So you're Jia Lie Ao?

"Stop chatting. They're already here."

Just then, Little Gold suddenly spoke.

Xiao Zhan's and Xiao Yan's gazes both turned cold.

They were here already?

"Ancestor, just leave this matter to us. There's no need to trouble you..."

"I wasn't planning to do anything anyway. I'm just going over to watch the fun. Don't mind me."

"Well... all right!"

Today, the Jia Lie Family and the Ao Ba Family held nothing back. They had mobilized every expert in their families, nearly a hundred people in all.

They had long found the Xiao Clan an eyesore, and with sufficient profit driving them, things had come to this today.

Weapon-wielding men charged through the Xiao Clan's gates one after another.

The guards at the Xiao Clan's gates did not stop them. They merely shut the gates silently after everyone had entered.

"Xiao Zhan, it really has been a long time."

"I wonder just why your Xiao Clan has shut its doors to visitors for the past half month?"

"If you've run into any trouble, you can tell us about it."

"Perhaps we could lend a hand. Wouldn't you agree?"

Jia Lie Bi spoke with a smile.

"There's no need for your help."

"Let's spare ourselves this meaningless drivel."

Xiao Zhan glanced at him and spoke indifferently.

"Hahaha!"

"Fine. In that case, I won't waste words with you."

"Half a month ago, the Dou Qi in Wutan City was suddenly drained dry. This had something to do with the Xiao Clan. I assume you won't deny that?" Jia Lie Bi asked, smiling.

"Of course not!"

"Good!"

"As I see it, your Xiao Clan must have obtained some extraordinary treasure."

"Why not lend this treasure to our two families for a while? We'll return it later. How does that sound?"

As the head of a family, he naturally would not be foolish enough to resort straight to violence for something he could obtain by talking.

Bringing so many people was mainly meant to apply pressure.

Now it remained to be seen whether the Xiao Clan knew what was good for them.

If they obediently handed it over, everything could be discussed.

If they refused, they could not blame them for washing the Xiao Clan in blood!

"I'm sure Clan Leader Xiao won't refuse, will you?" Oba Pa said from the side with a sinister laugh.

In the past, Xiao Zhan might have chosen to compromise for his clansmen's safety.

But now... the Xiao Clan was no longer so easily bullied.

"That's much more straightforward of you two."

"As for this treasure you speak of, our Xiao Clan really has no such thing."

"Let me offer you both a word of advice. There's still time to leave."

"Otherwise, the consequences may not be something you two can bear," Xiao Zhan said with a cold laugh.

"Hahahaha!"

"We haven't seen each other for half a month, and to think you've grown quite a backbone."

"I'd like to see just what consequences we can't bear."

"I'll ask you one last time. Will you hand it over or not?"

"If you don't know what's good for you, don't blame our two families for showing no mercy today!" Jia Lie Bi sneered as well.

Xiao Zhan said coldly, "Then let me see just how merciless you can be."

"Fine! Since you're so blind to the situation, don't blame us for disregarding all courtesy."

Oba Pa sighed with a trace of regret and waved his hand.

At once, the dozens of men behind him drew the sharp weapons at their waists and moved to surround the Xiao clansmen opposite them, their faces filled with murderous intent.

"Little Gold, does that grilled sausage smell good?"

The experts brought by the Jia Lie Family and the Ao Ba Family were just about to attack when this sudden remark left everyone stunned.

Grilled sausage?

Did it smell good?

What was going on?

They had built the atmosphere up to this point. Could he please not ruin it?

Everyone turned toward the voice and saw Xiao Chen reclining on a specially made bamboo chair, with a little golden snake on the bamboo chair beside him.

The little golden snake had its tail curled around a bamboo skewer.

A sausage was skewered on it.

It was golden in color, its meaty fragrance wafting everywhere.

Xiao Chen stared fixedly at that grilled sausage and swallowed.

At Xiao Chen's words, Little Gold was just about to nod, but then narrowed its eyes and shook its head instead.

"Tch, stingy."

"It's not like I'd snatch your food, is it?"

Xiao Chen curled his lips.

Little Gold gave Xiao Chen a contemptuous look and rolled its eyes at him.

Don't you know perfectly well what sort of person you are?

Xiao Chen was helpless too. He really could not very well snatch it by force.

Of course, the main reason was that he could not win.

"Xiao Ning, I've got some other meat here. Make me a few more grilled sausages, using the method I taught you. This one smells good, but it really doesn't taste that great."

Xiao Chen glanced at Xiao Ning beside him and handed over both the grilled sausage he was holding, crisp outside and tender inside, and the meat.

Xiao Ning hurriedly nodded and ran off to the side to get to work.

"Hmm?"

"What are you all standing around for?"

"Go ahead and fight. I'm just eating a sausage. I won't get in your way."

Looking up and seeing everyone staring at him, Xiao Chen hurriedly urged them on.

The Xiao clansmen found it quite normal.

What sort of status did their ancestor have?

What grand spectacle had he not seen?

It was perfectly normal for him to sit so calmly on a bamboo chair, eating and watching the show.

Besides, with their ancestor beside them, they felt even more confident.

But the people of the Jia Lie Family and the Ao Ba Family were rather baffled.

This young man looked twenty at most. Why was he so different from everyone else?

Everyone else was braced for battle, yet he alone was so relaxed?

And what was going on with that little golden snake?

Why did this man and snake look so strange?

They were completely out of place in the current scene!

"Who is he?"

"Do you know him?"

"No. He looks quite unfamiliar."

"Is he from the Xiao Clan?"

"Probably not?"

As family heads, Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa were already thoroughly familiar with the names and appearances of everyone in the Xiao Clan.

Only Xiao Chen left them without the slightest recollection.

It was as though this person had appeared out of thin air.

While the two were puzzling over this, Xiao Chen suddenly looked at a young man in the crowd.

The young man was around twenty and quite handsome, though his complexion was somewhat pale. His eyes were currently burning with desire as he stared at Xiao Mei nearby, whose little face held a faintly alluring charm.

Gradually, the young man, who spent his years amid beauties, actually began breathing a little faster.

With such distinctive traits, Xiao Chen nodded thoughtfully.

"So you're Jia Lie Ao?"

The young man froze and looked at Xiao Chen.

Just as he was about to speak, Xiao Chen shifted his gaze to Xiao Zhan instead. "Xiao Zhan."

"What are your instructions, Ancestor?"

"Hurry up and get started. Why waste so many words? If you want to survive on the Dou Qi Continent, you need to be more ruthless. Understand?"

"Yes, Ancestor!"

Their exchange left everyone from the Jia Lie Family and the Ao Ba Family dumbfounded.

Ancestor?

Xiao Zhan had actually called that young man Ancestor?

He was actually the Xiao Clan's ancestor?

How was that possible?!

A small family like the Xiao Clan actually had an ancestor?

This was simply a joke!

An enormous joke!

Yet now... the man was sitting over there on a bamboo chair, eating the grilled sausage Xiao Ning had handed him.

Someone like Xiao Zhan could not possibly make such a joke.

But this... such a young ancestor?

Could he be an old monster who knew how to preserve his youthful appearance?

Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa exchanged a glance, their entire bodies unable to stop trembling slightly.