The Misty Cloud Sect's Outrage!

Xiao Zhan stood in the courtyard, staring at the corpse on the ground, unable to regain his senses for a long time.

Ge Ye was dead.

An executive elder of the Misty Cloud Sect, a Seven-Star Dou Grandmaster, had just died like this within the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Zhan took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart, and turned to look at Xiao Yan.

"Yan'er, your strength..."

"It has recovered," Xiao Yan said.

Xiao Zhan's lips trembled slightly, and his eyes turned somewhat red.

Three years.

For three whole years, he had watched his own son go from a genius to a piece of trash, mocked and looked down upon by others.

He could do nothing.

He could only watch.

But now, Yan'er's strength had returned.

And he had even killed Ge Ye.

Xiao Zhan nodded forcefully, wanting to say something, but found his throat felt as if it were blocked by something.

Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Zhan, his face devoid of any expression.

The several elders stood to the side, looking at each other in dismay.

The First Elder opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but swallowed it back down.

The Second Elder glanced at Xiao Yan and couldn't help but speak up, "Xiao Yan, you killed an elder of the Misty Cloud Sect; this matter..."

"What do you want to say?" Xiao Yan looked at him.

The Second Elder was stifled by his gaze, and the words on the tip of his tongue were swallowed back.

"Second Brother, stop talking," the Third Elder pulled at the Second Elder.

"Why shouldn't I speak?" The Second Elder shook off the Third Elder's hand. "He killed an elder of the Misty Cloud Sect. Will the Misty Cloud Sect let our Xiao Clan off?"

The First Elder sighed, "The Second Elder is right. Xiao Yan, you were too impulsive."

Xiao Yan looked at them, his face devoid of any expression.

"Elders, when Ge Ye was trying to kill me just now, why didn't you speak up?"

The expressions of the three elders changed.

The First Elder opened his mouth, unable to utter a word.

"Forget it," Xiao Yan said. "I will handle this matter myself; it will not implicate the Xiao Clan."

"Yan'er, what are you saying?" Xiao Zhan's face darkened. "You are a member of the Xiao Clan; your affairs are the Xiao Clan's affairs."

"Father..."

"Say no more," Xiao Zhan interrupted him. "With me here, no one can touch you."

The elders looked at Xiao Zhan, dissatisfied, but dared not say anything more.

Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Zhan, feeling a touch of emotion in his heart.

"Father, I will head back first."

"Go," Xiao Zhan said.

Xiao Yan turned and left.

Xiao Xun'er watched his retreating figure, hesitated for a moment, and followed after him.

The elders stood where they were, looking at one another.

"Xiao Zhan, you had better think this through," the First Elder said in a deep voice. "The Misty Cloud Sect is not someone our Xiao Clan can afford to offend."

"I have thought it through," Xiao Zhan said. "Yan'er is my son. Whoever wants to touch him must first get past me."

The First Elder sighed, shook his head, and turned to leave.

The Second Elder and Third Elder exchanged a look and followed him.

Xiao Zhan stood in the courtyard, looking at Ge Ye's corpse on the ground, and remained silent for a long time.

Three days later.

Misty Cloud Sect.

Inside the grand hall, Yun Yun sat upon the Sect Leader's throne, listening to Nalan Yanran's account.

"Teacher, Elder Ge Ye has been killed," Nalan Yanran said, kneeling on the ground.

Yun Yun's brows furrowed.

"What did you say?"

"Elder Ge Ye has been killed by Xiao Yan," Nalan Yanran said.

Yun Yun looked at Nalan Yanran, unable to believe what she was hearing.

Ge Ye was an executive elder of the Misty Cloud Sect, possessing the strength of a seven-star Dou Grandmaster.

Xiao Yan?

The trash young master of the Xiao Clan in Wutan City, a good-for-nothing with only three stages of Dou Qi.

How could he possibly have killed Ge Ye?

"Yanran, are you joking with me?" Yun Yun asked.

"Teacher, your disciple is not joking," Nalan Yanran replied. "Elder Ge Ye was truly killed by Xiao Yan."

Yun Yun did not speak, merely watching Nalan Yanran.

Nalan Yanran raised her head and said, "When your disciple went to the Xiao Clan to annul the engagement, Xiao Yan wrote a letter of divorce on the spot to humiliate me. I couldn't swallow my anger and attacked him, but I was defeated. Elder Ge Ye stepped in to stand up for me and was killed by him."

Yun Yun's expression darkened.

"You say Xiao Yan defeated you and also killed Ge Ye?"

"Yes," Nalan Yanran said.

"What is his strength?"

"Your disciple does not know," Nalan Yanran replied. "I only felt that he was very strong. Elder Ge Ye didn't even have a chance to fight back against him."

Yun Yun fell silent.

A teenager in his teens, capable of killing a seven-star Dou Grandmaster like Ge Ye.

That would mean his strength was at least at the Dou Ling level.

Perhaps even higher.

In the entire Jia Ma Empire, there was not a single person who had reached the Dou Ling level in their teens.

"Yanran, you must know that you were in the wrong regarding this annulment," Yun Yun said.

Upon hearing this, Nalan Yanran's face turned pale.

"Your grandfather made this engagement with the Xiao Clan years ago. If you were unwilling, you could have discussed it properly," Yun Yun continued. "Instead, you brought Ge Ye to their doorstep to annul it. Where did you leave the Xiao Clan's dignity?"

"Teacher, I..." Nalan Yanran tried to defend herself.

"Say no more," Yun Yun interrupted her. "You are at fault in this matter as well."

Nalan Yanran bit her lip, her heart filled with resentment.

Xiao Yan killed Elder Ge Ye, yet Teacher still says it is her fault?

"However," Yun Yun shifted her tone, "Xiao Yan killed an elder of my Misty Cloud Sect; this matter cannot be left as it is."

Hearing this, a glimmer of joy flashed in Nalan Yanran's eyes.

Just then, Yun Leng walked in from outside.

"Sect Leader, I have heard the news," Yun Leng said in a deep voice. "That brat from the Xiao Clan killed Ge Ye?"

"Great Elder, you have come at the right time," Yun Yun said. "What is your take on this?"

"A piece of trash from the Xiao Clan dares to kill a member of my Misty Cloud Sect? He is as good as dead," Yun Leng said coldly.

Upon hearing this, Nalan Yanran could not help but curl her lips into a smile.

"Although Ge Ye was only an executive, he was still one of our own," Yun Leng said. "For the Xiao Clan to kill him is to show no regard for the Misty Cloud Sect."

"Sect Leader, I request to personally make a trip to the Xiao Clan," Yun Leng said.

"No need," Yun Yun replied. "Let the Fourth Elder go."

Yun Leng paused for a moment, then nodded.

"Yanran, take the Fourth Elder to the Xiao Clan. There is no need to take his life; just bring him back to the Misty Cloud Sect," Yun Yun instructed.

"Yes, Teacher," Nalan Yanran said.

Yun Yun waved her hand. "Go."

Nalan Yanran stood up and turned to leave.

As she walked out of the great hall, a smile appeared on her face.

Xiao Yan, you are finished.

Behind the Misty Cloud Sect.

The Fourth Elder was in the middle of cultivation.

He sat cross-legged on a giant boulder, his body surrounded by dense Dou Qi.

Nalan Yanran arrived at the back mountain and stood beneath the boulder.

"Fourth Elder," Nalan Yanran called out.

The Fourth Elder opened his eyes and looked down at her.

"Yanran?" the Fourth Elder said. "What business do you have with this old man?"

"My teacher sent me to request the Fourth Elder," Nalan Yanran said, "to make a trip to the Xiao Clan in Wutan City."

The Fourth Elder frowned. "What for, going to the Xiao Clan?"

"Someone in the Xiao Clan killed Elder Ge Ye."

Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed through the Fourth Elder's eyes.

"Killing a member of my Misty Cloud Sect?"

"Yes," Nalan Yanran said. "A brat named Xiao Yan."

"A mere brat dares to touch someone from my Misty Cloud Sect?" the Fourth Elder said coldly.

He leaped down from the boulder and landed in front of Nalan Yanran.

"Let's go," the Fourth Elder said. "This old man would like to see what kind of brat dares to kill a member of my Misty Cloud Sect."

Nalan Yanran nodded and led the Fourth Elder away.