I'm Your Brother-in-Law!

Three days passed in the blink of an eye as the sun rose and set. Fortunately, Xiao Zhan knew the two were cultivating at the hot spring in the back mountain. He had come to check on them during that time, and seeing that each had found their own opportunity, he left happily.

The two, whose bearing had long since changed beyond recognition, finally showed signs of waking.

"Ah!" Xiao Le could not help stretching lazily. A wave of discomfort washed over him, accompanied by a gnawing hunger.

Xiao Yan woke up beside him as well and rubbed his stomach.

"Not bad. Sixth stage Dou Qi. Much faster than expected. This Mountain Essence Milk is quite good. I wonder where you two got such luck. All right, take a day off today. Balance work and rest," Medicine Elder said with a smile after sensing their strength.

The first thing Xiao Le and Xiao Yan did was hurry to Xiao Zhan's courtyard and instruct the steward to prepare a lavish feast.

When Xiao Zhan learned that they had come, he set aside his work and rushed over. Feeling that they had grown far stronger than before, he was overjoyed.

"Excellent! Sixth stage Dou Qi! Hahaha!"

Battle Skill Pavilion.

After eating their fill, the two had nothing to do and came here. The Battle Skill Pavilion and Xiao Family Square were the places Xiao Family members frequented most. The younger generation preferred gathering at the Battle Skill Pavilion, while the adults usually trained in the square.

Xiao Family members could be seen everywhere in the Battle Skill Pavilion, but the liveliest place was the training ground. After learning a battle skill, one could find an opponent to test the results of their training.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Le's arrival drew the attention of many young Xiao Family members. The two brothers were famously known as the Xiao Family's trash, yet they had actually appeared at the Battle Skill Pavilion today.

"Well, if it isn't Cousin Xiao Le and Cousin Xiao Yan. What, you want to learn battle skills? Want your cousin to teach you?" A mocking voice rang out.

Not far away stood a rather handsome young man of seventeen or eighteen. He looked arrogant, staring disdainfully at the Xiao brothers.

Xiao Le was utterly speechless at this sort of smug experience fodder. It was not as if he were Wutan City's number one genius. What was there to be proud of? His horizons were far too narrow.

Unfortunately, Xiao Yan and Xiao Le ignored him, while Xiao Ning only pressed closer.

Xiao Ning's eyes burned with anger as he said, "What? Your cousin is trying to be kind, and you two don't know what's good for you?"

Xiao Le truly could not stand it anymore. Speechless, he said, "Do we eat your family's grain or use your family's land? Why do you love meddling in other people's business so much? And is that any way to speak to your brother-in-law?"

It would have been fine if Xiao Le had not mentioned Xiao Yu, but the moment he did, Xiao Ning's fury shot straight to his head. He roared, "Don't mention that! If it weren't for your smooth talk and underhanded tricks, how could my sister possibly have taken a liking to you? Trash!"

"Trash?" Xiao Le laughed mockingly. Looking at the surrounding crowd, he said disdainfully, "Forget you—was your sister a Dou Fighter three years ago? And since when were we trash? Have you ever seen trash break through from third-stage Dou Qi to sixth-stage Dou Qi in a single week?"

Xiao Le's aggressive gaze fixed directly on Xiao Ning. His unyielding will, accompanied by his sixth-stage Dou Qi, swept toward Xiao Ning.

"And you? You're seventeen already, yet you're only at seventh-stage Dou Qi. What do you have to be proud of? Get lost!"

Having never seen Xiao Le like this before, Xiao Ning was pressured by his aura and involuntarily retreated step by step. By the time he came to his senses, there was nowhere left to retreat.

"You..." Xiao Ning pointed at Xiao Le, humiliated and enraged.

"Three years ago, when we were on the rise, who was it that flattered and fawned? And now, who is it that mocks us openly and sneers at us in secret? Do you really think the two of us are finished?" His words rang like thunder. Combined with Xiao Le's sharp gaze sweeping across the crowd, everyone around him was so intimidated that they did not dare meet his eyes.

"Hmph!" Xiao Le snorted coldly, shoved past Xiao Ning, and walked toward the battle skill shelves.

Xiao Le had no interest at all in the battle skill scrolls. Not to mention Medicine Elder's collection, even the high-grade Xuan-tier cultivation technique and battle skill entries left within his body were enough.

Xiao Yan casually picked out several Huang-tier battle skills before leaving with Xiao Le.

That afternoon, Xiao Yan abandoned Xiao Le to accompany Xiao Xun'er, which left Xiao Le quite displeased.

Perfect. He had not visited the various markets recently. There should be quite a few more magic cores by now.

Xiao Le switched into shopping mode, stroking magic cores from the hands of mercenaries along the way and adding to his accumulated entry energy.

"Don't you Surging Waves Mercenary Group know the rules here?"

At that moment, a deep, powerful roar rang out.

Not far away, two groups faced off against each other.

Xiao Le eagerly asked around, then summoned the squad captain of Xiao Family Market to inquire about the situation.

Xiao Le quickly learned the full story. Two mercenary groups had come to blows over market stalls.

One side was the newly risen major mercenary group—the Wild Leopard Mercenary Group. The other was the old, declining Surging Waves Mercenary Group. Wutan City had three major mercenary groups, each with at least three Dou Fighters in their ranks.

Recently, the veteran Surging Waves Mercenary Group had suffered a misfortune. Of the five Dou Fighters in the group, only one remained. This made the newly risen major mercenary groups set their sights on the resources they occupied, such as market stalls and the quotas for purchasing recovered resources from the three great families.

And so, the Wild Leopard Mercenary Group had found an excuse today to make trouble for the Surging Waves Mercenary Group. From what Xiao Le heard from others, he found it quite surprising. The Surging Waves Mercenary Group had an excellent reputation. After all, these mercenaries who lived with their lives on the line usually acted entirely according to their moods.

Xiao Le became somewhat interested in the Surging Waves Mercenary Group and continued watching the show.

"Duan Quan, don't say I didn't give you a chance. Either merge into our Wild Leopard Mercenary Group, or disappear from Wutan City today!" The leader of the Wild Leopard Mercenary Group was a burly, exceedingly crude man. Carrying a broad-ringed saber over his shoulder, he stared arrogantly at the leader of the Surging Waves Mercenary Group.

"Hmph, Wang Sheng, don't even think about it. Even if we die, we will never submit to you. Don't think we don't know your methods!" The leader, Duan Quan, was surprisingly a young man. He looked to be only twenty-eight or twenty-nine, so his talent was likely quite good.

"Fine. Since that's the case, brothers, kill them!"

Mercenaries were like this. If they disagreed, they fought. Fierce and vicious was the usual description people gave them.

"Wait!" Xiao Le did not need to think to know how this would end.

Two veteran Dou Fighters and one newly advanced Dou Fighter against a force with only one newly advanced Dou Fighter—how could they possibly fight?

The sudden voice drew everyone's attention. Following the sound, they saw a youthful figure standing before them.

"It's the Xiao Family's Fourth Young Master!"

Someone present recognized Xiao Le.

Wang Sheng was quite wary of the three great families. Bowing, he asked, "May I ask what instruction the Fourth Young Master has for us?"

Pointing at the Surging Waves Mercenary Group, Xiao Le said, "Ten thousand gold coins. I'm buying their lives!"

Ten thousand gold coins amounted to half a year's income for a mercenary group. If Xiao Le had not made a fortune recently, he could not have spent so lavishly.

"This... Fine, we'll give the Fourth Young Master some face!" Wang Sheng hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

After all, Xiao Le was offering far too much.