Xia Yan put on the white clothes Xiaoqing sent and stretched out her arms. It felt very suitable, even more suitable than what she picked in a clothing store.
"This fabric is also very comfortable!" Xia Yan gently slid his fingers on the clothes. The fabric was very soft. Although it was not made of very expensive and gorgeous materials, it was very comfortable and comfortable to wear.
After putting the golden ticket in his lapel and the brocade box found on Su Li's body in the cabinet, Xia Yan went out. Saying goodbye to Xiao Qing, he hurriedly left the small courtyard and headed towards the courtyard where the clan leader Xia Feilong lived.
.
"Master Xia Yan!"
As soon as he turned the intersection, Xia Yan heard someone calling him.
"The patriarch is in the living room. He asked you to hurry up when you come back." The guard said respectfully to Xia Yan.
"What's so urgent?" Xia Yan frowned in surprise again, wondering in his heart, what on earth could make the clan leader so anxious to find him?
The guard still bowed and said: "Back to Master Xia Yan, I don't know exactly what happened, but Miss Xia Zixin, Master Xia Liu, and the eldest elder, fourth elder, seventh elder, and eighth elder of the Xia family are all in the living room now.
Inside. In addition, there are several important guests."
"Important guest!" Xia Yan frowned and repeated.
He thought to himself: "The problem should be with these guests. The clan leader must be anxious for me to meet these important guests."
"I know, I'll go there right away." Xia Yan chuckled at the guard.
As soon as he stepped forward, the spiritual power reached the soles of his feet in an instant. Then, Xia Yan turned into a breeze and disappeared in an instant.
As soon as the guard heard Xia Yan's words, he felt a gust of wind blow by, and a white figure suddenly flashed in front of his eyes.
"Eh?" The guard was stunned, "Where is Master Xia Yan?"
When the guards were looking for Xia Yan, Xia Yan had already disappeared.
living room!
Facing the front door is the largest building among the Xia family buildings. Usually, this living room is used to entertain distinguished guests. There are many rooms inside, and even hundreds of guests can easily accommodate them at the same time.
At this time, there were sixteen people standing outside the door of the living room, eight of whom were guards of the Xia family, and eight others, although they were also dressed as guards, were obviously not from the Xia family.
Xia Yan turned his eyes and thought, these people are not from Yushui City.
"Where did these people come from?" Xia Yan recalled, "It seems that I have never seen these people before."
In fact, he had been nesting in that abandoned courtyard a year ago. Even if these guests came to Xia's house, he would not be able to see them.
"Master Xia Yan!"
When Xia Yan's figure appeared in the sight of all the guards, the eight guards of the Xia family said respectfully together.
The other eight people glanced at Xia Yan with sharp eyes.
Xia Yan didn't care, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, fellow guards!"
"Master Xia Yan, I'm going to inform the clan leader!" A burly guard captain clasped his fists and said respectfully to Xia Yan.
Xia Yan nodded, "Okay!"
After a while, the guard captain who went in to report quickly walked out of the hall and shouted to Xia Yan: "Master Xia Yan, the patriarch wants you to go in now!"
Xia Yan nodded, stepped up the steps, and entered the main entrance of the living room with a few swings.
This is Xia Yan's first time coming to the living room. The furnishings in the hall are very simple and elegant, and all the utensils are made of fine wood. It is divided into two floors. The guest rooms where guests live are all on the second floor. One
The huge hall is a place where the host and guests discuss matters or chat.
As soon as Xia Yan entered the gate, he saw Xia Feilong and several elders sitting on the chairman's chair. The guest seats opposite were filled with people Xia Yan had never seen before. One of the old men's eyes flashed from time to time, obviously
He is a powerful master.
Next to the old man, there was a relatively obvious young man, who was about the same age as Xia Yan. He was holding a simple long sword in his hand, but there was a hint of evil between his eyebrows, and a sense of arrogance naturally showed in his eyes.
"I've met the clan leader, elders!" After Xia Yan entered, he glanced at him and quickly bowed and saluted.
"Xia Yan, come here to meet the distinguished guests of our Xia family. These are the elders of the Liu family from Guangyuan City, and Liu Kai, the patriarch's son! The following ones are also young masters of the Liu family!" Xia Feilong saw Xia Feilong.
Yan came in and waved to Xia Yan to walk over.
"Haha, Elder Liu, Mr. Liu, this is Xia Yan of our Xia family!" Xia Feilong then smiled and introduced to the guests.
"I've met Elder Liu! Haha, Mr. Liu is so handsome and a young man, so admirable!" Xia Yan cupped his fists slightly and said with a smile.
Elder Liu looked Xia Yan up and down, then said with a smile on his face: "Is this Xia Yan the most outstanding disciple of the Xia family in recent years?"
There seemed to be a hint of disdain in his tone.
And Mr. Liu also smiled coldly: "Mr. Xia Yan, you are really a busy man!"
His meaning was obvious. These guests had all arrived at Xia's house yesterday afternoon, but Xia Yan had only arrived now. Obviously, he wanted to use words to sway Xia Yan.
Xia Zixin, who was standing behind Xia Feilong, glanced at Liu Kai with her beautiful eyes and snorted lowly.
"In order to practice, I have to keep myself busy. Sometimes I leave the family for a day or two. Please forgive me, Elder Liu and Young Master Liu!" Xia Yan smiled slightly, without any expression of dissatisfaction.
Elder Liu was slightly startled when he saw that Xia Yan didn't have any displeasure on his face, and his expression turned back to normal.
"It's okay!" Elder Liu rolled his droopy eyelids and said with his skinny palms.
"Xia Yan, our Xia family recently had a very important business cooperation with the Liu family, and we are planning to jointly mine a copper mine on the border between Yushui City and Guangyuan City. Elder Liu came to Yushui City this time to discuss this matter
." Xia Feilong chuckled and said slowly to Xia Yan.
Xia Yan nodded. Although Guangyuan City is also a county town, it is more prosperous than Yushui City. The master of the temple in Guangyuan City is one of the deacons of the temple in Ziye City! The master of the temple in Yushui City is not a temple.
deacon!
"Young Master Liu and the two young masters from the Liu family are going to Ziye City to take the Ziye Academy exam, so they stopped by our Xia family for two days." Xia Feilong continued.
Xia Yan looked at Mr. Liu and the two young men standing behind him with a smile on his face.
"Young Master Liu is very powerful. During the competition yesterday, Zi Xin was defeated by his sword. Fortunately, Young Master Liu showed mercy, otherwise Zi Xin might have been injured." Xia Feilong's tone did not change.
Xia Yan was shocked and suddenly looked at Xia Feilong.
"Sparring?" Xia Yan thought to himself, "Does this sparring have other meanings?"
Xia Feilong quietly winked at Xia Yan, then smiled and said, "But, Zi Xin is not the most outstanding member of the younger generation of our Xia family, haha, so Elder Liu said yesterday that our younger members of the Xia family are not as good as the Liu family
I refuted it at that time. I said at that time that our Xia family also has Xia Yan, who is the most outstanding, and his strength should not be lower than Mr. Liu."
After hearing this, Xia Yan probably understood.
However, Xia Yan was a little surprised as to why the clan leader was so interested in sparring?
"If it were a simple competition, the clan leader would not have provoked a crowd and deliberately said it in front of everyone at this time. Moreover, if it was just a martial arts competition between the younger generations of the family, the clan leader would not use such a tone.
Speak." Although Xia Feilong's tone was calm, Xia Yan could hear a trace of anger contained in it.
"Elder Liu doesn't believe what I said, and he insists on seeing you in person!" Xia Feilong's beard fluttered slightly, his eyes shining, "However, Xia Yan, you went out to practice yesterday and failed to come back. Fortunately, today, I finally waited for you to come back.
Already."
"Chief Xia, what I said yesterday still counts! As long as Xia Yan can defeat Liu Kai, the mining agreement for the mine will be signed as you said. And if Liu Kai defeats Xia Yan, then..." Elder Liu narrowed his eyes slightly.
Come on, the strange yin and yang qi path.
It seems that he is very confident in the strength of Liu Kai beside him.
Xia Feilong laughed and said: "A gentleman says that a horse cannot be chased, so it's decided like this!"
Xia Yan was shocked and thought to himself: "It turns out that the final mining agreement was signed in the name of discussion!"
Now, Xia Yan completely understood. No wonder Xia Feilong was so serious about this matter.
Xia Yan looked at Liu Kai and smiled in his heart.
"Xia Yan, do you need any special preparations?" Xia Feilong looked at Xia Yan and asked.
Xia Yan shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm ready."
Xia Zixin, who was behind Xia Feilong, suddenly took a few steps forward to Xia Yan, raised her toes and whispered in her ear: "Xia Yan, be careful, this Liu Kai's swordsmanship is very domineering. Yesterday, I had a sparring match with him.
He can't block even a single sword. My father said that his sword skills are among the top secrets in the human-level secret book, and they are also attack-type."
Xia Yan nodded slightly, and Xia Zixin stepped back with a nervous expression.
When Liu Kai saw Xia Zixin and Xia Yan whispering something, the corners of his mouth raised in disdain. He stared at Xia Zixin with a hint of lust.
Xia Liu also looked at Xia Yan with some excitement.
"Now that you are ready, let's start! Liu Kai, be careful and don't hurt Mr. Xia Yan, the best son of the Xia family." Elder Liu ordered Liu Kai in a solemn voice.
When Elder Liu said this, several elders of the Xia family were a little moved and their faces turned a little dark.
Liu Kai immediately laughed loudly and said: "Elder, please don't worry, I know how to do it!"
His eyes flickered, Liu Kai looked at Xia Yan with a sneer, and then stepped out to the center of the hall.
"Xia Yan, go ahead and be careful!" Xia Feilong's expression didn't change at all, he just said to Xia Yan.
Xia Yan responded with a smile and walked towards the center of the hall. At this time, several elders of the Xia family looked at Xia Yan nervously.
You know, the interests involved in this battle are very huge. Which part of this agreement is signed, the final amount of money involved can even reach one million gold coins.
Therefore, both the Xia family and the Liu family are very concerned about the outcome of the competition between Xia Yan and Liu Kai.
The nominal competition is actually about huge family interests!
Xia Yan was thinking in his heart at this time, "If I use spiritual power, with my strength, I can easily defeat Liu Kai. But once I use spiritual power, the clan leader will definitely feel it. In the past, although I stepped into the innate
Even if you use it, it will not be discovered. Now, it is different..."
Xia Yan frowned slightly and moved a little slowly.
When Liu Kai saw Xia Yan's hesitation, he thought it was because Xia Yan was timid. He raised the corner of his mouth and couldn't help but feel even more proud.