5 Commotion in Xiao Clan (2)

Hua——The crowd below immediately broke into chaos.

To steal the treasure brought by the Xiao Sect… who could have the nerve?!

"Huh?" Xiao Che frowned slightly as a burst of suspicion appeared in his heart… Based on his ten years' understanding of Xiao Yunhai, he would consider him a cautious person. Knowing his character, for him to put the treasure that the Xiao Sect brought in the infirmary after receiving it from them instead of keeping it on himself was a bit unreasonable… Knowing that the infirmary only had Xiao Gu, who had wholly devoted himself to medicine and had practically no profound strength, the infirmary could be considered the most weakly defended area within the Xiao Clan.

Not only that, the Profound Opening Powder was brought by the Xiao Sect. Even if someone craved it, at the very least they should have waited until the people from the Xiao Sect left to act. Why would they unexpectedly pick such a dangerous time… Even if they stole it, would they even have a life to use it afterwards?

Xiao Lie's entire body shook. He immediately glanced towards Xiao Lingxi, only to find that Xiao Lingxi also had a face full of astonishment. Noticing Xiao Lie's pointed look, Xiao Lingxi promptly shook her head forcefully to indicate that she had nothing to do with this. Xiao Lie withdrew his gaze and inwardly took a deep sigh of relief.

"Wh… what!!"

Xiao Kuangyun violently stood up from his seat as his expression turned incomparably dark, his body radiating a baleful aura. He looked at Xiao Yunhai and said fiercely: "You're saying that… there's actually someone who would steal the Profound Opening Powder?"

"Your humble servant couldn't protect it. I request Young Master Xiao administer punishment." Xiao Yunhai lowered his head, a look of shame and fear across his entire face.

"This is ridiculous!" Xiao Kuangyun violently took a breath as his chest heaved. His complexion became more and more dark; he had evidently been extremely angered: "Someone actually dared to steal our gift to the Xiao Clan. Good! Very good! I've really underestimated this Floating Cloud City! You all are actually… quite bold!"

Xiao Che half-closed his eyes, his gaze directly on Xiao Kuangyun's eyes. A short while later, he poked Xiao Lie and asked in a small voice: "Grandfather, the clan master didn't offend this Xiao Kuangyun yesterday, right?"

Xiao Lie was startled, then shook his head: "Xiao Yunhai was always prudent. He shouldn't have gone that far."

"Then that's strange." Xiao Che rubbed his chin and then said quietly: "This Xiao Kuangyun's anger is clearly fake. If the clan master had offended him, and he had planned to steal it himself and then blame the clan master, then that would make sense. If that's not the case… don't tell me this Xiao Kuangyun is acting out a monkey's show by himself?"

"… Watch your mouth." Xiao Lie didn't understand the meaning of his words and so quietly warned him.

Xiao Kuangyun's eyes became sinister and his expression darkened to the color of a storm cloud: "Yesterday, when I took out the Profound Opening Powder, there were only members of the Xiao Clan around. I don't think that you Xiao Clan people would be stupid enough to let the fact that you've obtained a high-grade medicine spread to the ears of outsiders. In addition, your Xiao Clan's defensive abilities can't be considered weak in Floating Cloud City. If someone wanted to break it, it wouldn't be easy… Then, the thief should be from your Xiao Clan!"

Xiao Kuangyun's words caused the expression of all of the Xiao Clan members to change. The sound of whispers grew even louder. Xiao Yunhai also quickly nodded: "Right! Young Master Xiao sees clearly. After I knew the Profound Opening Powder had been stolen, I also thought that it was stolen by someone from our Xiao Clan. The infirmary's Xiao Gu is almost sixty years old and is unconcerned with worldly affairs. He simply wouldn't have any kind of desire for the Profound Opening Powder, so it shouldn't be him that stole it. Everyone else should probably be viewed with suspicion."

Xiao Che's gaze turned to Xiao Yunhai's face and his expression became even more downcast. He said in low voice that only he could hear: "This Xiao Yunhai's demeanor is also unexpectedly fake… What exactly do they want to do?"

At this time, a gust of strong wind blew over. Xiao Jiu had already hurried back, his hands holding a wooden box. The eagle mark on the wooden box was still faintly radiating light. This wooden box really was the box holding the Profound Opening Powder that Xiao Kuangyun had given Xiao Yunhai yesterday.

"Young master, I found it." Xiao Jiu delivered the wooden box into Xiao Kuangyun's grasp and then stepped back without a sound.

All the whispers stopped. The surroundings became so quiet that even the drop of a needle could be heard. The atmosphere turned completely cold. Everyone widened their eyes and held their breath, waiting to see who was the one that had enough courage to dare steal the Profound Opening Powder… They could all guess how tragic the fate of that person would be.

"Xiao Jiu, where did you find this box?" Xiao Kuangyun asked with a sneer.

"The 66th courtyard, under the owner's pillow." Xiao Jiu clearly replied with an expressionless face.

The 66th courtyard…

Everyone's gaze all at once converged in one direction, unbelievingly staring at the girl who looked as if she had been petrified.

Upon hearing the words "the 66th courtyard", Xiao Lingxi was stunned on the spot. Seeing pair after pair of eyes turn towards her, she stepped back and hysterically shook her head, crying out involuntarily: "It's not me… it's not me!"

Before, there were too many people in the way, and they were also standing relatively close together. As a result, Xiao Kuangyun couldn't clearly pinpoint where Xiao Lingxi was. However, now, he could naturally get a good look. At once, his eyes lit up and emitted a glow similar to that of an vicious wolf. This girl wasn't as good looking as Xia Qingyue, but was still a genuine young lady in every way. She had natural-born bright eyes and white teeth, a compelling elegance, and a gentle, beautiful, and charming face. Especially her eyes, which, though currently full of panic and fear, were still like pools of sparkling spring water, clear, transparent, and thoroughly moving.

Xiao Kuangyun forcefully swallowed a mouthful of saliva as his heart flipped and shook… that Xiao Yulong didn't lie to me after all! Even though this Xiao Lingxi is slightly worse than Xia Qingyue as far as looks go, she's only slightly worse. However, her flavor will definitely be just as good. Also, when she matures, she won't necessarily be worse than Xia Qingyue… After coming to this kind of backwater place, I unexpectedly met what could be considered two world class beauties. This is simply heaven's reward for my long and difficult journey!

Xiao Kuangyun began to feel that his initial refusal to come to this Xiao Clan was simply an extremely stupid decision… Fortunately, he was unable to defy his father's order in the end and obediently came here.

"Xiao Lingxi… how could it be you?!"

Upon seeing Xiao Lingxi, Xiao Yunhai's expression was first that of surprise, then shock, then finally disbelief.

"Young Master Xiao, please calm down!" Xiao Yunhai immediately stepped forward and knelt on one knee. He said beseechingly: "Xiao Lingxi stealing from the Xiao Sect is truly unforgivable, but… but she isn't a bad person. In my Xiao Clan she is very well liked. The fact that she would steal the Profound Opening Powder also involves some complications…"

"Complications? What complications?" Xiao Kuangyun asked with a dark expression.

Xiao Yunhai used his eyes to indicate Xiao Lingxi and Xiao Che, who were standing together. He said with a remorseful expression: "Xiao Lingxi is the only daughter of our fifth elder, and she has a nephew called Xiao Che who is older than her by a year. This nephew of hers had the misfortune of being born with deformed profound veins…With deformed profound veins, no matter how Xiao Che grows in other areas, it's still the same as having his life mostly ruined. Xiao Lingxi extremely cherishes Xiao Che and has always been searching for a way to restore his profound veins… This is something that everyone in the Xiao Clan and Floating Cloud City knows. All those present here can attest to that. The reason Xiao Lingxi would have the audacity to steal the Profound Opening Powder is obviously because she heard that the Profound Opening Powder has the power to restore destroyed profound veins. Thus, with the intention of saving her nephew, she committed this reckless crime."

"Although the crime has been committed, and the evidence is conclusive beyond a doubt, I beg Young Master Xiao to be lenient with his punishment on account of the fact that our Xiao Lingxi is still young and has a sincere heart. Our entire Xiao Clan would be grateful for Young Master Xiao's great kindness."

Even though Xiao Yunhai's posture was low, every one of his spoken words were sincere. They struck straight at the heart, causing everyone to feel touched. His words also allowed those who didn't understand how Xiao Lingxi would have the audacity to steal the Profound Opening Powder to suddenly realize… It turns out that the Profound Opening Powder also had the ability to restore damaged profound veins. No wonder…

Everyone in Floating Cloud City knew that Xiao Che's profound veins had been damaged since birth. The fact that Xiao Lingxi had always cherished him and unceasingly worried about the state of his profound veins was also something that everyone in the Xiao Clan knew. With this, the fact that Xiao Lingxi would steal the Profound Opening Powder was no longer reckless, but rather reasonable.

More than a few people secretly looked down on the way Xiao Yunhai always fawned over Xiao Kuangyun. However, now, a kind of heartful admiration towards him started to grow in everyone's hearts… In order to protect a Xiao Clan disciple, this Xiao Clan Master still begged for forgiveness with all his strength even though he faced a raging member of the Xiao Sect. His words were also passionate, and he even knelt on one knee.

Only Xiao Che was sneering in anger… What a flawless performance! On the surface, it was someone begging for forgiveness for the sake of Xiao Lingxi, but in truth, it was completely legitimizing the accusation against her! If he was an outsider, it's possible that even he would think that everything was Xiao Lingxi's doing.

"Ckckck, how can you accuse someone from the Xiao Clan? Did you have any evidence? Young master of Xiao Sect my a**. You are only a boy born with a silver spoon on your mouth, want to eat a swan when your are a frog?." A sitting lad spoke from the top of Xiao Clan mansion, on the side of his shoulder, there is a dark crow chirping *CAAW*

Everyone looks up to the top of Xiao Clan mansion. But seeing this young man who never appears in Floating Cloud City, everyone has a question looks.

Many people smirking, and have a thought that this young man is death for sure because trying to provoke people from Xiao Sect, on top of that the Young Master of the sect.

Xiao Yunhai takes this chance to fawn over Xiao Kuangyun "How dare you spoken ill about Young Master Xiao Kuangyun, Who are you!?"

"I'm just a passing-through Handsome Traveler. Remember that!" Duo Tian spoke as his face smirking like a devil.

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