Chapter 273 Nalan Yanran's Visit
Chapter 273 Nalan Yanran's Visit
"How come you are so skilled?" Ya Fei raised her head with a blushing face, staring straight at Xiao Se with her beautiful eyes.
"Uh," Xiao Se heard this, and the corner of his mouth twitched. By the way, are you really that skilled? I should have pretended to be more inexperienced.
Just as Xiao Se was about to "quibble", there was a knock on the door of the room, and then a respectful maid's voice came from outside the door: "Ms. Yafei, Miss Nalan Yanran wants to see you for something"
"Nalan Yanran?" A hint of surprise flashed across Xiao Se's eyes.
Hearing the maid's announcement, Ya Fei was also slightly startled, and then she stood up from Xiao Se's arms, straightened her slightly messy clothes, and said in a cold voice: "Bring her in."
"Yes." Outside the door, the maid responded respectfully.
"What? Our Master Xiao Se also wants to meet him. I know that this senior disciple of the Yunlan Sect has always been obsessed with 'Xiao Huohuo'." The footsteps of the maid gradually faded away, and Ya Fei looked at Xiao Se with a smile.
"No, I'd better forget it. She is still obsessed with Xiao Huohuo. What does it have to do with me, Xiao Se? Anyway, I have never taken the initiative to provoke her." Xiao Se shook his head. Now is not the time to see Nalan Yanran. He turned around and walked behind the screen.
As soon as Xiao Se entered the screen, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. The door of the room was opened, and then Nalan Yanran's graceful figure walked into the hall.
"Sister Yanran, it's been a long time since we last met." Seeing Nalan Yanran coming in, Yafei put a professional smile on her pretty face. She slowly walked up to her and said with a smile.
"Yes. Sister Yafei, Yanran came here this time to ask for a favor." Nalan Yanran nodded.
"Come. Sit down first." Hearing that Nalan Yanran had something to do, Yafei took her hand and sat down. She smiled softly and said, "What's the matter, sister Yanran?"
"The Miter family's businesses are spread throughout the Jiama Empire, and they have many information channels. I wonder if there is any news about Brother Xiao Huohuo?" Nalan Yanran asked hesitantly.
"Xiao Huohuo?" Upon hearing this, Ya Fei was slightly startled, then turned her head to look at Xiao Se hiding behind the screen, shook her head helplessly, and asked softly: "Not long after the Alchemist Conference ended, he left the imperial capital to venture into the mainland. Maybe he has left the Jia Ma Empire now. What does Sister Yanran want to see him about? Could it be that the young master of the Yunlan Sect has taken a fancy to that little guy?"
"Sister Yafei misunderstood." Hearing Yafei's words, Nalan Yanran's pretty face turned red. She tilted her head to look outside the door, smoothed her hair, and slowly said, "My grandfather was infected with an extremely terrifying brand poison when he killed the fifth-level magic beast Luo Tie Du Yin Python not long ago. Now the brand poison is constantly eroding the fighting spirit in my grandfather's body. If this continues, I'm afraid that in two or three years, my grandfather will be dragged down."
"Have other alchemists taken a look at it?" Ya Fei asked.
Nalan Yanran shook her head. "Most of the famous alchemists in the capital have looked at it, and they are all helpless. So I would like to ask Brother Xiao Huohuo to help take a look. If there is any news about Brother Xiao Huohuo, please help keep an eye out for it. Yanran will be very grateful. If Brother Xiao Huohuo is willing to help, the Nalan family is willing to offer all the treasures."
As she spoke, Nalan Yanran took out a list from her ring and handed it to Yafei.
Ya Fei opened it and took a look. They were indeed rare treasures. Even the current Mittel family would be tempted. But she couldn't guarantee whether Xiao Se would agree with her. Although businessmen valued profits, she would not use her relationship with Xiao Se to seek profits.
"Haha, Sister Yanran, if there is any news about Xiao Huohuo, I will help tell you. With Sister Yanran's relationship with him, maybe he will rush back as soon as he hears that the Nalan family is in trouble." Closing the list, Ya Fei chuckled.
"Sister Yafei, please stop making fun of me." Nalan Yanran's pretty face turned red again. After a while, the blush faded away, and she said hesitantly: "Yanran has another question I want to ask Sister Yafei."
"Oh?" A hint of interest flashed across Ya Fei's eyes, and she said with a smile, "Sister Yanran, please feel free to tell me."
Nalan Yanran said: "Sister Yafei has been in Wutan City for some time. I wonder if Sister Yafei has heard of Xiao Se?"
"Xiao Se?" Ya Fei was slightly startled, and her dark eyebrows raised slightly.
Xiao Se behind the screen was also confused after hearing this. It seemed that he had never made a high-profile appearance in the Jia Ma Empire under the name of Xiao Se, so how did Nalan Yanran know him?
Seeing Ya Fei's expression change like this, Nalan Yanran added: "He is the one who has been making a lot of noise in the Jia Ma Empire recently. He broke through to the Dou Ling level at the age of less than fifteen. It is said that he has now been named the fourth elder by the Xiao family of Wutan City."
"I've heard a little bit about it." Ya Fei pretended to be surprised, and sneered at the Xiao family's behavior in her heart, and then chuckled and said: "Why did sister Yanran suddenly ask about him? Could it be..."
"Sister Yafei, please stop guessing. I have never seen him." Seeing that Yafei was about to tease again, Nalan Yanran hurriedly stopped her.
"Okay. Then tell me about it." Ya Fei said with a smile.
After sorting out her thoughts, Nalan Yanran slowly said, "My teacher once said that when she and Brother Xiao Huohuo first met, Brother Xiao Huohuo was wearing a half-face mask. The second time they met was at the Alchemist Conference, but when the two were compared, a very obvious change was found in the lower half of his face. If Brother Xiao Huohuo had not possessed the Strange Fire at the time, my teacher would have almost suspected that he was an imposter. So the teacher thinks that Brother Xiao Huohuo was very likely to have disguised himself at the Alchemist Conference."
"Disguise?" Upon hearing these two words, Ya Fei's mouth twitched. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart at the keen observation ability of the Douhuang strongman, which was indeed so terrifying.
Nalan Yanran continued, "Yes, it is a disguise. Brother Xiao Huohuo's appearance during the Alchemist Conference seems to be much bigger than my teacher expected."
"But what does this have to do with Xiao Se?" Ya Fei asked in surprise.
Nalan Yanran explained, "I think Sister Yafei should also know that I asked the Xiao family to break off the engagement two years ago. So Yunlan Sect couldn't have investigated the fact that the Xiao family had a genius like Xiao Se. After seeing the results of the investigation, I was surprised to find that Xiao Se seemed to have a striking resemblance to Big Brother Xiao Huohuo, and the time when Xiao Se suddenly appeared was also very close to the time when Big Brother Xiao Huohuo left the imperial capital."
"So you suspect that Xiao Se is Xiao Huohuo, and Xiao Huohuo is Xiao Se?" Ya Fei said in surprise.
At this moment, even she began to admire Nalan Yanran, who could even notice such a subtle detail.
But soon, Ya Fei felt relieved. Nalan Yanran was not such a scheming person. The reason why she paid attention to Xiao Huohuo was because she had a great liking for the former. And she paid attention to Xiao Se because of his identity as a child of the Xiao family. The combination of the two made this an unexpected success.