Chapter 136: First Time Casting her Interpersinal Network

One first heard his voice then saw his person. Ye Qing Han was still dressed in a dark-patterned black robe and had an outstanding temperament, but if one looked closely, one could still find that in addition to his excitement, there was also a slight haggard feeling.

“Qing Han.” Lou Mu Yan put down the teacup and stood up with a smile.

Yun Lan also got up and greeted: “Young Lord Ye.”

When Ye Qing Han saw that aside from Lou Mu Yan, Yun Lan also came, he was surprised in his heart but didn’t reveal it on his face. There was still a slight smile on his face: “Mu Yan, Third Prince, take a seat.”

Ye Qing Han sat down opposite the two of them and there was less of a feeling of distance compared to when he faced others, “Mu Yan, Third Prince, you two didn’t even send a message before you came, I could’ve prepared.”

He didn’t want to believe that Lou Mu Yan was dead when he was in the Glacial Mountain Range. He originally wanted to wait for her to come out of the lava pool, yet who knew that he and his younger sister were forcefully knocked unconscious by his little paternal uncle and taken away. After returning to the Ye Clan, he had constantly been enquiring about any news of Lou Mu Yan.

Little Paternal Uncle had told him that Lou Mu Yan was already saved by Monarch Ming, and he believed it firmly in his heart, but he’d been worried the entire time, and had been absent-minded in everything that he did.

Now that he personally saw Lou Mu Yan alive without any losses, his heart that was hovering had finally been placed back down.

“I came here to cure Elder Ye and Qing Le. My Elder Cousin Brother wanted to discuss sword skills with you. It was all spontaneously decided, so we didn’t send news first.” Lou Mu Yan smiled, “Where’s Qing Le?”

“Qing Le is attending to some guests. I’ve already asked people to call her.”

As soon as Ye Qing Han’s words fell, Ye Qing Le rushed in from outside the gate, then hugged Lou Mu Yan and rubbed her shoulder with her head, “Elder Sister Mu Yan, I just knew you’d be fine.”

Lou Mu Yan’s heart softened a bit and she reached out her hand to pat Ye Qing Le’s head, then said with a smile: “I’ve got a lot of luck!”

Ye Qing Le let go of Lou Mu Yan and sat next to her, affectionately hugging her arm, saying: “Elder Sister Mu Yan, you didn’t even say a word in advance before coming to the Ye Clan. You made Elder Brother and I worried to death.”

“Well isn’t it so that I could give you both a surprise?” Lou Mu Yan scraped her beautiful nose with a bit of pampering in her eyes.

“I was just wondering why Qing Le was running so fast, so it turned out that Young Miss Lou came.” A clear and melodious voice sounded in the hall.

As soon as Lou Mu Yan looked up, Shi Feng, Mu Yi and a beautiful woman in blue came in.

“This is?” Lou Mu Yan smiled lightly and looked at the woman who spoke. She had seen this woman before, but they had never spoken to each other.

“My name’s Mu Xia. We saw each other at the Glacial Mountain Range last time.” Mu Xia’s attitude was rather friendly, and she wasn’t hostile to Lou Mu Yan like Xue Ling and the others.

Lou Mu Yan smiled softly, “Greetings, Young Miss Mu!”

“Ever since the Glacial Mountain Range, I’ve been more interested in Young Miss Lou. Don’t mind making a friend?” Mu Xia said naturally and unrestrained with a smile.

“Naturally I don’t mind.” Lou Mu Yan usually preferred refreshing and straightforward woman, so her impression of Mu Xia was rather good.

Ye Qing Le smiled broadly, “Elder Sister Mu Yan, Mu Xia is also my best friend.”

“Mm, I can see it.” Lou Mu Yan was very lenient on the lively and cheerful Ye Qing Le.

“Young Miss Lou, Third Prince.” Shi Feng and Mu Yi nodded to them.

Lou Mu Yan and Yun Lan also exchanged a polite greeting: “Young Lord Shi, Young Lord Mu.”

“Who knew that Young Miss Lou could survive even after falling into that lava pool! You’ve truly hidden your skills well!” Mu Yi said with a smile.

“It was just a fluke.” Lou Mu Yan said modestly.

Mu Yi lowered his head and smiled, obviously not believing in her excuse, but he didn’t say much in fear of rousing dislike from her.

Ye Qing Han checked the time of day and stood up, saying to the few people, “Dinner is ready, let’s take a seat at the table together.”

“Sure!”

The several people were led by Ye Qing Han to the dining hall for dinner.

After dinner, Ye Qing Le hugged Lou Mu Yan’s arm tightly and said enthusiastically, “Elder Sister Mu Yan, sleep in my courtyard tonight.”

Lou Mu Yan just so happened to want to check on Ye Qing Le’s body, so she nodded: “Sure!”

“Young Miss Lou can heal Elder Lu’s chronic illness?” Shi Feng remained expressionless and silent ever since their meeting to the end of the meal, and only lifted his head to ask when Lou Mu Yan and Ye Qing Le were about to leave.

Why there was any connection between Lou Mu Yan and Ye Qing Han—all of the Ten Distinguished Clans except the Ling Clan had gone to investigate the reason, so they naturally also knew that Lou Mu Yan had treated Elder Lu before.

“Indeed.” Lou Mu Yan didn’t conceal it either, “I came to the Ye Clan this time specifically to treat Elder Lu and Qing Le.”

Soon, she’d remove the foetal poison for Ye Qing Le, so instead of letting these people investigate it themselves, it was better to say it herself. It could even instead rouse good feelings of her among them.

Judging from the familiarity between Mu Yi, Shi Feng and Ye Qing Han, the relationship between the three Clans in secret was probably very intimate, and there had long been an alliance. She wanted to help the Ling Clan deal with the Xue Clan and Xin Clan, so it was the best choice to develop a good relationship with these two Young Lords.

But in this Continent where strength was respected, there were prerequisites for forming a good relationship.

In terms of impressive family backgrounds, the Lou Clan was inferior to the Ten Distinguished Clans, so Mu Yi and Shi Feng wouldn’t lower themselves on purpose to befriend her just because she was the Lou Clan’s descendant, or because she was the granddaughter of the Ling Clan.

Aside from family background, the only reason for these proud, favoured children of Heaven to be completely convinced and befriend someone, was only strength.

She was an Alchemist. In other’s eyes, she couldn’t be compared to the Alchemists of older Alchemist Clans like the Shi Clan, but if she could cure the chronic illness and poison that even the Shi Clan’s Grade 4 Alchemist couldn’t cure, then even if she didn’t take the initiative, the two Clan’s younger generation would naturally want to think about befriending her.

This time, she came because she thought that participating in the Continental Tournament for Hegemony would delay some time, so she took some time out to come to the Ye Clan to cure the poison for Elder Lu and Ye Qing Le first. One, it was because of the promise, and two because of her affection towards them.

It’s just that now she actually met the Shi Clan’s Young Lord and the Mu Clan’s Young Lord, then she’d naturally have to get acquainted with and befriend them.

Those that lived in this world and silently cultivated alone were generally those wandering cultivators who had no one to depend on and without anything to care about. As a daughter of the Lou Clan, she needed to share the burden for her Clan, and so it was also important to associate with powerful forces and cast her interpersonal network.

And the one thing that Alchemists and Smiths didn’t lack were social connections. This was something that she had already deeply experienced in her previous life.

A high-level Alchemist or Smith didn’t even need to take the initiative to make friends with others and there’d still be countless people who sent themselves to their door to weave a reliable network of connections. With one word, numerous powerhouses would become the forces behind them.

This was also one of the reasons why the Shi, Mu and Ye Clan have been standing in the top three of the Ten Distinguished Clans for forever, and one of the reasons why the other Clans simply didn’t dare to provoke them.

“To cure Qing Le? You can cure her foetal poison?” Mu Xia’s eyes were filled with bewilderment and suspicion.

Although Lou Mu Yan displayed strong combat power, but the poison that even the Ancestor of the Shi Clan couldn’t cure after trying, could a teenage Sword Master cure it? Obviously, it was incredulous.

Shi Feng didn’t display any excessive expressions on his face as usual, but there was a hint of interest in his eyes. In his heart, he also didn’t think that Lou Mu Yan could cure Ye Qing Le’s foetal poison, but he wanted to see just what she possessed to be so confident.

“Young Miss Lou, if you don’t mind, could you let me watch how you cure the poison?”

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