The Xiao Clan of Wutan City.
Xiao Zhan slammed his palm onto the table.
"Damn it, where did Jalie Bi find a first-grade alchemist? Over the past few months, the income from every aspect of our Xiao Family Market has dropped by eighty percent! If this continues, the Xiao Clan will fall to become a second-rate force in Wutan City."
Upon hearing Xiao Zhan's words, the First Elder said angrily, "If it truly comes to it, we'll kill that fellow named Liu Xi. That way, we'll eliminate the problem once and for all."
The Second Elder nodded as well, glaring. "If necessary, I'll act personally. He's only a Dou Zhe—how could he possibly survive at the hands of a Da Dou Shi like me?"
Xiao Zhan shook his head. This plan was not feasible.
"Not to mention that the Jalie Clan will certainly guard him closely, Liu Xi's master is probably not someone easy to provoke either."
Hearing Xiao Zhan's words, everyone's expressions darkened. They could neither fight nor retreat; the Xiao Clan had truly been forced into a dangerous situation.
At that moment, the Second Elder casually muttered, "If only Xiao Yan and his master were here."
With that reminder from the Second Elder, everyone present thought of Xiao Yan.
Xiao Zhan's thoughts immediately wandered. Where had Little Yan gotten to by now?
Xiao Family Market.
Xiao Ning was knocked to the ground by a punch from Jalie Ao and lay there.
Xiao Yu hurried over and helped Xiao Ning up.
"Jalie Ao! Are you declaring war on our Xiao Clan?!" Xiao Yu glared fiercely at Jalie Ao.
Liu Xi said with a lecherous grin, "Ladies, would you care to go shopping with me?"
Xun Er looked at Liu Xi with disgust. If so many people were not watching, she would have killed him long ago.
Xiao Yu said, "Let's not pay attention to them. We should leave these matters for the elders to handle when we return."
But Jalie Ao stopped them.
"Wait, you can't leave. Lord Liu Xi still wishes to invite you shopping with him."
Liu Xi immediately nodded.
Looking at Jalie Ao's punchable face, Xiao Yu said angrily, "You'd better behave yourselves. Don't think our Xiao Clan has no one left."
"Hahaha, the Xiao Clan? I'm afraid your Xiao Clan will become a second-rate force soon enough. By then, even if you beg me, you might not get the chance."
Hearing Jalie Ao's obscene words, Xiao Yu's face flushed crimson with rage.
"You're courting death!"
Just as Xiao Yu was about to rush over and fight them, a broad hand pressed down on her shoulder.
"As a girl, you should be quieter. Leave these matters to me."
Hearing that familiar voice, Xiao Yu turned around. When she saw Xiao Yan, she was so excited that she nearly cried.
However, Xiao Yu still refused to soften her tone.
"Who asked you, you little hooligan, to help me?"
Xiao Yan smiled, then looked at Xun Er.
"Xun Er, did you miss me during the past year?"
Xun Er lowered her head and said softly, "Brother Xiao Yan is so bad!"
Jalie Ao's forehead bulged with veins. Looking at the scene before him, he said angrily, "Could you pay attention to the setting? Can't you see there are so many people here?"
Xiao Yan smiled at Jalie Ao.
Jalie Ao was so frightened by that stare that he took a step back, but then he saw that no one else stood beside Xiao Yan.
"Xiao Yan, it seems that Dou Ling expert didn't return with you. You still dare show your face like this?" Jalie Ao said arrogantly.
The moment Xiao Yan arrived, he had let the three of them move about freely. After all, in Wutan City, where the strongest experts were only Da Dou Shi, no one could threaten him anymore.
"Jalie Ao, I remember beating you up last time and telling you not to come to the Xiao Family Market again. Now that you've broken that rule, you must be punished."
Jalie Ao said disdainfully, "You want to punish me? Who do you think you are?"
After saying that, he waved his hand, and more than a dozen members of the Jalie Clan holding iron rods immediately stepped forward.
Every one of them was a four- or five-star Dou Zhe.
Jalie Ao became even more confident and said arrogantly, "Oh? Didn't someone say he wanted to punish me? I'm standing right here. Let's see what you can do."
"Jalie Ao, do you know the punishment for violating the rule I set for you?" Xiao Yan gave a wicked smile that made people uneasy.
Yet Jalie Ao was still not afraid in the slightest. With so many people present, what could Xiao Yan possibly do to him?
The next second, Jalie Ao, who was about to retort, widened his eyes. Xiao Yan had already appeared before him.
And Xiao Yan's right arm had pierced through Jalie Ao's body.
Xiao Yan leaned close to Jalie Ao's ear and said, "The punishment is death."
Then, amid everyone's shock, Xiao Yan threw Jalie Ao, who had already lost all signs of life, onto the ground.
The surrounding crowd immediately erupted into chaos, and the Jalie Clan members began fleeing in all directions.
Xiao Yan then seized Liu Xi by the neck and said, "You'd better pray that your teacher doesn't come looking for trouble with me. Otherwise, he'll be joining you."
Then he snapped Liu Xi's neck.
Xiao Yu said with a slight tremble in her voice, "Xiao Yan, why did you kill them all?"
Xiao Yan smiled. "They were just a few pieces of trash. So what if I killed them?"
Even Xun Er was somewhat stunned as she said, "Brother Xiao Yan, it seems you've changed a great deal during this year away."
A furious roar came from the distance.
"Xiao Yan! You dare kill my son!"
Xiao Yan smiled faintly. He knew that old bastard Jalie Bi had arrived.
Jalie Bi was at the same level as Xiao Zhan, both of them five-star Da Dou Shi.
His wind-attributed cultivation technique gave Jalie Bi remarkable speed, and he arrived before Xiao Yan in just two breaths.
Great Wind Rending Hand!
Jalie Bi used a low-level Xuan-class Dou Technique as soon as he arrived. It seemed that his son's death had truly enraged him.
Naturally, Xiao Yan was no pushover.
Mystic Divination Palm!
A massive palm print resembling a bagua diagram shot toward Jalie Bi.
The collision between the two Dou Techniques created a shockwave that sent everyone present flying.
This was Xiao Yan's first time fighting a human Da Dou Shi. Before this, he had always clashed head-on with magical beasts.
After that strike, Jalie Bi's right hand had gone numb.
He thought to himself, How is this possible?! I'm a dignified five-star Da Dou Shi, and I even used a Xuan-class Dou Technique, yet I can't even take down a little brat!
Xiao Yu covered her mouth. Even if she were beaten to death, she never would have imagined that Xiao Yan could contend with a Da Dou Shi.
Xiao Yan brushed the dust from his clothes and said with a smile, "Clan Leader Jalie's strength is only so-so. Even your sneak attack failed."
"Courting death!"
Jalie Bi circulated Dou Qi through both hands, and immense wind pressure swirled continuously around him.
Xiao Yan's eyes sharpened as he gathered all his Dou Qi into his right fist.
Wind Sweeping Clouds!
Heaven Collapsing Technique!
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