The Heavens: Falling Ink From Douluo

Chapter 1668 Return to Northwest Continent
To be honest, Lin Chaoci didn't care about Nalan Yanran's life or death, just as the fate of Nalan Jie and the Nalan family was none of his concern. Putting aside the fact that Nalan Jie was a worthless old man, Nalan Yanran was at least passable, and at least she had the advantage of keeping her word. However, Nalan Jie had never sided with Xiao Yan in the Yunlan Sect incident. Apart from saying nice things, he hadn't shown any other support, making him essentially untrustworthy. Even if Nalan Jie were trustworthy and kept his word, it wouldn't be enough for Lin Chaoci to care. After all, what determined whether he cared was relationships, not character or morality.

To put it bluntly, it's about stance outweighing personal preferences.

of course.

This is a complete logic.

Stance > Preference.

Preference > Choice.

Choice > Stance.

Therefore, it was Lin Chao's stance that made the decision for him to resign and return.

That was the choice made back then.

Because Nalan Yanran is now a member of the Yunlan Sect, and even Xiao Die's junior sister, meaning she's the second disciple of Senior Sister Yun Yun. Although he doesn't deny the engagement, everyone has their own ambitions, and he can't favor either side. If he sides with the Xiao family and stops Nalan Yanran from announcing the engagement, Nalan Yanran will definitely be dissatisfied, and many elders in the Yunlan Sect will also have objections. Regardless of whether his identity as a member of the Xiao family is made public, it will cause undercurrents. On the other hand, if he sides with Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan will definitely be dissatisfied, and the Xiao family will be dissatisfied as well. After all, we're all family. Helping outsiders against our own people is going too far. You can't do that!

So, from his current perspective...

It's truly a dilemma.

But everything has its advantages and disadvantages.

If used properly, he could become a bridge between the Xiao family and the Yunlan Sect, and the whole thing could be defined as a case of the flood washing away the Dragon King's temple, a family not recognizing each other, and it was all a misunderstanding.

Actually, the most important point is still Nalan Yanran.

She did nothing wrong by breaking off the engagement.

The mistake was in using the wrong method.

If she hadn't brought the Yunlan Sect members to visit in a showy manner, but instead brought an elder, of course Nalan Jie wouldn't have agreed, and he wouldn't have been embarrassed to come and annul the engagement. Yun Yun wouldn't have had the energy either. But bringing a Dou Wang elder down the mountain from the Yunlan Sect wouldn't have been difficult. Besides, it wasn't like they were never coming back. Considering the travel time, it would only take a month at most, equivalent to a business trip. No elder would mind helping with this small favor. In short, she could sneak into the Xiao family on a dark and windy night, visit the patriarch Xiao Zhan, and then have Xiao Zhan bring Xiao Yan over. The four of them could sit down and discuss it properly, resolving the engagement issue privately. Xiao Yan wouldn't have become an enemy of Nalan Yanran.

At most, he'll laugh it off when he achieves success and fame later.

This implies that Nalan Yanran is blind to talent.

As the saying goes, those who have abandoned me, the days of yesterday cannot be retained.

As a time traveler.

Xiao Yan understood this principle.

Moreover, although there weren't many beautiful women in the era Xiao Yan lived in before his transmigration, it was quite common for people to be materialistic and snobbish. Not to mention a fiancée he had never met before, even a girlfriend he spent every day with might break up with him because he had no money, no car, and no house. Even if he was angry because Nalan Yanran broke off the engagement, he wasn't angry about Nalan Yanran's actions, but rather about his current situation and his lack of strength.

Therefore, Nalan Yanran's method of annuling the engagement was wrong from the beginning. She had many options. In fact, if she were willing to lower herself, she could have gone to the Xiao family and discussed it with Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan, asking them to come to the Nalan family to annul the engagement, reimbursing their travel expenses, and offering them a Qi-gathering powder afterward. This would have been a way to save face and save substance. At most, she would have suffered a loss herself. Women who are annuled usually suffer damage to their reputation, which would likely hinder their remarriage.

Furthermore, it also damages the reputation of the Yunlan Sect.

Therefore, this "if" is just that—a "if".

Not realistic.

However, the plan to annul the engagement privately, as mentioned earlier, is still feasible.

In fact, the Xiao family chose not to mention this matter.

The Nalan family did not inquire about Xiao Yan's disappearance of his fighting spirit.

That's already a veiled rejection.

This means that both parties have reached a tacit understanding.

Generally speaking, this matter will fade away if it is delayed for a while. The so-called arranged marriage can also be interpreted as a joke at the time. In short, there is always an excuse if you want to find one. The difficulty lies in finding a balance and in how not to hurt the feelings of both families.

If the Xiao family comes to annul the engagement.

Even for the sake of the most basic reputation.

Nalan Jie would not agree either.

But if the marriage agreement were to actually be carried out, putting aside whether Nalan Jie would feel sorry for his little granddaughter, Nalan Yanran herself would absolutely not agree.

on the contrary.

If Nalan Yanran comes to annul the engagement.

If things don't go well, just like in the original story, a three-year agreement will be made.

It even escalated to the point of drawing blood.

Even if she does it perfectly, it will inevitably leave people with the impression that she is bullying others. To put it bluntly, it will make people think that Nalan Yanran has become successful and therefore looks down on her former fiancé. They will think that such a petty person who forgets his roots after gaining power is not worth associating with.

Therefore, this matter can only be left unresolved.

Let time heal all wounds.

Nalan Yanran's act of coming to break off the engagement was simply tearing the Xiao family's face off and trampling it on the ground. No wonder Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan were so angry. You don't hit someone in the face, you don't peel the bark off a tree, and you don't kill someone by simply knocking their head to the ground. Why tear off the last bit of dignity?

Isn't it good to leave some room for maneuver in life and work?

Besides, the two families were friends in the past.

It is said that even if a deal falls through, goodwill should remain.

If we can't be husband and wife, there's no need to be enemies.

However, this also shows that Nalan Jie is not as stubborn as imagined. If he really kept his promise, he could have completely erased the matter of Nalan Yanran breaking off the engagement with him with just one response. For example, he could have personally taken Nalan Yanran to visit the Xiao family, then apologized by carrying thorns on his back, saying that his education was the problem and that he had raised such an unruly granddaughter. He hoped that the Xiao family would forgive him and apologize by pressing Nalan Yanran's head down.

In that situation, it doesn't matter whether the engagement can be renewed.

Both sides were given the respect they deserved.

As for Nalan Yanran's reputation...

A simple "youthful folly" can cover it all up.

The same reason.

Xiao Yan's behavior can also be described as youthful arrogance.

This includes writing a letter of divorce and such.

Most secular views in the world are tolerant of young people.

After all, who hasn't been young?
Moreover, if the plot really develops in this way, this matter will obviously be transformed into a private matter between the Nalan family and the Xiao family. Even if someone wants to gossip behind their back, others will say, "This is their private matter. What's it to you? The two young people are just fooling around, but their elders are reasonable. What's so funny about it?"

Life is full of ups and downs.

Everyone falls down sometimes.

Perhaps someone got covered in mud.

Some people were covered in dust.

But no one can guarantee that this person covered in dust won't fall down in the future and end up covered in mud like the person before him.

The pot calling the kettle black is no different.

However, Nalan Jie did not do so.

This also shows that Nalan Jie actually tacitly approved of the matter and Nalan Yanran's behavior, and only scolded and criticized her without taking any remedial measures.

However, it is not accurate to say that all the blame lies with Nalan Yanran. Nalan Yanran's mistakes account for 40% of the overall responsibility, while the remaining 60% of the responsibility should be attributed to Yun Leng and others.

Cloud prisms account for 30%.

Kudzu leaves account for 20%.

Yunyun and Yunshan together occupy 10%. If it's during the three-year agreement...

That is, after Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yan.

Yun Leng did not have a brain fart.

They wanted to use the Mo family's affairs to take down Xiao Yan.

To restore the face lost by the Yunlan Sect.

Xiao Yan's entanglement with the Yunlan Sect could really end here.

After all, Xiao Yan's magnanimity is evident to all.

From the moment he chose to burn the letter of divorce.

He rejected Nalan Yanran's promise.

It was time to give myself and Nalan Yanran back their freedom.

He has already entered a mature stage.

They have truly grown up.

Merits are merits, and faults are faults. He wouldn't pin the blame on the Yunlan Sect just because Nalan Yanran is the young sect leader of the Yunlan Sect or because the Mo family has close ties with the Yunlan Sect. At most, the Yunlan Sect is guilty of lax management. Moreover, the Mo family's use of snake catchers for experiments was solely their own doing, and the Yunlan Sect was unaware of it. Although the Yunlan Sect cannot completely absolve itself of the Mo family's guilt, 99% of the responsibility lies with the Mo family, and there's no need to pursue the Yunlan Sect's remaining 1%.

However, Yun Leng, being so clever, insisted on bringing up this matter of the Mohists in public, which was both morally and logically contemptible.

To put it bluntly, if he really intends to investigate the extermination of the Mo family...

That means the Mo family's abduction of people for experiments was instigated by the Yunlan Sect.

Otherwise, the Yunlan Sect would not be qualified to avenge the Mo family.

So, did the Yunlan Sect instruct the Mohists to do this?
No!

What's the difference between this and smearing yourself?
That's just plain insane!

If he used this as an excuse to force Xiao Yan to stay, then he was even more contemptible. As the Grand Elder of the Yunlan Sect, a dignified Dou Wang, he didn't even dare to openly admit that he wanted Xiao Yan when facing a junior whose cultivation level was only Da Dou Shi. His attempt to cover up his true intentions was futile and self-righteous, making him no different from a joke.

He was said to bear 30% of the responsibility.

It can only go higher, never lower.

of course.

If Nalan Yanran could speak after her defeat.

He stopped Elder Yunling.

They kept the Mohist school in their own hands.

Then none of the things that happened later would have occurred.

Therefore, Nalan Yanran also shares the blame for this.

Don't talk about the Grand Elder managing the sect's internal affairs. Nalan Yanran doesn't have that power. The young sect leader, Xiao Die, once instructed Yun Leng, including Lin Chaoci. Facts have proven that Yun Leng is opportunistic. As the young sect leader, Nalan Yanran is fully qualified to shut Yun Leng up. At worst, she can just say in public that she will take full responsibility, which would silence all of Yun Leng's doubts. Under such circumstances, unless the sect leader, Yun Yun, arrives, even Yun Shan wouldn't have the right to deny Nalan Yanran based on her status, although Yun Shan can disregard the rules.

In short, Yun Leng may bear more than 30% of the responsibility in this matter, but Nalan Yanran's share of responsibility is definitely greater than Yun Leng's.

As for the 20% of Kuzue, it's simply a matter of not being able to distinguish between primary and secondary factors.

Nalan Yanran asked you to go with her to annul the engagement, so you went.

So, if Nalan Yanran told you to eat shit, would you obediently eat it?
You are a member of the Yunlan Sect!
He is a steward and disciple of the Yunlan Sect!

It's not Nalan Yanran's dog!

It's not Yunling's dog!

It's not Yunyun and Yunshan's dog either!

According to the system, although Nalan Yanran is among the people you are responsible for, and you have no right to refute her orders, your first priority is to report to the sect leader. Only if the sect leader, Yun Yun, gives her approval can you go with Nalan Yanran to annul the engagement.

Without this process, it's called not being able to distinguish between the two kings.

Furthermore, the Mohist school has already been destroyed.

Even if you deduced from some phenomena that Xiao Yan was the mysterious Dou Huang, a smart person would have consulted with Nalan Yanran first. After all, you had already taken sides when the engagement was annulled, and you were on Nalan Yanran's side. But you insisted on telling Yun Leng about this. It can only be said that Ge Ye is either stupid or wicked.

No matter which one it is.

It brought nothing but negative impacts to the Yunlan Sect.

Then there are Yunshan and Yunyun, but this 10% is the upper limit, because their absence and non-existence are indeed coincidental.

Yunshan went into seclusion.

They colluded with the protectors of the Soul Palace.

This matter has nothing to do with Xiao Yan.

Whether Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, or even Yun Yun exist or not, it doesn't affect his collusion with the Soul Hall Protector. As for Yun Yun stumbling upon the Soul Hall Protector's whereabouts on her way back to the sect, becoming suspicious, and following to investigate, while logically reasonable, if she had paid more attention and realized that a battle was taking place in the sect, and that it was her good disciple Nalan Yanran fighting against her former fiancé, and had gone back to take a look, then the subsequent incident of Yun Leng accusing Xiao Yan wouldn't have happened.

Given Yun Yun's abilities at the time.

Blocking the cloud's edge was a piece of cake.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in life.

"No matter what I say, I still need to come back and take charge to stop this."

A small spaceship emerged from the void.

Under the scorching sun, it floats in mid-air.

Lin Chaoci looked around at his surroundings.

He sighed softly.

Not far away, Xiaodie, holding a compass-like device, also came over. After looking at the desert beneath her feet, she said with certainty, "Young Master, we have arrived at an unknown location in the Tagor Desert. If we continue north, we should be able to see the border of the Gama Empire. We are not far from the Yunlan Sect and Wutan City!"

"What are you waiting for?"

Let's go!

Lin Chaoci raised an eyebrow and waved his hand forward.

Xiaodie smiled knowingly.

Fighting spirit surged.

The aura of a two-star Dou Wang spread out.

A small amount of battle qi was then poured into the compass-shaped object in his hand.

The spaceship was immediately activated and launched.

The angle shifted slightly.

Then, proceed in a straight line.

A few thin clouds parted.

They headed towards Yunlan Sect and Wutan City.

(End of this chapter)