Chapter 10 Son-in-law Xiao Yan?
Xiao Yan spread his hands, seemingly blurting out casually, "Alas, who would have thought that the largest marketplace in Wutan City would actually be one that picks its customers. Unlike the Xiao Clan's marketplace across the way, which never picks customers; even a Dou Wang is a customer there."
Galio's expression changed drastically. If this news were to spread, the reputation of their marketplace would definitely suffer.
"Young master, what do we do?"
Galio glanced at the surrounding customers and merchants. Many shop owners and customers frowned after hearing Xiao Yan's words.
For merchants, of course, they wanted as many customers as possible. There was no reason to drive them away, especially since Xiao Yan was a big spender. Customers naturally didn't want to be driven away for some reason when they were buying things one day.
After saying this, Xiao Yan ignored Galio's unsightly expression and said to Xun Er beside him, "Xun Er, we should come to places that drive away customers less often in the future. Let's go back to our marketplace."
Xun Er's bright eyes blinked lightly, and she nodded like an obedient child, "Okay, Xun Er understands."
Seeing Xun Er nod in agreement to Xiao Yan's words, the two even turned around to leave. Galio's mouth twitched, his fists clenched until they cracked, and he stared fiercely at the genius youth with a gloomy gaze.
"Wait a moment!"
Galio slowly stepped aside, making way for a passage, and said through gritted teeth, "Since you want to buy things at the marketplace, then please do so."
Xiao Yan and Xun Er smiled at each other, and Xun Er took Xiao Yan's arm as they walked into the marketplace through the passage in the crowd.
Galio looked at Xiao Yan's back with a ferocious expression, his knuckles cracking. When Xiao Yan was ten years old, Galio was severely beaten by the mere ten-year-old Xiao Yan for teasing Xun Er.
Xiao Yan's reputation as a genius also started from that time. In other words, Galio was Xiao Yan's stepping stone.
However, four years had passed, and Galio was only a one-star Dou Zhe, while Xiao Yan was already a three-star Dou Zhe.
Almost one star per year, this speed was terrifying!
"Find someone to follow them. Since they dare to come alone, there's an opportunity." Galio made a throat-slitting gesture.
Xiao Yan's powerful Soul naturally knew that someone was tailing them.
"Three seven-star Dou Zhes, they underestimate Xiao Yan-gege too much." Xun Er also noticed that someone was following, but she wasn't worried.
If Galio knew that Xiao Yan had defeated Nalan Yanran, who had learned profound Yunlan Sect cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques, with one move yesterday, then they would definitely not do such a stupid thing.
Not to mention Dou Zhes, even Dou Shis who hadn't cultivated Mystic Rank Dou Techniques were no match for Xiao Yan.
"Xiao Yan-gege, your sudden visit here isn't just for buying things, is it?" Xun Er's eyes were filled with intelligence. She knew that Xiao Yan's sudden risky visit to his opponent's marketplace couldn't be just for buying things.
Xiao Yan stroked Xun Er's hair and said, "Xun Er is so smart, nothing can be hidden from you."
Being praised by Xiao Yan made Xun Er unconsciously reveal a smile on her face.
"At the clan meeting a few days ago, the Great Elder mentioned something. Several Da Dou Shi elders from the Galio Clan and the Oba Clan often leave Wutan City, and I don't know what they're doing. So today, I came to investigate along the way," Xiao Yan replied in a low voice.
If he let other members of the Xiao Clan come, they might really be poisoned.
"Judging from Xiao Yan-gege's appearance, you should have already investigated clearly, right?"
Xiao Yan could only spread his hands helplessly and said with a wry smile, "It seems I can't deceive Xun Er in the future. I do have some clues, but I still need to go back and discuss it with Father."
"Of course, now we should first deal with those few tagalongs."
Xiao Yan slowly turned around to look at the three Dou Zhes who had been following them. Now, Xiao Yan had gone deep into the innermost part of the marketplace, which was still under construction and not yet open to the public, so naturally there were few people.
"Are you going to get lost on your own, or do I have to help you?" Xiao Yan looked at the three seven-star Dou Zhes behind him with sharp eyes, not concealing his killing intent at all.
Generally, the Dou Shis within a clan were rarely in their own marketplace. The Dou Shis within the clan were mainly responsible for protecting the clan's herb-collecting team as they entered the mountains and wilderness to collect herbs, or even leading the team to hunt Magical Beasts to obtain Magic Cores for sale.
The reason why the three major clans built marketplaces was because they themselves were the largest suppliers of herbs and Magic Cores. Instead of selling to others, it was better to sell themselves, so there were clan marketplaces.
As long as the Dou Shis didn't come out, Xiao Yan could walk unhindered with his strength.
The three Dou Zhes exchanged glances. The leading Dou Zhe held a Red Tassel Spear and suddenly took a step forward, using a Dou Technique. The Red Tassel Spear brought up a gust of wind and stabbed straight at Xiao Yan's throat.
Xiao Yan's expression was calm. He stretched out two fingers to clamp the spearhead, and with a snap, he broke the spearhead. Then, with a flick of his finger, the spearhead turned into a dart and instantly pierced through the opponent's shoulder, pinning him to the wall.
His right foot picked up the broken spear on the ground, and he resolved the remaining two with two moves of wielding the long stick.
"You're even weaker than Nalan Yanran."
If Nalan Yanran heard this, she would definitely vomit blood. As the pride of the Yunlan Sect, she had become a unit of measurement for combat power?!!
Xiao Yan walked out of the marketplace and patted Galio's shoulder, saying, "Next time, send someone more powerful."
These words made Galio's qi and blood surge, his eyes bloodshot.
Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan and told Xiao Zhan what he had investigated.
"You're saying they're preparing to refine pills for sale?!"
Xiao Yan nodded and said, "This morning, I went to the Xiao Clan's market and saw that all the merchants selling medicinal herbs in our market had half as much low-level herbs as before."
"And the merchants selling medicinal herbs in their market no longer have any low-level herbs."
"Low-level herbs are generally used to refine Tier 2 and Tier 1 medicinal pills. If it's Tier 1 medicinal pills, it's fine, but if it's Tier 2, it'll be troublesome."
Xiao Zhan's expression changed drastically upon hearing his son's analysis. If the Galio Clan and the Oba Clan really had the ability to refine medicinal pills, it would be a dimensionality reduction strike in Wutan City! The two families united are indeed difficult to deal with! Xiao Yan patted his father's shoulder to comfort him, "Father, you don't need to worry. Tier 2 Alchemists can't be so easily ordered around by the Galio Clan and the Oba Clan."
"And if it really doesn't work, we can ask Grandpa Nalan Jie for help."
"So our top priority now is to have the herb-collecting team collect more herbs, reduce the sale of herbs, and prevent being strangled. With raw materials in hand, we still have some say."
Xiao Zhan sighed and nodded. Although his father and Nalan Jie were friends in life and death, Xiao Zhan didn't really want to ask Nalan Jie for help in his heart. After all, the original agreement was that Xiao Yan would marry Nalan Yanran. If he asked Nalan Jie for help, wouldn't it mean that their Xiao Clan was eating soft rice!
Wouldn't his son become a son-in-law?!
As a father, how could he allow his son to be labeled as someone who eats soft rice?
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Xiao Yan came to a hidden cave in the back mountain alone, took out the Pill Furnace, a large pile of low-level medicinal materials, and a lot of Magic Cores.
In fact, Xiao Yan was just saying that to appease Xiao Zhan. The person he liked was not Nalan Yanran, and he didn't want to have too much involvement with the Nalan family.
Only being strong is the real deal!
"It seems that I have to refine more pills recently. If they can really invite a Tier 2 Alchemist, it won't be enough for me to only refine Tier 1 medicinal pills."
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