Chapter Nineteenth: The Banquet

  Xia Yan nodded slowly, her eyes fixed on the Lingluo Ring: "It was this ring. Since Third Grandfather gave it to me, I went to Yushui Mountain alone to cultivate my mind. One day, I encountered a spotted tiger in the mountains and killed it after a fierce battle, but I also suffered minor injuries. When I woke up the next night, I found that there were some martial arts techniques in my mind. From then on, I followed the techniques in my mind to cultivate, and unexpectedly achieved what I have today."

  Xia Changhe heard Xia Yan's words without any doubt. This Lingluo Seal originally had a legend, and now Xia Yan's encounter was exactly the fulfillment of that legend. The person who can unlock the Lingluo Seal will become an unparalleled strongman.

  Xia Changhe nodded slightly, his face filled with excitement, his eyes shining brightly, and he laughed loudly: "Unexpectedly! Unexpectedly! Xia Yan, I never thought that the Ling Luo ring would be successfully opened in your hands! It's fate! Xia Yan, whether our Xia family can rise again in the future depends on you!"

  Xia Changhe had a faint feeling that in the future, Xia Yan's words would directly affect the rise and fall of the Xia family. In any case, Xia Yan was a member of the Xia family, and reviving the Xia family was an unshirkable responsibility for him.

  Xia Yan nodded heavily, "Third Grandfather, don't worry, I will work hard and won't let you down!"

  Now Xia Yan's first goal is to achieve the Innate Realm, condense a Spiritual Cave in his body and become a Spiritual Master, challenging the Saint Hall Master of Yu Shui City!

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  The evening breeze is gentle, the starlight is infinite, and the fragrance of flowers overflows in the air. The crescent moon hangs obliquely on the branch, and the faint light of the lantern shines from all sides on the dark path.

  Xia Yan followed Xiao Cui to the separate courtyard where the family of Xia Fei Long, the clan leader, resided. After the excellent young talent selection ended in the daytime, Xia Zi Xin invited Xia Yan to have dinner together.

  From afar, Xia Yan saw Xia Zixing's elegant figure standing outside the door of another courtyard, her eyes gazing in this direction, as if waiting for him.

  As expected, when Xia Yan's figure appeared, Xia Zixin hastily walked up and said with a clear smile: "Xia Yan, Father has been waiting for you for a while, come in quickly."

  Xia Yan hadn't even had a chance to open his mouth and speak when he was already caught by Xia Zixing's warm little hand, pulling him into the small courtyard.

  The lights in the courtyard were bright, and the fragrance was overflowing. The aroma of old wine could be smelled from afar. Xia Yan wasn't good at drinking, but he also knew the quality of wine.

  "The Great Elder is also inside." In the courtyard, Xia Zixing stopped in his tracks and suddenly looked at Xia Yan.

  "Huh? Is the Great Elder also here? Then I won't go in!" Xia Yan's breathing changed slightly as he shook his head and said.

  The great elder had never been fond of him, and if he went to visit the great elder today, it would only make the great elder more disgusted. Although the great elder had always been unfriendly towards Xia Yan, Xia Yan thought it was better not to have any direct conflict with the great elder.

  Of course, Xia Yan is not a soft egg that can be bullied by others. Even if it's the great elder of the Xia family, if he really bullies him to his head and doesn't stop, he will also make a direct and powerful counterattack.

  "That won't do, Father's banquet today is specially set up for you. If you don't show up, Father will lose face." Xia Zixing's small mouth pouted as she hastily grabbed hold of Xia Yan who was about to turn around and spoke anxiously.

  "What? A banquet laid out for me?" Xia Yan was quite surprised.

  He didn't expect that the tribe leader would specially invite him for a banquet, which made him feel a little honored and surprised.

  "Of course, the old man knew that Father was going to entertain you, so he made a special trip here. He brought Xia Liu that scoundrel to apologize to you." Xia Zi Xing said with a smile, her cherry lips lightly opening.

  The strength shown by Xia Yan today also deeply shocked Xia Lai, the great elder of the Xia family. As the great elder of the Xia family, he naturally hopes that the Xia family will become stronger. In the past, he had always thought that Xia Yan was a waste and had no value to the Xia family, plus Xia Yan was the son of the Night Demon Continent's witch, so he didn't pretend to be polite. However, now he has come to regard Xia Yan as one of the hopes of the Xia family. Therefore, he personally brought Xia Liu to apologize to Xia Yan in front of the patriarch, hoping to resolve the conflicts between young members of the family.

  No matter what, after all, they are a family and have the Xia family's blood flowing through their veins.

  Xia Yan thought for a moment and then nodded with a frown: "Alright!"

  When the two entered the spacious living room, the patriarch and the elder Xia Lei stood up to welcome Xia Yan. Xia Yan felt such treatment for the first time and was somewhat unaccustomed to it. Especially the brilliant smile on Elder's face made him feel a little unbelievable.

  In the past, whenever Xia Lei saw Elder Long, he never had a good expression. In fact, it wasn't just when seeing him, but also towards ordinary family members, Elder Long often wore a stern face. Therefore, almost all young family members were very afraid of Elder Long.

  Xia Liu stood behind the elder, hanging his head, looking restless. Xia Liu was also extremely talented among the younger generation of the Xia family, which is why he used to be so arrogant and looked down on others. Today, after being deeply struck by Xia Yan, he felt somewhat disheartened.

  "Ha ha, come sit down quickly, today you've really made the Xia family show off in front of the Shi and Wang families. Hehe, those people from the Wang and Shi families, at that time they were all so expressive! I almost couldn't hold back my laughter." Xia Fei Long said with a big laugh.

  Xia Yan hastily said: "Thank you, Chief, for your praise. In fact, this is also the credit of all the young men in the Xia family."

  "Hehe, Xia Yan, I used to have some bad impressions of you, don't hold it against me." Xia Lei also chuckled, "Right, Xia Liu this kid already knows he was wrong in his behavior during the day, so he specially came to apologize to you tonight."

  "Xia Yan, in just one month's time, it will be the competition between the excellent young masters of the three major families in Yushui City. At that time, you must definitely fight for the honor of the Xia family!" Xia Lai continued to say with emphasis and concern.

  "Xia Yan, in the past I have done many things wrong, please forgive me. As you said, after all we are brothers, one family. From now on, I will respect you as an elder brother!" Xia Liu had obviously thought about what he wanted to say and at this time lifted his head, sincerely looking at Xia Yan.

  "Xia Liu, you and I are forever brothers, we will always be a family. Our bodies flow with the blood of the Xia family. So, no matter what time, I will always stand by your side."

  As soon as Xia Yan's words fell, Xia Liu choked back a sob and his eyes welled up with tears.

  "Haha, good! Good! Alright! Zix in, you sit next to Xia Yan. Xia Liu, come over and take a seat too. Now, let's start the meal!" Xia Fei Long exclaimed excitedly, his face flushed with joy.

  Xia's family is united in heart and virtue, he is naturally delighted!

  A family, if it is in constant turmoil, will never be able to prosper and may collapse at any time.

  Xia Fei Long looked at Xia Yan with satisfaction, thinking to himself that Xia Yan was indeed a rare talent. With Xia Yan by his side, he might be able to restore the glory of their family's past. At such a young age, Xia Yan already had such a broad vision and ambition, which wasn't something that could be achieved just by having natural talent in cultivation.

  "The Wang and Xi families have been operating in Yushui City for a hundred years, and they are already deeply rooted. Especially in recent years, there is even a hint of surpassing our Xia family. The younger generation of these two families has also produced geniuses in recent years. Xia Yan, Xia Liu, Zi Xin, one month from now, the competition, can you afford to be careless?" By this time, Xia Fei Long's face was somewhat solemn.

  "Hmm, based on the information we've obtained, both Xi Qiushui of the Xi family and Wang Yuyan of the Wang family are extremely powerful. Especially Xi Qiushui, who may have already opened up all 100 meridians, his martial skills are not ordinary either." Xia Lei glanced at Xia Yan.

  Among the young generation of Xia family under 15 years old, only Xia Yan had successfully opened up all 100 martial meridians.