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Xiao Po bowed respectfully. Without waiting for Xiao Zhan to ask, he said, "Clan Leader, I just saw Xiao Meng return from outside. Should we call him over to attend the meeting?"

By now, Xiao Meng's standing in the Xiao Clan could be said to have surpassed Xiao Zhan's. He was invited to nearly every important meeting, and his opinion was sought.

"What did you say?"

Xiao Zhan froze, then abruptly rose to his feet. "You said Third Brother just came back from outside? Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

"Clan Leader, I might mistake anyone else, but there's no way I could mistake that brat Xiao Meng."

Xiao Po smiled bitterly and muttered inwardly, Who else in the entire Xiao Clan could walk around acting that smug?

In an instant, Xiao Zhan and all the elders turned their gazes toward Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan: "@&%@#..."

"Good heavens, are you fucking messing with me?" Xiao Yan felt like his entire world had collapsed. No matter how composed he usually was, he could not help but curse. "For fuck's sake..."

Xiao Po looked baffled. He could sense that the atmosphere in the hall had become somewhat strange.

"Fourth Brother, didn't you say Third Brother was cultivating in seclusion in his room?" Xiao Zhan's chest heaved violently with rage. Damn it, what kind of unfilial sons had he raised? Every last one of them had learned to lie to him.

"Third Brother must have only just come out of seclusion and gone out for a casual walk."

Xiao Yan forced himself to say, "As for when he finished his secluded cultivation today, I don't know either."

Seeing Xiao Yan still trying to argue at a time like this, Xiao Zhan's face darkened with anger. He then looked at Xiao Po. "Xiao Po, go bring Third Brother to the council hall."

Xiao Yan: "..."

Before long, Xiao Meng was brought over.

"Dad, did something happen in the clan again?" Xiao Meng asked as soon as he entered the hall.

He had only just returned when he was urgently summoned, and the one who came personally was Xiao Po, the captain of the guards. He could not help suspecting that something had happened to the clan. Yet when he asked Xiao Po, Xiao Po said he did not know.

"Third Brother, where have you been these past few days?" Xiao Zhan asked with a black expression.

"Father, Third Brother only just finished cultivating in seclusion. Where could he have gone? He must have just taken a stroll through the streets." Xiao Yan kept shooting Xiao Meng meaningful looks, but Xiao Meng did not glance at him even once. At this critical moment, he had no choice but to cut in.

"Seclusion? What fucking seclusion was I in?" Xiao Meng was a little dumbfounded, unable to understand what sort of act these two were putting on.

"Fourth Brother, shut up. I wasn't talking to you," Xiao Zhan snapped.

Xiao Yan: "..."

"Third Brother, tell me. What have you been doing these past few days?" Xiao Zhan turned to Xiao Meng and asked irritably.

Xiao Meng understood Xiao Yan's signal. Without blushing or missing a beat, he declared firmly, "I've been cultivating in seclusion these past few days!"

"Then when did you come out of seclusion? And when did you go outside?" Xiao Zhan's face was full of dark lines. These two little bastards were actually joining forces to deceive their own father right in front of him. They were truly infuriating.

Once a lie begins, countless more lies are needed to cover it up. People from Earth really did have foresight.

Xiao Meng was frustrated. This lie was hard to patch up, because he had no idea how Xiao Yan had deceived his father.

He then looked at Xiao Yan, his gaze seeming to ask, Fourth Brother, when did I come out of seclusion? Explain it to me clearly.

Xiao Yan: "I@#￥#%..."

"How the fuck would I know when you came out of seclusion?"

Xiao Yan truly wanted to slap Xiao Meng straight into the horizon. This guy could have come at any other time, but he had to show up now. He was clearly trying to kill him.

"You little bastard, what are you looking at him for? I'm asking you a question!" Xiao Zhan roared, even calling himself "your father."

"Third Brother, why do you keep looking at me? I don't know when you came out of seclusion either," Xiao Yan said with a dark face.

Xiao Meng was having none of it. This brat had clearly asked him to lie to their own father, yet now he wanted to bail halfway through. An uncle could tolerate it, but an aunt could not.

"Fourth Brother, wasn't it you who said I was cultivating in seclusion? Then you should know when I came out of seclusion."

Xiao Meng snorted. "When exactly did I come out of seclusion? Go on, explain it clearly to Dad."

"You two bastards really are pieces of work. You actually joined forces to deceive your father. You're both unfilial sons!"

Xiao Zhan was furious, his eyes practically spitting fire. "And Xiao Xun'er, that little girl—you two have corrupted her too. Now she has learned to lie and deceive people as well!"

Seeing Xiao Zhan so flustered with rage, the other elders secretly laughed. Xiao Zhan had two outstanding sons, and they had been endlessly envious of him. Still, they could not be expected to envy him forever.

So now that they could see Xiao Zhan being angered like this, they were all secretly delighted.

But Xiao Meng was unconvinced upon hearing Xiao Zhan's words. When had he ever deceived his own father? That was impossible.

"Dad, I never deceived you. You all saw it just now—Fourth Brother was the one constantly giving me signals. I had no idea what was going on," Xiao Meng argued.

As soon as those words came out, Xiao Yan's eyelid twitched. He nearly blacked out and fainted on the spot.

He shot Xiao Meng a vicious glare, overwhelmed by the urge to slap him across the face.

But when facing Xiao Meng, he was truly helpless. In terms of shamelessness, no one on the Dou Qi Continent could rival Xiao Meng. In terms of strength, Xiao Meng could beat him so badly within minutes that he would not even remember his own name.

"Did you kill Jia Lie Nu?" Xiao Zhan glared at Xiao Yan before turning to ask Xiao Meng.

At those words, everyone focused their eyes on him.

Xiao Meng glanced at Xiao Yan, wondering whether he should answer yes or no.

When Xiao Yan saw Xiao Meng looking at him, he exploded. He jumped up and shouted, "Third Brother, what are you looking at me for? Didn't you say you never lie to Father? Then tell the truth!"

Xiao Meng curled his lip. "I was just out taking a walk. Who knew I'd run into that old bastard? So I took care of him while I was at it."

Hearing Xiao Meng admit it himself, all the elders could not help drawing sharp breaths. Their hearts trembled with shock. They had always known Xiao Meng was powerful, but they had never seen him kill any truly formidable opponent. Now that they heard him admit Jia Lie Nu had died by his hand, they could not help shuddering.

"Damn it, this little brat really is a freak. Even a powerful man like Jia Lie Nu couldn't escape death when he faced him." Xiao Po shivered involuntarily, and a thin sheen of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

Xiao Zhan was speechless for a long time as well.

That was Jia Lie Nu. Even he would have found it difficult to kill the man, yet he had fallen at his son's hands. Wasn't that a little too absurd?

Afterward, Xiao Meng was seized by the elders and bombarded with more than a dozen questions before finally being released.

The moment he left the council hall, he grabbed Xiao Yan and dragged him into an empty corner, where he gave him a vicious beating until Xiao Yan repeatedly begged for mercy.

"Little Yan, remember this: your brother will always be your brother." Xiao Meng rubbed Xiao Yan's head, dropped those words, then turned and left.

Yet those words reminded Xiao Yan of a saying from Earth: "Your uncle will always be your uncle."

Xiao Meng returned to his side hall and had just prepared to rest for a while when a furious pounding suddenly erupted at the door.

"Damn it, who's got the nerve to smash at my door?" Xiao Meng flew into a rage, jumped off the bed without even putting on his shoes, grabbed a spatula, and charged outside.

"Xun'er..." Xiao Meng opened the door, and his expression stiffened.

"Xiao Meng, was it you who beat Brother Xiao Yan?" Xiao Xun'er demanded, her eyes blazing with fury.

"Third Brother got beaten up?"

Xiao Meng paused, then asked in astonishment, "Fourth Brother told you I beat him? That's impossible. I only just got back. Besides, why would I beat him?"

"Xiao Meng, you're still pretending, you..."

Xiao Xun'er's eyes spat fire, and smoke practically poured from her nose and mouth. She wanted nothing more than to send Xiao Meng straight to the eighteenth level of hell.

Bang!

Before she could finish, Xiao Meng slammed the door shut and went back to sleep, leaving Xiao Xun'er roaring outside.

The hell? Just because she was pretty, she could accuse people whenever she wanted?

Xiao Meng was not about to indulge her.