no one is allowed to get close.

Except for those you can trust.

Nalan Yanran entered her grandfather's room, where an unpleasant smell filled the air.

She channeled wind-attribute fighting spirit in her hand, dispersing the scent slightly.

When Mr. Yanxiao comes in later, we should still maintain our image.

Chapter 217 Branding Poison

"grandfather."

Nalan Yanran looked at the old man on the bed, whose breathing was weak, and her eyes were filled with sorrow.

This wretched branding poison, in just a few years, has turned a powerful Dou Wang into the weak and frail figure he is today.

Nalan Yanran could not imagine that her grandfather would one day die in such an undignified manner.

"I've found a way to save you."

Nalan Yanran murmured softly.

At this moment, Nalan Yanran's father also arrived.

He said excitedly, "Yanran, you've brought Mr. Yanxiao here!"

Nalan Yanran nodded.

"That's wonderful! Mr. Yan Xiao possesses a different kind of fire, so Father's poison can finally be cured!"

"Father, please have the clan guards cordon off the area later. Mr. Yan Xiao is treating Grandpa and cannot be disturbed in the slightest."

Nalan Yanran said.

"Of course, I will arrange it properly."

"Yanran, hurry up and invite Mr. Yanxiao in. Don't keep him waiting outside."

Nalan Yanran turned and walked outside, passing through several paths, until she saw Xiao Yan standing in the open garden.

“Mr. Yan Xiao, my grandfather is ready. Could you please check on his condition first?”

"Let's go take a look first."

Xiao Yan followed Nalan Yanran into the Nalan family compound, to the heavily guarded room.

Upon entering the room, a faint stench of decay was immediately noticeable.

Although Nalan Yanran had already treated it, the toxins had spread too deeply and were bound to corrode some items.

Xiao Yan frowned slightly.

It wasn't that he couldn't stand the smell, but rather that the toxins had already permeated the air, indicating that the poison in Old Master Nalan had penetrated deep into his bones.

"Mr. Rock Owl!"

When Nalan Yanran's father saw Xiao Yan enter the room, he stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

"I'm sure Yanran has told you the details. Please lend a helping hand and save my father. My Nalan family will forever remember your kindness!"

Hearing these words, Xiao Yan remained completely unmoved.

"Let me take a look first."

He came this time entirely because of the relationship between his grandfather and Nalan Yanran's grandfather.

If it were anyone else, Xiao Yan wouldn't care whether they lived or died.

After this incident, the ties between the Xiao family and the Nalan family will be completely severed.

Xiao Yan came to the bedside and saw a thin, dark-skinned figure lying on the bed.

The withered arm was clearly not in a healthy state; the blood flowing beneath the skin had a faint black tinge, making it look very unnatural.

That faint stench of decay was emanating from the old man.

Xiao Yan's first glance was to get a clear look at the old man's face.

Is this what Grandpa's life-and-death friendship was like?

He looks quite resolute, but unfortunately he's now plagued by the branding poison, so his demeanor is definitely not what it used to be.

This branding technique is quite sophisticated.

"Let's help the old man up first."

Xiao Yan said.

Nalan Yanran quickly did as instructed.

After he helped Nalan Jie sit upright, Xiao Yan sat cross-legged behind Nalan Jie, a colorless flame igniting in his palm.

The temperature in the room instantly rose a notch.

The faint stench of decay also vanished without a trace.

"This is the strange fire!"

Nalan Yanran's father stared in shock at the flames in Xiao Yan's hand.

Even though I had seen it before at the alchemy conference, seeing it a second time was still very shocking.

"The old man is currently in a coma and cannot be brought to consciousness. I need to conduct some in-depth examinations later. His body may involuntarily convulse at that time, so please hold him down."

Xiao Yan said calmly.

"Okay, Mr. Yanxiao, we'll do whatever you say!"

Nalan Yanran's father nodded directly.

Before the alchemy competition, Yan Xiao, a rogue alchemist who was just entering everyone's sight, would not have been able to enter the Nalan Mansion at all.

Even if he displays a different kind of fire, Nalan Yanran's father will probably have to think twice.

But now, Yan Xiao is the champion of the Alchemy Competition!

This title alone is enough to erase any shortcomings in qualifications.

At least in terms of medicine making, no one will question it anymore.

That's the benefit of fame.

Xiao Yan struck Nalan Jie on the back with a palm strike from a distance. With his cultivation at the Dou Ling realm, he was not afraid at all when facing a Dou Wang who was half-dead.

The strange fire invaded Nalan Jie's body along with his battle qi, rapidly circulating through his meridians.

The invasion of foreign energy caused Nalan Jie's body to instinctively resist.

Not only did his body twitch outwardly, but inside, a large amount of black battle energy surged toward the Fallen Heart Flame, trying to expel it from his body.

Nalan Jie's fighting spirit was already mixed with a strong branding poison.

After years of erosion, the two have become indistinguishable.

Xiao Yan frowned and intensified his investigation.

"what......"

A painful murmur escaped from Nalan Jie's mouth.

As the strange fire penetrated deeper, his body trembled even more violently.

If Han Feng had previously devoured and refined the strange fire, he needed to swallow it into his body before engaging in combat.

Now, Nalan Jie has experienced the terrifying power of refining a strange fire.

The extremely high temperature of the flames scorched Nalan Jie's body, causing indescribable pain that only those who had personally refined a strange fire could understand.

Xiao Yan didn't have this memory, so when he saw Nalan Jie's body trembling more and more, he immediately shouted, "Hurry up and make him stop moving around!"

Seeing her grandfather in such pain, Nalan Yanran couldn't bear it. However, her father listened to Mr. Yan Xiao and stepped forward without hesitation to firmly suppress Nalan Jie.

"Father, just behave yourself!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Nalan Jie roared hysterically.

No one could understand the pain he was going through.

"The branding poison has taken root so deeply."

After some investigation, Xiao Yan finally found the source of the branding poison.

It was a huge wound, and most of the branding poison on Nalan Jie's body came from this place.

Xiao Yan roused himself, and the temperature of the flame in his hand suddenly increased.

As a newly promoted fifth-rank alchemist, he was quite confident in his control over flames.