Battle Through the Heavens: Beauties Abound Starting with Yunlan and Her Disciples

31: Section 31”Xiao Family, this hatred is irreconcilable! We are mortal enemies!”

The biting cold wind scraped by like a knife. Gale Bi, the head of the Jia Lie Family, knelt on the ground, staring from afar at his son’s corpse, which was hanging above the Xiao Family Market, swaying helplessly in the wind.

Several mercenaries gathered around the ”Gale Brand Dried Meat,” discussing whether the Xiao Family would open a new dried meat business. This hellish scene further intensified Gale Bi’s rage.

His face twisted, his eyes bloodshot, and he roared hoarsely, the hatred in his heart erupting like a volcano.

Beside him, the leader of the Giant Shark Mercenary Group glanced at the ”Gale Brand Dried Meat,” a playful smile curling his lips, his eyes filled with disdain. In his view, the Jia Lie Family was nothing but a bunch of useless trash; now that they could be used by him, they were finally realizing their last bit of value.

”Lord Leader, the Jia Lie Family is willing to submit and pledge allegiance, only begging you to strike and exterminate every single person in the Xiao Family, leaving none alive!” Gale Bi looked at the leader of the Giant Shark Mercenary Group with hope, his voice hoarse and trembling, as if grasping a life-saving straw.

”Very good. Only those who understand the times are heroes. Starting today, my forces will gradually move into Wutan City.” The leader of the Giant Shark Mercenary Group raised the corners of his mouth triumphantly, desperately suppressing the ecstasy in his heart.

Once they controlled Wutan City, they would no longer be a wandering mercenary group without a fixed residence, but a fledgling family with a base. If they developed for a few decades, they might even grow into a new major organization in the Jiama Empire.

Gale Bi fixed his gaze fiercely in the direction of the Xiao Family with eyes full of malice, as if he wanted to devour them alive to vent the hatred in his heart.

At the same time, his gaze was drawn to the ”First-Grade Alchemist Dried Meat” suspended in mid-air, hanging side-by-side with his son’s corpse, both swaying in the cold wind.

This sight brought him a moment of clarity.

”That’s right! There’s also that Alchemist’s family... If they learn he died tragically here, they certainly won’t let the matter rest. This time, the Xiao Family is doomed to eternal damnation!” Gale Bi seemed to suddenly realize something. A look of frantic excitement reappeared on his previously despairing face, and he trembled uncontrollably. It was as if he could already see the tragic scene of the Xiao Family’s blood flowing like a river and corpses littering the ground.

”Disciples of the Xiao Family, heed my order! Effective immediately, unless absolutely necessary, no one is permitted to leave the confines of the Xiao Family Market!”

The elders of the Xiao Family had solemn expressions, warning the younger generation in a serious tone to stay at home as much as possible to prevent accidents. Xiao Yan sat guiltily in her room, watching the snow-covered courtyard outside the window.

The sky was filled with flying snow, drifting down like goose feathers, covering the Xiao Family Market in a silver coat, but also adding a sense of solemnity and danger.

These past few days, the elders in the family had been extremely busy, seriously discussing the movements of the Jia Lie Family, and the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was suffocating.

”Many unfamiliar experts of unknown origin have suddenly appeared on the Jia Lie Family’s side. They have likely invited external aid... Even the junior generation had heard about this matter.

At this moment, Medicine Lady sat cross-legged on the windowsill, yawning, and spoke to the gloomy Xiao Yan.

”They are just a rabble, nothing to fear! Moreover, your Senior Brother has always been confident and calm in times of crisis. Since he isn’t afraid of retaliation, why should you be afraid?”

Medicine Lady was completely confident and unperturbed, entirely unconcerned about the crisis the Xiao Family was currently facing.

”Besides. Even if you truly encounter trouble, your respected Master is here to oversee things, and he will surely turn danger into safety.” ”Mm.”

Xiao Yan pursed her lips and remained silent, but the worry in her heart did not diminish at all.

It was still too difficult for a young lady confined to her chambers to change her mindset in a short time. Just then, they heard someone running and talking.

From afar, they could see the banner of the Mittel Auction House flapping loudly in the snow. ”The people from the Mittel Auction House are here!”

Is Senior Brother here?

In different rooms of the Young ladies’ dormitory, several Young ladies pushed open their windows and poked out their small heads.

However, when they saw each other’s heads sticking out, expressions of embarrassment appeared on their faces, and the atmosphere instantly became subtle.

Xiao Xun’er extended her round fan to cover her slightly flushed pretty face, explaining awkwardly, ”I... I just wanted to see if my Young Master had arrived.”

Xiao Mei also quickly explained, ”I was also checking to see if Older Brother had arrived.”

Seeing that both of them had stated their reasons, Xiao Yan also gave a light cough to conceal her inner shyness and whispered, ”Mm... I was also checking to see if Senior Brother had arrived.”

After the three Young ladies finished speaking, their gazes simultaneously shifted toward Xiao Yu, who had also poked her head out.

Under the slightly teasing gazes of her three younger sisters, Xiao Yu immediately felt her face burn and turn completely red. She stammered, ”I... I was also just checking to see if Young Master Yun had arrived.”

Before her younger sisters, she didn’t know why, but she couldn’t help but state the real reason she had peeked out, feeling extremely shy.

For some reason, watching her sisters stay beside Yun Xiancheng without a care. Watching her sisters happily share the joyful time spent with Yun Xiancheng. Xiao Yu unconsciously grew accustomed to this life.

Especially when she occasionally heard Xiao Mei muttering something: adding intimacy to intimacy.

This made her face flush even more. She had originally wanted to rebuke such thoughts—however, whenever Xiao Yu compared the differences between Yun Xiancheng and the students of Jia Nan Academy...

She couldn’t help but feel that this Young Master of the Cloud Mist Sect was not only far superior to ordinary people in appearance but also terrifyingly fast in cultivation. He was also a good person and got along well with her sisters.

It seemed like ’adding intimacy to intimacy’ wasn’t a big deal after all. After all, Xiao Yu looked at her sisters.

They were sisters who had grown up together since childhood! How miserable would it be if they were separated by vast distances? It would be better to live under the same roof... ”I say...”

Xiao Yu suddenly mustered her courage and said, ”Sisters, why don’t we form an alliance?” ”Form an alliance? For what?”

Xiao Yan asked. ”Hmm?”

Xiao Xun’er felt curious about what Xiao Yu intended to do.

Xiao Mei raised an eyebrow, recalling her dainty appearance that day when Yun Xiancheng went all out in combat power, leaving her feet barely touching the ground.

An alliance was indeed necessary. ”An alliance? Sure.”

Xiao Mei gave a sweet smile, ”After all, we Xiao Family sisters will all be living under the same roof someday.” Hearing this, Xiao Xun’er immediately understood. She lightly waved her round fan and reminded them!

”We will be equal with any future sisters, but we must never form cliques or cause chaos within our little family.” Xiao Xun’er and Xiao Mei were not thinking about the same thing.

For Xiao Mei, after experiencing the struggle under Unlimited Firepower, she just wanted to find more sisters to share the burden of the ’firepower.’ Why would she want to compete for favor?

...

”I understand, Sister Xun’er.”

She nodded and explained, ”You’ll understand later. There won’t be any need to compete for favor at all.”

Xiao Yan was still slow to react after hearing Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun’er’s words, but Medicine Lady was somewhat shocked. Hiding in the ring, she couldn’t help but exclaim:

”Holy crap, the Xiao Family Young ladies are playing too big! How can they discuss this kind of thing with such calm faces?”

058 Helping the Maternal Family

”Uncle, you shouldn’t say that.”

Yun Xiancheng sat gently beside Ya Fei and spoke to Xiao Zhan and the Elders of the Xiao Family seated opposite him:

”The Xiao Family is ultimately my maternal family. Although I cannot help in the name of the Sect, I can certainly help in my personal capacity.” Xiao Zhan and the Elders of the Xiao Family seated opposite him nodded one by one:

”It is our greatest honor that Virtuous Brother is willing to spare the effort to protect the Xiao Family,” Xiao Zhan nodded and said with a smile.

Ya Fei of the Mittel Family sat to the side, wearing a peach-colored long dress, dressed gracefully like a refined young lady. She gently held Yun Xiancheng’s arm, displaying intimacy. The First Elder glanced sideways at Xiao Yu, who was sitting upright beside them, anxiously pressing down the hem of her skirt with both hands.

Xiao Yu was still wearing the Jia Nan Academy uniform, draped with a fox fur cloak. Her feet were unconsciously turned inward, showing her extreme nervousness. Xiao Yu’s small eyes kept looking at Yun Xiancheng’s profile, her small face occasionally flushing.

Seeing this, the First Elder immediately understood. Not bad, not bad. His good granddaughter was indeed sensible.

Beside Xiao Yu were three delicate Xiao Family beauties. Xiao Mei sat on a chair, gently swinging her calves, feeling cheerful. Now, whenever she saw Yun Xiancheng, she felt happy.

Xiao Yan sat up straight, listening carefully to the adults’ conversation.

Xun’er held a book in her hand, reading distractedly, occasionally glancing at Yun Xiancheng. The four delicate flowers of the Xiao Family had unconsciously fallen for him.

”Although the Mittel Family requires us to remain neutral and not participate in internal conflicts within various cities—the Jia Lie Family has repeatedly challenged the Mittel Auction House over the past few months.”

”This has broken the original agreement between the Mittel Family and other families. To protect ourselves, we naturally need to find a helper.”

Ya Fei said from the side, ”We have stopped selling medicinal ingredients to the Jia Lie Family for a long time now. By this point, their reserves of medicinal ingredients are likely insufficient.” Yun Xiancheng and Ya Fei showed incredible tacit understanding, chiming in:

”Commercial failure has forced the Jia Lie Family to resort to extreme measures, even relying on military force to solve commercial problems.”

”They found a Dou Spirit Mercenary Group and a Dou Spirit Alchemist to help,” Ya Fei concluded.

Xiao Zhan’s headache intensified upon hearing this intelligence.

Dou Spirits... The entire Wutan City only has Great Dou Masters. It would be too difficult to fight against a Dou Spirit. ”Then, Miss Ya Fei, Young Sect Leader, do you have any good ideas?”

Such an enemy was not something the Xiao Family could handle. Thus, he turned his pleading gaze toward Yun Xiancheng, wanting to hear how they should resolve the crisis.

They did not attribute the deterioration of relations between the Jia Lie Family and the Xiao Family to Yun Xiancheng leading the Young ladies to smoke the Gale Brand Dried Meat; that was merely the fuse.

The three major families of Wutan City had always harbored intentions of merging with the other families, but they hadn’t openly clashed simply due to the balance of power. Now that the Jia Lie Family had colluded with other forces, the balance was broken.

Even if Yun Xiancheng hadn’t led the Young ladies to turn Jia Lie Ao, Gale Bi’s son, into dried meat, the Jia Lie Family would have found another excuse. Even without an excuse, they could just claim a guard went missing.

”The simplest way to solve violence is with stronger violence,” Yun Xiancheng said.

After all, this wasn’t a female-focused web novel where a Qi Condensation female cultivator could activate the passive skill [False Accusation] and make a Mahayana expert cripple their own cultivation.

If the Jia Lie Family wanted to fight, they would fight them. ”The Mittel Chamber of Commerce can support us with two Great Dou Masters.”

Ya Fei was now showing some promise; the family had arranged guards for her, and after hearing the report, they also dispatched two Dou Spirits to help.

However, those two would likely not arrive in time. ”It’s not enough...”

Just as Xiao Zhan was about to speak, he suddenly saw Yan Ran stand up and walk to Yun Xiancheng’s side, holding the mysterious iron sword box in her hands.

Goosebumps rose all over the First Elder’s body. This mysterious iron sword box was the very one Nalan Yanran had held when Xiao Yan and Yun Xiancheng made the Three-Year Agreement a few months ago.

The powerful aura that day was terrifying. It was obvious...

The foundation of the Cloud Mist Young Sect Leader’s confidence lay right here. What were two mere Dou Spirits compared to the power of a Dou Emperor?

”We understand. The Xiao Family is willing to fully cooperate with the Young Sect Leader’s arrangements.” ”So, we have to engage in actual combat?”

Xiao Yan held a huge ruler in her hand, feeling its immense weight, her face full of disbelief.

Could such a weapon also be used for combat? Medicine Lady gave a thumbs-up:

”Your Senior Brother fought for a rare opportunity for safe actual combat experience for you. You must cherish it well.” ”When you leave Wutan City later, adventuring will be much more dangerous.”

Xiao Yu was wearing a soft white fox fur cloak over her pale purple Jia Nan Academy uniform, adding a touch of nobility and elegance.

She focused on wiping the treasured sword in her hand while secretly looking at Yun Xiancheng, who was surrounded like the moon among stars, seemingly shyly gazing at her lover.

At this moment, Xiao Mei and Nalan Yanran clung to Yun Xiancheng’s sides like two little birds, one on the left and one on the right, speaking in soft, sweet voices, extremely intimate. A sweet aroma permeated the air.

Hmm? Something seems wrong.

Xiao Yu seemed to suddenly notice something, her eyes narrowing slightly. She then asked with some confusion, ”Mei’er, you’ve actually broken through to four-star Dou Practitioner? How... how is that possible?”

Only then did she notice that Xiao Mei, whom she hadn’t seen for many days, had significantly stronger Dou Qi fluctuations within her body and had quietly broken through to the realm of four-star Dou Practitioner.

This greatly astonished her. Following that, she keenly noticed that the strengths of Yun Xiancheng and Nalan Yanran also seemed to have improved to varying degrees, which shocked her even more.

”Hehe, this is all thanks to Senior Brother’s careful guidance. He takes time every day to personally guide me in cultivation, which is why my progress is so fast!”

Xiao Mei smiled playfully and explained in a cheerful tone, not forgetting to secretly glance at Yun Xiancheng, her eyes full of admiration and worship. This explanation immediately attracted the attention of the other Young ladies present, who couldn’t help but turn their gazes toward Yun Xiancheng, their eyes full of curiosity.

Even Medicine Lady, who had been hiding in the ring and silently observing the outside world, couldn’t help but be shocked by the astonishing speed of Yun Xiancheng and Xiao Mei’s progress.

”This speed of progress is absolutely outrageous! Even if he ate the pill I gave him, his progress shouldn’t be this miraculous, right? How did that kid do it?”

”Hmm? What’s wrong?”

Xiao Xun’er, who had been standing quietly aside watching everything, slightly furrowed her delicate brows.

She took Lotus Steps, walked up to Yun Xiancheng, actively grabbed his wrist, and affectionately probed a strand of Spiritual Energy, cautiously sensing the situation within his body, her eyes full of concern.

059 Teasing the Young Lady Guards

This Second Miss of the Gu Clan held Yun Xiancheng’s hand, her eyes filled with...

”Don’t rely on pills to forcefully break through for the safety of everyone; it will affect your future cultivation.”

Feeling Xiao Xun’er’s concern, Yun Xiancheng’s heart warmed, and he smiled, ”No, no, I won’t try to help the shoots grow by pulling them up.”

Subsequently, he pulled Xiao Xun’er’s delicate body into his embrace, making her cling tightly to him.

He then slowly refined his own Spiritual Energy and guided it to intertwine with the Spiritual Energy Xiao Xun’er had probed into his body, sensing the wonderful sensation.

”Ah! Wha—what are you doing?”

Xiao Xun’er instantly felt a wave of shyness upon sensing the peculiar sensation brought by the intertwining of the two types of Spiritual Energy.

Her delicate body softened, and she involuntarily collapsed into Yun Xiancheng’s arms. A charming blush, utterly captivating, appeared on her already gorgeous face.

Yun Xiancheng had no intention of letting go. Instead, he used his Dou Qi to gently stimulate the Dou Qi within Xiao Xun’er’s body. The two energies slowly circulated through Xun’er’s meridians, leaving a trace of Yun Xiancheng’s presence within her body.

Feeling Yun Xiancheng’s warm Dou Qi, Xiao Xun’er’s face immediately became even rosier, as if blood was about to drip from it. Her shy appearance made one want to lean in and kiss her.

Seeing this scene, the expressions of the other Young ladies immediately became amusing. They giggled as they watched the blushing Xiao Xun’er, their eyes full of teasing and mockery.

They seemed long accustomed to such scenes and were unfazed. After all, it was just a hug; it was no big deal, and they were already used to it.

Xiao Yan couldn’t help but take a step forward, seemingly fantasizing that she was the one being held in Yun Xiancheng’s arms—how happy that would be... However, just as Yun Xiancheng was immersed in this gentle embrace, enjoying the company of the surrounding women.