Fighting Soul Clan Demoness

Chapter 31 Conspiracy late at night
She had never imagined that Xiao Yan, who had relied on his recklessness to get around, had actually learned this kind of calculation after being influenced by her for several months.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't have this kind of personality.

After much thought, the only possible reason is that his cultivation is not enough now, so he can only choose to win through wisdom and strategy.

If Xiao Yan had the strength to compete with this alchemist, Hun Ruoruo was sure that he would not have spent so much time and effort on these people.

Thinking of this, Hun Ruoruo's eyes rolled, and she asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Third Young Master, if you want, I can help you with this."

Now, she no longer hesitates to help Xiao Yan, so she thinks it's okay to take some action in this matter.

She avoided the cockroaches of the ancient clan simply because she thought they were troublesome, not because she was really afraid of them.

But what I didn't expect was that I was rejected by the other party——

"I've already received too much help from you during this period. I'll handle the current matter on my own."

A hint of gloom flashed across Xiao Yan's face, and he slowly said, "My current strength is too weak. After this incident, my cultivation progress must be accelerated again."

Now that she knew what the other party was thinking, Hun Ruoruo stopped asking questions. After all, it was impossible for the Jialie family to cause any trouble under her control.

Xiao Yan wanted to solve the problem by himself, which would save her the trouble.

After a brief exchange, Xiao Yan walked out of the Jialie family alone. While the disguised fighting skills had not yet dissipated, he quickly returned to the Xiao family and went straight to the patriarch's mansion.

The Xiao family is destined to be restless tonight.

"Third Elder, Third Elder!"

The hurried but cautious voice woke up the old man who had been sleeping soundly due to fatigue in recent days. He rubbed his eyes, looked out the window at the darkness, and suddenly became furious.

"Who is this? Are you crazy?"

"Third Elder, the head of the family invites you." The voice of the person outside the door was trembling, and it was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with this crappy job.

He was extremely unlucky to have someone come to wake people up for work in the middle of the night, and the person on top of that was the Third Elder who always had a bad temper.

As expected, the Third Elder was enraged and shouted towards the outside of the room, "What kind of madness is Xiao Zhan going on? Can't he even tell what time it is?"

Having said that, the Third Elder still instinctively sensed something was amiss. Given Xiao Zhan's usual composure, he would hardly do anything without a purpose.

Half angry and half doubtful, he simply put on a robe, pushed the door open, and looked coldly at the servants outside the house.

"Are you sure this was an order from the clan leader himself?"

"Third Elder, how dare I disobey the Patriarch's order? He said this matter is of great importance and must be resolved before sunrise."

"This is weird, lead the way!"

"Yes!"

Following the footsteps of the attendant in front, the third elder's face looked very bad.

From what they said, it seemed like Xiao Zhan wanted these old guys to stay up all night. How weird.

After crossing the small path across the residential area and turning another road, you will reach the master's residence. At this time, there seemed to be only a few candles lit inside the master's residence, and it looked very dark and quiet from the outside.

Slowly walking into the Patriarch's Mansion, the Third Elder glanced at the people who kept arriving, and a trace of shock flashed through his heart.

Including him who just arrived, the three elders of the Xiao family have already gathered. In addition, there are a small number of senior members of the Xiao family who have extremely high status and considerable say.

He wasn't too surprised by this scene. After all, someone like him was invited in the middle of the night, so the others must have been similar. However,
"Hmph, if you can't come up with a reasonable explanation, don't blame me and the other two elders for being ruthless." The third elder cursed in his heart.

Just when he was about to attack, Xiao Zhan in the distance suddenly grinned. Although it was late at night, his face did not show any sign of fatigue. Instead, he looked quite radiant.

"The Third Elder is here, please sit down quickly."

Hearing this, the Third Elder suppressed the impulse in his heart, snorted coldly, found a place that was neither too far nor too close to the other party, and sat down, quietly waiting for the other party's next words.

Xiao Zhan was not at all surprised by the Third Elder's indifferent attitude, and the smile on his lips became even wider.

He turned his head to glance at the night outside the window, then slowly said, "You are all core members of my Xiao family. I believe that you have been angry for a long time about the Jialie family's recent large-scale plundering of my Xiao family's customers, right?"

Hearing this, the hot-tempered Third Elder slammed the chair in his hand, smashing the hard wooden armrest to pieces.

He shouted angrily, "Damn it! The Jialie family has gone too far. In just a few days, our Xiao family has lost at least 50% to 60% of its profits. If this continues, all the markets will go bankrupt, and our Xiao family's lifeline of wealth will be gone!"

Although the people sitting in the family mansion did not say a word, it was not difficult to see from their gloomy expressions that they obviously agreed with the words of the third elder.

After a long while, the Great Elder slowly said, "We really can't delay this any longer. I've already contacted Master Gu Ni of the Miter Auction House, but he claims to be neutral and doesn't intend to favor either of us. Meanwhile, my Xiao family doesn't have any connections with other alchemists."

For a moment, the atmosphere was silent and depressing.

Seeing this, the Third Elder said coldly, "Master Clan Leader, you invited us here this time, surely not simply to complain? If that's the case, I'll excuse my absence."

"Of course not."

Xiao Zhan shook his head and said in a deep voice, "I invited you all here tonight to tell you that my Xiao family can still be saved. Not only can it be saved, but we can even bite back at the Jialie family and make them spit out all the resources they have previously consumed!"

As soon as these words came out, the many core members of the Xiao family sitting in the audience suddenly became restless, and all kinds of overwhelming questions came out one after another -

"Master Patriarch, please don't joke. With the connections of my Xiao family, I'm afraid we can't invite any alchemists to come to help."

"Yes, Lord Patriarch, even Master Gu Ni intends to stand aside and watch. We really can't imagine any other help."

"The market is still able to operate with other commodities, so please refrain from any rash actions."

Listening to everyone's discussions, Xiao Zhan sighed, knowing that his position as the clan leader was becoming increasingly unstable.

Normally, it would be fine if it were just the three elders, but now even several older generations with less power in the upper echelons have begun to question his decisions.

But the good thing is.
Xiao Zhan recalled the previous scene with relief. Without hesitation, he shouted, "My Xiao family is indeed unable to hire an alchemist, but what if the alchemist of the Jialie family is dead?!"

(End of this chapter)