Yao Lao's Shock, Three Thousand Lightning Movement!

As soon as the words fell, the hall fell silent.

Xiao Zhan looked somewhat awkward.

Yun Yun's expression did not change at all.

Nalan Yanran's face, however, turned somewhat unpleasant.

They were supposed to wait?

Xiao Chen certainly had quite the airs.

Her teacher was the sect leader of the Misty Cloud Sect, a Dou Emperor-level powerhouse. Throughout the Jia Ma Empire, who would not treat her with the utmost respect?

Yet Xiao Chen actually wanted them to wait?

"Clan Head Xiao, what does Xiao Chen mean by this?" Nalan Yanran could not help asking.

"Does he know who my teacher is?"

Xiao Zhan hurriedly said, "Sect Leader Yun, Miss Nalan, I am truly sorry."

"Chen'er... he may be cultivating and unable to come over."

"Why don't you sit down first? I'll have someone urge him again."

Yun Yun waved a hand. "No need."

She looked at Xiao Zhan and said calmly, "We shall wait."

Nalan Yanran opened her mouth, wanting to say something more, but upon seeing Yun Yun's expression, she swallowed the words that had reached her lips.

She gritted her teeth and said nothing else.

Xiao Zhan hurriedly had tea served and arranged seats for Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.

The hall fell silent, and no one spoke.

Yun Yun held her teacup, her expression calm. No one knew what she was thinking.

Nalan Yanran sat off to the side, her expression somewhat grim.

After spending so many years in the Misty Cloud Sect, she had never been slighted like this.

Yet today, after coming to the Xiao Clan, she had been left sitting here by Xiao Chen.

Nalan Yanran was dissatisfied, but since her teacher had said nothing, she did not dare speak out again.

She could only sit there and wait for Xiao Chen to finish cultivating.

The atmosphere in the Xiao Clan's hall was somewhat stifling.

Nalan Yanran sat in her chair with a teacup in hand, her face filled with displeasure.

She had waited the time it took to burn an incense stick, yet Xiao Chen still had not come.

"Uncle Xiao, when exactly will Xiao Chen be coming?"

Nalan Yanran set down her teacup and asked.

"I've already sent someone to urge him. He should be here soon," Xiao Zhan said hurriedly.

"Soon?" Nalan Yanran sneered. "We've already waited for an incense stick's time. How much longer are we supposed to wait?"

"That Xiao Chen truly has quite the airs, making my teacher wait here for him."

Xiao Zhan looked awkward. He opened his mouth, but did not know what to say.

"Yanran," Yun Yun said calmly. "Sit down."

"Teacher, I'm not wrong," Nalan Yanran said. "Even if Xiao Chen has some ability, he cannot slight you like this, can he?"

"You came personally to visit him, yet he actually made you wait. What is this supposed to mean?"

"Sit down." Yun Yun glanced at her.

Nalan Yanran gritted her teeth, but still sat down.

Yet she remained unconvinced and muttered, "I'm only stating the facts."

Just then, a figure entered from outside the hall.

It was Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan entered the hall and, upon seeing Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, his expression changed slightly.

He glanced at Nalan Yanran before withdrawing his gaze.

"Father." Xiao Yan walked up to Xiao Zhan and spoke.

"Yan'er, why are you here?" Xiao Zhan asked.

"I heard people from the Misty Cloud Sect had come, so I came to take a look," Xiao Yan said.

When Nalan Yanran saw Xiao Yan, her expression also darkened somewhat.

She had no favorable impression of Xiao Yan. The last time she had come to the Xiao Clan to break off the engagement, the two of them had parted on very unpleasant terms.

"Xiao Yan, you've come at the right time." Nalan Yanran said, "Your third brother, Xiao Chen, certainly has quite the airs, making my teacher wait here for him."

"Does he know who my teacher is?"

Xiao Yan looked at her and said coolly, "My third brother is cultivating and has no time to come over. You can just wait."

Nalan Yanran's expression sank. "What did you say?"

"I said you can just wait," Xiao Yan said. "Since my third brother told you to wait, then if you have any complaints, keep them to yourselves."

"You!" Nalan Yanran abruptly stood up.

"Yanran," Yun Yun said.

"Teacher, he—"

"Sit down." Yun Yun's voice turned several degrees colder.

Nalan Yanran gritted her teeth and sat back down.

Xiao Yan glanced at her and said nothing more.

His heart was filled with gratitude toward Xiao Chen.

During this time, Xiao Chen had helped him far too much.

He had given him Dou Techniques, medicinal pills, cultivation methods, and magical beast cores.

Xiao Chen had truly treated him, his younger brother, very well.

Now that someone was dissatisfied with Xiao Chen, he naturally had to step forward and defend him.

Yun Yun set down her teacup and rose to her feet.

"Clan Head Xiao, since Xiao Chen is cultivating and cannot conveniently come over, I will go visit him myself."

Xiao Zhan froze for a moment. "Sect Leader Yun, this..."

"It is fine," Yun Yun said. "Lead the way."

Xiao Zhan nodded. "Sect Leader Yun, this way."

He turned and walked out of the hall, with Yun Yun following behind him.

Nalan Yanran hurriedly stood as well and followed behind Yun Yun.

She was even more dissatisfied.

It was one thing for Xiao Chen to make them wait, but now they had to go find him themselves.

His airs were simply too great.

But her teacher had already made her decision, so there was no use objecting.

She could only follow along.

Xiao Yan followed as well, wanting to see how his third brother's cultivation was progressing.

The group passed through several corridors and arrived at the Side Courtyard.

Xiao Zhan pushed open the courtyard gate and walked inside.

Yun Yun followed behind. The moment she entered the courtyard, she saw a figure flickering within.

That figure was astonishingly fast, crossing from one end of the courtyard to the other almost instantaneously.

Every flicker left behind an afterimage.

Before an afterimage could fade, the person had already appeared elsewhere.

Nalan Yanran's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief.

"Th-this... what movement technique is this?"

She had never seen such speed before.

Even her teacher, Yun Yun, likely could not execute a movement technique this fast.

"Third Brother's speed is too fast, isn't it?" Xiao Yan muttered, his eyes filled with shock.

He knew Xiao Chen was powerful, but he had not expected Xiao Chen's movement technique to be so terrifying.

From within the ring on Xiao Yan's finger, Yao Lao's voice also sounded.

"Xiao Yan, do you know what movement technique your third brother is cultivating?"

Xiao Yan shook his head, guessing that it might be a high-grade Xuan Tier technique.

"High-grade Xuan Tier? This is at least an Earth Tier movement Dou Technique."

"Earth Tier or above?" Xiao Yan said inwardly. "Teacher, are you certain?"

"Certain," Yao Lao said. "This old man has lived for so many years and seen no small number of movement Dou Techniques. Naturally, I would not be mistaken."

Xiao Yan drew in a sharp breath.

An Earth Tier movement Dou Technique?

What kind of concept was that?

In the entire Jia Ma Empire, one could not even find many Earth Tier Dou Techniques.

Yet his third brother possessed an Earth Tier movement Dou Technique?

"Xiao Yan, your third brother is not simple," Yao Lao said.

"And this movement Dou Technique... has quite a connection to an old acquaintance of mine. I wonder where your third brother obtained it."

Xiao Yan nodded, looking at Xiao Chen's figure with eyes full of admiration.

Within the courtyard, Xiao Chen's figure continued to flicker.

His speed grew faster and faster, while the afterimages multiplied.

The entire courtyard was filled with his shadows, making it impossible to distinguish which one was his true body.

Yun Yun stood to one side, watching Xiao Chen's movement technique. A trace of shock flashed through her eyes as well.

She had seen quite a few movement Dou Techniques, but never one so fast.

This Xiao Chen truly was not simple.

Standing behind Yun Yun, the dissatisfaction on Nalan Yanran's face had long since vanished without a trace.

It had been replaced by unconcealable shock.

Previously, she had not believed Xiao Chen was a Dou Emperor powerhouse and had thought the information was incorrect.

But after seeing Xiao Chen's movement technique, she believed it.

Such speed was absolutely not something an ordinary person could achieve.

Only a Dou Emperor, or perhaps someone even stronger, could possess such speed.

Nalan Yanran took a deep breath and suppressed the shock in her heart.

She recalled the things she had said in the hall earlier and felt a lingering fear.