The Shocked Crowd, a Cat Toying with Mice!

"You... you..." Xiao Zhan stammered, as if something had clamped tightly around his throat, leaving him unable to speak for a moment.

"Xiao Yan?!" The others found it even harder to accept. Their fists clenched tightly as they desperately suppressed the raging waves in their hearts.

Their world seemed to have completely collapsed at that very moment!

"How can you be so young?" Mittel Tengshan was equally horrified.

Whoosh!

Flames rose from Xiao Yan's palm as he said helplessly, "Had I known, I wouldn't have revealed myself! I told you from the start that you would find it hard to believe!"

Ya Fei trembled. "Then the one who bought Beast Flames from us these past few days..."

"It was me."

"And the one who refined the Qi Gathering Powder..."

"It was me."

"And the one who prepared the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid..."

"Still me."

Xiao Yan's calm answers made everyone's minds go blank.

"May I ask Your Excellency's age?" Mittel Tengshan swallowed.

"Fifteen."

At fifteen, he possessed two Heavenly Flames and had defeated more than a dozen Dou Lings?

At fifteen, he could refine a Grade Four Pill?

Smack!

Mittel slapped his forehead hard. The pain told him this was not a dream.

"A monster has emerged from the Jia Ma Empire..." Mittel Tengshan said with a bitter smile.

He was immensely grateful that he had kept his head and had not immediately settled accounts with Xiao Zhan.

Otherwise...

By tomorrow, the Three Great Families of the Jia Ma Empire would have become only two!

"Yan'er, where is your master?" Xiao Zhan asked in horror.

"If I said he had never been a living person from the beginning, would you believe me?"

Xiao Zhan: ...

Seeing Xiao Zhan's utterly disbelieving expression, Xiao Zhan shrugged helplessly.

He had known it. The truth was hard for people to accept.

"That little girl from the Nalan Family is truly fortunate!" Mittel Tengshan said enviously.

"Fortunate?"

Xiao Zhan snorted. "If my niece had left the Xiao Family even a shred of dignity and found a secluded place to break off the engagement with my son, I might have counted myself somewhat fortunate!"

Breaking off the engagement?

Mittel Tengshan looked utterly bewildered before immediately turning to Ya Fei in wild delight, waggling his eyebrows.

Ya Fei had no time to pay attention to Mittel Tengshan. Her mind was a complete mess.

The one who had killed Zuo Ya for her was Xiao Yan.

The one who had killed Lei Ou for her was Xiao Yan.

It had all been Xiao Yan!

Cough, cough!

Only after Mittel Tengshan coughed heavily several times did Ya Fei come back to her senses.

Her gaze toward Xiao Yan was incomparably complicated.

"Since your son has no betrothal, why not consider Ya Fei?"

Mittel Tengshan's abrupt words made Ya Fei blush, while even Xiao Zhan panicked a little.

"I..."

Just as Ya Fei was about to speak, a figure with one arm hanging limply at his side burst through the door, crying out.

"Clan Leader! Hurry and save Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei! Xiao Ning is about to be beaten to death!"

"Xiao Ke?"

Xiao Zhan flew into a rage. "Who did this? That bastard Jia Liebi?"

"It's Liu Xi's Senior Brother! He brought three Dou Lings from the Chu Yun Empire!"

Dou Lings?

Xiao Yan's eyes turned cold. Blazing Fire Wings spread behind him, leaving a streak of flame in their wake as he vanished in an instant.

"Clan Leader Xiao, let the Mite'er Family lend the Xiao Family a hand."

Half an incense stick earlier.

Wutan City.

"Master Bai, this is Wutan City? It's far inferior to the Chu Yun Empire!"

The middle-aged man riding a second-tier magical beast, a Flame Horn Colt, lazily surveyed his surroundings.

The Dou Ling insignia on his chest was especially conspicuous.

Behind him followed two middle-aged men who bore some resemblance to him.

"You Chai Family Three Brothers, this is your first time coming with me to the Jia Ma Empire, isn't it?"

Bai Yi said leisurely, "If not for my useless junior brother getting himself killed as soon as he arrived, we might not have needed to make this trip."

"Master Bai, look!" Chai Family Eldest suddenly pointed ahead, a lewd look on his face.

"Good thing my junior brother died early. Otherwise, I would have missed such beauties in Wutan City!"

Bai Yi spurred his mount into a gallop and blocked Xiao Yu's group, speaking arrogantly. "Two young ladies, interested in making my acquaintance? I am Bai Yi, a Second Grade Alchemist!"

Xiao Yu frowned in disgust at the frivolous young man seated atop the magical beast.

"Not interested. Get lost!"

Bai Yi was not angered. Instead, he licked his lips with a chuckle. "Hehe, quite the personality. I like it!"

"We are from the Xiao Family of Wutan City. Please conduct yourself with respect!" Xiao Ning said solemnly.

The Xiao Family?

Bai Yi froze for a moment, then burst into laughter. So they were the targets of this trip!

Whoosh!

Bai Yi smiled and stretched out his hand. Dou Qi formed into a giant palm that seized Xiao Yu and lifted her into the air.

"Put Yu'er down!"

Xiao Ting flew into a rage, but Chai Family Second flashed down, pressed his head down, and smashed him directly into the ground.

"Father!" Xiao Ning and Xiao Yu cried out anxiously.

Bai Yi gave a sinister smile, driving the Flame Horn Colt toward the Jia Lie Family.

His lazy, casual voice echoed through the streets.

"Third Brother, those ants from the Xiao Family are yours. In half an hour, I don't want to see a single living person left in the Xiao Family!"

As he spoke, Bai Yi and Chai Family Eldest vanished at the end of the street.

Only a lingering voice remained.

"Oh, right. Remember my name. I am Bai Yi!"

"Xiao Yu!"

Chai Family Third flashed away. Xiao Ting glared viciously at Chai Family Second. "Our Xiao Family has a Second Grade Alchemist too!"

Bang!

Chai Family Second waved his hand with a smile, and Xiao Ning's body slammed heavily into a wall.

"The Xiao Family is exactly who we came for."

Stepping on Xiao Ting's head, Chai Family Second revealed an interested expression.

"Let's play a game."

Chai Family Second chuckled. "The Jia Lie Family is still three kilometers away. I'll run, and you chase. If you catch me before I reach the Jia Lie Family, I'll return this girl to you."

"If you fail to catch me, I'll strip this girl naked, cut off her head, and turn it into a scarecrow."

Chai Family Second grabbed Xiao Mei by the shoulder and shot off with wild laughter.

"Xiao Mei!"

Xiao Ting spat out a mouthful of blood and frantically circulated his Dou Qi as he chased after Chai Family Second.

Yet Chai Family Second seemed to be toying with him, always maintaining a distance of thirty meters.

Crack!

Chai Family Second twisted off one of Xiao Mei's fingers, his smile gentle. "You're too slow."

Chai Family Second stood atop a towering wall, looking down pityingly at the blood-spitting Xiao Ting.

"In his letter, Jia Liebi described the Xiao Family as so powerful, so terrifying. I never expected you to be so weak that it's disappointing."

"Boring. Truly boring."

Xiao Ting trembled as he shouted, "What will it take for you to let Mei'er go?!"

"Kneel." Chai Family Second tapped his chin playfully.

"Third Uncle!" Xiao Mei sobbed uncontrollably.

Crack!

Chai Family Second dislocated Xiao Mei's other arm. Her scream finally shattered Xiao Ting's resolve.

"I'll kneel!"

Xiao Ting's legs bent in humiliation. Chai Family Second gleefully pried open Xiao Mei's eyes, wanting her to witness for herself just how wretched her elder looked.

Just as Xiao Ting's knees were about to touch the ground—

Whoosh!

A blazing streak of fire shot past him like lightning.

A foot wreathed in dual-colored Heavenly Flames slammed viciously into Chai Family Second's chest.

The crisp sound of bones breaking exploded through the air.

"I'll kneel on your mother!"