What Do You Call a Benevolent and Reasonable Person in Xianxia? An Impossibility!

Puzzled, Xiao Yu turned around and left the training grounds. She made her way to the family council hall and upon entering, saw Xiao Zhan and three other elders, including her grandfather, wearing worried expressions.

The first Elder was momentarily stunned when he saw Xiao Yu come in, but then a look of joy appeared on his face.

“Xiao Yu! You’re back!”

“Grandfather, it’s been a year. I’ve missed you,” Xiao Yu smiled and saluted with her fists. She then turned to Xiao Zhan and asked, “Patriarch, where are Xiao Yan and the other Xiao Clan members?”

“They- They’re at the back mountain.”

Xiao Zhan replied, deepening Xiao Yu’s confusion.

“Why are they at the back mountain?” Xiao Yu asked.

“Three months ago, Xiao Yan took all the younger generation of the Xiao Clan to the back mountain for training, saying they would come down before the coming-of-age ceremony. It’s about time now if we calculate the days correctly,” Xiao Zhan explained.

…Why would they be taken to the back mountain for training?

Xiao Yu scratched her forehead in exasperation. But since it was initiated by Xiao Yan, it was probably for something good, moreover, since childhood, Xiao Yan had always been the one to lead in doing things that went against common sense, and Xiao Yu was used to it.

But speaking of the back mountain, Xiao Yu suddenly remembered something, her face slightly reddening. Then she spoke earnestly to the Elder.

“Grandfather, I’ll go to the back mountain first.”

“Ah, go ahead.”

Although the Elder wanted to spend more time sitting with his granddaughter whom he hadn’t seen in a year, he waved his hand lightly, and Xiao Yu turned to leave.

“Oh, by the way.” As she walked towards the door, Xiao Yu suddenly turned back and looked at Xiao Zhan, asking, “Patriarch, when I passed by the Xiao Clan market earlier, I noticed that it was unusually quiet. Many shops were empty. What happened?”

“Ah- I was just discussing this with the three elders.” Xiao Zhan rubbed his temple, looking somewhat troubled. “The Jia Lie clan somehow found an alchemist who produced a healing medicine called Revitalizing Powder. It attracts all the city people over there, and when the customers all start to go there, our clan shops naturally can’t retain them.”

“I see…”

Xiao Yu furrowed her brows, recalling the vain man named Liu Xi she had seen in the market earlier. He should be the alchemist hired by the Jia Lie clan, and now he should have been beaten half to death and thrown out by the Xiao Clan guards.

But let’s deal with that later.

Xiao Yu strode away from the council hall and headed towards the back mountain of the Xiao Clan.

As she walked up the mountain, Xiao Yu didn’t feel much excitement about the upcoming reunion after a long separation. Instead, she was filled with deep sorrow.

I wonder how Xiao Yan has been this past year…

Thinking back to the once spirited youth and his resilient smile even after losing his Dou Qi, Xiao Yu felt an overwhelming pain in her heart.

She had gone to the Canaan Academy to find the cause of Xiao Yan’s loss of Dou Qi and a solution for it. However, despite her own significant improvement in strength over the past two years, she hadn’t found a clue about Xiao Yan’s situation.

This gave Xiao Yu a strong sense of frustration, feeling like she had wasted these two years at the Canaan Academy.

Damn it…

Xiao Yu clenched her silver teeth tightly and gradually entered the depths of the back mountain.

Suddenly, a figure pounced out from the bushes ahead. Xiao Yu instinctively prepared to strike back but stopped herself when she sensed the familiar aura coming from the person. Then she was pushed down to the ground.

“Ouch, never thought I’d trip over a piece of firewood, hmm? The ground felt soft-”

The young man pinning Xiao Yu down murmured helplessly. Seeing Xiao Yu, who was initially stunned but then showed a look of joy, he couldn’t help but smile.

“Eh! Xiao Yu?! You’re back!”

Looking at the familiar face before her, Xiao Yu’s eyes softened, and she smiled.

“Yeah- I’m back, you little pervert~”