34: My dear Nannan, please calm down!

Qin Jiu’s heart instantly leaped to his throat!

He shot up and darted in front of Nanny, his handsome face pale as he frantically tried to soothe her.

“Senior Sister! Senior Sister, calm down! Please calm down!”

“It’s not worth it, not worth it for such a small matter!”

Are you kidding me?!

This little Ancestor is a Chaos Body, cultivating the Devouring Heaven Magic Skill!

Don’t let her small stature fool you; she’s a bonafide Foundation Establishment Cultivator!

If she truly unleashed her power, one slap could shake not only this small Xiao Family mansion but potentially the entire Xiangyang City!

Although Qin Jiu, an Outer Sect Disciple, was only at Qi Refining second level, he still had good judgment.

While desperately holding Nanny’s small hand, he frantically winked at Xiao Huohuo, urging him to find a solution quickly.

Xiao Huohuo had also barely recovered from that terrifying pressure, his back already drenched in cold sweat, and his legs trembling.

The Immortal’s might was terrifying!

He no longer cared about that fool Xiao Yuran; he scrambled and crawled to Nanny, then plopped down on his knees with a “thud”!

“Immortal, please calm your anger! Immortal, spare my life!”

He kowtowed like pounding garlic, his forehead hitting the bluestone slabs with a resounding “thump, thump.” “It is my Xiao Family who was blind and offended you, Immortal. Please be magnanimous and do not stoop to our level, mere mortals!”

Nanny, held by Qin Jiu, and seeing Xiao Huohuo kneeling pitifully on the ground, pouted her small mouth, and the terrifying pressure slowly receded.

“Hmph! You, Big Brother, are much better at talking!”

Nanny pointed at Xiao Huohuo and said in a childish voice, “Unlike that bad woman, she only knows how to be fierce with me!”

Just then!

“Which esteemed expert has graced my Xiao Family with their presence?!”

An old yet terrified voice, trembling slightly, approached from afar.

Before the words finished echoing, an old man in brocade robes with white hair and beard, surrounded by several Elders of the Family, rushed out from the inner courtyard, scrambling and crawling.

It was Xiao Zhan, the current Clan Chief of the Xiao Family!

He had been in seclusion in the backyard, attempting to break through the Bottleneck of a first-rate Martial Artist, but the sudden terrifying pressure had startled him, almost causing Qi Deviation!

What kind of Aura was that?!

Vast! Majestic! It was as if a Heavenly God had descended, making it impossible for him, a half-step first-rate Martial Artist, to even conceive of resistance!

Grandmaster!

No!

It was even more terrifying than the legendary Great Grandmaster!

Xiao Zhan was utterly terrified, rushing out at the first instant, fearing that his Family had offended some unprovokable existence and was about to face utter annihilation!

Upon entering the front courtyard, seeing his granddaughter Xiao Yuran, who was slumped on the ground, having soiled herself, and the several collateral Disciples foaming at the mouth, Xiao Zhan’s eyelids twitched wildly.

Then, seeing Xiao Huohuo kneeling on the ground, and Qin Jiu and Nanny, who were calm and composed as if nothing had happened…

Xiao Zhan’s mind buzzed, and he instantly understood seven or eight tenths of the situation!

Without even glancing at his disgraceful granddaughter, he took three steps in two, rushing to Nanny and Qin Jiu, his posture even lower than Xiao Huohuo’s, performing a full prostration, lying flat on the ground!

“Your Junior, Xiao Zhan, Clan Chief of the Xiao Family, greets Senior! I was unaware of Senior’s esteemed presence and failed to welcome you, a sin worthy of ten thousand deaths!”

The several Xiao Family Elders behind him were also ashen-faced; none dared to remain standing, all kneeling down in a rush, not daring to even breathe heavily.

This… what kind of divine operation was this?

Qin Jiu watched this dramatic scene unfolding before him, his eyelids twitching.

Nanny, however, tilted her small head, her dark, glistening eyes full of curiosity. She tugged at Qin Jiu’s sleeve and asked softly, “Xiao Jiu, why are they all lying on the ground? Are they playing some fun game?”

Qin Jiu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, and whispered, “Senior Sister, they are… bowing to you!”

Hearing the childish voice, Xiao Zhan’s heart was even more terrified!

Such a terrifying existence, yet it was a little girl?!

Rejuvenation! This was definitely a peerless expert from the legends who had achieved rejuvenation!

“Senior, how has my Xiao Family offended you? Please enlighten me, Senior, and your Junior will certainly give you a satisfactory explanation!” Xiao Zhan lay prostrate on the ground, his voice trembling, not daring to even lift his head.

Nanny thought for a moment, then pointed at the slumped Xiao Yuran, and said indignantly, “She! She’s a bad woman! She scolded my friend and wouldn’t let us eat!”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhan’s heart tightened, and a towering rage shot to the top of his head!

This useless fool, who only causes trouble!

He suddenly turned his head, his gaze like a knife, and shouted sternly, “Guards! Seize this scoundrel Xiao Yuran, and everyone from her lineage, all of them!”

“Effective immediately, expel them from the Xiao Family, reclaim all their Family property, and forbid them from ever stepping foot in Xiangyang City again!”

At these words, everyone was shocked!

The few collateral Disciples who had just regained consciousness from their faint, hearing these words, rolled their eyes again and directly fainted.

Xiao Yuran’s face was ashen, her eyes filled with despair and disbelief.

Just because of a few words, her grandfather was going to expel her, and even the entire branch of her parents, from the Family?!

“No! Grandfather! I was wrong! I was truly wrong!” Xiao Yuran cried out, scrambling and crawling, “Senior, spare my life! I will never dare again!”

However, Xiao Zhan’s mind was made up. At this moment, he only wanted to appease the anger of this “peerless expert,” and no longer cared about his granddaughter.

“What are you still standing there for! Drag them away!”

Several guards timidly stepped forward and dragged the wailing Xiao Yuran away like a dead dog.

After dealing with all this, Xiao Zhan turned back to Nanny, his posture even more respectful.

“Senior, are you satisfied with this punishment?”

“Well…” Nanny stroked her chin, looking like a little adult, pondered for a moment, then her eyes suddenly lit up. She looked at Xiao Huohuo, who was kneeling beside her, and asked, “Big Brother, do you think this is okay?”

Xiao Huohuo was startled, then quickly replied, “Reporting… Reporting to Immortal, whatever makes you happy is fine.”

“Mm! Xiao Huohuo!” Nanny smiled sweetly, “You invited us to eat just now, you’re a good person! Don’t worry, my Tai Xuan Immortal Sect has got your back!”

Tai Xuan Immortal Sect?!

Boom!

These four words, like billions of heavenly lightning bolts, exploded simultaneously in the minds of Xiao Zhan and the Elders behind him!

Tai Xuan Immortal Sect!

It was that Immortal Sect outside Xianyang City that annihilated three Heavenly Human Realm experts with a flick of a finger!

It was that supreme existence that even the Great Qin Emperor had to humble himself before and treat with respect!

Oh my goodness!

What kind of incredibly good fortune, no, what kind of heaven-defying luck did their Xiao Family have to actually get involved with such a divine Sect?!

Xiao Zhan was trembling with excitement, his old face flushed red, an expression of extreme excitement and ecstasy!

He looked at his grandson, Xiao Huohuo, whom he had always regarded as a “cripple,” and his gaze instantly changed!

It changed!

A cripple? Is this really a cripple?!

This is clearly my Xiao Family’s Qilin! He is the hope for my Xiao Family’s rise!

A “Xiao Huohuo” and a “Tai Xuan Immortal Sect has got your back” – what did this signify?

This meant that their Xiao Family had latched onto an Immortal’s thigh, something they hadn’t even dared to imagine before!

“Quick! Quickly, quickly, quickly!”

Xiao Zhan suddenly scrambled to his feet, no longer caring about etiquette, and roared frantically at the butler behind him: “The best food and wine in the mansion! The best courtyard! Arrange them for me at the fastest speed! If you neglect the two Immortals, I’ll flay you alive!”

…

Night.

Inside the Xiao Family’s most luxurious “Listening Bamboo Pavilion,” the lights were brightly lit.

A lavish banquet, comparable to a state dinner, was laid out before Nanny and Qin Jiu.

Nanny had reverted to her little gluttonous nature, both small hands working simultaneously, eating with greasy lips, thoroughly enjoying herself.

Qin Jiu sat beside her, looking at this almost fantastical day, still feeling somewhat unreal.

In the morning, he was embarrassed by not having money for food, and in the evening, he became an honored guest whom the Xiao Family revered as a deity.

This change in status was too rapid.

He glanced at Xiao Huohuo, who sat at the end of the table, looking uneasy yet unable to conceal his excitement, and a question arose in his mind.

Xiao Huohuo was clearly the Xiao Family Clan Chief’s biological grandson, so why was he subjected to such humiliation within the Family before? Even a few servants dared to mock him to his face?

Behind this, it seemed… there was another hidden story.