Resorting to Force?

"This car will do."

Ye Feng didn't care. He stood up from the ground, enduring the inhuman pain in his body. He walked step by step to the oxcart, and with the help of the farmer and Ge Ye, sat down on the oxcart.

"Let's go, Wutan City."

Led by Ge Ye, the small caravan continued its journey along the stream.

Ge Ye turned his head and looked back at Ye Feng, who was already in meditation. He sighed, "The world will surely belong to this man from now on."

Hearing Ge Ye's high praise, Liu Ling asked skeptically, "Ge Ye, I disagree with what you're saying. How can someone so young rule the world?"

Ge Ye addressed Liu Ling by his full name without feeling displeased. After all, the latter was an alchemist. "I can't be wrong. At such a young age, he has already reached the level of Dou Wang. Such a prodigy is truly rare. He surpasses even the sect leaders of our Yunlan Sect throughout the ages. The future world will surely belong to him."

"Dou Wang?"

Liu Ling paused, turned her head to look at Ye Feng in the carriage, and asked in surprise, "You mean he has the realm of Dou Wang?"

"Otherwise, how do you think he fell from the sky?" Ge Ye retorted to Liu Ling.

"Could it be because of practicing Qi Transformation Wings?" Liu Ling pondered, offering a possible reason.

"That should be true." Ge Ye nodded.

"However, I still don't believe he has the cultivation of Dou Wang. The youngest Dou Wang in our Gamma Empire is already forty years old. But he looks only a few years older than me." As a genius, Liu Ling couldn't accept that someone's talent was stronger than his, let alone so much stronger.

Buzz

Amid Liu Ling's questioning, an unusual phenomenon occurred.

The energy in the surrounding space was rapidly converging towards Ye Feng's location. The scene didn't resemble the absorption of surrounding energy; rather, it was the plundering of it.

Sitting in the carriage, Ye Feng was like a black hole, constantly devouring the energy around him.

"This..."

Liu Ling was speechless.

"My cultivation has broken through."

Nalan Yanran exclaimed in surprise.

Just a moment ago, Nalan Yanran felt her cultivation level break through. She advanced a small level.

Ge Ye couldn't help but exclaim, "What an extraordinary person!"

The surrounding energy was so dense that wildflowers bloomed wherever the carriage passed. Such a strange sight was worthy of the title "extraordinary person."

About half an hour later, the caravan arrived outside Wutan City. Because the scene was so unusual, Ge Ye instructed the farmers to park the oxcart under a large tree. A few minutes later, Ye Feng opened his eyes.

"Let's go into town together."

Ye Feng stepped off the oxcart and headed straight for the city ahead. Ge Ye, Liu Ling, and Nalan Yanran followed closely behind. Upon entering Wutan City, Ye Feng showed no intention of leaving, and followed Ge Ye and the others to the Xiao Family, one of the three major families in Wutan City.

Ge Ye had informed the Xiao Family the day before that they would be Xiao Family today. Their purpose was singular: to annul their engagement with Xiao Yan.

"Four of you, this way please."

A servant of the Xiao Family led Ge Ye, Liu Ling, Nalan Yanran, and Ye Feng directly to the Xiao Family's council hall.

Inside the hall, four people sat at the head of the table: three elderly men and one middle-aged man. They were the First Elder of the Xiao Family and the Clan Chief Xiao Zhan.

Many people were seated on the left side of the hall. There were middle-aged people as well as teenagers. They were all direct descendants of Xiao Jian. Ye Feng's gaze fell on a rather unusual chair.

There were two people sitting in that chair, a man and a woman.

The man had delicate features, a lazy smile on his face, and a dazzling light shimmering in his dark eyes.

The woman wore a purple dress, her temperament cool and serene, like a Azure Lotus blooming in the mortal world. Her slender waist was like a willow leaf, so delicate it could be grasped in one hand. Her long, black hair was casually tied with a pale purple ribbon, flowing smoothly down her captivating curves to her waist. Two small green bells hung from her fair wrists, making her look like a figure from a painting.

Ye Feng was certain that they were Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er.

After Ye Feng, Ge Ye, Liu Ling, and Nalan Yanran sat down, Ge Ye chatted with Xiao Zhan for a while and then coughed softly.

"Cough!"

Ge Ye stood up, cupped his hands in greeting to Xiao Zhan, and smiled, "Clan Chief Xiao, the main reason I've come to your esteemed family is to ask you for a favor!"

"Hehe, Ge Ye, please speak freely. If it is within our power, the Xiao Family should not refuse." Xiao Zhan did not dare to be negligent and quickly stood up to speak politely.

"Hehe, Clan Chief Xiao, do you know her?"

"Uh... please forgive my Xiao Zhan eyesight, but this young lady is..."

"Ahem, her name is Nalan Yanran."

"Nalan Yanran? Nalan Yanran?" Xiao Zhan realized, recalling Nalan Yanran's engagement to Xiao Yan, and smiled, "So you are Nalan's niece. Uncle Xiao has not seen you for many years. Please don't blame your uncle for being blind."

"Uncle Xiao, I have not been able to come and pay my respects. I should apologize to you. But I dare not blame you, Uncle Xiao."

"Hehe, niece Nalan, I've heard before that you've been taken in by Lady Yun Yun. I thought it was just a rumor. I didn't expect it to be true. My niece is truly talented..."

"Yanran was just lucky."

Unable to resist Xiao Zhan's enthusiasm, Nalan Yanran reached out and gently tugged at Ge Ye's clothes.

"Hehe..."

Ge Ye gave an awkward laugh and said, "Clan Chief Xiao, what I'm asking for is related to Yanran. Moreover, it was the Sect Master who personally spoke up about this matter."

"Ge Ye, please speak," Xiao Zhan said.

"Clan Chief Xiao, as you know, the Yunlan Sect has strict rules, and the Sect Master has high expectations for Yanran. She's basically being groomed as the next Yunlan Sect Master. Due to certain special rules, a Sect Master's successor cannot have any entanglements with men before becoming the official Sect Master. After questioning Yanran, the Sect Master learned that she has a marriage agreement with the Xiao Family. Therefore... therefore, the Sect Master wishes to ask Clan Chief Xiao to... dissolve this engagement."

"Click!"

The jade cup in Xiao Zhan's hand instantly turned into a handful of powder.

The atmosphere in the hall was somewhat quiet.

Ge Ye looked at Nalan Yanran and sighed helplessly. He forced himself to continue persuading, "Clan Chief Xiao, I know this request is a bit unreasonable, but please, for the sake of the Sect Master, dissolve the engagement..."

Buzz

Xiao Zhan clenched his fists, and a faint blue battle aura covered his body, finally converging into a phantom lion's head on his face.

The Xiao Family's top-tier cultivation technique: Furious Lion Vajra. Rank: Profound Middle-Rank!

Ge Ye's expression turned solemn. He was about to activate the sword energy within his body to protect himself when Ye Feng merely gave him a look. A terrifying force forced the azure Furious Lion Vajra back into Xiao Zhan's body.

Xiao Zhan looked pale and terrified as he stared at Ye Feng, who had already stood up from his seat.

Ye Feng said, "What, you want to resort to violence?"