Xiao Yan's words shocked everyone present.

  Initially, Ge Ye thought he had misjudged him. Now, he felt he had misjudged him yet again.

  Ge Ye couldn't help but shake his head internally, 'Ah, pride gets the best of us. Yanran has been cultivating a High Xuan Qi Method from the sect, and her Green Wood Sword has already achieved a minor level of mastery. A from such a remote small city probably doesn't even possess a High Xuan Qi Method.'

  TL/N: In the previous chapter, "Green Wood Sword" is presented as a Qi Method, while here it is used as a Dou Teique. Just assume that both the Qi Method and the Dou Teique are part of a set of teiques with the same name.

  Ge Ye wasn't wrong. The highest-css Qi Method in Wu Tan City was only an Intermediate Xuan Css. The higher the css of the Qi Method, the stronger and more profound the Dou Qi cultivated, and naturally, the more powerful the Dou Teiques executed.

  The saying, "One level higher in rank could crush a person to death," also applied to Qi Methods.

  However, Ge Ye failed to notice that, upon hearing Xiao Yan propose su 'unreasonable' duel, not a single member of the Xiao , including Xiao Zhan and the elders, found it inappropriate.

  None of them realized at this moment where this underlying fidence came from.

  A faint smile appeared on Nan Yanran's face when she heard his words. She suddenly found him much mreeable.

  "Is that true?"

  Before Xiao Yan could answer, Xiao Mei interjected loudly, "Xiao Yan ge's word is as good as gold, unlike some people who go ba their word."

  Nan Yanran's eyelid involuntarily twitched. In the Dou Qi ti, marriage arras were akin to aimes, following the will of parents and matchmakers. Nan Yanran had e to annul the e without even daring to inform her grandfather, Nan Jie, knowing she was in the wrong.

  Xiao Yan smiled fidently and nodded, "Of course, it's true."

  "However, if you ot withstand my move, then I will divorce you publicly at your Nan Mansion."

  !!!!!

  "You!" Nan Yanran was stunned. She wao retort but could not find the words to do so. Her face turned slightly pale with anger as she ched her fists.

  Because what Xiao Yan had just said was essentially what she was doing herself now.

  Nan Yanran's iions may have sounded nice, but iy, they also revealed her spoiled and willful temperament.

  Xiao Yan did not oppose Nan Yanran's pursuit of freedom, but the idea of pursuing her own freedom at the expense of his father was something he could not five.

  Although Xiao Yan spoke with a smile and his tone was gentle, Nan Yanran could see from his eyes that if she really couldn't stand his move, he would make good on his words.

  Xiao Yan was oo hold a grudge.

  Nan Yanran took a deep breath, and a pale -colored Dou Qi began to appear arouhe Qi Method she was cultivating was of the Wind Attribute.

  Her right index and middle fingers came together to form a sword, releasing a pale spiral gust that iwio form a wind sword.

  The Green Wood Sword, being able to cultivate a Low Xuan Dou Teique to the point of maing Dou Qi into a form, proved that Nan Yanran truly possessed the talent that the Misty Cloud Sect valued.

  inally, Nan Yanran did not want to use her High Css Qi Method to bully others, but the stakes Xiao Yan proposed made it impossible for her to afford to lose.

  Xiao Yan watched Nan Yanran and teased her with a smile, "Hold on, I fot something."

  "Are you going to take a pill?" Nan Yanran frowned slightly. She was aware that some pills could temporarily grant the strength of a Dou Practitioner.

  Xiao Yan ignored her and started rummaging through his pocket. Uhe astonished gazes of the Ge Ye trio, he pulled out a golden star and pi on his chest in a leisurely manner.

  They all knew what the golden star represented. It was the mark of a Dou Practitiohis meant that Xiao Yan was already a 1-star Dou Practitioner!

  When Xiao Yan took anolden star out of his pocket, Ge Ye's expression became unnatural. Surprisingly, Xiao Yan was a 2-star Dou Practitioner!

  It was at this moment that Ge Ye noticed the mog smiles on the faces of the Xiao disciples, all of whom looked as if they were watg a joke unfold.

  With a sinking feeling, a terrible suspi dawned on Ge Ye, 'No, this 't be the case.'

  Ge Ye's suspi was firmed when Xiao Yan reached into his pocket again.

  'A three-star Dou Practitioner!!!'

  Ge Ye and the other elder pletely lost their posure when they saw those three dazzling stars!

  When they first learhat Xiao Yan from Wu Tan City was a genius, they were dismissive. They believed that a 'genius' from such a remote small city, at the age of fourteen or fifteen, would at best reach the 9th-stage Dou Disciple. Perhaps with external aids, he might barely qualify as a Dou Practitioner.

  They were wrong, they were dead wrong!

  Why did Ge Ye and his panion heed a junior's request to e to Wu Tan City to annul an e? It was because Nan Yanran had reached the 3-star Dou Practitioage just after turnieen, had been accepted as a disciple by Sect Leader Yun Yun, and was even expected to be groomed as the Sect Leader.

  The talent of a seventeen-year-old 3-star Dou Practitioner could essentially reach the Dou Emperor realm with suffit resources.

  Ge Ye himself was only a Dou Grandmaster. Above that rank were Dou Spirits, above Dou Spirits were Dou Kings, and only above Dou Kings were Dou Emperors! The gap betweewo realms was as wide as the gap between the sky and the earth.

  Simply put, they were currying favor with Nan Yanran because they were optimistic about her future.

  However, Nan Yanran, who came from a prestigious where her grandfather Nan Jie was a Dou King, had barely reached the 3-star Dou Practitioage with the aid of pills refined by the 6th-tier Alchemist, Pill King Gu He.

  In the remote Wu Tan City, where likely not even a 2nd-tier Alchemist could be found, Xiao Yan's cultivation stage astonishingly matched Nan Yanran's!

  Wouldn't this parison suggest that Xiao Yan's talent was far superior to Nan Yanran's?!

  At this moment, only one word filled Nan Yanran's mind: inprehensible!

  What had happeo the world! Even in the history of the Misty Cloud Sect, it was extremely rare for a fourteen-year-old to reach the three-star Dou Practitioage. And now, such a genius from a remote small city!

  She couldn't prehend it.

  It was at this moment that Ge Ye realized that the fident smile of the young man in front of him was based on real strength!

  Xiao Yan's proposal of a duel wasn't to offer them a way out, but because he truly believed that Nan Yanran couldn't withstand a single move from him.

  He was for real!

  The three golden stars reflected the light as Xiao Yan dusted off his clothes.

  "Make your move. It's getting te."

  Nan Yanran found herself in a difficult position. If she gave in now, she could fet about iing her Master's mantle and being the Sect Leader of the Misty Cloud Sect. It might even shatter her mental state and affect her cultivation.

  She took a deep breath to calm herself under everyone's watchful eyes. Her Master's advice echoed in her ears: be true to your heart.

  The power of her Green Wood Sword suddenly increased.

  Ge Ye secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Nan Yanran's Green Wood Sword. Putting the same stage aside, Nan Yanran's Qi Method and Dou Teiques were top-notder the guidance of the Sect Leader. In fights at the same stage, the Qi Method and Dou Teique used would be the deg factors.

  "Speaking of which, have you guys ever seetle Leader fight before?"

  "With the Little Leader's cultivation, who would look for such a beating for no reason?"

  "Although I heard that a few years ago, Cousin Xiao Yu chased the Little Leader around the mountain wanting to fight. At that time, Cousin Xiao Yu had been cultivating for a longer period of time and had a slightly higher cultivation stage thatle Leader."

  "It seems like there's really no matches of the same stage..."

  Nan Yanran's eyes snapped open and her gaze became sharp. She lunged forward with a swift stride that resembled an arrow being released. The wind sword in her hand thrust straight at Xiao Yan.

  Xiao Yan did not pani the slightest in the face of this powerful Xuan Css Dou Teique attack. His Dou Qi instantly circuted throughout his body as he roared inwardly, 'Oe Bst: Elbow Strike.'

  A powerful shockwave spread throughout the hall. One by one, flower pots and cups shattered as their aura erupted and their attacks collided.

  The moment, a delicate figure was sent flying out of the hall, crashing through the wooden doors with a loud bang.

  Ge Ye had misjudged, yet again!