After the auction ended, Xiao Shuang left the private room with Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan, preparing to return to Tianxin Academy.
However, while Xiao Shuang was on his way back to Tianxin Academy, two middle-aged men suddenly appeared and blocked his path.
"You must be Instructor Xiao from Tianxin Academy, correct? You truly are an outstanding talent. Allow us to introduce ourselves." One of the middle-aged men chuckled and said, "We are from the Xu Family. My name is Xu Yong, and this is Xu Ke."
"Two Dou Huang experts, huh? What do you want?" Xiao Shuang calmly shielded Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan behind him as he spoke coldly.
"We are not targeting you. We merely wish to clarify a few matters." Xu Yong wore a smile, but his voice was chillingly sinister.
"According to what our Xu Family has learned, you once took the two Ning Clan members behind you to cultivate in the Tianxin Mountain Range. In a very short time, you greatly increased their strength."
"There must have been some fortuitous encounter involved, right? Of course, that is not important. What matters is that someone from our Xu Family, named Xu Li, disappeared in the Tianxin Mountain Range."
"I imagine you must have some idea what happened, sir?"
Hearing this, Xiao Shuang's expression remained unchanged. "Why should I have any idea about that? Or are you simply looking for an excuse to make things difficult for me?"
"Oh, how could that be?" Xu Yong laughed twice. "I merely feared that Instructor Xiao might have been deceived by those two students of yours, developed some misunderstanding toward our Xu Family, and accidentally done something wrong."
Upon hearing this, Ning Xiyao and Ning Zhiyan both tensed up. It seemed these two men had come for them. Could