Female lead: No, it's me again??

Chapter 270 The Past of Cloud Beyond City

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Why didn't anyone announce that the young lady has arrived?!

The maid felt a moment of inner turmoil and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, young lady, I didn't mean to be lazy!"

Xuan Li waved his hand, "It's alright, continue. What's the story behind Yan Nanfei?"

"Oh, okay."

The waiter who was with her quickly brought over a chair.

"Please sit down, Miss."

Xuan Li felt his legs were sore, so he sat down.

"This Yan Nanfei is from Yunbicheng, a city on the outskirts of Qinghe Luozhou. He comes from an ordinary family and has a sick mother. It is said that Yan Nanfei earns money to treat his mother by teaching himself medicine, and getting injured is a common occurrence for him."

"But about two months ago, a plague broke out in Yunbi City, and snake venom spread. Yan Nanfei and a woman named Yan Xue'er went together to find the Snake Fruit, hoping to use it to cure the snake venom."

"In the end, only Yan Nanfei returned. When the city lord of Yunbi City asked where Yan Xue'er had gone, Yan Nanfei actually said that Yan Xue'er hadn't traveled with him and had turned back halfway."

"But Yan Xue'er didn't go home at all, which made the city lord very anxious. He sent people to search for her for several days."

Xuan Li asked, "Is Yan Xue'er the city lord's daughter?"

The maid nodded. "Yes."

"After searching for two days, Yan Xue'er returned on her own, but her dantian was shattered, and she was essentially a cripple."

"I heard that Yan Xue'er was already a ninth-level Spirit King at the age of twenty-one, and was about to break through to the Spirit Emperor level. She was a key player for Merkes Academy in this academy competition! But she was ruined!"

"Yan Xue'er said that Yan Nanfei was jealous of her high talent. After she had tried her best to snatch the Snake Fruit from the guardian beast, he attacked her from behind while she was recuperating."

“They destroyed her dantian, fed her a spirit-dispersing pill, and pushed her off a cliff. If she hadn’t been lucky enough to survive, she would probably be dead by now.”

"The outcome of the geese flying south is predictable."

He was expelled from the academy and even had his cultivation crippled by his own master, becoming an ordinary person.

"It should have ended here, but who would have thought that the antidote made from the snake fruit would not only fail to cure the poison, but would also kill many people!"

"Upon investigation, we discovered that this Snake Fruit was soaked in the sap of the fourth-tier poisonous herb, the Deadly Flower. The Deadly Flower happens to be the high-tier poisonous herb that Yan Nanfei discovered a few days ago!"

"So, Yan Nanfei became the culprit and was ordered by the city lord to be burned to death, but who would have thought she would survive!"

Xuan Li recalled what Bu Feisheng had said last night and asked, "Are Yan Nanfei and Yan Xue'er on good terms?"

The round-headed maid looked around and then whispered, "It's more than just good. When Yan Nanfei first entered the academy, it was Yan Xue'er who took care of her. If it weren't for Yan Xue'er, Yan Nanfei's mother would probably have died long ago."

"Many of the life-saving medicinal herbs were obtained by Yan Xue'er. At that time, they were the closest people in the academy."

A waiter who was listening to gossip asked in confusion, "Since they have such a good relationship, why would Yan Xue'er frame Yan Nanfei?"

Someone else asked,

"Why would Yan Nanfei treat Yan Xue'er like this? Her mother is relying on Yan Xue'er to survive, it doesn't make sense!"

"I do not know."

After a long period of contemplation, one of the maids suddenly asked, "Tiger Girl, you've never been to Cloud City, how do you know so much about it?"

Tiger Girl, the round-headed maid, was a little embarrassed but didn't hide anything. "Seventh Brother happened to be gathering herbs in Yunbi City... and he told me."

"Oh~"

A chorus of amused laughter erupted from the surrounding crowd.

Tiger Girl's face slowly turned red. "What~"

While they were busy joking around, Xuan Li quietly slipped back to the fifth floor and told Feng Siyue what she had overheard.

"Isn't it strange? Yan Xue'er helped Yan Nanfei's mother, so Yan Nanfei has no reason to be jealous of her. If it weren't for Yan Xue'er, her mother would have died long ago."

Feng Siyue: "But why is Yan Xue'er going to such lengths to help Yan Nanfei's mother, or rather, to help Yan Nanfei who has nothing? What is she after?"

Xuan Li thought for a moment, then shook his head. "I don't know."

"boom!"

A bolt of lightning ripped through the sky, and the foggy weather darkened Qianshui City, followed by a torrential downpour.

Xuan Li started complaining again, "It's only September, why has it been raining heavily for so many days in a row in Qianshui City?"

"It's never going to end."

Feng Siyue looked out the window and saw that the cold raindrops gradually brought up mist, which surrounded the city of Qianshui.

The sky was dark, and black mist, invisible to ordinary people, spread out, faintly surrounding Thousand Water City.

In the distance, the sound of galloping horses could be heard.

As the wind blew and the wind blew, a horse-drawn carriage was seen traveling alone on the street in the heavy rain.

The carriage was adorned with the flag of the Gal caravan.

Ok?

Gal Caravan?

Are they still in Thousand Water City?

Inside the carriage.

Galo said worriedly, "I can manage on my own. You shouldn't have come with me."

The man coughed twice, his face pale and lifeless. "Luo Luo, how could I let you come out alone?"

Galo tightened her grip on his hand. "Gasi, are you worried about me, or are you worried that I'll mess things up?"

The man smiled indifferently.

"Luo Luo, keep your voice down, be careful, the walls may be overheard."

Jia looked up with a half-smile, meeting Feng Siyue's eyes.