Marketplace Disturbance

"What wouldn't I dare?" Xiao Yan straightened up and agreed without the slightest hesitation.

"As expected of someone from my Xiao Clan. You've got backbone. I also believe Brother Yan will recover his original talent one day. Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—never look down on a poor young man!" Xiao Tian strode to Xiao Yan's side and declared loudly.

"Well said, Brother Tian!" Hearing Xiao Tian's words, Xiao Yan shouted excitedly.

"Who are you?" Nalan Yanran asked, looking at Xiao Tian as he spoke.

"Who I am has nothing to do with you, and you don't need to know," Xiao Tian said expressionlessly.

"You..." Nalan Yanran's pretty face turned ashen.

"Nalan Yanran, aside from your beauty, there's nothing else about you that this young master thinks much of. Don't assume I care that much about you, some so-called genius wife. I can't muster the slightest interest in you at all." After saying this, Xiao Yan cut off whatever Nalan Yanran wanted to say next, strode quickly to the desk, and wrote furiously. Then he cut open his palm and pressed his bloodstained hand onto the white paper. Afterward, Xiao Yan picked up the paper and slapped it onto the table beside Nalan Yanran, saying, "Also, three years from now, if I win, there'll be no need to dissolve the Marriage Contract. Instead, this young master will divorce you from the Xiao Clan."

Hearing Xiao Yan's words and looking at the Divorce Letter on the table, Nalan Yanran's face filled with disbelief. This sudden turn of events left her frozen like a wooden chicken.

"How bold! Junior Sister Yanran isn't someone you can humiliate!" the man who had come with Nalan Yanran shouted sternly.

"What the hell are you? Is there a place for you to speak here?" Xiao Tian turned his head and fixed the man with a sharp gaze, a trace of Thunder flashing through his eyes.

The man was so frightened by Xiao Tian's gaze and Aura that he no longer dared to speak.

Nalan Yanran was startled back to her senses by the commotion between the two and said, "You... you actually dare divorce me?"

Xiao Yan glanced coldly at Nalan Yanran and ignored her. Instead, he turned around, bent his knees, and knelt before Xiao Zhan, heavily kowtowing. "Father, three years from now, Yan Er will personally wash away today's humiliation for you." After saying this, Xiao Yan stood up straight and turned to leave without the slightest hesitation.

After this incident, Nalan Yanran no longer wanted to stay. She rose, silently gave Xiao Zhan a bow, and walked toward the outside of the hall.

"Take your things with you." The jade box containing the Qi Gathering Powder was flung out by Xiao Zhan. Ge Ye reached out, steadily caught the box, and left together with Nalan Yanran.

"Nalan Yanran, I hope you won't regret what you did today in the future," Xiao Tian said coldly as Nalan Yanran passed by him.

Nalan Yanran raised her head and gave Xiao Tian a deep look, then left directly.

"Everyone, disperse. Tian'er, stay behind," Xiao Zhan said to everyone in the hall with a wave of his hand.

Xiao Tian said to Xun'er, "You go back first. I'll come find you later."

After Xiao Xun'er heard this, she nodded and walked toward the door.

Once everyone had left, Xiao Zhan walked up to Xiao Tian, grabbed his shoulders with trembling hands, and said, "Tian'er, what is your current strength?"

"Four-Star Dou Practitioner!" Xiao Tian answered truthfully.

"Good, good, good. Tomorrow, I'll open the Dou Qi Pavilion for you so you can take a set of cultivation methods," Xiao Zhan said excitedly.

After hearing Xiao Zhan's words, Xiao Tian said, "Father, I've already cultivated a method. Xun'er gave it to me."

Xiao Xun'er: ???

Far away, on the way back to her own little courtyard, Xun'er suddenly sensed something in her heart and murmured to herself, "Is Xiao Tian Gege thinking of me?"

Hearing that Xiao Tian already had a cultivation method, and that Xun'er had given it to him at that, Xiao Zhan found it unsurprising and did not ask further. He continued, "Then we still have to open it. It can help hide things from others."

"Yes, Father. You're still the thoughtful one," Xiao Tian replied solemnly.

While Xiao Tian and Xiao Zhan, father and son, were conversing, Xiao Yan, who had previously left the hall, was on the summit of the back mountain, learning that the reason his Dou Qi had regressed for three years was because of this illusory Soul Body. He was pointing at the Soul Body and cursing nonstop. This Soul Body was Xiao Yan's Golden Finger, as well as the guide who would lead Xiao Yan to rise: Yao Lao.

What followed was naturally that, under Yao Lao's honey-coated barrage of persuasion and Xiao Yan's own yearning for strength, Xiao Yan performed the disciple-acceptance ceremony.

After saying goodbye to Xiao Zhan, Xiao Tian was on his way to Xiao Xun'er's little courtyard when he ran into Xiao Yan, who had come down from the back mountain. When Xiao Yan saw Xiao Tian, he looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated. Seeing Xiao Yan like this, Xiao Tian remembered that he should have already taken a master now and needed to refine Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid. But remembering that Xiao Yan was short on money, he spoke first. "Want to borrow money?"

"How did you know?" Xiao Yan said, scratching his head awkwardly.

"You and I are real brothers. I can guess what's on your mind right away. Say it, how much do you want to borrow?" Xiao Tian asked directly.

Xiao Yan raised one finger and said, "One thousand Gold Coins."

Two jade cards appeared in Xiao Tian's hand behind his back. He swiped the Black Jade Card against the Light Blue Jade Card, changing the number five thousand to one thousand. Then he put away the Light Blue Jade Card, brought the Black Jade Card to the front, and said, "Here, there are one thousand Gold Coins in this. Remember to pay me back one thousand five hundred Gold Coins."

After saying that, he stuffed the jade card into Xiao Yan's hand, turned, and walked away. Xiao Yan came back to his senses, looked at the jade card in his hand, and called after Xiao Tian's departing back, "Brother Tian, no way! Didn't you just say we're real brothers? As real brothers, you... you're making me pay back that much?"

"No need to thank me. Just remember to pay me back," Xiao Tian said with a wave of his hand, not even turning his head.

Xiao Yan said to Yao Lao inside the Ring, "Teacher, I hope that Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid of yours is reliable. I haven't even started yet, and I already owe a huge debt."

"Don't worry. Once you try it, you won't be able to live without it. Also, this elder brother of yours isn't simple. There's an extremely deeply hidden, violent thunderous Aura inside his body. I can't sense it clearly," Yao Lao said from within the Ring.

After Xiao Tian had finished showing off... no, after making a small profit, he arrived at the entrance of Xun'er's little courtyard and silently said in his heart, "System, check in."

[Ding, checked in at Xiao Xun'er's little courtyard. Obtained one Mind Calming Jade Marrow Bracelet.]

Mind Calming Jade Marrow Bracelet: Has the effect of calming the mind and soothing the spirit. During cultivation, it makes it easier to enter meditation, prevents external things from disturbing the mind, and eliminates the risk of Cultivation Deviation.

Xiao Tian looked at the bracelet inside the System Space. It was even a women's style, and his little face darkened.

After closing the System Space, Xiao Tian knocked on the gate of Xiao Xun'er's courtyard. After a burst of footsteps sounded from inside, the courtyard gate opened, and when the young girl saw the youth standing at the entrance, she spoke with joy in her heart. "Xiao Tian Gege, you're here."

Xiao Tian saw that Xiao Xun'er was not wearing the outfit she had worn in the reception hall today, but the outfit from the comics when she went to the marketplace with Xiao Yan. Looking at Xun'er's outfit, Xiao Tian could not help saying, "Yo, little beauty, dressed so nicely. Do you have a date with someone?"

"Yes, yes. Someone promised he'd come find me today, so of course I had to dress a little prettier," Xun'er said with a playful, charming laugh.

Xiao Tian took Xun'er's hand and said, "Then let's go, beautiful Miss Xun'er. I'll take you around Utan City."

After leaving the clan, Xiao Tian and Xiao Xun'er played and teased each other as they gradually arrived at the marketplace controlled by the Xiao Clan. After greeting Uncle Pein of the Xiao Clan, he continued taking Xun'er around the marketplace. While Xiao Xun'er stopped in front of a stall to pick out jewelry, Xiao Tian said to the system, "System, check in."

Ding, check-in at the Xiao Clan Marketplace successful. Obtained one million Gold Coins and one Dog Beating Stick.

Just then, a clear voice suddenly rang out. "Eh, isn't this Miss Xun'er? I didn't expect to run into you here. What fate. Miss Xun'er, would you do me the honor of having a meal together?"