Overnight, the Yan Family Was Wiped Out!

In the Pope Palace.

Bibi Dong listened to Gui Mei's report with a dazed expression.

She had only just returned to the Pope Palace not long ago, her seat not even warm yet, when Xiao Feng had already done something that made people's jaws drop. You ask what?

"Your Holiness, Young Master Feng Xiao publicly beat up Yan Xiao in class, and it was during Director You's lesson."

"You're saying that brat Feng Xiao beat up Yan Xiao on his first day of school? And during Yuxin's class? Yuxin didn't stop him? And why did he beat up Yan Xiao?"

Bibi Dong stared blankly at Gui Mei below her. To be honest, she was very curious why Feng Xiao had gone after Yan Xiao, and how You Yuxin could have allowed Feng Xiao to cause trouble in her class.

With that, Gui Mei handed the report he had compiled to Bibi Dong, who took it and began to read.

After a long while, Bibi Dong set down the report, then revealed a gratified smile, thinking to herself—"This little guy really is two-faced, isn't he? Since he likes her, he should just say it outright. It's not like Nana dislikes him."

But just as Bibi Dong was pondering how to bring the two together, a person in a black robe rushed into the Pope Palace.

"Reporting to Your Holiness, Yan Xiao is dead. His head was severed from his body at home. Based on the wound, it was a single clean cut. The killer is unknown, with not a single trace left behind, as if he was sliced apart out of thin air."

Hearing the black-robed man's words, Bibi Dong fell silent. She seemed to realize something, then looked again at the report in her hand. This time, as she read, she noticed some details.

At that moment, she vaguely sensed something. She thought about why You Yuxin had acted so passively, and asked, "What is Yan Xiao's attitude toward this?"

"Reporting to Your Holiness, Yan Xiao is furious and has sworn to dig three feet into the ground to find the killer."

In response, Bibi Dong only let out a cold laugh.

"Dig three feet into the ground? It seems his wings have hardened, and he's forgotten who the master of Spirit Hall is. Issue an order: the Yan family has secretly colluded with the Star Luo Empire, leaking Spirit Hall's secrets, and the evidence is conclusive. Gui Mei, you understand my meaning, don't you?"

"I understand."

"Then go. Make it clean and swift."

"Yes!"

With that, the two below left the Pope Palace.

Bibi Dong leaned back in the Pope's chair, crossing her elegant legs, and murmured faintly, "The Yan family has no reason to exist anymore."

To Bibi Dong, a small family like the Yan family, which didn't even have a Title Douluo, was utterly dispensable. Not to mention that the Yan family lacked loyalty and harbored no small ambition. For such a family, wiping them out was no big deal, and it would serve as a warning to anyone with ulterior motives.

That night, blood stained the sky above Spirit City. The Yan family, one hundred and eight people, none were spared. The next morning, news that the Yan family had been annihilated overnight spread throughout Spirit City, making many families smell the blood and danger in the air, and they all became cautious.

After extensive investigation, they traced the source of the matter—"Bibi Dong's newly accepted disciple, the prodigy Feng Xiao, beat up Yan Xiao, and then the Yan family was wiped out."

For a time, every family warned their young ones that anyone who provoked Feng Xiao should voluntarily sever ties with the family.

As for our protagonist, Feng Xiao?

At that moment, he was leisurely lying on his desk in You Yuxin's class, resting his eyes. Beside him, Hu Liena was very curious. To be honest, she really wanted to crack open Feng Xiao's head to see what was inside. She couldn't understand how someone so young could possess such an incredibly rich theoretical knowledge.

This theoretical knowledge was so profound that even You Yuxin had to concede defeat. At first, You Yuxin had planned to test Feng Xiao, but after a humiliating attempt, she decided to let him be. There was no helping it—his theoretical foundation was even more solid than hers, and it seemed she could only save face in other areas, like "practical combat classes" and the like.

As for the others? No one dared to say a single word to Feng Xiao. You ask why? Their elders had all said that provoking Feng Xiao meant severing ties with the family. The reason was that anyone who provoked Feng Xiao had their entire family wiped out, with not even bones left.

So Feng Xiao was perfectly at ease, doing whatever he pleased, since no one bothered him. In truth, though he appeared to be resting his eyes, he was actually having the system scan these so-called "geniuses" to see if there were any suitable teammates. But after going through them, he found that these people were really "geniuses" in name only.

For example, the first person on the right in the first row.

[Name: Zhao Xie] [Gender: Male] [Age: Fourteen] [Spirit: Yin-Attacking Shield] [Spirit Power: Level 32] [Evaluation: Trash]

Or the first person in the second row.

[Name: **] [Gender: Female] [Age: Fifteen] [Spirit: Vibration Staff] [Spirit Power: Level 34] [Evaluation: Trash]

Most of the others were around fourteen or fifteen years old with levels twenty-eight or twenty-nine. Perhaps this talent would be considered genius in the eyes of the world, but to Feng Xiao and the system, it was really no different from trash. Only two people caught Feng Xiao's eye.

One was Hu Liena, evaluated as a genius at twelve years old and level twenty-nine. The other was Xie Yue, evaluated as excellent at thirteen years old and level thirty-two. As for the rest, none were worth mentioning.

"Is this what Master calls geniuses? Then the future of our Spirit Hall is a bit shaky," Feng Xiao thought as he had the system scan the students in other classes besides Class One. Suddenly!

[Host, I have discovered a talent-level talent.] [Name: Suo Ying] [Gender: Male] [Age: Twelve]

[Martial Soul: Yama Blade]

[Soul Power: Level 22 (Level 29)]

[Evaluation: A genius swordsman with a Sword Heart, possessing unparalleled talent in swordsmanship.]

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As the system said this, Feng Xiao's eyes instantly lit up. "Damn, a Sword Heart? Douluo Continent has something like this?"

"System, which class is this guy in?"

[Next door, Class Two. The black-haired boy sitting in the last row on the left side of the classroom.]

Feng Xiao's heart burned with excitement, but at the same time, a question arose.

"System, what's with his soul power being Level 22 and Level 29?"

[He's hiding his true soul power. On the surface, he appears to be only Level 22, but he actually has Level 29.]

This raised another question for Feng Xiao. Why would this person named Suo Ying hide his true strength?

"Explain?"

[Simple. Without power or backing, he has no choice but to lie low and develop. Standing out too much would get him killed. Besides, he has two obsessions in his heart. Until he fulfills them, he won't allow himself to die.]

Hearing the system's explanation, Feng Xiao couldn't help but chuckle. Obsessions, huh? This made him even more curious about this guy named Suo Ying.

"What are his obsessions?"

[The first obsession is to avenge his dead parents. The culprit is someone from a family in the Star Luo Empire.]

[The second obsession is to become the strongest swordsman on the continent.]