The Lord of the Laws of Heaven

Chapter 31 Reward
"Hahaha……"

As Xiao Jun was about to leave the auction house, he heard a hearty laugh behind him. Feeling the aura coming from behind, Xiao Jun turned around and looked at the laughing person, secretly alert in his heart.

"You are the one who auctioned the Three Mountains Formation Sutra. Are you a formation master?"

"I understand a little bit." Xiao Jun nodded and said honestly, "I don't know why Patriarch Jialie is looking for me?"

"I've never seen you in Wutan City, nor have I ever heard of a formation master like you." Jia Lie said with a smile, "So you're a traveler from out of town?"

"Yes." Xiao Jun nodded. After all, time travelers can be considered outsiders!
"Your Excellency has inherited the formation technique and is also a formation master. My Jialie family likes to make friends with outstanding people from all walks of life. Why don't you come to my Jialie family? My Jialie family is considered one of the masters in the entire Wutan City. Guests coming from afar naturally need to be entertained."

Xiao Jun racked his brain, his thoughts racing. He then sighed deeply and said with a worried look on his face, "I'm grateful for Patriarch Jialie's appreciation of my kindness. Unfortunately, Wutan City is just a place I passed through on my way. Besides, I can't even set up a first-level formation right now, and I haven't had any good teachers along the way. The auction of the formation manual is just a hobby and a desire to inherit it."

He hinted that he was just a wild one in his words, in order to dispel the attention of Patriarch Jialie. As expected, when Patriarch Jialie heard Xiao Jun's words, a look of alienation instantly appeared in his eyes. Then he smiled and said, "So you are a practitioner who focuses on formations. Since you are leaving, my family will not keep you."

Xiao Jun said goodbye to Patriarch Jialie, feeling extremely wary. Although he had dispelled Patriarch Jialie's attention, he still had to be wary of his tracking methods. Before leaving, he first ran to the Xiao family market to ensure safety, then began to wander around. His keen sense of a faint aura followed him, and his worries were justified.

Then, in a crowded corner, he turned and entered a busy street corner, suddenly changing his appearance. Using light and shadow to change the color of the texture of his hair, clothing, and face, he turned around and walked slowly, chasing the energy in reverse.

The man saw Xiao Jun turn a corner, lost sight of him, and hurriedly trotted towards the busy corner. Xiao Jun and the man passed by each other, carefully memorizing his breath and appearance, and then walked away from each other.

He walked to the corner of an alley again, restored his appearance, changed his clothes, and returned to the Xiao family. The auction house and the three major families were all suspects of the person who was following him, but Xiao Jun himself was using a fake identity, so he didn't care.

"Patriarch Jialie is the most suspicious, Patriarch Oba is the second most suspicious, and the auction house is the least suspicious, but it's not entirely unrelated." Xiao Jun pondered secretly within the Xiao family. As for the Xiao family tracking him? Xiao Jun could simply self-destruct, which would be very safe, so he immediately ruled it out.

Xiao Jun kicked the ring into his pocket, his expression calm throughout the journey. Suddenly, he ran into Xiao Zhan. Xiao Zhan was talking to a middle-aged man wearing the robes of the Xiao family, saying, "Remember, we encountered a formation master today. This formation master is someone I've never heard of. He might be from outside, or he might be disguised by one of the other two families."

"If they are from outside, you must treat them with the utmost courtesy. If they are from another family in disguise, then come back and report directly to me..."

The middle-aged man nodded and left immediately. These conversations did not avoid Xiao Jun, so Xiao Jun could only step forward and salute Xiao Zhan: "Chief."

"Xiao Jun?" Xiao Zhan nodded after seeing Xiao Jun, then gave him an admiring look. "I wonder if your current cultivation has improved at the Fighter level? And as for that Yuan Pei technique, I wonder to what extent you've comprehended it?"

"I'm still at the one-star fighter realm. It wasn't until I reached the fighter realm that I discovered there were many deficiencies in my Yuan Pei Shu, which needed to be repaired. As for the circulation of the eight extraordinary meridians, I didn't truly understand it until I reached the fighter realm and truly observed it." Xiao Jun talked about his practice and achievements.

"Is there a flaw in the Pei Yuan technique?" Xiao Zhan muttered to himself, then smiled and said to Xiao Jun, "That's right, but you can focus on improving your own realm first. Sometimes many difficulties will no longer be difficult when you reach a higher realm."

"Clan leader, I'm currently repairing the Pei Yuan technique. Once it's finished, I'll give it to the clan. Don't worry, there are only some minor flaws in the edges and corners. The overall framework is fine. I've just simplified it and deleted some unnecessary things."

Xiao Zhan nodded. "That puts my mind at ease. By the way, originally, every member of the Xiao family could only obtain Dou Qi techniques during their coming-of-age ceremony. Since you're already a Dou Zhe, I wanted to choose a Dou Qi technique for you right away. However, after discussing it with all the elders in the family, we'd like to give you some Dou Qi techniques after you reach adulthood at sixteen or complete the Pei Yuan technique."

Hearing this, Xiao Jun frowned. He had anticipated this situation, but seeing it unfold so directly before him still left him feeling a bit disheartened and bored. Such a small family was playing so many tricks. "As the clan leader, I must lead by example. Unless it's a matter of life and death, I can't violate the family's rules and regulations, so I can't give you the family's techniques."

Xiao Jun simply nodded, bowed to Xiao Zhan, and then said, "The clan leader sets an example for the clan, naturally for the sake of the clan. The elders follow the clan rules for the sake of the clan, and there is nothing wrong with that. It's just that the clan leader carefully considers us, the Xiao family members, and the clan, which is truly admirable."

"Good!" Xiao Zhan looked at Xiao Jun and nodded, "You are indeed a talented person of our Xiao family. Not only is he gifted, but he also cares about the family."

After saying that, Xiao Zhan looked at Xiao Jun, took out a crystal card from his body, and said to Xiao Jun.

"Here are eight thousand gold coins. I see that you have earth-type Dou Qi. The earth-type skills in your family are only upper-grade yellow-level skills, and the yellow-level earth-type skills in the outside world are probably about the same price. Although I can't give you the skills directly, I can give you gold coins!"

Xiao Jun was slightly stunned. What shocked Xiao Jun was not the method. What really shocked Xiao Jun was that Xiao Zhan was willing to use this method for him. Whether it was to win people's hearts or to invest, Xiao Zhan's actions fully reflected the responsibility of a family patriarch.

"Chief, I..." Xiao Jun was ready to politely and formally refuse.

"Hey... your future is very bright, and you've already made contributions to the family. If you don't receive the reward, won't it alienate the rest of the family? Accept it."

"Okay." Xiao Jun took the crystal card, put it in his pocket, and then said to Xiao Zhan:

"Clan leader, I've recently been researching a fighting skill that can speed up one's cultivation. I had a rough draft of this skill when I was at the Dou Qi level, and then gave it to my cousin Xiao Yu. This fighting skill can help those at the Dou Qi level to speed up their cultivation. I'm preparing to perfect it and will hand it over to the clan leader."

"What?" Xiao Zhan's eyes widened, and he immediately realized that he had lost his composure. His face became serious. "Are you telling the truth?"

"Every word is true." Xiao Jun nodded and went on to describe his fighting skills idea of using the power of Qi and blood to transform into blood-colored virtual flames to refine fighting spirit. Although Xiao Zhan did not know the whole picture, he also knew that this was already a complete theoretical system of fighting skills, which was linked together, and each step of the deduction was extremely rigorous.

After listening to this, Xiao Zhan pondered for a moment and said to Xiao Jun, "If this fighting skill is really created, will you hand it over directly to the family?"

"Give it directly to the head of the family and let him make the decision." Xiao Jun was very considerate and answered Xiao Zhan directly.

"What if I want to show this fighting skill to others?"

"Whatever the clan leader thinks and worries about is for the family, how could he be wrong? And the more people see it, the better, as they can find out my own shortcomings." When Xiao Jun heard Xiao Zhan say this, he immediately realized that Xiao Zhan was thinking about his son. This opportunity was a good chance to make friends with Xiao Yan, and also a good opportunity to invest!
Xiao Zhan fell into deep thought, and Xiao Jun then said goodbye to Xiao Zhan and left.

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