The Battle Through Heaven
Expelling Poison
Inside the quiet room, Nalan and his father were speaking in whispering tones, occasionally turning their gaze towards the two men by the bedside. After some time, their whispers slowly stopped as they saw sweat flowing from the old man's face and blue veins popping up on his arms. The Nalan people looked at each other and saw anxiety and unease in each other's eyes.
Xiao Yan's face remained calm despite the restlessness in the room, his fingers pointing at Nalan Jie's back slightly trembled. The faint green flames were constantly controlled by his spiritual power and his high temperature was used to slowly take out the "Searing Poison" that had invaded the bones.
The green flames wrapped themselves around the pitch-black bone. Although it seems to stick to the surface, after a closer look one will observe that they are separated by a very small gap. The temperature of the Heavenly Fire was too high, if it came into direct contact with Nalan Jie's bones, even if he was a Dou Wang level powerhouse, he would immediately receive severe injuries or even die.
The high flame temperature slowly seeped into the pitch-black bones, causing smoke to slowly escape from them.
By continuing to roast the flames, the black fog quietly seeped out from the bones, but before it could escape, it was quickly surrounded by green flames and under the frightening temperature, "Burning Poison" this one that could even threaten a Dou Huang, was roasted into nothingness.
However, when Xiao Yan used ‘ Heavenly Fire’ to burn this black-colored fog, it was, he discovered that some unknown black colored objects were actually slowly being forged along with ‘Heavenly Fire’ at a time when the black colored fog would evaporate. Soon after, they became silent in the fire.
As time was spent quietly, the part of the pitch-black bone wrapped by Xiao Yan's green flame, at a speed visible to the naked eye, was gradually restored to its normal color.
Outside, at this moment, Nalan Jie's body was drenched in sweat. His old face, while moving uncontrollably, let out a faint sound of cold air from between his teeth.
"Little sister, is it done? Huh uh?" Nalan Jie's trembling voice came out hoarsely as the blue veins on his arms twitched as if they were small snakes.
Xiao Yan's forehead was covered in sweat. Handling Heavenly Fire with such precision for such a long time was extremely draining and was a huge burden on his spiritual power. He heard Nalan Jie's question and slowly replied in a soft voice, "Since you are at the limit of your endurance, we will stop here for this poison expelling session. The extent to which the poison was embedded in your body far exceeded my expectations. I want to take it out at once, but it seems like it won't be possible so we can only choose to slowly take our time "
"Can ‘Searing Poison’ really be fully issued?" When Nalan Jie heard her reply, she could not hide the authentic shock in her voice. Even after living for so many years, if given the choice between life and death, everyone would choose the former.
"Given the current progress, healing it completely doesn't seem to be a problem." Xiao Yan said in a cold voice.
"Haha, I didn't expect little sister to have such skills despite her young age. I really don't know which hidden expert in this world could raise this kind of great disciple "Nalan Jie hurriedly nodded while laughing hoarsely. "Then we'll do as little sister recommended."
"Oh, by the way, what's the name of the younger brother?"
"Yan Xiao... stop talking, I pulled ‘Heavenly Fire." Xiao Yan frowned. He bent his fingers slightly and the green-colored flame that enveloped the bones began to slowly dissipate. Finally, he returned to Xiao Yan's body one after another.
When the last wisp of green-colored flame returned to his body, Xiao Yan heaved a sigh of relief. He wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. Suddenly, his face changed slightly, but quickly recovered. Pretending nothing had happened, Xiao Yan glanced at his fingertips which had turned black. He pursed his lips and put his hand back up his sleeve without anyone noticing.
"Yan Xiao's sister, how's she doing?" Observing Xiao Yan who seemed to have stopped flushing out the poison, Nalan Su hurriedly took two steps forward and asked.
"We'll end today's treatment here. With this progress, I think we will need at least seven days to eliminate all the toxins. " Xiao Yan glanced at Nalan Jie, whose face looked slightly better than before, as he voiced his thoughts.
"Sister, thank you very much. As long as you can heal my father, the Nalan clan will definitely provide rewards that will not disappoint! " Watching the slight glint on Nalan Jie's old face, the weight that pressed down on Nalan Su's heart finally fell. Nalan Jie's importance to the Nalan clan was similar to Mo Cheng's importance to the Mo clan. Although the Nalan clan would not kneel down if it lost this support beam, the distance he had with the other two great clans would definitely be further and further separated.
"Tomorrow, I'll keep coming here. I'm leaving today. " Xiao Yan glanced at the color of the sky outside, turned around and spoke to Nalan Jie.
"Little sister, in order to save some trouble, why don't you come and stay at the Nalan clan house?" Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Nalan Jie hurriedly smiled and said warmly.
"No need for that. I have my own problems to solve. " Xiao Yan shook his head indifferently. He ignored the three of them, raised his feet and walked towards the exit.
"Good." Nalan Yanran nodded slightly, staring at the skinny back in front of him before slowly following.
As Xiao Yan slowly walked down the small path lined by stone fragments, he stared ahead with an expressionless face. It was as if the daughter of the Nalan clan who was following beside him was non-existent.
Being shoulder to shoulder with Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran's eyes would occasionally glance at the young man who ignored him. Her pretty face might be calm, but she was somewhat stunned and slightly depressed in her heart. Although he did not care much, this was still the first time in several years that he had been ignored in such a manner. He initially thought that his character was quite proud. He had not expected this person in front of him to be even more arrogant.
However, Nalan Yanran also clearly knew that even though this young man in front of him, who was called Yan Xiao, was arrogant, he did have the capital for it. At such a young age, he was already able to control the terrifying ‘Heavenly Fire’ that even Dou Huang was so afraid of. That was enough for him to triumph over a generation that was the same age as him. Therefore, even Nalan Yanran could not help but feel admiration at the same time he felt somewhat stifled.
"Yan Xiao, although I'm not sure how an alchemist eliminates poison, but inserting that terrifying ‘Heavenly Fire into one's body should require the ability to control a very precise flame, right? This controller ability of yours seems to be much stronger than many tier three alchemists I have seen. " Nalan Yanran was finally unable to withstand the miserable atmosphere and took the lead to ask gently.
"Maybe." Xiao Yan stared ahead steadily, his voice extremely cold and indifferent.
"Then why don't you go and take the test for a tier three alchemist?"
"Putting one's power on his chest so that everyone can see it clearly. This kind of action I'm not that stupid. " The soft lazy voice of Xiao Yan contained ridicule. She slightly tilted her head and glanced at Nalan's chest area which was tightly wrapped by the moon-colored dress. Immediately, he returned the question, "Aren't you also not wearing a rank badge?"
"Teachers have said that the so-called ranking badges are just fake appearances. Moreover, even I am not sure exactly what class my strength is. It drifted too much up and down. " Nalan Yanran smiled and said.
"Too much drifting up and down? Whatchu mean?" Hearing this, Xiao Yan's heart moved slightly as he asked gently without leaving a trace.
"… Sorry, I can't divulge some secrets of the Misty Cloud Sect." Nalan Yanran shook his head in a slightly regretful manner and did not reveal his reason.
Xiao Yan's brows pressed tightly before immediately relaxing. He nodded silently as he walked with pacing footsteps. The corner of his eyes drifted to Nalan Yanran beside him whose footsteps were quite elegant as he walked. He hesitated for a moment. Then his Spiritual Strength suddenly slowly came out of his body and enveloped his surroundings, wanting to test if he could investigate his true strength. Although Yao Lao had said that there was something in Nalan Yanran that prevented the investigation using Spiritual Strength, Xiao Yan still wanted to confirm it personally.
Xiao Yan's Spiritual Strength lingered around Nalan Yanran's body. A moment later, he sighed softly in his heart. From his senses, the surface of his body seemed to be covered by layers of energy films that completely isolated the probing Spiritual Strength.
After slowly withdrawing his Spiritual Strength, Xiao Yan's brows suddenly moved slightly. He turned his head and looked at Nalan Yanran who was calmly looking at him. His fists under his sleeves stiffened slightly as he said in a weak voice, "What happened?"
"Mr Yan Xiao seems to be paying close attention to my strength?" Nalan Yanran looked at Xiao Yan and smiled and said with a deeper meaning, "Although I am not an alchemist. I was naturally born to be extremely sensitive to Spiritual Strength … "
"I've long heard that the oldest miss of the Nalan clan is a strong contender for the next Misty Cloud Sect Leader. Therefore, my hands became itchy and could not resist the urge to check. It was unexpected that I was found despite being very careful. You have my admiration. " Xiao Yan helplessly shrugged his shoulders and smiled as he said.
"Ke Ke, is that it?"
As Nalan Yanran smiled, her pretty eyes stared intently at that ordinary-looking face. For some unknown reason, his heart seemed to have a strange fainting feeling. However, he was unable to understand what exactly this strange feeling was. For now, he knitted his brows into a small knot.
\= "We've arrived. Nalan xiao-jie doesn't need to take me any further. I'll come back alone. Good bye." As Xiao Yan walked out of the door, he tilted his head towards Nalan Yanran whose brows were knitted. He cupped his hands together and shook them towards him. Without waiting for his answer, he walked out of the main door alone towards the road where people came and went.
"This person is truly a very proud, arrogant and strange person ..." Staring back who appeared and disappeared in the human flow, Nalan Yanran shook his head slightly and helplessly whispered. Immediately, he turned his body around and entered the Nalan clan house.