Fantasy: The Clan Chief Lies Down, His House Is Full of Emperors

Throughout the fight between Lan Jiaxin and Xu Yan, Qiao Yanran kept her fists clenched and stared intently at Xu Yan on the stage, her pretty face full of worry and concern.

Although she was very confident in her lover, Lan Jiaxin was, after all, the son of the Lan family patriarch and had many trump cards.

She only breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from her forehead after Lan Jiaxin was kicked off the martial arts stage.

The maid exclaimed from the side, "The young master is really amazing!"

Qiao Yanran also showed a genuine smile.

In fact, she had already made preparations. If Xu Yan really lost to Lan Jiaxin, she would not marry Lan Jiaxin. At worst, she would elope directly.

Fortunately, Xu Yan won, and she can marry him legitimately.

Their marriage had actually been agreed upon by both families long ago; this trip was just a formality. They never expected the Lan family to suddenly interfere.

Now that the sudden appearance of a third party has led to the Lan family's departure, everything has returned to normal, and the Qiao family has instantly become harmonious and happy again.

Xu Qingzhou and the elders, including Qiao Tianshu, set a wedding date and then attended the banquet together.

The news quickly spread throughout Lingyue City. It wouldn't have been a big deal if it were just about the marriage between the Qiao and Xu families, but the fact that Lan Xin was defeated by Xu Yan also spread.

For a time, the Lan family became the laughing stock of Lingyue City. Although people dared not openly talk about laughing at the Lan family, a third-rate power, they ridiculed them quite a bit in private.

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After bringing the wailing Lan Jiaxin home, Lan Jiang was both angry and disappointed.

"Alright, stop yelling! It's just a few broken bones! For a cultivator, it's just a minor injury."

"You're a whole realm higher than that kid, and you still couldn't win even after using talismans and defensive magic items, and you still have the nerve to yell?!"

It's his own son; otherwise, he would have already called him a good-for-nothing.

Lan Jiaxin, who had been pampered since childhood, had always been accompanied by powerful members of her family during her training. She had never been injured or suffered any hardship before, and this was the first time she had ever felt such pain.

But he was even more afraid of his strict father, so he could only suppress his cries, though his body trembled uncontrollably from the pain.

In fact, Lan Jiang felt more regret than anything else about this matter.

His initial goal was to leverage the Lan family's background to propose marriage to the Qiao family. If the Qiao family disagreed, he would have a suitable reason to target them.

If they agree, that would be even better. With this connection, the Lan family has the opportunity to plant some spies in the Qiao family and gradually take them down.

This is a conspiracy.

But unexpectedly, the Xu family ruined the whole thing.

Lan Jiang's face was gloomy.

"The Qiao family may have conspired with the Xu family in advance. When we went there, they were only pretending to be polite, but when the Xu family went there, they welcomed us with open arms."

"The Xu family thought they were so great after defeating the Pill and Weapon Sect, they actually dared to compete with my Lan family for someone! They're really courting death!!"

He held a grudge against both families.

If the Lan family had no background and was just an ordinary third-rate power, then this matter would have simply been dropped.

However, the Lan family is allied with King Zhenwu through marriage. Lan Jiang's sister married King Zhenwu's eldest son. With such a background, the Lan family cannot afford to be wronged.

When the father and son learned that the news of the bride kidnapping had spread throughout Lingyue City, they were furious.

Lan Jiaxin angrily smashed the expensive furniture in the house and went to find Lan Jiang.

"Father! This must have been deliberately spread by them! They just wanted to embarrass our Lan family! We can't stand idly by! We must take revenge!!"

Lan Jiang's face was grim as he said in a deep voice, "Of course, this matter cannot be left like this. I have already made arrangements."

"Oh? What have you arranged?" Lan Jiaxin asked hurriedly.

He doesn't dare to go out now, afraid of being seen and laughed at. He feels that only by taking revenge on the Xu family can he regain his lost face.

Lan Jiang gave a cold laugh.

“I have found out that besides Xu Muge, the Xu family also has another prodigy named Xu Luo. He often leads a group of people to kill bandits in the Demon Cloud Mountains, and Xu Yan is among them.”

“I’ve arranged for several powerful individuals to be stationed in the Demon Cloud Mountains. If they go there again, I’ll leave them all there.”

"They are all outstanding members of the younger generation of the Xu family. If they all die, I believe the Xu family members' expressions will be quite interesting."

The Qiao family is only a third-rate power, so we can put them aside for now, but we must not let the Xu family, who disrupted our plans, get away with it.

As long as you handle things cleanly, even if it escalates to the Lingyue Sect, they won't be able to do anything about it.

This is similar to how the Pill and Weapon Sect coveted the Xu family's pill formula before. They can do it, but they must do it cleanly, since they dare not directly offend the Spirit Moon Sect.

Upon hearing this, Lan Jiaxin beamed with joy and clapped his hands repeatedly.

"Good, good! That's how it should be done! Let that bitch Qiao Yanran become a widow."

He didn't even fancy Qiao Yanran; he only chose her as his marriage partner to cooperate with his father's plan.

Lan Jiang's face was gloomy.

“Once this matter is successfully completed, the Xu family will not only lose a promising prodigy, but Xu Yan, who was to be married into the Qiao family, will also be dead. I want to see whether the Qiao family will let that girl marry a dead man or marry someone else.”

"If they choose the latter, the relationship between the Qiao family and the Xu family will be strained, and they may even become enemies!"

Lan Jiaxin hadn't thought of this at first, but understood after listening.

"Father, what a brilliant plan! This is killing two birds with one stone!"

Lan Jiaxin suddenly had a concern.

"Since they are very important to the Xu family, will the Xu family send someone to protect them?"

Lan Jiang scoffed.

"The Xu family is just a newly emerging fourth-rate power, without even a Purple Mansion Realm expert. I will directly send three Purple Mansion Realm cultivators. Even if the entire Xu family comes out to protect them, they will not be able to put up any resistance."

The power levels within the same category are not that different, but the difference is completely different when you are one level apart.

Except in special circumstances, lower-level forces simply dare not provoke higher-level forces and can only submit to them.

Otherwise, if someone were to send out a powerful expert anywhere, they could sweep you away, and if they sent out two, they could wipe out your entire sect.

If the Xu family were just an ordinary third-rate force without the Lingyue Sect's backing, the Lan family could easily wipe them out by sending three experts at the Purple Mansion Realm.

We don't need to use any tricks like we do now.

Lan Jiaxin's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands excitedly.

"That's right! I forgot, the Xu family has always been just a fox borrowing the tiger's power. Without the support of the Lingyue Sect, they wouldn't even be able to gain a foothold in the city!"

Lan Jiang nodded, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and looked as if he had everything under control.

"In this world, self-reliance is the only true measure of success; relying on others will never get you far."

He mocked the Xu family for relying on the Lingyue Sect to bully others, but forgot that if his own Lan family hadn't been lucky enough to marry the son of the True Martial King, they wouldn't have developed so quickly in Lingyue City and become a third-rate power.