Chapter 4: If Life Is Only as First Seen
"Rustleβ"
Under the darkness of the night, Xiao Yan walked out of the practice room and came out a little to breathe.
He was lying on the grass in the back mountain, biting a piece of grass from the corner of his mouth.
He didn't know how long it had been, but suddenly he heard the sound of rustling from the bushes.
ββ¦β¦ Kaoru is here? β
Xiao Yan didn't look up, just asked out loud.
But the visitor did not answer.
"Kaoru'er?"
ββ¦β¦ What, did I come at the wrong time? Or am I looking for the wrong person? β
Xiao Yan was slightly stunned, this was by no means Xun'er's voice, although her voice was soft and tactful, she belonged to a person she had never been in contact with before.
He subconsciously raised his lowered gaze, and all he saw was a figure that covered the figure and face tightly.
"Are you ......?"
It's a stranger, but there's nothing hostile to it.
Xiao Yan subconsciously propped up his body, and stopped talking.
"Me? Just treat me as a passerby and don't care. β
Yao Wan looked curiously at the black-haired young man in front of him and said.
"Passers-by? Passers-by don't just walk into someone's house. β
Xiao Yan reacted after the initial stunned: "The people in Utan City don't have the courage to sneak into Xiao's house without permission...... Are you from out of town? β
ββ¦β¦ Ho, although it's not a lot of cultivation, but the brain is still bright. β
Yao Wan sighed.
"And who are you?"
"Having said it, I'm just a passerby."
"I didn't plan to come to such a boring little place...... However, I heard that the Xiao family had a genius two years ago, and it seemed to be a little interesting. β
When Xiao Yan heard this, he fell silent.
"It seems that the result is not at the right time, and the flowers I want to see have been thanked."
Xiao Yan paused, and couldn't get up calmly, just asked, "You came from out of town, just to see a useless waster?" β
"No, I'm here to laugh at your ββββ"
Yao Wan said without concealment, but at the end, the words changed: "If I say that, will it be difficult for you to feel better?" β
ββ¦β¦ No, not at all. β
Xiao Yan clenched his fists, his eyes bloodshot.
Seeing Xiao Yan's reaction, Yao Wan couldn't help but shake his head.
"It's not convincing at all, it looks like I haven't had a good night's sleep for a few days, right?"
As she spoke, she raised her fingertips and tapped on Xiao Yan's forehead and eyebrows, Xiao Yan's body shook slightly, and then she suddenly felt a clear power flowing through her limbs and many meridians, dispelling the tiredness that Xiao Yan had accumulated in the past few days.
"Ho ......"
Xiao Yan was stunned, and then took a deep breath.
Yao Wan then said: "Do you feel that your body is light and comfortable?" β
Xiao Yan nodded slightly sneeringly.
"Nonsense, don't you want to be an immortal if you don't have a good rest."
Yao Wan sneered: "One day when you don't take medicine and feel light, I'm afraid it's not far from death." β
Xiao Yan reacted this time: "Aunt ...... Seniors are alchemists? β
Hearing the respect in Xiao Yan's tone, Yao Wan's focus was very strange: "Senior? β
Xiao Yan realized that what he said didn't seem to be right, and hurriedly spoke: "...... Girl? β
Yao Wan frowned slightly, how could this title become more and more strange the more I heard it.
But forget it, the girl is a girl, anyway, it's a year older than him, so it's cheaper for him.
"Yo, just now there was a mouthful of outsiders, and now there is a senior and a girl?"
Yao Wan circled around Xiao Yan, with a bit of unceremonious ridicule in his tone.
"The girl laughed, the strong people in the Douqi Continent are respected, and I was offended a lot just now."
Xiao Yan responded without humility or arrogance, and it could be seen that two years of defeat and sinking into the sand were not entirely a bad thing for him.
"Hmph, if you were a turtle with a shrunken head, I wouldn't bother to look at you, but you would be a little bold."
After saying that, she raised her head and looked at the young man in front of her, as if waiting for him to say something.
"Don't you have anything to tell me?"
"What do you say, girl?"
"I can see that your vindictive energy can't be gathered is not your physical cause."
Yao Wan said: "When an alchemist appears in front of you, you don't have the idea of a dead horse being a live horse doctor?" I don't believe that. β
Xiao Yan saw that he couldn't hide it from her, so he had to say frankly: "Hope is one thing, but reality is another,"
"I can't come up with any treasures or rewards that can make the alchemist tempting, and as for the begging girl, I don't think there is any hope."
"If you don't ask me, how do you know that there is no hope?"
"The girl is not the kind of person who likes to play with others, Xiao Yan has been silent for two years, and she will no longer know people."
Xiao Yan shook his head and said.
Yao Wan didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly, Xiao Yan didn't say much, just silently responded to the gaze from her.
"There's nothing I can do to help you, believe it or not, it's not a bad thing that your current fighting spirit can't be gathered, and I can't help you solve this kind of thing."
"It's just that you still have another year, a whole year, can you bear it?"
Yao Wan asked.
Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "To be honest, I don't know what the girl means by one year, but if there is still one year left for us to cultivate, I have been here for two years in a row, will there be a year missing?" β
Yao Wan was silent for a moment, and then nodded his head: "Then I understand, you are indeed a bit interesting." β
"Girl...... Is this going to leave? β
"I was going to leave, but now that you've said that, I'm not in a hurry to leave, I've been out for more than a year, and the outside world is just like that, so I should find a place to rest for a while, it doesn't matter how long my journey continues."
Xiao Yan's heart moved: "What does that girl mean?" β
"I think the environment of this Xiao family is not bad, so I'll live here for a few days first."
ββ¦β¦ What's wrong? Not quite suitable? β
Seeing that Xiao Yan stopped talking, Yao Wan couldn't help but say.
"Where, where...... I'm afraid that the Xiao family is too small, I'm afraid the girl won't be used to it. β
"I'll get used to it later."
She flicked her sleeves and said nonchalantly.
"Then I don't know what to call a girl?"
Xiao Yan asked.
"I'll just call me Miss Wan."
Yao Wan thought about it, it was better not to reveal his full name casually, so as not to get into trouble for no reason.
"I told you my name, what about you?"
"Xiao Yan, just call me Xiao Yan."
The black-haired boy, who was still young and immature at the moment, replied.
"Xiao Yan...... Okay, I remember the name. β