Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Ten Ferocious Heavenly Horned Ant

Upon seeing Xiao Yan's arrival, Xiao Zhan stopped talking with the old man in the white robe, nodded to him, and waved for Xiao Yan to find a seat in the hall.

"Yes, Father."

Xiao Yan nodded, pretending not to see the impatience and slight disdain emanating from the three elders beside Xiao Zhan.

He looked up and casually glanced around the hall, only to be surprised to find that there was no seat for him in the huge hall.

To know.

He is the young master of the Xiao family, the son of the Xiao family patriarch. It's one thing for him to act recklessly like this normally, but to embarrass him in front of outsiders is actually to embarrass the Xiao family.

Do these people have no brains?

"Since three years ago, my status in this family seems to have been getting lower and lower. In the past, they were all nice to me, but now they're embarrassing me in front of the guests. Are you all pigs?"

With a self-deprecating smile, Xiao Yan shook his head inwardly.

At this time.

Looking at Xiao Yan, who stood motionless, the young people of the surrounding clan couldn't help but sneer, clearly enjoying seeing him make a fool of himself.

But they forgot that Xiao Yan is, after all, the young master of the Xiao family. Slapping Xiao Yan in the face outside is basically no different from slapping themselves in the face.

at the same time.

Sitting at the head of the hall, Xiao Zhan noticed Xiao Yan's embarrassment. A barely suppressed anger flashed across his face as he frowned at the Second Elder beside him and said, "Second Elder, you..."

Before he could finish speaking...

Xiao Zhan stared at the Second Elder, then smiled faintly and patted his head in self-reproach, though the mockery in his eyes was not concealed.

"I'm so sorry, I completely forgot about the Third Young Master. I'll have someone prepare something right away!"

He said that, but didn't do anything. Clearly, he still wanted to see Xiao Yan make a fool of himself.

This scene.

Not to mention the old man in the white robe and his group, even Dong Qing couldn't stand it anymore.

Nima.

These people are truly brainless, slapping their own people in front of outsiders.

"Xiao Yan, sit next to me. I've saved you an empty seat."

Dong Qing's words were decisive, leaving the Second Elder speechless and unable to express his bitterness. He looked miserable but dared not contradict Dong Qing.

Because Dongqing's status in the Xiao family was far too extraordinary, even though he was only a guest elder.

But their unfathomable strength made them realize that Dongqing was not someone they could afford to mess with.

"Thank you, Uncle Dongqing."

Xiao Yan was filled with gratitude when he saw Dong Qing come to his rescue. He planned to help Dong Qing when he became successful in the future, but he still didn't intend to change his address of Dong Qing as "Uncle Dong Qing".

the other side.

"Who is this?" the old man in the white robe asked curiously.

He had noticed Dong Qing early on. This young man held a very high position in the Xiao family, even more so than Xiao Zhan, the clan leader.

Don't you see?

When Dong Qing spoke, the Second Elder, who was not convinced by Xiao Zhan, could only lower his head in frustration and dared not utter a single word in rebuttal, unlike Xiao Zhan, whom the Second Elder dared to argue back with.

"Dong Qing, a guest elder of the Xiao family, is an expert in alchemy and is an alchemist," Xiao Zhan explained enthusiastically.

"Oh, what rank?" the old man in the moon-white robe asked.

Despite his question, in his mind, a small place like Wutan City could only house a second-grade alchemist at most. No matter how high a grade alchemist was, they wouldn't stay in such a small place.

Their Yunlan Sect has sixth-grade alchemists. A mere second-grade alchemist, who is only at the apprentice level, is not qualified to be that person's apprentice.

"This..." Xiao Zhan hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.

"Clan Chief Xiao, is there something you're having trouble saying?" the old man in the moon-white robe asked, puzzled.

Could he just be a first-grade alchemist?

The other party was too embarrassed to say it?

However, if the other party is only a first-grade alchemist, they are not qualified to become that master's apprentice.

"The main reason is that Elder Dongqing can easily refine pills of grades one to three, and he can make a lot of them at once, so we can't really judge Elder Dongqing's alchemist grade."

Xiao Zhan was very uncomfortable, feeling extremely stifled, because he himself did not know Dong Qing's alchemist level, only that he could easily concoct a large number of pills.

Over the years, thanks to the alchemist Dong Qing, the Xiao family has become the dominant force in Wutan City.

But when others asked Dongqing what level of alchemist he was, even he, the clan leader, was completely clueless.

They did ask, but Dong Qing wouldn't answer. He was the clan leader, but they didn't dare force Dong Qing, so they could only treat him, the alchemist, as a figurehead.

This includes the Second Elder and others.

They weren't just afraid of Dong Qing's strength, but also of him cutting off their supply of pills. If Dong Qing spoke up, their descendants wouldn't get a single pill.

"That's a third-grade alchemist. A third-grade alchemist of this age. I never expected it. I really never expected that a third-grade alchemist would reside in the Xiao family in a small place like Wutan City."

The old man in the white robe immediately became enthusiastic. Dong Qing looked to be only in his early twenties, and it was not impossible for him to reach that person's level in the future.

No wonder he changed his expression so quickly; alchemists are different from those who cultivate battle qi, and each level is vastly different.

He looks down on those of the first rank, he can befriend those of the second rank, but those of the third rank are nothing short of groveling, and Dong Qing is still so young.

That's a very promising future for them...

"Such a young Rank 3 alchemist?"

The girl next to the old man in the white robe couldn't help but glance at Dong Qing several times after hearing what he said. The more she looked, the more she wanted to look, and the more she thought he was handsome.

As for doubt?

There was no doubt.

The old man in the white robe was initially puzzled as to why a small family like the Xiao family in Wutan City would always have third-grade pills up for auction. He never imagined that someone was behind it all.

But in doing so... some things become difficult to present.

The old man in the moon-white robe looked at the girl, and she immediately understood that she might have to return empty-handed this time. She couldn't very well show off that thing in front of a third-grade alchemist.

Ashamed.

Thinking about this...

The girl couldn't help but cover her cheeks; she was too afraid to look at Dongqing anymore.

But people are just so strange.

The more you dare not look, the more you want to look!

This act of peeking through with all five fingers spread wide finally angered Xiao Xun'er, who truly treated her as if she were dead.

"What are you looking at? You're not allowed to look!"

"Why should I? I want to see him."

"You're not allowed to look! You're not allowed to look! Brother Qing is mine!"

"I'll watch, I'll watch, why can't I watch?"

"If you look again, I'll gouge out your unclean eyeball."

"Come on, if you've got the guts, gouge my eyes out right in front of him."

This is a battle of wits. Although there are no words, women have something in common: they understand the meaning in each other's eyes.

............

Dong Qing was oblivious to the two girls' jealousy; he was currently disciplining the incorrigible Xiao Yan.

"Call me brother!"

Dong Qing forcefully pulled Xiao Yan's face. The latter struggled hard but couldn't break free. However, this also made him realize that Dong Qing was at least a terrifying existence above the Dou Huang level.

"I won't call you that!" Xiao Yan retorted stubbornly.

"Why were you so obedient yesterday, calling me 'brother' without hesitation? But after just one night, you've become so stubborn?" Dong Qing asked, puzzled.

"Hmph, yesterday's events are like yesterday's death, today's events are like today's birth. The me of yesterday is not the me of today," Xiao Yan said with a disdainful snort.

Having successfully obtained the Galaxy Power Super Gene, his passive ability is that he cannot be harmed by anyone below the Dou Huang level, while Dong Qing can still easily control him.

Uncle Dongqing, you've been hiding it well!

"You brat, fine, we have guests today, so I won't lecture you."

Dong Qing sighed, as if he had thought of something and understood that Xiao Yan had become arrogant after obtaining the power of the Milky Way, so he let go of his hand.

When you have time, let the system issue a few tasks to teach him a lesson, so he knows what unpredictable consequences will come from calling someone "uncle" instead of "brother."

However, Xiao Yan probably would never know that the reason his system missions would be so difficult in the future was because he was stubborn and insisted on calling someone "uncle".

"Uncle Dongqing, who are these guests?"

Xiao Yan rubbed his flushed cheeks, looking like a curious child.

"Did you see the cloud-patterned silver swords on the cuffs of their moon-white robes?" Dong Qing said calmly.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan immediately turned his gaze to the sleeves of the three people and indeed found a silver sword shaped like a cloud.

"Are they from the Yunlan Sect?" Xiao Yan asked in surprise in a low voice.

Although he is not currently out training, he has read about the Cloud Silver Sword in some books of the Xiao family and understands its true identity, which is actually from the famous Cloud Mist Sect.

The city where the Xiao family lives is called Wutan City. Wutan City belongs to the Jiama Empire. Although the city is among the major cities of the empire because of its location at the foot of the Monster Mountain Range, it is only ranked last.

If the Xiao family is the dominant force in Wutan City, then the Yunlan Sect is the dominant force in the entire Jia Ma Empire. No wonder even my usually stern father spoke with great reverence when communicating with the old man in the moon-white robe.

"Uncle Dongqing, what are these people from the Yunlan Sect doing here at our Xiao family?" Xiao Yan asked in a low voice, somewhat puzzled.

Dong Qing touched his chin, unsure whether he should say it or not. He felt he had seriously ruined the plot, preventing the classic "thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river" scenario from playing out.

"These people from the Yunlan Sect are probably here to see you," Dong Qing said after much deliberation.

"Me? I've never had any dealings with them."