Chapter 94: Xiao Zhan’s Request, Wu Tan City Unified
Xiao Ming thought about it for a second and understood, however, he already knew that the fourth-tier pill recipe would be wasted, so there was no point worrying about it, so he said.
"Oh, it was just a little thing."
Seeing Xiao Ming drink the cup of wine, some of the Elders frowned for a moment and looked at each other, but did not say anything.
Now that Xiao Zhan's purpose had been achieved, it was not good for them to bring up this matter again in the future.
At his side, Ya Fei looked at Xiao Zhan with interest, as she was naturally very clear about Xiao Zhan's earlier incident of taking his son to seek medical treatment, given Miteer's intelligence network.
At that time, she was still very surprised, how did Xiao Zhan manage to invite a fourth-tier alchemist, who was someone quite important in the Jia Ma Empire? But she did not expect that the cost of the treatment would actually be paid by Xiao Ming.
After Xiao Ming drank a cup, Xiao Zhan did not retreat to his seat but poured another cup.
"This... Supreme Elder, I have another unkind request."
Xiao Ming raised his eyebrows, knowing that this was the main show coming up and that the previous two cups of wine were just to set the stage for this.
He asked with great interest, "What is it? Let's hear it."
"Ahem, it's that my son Xiao Yan's illness has not been cured, you are a sixth-tier alchemist, so I would like to ask for your help to see Yan'er's condition."
"Sixth-tier alchemist!"
As soon as these words were uttered, before Xiao Ming could respond, Master Gu Ni on the seat directly cried out in shock.
Master Gu Ni could not be blamed for not knowing how to keep calm, this was really because a sixth-tier alchemist was too amazing.
The only person in the entire Jia Ma Empire who is a sixth-tier alchemist is Pill King Gu He, and there are only a few fifth-tier alchemists below him.
The first thing he did was to think that the identity of the sixth-tier alchemist was false.
But after a moment's thought, he realized that it was possibly true, after all, there was no need for Xiao Ming to lie to them, and there was no benefit in such a thing.
Ya Fei had her charming little mouth slightly open, also full of disbelief.
A sixth-tier alchemist plus the strength of a Dou King could already easily destroy her Miteer family.
The guests seated at the other tables also had shocked faces when they heard Gu Ni's shout, and the astonishment in their gazes towards Xiao Ming grew stronger and stronger.
At the same time, the envy and jealousy in their hearts towards the Xiao family were about to break the sky, why could a genius of this caliber appear in the Xiao family but not theirs!?
Xiao Ming raised his eyes to look at Xiao Zhan and after thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, "Yes, you can bring him to my room tomorrow morning and I can help you take a look at him, but this Dou Qi disappearing for no reason is too strange, I dare not guarantee that I can cure him."
Xiao Ming's reply caused Xiao Zhan's face to reveal a smile of joy that was impossible to hide, and he thanked him repeatedly.
As for Xiao Ming's claim that he could not guarantee the cure, he simply ignored it. In his opinion, a sixth-tier alchemist was already an unattainable existence, and he did not believe that he could not cure his son with the help of such an existence.
Unfortunately, Xiao Zhan did not know that he was destined to be disappointed this time, unless Xiao Ming was willing to reveal Yao Lao directly, otherwise, Xiao Yan's wasted state was feared to still last for some time.
Many of the Xiao family juniors were also present at this Xiao family banquet. Xiao Yan, as Xiao Zhan's son, was present today despite the taunts of many of the clan members.
Only instead of sitting at the same table as Xiao Ming and the others, he was in the Xiao family juniors' area, and Xiao Zhan's movements were caught by his eyes.
The whole family had teased him and mistreated him over the years, but only his father and brothers had treated him as they always had, even more lovingly.
How could he not be moved by this?
Xiao Ming was a sixth-tier alchemist and if he was willing to do something, he could definitely be cured.
No one cared about Xiao Yan's inner feelings, Xiao Yu, who was sitting not far away, looked at Xiao Yan, who was not in tune with the people around him, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Xiao Yan, you are really lucky to be able to have Uncle Xiao Zhan personally requesting for Cousin Xiao Ming to treat you!"
Xiao Yan now had lost all his sharpness from the taunts of his clan members over the years, was only silent in the face of Xiao Yu's taunts, already used to it.
"Heh." Xiao Yu only grimaced but did not continue to mock.
After all, there was a pleasant atmosphere and thus getting annoyed was really unnecessary.
Gu Xun'er beside her only faintly glanced at Xiao Yan when she heard Xiao Yu's words.
The current Gu Xun'er, because she had not experienced the incident where Xiao Yan had knocked on her room in the middle of the night, did not have any loving feelings for Xiao Yan, and even did not have good feelings towards Xiao Yan because of that incident.
Therefore, after taking a glance at Xiao Yan, a fallen genius, Gu Xun'er quickly turned her eyes to Xiao Ming, not knowing what was being thought in her heart.
...
The banquet lasted for a short time, during which Gu Ni, who had learned that Xiao Ming was a sixth-tier alchemist, rushed to Xiao Ming with an eager smile on his face, asking for advice on various topics, just like the leaders of the forces that were fawning earlier.
To Xiao Ming, Gu Ni's questions were as simple as one plus one equals two, so Xiao Ming nonchalantly instructed Gu Ni, bearing the most anxious and respectful smile on his face.
Ya Fei looked at Gu Ni, who used to be incredibly arrogant and turned into this state, and blinked, but inside she was very understanding.
If it were not for the fact that there is now no place next to Xiao Ming, she would also want to go by his side.
...
Time passed slowly and the banquet was nearing its end.
As the end approached, Xiao Zhan suddenly stood up with a red face and shouted, "Ahem, quiet everyone. Now that all the large and small forces of Wu Tan City are present, we, the Xiao Family, have something important to report to everyone."
When Xiao Zhan said this, he caused the noisy hall to fall silent.
The leaders of those forces even looked at each other with a somewhat unpleasant feelings.
Xiao Zhan: "We believe that although Wu Tan City is close to the Magic Beast Mountain Range and has a large population, our Xiao Family feels that Wu Tan City is too small and that the city can only have one voice, I wonder what you all think?"
The force leaders were not stupid and instantly understood what Xiao Zhan meant. 'This Xiao family is trying to unify Wu Tan City!'
In fact, unifying Wu Tan City was something the Xiao Family had wanted to do for a long time, wanting to rely on the market business for the family to continue to grow was impossible.
It was impossible to rely on the market business to keep growing the family, so they could only start from other aspects.
It so happened that the first and second best experts of the family were present this time, so the Xiao family wanted to do this right away.
After Xiao Zhan's words, the leaders of the forces looked at each other and did not intend to open their mouths. Although the Xiao Family had a Dou King, the stable situation that Wu Tan City had maintained over the years still gave them the illusion that this could be talked about.
"Xue Tian!"
An indifferent voice was heard, it was Xiao Ming who spoke.
Xue Tian, whose name was spoken, nodded and stood up, his monstrous aura pressing down on the leaders of those forces.
"It's a... Dou... King... powerhouse!" Those who were oppressed by the aura only felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on their bodies, and their faces remained red from the pressure.
To be able to oppress them to such a degree with just his aura, he was definitely a Dou King, there was no doubt about it!
"That's fine with that Xue Tian." With Xiao Ming's command, Xue Tian withdrew his aura.
After Xue Tian's aura oppression, those people were weak and breathing heavily.
"May I introduce to you, this is Xue Tian, a Dou King powerhouse, a guest of my Xiao Family, and he will be living in the Xiao Family from now on."
Xiao Ming's voice was very flat, but it made all the people's hearts jump violently, where did this Xiao Ming get such a strong person from?
The Xiao family was no exception, as Xiao Ming had not said before that Xue Tian would be living permanently with the Xiao family.
The faces of the Xiao family members showed an expression of satisfaction, while the leaders of those forces looked at each other bitterly, and then they all said.
"My Da Li Weapons Merchant Company will be run from now on by the Xiao Family!"
"The Pill Store is willing to respect the Xiao Family as the lord of Wu Tan City".
"..."
"The Jia Lie Family..."
"The Ao Ba Family..."
"..."
Ya Fei at the table looked at Xue Tian who seemed to be following Xiao Ming's orders and swallowed saliva with some difficulty, even if Xiao Ming was a sixth-tier alchemist, it was very difficult to make a powerful Dou King respect him to such an extent that he would even be willing to stay in the Xiao Family to help him guard the family.
What kind of magical means did this Xiao Ming have to accomplish such things? Ya Fei felt a great curiosity within herself.
After the people of those powers finished speaking, Xiao Ming spoke once more, "The Ao Ba Family and the Jia Lie Family will have to leave Wu Tan City within ten days, otherwise, they will suffer the consequences!"
"This why?!" ×2
The Clan Leader of the Jia Lie Family, Jia Lie Bi, and the Clan Leader of the Ao Ba Family, Ao Ba Pa, shouted with frowns at his words.
They were very confused as to why Xiao Ming would still expel their clan when they had clearly expressed their submission.
Especially Ao Ba Pa, it was fine if the Jia Lie Family was expelled because of the market business and all the trouble they had with the Xiao Family, but his Ao Ba Family had never done anything!
'Oh, it's because I know the history.' Xiao Ming secretly thought in his heart.
This Ao Ba Family and the Jia Lie Family had teamed up with the intention of destroying the Xiao Family after Xiao Yan had made a big mess in the Misty Cloud Sect, and he still felt that it was better that those guys weren't under his nose.
These were things he couldn't tell others, so Xiao Ming merely said in a flat tone, "There's no reason for this, you should leave in ten days."
"But....".
Jia Lie Bi still wanted to talk, even if they had to go, they should give them more time, these ten days are too short!
Chapter 94: Xiao Zhan’s Request, Wu Tan City Unified
Xiao Ming thought about it for a second and understood, however, he already knew that the fourth-tier pill recipe would be wasted, so there was no point worrying about it, so he said.
"Oh, it was just a little thing."
Seeing Xiao Ming drink the cup of wine, some of the Elders frowned for a moment and looked at each other, but did not say anything.
Now that Xiao Zhan's purpose had been achieved, it was not good for them to bring up this matter again in the future.
At his side, Ya Fei looked at Xiao Zhan with interest, as she was naturally very clear about Xiao Zhan's earlier incident of taking his son to seek medical treatment, given Miteer's intelligence network.
At that time, she was still very surprised, how did Xiao Zhan manage to invite a fourth-tier alchemist, who was someone quite important in the Jia Ma Empire? But she did not expect that the cost of the treatment would actually be paid by Xiao Ming.
After Xiao Ming drank a cup, Xiao Zhan did not retreat to his seat but poured another cup.
"This... Supreme Elder, I have another unkind request."
Xiao Ming raised his eyebrows, knowing that this was the main show coming up and that the previous two cups of wine were just to set the stage for this.
He asked with great interest, "What is it? Let's hear it."
"Ahem, it's that my son Xiao Yan's illness has not been cured, you are a sixth-tier alchemist, so I would like to ask for your help to see Yan'er's condition."
"Sixth-tier alchemist!"
As soon as these words were uttered, before Xiao Ming could respond, Master Gu Ni on the seat directly cried out in shock.
Master Gu Ni could not be blamed for not knowing how to keep calm, this was really because a sixth-tier alchemist was too amazing.
The only person in the entire Jia Ma Empire who is a sixth-tier alchemist is Pill King Gu He, and there are only a few fifth-tier alchemists below him.
The first thing he did was to think that the identity of the sixth-tier alchemist was false.
But after a moment's thought, he realized that it was possibly true, after all, there was no need for Xiao Ming to lie to them, and there was no benefit in such a thing.
Ya Fei had her charming little mouth slightly open, also full of disbelief.
A sixth-tier alchemist plus the strength of a Dou King could already easily destroy her Miteer family.
The guests seated at the other tables also had shocked faces when they heard Gu Ni's shout, and the astonishment in their gazes towards Xiao Ming grew stronger and stronger.
At the same time, the envy and jealousy in their hearts towards the Xiao family were about to break the sky, why could a genius of this caliber appear in the Xiao family but not theirs!?
Xiao Ming raised his eyes to look at Xiao Zhan and after thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, "Yes, you can bring him to my room tomorrow morning and I can help you take a look at him, but this Dou Qi disappearing for no reason is too strange, I dare not guarantee that I can cure him."
Xiao Ming's reply caused Xiao Zhan's face to reveal a smile of joy that was impossible to hide, and he thanked him repeatedly.
As for Xiao Ming's claim that he could not guarantee the cure, he simply ignored it. In his opinion, a sixth-tier alchemist was already an unattainable existence, and he did not believe that he could not cure his son with the help of such an existence.
Unfortunately, Xiao Zhan did not know that he was destined to be disappointed this time, unless Xiao Ming was willing to reveal Yao Lao directly, otherwise, Xiao Yan's wasted state was feared to still last for some time.
Many of the Xiao family juniors were also present at this Xiao family banquet. Xiao Yan, as Xiao Zhan's son, was present today despite the taunts of many of the clan members.
Only instead of sitting at the same table as Xiao Ming and the others, he was in the Xiao family juniors' area, and Xiao Zhan's movements were caught by his eyes.
The whole family had teased him and mistreated him over the years, but only his father and brothers had treated him as they always had, even more lovingly.
How could he not be moved by this?
Xiao Ming was a sixth-tier alchemist and if he was willing to do something, he could definitely be cured.
No one cared about Xiao Yan's inner feelings, Xiao Yu, who was sitting not far away, looked at Xiao Yan, who was not in tune with the people around him, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Xiao Yan, you are really lucky to be able to have Uncle Xiao Zhan personally requesting for Cousin Xiao Ming to treat you!"
Xiao Yan now had lost all his sharpness from the taunts of his clan members over the years, was only silent in the face of Xiao Yu's taunts, already used to it.
"Heh." Xiao Yu only grimaced but did not continue to mock.
After all, there was a pleasant atmosphere and thus getting annoyed was really unnecessary.
Gu Xun'er beside her only faintly glanced at Xiao Yan when she heard Xiao Yu's words.
The current Gu Xun'er, because she had not experienced the incident where Xiao Yan had knocked on her room in the middle of the night, did not have any loving feelings for Xiao Yan, and even did not have good feelings towards Xiao Yan because of that incident.
Therefore, after taking a glance at Xiao Yan, a fallen genius, Gu Xun'er quickly turned her eyes to Xiao Ming, not knowing what was being thought in her heart.
...
The banquet lasted for a short time, during which Gu Ni, who had learned that Xiao Ming was a sixth-tier alchemist, rushed to Xiao Ming with an eager smile on his face, asking for advice on various topics, just like the leaders of the forces that were fawning earlier.
To Xiao Ming, Gu Ni's questions were as simple as one plus one equals two, so Xiao Ming nonchalantly instructed Gu Ni, bearing the most anxious and respectful smile on his face.
Ya Fei looked at Gu Ni, who used to be incredibly arrogant and turned into this state, and blinked, but inside she was very understanding.
If it were not for the fact that there is now no place next to Xiao Ming, she would also want to go by his side.
...
Time passed slowly and the banquet was nearing its end.
As the end approached, Xiao Zhan suddenly stood up with a red face and shouted, "Ahem, quiet everyone. Now that all the large and small forces of Wu Tan City are present, we, the Xiao Family, have something important to report to everyone."
When Xiao Zhan said this, he caused the noisy hall to fall silent.
The leaders of those forces even looked at each other with a somewhat unpleasant feelings.
Xiao Zhan: "We believe that although Wu Tan City is close to the Magic Beast Mountain Range and has a large population, our Xiao Family feels that Wu Tan City is too small and that the city can only have one voice, I wonder what you all think?"
The force leaders were not stupid and instantly understood what Xiao Zhan meant. 'This Xiao family is trying to unify Wu Tan City!'
In fact, unifying Wu Tan City was something the Xiao Family had wanted to do for a long time, wanting to rely on the market business for the family to continue to grow was impossible.
It was impossible to rely on the market business to keep growing the family, so they could only start from other aspects.
It so happened that the first and second best experts of the family were present this time, so the Xiao family wanted to do this right away.
After Xiao Zhan's words, the leaders of the forces looked at each other and did not intend to open their mouths. Although the Xiao Family had a Dou King, the stable situation that Wu Tan City had maintained over the years still gave them the illusion that this could be talked about.
"Xue Tian!"
An indifferent voice was heard, it was Xiao Ming who spoke.
Xue Tian, whose name was spoken, nodded and stood up, his monstrous aura pressing down on the leaders of those forces.
"It's a... Dou... King... powerhouse!" Those who were oppressed by the aura only felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on their bodies, and their faces remained red from the pressure.
To be able to oppress them to such a degree with just his aura, he was definitely a Dou King, there was no doubt about it!
"That's fine with that Xue Tian." With Xiao Ming's command, Xue Tian withdrew his aura.
After Xue Tian's aura oppression, those people were weak and breathing heavily.
"May I introduce to you, this is Xue Tian, a Dou King powerhouse, a guest of my Xiao Family, and he will be living in the Xiao Family from now on."
Xiao Ming's voice was very flat, but it made all the people's hearts jump violently, where did this Xiao Ming get such a strong person from?
The Xiao family was no exception, as Xiao Ming had not said before that Xue Tian would be living permanently with the Xiao family.
The faces of the Xiao family members showed an expression of satisfaction, while the leaders of those forces looked at each other bitterly, and then they all said.
"My Da Li Weapons Merchant Company will be run from now on by the Xiao Family!"
"The Pill Store is willing to respect the Xiao Family as the lord of Wu Tan City".
"..."
"The Jia Lie Family..."
"The Ao Ba Family..."
"..."
Ya Fei at the table looked at Xue Tian who seemed to be following Xiao Ming's orders and swallowed saliva with some difficulty, even if Xiao Ming was a sixth-tier alchemist, it was very difficult to make a powerful Dou King respect him to such an extent that he would even be willing to stay in the Xiao Family to help him guard the family.
What kind of magical means did this Xiao Ming have to accomplish such things? Ya Fei felt a great curiosity within herself.
After the people of those powers finished speaking, Xiao Ming spoke once more, "The Ao Ba Family and the Jia Lie Family will have to leave Wu Tan City within ten days, otherwise, they will suffer the consequences!"
"This why?!" ×2
The Clan Leader of the Jia Lie Family, Jia Lie Bi, and the Clan Leader of the Ao Ba Family, Ao Ba Pa, shouted with frowns at his words.
They were very confused as to why Xiao Ming would still expel their clan when they had clearly expressed their submission.
Especially Ao Ba Pa, it was fine if the Jia Lie Family was expelled because of the market business and all the trouble they had with the Xiao Family, but his Ao Ba Family had never done anything!
'Oh, it's because I know the history.' Xiao Ming secretly thought in his heart.
This Ao Ba Family and the Jia Lie Family had teamed up with the intention of destroying the Xiao Family after Xiao Yan had made a big mess in the Misty Cloud Sect, and he still felt that it was better that those guys weren't under his nose.
These were things he couldn't tell others, so Xiao Ming merely said in a flat tone, "There's no reason for this, you should leave in ten days."
"But....".
Jia Lie Bi still wanted to talk, even if they had to go, they should give them more time, these ten days are too short!
