Jialie Ao

Jialie Ao looked at Xiao Yang, his eyes carrying a trace of malice and unwillingness.

As a spoiled young master, his talent was not particularly strong.

He had only reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi.

Although reaching the ninth stage of Dou Qi at eighteen was enough to enter Jia Nan Academy,

as the young clan leader of the Jia Lie Clan, such talent was still somewhat lacking.

Moreover, he had reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi only because his father had constantly supplied him with vast quantities of medicinal bath ingredients.

Otherwise, relying on himself alone, he could never have reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi at his age.

Besides, after Xiao Yang rose to prominence, Jia Liebi—the Jia Lie Clan leader and Jialie Ao's father—often used Xiao Yang to put Jialie Ao down.

Things like, "If your cultivation talent is poor, can't you at least learn how that Xiao Yang from the Xiao Clan makes money?"

And, "Look at him. Even a child is better at making money than you are."

Such words often came from Jia Liebi's mouth.

After hearing that Xiao Yang had never participated in the clan assessments, Jialie Ao concluded that Xiao Yang's cultivation talent was poor.

Otherwise, in this world, who with good cultivation talent would bother focusing on making money?

Take Ya Fei, for example. Wasn't it precisely because her cultivation talent was poor that she did everything she could to manage the Mittel Auction House well, proving herself through it?

If her cultivation talent had been good, how could Ya Fei possibly have left the Imperial Capital?

Therefore, Jialie Ao had always been unconvinced by Xiao Yang.

Now that he had finally seen him, he naturally wanted to see what Xiao Yang was like.

He found that Xiao Yang was only a little more handsome than him. He could not see anything else particularly remarkable about him.

At that thought, a flash of disdain passed through Jialie Ao's eyes, and he directly blocked Xiao Yang's path.

"Jialie Ao, is your Jia Lie Clan trying to start a war with our Xiao Clan?"

Xiao Yang looked at him and spoke coldly.

At the same time, Xiao Yang quietly considered what he should do if Jialie Ao made a move.

There were several Dou Zhes among the guards nearby.

It would still be somewhat difficult for the current Xiao Yang to defeat them.

Even the poison in his possession would not be enough.

Thus, he had already begun silently running through how he could seize Jialie Ao and use him as a hostage if the other side attacked.

Though Jialie Ao probably would not do such a thing.

But sometimes, all it took was for an idiot to get a sudden bright idea.

At that moment, Jialie Ao was also in a difficult position.

He had only stopped Xiao Yang on instinct earlier.

He knew that Xiao Yang could not be touched.

After all, Xiao Yang's standing in the Xiao Clan was no longer low.

If he attacked him, it might trigger a full-scale conflict between the two clans.

The Jia Lie Clan was not completely confident of dealing with the Xiao Clan yet.

Just then, a crisp voice rang out.

"Young Master Jialie Ao, what are you planning to do in front of our Mittel Auction House?"

Hearing those words, Jialie Ao could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He slowly stepped back.

"Nothing. I merely wanted to chat with the Xiao Clan's little god of wealth."

As he spoke, he cast Xiao Yang a provocative glance.

"I won't gang up on someone younger than me. How about a one-on-one fight?"

The moment those words came out, both Xiao Yang and Ya Fei wore strange expressions.

Jialie Ao did not think much else about it.

He knew he could not keep Xiao Yang here now.

But the resentment he had built up over the past two years made him want to teach Xiao Yang a lesson.

"You're nineteen. I'm fourteen."

"You really are 'fair.'"

"You don't want to gang up on someone younger, but you do want to bully someone younger than you?"

"Pfft!"

As soon as those words were spoken, one of the guards Ya Fei had brought could no longer hold it in.

The others desperately tried to suppress the corners of their mouths as well.

Jialie Ao turned a livid face toward that guard.

"What are you laughing at?"

The guard said while fighting back his laughter.

"I thought of something happy."

A flicker of anger flashed through Jialie Ao's eyes.

"What happy thing?"

"My wife gave birth today."

At that moment, another guard could not hold it in either.

"Pfft!"

"You're laughing at me too!"

Jialie Ao instantly became even more furious.

"No, Young Master Jialie Ao. I also thought of something happy. My wife gave birth today too."

Xiao Yang watched the scene and finally could not hold it in anymore.

"So Young Master Jialie Ao stopped me just to perform a skit for me."

"Not bad. This is your reward."

As he spoke, Xiao Yang flicked a coin toward Jialie Ao.

Clink!

Looking at the coin that had landed before him, Jialie Ao could no longer endure it.

"Die!"

Xiao Yang had long been prepared for this.

He immediately used Treading Snow Without Trace and swiftly dodged Jialie Ao's attack.

Then, he directly unleashed Eight Extremes Collapse.

He did not aim for Jialie Ao's vital points.

After all, killing him now would bring trouble upon himself.

He aimed directly at the other man's arm.

Boom!

Crack!

Jialie Ao was sent flying by a single blow.

"Argh!"

"My arm!"

Xiao Yang spread his hands with an innocent expression.

"You all saw it. He attacked first."

"I didn't know he was this weak. He couldn't even withstand one strike from me."

"Pfft!"

At this point, even Ya Fei could not hold it in.

After wailing for a while, Jialie Ao looked at Xiao Yang with eyes full of malice.

"Get him!"

At that moment, rage had completely clouded his mind.

Just then, Ya Fei stepped forward with a cold expression.

"Young Master Jialie Ao, this is the entrance to my Mittel Auction House."

"You were the one who attacked first, and now you want to have your people surround an honored guest of the Mittel Auction House."

"Are you saying you have no regard for the Mittel Auction House?"

Jialie Ao looked at Ya Fei, his face livid.

Ya Fei did not continue looking at Jialie Ao. Instead, she turned to the guards around him, who were still hesitating.

"Why haven't you taken your young master away for treatment?"

Seeing this, the guards hurriedly helped Jialie Ao leave.

Only after watching them leave did Xiao Yang turn to Ya Fei and thank her.

"Thank you for your help, Miss Ya Fei."

As he spoke, he also slipped several paper packets hidden in his sleeve into his Storage Ring.

"No need to be polite. This is the entrance to our Mittel Auction House, after all."

"You should hurry back as well, in case Jialie Ao returns."

Seeing this, Xiao Yang did not linger any longer and directly bade Ya Fei farewell.

Jialie Ao's guards took the still-howling Jialie Ao to the nearest clinic.

Wutan City had quite a few mercenaries and could be considered a large city.

Thus, there were quite a few clinics here as well.

Very quickly, the physician finished examining Jialie Ao.

Under Xiao Yang's strike, Jialie Ao had merely suffered a fracture.

After all, Xiao Yang's control over his strength was fairly good.

After seeing the physician, Jialie Ao cursed all the way home with his guards.

He needed to tell his father about this immediately and make the Xiao Clan pay the price.

However, not long after Jialie Ao and the others left the clinic, someone blocked their path.

Jialie Ao looked at the person and was about to curse at him.

But at that moment, a layer of blue Fighting Qi Gauze suddenly appeared around the man's body!

A Battler expert!

Seeing this, Jialie Ao hurriedly swallowed his words.

Just then, a voice came from behind the Battler.

"Young Master Jialie Ao, do you want to deal with Xiao Yang?"