Opening (Part 2)

As time passed, more and more people entered the arena, and the once-empty seats gradually filled up, the noise on the scene incessant.

Whoosh... Whoosh...

A violent gust of wind interrupted the noise, and along with the wind came a dim "black shadow."

"That... that's..."

"The Thunder Warship..." Qi Panjian slowly opened his mouth, his tone heavy, "This is the Si Family's Ancestral Mystic Vessel, extremely fast. It's said to contain a Mystic Artifact, the Thunder God Cannon. Its power, at its peak, is said to be able to obliterate even a Divine Sovereign!"

The heavy tone failed to shake Xiao Feng's mind; instead, it made the corners of his mouth twitch, barely suppressing a laugh. He thought, "Thunder Warship," "Thunder God Cannon"... the Si Family's ancestors must have been geniuses!"

The Thunder Warship slowly moved to the eastern seating area. With a flash of lightning, a group of figures landed precisely on the designated purple seats.

"Tch, always showing off," Qi Panjian said, curling his lip, but there was envy in his eyes.

Xiao Feng glanced at him, slightly surprised. He suddenly felt that Qi Panjian seemed to enjoy showing off, and when he couldn't show off, he would pretend to be disdainful?

"Hahahaha... welcome to the Si Family, who have come from afar!" A hearty laugh rang out. A middle-aged man in plain white clothes, with slightly graying temples, approached.

It was Qi Yunlong, the head of the Qi Family!

Situ Hao was holding a girl in his arms, and that girl was looking around, seemingly searching for something.

Situ Hao patted Qi Yunlong on the shoulder and said, "Haha, Brother Qi's physique is still so robust."

"Haha..." Qi Yunlong chuckled and turned to look at the person standing beside Situ Hao. "Could this be your eldest son, Situ Xiu, Young Master Xiu?"

Situ Hao patted Situ Xiu on the shoulder and said, "Hurry up and greet your Uncle Qi."

Situ Xiu, with handsome features, dark skin, and a hint of determination in his eyes, bowed and said, "Greetings, Uncle Qi."

"Hahaha, rise quickly! The Si Family is blessed. At such a young age, you are already at level 3 of the God Spirit Realm. Your future is limitless!"

"Thank you for your praise, Uncle Qi..."

"..."

"Brother Feng~" At this moment, a childish female voice came. Xiao Feng looked over and saw Situ Yao. He secretly cried out in his heart: I clearly promised a few days ago that I would go to the Si Family to play with her, but because of cultivation, three days passed in a flash, and I forgot all about it. I only remembered it now when I saw Situ Yao.

Xiao Feng's current location was in the Qi Family's white seating area, right next to the Si Family's seats. When Situ Yao saw Xiao Feng, she wanted to get out of Situ Hao's arms and run over.

"Oh, my little ancestor, wait for me..." He looked apologetically at Qi Yunlong, "Clan Head Qi, we'll talk later, we'll talk later..."

After speaking, he ran towards Xiao Feng's location with Situ Yao.

Xiao Feng took Situ Yao from Situ Hao's hands. As soon as Situ Yao came up, she used her pink fists to hammer Xiao Feng's chest: "Brother Feng is a liar... Hmph, you clearly said you would come to my house to play with me."

"But you haven't come yet, so I had to come find Brother Feng myself."

Xiao Feng chuckled apologetically and explained, "I'm really sorry, Yao'er. I was cultivating before. I originally wanted to go after I finished cultivating, but who knew three days would pass in a flash."

"Don't worry, Brother Feng promises you that after the Mystic Dao Assembly ends and things are busy, I'll go to the Si Family to play with you, okay?"

"Hmph! Don't lie again."

"Don't worry, I definitely won't lie. Shall we make a pinky promise?" Xiao Feng said, extending his little finger.

Situ Yao also extended her little finger and hooked it with Xiao Feng's, sweetly reciting, "Pinky promise, hang myself for 100 years, no changing, if you change... you have to play with me more."

Hearing this, Xiao Feng instantly chuckled. The originally smooth tone suddenly had an inexplicable sense of joy: "Okay, okay... I'll listen to Yao'er."

After speaking, Xiao Feng handed her to Situ Hao. Situ Hao took her and looked at Xiao Feng speechlessly, saying, "You brat, you've made me suffer. You haven't come, causing Yao'er to always clamor to see you. Last time, I secretly brought Yao'er out, and my wife already scolded me. This time, I'm doing this again, and I'll be nagged to death when I get back."

"Don't talk about Brother Feng, he didn't come because he had things to do," Situ Yao sweetly defended Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng chuckled, but warmth flowed in his heart. He had broken his promise, but she not only didn't blame him, but also defended him.

"Sigh..." Situ Hao had a helpless expression.

As time passed, another Mystic Vessel sailed in.

This Mystic Vessel was mainly blue in color, and shallow water mist rippled around it, flowing slowly like a small stream, with a peculiar and flamboyant shape.

"It's the Overturning Water Vessel," Qi Panjian told Xiao Feng the name of this Mystic Vessel.

"It's the Ximen Family's Ancestral Mystic Vessel, just like the Si Family's, but because the Ximen Family mainly cultivates the ice element, the color and power of this Mystic Vessel are different from the Si Family's Thunder Warship."

After speaking, he didn't forget to belittle them: "Each and every one of them, using Mystic Vessels for such short distances, their airs are so high they can reach the sky."

Xiao Feng was already used to this and pretended not to hear it.

As the Mystic Vessel arrived at the blue seats specifically belonging to the Ximen Family, a burst of blue light shone, and a group of people appeared in the exclusive seats.

Xiao Feng's main focus was indeed on the person in the second row. If he wasn't mistaken, the first row should be Ximen Ding, the head of the Ximen Family, and the second row was his eldest son, whom he had met at the city gate before.

The one Qi Panjian called a "moron," Ximen Qing!

Today, Ximen Qing was wearing a light blue and white patterned robe, still holding a folding fan in his hand, with a calm expression on his face, giving people a feeling of gentleness and refinement.

"Ugh, another pretentious show,"

"..." Xiao Feng knew Qi Panjian would say that.

As soon as Ximen Qing got off the Mystic Vessel, he looked around, and finally his gaze fell on Xiao Feng, or rather, on Qi Qingyun. Ximen Qing slowly walked to Qi Qingyun and cupped his hands to greet the three of them: "Qingyun, Xiao Feng, Brother Pan, long time no see."

Who knew that none of the three would reply. Qi Qingyun even moved a step to the side, avoiding his cupped hands.

Ximen Qing's expression was awkward, unsure whether to put his hand down or not. Qi Yunlong saw the awkward atmosphere and came over to smooth things over: "Nephew, don't be offended. Qingyun is always like this to unfamiliar people."

After saying that, he looked at Qi Panjian and scolded, "How did I teach you at home? How can you be so ill-mannered, embarrassing the Qi Family when you go out! Apologize to Nephew Ximen."

"I..." Qi Panjian looked unconvinced, but forced by his father's authority, he had no choice but to admit defeat.

"No need..." At this moment, Ximen Qing interrupted Qi Panjian, "Brother Pan can be regarded as my elder brother. I think it must be that Brother Pan has some misunderstandings about me, so he treats me like this. It's fine to talk it out."

"Hmph... I'll listen to Nephew Ximen this time. If you dare to do it again, see if I don't break your legs, you hear me!" Qi Yunlong scolded.

I... I know, Qi Panjian responded weakly.

Ximen Qing smiled indifferently on the side, as if he didn't take what happened just now to heart at all.

As for Xiao Feng, he was directly ignored, without any sense of existence. Qi Yunlong didn't even glance at him.

Xiao Feng stared at Ximen Qing's indifferent smile, and a sense of vigilance arose in his heart. He didn't think anyone could be so easy to talk to. He came all the way to say hello, only to be brushed aside, but he just laughed it off, without even a hint of displeasure, giving people only a sense of elegance like a breeze.

Unless he's really a saint with no selfish desires, but he can be so disgusted by Qi Panjian, he doesn't look like one at all...

"Family Head Qi, go and entertain the guests first, don't waste time here."

"Okay, now that the assembly hasn't started yet, Nephew Ximen, you can take your time to stroll around here, I'll go and entertain the guests first."

After saying that, he left to receive other medium-sized families. Their strength was also not weak, but their foundation might be slightly different from the four major families, so it was still necessary to maintain the relationship.

Ximen Qing faced Qi Qingyun and said with a light smile, "I'm disturbing you, I won't bother you to catch up." After saying that, he didn't wait for a response and turned around and left.

When he turned around, he still seemed calm and breezy...

Ximen Qing came to a desolate pavilion outside the martial arts field. Before long, two figures passed through layers of soundproof barriers and came to him.

"Big Brother!"

"Big Brother!"

The two who came were Ximen Qing's two cousins, Ximen Xue and Ximen Sheng.

They were both from the collateral line of the family, with extremely low family status. They were able to participate in the assembly this time because of their slightly higher Mystic Dao talent, and their cultivation had broken through to the God Spirit Realm.

Because of their low family status, they had been trying to curry favor with Ximen Qing, the young master of the Ximen Family, and secretly helped Ximen Qing do many dirty and filthy things.

Seeing Ximen Qing's gloomy face at the moment, they were both secretly startled. All the dirty things were handed over to them by Ximen Qing, so they knew Ximen Qing's temper very well.

Ximen Qing's mother passed away when he was very young... perhaps because of the lack of maternal love, his psychology even had a bit of 'morbidness'.

But on the other hand, he had an extremely strong sense of self-esteem and was extremely concerned about his own 'face'.

Therefore, they had rarely seen Ximen Qing reveal such a gloomy expression outside. In the past, no matter how angry he was outside, he would not show it, and would only reveal it after returning home.

But now that he was still in the Qi Family, he had already revealed such an expression, he must have been provoked quite a bit!

"Hmph!"

Seeing the arrival of the two people, as if he had found an outlet to vent, he snorted angrily, "Qi Panjian, that idiot, doesn't know what's good for him. If I'm being nice, I'll call him Brother Pan, if I'm not, I'll send him to his grave!"

Ximen Xue's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he echoed, "Young Master, it's obvious that that kid needs to be taught a lesson. Young Master, do you want to give him a little lesson?"

"Waste! If I could, would I still need you to say it!"

"Now Qi Qingyun is already at the peak of the God King Realm, it seems certain that she will become an Abyssal Knight. Although she is not related to the Qi Family by blood, the Qi Family has the grace of raising her after all. If Qi Qingyun still has feelings for the Qi Family, how can the Ximen Family bear the consequences when she settles the score later?"

"This..." Ximen Sheng considered his words, "Then what is the purpose of the Young Master looking for us here?"

"Hmph! It's not easy to attack Qi Panjian while he's in the Qi Family, and although Xiao Feng has Qi Qingyun, it's not easy to attack him directly. But... as long as he participates in the Mystic Dao Assembly, it's normal for him to accidentally lose an arm or a leg during the competition..."

"But I heard that Xiao Feng doesn't plan to participate in the Mystic Dao Assembly, so what should we do then?" Ximen Xue asked in confusion.

"Hehehe..." Ximen Qing laughed sinisterly, "You don't need to worry about this, I've already made preparations... I want to see if Xiao Feng will go on stage then."

"So that's how it is, the Young Master is really resourceful and controls everything." Ximen Xue said respectfully, "I admire the Young Master's strategy from the bottom of my heart!"

"Me too!" Ximen Sheng echoed quickly after hearing this.

"Hmph! A waste who can't even break through the God Tribulation Realm... how could Qi Qingyun take a fancy to him!"

"I want to let Qi Qingyun see with her own eyes how much of a waste he is!"

The sinister look in Ximen Qing's eyes was evident, but there was obvious jealousy in his words.

"..."