Both Evan Yang and the young man couldn't figure each other out—who was with whom? Just as things grew tense between them, a voice interrupted, "Brother Lian, you're here?"
"Brother Lian?" Evan Yang was stunned. Could they really be from Celestial Resonance Sect? That would be way too unlucky.
Hannah Nangong had no idea what had just happened between the two, but as soon as she spoke, Evan Yang’s expression changed. The young man, not knowing Evan was with Hannah, smiled and said, "Miss Nangong, I heard you were coming, so I hurried to finish my affairs and made it here."
"Thank you very much." Hannah Nangong smiled.
"I heard you brought someone with you. Where is he?" the young man asked with a smile.
Hannah Nangong smiled, "He’s right here."
As those three words fell, the young man froze. Evan Yang, already knowing the truth, wasn’t surprised at all. Instead, he smiled, "So you’re from Celestial Resonance Sect."
"You—you’re the one who wanted to meet with Celestial Resonance Sect?" This 'Brother Lian' was actually a disciple of Celestial Resonance Sect, full name Ian Lian.
"That’s right," Evan Yang replied with a smile.
"You two know each other?" Seeing how they spoke, Hannah Nangong felt something was off.
"We don’t know each other! And we don’t need to!" Ian Lian said angrily.
"Brother Lian, what are you saying? You’re not willing to help us?" Hannah Nangong exclaimed in surprise.
"Miss Nangong, I really want to help you, but if it’s about him, then I won’t help." Ian Lian said.
"Why is that?" Hannah Nangong asked, confused.
Ian Lian was about to explain, but Evan Yang smiled and said, "I sparred with Brother Lian’s friend earlier, so he doesn’t like me."
Evan Yang made it clear—he’d just had a conflict with Ian Lian. Seeing Evan’s expression and Ian’s anger, Hannah Nangong knew Evan must have caused trouble again.
Hannah Nangong wanted to explain, but Ian Lian sneered, "Kid, don’t think I’ll help you just because of that. Let me tell you, unless I die, I absolutely won’t help you."
"Is that so?" Evan Yang wasn’t afraid at all. Celestial Resonance Sect wasn’t just his; even without Ian, he could ask someone else.
"Brother Lian, I think there’s some misunderstanding," Hannah Nangong said.
Ian Lian just laughed, "Miss Nangong, if you still consider me a friend, you’d better cut ties with someone like him!"
"Cut ties? Not possible. She’s my wife," Evan Yang said with a smile.
Hannah Nangong hadn’t expected Evan Yang to say that at this moment—it was like adding fuel to the fire. Sure enough, Ian Lian’s face changed drastically. "Miss Nangong, when did you get married?"
"Um, yesterday," Hannah Nangong replied.
Hearing this, Ian Lian felt even more unwilling. Not only that, he now hated Evan Yang. He said, "So Miss Nangong already has a husband. Then I won’t disturb you. We’re leaving."
Ian Lian then led his companions away angrily. Hannah Nangong wanted to help Evan Yang get another chance, but Evan stopped her, "Forget it. If we have to, we’ll just go to Celestial Resonance Sect ourselves."
"But..." Hannah Nangong hadn’t expected things to turn out this way. If a familiar face took them to Celestial Resonance Sect, asking anything would be much easier. She hadn’t thought Evan would make an enemy of Ian Lian so soon.
"No buts. Can’t you see what he meant?" Evan Yang said with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Hannah Nangong asked, puzzled.
"He’s interested in you. Let’s talk upstairs," Evan Yang said.
Hannah Nangong, curious, went upstairs with Evan Yang to talk about what had just happened.
As for Ian Lian, he was furious. He’d come excited to pick them up, thinking Hannah Nangong would be grateful for his help. But the person he was supposed to help turned out to be the one who’d just opposed him—so the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
"Senior Brother, what should we do now?" someone asked.
"What else? Of course we go back to the sect. They’ll definitely come. When they do, we’ll have the gatekeepers give him a proper welcome," Ian Lian said with a cold snort.
The others agreed—it made sense. So they were quite pleased.
Of course, Evan Yang had no idea what Ian Lian was plotting. He was busy explaining to Hannah Nangong why he’d clashed with Ian Lian in the first place.
After listening, Hannah Nangong asked curiously, "What was that thing? Why were you both so determined?"
"I haven’t checked yet. Let’s see now," Evan Yang said with a smile.
With that, Evan Yang took out the item he’d just seized—a simple hair ornament, clearly meant for a woman. He began to slowly undo the seal on it.
Once the seal was undone, it radiated six different colors of light.
"So it’s a sixth-grade item. See what it can do," Evan Yang said, handing it to Hannah Nangong.