Let's Join Forces! Mang Tianchi and Lei Dong!

"Oh, by the way, let me introduce you to each other."

After a brief chat, Xiao Yan smiled and invited his group to greet the noble ladies of the Eight Clans.

Although when Yun Yun was engaged to Queen Medusa, apart from Xun'er who returned to her clan early, the other sisters had already met Yun Yun, but Nalan Yanran and the others had never met her.

Yao Ling had seen Nalan Yanran in her previous life, and she was not as well off as Nalan Yanran. However, Nalan Yanran in this life seemed to be doing better than her, because even from a distance, she could vaguely smell the strong scent of fire on Nalan Yanran.

Damn it, she must have eaten a lot of Xiao Yan's precious treasures!

"This is Xun'er from the Ancient Clan, Huo Zhi from the Yan Clan, Yao Ling from the Yao Clan, Shi Xuanxuan from the Shi Clan..." Before Xiao Yan could introduce Ling Yanfei, she took the initiative to speak, "Li Fei from the Sound Valley."

Xiao Yan was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then quickly nodded in agreement. His mind raced, and he already understood Ling Yanfei's intention.

Then, he introduced his people to Xun'er and the others:

"This is Yun Yun, the sect leader of the Flower Sect, Nalan Yanran, the sect leader of the Misty Cloud Sect, and the elders of the Flower Sect."

The women were all intelligent and knew that they were sisters. Since they were in front of outsiders, they naturally wouldn't do anything to offend Xiao Yan. Besides, they weren't strangers. Xun'er had already met Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun. If it weren't for her bloodline limitations, she wouldn't have been a step behind Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.

Of course, if she knew that Yun Yun, the teacher, had been embezzling funds five years ago and even frantically boosting herself with buffs for role-playing, she might go berserk on the spot.

As for Nalan Yanran, although she was indeed betrayed by Yun Yun, her teacher, they eventually became best friends and had long since forgiven each other, even joining forces to deal with Xiao Yan.

Unfortunately, apart from the exceptionally talented Zi Yan Medusa, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun can be considered to be in the same league, while the rest have to step aside.

After all, Xiao Yan is now the number one person in terms of physical strength below the Ninth Tier magical beast. Even Zi Yan, due to the difference in strength, is now unable to compete with Xiao Yan in terms of physical strength.

So, the women got to know each other quite harmoniously. In terms of age, they were sisters, except for Nalan Yanran, who, although older than Xun'er, dared not let Xun'er call her "sister".

Xun'er was being considerate of Xiao Yan's senior sister, calling her Yanran, Nalan Yanran called her Xun'er.

As for Yun Yun, she is undoubtedly the eldest sister.

Although Shi Xuanxuan is the eldest sister based on her height when lying down, this would make Nalan Yanran and Xun'er feel awkward.

It seems the older sisters have all grown up since we last saw each other for several years.

Huo Zhi goes without saying. Back then, she already had a standard mature woman's figure. Xiao Yan had personally experienced it. Her size was similar to Yun Yun's. Judging from her current appearance, she is still similar to Yun Yun, whose size has increased after being handled by Xiao Yan.

Even Ling Yanfei, who was perfectly proportioned and had a great figure back then, though not particularly outstanding in size, is now no less impressive than Queen Medusa in terms of size and figure. I wonder what good food this older sister has been eating these past few years to take such good care of her grandmother. Xiao Yan really likes this kind of filial girl.

As for Shi Xuanxuan, her pectoral muscles were naturally more gifted than the other sisters. Coupled with her special physique, the areas where she should be plump were not affected by exercise at all. Even now, if she deliberately binds her chest for the sake of convenience, just like before, once she loosens it and feels comfortable, she might be able to compete with the Great Dou Sheng Sister Lei Yourong.

Yao Ling has probably undergone the most noticeable changes. She used to be known as the aloof goddess of the Inner Academy, but now she's 1.7 meters tall and her size has increased by a whole dimension.

Xun'er, however, had only reached the dimension she was in back then, so she had to make do and sit at the same table as Nalan Yanran.

However, in terms of status and the depth of their relationship, Xun'er clearly has the advantage.

Besides, Xun'er is still a pure girl, and teasing her is mostly quite fun, unlike Nalan Yanran, with whom they are already very familiar.

As for being shy?

It doesn't exist!

She's a ruthless person who, once she gets carried away, will have to bear the consequences even if she can't handle it all. To avoid wasting anything, she even had Xiao Yan put a seal on her.

It's just that Xiao Yan doesn't want to be tied down by children; otherwise, with her doing this, she might very well have a string of pregnancies.

Fortunately, she had finished refining the medicinal power in her body while Xiao Yan was practicing his Dou Techniques these past two days; otherwise, she would have felt quite guilty in front of so many of her sisters.

However, let alone her, even Yun Yun would be too embarrassed to face anyone.

After all, Xiao Yan is incredibly powerful.

In that case, society would truly be dead.

After exchanging pleasantries, Xun'er, being a caring younger sister, naturally told him about the current situation on the Ancient Domain Platform.

"Continuing in this direction, we can enter the depths of the Ancient Wasteland Region, where the Bodhi Ancient Tree is located..." Xun'er pointed her slender jade finger towards the Ancient Domain Platform, and continued, "However, reaching the location of the Bodhi Ancient Tree is extremely difficult, because a hundred miles away, it is surrounded by an army of ferocious beasts. To get there, we must brave the beast tide. In the past few days, we have been blocked by this beast tide, and although we have tried to break through it several times, we have all returned empty-handed."

"Oh, I see."

Xiao Yan nodded calmly, his eyes gazing a hundred miles away, dark purple flames and purple-gold luster appearing in his eyes, and even his pupils turning into vertical pupils.

"Yes, we're planning to join forces to fight the beast tide. Otherwise, I'm afraid none of us will be able to get through on our own." Xun'er nodded slightly, a hint of coquettishness appearing in her beautiful eyes. "Speaking of which, the idea of temporarily joining forces was proposed by the Hun Yu of the Soul Clan. If we don't have a better way, we naturally plan to try it. But since Brother Xiao Yan has come, there must be another way, right?"

After saying that, Xun'er looked at Xiao Yan with bright, expectant eyes.

"There's really no other way, just two paths: either I'll lead you through the chaos, ignoring everyone else; or I'll cheat our way through the beast tide to get directly to the Bodhi Ancient Tree."

Xiao Yan smiled and said.

In terms of mastery of Spatial Strength, Xiao Yan is not much worse than Elder Zhu Li, Ancient Void Dragon who has lived in the void for most of his life. If compared with human powerhouses, even an ordinary One-Star Dou Saint would probably be inferior to Xiao Yan in terms of Spatial Strength.

With such strength, if it weren't for the fact that he was looking for Xun'er and the others, Xiao Yan could have led the entire Flower Sect all the way from the void to the location of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

As for the beast tide, to put it bluntly, if he came alone and there were no one of his own here, he could lead his army of ferocious beasts to trap everyone outside!

The Dragon-Phoenix's appeal to these magical beasts is even stronger than that of the Ancient Void Dragon!

Hearing Xiao Yan's simple and straightforward plan, Xun'er and the others fell silent for a moment. They knew Xiao Yan was powerful, but to be powerful enough to dare to speak like that meant he could probably fight even Half-Saint expert.

That's amazing!

I love it!

In an instant, the women's gazes towards Xiao Yan became bright, sticky, and stringy.

"If you can all make the decisions, then each of you bring your teams over here. I'll make the arrangements later."

Xiao Yan looked at Xun'er four girls, whose eyes were sticky with affection, and said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Xun'er and the others naturally had no objections. Even Ling Yanfei, who was using the alias Li Fei, walked towards her Aunt Jing, clearly intending to use her connections to bring the members of the Ling Clan together.

The women each went towards their respective clans. Xiao Yan instructed Yun Yun and the others to wait there, while he himself headed towards the Lei Clan.

Lei Yourong was willing to risk his life for the Xiao Clan back then, and now that the Bodhi Ancient Tree presents such an opportunity, he can't leave the Lei Clan out of it, both morally and logically. Besides, he seemed to have vaguely sensed that someone from the Lei Clan was subtly observing him, as if they knew him, so he had to investigate.

Seeing Xiao Yan head towards the Lei Clan, Xun'er and the other girls were surprised, but they could completely understand.

Since there were no sisters from the Lei Clan here, it was naturally up to Xiao Yan to speak to them.

Seeing Xiao Flame Master, the Lei Clan members were somewhat bewildered. However, the accompanying elders knew that Xiao Yan was quite strong and had such close relationships with the other clans' prodigies, so they naturally wouldn't be impolite.

"Fellow Lei Clan members, who is the one in charge?"

Xiao Yan smiled and cupped his hands in greeting as he asked.

"Hehe, Xiao Yan, right? I'm very familiar with that name!"

At this moment, an old man's laughter rang out, and a gaunt figure shrouded in a black robe appeared from the back of the Lei Clan's ranks. Upon hearing this, the Thunder Lei Clan members instinctively made way for the man to reach the front.

He removed his hood, revealing a face that Xiao Yan found somewhat familiar. He had a white beard and white hair, and although he looked a bit old, his eyes were bright and piercing. His vigorous spirit and imposing aura made Xiao Yan fall into thought.

This...

That looks familiar!

"Hey, stop thinking about it. I knew that Su Qian was unreliable. He didn't even tell you what I look like. Should I put up a statue of me in the academy?"

The old man spoke with a familiar tone and seemed quite talkative. Seeing Xiao Yan remain silent, he couldn't help but rattle off a string of words.

"Are you the Dean of the Jia Nan Academy?"

Xiao Yan finally realized the old man's identity and said with some surprise.

No wonder, most of the probing glances earlier came from the dean of the Jia Nan Academy. With him around, things would be much easier.

"Hmph, you're not entirely stupid, are you? Speaking of which, those girls got into the academy all thanks to my connections. I'm the one who set you up, so you'd better remember that favor!"

Seeing this, Mang Tianchi smiled and patted Xiao Yan's shoulder, his eyes full of satisfaction.

The young man before him was the most outstanding student he had ever had since founding Jia Nan Academy, and he, as the dean, was now immensely proud of him!

He has already stepped one foot into the realm of Half-Saint, and a breakthrough is only a matter of two or three years. He is quite interested in the opportunity presented by the Bodhi Ancient Tree, so he volunteered to lead the team. However, he does not intend to reveal his strength in most situations.

After all, the purpose of this trip was also to train the younger members of the clan.

"Haha, Xiao Yan will always be the Dean's student."

Xiao Yan didn't mind cultivating a good relationship with this hands-off dean.

He originally planned to rely on his sister, the Great Thunder Dou Sheng, to gain the trust of the Lei Clan, but given the current situation, it seems that it's best to put that matter aside for now.

"Hehe, I like hearing that. So, what brought you here? And why did you have to find the person in charge? What did you discuss with your girlfriends?"

Mang Tianchi was not the stereotypical, dignified, and unsmiling elder of Ancient Clans. Instead, he was more like a bandit leader from the mountains. After only exchanging a few words, he had already put his arm around Xiao Yan's shoulder, which made the Lei Clan members behind him twitch their eyes wildly.

This is outrageous!

What kind of behavior is it of you to be out there with your arm around someone's shoulder like that?!

But no one dared to remind Mang Tianchi, who had reached the Nine-Star Peak Dou Zun in this trip and was basically locked in as the next young Clan Chief of the Lei Clan, and who dared to go to the clan's Demon Lightning Pool Lei Dong to cultivate with Mang Tianchi, was not too keen to speak at this moment.

After all, Mang Tianchi really would beat him up if he got angry.

What kind of seniority or elder status is that? It's all bullshit!

In Mang Tianchi, if you're unhappy, just fight! So what if you're the big one bullying the small one? If you're so capable, then be the big one too!

"Ahem, since we're getting down to business, then I'll change my identity."

Xiao Yan slipped out from under Mang Tianchi's arm quite easily, and then cupped his hands in greeting to Mang Tianchi and Lei Dong, who looked quite powerful.

"Xiao Yan, the young Clan Chief of the Xiao Clan, greets all the brothers and elders of the Lei Clan."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the Lei Clan members changed drastically!

Xiao Clan!

They were no strangers to the Xiao Clan, after all, their Clan Chief Lei Ying had been talking about the Xiao Clan for some reason, his words full of admiration for Xiao Xuan and some unspeakable regret.

And this young man named Xiao Yan before us is actually the young Clan Chief of the Xiao Clan, which has already fallen into ruin and disappeared?

"So Brother Xiao Yan is actually the young Clan Chief of the Xiao Clan?"

Lei Dong had a good impression of the Xiao Clan because he was often guided in cultivation by the Clan Chief Lei Ying. Although he was a little jealous that Xiao Yan could attract the pride of the other four clans, he could also sense that Xiao Yan's strength was probably no less than his own, not to mention that Xiao Yan was obviously much younger than him.

Without the blessing of Dou Emperor Bloodline or the nurturing resources of Ancient Clans, Xiao Yan's ability to reach this point on his own is enough to earn his respect.

Moreover, if Xiao Yan only had a good relationship with one of the four clans' chosen beauties, especially Xun'er, he might have tried to compete for her. But seeing how close all four of them were to Xiao Yan just now, he knew he had no chance at all.

To be honest, even he wouldn't dare to imagine that he could conquer all four of the most outstanding women from each race and make them live in peace.

That's simply impossible.

But Xiao Yan did it.

All I can say is, awesome!

His mind raced, but Lei Dong didn't mince words; he smiled and returned the greeting with a cupped hand.

"I am Lei Dong of the Lei Clan, greetings to Young Clan Chief Xiao."

Lei Dong?

Xiao Yan was no stranger to this name. In the original storyline, this guy even tried to propose marriage to Xun'er through Lei Ying, the Clan Chief of the Lei Clan.

However, Xun'er naturally only loved him and rejected him.

However, Lei Dong's strength is indeed quite good. Apart from Xun'er and himself, he can be considered the strongest among the younger generation of the Eight Clans.

Even Hun Yu, one of the two original candidates for the Soul Clan Chief, and Hun Feng, who later became the young Clan Chief, were not as powerful as him in terms of combat strength.

This is a ruthless individual who was able to cultivate for five years in Demon Lightning Pool filled with Black Demon Lightning.

Xiao Yan couldn't possibly cultivate in the Void Thunder Pool for five years—because after that long the Void Thunder Pool would be useless to him, a pure waste of time.

"Haha, Brother Lei Dong, you're too kind. To be honest, I hope to invite the Lei Clan to join forces with my Xiao Clan, as well as the Ancient Clan, Yan Clan, Yao Clan, Shi Clan, and Ling Clan to overcome this beast tide together. I wonder what Brother Lei Dong and Elder Mang think?"

As Xiao Yan spoke, he looked at Lei Dong and Mang Tianchi with a smile.

"You brat, you're deliberately excluding the Soul Clan, aren't you?"

Mang Tianchi grinned upon hearing this.

"You should also know about the feud between the Soul Clan and my Xiao Clan. The reason I didn't slap them to death here isn't because I didn't want to, but because I was worried about attracting the Soul Clan's Dou Sheng Expert. Simply not bringing them along isn't an unreasonable condition."

Xiao Yan's tone was quite arrogant, but Mang Tianchi was exactly susceptible to this, and immediately nodded in agreement:

"I also find those inhuman, ghostly freaks distasteful. I wouldn't trust them with my back; it's best not to bring them along."

Lei Dong largely agreed with the decision not to include the Soul Clan, but he still had a new question:

"Brother Xiao Yan, I'm straightforward, so I won't beat around the bush. I only have one question: if our seven clans unite, who should lead us? I think you'd be willing to volunteer, Brother Xiao Yan, right? To be honest, before I've fought with you, I personally wouldn't be so willing to submit so easily."

Lei Dong's words were already considered tactful by himself, but others didn't hear them that way.

However, Xiao Yan knew that this person was not a bad person, so he didn't care. Besides, his sister, the Great Thunder Dou Sheng, was the younger sister of Lei Ying, the Clan Chief of the Lei Clan. "Rounding it up," he was the younger brother of the Clan Chief the Lei Clan, and in a sense, he could be considered Lei Dong's elder.

He's already a senior in the family, so of course he has to be tolerant of the younger generation.

"To be honest, apart from the Ling Clan and Brother Lei Dong's Lei Dong Lei Clan, the other clans will most likely obey my commands. Brother Lei Dong, why don't you just accept the majority's decision? As for fighting, there will be opportunities in the future."

However, I can assure everyone in the Lei Clan, including my friends from the other clans, that I, Xiao Yan, will be leading the charge against the beast tide. You all just need to follow me. What do you think, Brother Lei Dong?"

A confident and arrogant look appeared on Xiao Yan's face. He was a genius who had never fallen, the hope of the Xiao Clan, and the weightlifting champion of the Dou Qi Continent!

He has the ability, and the right to be arrogant!

"Brother Xiao Yan, are you sure you mean it? You must know how dangerous the beast tide is. Those who act as the spearhead at the front are under immense pressure!"

Lei Dong was so excited by Xiao Yan's bold words that his blood was running hot. He naturally didn't think that Xiao Yan was a boastful madman. The fact that he could attract the favor of the four clans' daughters to recognize him as the only one meant that Xiao Yan's strength was definitely not a problem.

"With Elder Mang's strength, even if something unexpected happens, protecting you all and getting you out of the beast tide unscathed shouldn't be difficult. Brother Lei Dong, why don't you trust me this once?"

Xiao Yan extended his hand and said confidently.

"Very well, since Brother Xiao Yan has such courage, I, Lei Dong, am willing to lend you a hand!"

Lei Dong at Xiao Yan's confident and radiant demeanor, Lei Dong's smile deepened. He had made up his mind and immediately reached out, grabbed Xiao Yan's hand with a snap, and shook it vigorously twice.

"Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation!"

"It's a pleasure doing business with you!"