"Dad, Yan'er..."
Yang Xiyue hesitated, unable to finish.
"Dad, what exactly do you have planned for Yan'er? Can you tell us? Watching him like this hurts Yue'er and me!
"Ding'er and Li'er both desperately want to help their little brother too. We..."
What parent wouldn't worry when something happened to their child?
Even knowing the outcome would be good, they would still worry about everything that happened along the way!
Besides, after Xiao Yan's cultivation had regressed twice, ugly rumors had begun circulating through the household.
Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue were also afraid their son could not bear the blow.
After Xiao Yan had revealed his terrifying talent for cultivation, even setting aside his status as the household head's son, the elders had treated him with the utmost courtesy.
That was a place in the household Xiao Yan had earned through his own strength!
But now, he was gradually losing that exalted standing.
If it happened a third time, there was no question: the standing he had once enjoyed would vanish altogether!
After all, what did it matter how extraordinary his talent was at the Dou Qi stage?
He couldn't break through to the Dou Zhe Realm anyway!
So what good was that talent?
Xiao Zhan was not Xiao Lin. Though he was the current head of the Xiao Household, he did not wield the absolute authority Xiao Lin once had!
If all the Xiao Household's elders united, they could stand on equal footing with Xiao Zhan.
Fortunately, Xiao Ze, Xiao Yi, and Xiao Zhen, the Three Great Elders of the Xiao Household, had been elevated by Xiao Lin himself. They had chosen to support his son unconditionally.
But barring any surprises, the three of them planned to retire to the Ancestral Residence in the Imperial Capital within the