"My daughter's innocence is more important than her life! If my granddaughter can't marry Xiao Yan, I'm afraid she'll have no face to live on... If I can't make decisions for my granddaughter, I, this old man, will have no face to see her father."
Speaking of the emotional part, the Grand Elder's eyes reddened, and old tears streamed down his face.
"What?!" Xiao Zhan's heart trembled. Yan'er and Xiao Yu? When did this happen?
Qin Yueyao also slowly stood up, quite surprised. Although Yan'er was a bit playful on weekdays, he wouldn't be so young as to...
"Absolutely impossible!" Xiao Yan suddenly stood up. If this became a "three men make a tiger" situation, even fake things would be said to be true, and he would be in a difficult situation.
With two different statements, Xiao Zhan and Qin Yueyao looked at each other, somewhat at a loss. Who should they believe?
"Do you dare say you didn't see my granddaughter bathing that day?" The Grand Elder's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and his back was straight.
"Grandpa!" Xiao Yu called out shyly. She had only told her maid about this once, and she didn't expect that girl to be so talkative.
For a moment, several people looked at Xiao Yan with even more strange gazes. What the other person said sounded so real; it didn't seem fake.
Ya Fei's beautiful eyes blinked lightly. She only half-believed what the Xiao family's Grand Elder said.
Although this Miss Xiao Yu looked good now, a few years ago, she was definitely far inferior to her. Why...
Ya Fei's gaze lingered on Xiao Yu for a moment, and she didn't believe it at all. With her discernment, this Xiao Yu was clearly an innocent maiden.
"Yan'er, is there such a thing?" Qin Yueyao stepped forward and asked.
Xiao Yan lowered his head slightly: "That was several years ago. I was cultivating in the back mountain and was chased by a magical beast for a while, which led me to accidentally enter the back mountain hot spring, but I didn't do anything."
"You naughty boy, you've already seen someone's daughter's body, what else do you want to do!" Qin Yueyao raised her hand and knocked Xiao Yan on the head, then looked at Xiao Yu with a smile.
She had watched this girl grow up; those dazzling beautiful legs were definitely one in a million.
The child born in the future would definitely be tall.
Teng Shan didn't expect the competition to be so fierce. He looked up at Xiao Zhan and handed over the plate in his hand: "Patriarch Xiao, my cultivation method..."
"Everything has been explained clearly. How to handle it, the family head can decide." The Grand Elder took out a dagger, with the air of being ready to die at any moment.
"I..." Xiao Zhan looked at his wife with some difficulty. This matter was also difficult for him. He had just taken in one the other day, and now there were two more.
Qin Yueyao also had no good idea for a moment. Agreeing to either one was not good, and agreeing to both, these two would probably not be happy either.
Xiao Yan glanced at the Grand Elder. This old man was truly reckless, but he was doing it for his granddaughter, which made his recklessness a bit cute.
"Mother, I suddenly remembered that I had an appointment with Xun'er to discuss cultivation. Everything here is up to you." Throwing this trouble to his mother, Xiao Yan quickly took the scroll from Teng Shan.
In one or two steps, Xiao Yan disappeared without a trace, leaving only a voice: "This Wind Roll Art is just right to use, so I'll take it for now."
With the Xuan-tier high-grade cultivation method taken, Teng Shan felt a bit more confident: "Madam Xiao, this..."
"Family Head, my granddaughter's innocence..." The Grand Elder said anxiously. He couldn't produce a Xuan-tier high-grade cultivation method.
"Both of you, don't rush. My son is still very young, he has plenty of time." Qin Yueyao smiled at the two, "I just handled one case the other day, and after only one day, two more cases came. This matter is easy to say, but not pleasant to hear."
Teng Shan and the Grand Elder naturally understood the meaning behind this; it made it seem like their family's people couldn't get married.
Moreover, this wouldn't be a good reputation for Xiao Yan.
"I think this matter should wait until my son comes of age," Qin Yueyao sat back down in her original seat.
Teng Shan and the Grand Elder pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement. At least there was no refusal, so there was still a chance.
Qin Yueyao looked at Ya Fei and Xiao Yu, and she was satisfied with both of them in their own ways.
Leaving the Xiao family's guest reception hall, Xiao Yan quickly walked towards Xun'er's courtyard.
He made up his mind that if he went to the guest reception hall again in the future, he would have to be more cautious. He really had no mental preparation at all today.
"Brother Xiao Yan, why aren't you receiving guests? Why did you come here?" The girl under the shade of the tree smiled at the black-robed young man who pushed the door open and entered.
"They're also guests..." Xiao Yan blurted out, then suddenly felt something was wrong. This girl clearly knew about the guest reception hall.
"It's quite tiring." Xiao Yan walked to Xun'er's side and shamelessly lay on the girl's plump and round jade legs, squinting slightly, enjoying the warm sunlight.
Unlike Little Fairy Doctor's somewhat cold skin, Xun'er's body was warm, as if full of infinite vitality.
He wondered to what extent Little Fairy Doctor had cultivated the "Three Paths Poison Canon" and if she had made any further progress.
Looking down at the young man who was enjoying himself with his eyes closed, Xun'er's original resentment in her heart immediately dissipated by eighty to ninety percent.
She could only blame Brother Xiao Yan for being too outstanding; every girl liked him... And, who told her to like this bad guy since childhood?
Taking out a string of lychees from her storage ring, Xun'er skillfully peeled off the skin with her jade-like slender hands, then gently placed them into the young man's mouth.
Xiao Yan wasn't just enjoying himself; he took out the iron piece he bought yesterday from the Bone Flame Ring and focused on perceiving it.
Just from the material, this was not an ordinary iron piece, though it looked somewhat similar.
Moreover, the casting method was very peculiar, capable of recording information into something the size of a fingernail.
Usually, when refining puppets, Xiao Yan had come into contact with many strange materials, and he himself was considered a refining master. After carefully studying it for a while, he deciphered the secret of this item.
However, Xiao Yan knew that replicating this thing was easy, but with the current cultivation level of the Dou Qi Continent, even good things wouldn't be recognized by anyone.
It was also troublesome to use; if one's soul power was a bit weak, they couldn't fully read the content.
To unleash its great value, he could only use this item as a basis to create a new one.
The materials should be common and easy to find, and it should preferably be usable and creatable with Dou Qi.
After about the time it takes to eat a meal, Xiao Yan had an idea.
If it were a few days ago, he wouldn't have been able to achieve such speed.
But recently, he had reorganized his cultivation experience, gaining new insights into the use of Dou Qi and casting techniques.
[You deduced the manufacturing principle of the 'mysterious iron piece'. You comprehended, you had an epiphany of the Dou Qi Jade Slip.]
[Dou Qi Jade Slip: A method of storing information in a jade slip using Dou Qi.]
With the epiphany complete, a satisfied smile appeared on Xiao Yan's lips.
Although this kind of jade slip was just an ordinary item in some cultivation worlds, even the most ordinary items were created by humans, and it took who knows how many years of evolution to reach their final maturity.
And now, the creation of this epoch-making item was in his hands.
Its achievement, he believed, would make anyone extraordinarily excited.
(End of Chapter)
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