"..." Nangong Suxin fell silent. She had indeed broken through, but her body was still very weak, and her realm also needed stabilizing. Therefore, if the Young Miss acted now, she would be completely at her mercy.
"Why can you break through after being injured? Xiaoyao, did you give her some medicine? I want some too," The Young Miss immediately thought of Xiaoyao from this supernatural event. Without asking, it was definitely because of Xiaoyao.
The Young Miss's words made everyone here look at Xiaoyao, hoping to get this answer. If so, everyone wanted such pills, though they also knew they'd have to pay a price!
"Just an injury medicine, nothing special. She was already at that bottleneck stage—experiencing the edge of life and death made it easy to break through," Xiaoyao replied casually.
Xiaoyao's answer diminished his role in others' minds. After all, the space between life and death was when breakthroughs were easiest. Some people deliberately put themselves at the edge of life and death—some succeeded while others failed. Success meant fame and fortune, while failure meant death.
"Should I try this next time too?" the Young Miss muttered quietly.
The Young Miss wasn't one of those people—she belonged to another type who liked doing boring and ignorant things.
"Just focus on cultivating properly and don't be lazy. You don't need to do such boring things—you can break through smoothly," Xiaoyao said irritably.
"Really? When?" the Young Miss asked.
"You need to ask yourself that. If you get serious, even ten days would work. If you're not serious, even ten years would be difficult," Xiaoyao was even more irritated. How dare you ask me about this?
"You said it—I want to become King-level within ten days!" the Young Miss said with a playful smile.
"..." Xiaoyao fell silent. He hadn't expected the Young Miss to be waiting for him here. What he just said was only a metaphor, not literal.
"What's wrong? Can't do it?" the Young Miss asked.
Being unable would be normal. Ten days! Although the Young Miss was similar to Nangong Suxin, this threshold wasn't easy to cross. Nangong Suxin's was just a coincidental opportunity—such things could only be encountered by chance, not sought.
Therefore, at this moment, everyone didn't think there'd be any problem if Xiaoyao said it couldn't be done, because this was originally very normal!
However, Xiaoyao unexpectedly said, "Yes! During these ten days you must be obedient. Whatever I say, you must do, without any objections. Can you do that?"
"Ah? You really can do it? Then of course I'll listen to you. Ten days is no problem—I'll be as obedient as a woman!" the Young Miss said. At this moment, she didn't realize her metaphor was very inappropriate.
"..."
"Good. You carry Nangong Suxin and follow me! I'll give you secret special training for ten days. By then Nangong Suxin won't have truly recovered yet, so you can easily win!" Xiaoyao nodded.
"..." Nangong Suxin was silent for a moment. "Xiaoyao, are you doing this on purpose? Wanting me to lose to your Young Miss? If you want this result, just say so—I'll let her win!"
"Bullshit! This young miss doesn't need you to let me win. I'll use real strength to trample you underfoot!" the Young Miss immediately said.
"No, your situation isn't my intention, but your body still needs recovery. I'll help you recover as quickly as possible. Within ten days you can be no different from normal people and able to fight, but not at full strength," Xiaoyao explained.
"Sister, being able to recover in ten days is already very good. I originally thought you'd need several months. Now you only need ten days and even break through—don't be ungrateful," Third Miss spoke at this moment. This sentence clearly helped Xiaoyao, immediately taking away Nangong Suxin's temper.
Nangong Suxin naturally knew what the situation was. She was originally just arguing with the Young Miss, mainly to provoke her.
"I know. Why are you speaking against me, little girl? Did Xiaoyao give you benefits?" Nangong Suxin looked at Third Miss, feeling she seemed somewhat abnormal. Previously Third Miss had been unwaveringly on her side.
"I help reason, not relatives,” Third Miss said seriously.
"Dead girl! Mo Yu, quickly carry me away—I don't want to see this girl anymore!" Nangong Suxin said to the Young Miss with a feeling of ordering servants.
"What kind of attitude is that! Sister isn't your servant!" the Young Miss said directly.
"Alright, Sister Mo Yu, please carry me away!" Nangong Suxin became very obedient, saying words different from her usual style, surprising those present who knew her.
"That's more like it! Let's go!" The Young Miss picked up Nangong Suxin, moving very carefully without causing any discomfort. Although the Young Miss appeared careless on the surface, she noticed what needed attention and was very appropriate.
Just as the Young Miss stepped out the door, she suddenly stopped, turned around and asked Xiaoyao, "Where are we going?"
"..."
"Lanruo Temple! The back courtyard there is very quiet with few people!" Xiaoyao replied casually and followed them out.
"Good!" The Young Miss nodded.
Lanruo Temple? And the back courtyard? Ordinary people couldn't enter there. Even Nangong clan members could only stay in front—the back was off-limits.
Even if the family head went, it would require the abbot's consent. Yet now this poor scholar seemed to treat it like going to his own backyard.
Did this poor scholar have a background?
Regardless of what background, at least his relationship with the Suxin sisters was very good—he shouldn't be an enemy.
"Should we still follow them?" Watching Xiaoyao's group leave, the Nangong clan members hesitated.
Nangong Lie shook his head: "No need now. Everything's fine already—we don't need to follow anymore. Report this matter to the family head, and investigate Xiaoyao's identity!"
"Su Su should know about his identity. She won't spend the night at Lanruo Temple, will she,"
"That's hard to say," Nangong Lie felt that based on Third Miss's recent performance, she might spend the night at Lanruo Temple. With the Nangong clan's status, staying there overnight would be simple.
"Then what do we do?"
"Go ask the people at Hanlin Academy. This Xiaoyao has been here all along—the people here definitely know something." Nangong Lie had actually already inquired about some things, so he knew Xiaoyao had been here recently and could even access the books inside. He should be someone with status in the Great Tang Empire.
Otherwise, the steward here wouldn't let Xiaoyao read books inside.
When the Nangong clan members went to inquire about Xiaoyao, they got news that surprised them. It wasn't that they learned Xiaoyao's identity—they just heard the steward say one sentence, just one sentence, and this sentence let them understand some things.
This sentence was, "I don't know who he is, but I know his surname is Le!"
"Le?"
The Nangong clan head, after receiving this information and organizing it, was very troubled by this character "Le." Even Nangong Suxin's matter seemed to become unimportant before this "Le" character.
Perhaps it was also because he knew Nangong Suxin was fine and he didn't need to worry anymore. Now the most important thing was Xiaoyao's identity—this "Le" character was very important.
Because in this Great Tang Empire, in this capital, there was a family surnamed Le. Although this family's main branch didn't have many people—only dozens—among these dozens, the vast majority held important positions in the Great Tang Empire or were supreme experts of the Great Tang Empire.
Therefore, whether in influence or appeal, they were absolutely powerful. This family's overall strength ranked first in the entire Great Tang Empire—no one could contend with them.
Most terrifying was that the Le family's new generation was equally powerful, all geniuses. Continuing like this, the Le family's development would become even more powerful, impossible to catch up with.
At the same time, the Le family was also very domineering. Perhaps because they had a domineering old man as head, the Le family wouldn't allow anyone to take advantage of Le family members. Even if the other party was right, they would make them suffer miserably.
This wasn't much—sometimes they would destroy people for inexplicable reasons. This was what people found most unacceptable.
In this capital, people with the surname Le rarely appeared, because the Le family didn't allow other Le families to appear in this capital. At the same time, the surname Le was rare. Therefore, after Xiaoyao's surname became known, many people thought Xiaoyao might be related to the Le family.
Taking ten thousand steps back, even if he wasn't, they would treat him as if he were, because everyone feared offending the domineering Le family.
This was why Xiaoyao could move freely through Hanlin Academy. It was because when he wrote his name, he wrote the character Le. When the steward saw this surname, he immediately gave Xiaoyao unrestricted access.
It was just reading books—nothing would be lost. But if they really offended the Le family, the entire Hanlin Academy would be in trouble.
"This might be a coincidence. We've never heard of the Le family having such a person," The Nangong clan head frowned. Their understanding of the Le family was no less than anyone's, including the Le family themselves.
In the Le family's current generation, there were only a few of similar age to Xiaoyao, none matching Xiaoyao. If he were a distant relative of the Le family, that was possible. There were also some people raised by the Le family who also took the surname Le.
However, whether relatives or raised people, as long as they had the surname Le, the Le family would definitely not ignore them. Therefore, none were people who could be provoked.
"Better to be careful. When Suxin and the others return, we'll ask again!"
The Nangong head said: "There's nothing to be careful or not careful about. He helped save Suxin, so he shouldn't be an enemy. We have no conflict with the Le family. Besides..."
(End of Chapter)