4 Commotion in Xiao Clan (1)

Xiao Yunhai took a deep breath and then quickly walked up to welcome them. He cupped his fist in greeting, his body leant forward, and carefully and respectfully asked: "Excuse me, are you four the noble guests from the Xiao Sect?"

The young man in front stopped, glanced at them lazily, then said with half-closed eyes: "That's right, this noble one is the Xiao Sect's Xiao Kuangyun."

Xiao Yunhai's attitude immediately became even more respectful. He reverently said: "It turned out to be four noble guests, that's great! We have been looking forward to your arrival for a long time. Your humble servant is Floating Cloud City's Xiao Clan's current clan master. The five behind me are the Xiao Clan's five esteemed elders. For four noble guests to come out all this way for our Xiao Clan, we are extremely grateful and humbled."

"There's no need to continue with the nonsense." Xiao Kuangyun's gaze flickered across all five elders. He then lazily shook his arms out: "Lead the way."

"Yes, yes! Please follow me." Xiao Yunhai promptly nodded and then turned his body to personally lead the way back to Xiao Clan.

--Meanwhile somewhere inside a room in Xiao Clan mansion--

A man with a ponytail hair, handsome face, and fierce eyes sat in the corner of the room. His body is very weak because of his crippled profound veins, make him unable to cultivate. he looked like a living doll with soft and beautiful skin. But despite his looks and weak body, an unyielding will to escape his crippled fate was akin to a mortal who wants to defy the heavens. This man is Xiao Che, who will be known in the future as Yun Che.

Not far around him, stands a woman. She has a pair of indescribably magnificent eyes as if the world's essence laid deep within. Her two tranquil pupils, clear like crystals, were like the radiance of a flowing dream, her two black thin and curvy eyebrows, similar to a pair of crescent moons. Her jade-like skin and creamy face were as white as snow under the dim lights in the room. Her lips were like the world's most delicate petals and her nose was of the most beautiful of sculpted white jade, high and proud with an innate nobility. Her soft and shiny black hair fell gently behind her shoulders. Her figure was wonderfully moving and delicate to the extreme. Looking from afar, her physique was so graceful that it was simply too hard to describe.

Xiao Che closed his eyes and slowly gathered his strength. Using a very quiet voice, he said "Even though you married me to repay a debt of gratitude, you never considered me your husband. But there's no way for me to act like you're not my wife aside from divorcing you. Treating his woman well is also the most basic responsibility and most important honor for a man…"

After saying this, Xiao Che's chest started to feel warm… I say! Even I was touched by those words, I don't believe that you with your womanly heart, felt nothing!

For a long time, he didn't hear Xia Qingyue say anything. He opened his eyes, lightly took a few breaths, and then said with a pitiful expression: "Qingyue my wife, I might not be able to walk very well. Can you… help me over there?"

His eyes looked towards that corner… the place where he slept.

Xia Qingyue gave the blanket covering the ground a look, the aching feeling in her heart that she shouldn't have intensifying a sliver. She shook her head, her body turning to the bedside. "You sleep on the bed, I'll sleep there."

Upon hearing this talk, Xiao Che was suddenly alarmed. Borrowing strength from who knows where, he quickly reached out and grabbed Xia Qingyue's arm: "Out of the question! That's definitely out of the question! Even though you are stronger than me in every respect… I'm a man, you're a woman! As a man, how could I sleep on the bed and let a woman sleep on the floor! If you want to sleep there, then I'd rather sleep in the courtyard!"

His voice was urgent, and contained an irrefutable kind of resolution. As he finished speaking, he also struggled to get up, as if he wanted to get off the bed.

A complex expression appeared on Xia Qingyue's face. She lightly bit her lip and, after a brief struggle, finally made a decision. She reached out and gave Xiao Che's weak body a light push back, grabbed the crimson blanket, and covered both his and her own body with it.

"You're not allowed to touch me." Xia Qingyue laid down on the outside half of the bed, her back facing Xiao Che, hiding her current expression from him.

Xiao Che silently smiled. He quickly adopted a snug sleeping posture and happily closed his eyes. "Rest easy. With your profound strength, even if I wanted to, I still won't be able to do anything to you… hu, sharing the same bed… only like this can we be considered husband and wife…"

Xia Qingyue: "…"

"Alright… Qingyue my wife, I'll sleep first… wu, tomorrow I'll have little aunt make me some ginseng and chicken soup to recuperate… wu…"

Xiao Che's voice became quieter and quieter. As his voice completely faded, his breathing also became exceptionally steady… he peacefully fell asleep in the midst of his immense exhaustion.

Xia Qingyue quietly turned towards him. Seeing Xiao Che's face close at hand, her gaze trembled with a complex expression…

--Tomorrow--

The main entrance opened and all the powerful inhabitants of Floating Cloud City orderly walked in, each and everyone with a reserved demeanor. All of them brought a heavy gift. Amongst the crowd, Xiao Che also saw Xia Qingyue's father, Xia Hongyi.

"Very good, now we can start." Xiao Kuangyun straightened in his chair and finally assumed what could be considered a normal sitting posture as he looked down and lightly spoke: "My name is Xiao Kuangyun and I am from the Xiao Sect. Regarding the great name of the Xiao Sect, you all should be very clear. In the Blue Wind Empire, there's nothing that my Xiao Sect can't resolve. All of you ought to feel honored and proud because even though you are a bit weak, you can still be said to be related to the Xiao Sect. The founder of the Xiao Clan was the son of one of our Xiao Sect's Elders. However, although your founder was the son of an elder, he was actually born from a female servant. His status was so low it wasn't worth mentioning, and his profound strength was really too lacking. As a piece of trash, he wasn't fit to remain in the Xiao Sect. Your founder was thus banished by that Elder to this place, and that's how your Xiao Clan came into existence."

Xiao Kuangyun's extremely harsh words did not hide his disdain for both the entire Xiao Clan and their founder. A few Xiao Clan members scowled upon hearing this, but no one dared to make a fuss.

"Before I came here, my honorable father had me bring a batch of Profound Opening Powder. The person selected not only will be brought back to the Xiao Sect, but will also receive this Profound Opening Powder as a reward! Good medicine can only be enjoyed by those with enough aptitude. It would only be wasted if used on the body of trash!" Saying this, Xiao Kuangyun's gaze slanted towards Xiao Yunhai. "Clan master, bring out the Profound Opening Powder. Even though this is a gift to the Xiao Clan, you shouldn't have any complaints about giving this to the one with the best aptitude as a reward, right?"

No matter how ridiculous Xiao Kuangyun's words were, Xiao Yunhai still wouldn't dare to have any reservations. However, upon hearing his words, Xiao Yunhai's expression all of a sudden became pale, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He didn't move to retrieve the Profound Opening Powder, but rather stood there in a fluster.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Kuangyun's expression darkened: "Clan Master Xiao, you wouldn't be unwilling to part with the Profound Opening Powder, right?"

"No, no, of course not." Xiao Yunhai promptly shook his head with a terrified expression: "It's only… only…"

"Only what?"

With a *Bang* sound, Xiao Yunhai immediately knelt on one knee with both hands trembling. He said with a face full of terror: "I… I deserve to die… The Profound Opening Powder that Young Master Xiao gifted us yesterday, I left it in our Xiao Clan's infirmary and made it clear to the person there that they must guard it well. But… but this morning, the person from the infirmary suddenly ran over to tell me that the Profound Opening Powder in the infirmary had unexpectedly… unexpectedly disappeared!"

Hua——The crowd below immediately broke into chaos.

.

.

.

*Author note, please tell me what do you think about this story and if I miss anything to the novel.

Apparently I changed the cultivation of Descent of the Dark Crow from 4 to 5 major realm above the MC for future plot, sorry for the inconvenience