Chapter 24 Xun'er's Strangeness
Xiao Se had never cared about the dispute between Xiao Yan and his son and the three elders of the Xiao family. He still had his eyes slightly closed. While resting his eyes, he recalled the battle with Long Kui in his mind, which move went wrong, which position was mistaken.
"Brother, why is it so noisy outside?" Long Kui's light and slightly lazy voice suddenly rang in Xiao Se's heart.
This voice was somewhat different from Longkui's. It was very soft, giving people a feeling of being cleansed in the soul. Xiao Se recognized that it was Longkui.
"Long Kui, are you awake?" Xiao Se responded in his heart with a slight smile.
"Well, Long Kui hasn't slept so comfortably in a long time...it's just that it's too noisy outside now." In Xiao Se's heart, Long Kui's sweet voice sounded again.
"Don't worry, brother will sing a song for you, okay?" Xiao Se said with a smile.
"Well, then brother, sing. Long Kui is listening." In the magic sword space, Long Kui was sleeping on the soft bed that Xiao Se prepared for him. His mind recalled the scene when Long Kui took off his clothes yesterday, and his pretty face flushed.
"Twinkle, twinkle little star" Xiao Se hummed in a voice that only he could hear.
Xun'er, who was sitting next to Xiao Se, was slightly startled. Others might not have heard Xiao Se's hum clearly, but she, whose soul was also naturally strong, heard it.
Tilting her head to look at Xiao Se, Xun Er frowned slightly and murmured in her heart: "What kind of song is this? Why do I always feel like I've seen it before?"
He thought about it carefully, but just couldn't remember. He shook his head in distress and simply stopped thinking about it. He looked at Xiao Yan again.
At this moment, Xiao Yan and the three elders had reached a point of tension.
"Xiao Yan, do you want to continue to serve as the young clan leader?" The great elder narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice.
"It's not that Xiao Yan wants the position of young clan leader. This is about my father's reputation. If my position of young clan leader is abolished, how can my father establish prestige among the clan members in the future?" Xiao Yan said righteously.
"Since ancient times, the position of the young patriarch has always been held by capable people. Back then, old patriarch Xiao Lin defeated the son of the previous patriarch won the position of young patriarch, and then became the patriarch. The Xiao family cannot undermine the rules of our ancestors just because you are the son of the patriarch."
Hearing the word "prestige", the elder sneered in his heart and put a big hat on him. Didn't the three elders abolish Xiao Yan's position as the young patriarch just to weaken Xiao Zhan's voice in the Xiao family and gain more benefits?
"You" Xiao Yan's face froze, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"Yan'er, stop talking. The family rules of our ancestors cannot be violated." Xiao Zhan's helpless voice came from the first seat.
Although he also knew that the three elders were deliberately looking for trouble, they were not wrong. Not only the young clan leader, but even the clan leader was a position that was held by the most capable people. He, Xiao Zhan, was able to be the clan leader because his cultivation was the highest among the Xiao family.
Hearing Xiao Zhan's words, the elder smiled with satisfaction, waved his hand, and solemnly announced: "In this case, I now officially announce that Xiao Yan's position as the young patriarch of the Xiao family will be abolished, and a capable person will be selected when he appears. Xiao Yan will be demoted to an ordinary disciple of the Xiao family and move out of the Xiao family's main courtyard. The supply of training resources will be reduced by 90%, and the monthly supply will be reduced to ten gold coins. The extra training resources and gold coins will be allocated to the outstanding young generation of the Xiao family."
As soon as the Great Elder finished speaking, it was not surprising that a commotion of ridicule arose in the hall.
"The third stage of Dou Qi, hehe, even if his talent for cultivation is restored, he won't be able to break through to Dou Zhe again in seven or eight years."
"Hey, who told him to be so arrogant and domineering in the beginning? He didn't care about anyone except his father."
"Twelve years old, and only has the third stage of Dou Qi. Others of this age have at least the fourth stage."
"He has wasted the family's resources for many years, so he should be expelled from the family."
The disdain and ridicule coming from all around fell into Xiao Yan's ears, like sharp thorns piercing into his heart, causing Xiao Yan's breathing to suddenly become rapid.
When the dust settled, Xiao Yan glanced at Xiao Zhan at the top, who seemed to have aged a lot in an instant. His throat tightened and he ran out of the meeting hall without looking back, leaving only a lonely and desolate back for everyone.
He needed to vent his anger.
As Xiao Yan's position as the young clan leader was abolished, the clan meeting ended "perfectly", and the elders and younger generations of the Xiao family also left one after another.
"Cousin Xiao Se, cousin Xiao Se, the clan meeting is over, it's time to go." Xun'er glanced at Xiao Se, who was still resting with his eyes closed, and hesitated for a moment, but decided to push him gently and remind him.
Xiao Se slowly opened his eyes, looked at the people around him who were leaving one after another, then looked at Xiao Xun'er, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. Xiao Yan had left, but Xiao Xun'er didn't follow him.
"Oh, thank you." Xiao Se nodded to Xiao Xun'er, then stood up and left.
"Cousin Xiao Se, please wait a moment." Not long after Xiao Se walked out of the meeting hall, Xun'er's light voice suddenly sounded behind him.
Turning back, Xiao Se said calmly, "Miss Xun'er, what's the matter?"
"No, nothing. I just want to ask what song cousin Xiao Se was humming softly in the hall just now. I feel like I've heard it somewhere before." Xun'er blinked her big watery eyes and said with a smile.
Hearing this, Xiao Se frowned. He was humming a Blue Star nursery rhyme, which Xun'er could not have heard before. If she had to have heard it before, it was very likely that Xiao Yan, a traveler from a parallel world, sang it to her.
Thinking of this, Xiao Se cursed himself inwardly for being careless. He forgot that Xun'er next to him also had naturally strong spiritual power and could hear even the slightest sound.
"I think Miss Xun'er may have heard it wrongly. I didn't hum any song. I have something else to do. Goodbye."
Without waiting for the other party to reply, Xiao Se walked towards the gate of the Xiao family without looking back.
Looking at Xiao Se's receding, Xiao Xun'er was confused by Xiao Se's coquettish behavior of keeping people at a distance. She stood there for a long time before she reacted, stamped her feet, pouted her lips, and spat softly: "Humph, if you don't want to say it, then don't say it."
A deserted alley in Wutan City.
"Long Kui, there is no one around watching us, right?" Xiao Se scanned the surroundings with his sharp eyes, and after finding that there was no one around, he shouted in his heart.
"Brother, don't worry. The person in Fangshi who used soul power to monitor you last time did not follow us." In his mind, Long Kui's graceful voice suddenly sounded.
Xiao Se nodded slightly and waved his hand, and a black robe appeared out of thin air in his hand. He quickly put it on his body.
After tidying himself up a bit and making sure that no one could recognize his figure and appearance, he stepped out onto the street and headed towards the Mittel Auction Shop in the city center.
Walking into the auction house, under the vigilant gaze of the guards, Xiao Se approached the appraiser with ease.
The middle-aged man sitting on the chair beside the table was slightly startled when he saw Xiao Se, then he stood up, walked quickly to Xiao Se, and asked respectfully: "Are you, Master Pu?"
"Hmm." A familiar hoarse voice of a middle-aged man came from under the black robe.
Hearing this familiar voice, although he didn't know why Xiao Se's voice was a little higher than a month ago, the middle-aged man didn't pay too much attention to it and excitedly led him to the VIP room.