"Prosper and flourish?"
Hearing Liu Panlong's laughter, Ao Ba Pa and the many high-level members of the Ao Ba family showed wry smiles on their faces.
Although both Ya Fei and Liu Panlong had bluntly said that becoming a vassal of the Xiao family was not a shameful thing, but rather obtaining a brilliant future.
However, becoming someone else's servant, with even one's life and death controlled by others, was ultimately a somewhat bitter affair.
In the past, the two major families of Wutan City that once stood as hegemons alongside the Xiao family, one was driven away like a stray dog, while the other took the initiative to come and bow down in submission.
This truly made many Xiao family members feel very proud. The Xiao family had actually resolved the two major families without bloodshed, thus becoming the largest family in Wutan City, bar none.
Of course, while being proud, they would not forget who had brought about this sudden advantage and this pride.
However, the young man at the core of this matter was completely indifferent to it.
Although he always regarded this small Wutan City as his hometown, Xiao Yan's heart could accommodate the vast universe.
Therefore, he naturally wouldn't pay too much attention to these minor squabbles in Wutan City.
Two months later, on the back mountain of the Xiao family.
"Swish!"
With a burst of energy from her jade-like hand, the young girl's smooth, jade-like fair calf pushed off forcefully. Her figure, like a nimble swallow, quickly attacked the young man standing opposite her.
Seeing the young girl's serious appearance, the corners of the young man's mouth lifted slightly. With a strange sidestep, he brushed past that burst of energy. Then, the smile on his lips suddenly turned mischievous. He extended his hands and suddenly wrapped them around her slender waist.
Using a gentle force in his palms to dissipate the girl's momentum, Xiao Yan chuckled and then held the shy, red-faced girl in his arms.
"Not bad, not bad, you've made rapid progress recently. You've already reached the eighth Duan of Dou Qi so quickly."
Looking at the girl in his arms, whose chest was heaving slightly from exhaustion, Xiao Yan reached out and wiped the sweat from her smooth forehead, then let her down under her shy gaze.
"Brother Xiao Yan is so bad. You're always a bit dishonest when we spar."
After being let down by Xiao Yan, Xun'er's little face was crimson, it was hard to tell if it was from exhaustion or shyness. In any case, she looked like a red apple, exceptionally cute.
"Hehe."
Towards Xun'er's complaint, Xiao Yan just smiled noncommittally without refuting. He just rubbed her head and chuckled softly, "Have you finished the spiritual liquids I prepared for you before?"
Hearing Xiao Yan's question, Xun'er nodded gently. Her originally feigned fierce little face instantly softened, her lips curving into a sweet and elegant smile.
"Almost finished. With Brother Xiao Yan's spiritual liquid, my progress has indeed become much faster."
"That's good. You must strive to break through to a one-star Dou Zhe before Jia Nan Academy comes here. At that time, we will enter Jia Nan Academy together."
Xiao Yan chuckled softly.
In his previous life, he had first gone to the Tager Desert to find the Green Lotus Core Flame. But that was because he was indeed very weak and needed to rely on Yao Lao's guidance to train step by step.
But in this life, possessing incomparably rich experience, he no longer needed to accumulate as he did in his previous life. What he needed to do was to continuously collect Heavenly Flames and accelerate his cultivation speed.
Therefore, compared to the dry and boring Tager Desert, the chaotic and rich Black-Corner Region was perhaps more suitable for the rapid improvement of Xiao Yan's strength.
In addition to this, Xiao Yan also had a somewhat improper thought vaguely in his mind.
That was, this time, he wanted to rely on his own strength to conquer Her Majesty the Queen, who was still high and mighty in the Snake-People tribe, in an open and honorable manner, instead of taking advantage of her precarious situation with the Fallen Heart Flame again.
Besides, he also wanted to see what kind of story would unfold after Yun Yun met him. Remembering that he seemed to have received no small amount of help from these two women before becoming a Dou Wang in his previous life, the smile on Xiao Yan's lips unknowingly gained a faint hint of wickedness.
"In this life, I don't want to be a freeloader anymore. I will truly, with my own strength, capture both of you, body and heart."
Looking at the faint evil smile on Xiao Yan's lips, Xun'er gently furrowed her delicate brows and finally pinched Xiao Yan lightly with her small hand.
"Brother Xiao Yan, are you thinking of something bad in your head again? The corners of your mouth are almost reaching your ears."
Being pinched like this by Xun'er, Xiao Yan finally came out of his fantasy. His pair of pitch-black eyes looked at Xun'er, who was wrinkling her small face, and a rare feeling of being caught cheating flashed in the depths of his eyes.
"Xun'er, if in the future, for some unavoidable reasons, I have some special interactions with other women, will you hate me?"
Staring at that pair of watery eyes, Xiao Yan suddenly asked out of the blue.
"With other women?"
After hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xun'er was stunned for a moment, then her pretty little face turned somewhat pale.
"Other women! You're talking about that vixen Ya Fei, aren't you! Sister Xiao Yu was right, you men are all big pig trotters, and so is Brother Xiao Yan!"
Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xun'er was so rarely agitated that two drops of tears flowed out. Her jade-like little face looked as if it were adorned with pearls on both sides. Although she had not yet developed into a great beauty, she was already pitiable to behold.
"Xun'er, Xun'er, don't be angry. I was just joking with you."
Seeing the little girl like this, even Xiao Yan's heart, which had been through many storms, couldn't help but tremble. He quickly pulled her into his arms to comfort her.
"I'm not just talking about Ya Fei, that one vixen..."
Sighing bitterly in his heart, Xiao Yan finally realized that truly wanting to bring all these people into a harem was far more difficult than fighting the Soul Emperor, or even the Heavenly Evil God.
After all, what he wanted was not just their bodies, but their hearts. To love a woman is not just to love her body, but also to maintain her personality.
If the person changed, what remained would only be a beautiful skin. Although men all have the common problem of being lecherous, a figure like Xiao Yan had never lacked beauties by his side.
The reason he liked them so much was because he had shared beautiful memories with them, and both sides admired each other's character and temperament.
Strength can obtain many things, but fate transcends it.
After spending a great deal of effort to coax Xun'er back to her room, the door was slammed shut directly by the little girl.
"Hmph! I'm ignoring you!"
Hearing the girl's aggrieved voice still carrying a hint of sobs, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh lightly. After standing at the door for a long while, he finally left with a trace of guilt.
"Counting the time, today should be the day to deliver the goods to Ya Fei, right?"
After walking out of Xun'er's courtyard, Xiao Yan gently shook his head. Thinking of Ya Fei's alluring and tempting appearance, he finally let go of some of the gloom in his heart.
However, even he didn't notice that not long after he left, the door opened again, revealing a delicate little face with a sad expression.
"Although this is harder than killing the Soul Emperor, in this life, I must do it."
Casting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Xiao Yan walked towards Liu Panlong's courtyard.
But as soon as he entered the door, he heard Yao Lao's roar.
"Are you a pig? You can't even understand such a simple principle!"
(End of this chapter)