Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Changes in the Xiao Family
Upon returning to the Xiao family, Xiao Zhan noticed a tense atmosphere among the guards, who seemed to be facing a formidable enemy. This, coupled with the changes he had observed in the city of Wutan, indicated that things had changed in the six months he had been away.
After reflecting, Xiao Zhan was not surprised by these changes. After all, the Xiao family's dominance over the city of Wutan had been based on their own strength, demonstrated through the power of Dou Ling. However, with Xiao Zhan's absence, the fear had dissipated, and ambitious people had emerged, making it difficult for the family to maintain their control over the city.
A family that relied on the strength of a single person could not last long. Once something happened to that person, the family's decline would happen overnight, as had happened when the emperor expelled the Xiao family.
When they arrived at the gate of the family, several guards immediately showed signs of alertness upon seeing a stranger. However, upon learning it was Xiao Zhan, they felt relieved.
In the inner courtyard of the family, a little girl was practicing qi. Although she was still a little pale, her spirit had improved since arriving at the Xiao family. Over time, the compatibility of the flames in her body had become higher, which had decreased the discomfort that fire had previously caused her.
Suddenly, an old voice announced Xiao Zhan's return, surprising the girl. Although she had heard of the changes that had occurred in the Xiao family during his absence, she trusted that Xiao Zhan's return would resolve any problems that had arisen.
According to what Ling Lao had said, Xiao Zhan had been secretly promoted to Dou Wang before leaving, and after six months away, he was even stronger. With his return, the girl no longer needed to rely on her secret protector to face her enemies.
Carefully speaking, when he first arrived at the Xiao family's house, Uncle Xiao Zhan seemed to be a Dou Ling.
His talent in cultivation did not seem to be bad in this place called the Jia Ma Empire.
Xiao Zhan, led by the family guards, went to the residence of the three elders. In the past, the three elders stayed in their respective places, but now, all three remained together. At the door of the house they were in, there were many guards waiting in formation, including several members of the Xiao family who were fighters. When Xiao Zhan approached, he even smelled the scent of medicine coming from the house.
"Patriarch!"
"Patriarch!"
As Xiao Zhan approached, all clan members who knew of the patriarch's return addressed him with respect.
"Go ahead first," Xiao Zhan said to the people guarding the door.
Everyone did not doubt that he was there and withdrew one by one. In their minds, the strongest patriarch of the Xiao family had returned, and there was no need to worry about who might sneak in here and attack the three elders.
Upon entering the room, Xiao Zhan saw the three elders lying together in the room for the first time. All three had black faces and were apathetic. After realizing that Xiao Zhan had entered, some of them wanted to get up and greet him.
Xiao Zhan waved his hand and said, "There's no need to stand up, I already know what has happened." The affairs of the Xiao family or the city of Wutan aren't complicated. The Jialie family, the orphans, and widows left behind by Jialebi, recruited a group of mysterious masters out of nowhere and attacked the Xiao family. The three elders of the Xiao family led their clan members to fight amongst themselves, but were injured by the opponent. What's more important is that the opponent's fighting spirit still contains strong poison. Not long after the three elders were injured, they were found poisoned.
And after the three high-level combat powers suffered serious damage, many of the cities previously occupied by the Xiao family were also reoccupied by the Jialie family, so this was the situation that Xiao Zhan saw when he returned.
"Patriarch, we..." The three elders showed shame when they heard Xiao Zhan's words.
When the patriarch left, they promised to handle the affairs of the Xiao family well, but in the end, such things happened, which really made them feel ashamed in front of the patriarch.
"You don't need to blame yourselves. After all, accidents are inevitable," Xiao Zhan said. He didn't blame the three elders, on the contrary, they dared to fight against those mysterious people for the sake of the Xiao family. As for losing, it was nothing more than lack of strength and inferior skills.
Before the three could open their mouths, he said again, "It's alright, don't speak, I'll detoxify you first."
Xiao Zhan isn't a pharmacist, but he has read the Seven-Colored Poison Sutra and is competent in the way of using poison. Not to mention this trip, he also inherited a strange flame from the great elder of the Xiao clan.
The three elders didn't say anything immediately, but they also had a lot of curiosity about how the patriarch would detoxify them.
Immediately, with a wave of Xiao Zhan's sleeve, a white flame ball flew out, quickly spread out, and hovered over them. Because Xiao Zhan deliberately controlled it, they didn't leave the white flame. Feeling a terrifying temperature, instead of feeling discomfort, they only felt comfortable in their bodies, and the discomfort caused by the severe poison gradually disappeared under this kind of heat.
The dual flames of yin and yang, the white fire dominates, and life is endless. At this moment, Xiao Zhan is using the healing power of the white flame to refine the poison in the bodies of the three elders.
The strength of the person who attacked the three elders wasn't too strong for Xiao Zhan, otherwise, the three wouldn't be alive and would have died long ago, so Xiao Zhan quickly dissolved the poison in their bodies.
It was this method that made him think of the Poison Master.
The mysterious expert with whom the orphans and widows of the Jialie family are conspiring probably isn't the Poison Master, but is also related to him.
In the Jia Ma Empire, there's basically no Poison Masters, and the Izumo Empire, which is hostile to the Jia Ma Empire, has the greatest existence of them. Now, a group of people suspected of being Poison Masters appeared in the city of Wutan, which made Xiao Zhan feel very curious.
Of course, whether the other party is a Poison Master or not, he can find out by testing it.
Xiao Zhan didn't make any plans before moving. He detoxified the three elders and ordered people to take care of them. He immediately left the Xiao family and headed to the re-established Jialie family. Passing through the gate of the Jialie house, at the same time, he alarmed many existences in the Jialie house.
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