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Chapter 15 – Xiao Yulong’s Probing
Only after Xiao Che and Xia Qingyue finished eating breakfast did Xiao Lie return, an unprecedentedly heavy look written on his face, along with a bit of shock that had yet to completely disperse
“Grandfather, what happened?” Xiao Che promptly stood up and asked
“A major event For the Xiao Clan, this is an enormous matter” Xiao Lie said, yet his furrowed brow loosened “But, it shouldn’t have much to do with us”
“An enormous matter? What kind of matter is it?” Xiao Che was even more astonished
“It’s the Xiao Sect”
“The Xiao Sect?” This tiyue raised an eyebrow
“About half an hour ago, the clan master received a letter from the Xiao Sect The letter said that the Xiao Sect will iroup of people here Not only that, but the leader of that group is the Xiao Sect’s current Sect Master Xiao Juetian’s youngest son!” Xiao Lie said slowly
“…” This news caused Xiao Che to fall quiet for a long while before saying: “If that’s true, then so doesn’t make sense While our Xiao Clan did coo, the Xiao Sect has always treated us with conteust With more than one hundred years of separation, there couldn’t be anyone in the Xiao Sect that would care about our tiny Xiao Clan Why would they suddenly send people here? But to say that they’re plotting so… the Xiao Sect’s influence covers the sky, ould they need to plot against us? To say that they’re granting us a favor, is even more impossible”
Xiao Lie shook his head and said: “Of course there’s a reason Our Xiao Clan’s founding ancestor, Xiao Bieli, was secretly expelled from the Xiao Sect because his talent was just too poor, but his father was, at the ti Not long ago, Xiao Zheng died In the year before he died, his thoughts no longer were of chasing power and fame, but rather that he still had Xiao Bieli as a son After one hundred years without contact, his heart was asha that the Xiao Sect could, after his death, find Xiao Bieli’s descendents and from their youth select the most talented candidate to take back to the Xiao Sect to cultivate This also serves as an apology for the disregard that he had shown Xiao Bieli and the subsequent expulsion”
An ordinary person can’t live to be over a hundred But when one’s profound strength reaches a certain point, living for a few hundred years wasn’t out of the question It’s said that once one breaks through to the Emperor Profound Realm, their life expectancy would span thousands of years After listening to Xiao Lie’s words, Xiao Che first pondered and then felt relieved No wonder the Xiao Sect would suddenly voluntarily send people to visit Turns out it was this kind of thing It see the Xiao Sect, so the Xiao Sect honored his final wish He also realized why Xiao Lie said that this had nothing to do with them “Select the most talented candidate to take back to the Xiao Sect to cultivate”… There was no way this most talented candidate any relation with Xiao Che
However, it was obvious that the inner thoughts of the other elders, after hearing this news, should be surging greatly To be taken back to the Xiao Sect to cultivate? What kind of idea was that? If any of their sons or grandsons were picked and taken back to the Xiao Sect, then it would be like an earthwor between the clouds overnight! All of their relatives would take take flight behind theantly ithout fear of consequence not only a Cloud City Anyone who dares to disagree, if told “Xiao Sect” those tords, even the city governor wouldn’t dare to talk back
(TL: Literally means “wouldn’t dare to fart half a fart”, this obviously doesn’t translate well)
Xiao Lie’s expression looked to be truly peaceful, but the disappointreat effort still couldn’t escape Xiao Che’s eyes Within the Xiao Clan, there wasn’t anyone who didn’t have the desire to go to the Xiao Sect Even the hi there, this was no doubt the best opportunity to get close to them, because nohen they can directly interact with the Xiao Sect’s people The other Xiao Clan members all possess that sliver of hope Only Xiao Lie did not even dare to hope, because there’s no way that Xiao Che would be the person that the Xiao Sect would pick
Xiao Che opened histo co tile word to say His profound veins’ condition was clearly well-known Even if he said soh this does not have anything to do with us, that can also be a good thing The Xiao Sect is as large as the sky Even if we did go there, we’d be a the lowest ranked people How can it co Cloud City?” Xiao Lie easily laughed, sitting at the dining table: “Corandfather finish breakfast”
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After co out of Xiao Lie’s courtyard, Xiao Che immediately realized that the entire Xiao Clan’s ated Nor theirHowever, now, as far as the eye can see, there were only scattered shadows,with hurried footsteps and faces full of excitement