Extermination

Time flew by.

That day, Xiao Lang was making beggar's chicken in the courtyard.

He heard his father grumbling nearby.

"Damn Jia Lie Bi, that bastard really got lucky. After losing so much money, he actually managed to make a comeback."

Xiao Zhan spoke as he ate the beggar's chicken and cursed under his breath. His table manners were not exactly refined, with grease all over the corners of his mouth and his face.

"What happened, Dad?"

Xiao Yan was obviously there as well. Unless he had reached a critical point in his cultivation breakthrough, he always came to Xiao Lang's courtyard for lunch.

He asked while blowing on his food.

Once the beggar's chicken had cooled down, he immediately tore off a drumstick and began wolfing it down.

"I heard Jia Lie Bi somehow hired a first-tier alchemist..."

Xiao Xun'er was still more ladylike. Her rosy lips puckered as she gently blew fragrant breaths over the beggar's chicken, explaining the recent events at the same time.

"Ah, Xun'er, by the time you finish blowing on it, the vegetables will have gone cold too."

Seeing her like that, Xiao Lang shook his head helplessly. He tore off a drumstick and blew on it hard, testing it with his tongue once it had cooled enough before handing it to Xiao Xun'er. "Here, it's not hot anymore."

"Thank you, Brother Xiao Lang."

Xiao Xun'er's face reddened at the sight, but then she remembered that they had already kissed. What was a little saliva? She accepted it openly and began eating.

"Sigh, Yan'er, if you were even half as proactive as your Third Brother, I wouldn't have to worry about you being a bachelor for the rest of your life." Xiao Zhan sighed.

"..."

Xiao Yan's mouth twitched. He said with a resentful expression, "I already had a fiancée, all right? I just divorced her!"

Though Xiao Yan acted carefree when bringing up the broken engagement, all three of them knew it was a humiliation he could not forget.

Unless he won that promised match two years later and washed away everything, he would never truly let it go.

After all...

For a woman to come to a man's door and break off their engagement was the greatest humiliation of his life!

"Besides, all the pretty girls in Wutan City have their hearts set on Third Brother. I wouldn't dare..."

Xiao Yan recalled how, whenever he went out with his Third Brother, the girls would see Xiao Lang and pounce on him like they had taken aphrodisiacs.

He envied him from the bottom of his heart.

Not to mention that he had accidentally seen Ya Fei and his Third Brother's secret affair beneath the table last night. That only made Xiao Yan envy him even more.

Ya Fei's figure and beauty were such that people in the back rows of the auction house would even do those indecent things while staring at her.

That alone was enough to prove Ya Fei's charm.

Who would have thought that Ya Fei, that thorny rose, would ultimately fall into Third Brother's hands?

There was also Xiao Yu's confession yesterday morning. Not to mention mysterious little Xiao Xun'er—anyone with functioning eyes could tell that she liked his Third Brother.

Those three were all exceptional beauties. Even Xiao Mei, who possessed natural seductive charm, seemed to have secretly fallen for his Third Brother and had been trying to pry information about him from Xiao Yan.

Thinking of that gave him a headache. If he traveled the continent with Third Brother in the future, wouldn't every girl they met be snatched away by him?

"Yeah, Brother Xiao Lang is incredibly charming. He keeps flirting with girls everywhere too..."

Xiao Xun'er glanced at Xiao Lang resentfully as she ate her drumstick.

"You can't blame me for that. I can't stop them from pursuing love. Them liking me is their business. Whether I like them is my business." Xiao Lang immediately delivered a scumbag's speech.

"Then do you like them?" Xiao Xun'er pressed on.

"If I could only like one person in this life, then only Xun'er could have my heart and my body."

Xiao Lang said it without even the slightest hesitation.

When women asked so much, didn't they just want to hear what they wanted to hear?

As for whether it was true or not, even she did not care. Why should you?

Never say any of that vague nonsense.

Things like, "I don't know either," "I'm not sure," or "Right now, I love you."

You might think you were being sincere and responsible, but it would only backfire.

This was the key point. If you wanted a relationship, take out a notebook and write it down.

Women were emotional creatures. They liked hearing you praise them. It was only words and cost nothing. If you could not even do that, then you deserved to be single.

"Tch, smooth talker!" Xiao Xun'er rolled her eyes and could not help scolding him coyly. "Who wants your body? Shameless!"

Though she said that, the smile in her eyes made it obvious how happy she was.

It could not be helped. When a girl liked you, whether your words were true or false no longer mattered that much.

Unless it involved a choice, or something she already suspected.

If you encountered a drama queen, change partners early. Do not waste your time.

"Impressive! Truly impressive!"

Seeing this, Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan could not help giving Xiao Lang a thumbs-up in their hearts.

At the same time, Xiao Zhan was deeply troubled. How many bride prices would he have to prepare in the future?

Would it empty out the Xiao Family?

"All right, you keep eating. I need to go discuss countermeasures with the Great Elder and the others. If this goes on, I won't even be able to afford the bride prices for you four brothers to get married."

The moment Xiao Zhan thought of bride prices, he thought of the first-tier alchemist Jia Lie Bi had hired.

He could not help sighing. "If only I could meet an alchemist too."

"Ding! Faced with the crisis the Xiao Family is about to encounter, you choose..."

At that moment, the system's voice rang out in Xiao Lang's mind.

System choices appeared before his eyes as well.

[Option One: Directly slaughter all the powerful members of Jia Lie Bi's family! Reward upon completion: Level +1! Ten Level 1 Reinforcement Stones! Wind Attribute Fighting Skill power increased by 10%!]

[Option Two: Kill alchemist Liu Xi! Reward upon completion: Level +1, twenty Level 1 Reinforcement Stones! Wind and Lightning Attribute Fighting Skill power increased by 10%!]

[Option Three: Slaughter the Jia Lie Family to eliminate future trouble and kill Liu Xi. Reward upon completion: Level +2! Ten Level 2 Reinforcement Stones, Water, Wind, and Lightning Attribute Fighting Skill power increased by 10%!]

[Option Four: Turn a blind eye and continue lying low. Reward upon completion: Level +2!]

Looking at the four options, a bloodthirsty gleam appeared in Xiao Lang's eyes.

In that case, the Jia Lie Family and Liu Xi could go die.

Xiao Lang was no saint. He had spared the Jia Lie Family before because he thought it might trigger a choice later.

But now that it had triggered one, there was no need to keep them alive.

As for the third-tier alchemist behind Liu Xi, who possessed the strength of a six-star Da Dou Shi, Xiao Lang alone was enough!

Perhaps it would even let him break through another minor level.

At the same time, it would prevent the Misty Cloud Sect elders from later destroying the Xiao Family and secretly inciting the Jia Lie Family to wipe them out.

After all, by then, he would no longer have time to bother with matters in tiny Wutan City.

Once the Dragon King Plan was launched, his target would be those colossal powers across the Dou Qi Continent.

Thinking that, he stood up and said, "Dad, leave this matter to me."

"Dad, leave this matter to me." After discussing it with Old Yao, Xiao Yan stood up and said the same.