Starting from Douluo to Capture Goddesses

"The reason I have become so strong is all because of Brother Xu Ran," Nalan Yanran blinked her large eyes, speaking somewhat playfully. She knew that Xu Ran didn't like Xiao Yan, so she said this on purpose.

"Xu Ran?"

Nalan Yanran's words struck like a bolt from the blue, instantly dumbfounding Xiao Yan.

Xu Ran! He was the person Xiao Yan hated the most!

Xu Ran had stolen his Xun'er, humiliated him, and even made everyone in the Xiao Family look down on him. His father, who had stood behind him and encouraged him when everyone else abandoned him, had begun to lose hope in him these past days.

Heh!

All of this was because of Xu Ran!

If it weren't for that bastard Xu Ran, not only would he still have Xun'er, but with the return of his talent, he could also have enjoyed success with the "Wind," "Water," "Fire"!

But Xu Ran's arrival changed everything.

Damn it!

Now even Nalan Yanran was involved with Xu Ran?

No wonder Nalan Yanran had been able to cultivate so quickly. Was it all because of Xu Ran?

What was originally just a simple engagement break-off... now, had Nalan Yanran been with Xu Ran even before the engagement was broken off?

Xu Ran was willing to let Nalan Yanran consume such impressive elixirs, allowing her strength to advance by leaps and bounds. What did that imply? Did Xu Ran already have an intimate relationship with Nalan Yanran?

Otherwise, without such a relationship, how could a man be willing to spend so much on a woman?

Thinking this, Xiao Yan became even angrier!

"That's right, Yan Ran has already promised herself to me for life," Xu Ran spoke up, stepping forward boldly and pulling Nalan Yanran into his embrace.

He wanted to deliberately humiliate Xiao Yan, letting Xiao Yan know what cruelty meant.

Without strength, this was the outcome.

"Xu Ran, you! Why!"

"Xu Ran, you should die! How dare you come to humiliate me again?"

Xiao Yan's face was flush with anger, as he pointed at Xu Ran, his eyes bloodshot.

At that moment, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

Xu Ran was simply detestable!

He now realized that Xu Ran was deliberately making his life miserable!

Xu Ran had stolen his Xun'er, and now he also wanted to take his Nalan Yanran? Moreover, she was his fiancée!

Xiao Yan's heart was bleeding! A simple engagement break-off might have been easier to bear, but in his eyes, this was all Xu Ran's doing from behind the scenes!

If not for Xu Ran, perhaps Nalan Yanran would not have called off the engagement!

"Xu Ran, I will kill you!" Xiao Yan, blinded by rage, charged towards Xu Ran, completely forgetting the disparity in their "Cultivation Levels." However, in such moments, no matter the gap in strength, he would confront Xu Ran as any man would.

This was a matter of dignity!

Sometimes, dignity is more important than life itself!

"You unfilial son! How dare you?"

Xiao Yan hadn't even charged over when Xiao Zhan directly slapped him flying with a palm.

The other members of the Xiao Family were also glaring at Xiao Yan with anger.

No matter what Xu Ran did, Xu Ran would always be an honored guest of the Xiao Family! Xu Ran's strength was enough to easily annihilate the Xiao Family. But Xu Ran never bullied others by flaunting his powerful status in front of the Xiao Family.

Xu Ran was not that kind of person!

Moreover, Nalan Yanran and Xu Ran being together was a match made in heaven, a beautiful and talented couple. What could they even say about it? It was their own decision!

The fact that Nalan Yanran deigned to inform the Xiao Family was already giving them much face.

"Father, you hit me?" Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Zhan with disbelief, feeling somewhat despairing at this moment.

"Whom else would I hit if not you? Without Young Master Xu Ran, could you be where you are today?" Xiao Zhan said angrily. No matter what, without Xu Ran, Xiao Yan would never have been able to restore his talent, and he would have no future.

Regardless, Nalan Yanran still wouldn't have been his.

And now, at least Xiao Yan had his talent restored!

In time, as long as Xiao Yan worked hard in his cultivation, became a force to be reckoned with, what kind of woman couldn't he have? If Xiao Yan became as strong as Xu Ran, would he be lacking in women?

The reason for Xiao Yan's current situation was all about strength!

Yet instead of striving to enhance his strength, day after day Xiao Yan thought of opposing Xu Ran, which was profoundly disappointing.

"What do you mean without him I wouldn't be where I am today? Has Xu Ran ever helped me?" Listening to Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan wanted to cry. That damned Xu Ran, other than snatching his woman and occasionally beating him up, what good had he ever done?

Even if Xiao Mei and Nalan Yanran had improved their strength, what did that have to do with him, Xiao Yan?

Xu Ran was amazing, and also an Alchemist, but Xiao Yan had never received any good elixirs from him.

The last elixir Xu Ran gave him directly caused his "Cultivation Level" to fall from Dou Qi Third Stage back to Dou Qi First Stage, nearly ending him. Xu Ran only knew how to mess with his mental state! Help him? Impossible!

"Not helped you? You ungrateful wretch!"

Xiao Zhan was so angry that he spat out blood, and the Elders of the Xiao Family also had very ugly expressions on their faces.

A person's abilities might be poor, but their character must not be flawed. Xiao Yan's ability to cultivate again was all thanks to Xu Ran, and now Xiao Yan was saying such disheartening things. Didn't this indicate that Xiao Yan was someone who didn't recognize favors, and even liked to kick someone when they were down?

"Really, how could Xu Ran possibly help me? I'd be grateful if he didn't mess with me already," Xiao Yan said as tears almost streamed down his face. Damn it, how did Xu Ran appear like a benefactor in the eyes of his father and the Elders?

This didn't make any sense at all!

"If it weren't for Young Master Xu Ran's help, for those powerful elixirs, how could you possibly have recovered?" Xiao Zhan said furiously. Xiao Yan's strength had been falling back for many years, but with Xu Ran's arrival, he could cultivate again. Xiao Zhan wasn't a fool; couldn't he see the underlying reason?

Could it be that Xiao Yan had recovered on his own?

Then why hadn't Xiao Yan gotten better over the past few years, and now suddenly he had?

"Father, my recovery has nothing to do with Xu Ran at all. That lousy elixir of his? That elixir made my 'Cultivation Level' drop from Dou Qi Third Stage to Dou Qi First Stage, and I was mocked by who knows how many," Xiao Yan said with grievance. The moment his "Cultivation Level" crashed from Dou Qi Third Stage, only heaven knew how desperate he felt. It nearly made him lose all hope to live. He really wanted to die then!

The reason he had restored his talent was purely because of Yao Lao's awakening, with no relation to Xu Ran whatsoever.

When Yao Lao was in deep slumber, he absorbed all the Dou Qi that he, Xiao Yan, cultivated, which was why there had been no improvement. With Yao Lao's awakening, there was no longer a need to absorb Dou Qi, and his natural talent thus naturally recovered.

The reasoning was that simple.

He had seen through it all; none of this had anything to do with Xu Ran. It was purely by chance that Xu Ran made others mistakenly believe his elixirs had been effective.