Chapter 5 It’s broken, I’m a substitute
Seeing the shock in Nalan Yanran's eyes, Xiao Yuan didn't feel any fluctuation in his heart. Although this proud daughter of Yunlan Sect was indeed beautiful and talented, she had almost no advantage in front of him who already had the ability to practice.

But after all, they are guests. Now that the eldest and second brothers are not at home, he, the third young master, naturally knows how to entertain guests. So he smiled at Nalan Yanran who had finally come back to her senses.

Nalan Yanran originally wanted to keep a straight face, but after seeing the charming smile on Xiao Yuan's handsome face, her heartbeat inexplicably quickened. A blush appeared on her pretty face, which originally seemed a little cold, and immediately attracted the hot eyes of the young men who were secretly observing around her.

"Father, three elders!"

Xiao Yuan stopped walking, and Xiao Yan behind him also stopped. Then the two of them bowed to the four people on the stage almost synchronously and spoke in unison.

"Haha, Yuan'er and Yan'er are here, come and sit down."

Looking at his two tall sons, Xiao Zhan smiled, nodded and waved.

"Yes, father!"

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan still responded in unison, and then Xiao Yuan took Xiao Yan and walked to the right.

But there was only one empty stool, which was in front of Xiao Xun'er and was also the seat in the first row where only the elders in the clan who had the right to speak could sit.

That was the seat reserved for Xiao Yuan.

Through the management of the market town for the past three years, although Xiao Yuan was somewhat looked down upon by his peers in terms of cultivation, the elders in the clan did not dare to neglect him. After all, it was said that the intermediate market town under Xiao Yuan's jurisdiction would soon be promoted to an advanced market town in the market level assessment held every three years.

Moreover, one quarter of the total income of Xiaojia Market now comes from the intermediate market under the jurisdiction of Xiao Yuan.

If it weren't for his lack of qualifications and inability to practice, his seat would probably have moved up a few places.

But Xiao Yan is an unlucky guy. He was once a genius, but now he has become a waste. He has been "shamelessly" receiving the family's training resources, but his strength has not improved at all. His reputation in the clan is very bad.

So right now, there is not even a seat for Xiao Yan in the hall.

"Brother Xiao Yan, come and sit here!"

Seeing Xiao Yuan's warning look when he walked over, Xiao Xun'er immediately understood and said with a faint smile.

A tacit understanding like this began three years ago, when Xiao Yan's strength began to decline and he suffered a lot of criticism and exclusion.

In a sense, Xiao Yuan can be regarded as Xiao Xun'er's wingman in her strategy to capture Xiao Yan.

After all, only in this way can he feel at ease getting a lot of start-up capital from Xun'er, the little rich woman.

Xiao Yan naturally saw through his own situation. He had been following behind his third brother, still worried that he would leave the seat for him as usual. Then he glanced at the elders in the clan who had less say than him, signaling them to get out and give up their seats.

But now it's okay, it's pretty good to be able to sit next to Xun'er.

"Go sit next to Xun'er. It's not convenient to be too conspicuous when we have guests here."

Hearing Xiao Yuan's whispered instructions, Xiao Yan hummed softly, and waited until Xiao Yuan sat down before he walked past Xiao Yuan and came to Xiao Xun'er's side, sat down, and said with a low smile: "You helped me out again."

Hearing the whispers behind him, Xiao Yuan smiled. This silly boy, hasn't he realized that every time Xun'er is around, he always has a reason not to help him out?
As for the topic of warming up the meridians that the two of them discussed later, Xiao Yuan was not too concerned. After all, Xiao Yuan was the first to experience this method, or in other words, he was Xiao Yan's experimental subject.

After all, the inability to cultivate fighting spirit is extremely rare in the Fighting Spirit Continent, and because they are brothers, the brothers Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan have been very close since childhood.

So after his talent for cultivation was revealed, Xiao Yan tried it once on Xiao Yuan, but the effect was not ideal. When he tried again the second time, Xiao Yuan stopped Xiao Yan from doing this useless thing.

If you have that much time, you might as well cultivate more fighting spirit and give it to Yao Lao to absorb. If Yao Lao had extremely powerful strength from the beginning, then the Yunlan Sect would be nothing!
It's a pity that the old man is awake now, but he has no intention of taking action. Later, Xiao Yuan found that the strange old man seemed to have something difficult to say, and he always looked like he wanted to say something but stopped.

To be honest, if it was a pretty girl, she might be more pleasing to the eye.

But it's really disgusting to see an old man acting so shy.

Nalan Yanran on the side was not in a hurry to urge him. Instead, she secretly glanced at Xiao Yuan from time to time, with a hint of confusion in her eyes.

Before coming, she heard about the two brothers Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan. One of them had no talent for cultivation and only had a good-looking appearance; the other's talent for cultivation had regressed for some reason and was now almost a waste.

And what about her? She was a daughter of heaven, with excellent talent. She was already a three-star fighter. Moreover, she became the only disciple of Yun Yun, the leader of Yun Lan Sect.

In the Douqi Continent, strength is respected. What's more, the girl was not satisfied with the arranged marriage in the first place. She was not willing to marry a loser whom she had never met.

Although he is really handsome, his handsomeness cannot be used as a weapon for fighting!
But it's hard to blame anyone for this. When the marriage contract was made, the old men of the two families thought that their children would be childhood sweethearts in the future. With such a relationship, having a marriage contract was actually a good thing, and it could be considered a closer relationship.

Who would have thought that in the third year after Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan were born, the brothers' grandfather was seriously injured and died in a battle with his enemies. After losing the support of the top strong man in the family, the Xiao family had to move to Wutan City.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan were still young at that time, so the engagement was naturally not explained to them in detail. Therefore, they only knew about it roughly. As for who the man in the engagement was, Xiao Yuan thought it was Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan thought it was Xiao Yuan.

So neither of the brothers cared much about the engagement.

Therefore, after the two families almost lost contact, the necessary condition of childhood sweethearts was not met, and Nalan Yanran had reached a rebellious age. In addition, the girl had her own standards for judging a good man and she was strong-willed, so she naturally would not marry a loser.

Although Nalan Yanran was stunned by Xiao Yuan's appearance after seeing him in person, she was a little hesitant about canceling the engagement, but after a struggle between her conscience and her desires, Nalan Yanran still made a choice.

She practiced hard over the years and eventually entered the Yunlan Sect. Now she has become the young sect leader, all in order to be able to control her own destiny and make decisions on her own affairs.

If she gave up on this matter just because of the other person's good looks, then wouldn't all her efforts over the years have been in vain?

She must cancel this marriage today!

At this time, behind Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, who knew the purpose of Nalan Yanran's trip through Xiao Xun'er, was a little indignant: Nalan Yanran is simply too much!

But soon, Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Yuan's back with some worry.

If the woman wanted to cancel the engagement, she could just come to his house and discuss the matter privately. There would surely be a perfect solution. After all, he knew his third brother's temperament and thoughts.

But if she really wanted to use the power of the Yunlan Sect to forcibly cancel the engagement under such circumstances today, the nature of the matter would be completely different.

That was not just a break off of the engagement, it was also a slap in the face of Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yuan's father and the head of the Xiao family.

You know, when it comes to matters concerning his family, Third Brother is the Shura in the world.

Little did he know that Xiao Yuan, who was sitting in the front, was also in a daze after hearing the conversation between the two. Although it sounded very reasonable for him, as the third brother, to take on this marriage contract, but in this case, wouldn't he become a substitute?

How can we increase Xiao Yan’s strength now?

On the other side, following the hint from Nalan Yanran's eyes, who had made up her mind to cancel the engagement, the strange old man finally stood up.

(End of this chapter)