Xiao Chen's leisurely manner, the strange little golden snake, Xiao Zhan's deference, and the Xiao clansmen's abnormal behavior.
Together, these things gradually brought unconcealable terror into the eyes of many from the Jia Lie Family and the Ao Ba Family.
Their gazes fell on the figure eating a grilled sausage. Jia Lie Bi's and Oba Pa's lips kept trembling, and their legs began to weaken.
The two swallowed with difficulty. Their formerly vicious faces now looked rather bitter.
"No, this can't be true. The Xiao Clan is playing tricks. Yes, that must be it."
"Brother Jia Lie, don't you agree?"
Oba Pa was truly panicking.
Jia Lie Bi's face was deathly pale. By now, his entire body had gone cold.
Was the Xiao Clan really playing tricks?
But that possibility was far, far too small!
Thinking back now, this Xiao Clan ancestor must have been the one who drained Wutan City of its Dou Qi!
Just what level of cultivation did someone with such tremendous power possess?
Were they out of their minds?
Why hadn't they mentioned their ancestor sooner?
Had all these years of open strife and covert struggles merely been the Xiao Clan playing house with their two families?
Were they just playing around?
"Brother Xiao, is there still a chance if we admit our mistakes now?" Oba Pa finally looked at Xiao Zhan with a face full of sincerity.
"Gentlemen, I warned you at the beginning."
"Now that our ancestor has given his orders, I have no choice but to obey."
"Attack!"
Xiao Zhan's face was expressionless.
At his command, everyone from the Xiao Clan stirred eagerly.
After all, now that their strength had improved, they all wanted to show their skills and test their fighting prowess.
The third elder moved fastest, striking without the slightest mercy.
The first and second elders followed close behind.
The rest of the Xiao clansmen swarmed forward as well.
Within a few short breaths, more than half the experts the two great families had brought were lost!
At this sight, Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa were dumbfounded.
Half a month.
It had only been half a month!
How could there have been such an enormous change?
Was this still the Xiao Clan they knew?
"The Xiao Clan's three elders..."
"The strength of those two... how could they be so strong?"
"Six-star Da Dou Shi!"
Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa completely panicked.
Surrounded by the three elders, the two could only struggle desperately to hold on.
Jia Lie Bi watched with his own eyes as the third elder, Xiao Xuan, killed Jia Lie Nu with a single palm strike!
Run!
The two exchanged a glance. At that moment, only one thought remained in their minds.
They had to flee!
They had to escape the Xiao Clan as quickly as possible!
"Clan leader, visitors have arrived."
Just as Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa were about to reach their limits, the sudden voice stirred their hearts.
Was there still a chance?
"Kill!"
At that moment, Xiao Chen finished the grilled sausage in his hand, glanced at Xiao Zhan, and calmly uttered that single word.
At those words, Xiao Zhan did not hesitate in the slightest. In a flash, he appeared before Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa.
"Nine-star!"
"Spare me!"
Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa uttered their last words, then immediately collapsed, all life extinguished!
"You..."
"A Nine-Star Great Dou Master!"
At that moment, two figures also approached under Xiao Ning's guidance.
They were Lu Mingfei, head of the Lu Family, and Xu Yong, head of the Xu Family.
After half a month of investigation, the two had finally confirmed that the source of everything lay with the Xiao Clan, so they had come to visit today.
They had never expected to witness this scene.
A bloody scene of corpses strewn across the ground.
Neither had expected the head of Wutan City's Xiao Clan to already be a Nine-Star Great Dou Master!
Was the Xiao Clan about to rise?
"What? Are you two the reinforcements they invited?" Xiao Zhan asked coldly.
"No, Brother Xiao, please don't misunderstand. Our visit has nothing to do with the Jia Lie Family or the Ao Ba Family."
Lu Mingfei hurriedly explained.
He was only a six-star Da Dou Shi himself and had no desire to be killed by mistake.
Then, the two involuntarily looked toward Xiao Chen.
From a distance, they had seen very clearly that the one giving orders to the Xiao Clan was actually this young man.
"Then what brings you two to our Xiao Clan today?" Xiao Zhan asked with a faint smile.
"Hehe, the two of us..."
Lu Mingfei smiled awkwardly, but before he could finish, a conversation made him stop.
"Little Gold, you're not watching anymore?"
Seeing Little Gold jump straight off the bamboo chair and turn to leave, Xiao Chen asked with a smile.
"Boring."
"The show the Ye Family and Shi Family put on back then was more interesting."
Little Gold shook his head helplessly, a reminiscent look appearing in his eyes.
His expression was remarkably human.
At those words, Xiao Chen also recalled those two people from back then.
"Before we knew it, five thousand years have already passed..."
"I wonder whether they're still around."
Xiao Chen spoke with a faint smile.
"Barring any accidents, they should still be alive."
"But with the way they conduct themselves, they're bound to have plenty of enemies. They might have been hacked to death," Little Gold said after some thought.
Xiao Chen nodded. He shared the same concern.
Their conversation left Lu Mingfei and Xu Yong stunned.
A person and a snake were chatting?
The snake could talk?
And what were they talking about?
Five thousand years had already passed?
Had they lived for that many years?
"Brother... Brother Xiao, who are these two?" Lu Mingfei looked at Xiao Zhan, his voice trembling.
He had a feeling that those incidents half a month ago might have something to do with these two.
"This is our Xiao Clan's ancestor."
"As for this one..."
"He is our ancestor's friend," Xiao Zhan introduced after a pause.
In truth, he did not know much about Little Gold either.
He only knew that the ancestor was extremely close to him.
Halfway through leaving, Little Gold could not help pausing when he heard this.
Xiao Chen's friend?
Lu Mingfei and Xu Yong exchanged a glance, each seeing the shock in the other's eyes.
The Xiao Clan's ancestor?
A talking little snake who had lived for at least five thousand years?
These were both beings they could not afford to provoke!
"This junior, Lu Mingfei, pays his respects to Senior Xiao."
"This junior, Xu Yong, pays his respects to Senior Xiao."
The two bowed respectfully to Xiao Chen.
Then they looked toward Little Gold, who had stopped where he was.
"This junior, Lu Mingfei, pays his respects to Senior Snake."
"This junior, Xu Yong, pays his respects to Senior Snake."
At those words, a flash of resentment immediately crossed Little Gold's eyes.
Senior Snake, Senior Snake!
Are you out of your minds?
I'm a dragon, damn it!
A noble Golden Emperor Dragon!
Lu Mingfei and Xu Yong were extremely tense now, standing obediently in place.
"Mm."
Xiao Chen nodded faintly.
"Go on, then. Tell me what brings you to the Xiao Clan."
"Yes, Senior!"
Regardless of whether Xiao Chen's identity was genuine, this talking little golden snake alone was enough to frighten the two.
After all, in the Beast Realm, any magical beast capable of human speech had to be at least fifth or sixth rank.
With Xiao Chen asking, the two naturally dared not be negligent.
But they could not tell the whole truth either.
Were they supposed to say they had come to curry favor with a powerful figure and gain benefits?
"To answer your question, Senior, some time ago, our Floating Ink City was suddenly drained of its Dou Qi. As the heads of the city's two great families, we naturally had to investigate."
"Eventually, we learned that it might be connected to Wutan City, so we came to investigate."
"We simply never expected to encounter that scene just now."
Lu Mingfei spoke respectfully.
"I see."
Xiao Chen glanced at the two without exposing them.
Instead, he turned to Xiao Yan beside him.
The first person Xiao Yan killed in the original story seemed to be called Liu Xi, right?
"Xiao Yan."
"Ancestor."
"You haven't killed anyone yet, have you?"
At those words, Xiao Yan froze and glanced at Jia Lie Ao, who lay on the ground, no longer breathing.
Xiao Chen coughed lightly and said, "I mean deliberately setting out to kill someone."
Understanding dawned on Xiao Yan, and he answered, "No."
"In that case, I have a task for you."
"Take our Xiao clansmen to the Jia Lie Family and the Ao Ba Family."
"Old or young, leave no one alive!"
"From this day forward, Wutan City belongs to the Xiao Clan!"
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