The Amethyst Winged Lion King slowly descended, and Xiao Yu immediately leaped down to the ground.
"Did she faint?"
He walked over to Xiao Yi Xian and saw her lying on the ground with her eyes tightly shut. He paused in surprise.
After a little effort, Xiao Yu placed Xiao Yi Xian on the Lion King's back.
Then he pulled over some vines, tied one end around Blue Eagle, and fastened the other to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's back.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King conjured its wings once more, carrying Xiao Yu and the others into the air as it flew toward Wutan City.
The Xiao Clan.
"What? You sent the Young Clan Leader to Green Mountain Town?"
"Clan Leader, you know what kind of place Green Mountain Town is, don't you?"
"How long has the Young Clan Leader been gone? If we hurry over now, we might still make it in time."
That afternoon, the three elders of the Xiao Clan returned after taking care of the trouble at the Xiao Clan Medicine Shop.
They had been running themselves ragged these past few days. Though it was exhausting, they were glad to do it.
They had seen their clan growing stronger and wealthier.
That was a good thing!
The three elders were exchanging information with Xiao Zhan and asking what other places were in trouble and needed their attention.
Then they learned that Xiao Zhan had actually sent Xiao Yu to Green Mountain Town to deal with the trouble there.
The three of them immediately leaped to their feet.
Who was responsible for the Xiao Clan's ability to keep opening shops and earning so much money?
Of course, it was Xiao Yu!
Every medicinal product came from his hands.
That was precisely why Xiao Yu had gone from being a young master to the Xiao Clan's Young Clan Leader, without a single person objecting.
To put it simply, the Xiao Clan could lose anyone but Xiao Yu.
"Elders, there's no need to panic. The trouble in Green Mountain Town is nothing to Yu'er." Xiao Zhan smiled calmly, the corners of his mouth faintly raised.
Seeing how much the three elders, who had once been his peers, now valued Xiao Yu made him very happy.
The Great Elder said, "Clan Leader, there are several Dou Masters in Green Mountain Town, and those fellows are all mercenaries. If they get riled up, they don't care about reason. The Young Clan Leader is still young. If he gets hurt, it'll be a tremendous blow to our Xiao Clan."
"Don't worry, Great Elder. Those people can't hurt Yu'er." Xiao Zhan remained composed.
The three elders were stunned. They exchanged glances.
"Clan Leader, you haven't been drinking, have you?" the Second Elder asked hesitantly.
Green Mountain Town wasn't home to ordinary Dou Zhe. There were Dou Masters there.
And they were all former mercenaries who often fought magical beasts. They were experienced and bloodied.
They were nothing like the likes of Jia Lie Ao back in the day.
If Xiao Yu got into a conflict with them, the people at the Xiao Clan Medicine Shop wouldn't be able to protect him.
The Third Elder stood up at once. "No, I can't rest easy about the Young Clan Leader. I'm going to Green Mountain Town right now."
"There's really no need. Yu'er is strong enough." Xiao Zhan repeated.
The Great Elder's eyes shifted. Lowering his voice, he asked, "Clan Leader, is the Young Clan Leader's teacher with him?"
The Second and Third Elders' eyes lit up at the question.
They still vividly remembered the powerful expert who had appeared at the Xiao Clan that day.
If that expert was accompanying the Young Clan Leader, then there should be no problem.
Xiao Zhan slowly shook his head. "I don't know much about that. Yu'er is already a Dou Master. Even I can't take a single punch from him. Green Mountain Town really poses no threat to him."
"Wait, Clan Leader, say that again. Did I hear you right? The Young Clan Leader broke through to Dou Master?"
The Great Elder, who was closest to Xiao Zhan, looked utterly bewildered, wondering if he had imagined it.
"That's right. But it's enough for you to know. Don't let it get out." Xiao Zhan's expression turned serious as he warned them.
In an instant, all three elders slid right off their chairs and onto the floor.
In less than a year, he had gone from Three-Star Dou Zhe to Dou Master?
What kind of cultivation speed was that?
Just then, a huge, chaotic commotion suddenly came from outside.
Mixed in with it was the alarm horn of Wutan City's guards!
"What's going on? That alarm only sounds when there's extreme danger!"
The Great Elder scrambled to his feet and hurried outside, with the others following behind.
As soon as they reached the courtyard, a servant rushed over, fell to his knees before them, and cried out, "Clan Leader, this is bad! A magical beast is flying toward Wutan City!"
A magical beast? Flying?
At those words, Xiao Zhan's expression abruptly changed.
If it were an ordinary flying magical beast, Wutan City wouldn't have sounded the alarm.
That meant there was only one possibility: a magical beast capable of condensing wings from Dou Qi!
It would need at least the strength of a fifth-order beast to do that, making it equivalent to a human Dou Wang.
"Are you sure you saw that right?" The Third Elder grabbed the servant by the clothes and hauled him off the ground.
What did their Wutan City have that would draw a fifth-order magical beast?
The servant was already terrified. His limbs had gone limp, and he couldn't utter a word in response.
"Third Elder, he isn't lying!" Xiao Zhan's voice was more grave than ever.
The other two elders and the Third Elder lifted their heads, their pupils contracting.
Beneath the darkened sky, a massive figure blazing with purple light, as if striding through flames, was flying toward Wutan City.
Wherever it passed, it left a trail of purple fire in the air.
Its enormous wings were illusory and ethereal, not fully solid, yet breathtakingly beautiful.
But at that moment, they brought an unprecedented pressure down upon Wutan City.
"Clan Leader Xiao."
A figure appeared on the roof and dropped to the ground.
The newcomer had a dignified face, wore a suit of armor, and held a weapon. His expression was solemn.
"City Lord." Xiao Zhan was slightly surprised to see him.
The City Lord waved a hand and spoke quickly. "Clan Leader Xiao, could you ask the expert behind your Xiao Clan to come out? Wutan City has a large population. If we can't stop that magical beast, the entire city may be reduced to ruins."
"City Lord, I'm afraid I can't do that." Xiao Zhan's face twisted with bitterness.
"Clan Leader Xiao, the lives and deaths of everyone in Wutan City rest on your decision!" The next moment, the City Lord clasped his fists and was about to kneel before Xiao Zhan.
Xiao Zhan hurriedly caught him and explained, "You've misunderstood, City Lord. That expert is my younger son's teacher. Normally, only he can contact him, but Yu'er isn't in Wutan City right now."
"What? Where did he go? Can you ask him to come back now?" The City Lord panicked when he heard this.
When he had seen the magical beast flying toward Wutan City, his first thought had been to seek help from the Xiao Clan.
He knew very well that Wutan City's defenses would struggle against even a fourth-order magical beast, let alone a fifth-order one.
After all, Wutan City lay on the edge of the Jia Ma Empire. It wasn't an important city, so the Empire wouldn't commit much strength to defending it.
Besides, magical beasts of the fifth order and above generally didn't venture into cities.
Who could have expected something like this to happen today...
"I'm sorry, City Lord."
Xiao Zhan spoke with sincere regret, then immediately turned to the three elders. "Arrange for the clan's family members to evacuate at once. Especially Xiao Yu's two wives and children—we must keep them safe."
"Yes, Clan Leader!"
The three elders immediately prepared to move.
The arrival of a magical beast of this rank in Wutan City would bring utter devastation.
For now, the most important thing was to save the people who mattered.
The City Lord wore a look of dejection and helplessness, then turned to leave as well.
He had a family and children too.
He had come to the Xiao Clan because he knew they had a powerful expert who might be able to win the people of Wutan City a slim chance of survival.
"Father!"
Xiao Zhan suddenly froze and looked around.
He had heard his son Xiao Yu's voice.
But there was no one around.
He asked blankly, "Great Elder, I think I heard Yu'er calling me. Did you hear him?"
"I heard him too."
The Great Elder nodded, his face full of confusion. He hadn't seen anyone either.
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