Battle Through the Heavens: Clan Leader, I'm sorry, now I just want to be a good person.

Only Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er remained on the cliff.

Xiao Xun'er looked at Xiao Yan, tilted her head, and smiled lightly, "It seems that Brother Xiao Yan doesn't need Xun'er to comfort him?"

“When people suffer setbacks, they have to grow, right? Besides, there are so many people who care about me, like my master... Brother Xiao Fan, Xun'er, and my father!” As he spoke, Xiao Yan reached out and pinched the girl’s delicate face.

Sensing Xiao Yan's unusually intimate gesture, Xiao Xun'er murmured, "Nalan Yanran, I don't know whether I should thank you or hate you..."

"Xun'er...do you...have money?"

......

Xiao Fan, who had come down the mountain, didn't bother with the couple on the cliff anymore. It was time for them to start showing off their love, so why should he follow them?

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Fan decided to find a secluded place to use his combat skill experience card and see how effective it was.

After finding a secluded spot behind the mountain, Xiao Fan began to bring up his system panel.

[The Strongest Supporting Character System] (Pidan)

Host: Xiao Fan

Level: 2 (51/200)

Strength: Battle Qi, Rank 7

Technique: Radiant Sun Technique

Combat Skill: Low-grade Yellow Rank Fiery Cloud Palm (Beginner)

Items: Low-level storage ring, PvP experience card (Increases PvP proficiency after use, allowing you to quickly master PvP skills.)

Main mission: none

"Pierced Egg, select the Arena Experience Card and use it."

"Combat Skill Experience Card successfully used. Fire Cloud Palm Proficiency: Beginner!"

Xiao Fan closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, he felt as if he had been practicing the Fiery Cloud Palm for a long time and had mastered its basic usage.

"Fire Cloud Palm!"

He shouted in a low voice and swung his weapon at a tree about the thickness of a person in front of him.

"boom!"

A loud noise echoed through the forest. Xiao Fan looked at the deep palm prints on the trees ahead, and then felt his slightly numb right hand. "It seems that to practice combat techniques, one must first build a solid physical foundation. Otherwise, one will injure oneself before harming others!"

"As expected, low-level Yellow Rank combat techniques have limited power, but they are most suitable for me at this moment. If it were a Profound Rank or even an Earth Rank combat technique, let alone whether I could use it, even if I did, I would probably get injured."

Xiao Fan sat down and calmed himself down before starting to consider his future path.

After all, Xiao Yan's cheat code is the Medicine Venerable in the ring. If he stays with Xiao Yan, they'll not only compete for opportunities, but he also only has ten years. If he can't complete the mission by then, it seems he really will be eliminated by the system. Therefore, he can't follow the original plot; he must start planning before Xiao Yan.

A certain possibility occurred to Xiao Fan, and a sudden thought struck him. He smiled and said, "If I joined this faction, wouldn't that mean..."

With a plan in mind, Xiao Fan stood up and walked down the mountain. With Xiao Xun'er there, he didn't need to worry about the materials at all.

Xiao Fan then decided to go to the market town at the foot of the mountain, since he hadn't properly explored this world since arriving.

Walking through the market, Xiao Fan witnessed many unique things about this world.

For example, there were cats with two heads, snakes that could mimic human speech, all sorts of alchemy materials, and so-called demonic cores. Only then did Xiao Fan truly appreciate the wonders of the cultivation world.

Just as she was wondering what was going on, she happened to run into Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan looked at Xiao Fan, who was standing in front of him with a curious expression, and said to him, "Xiao Fan, come with me!"

Following behind Xiao Zhan, Xiao Fan was wondering where he would take him when Xiao Zhan suddenly asked, "Why did you speak up for Xiao Yan today?"

Xiao Fan was slightly taken aback by Xiao Zhan's question, and then smiled and said, "I'm not speaking up for Xiao Yan, I'm just speaking from my own heart."

"You said before that there shouldn't be internal strife within the same family, that it's okay for family members to bully each other, but it's not okay when there are outsiders involved. Why is that?" Xiao Zhan asked curiously.

"The most important thing for a family is cohesion and a sense of honor. If you can bully your own family members in front of outsiders, where does your sense of honor and cohesion come from?" Xiao Fan said seriously.

Upon hearing Xiao Fan's words, a hint of excitement flashed in Xiao Zhan's eyes. "Xiao Fan, I underestimated you. I didn't expect you to have such insight."

What do you think of our Xiao family now?

Xiao Fan was taken aback by Xiao Zhan's question. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "Complacency and a lack of vitality."

"Then what do you think is the best way to change this trend?" When asked this question, Xiao Zhan finally turned to look at Xiao Fan with some seriousness.

Upon hearing Xiao Zhan's words, Xiao Fan finally understood why he had asked him that question. It seemed that the Yunlan Sect's attempt to annul the engagement, and the reaction of the Xiao family elders, made him feel that the Xiao family now only cared about profit. As the patriarch, he wanted to change things but couldn't bring himself to do it, and simply asked the question casually because he happened to be there.

Xiao Fan thought for a moment, "There are only two ways for the Xiao family to change this situation."

"First, experiencing a major catastrophe will make the family members realize that only their own family members are trustworthy in the face of real disasters, which will unite the family and help them break away from the current situation of focusing on interests."

"Another way is to rely on a powerful or prestigious person to forcibly change the family's situation, issue new family regulations, give new disciples some opportunities to train, and gradually replace the corrupt ideas of the older generation. Only in this way can the family maintain its vitality and achieve rebirth."

Just like the Xiao family in the original novel, they only began to change after being besieged by the Yunlan Sect. The three elders also reflected on their mistakes, and that was when the Xiao family's cohesion was at its strongest.

However, this was impossible for the Xiao family at this time. Not only had Xiao Zhan's decision-making power within the Xiao family been divided by several elders, but the Xiao family was also a dominant force in Wutan City, so there was no opportunity for them to make a change.

Unless a Dou Wang or higher expert emerges in the Xiao family and changes the family's current corrupt practices, it's unlikely that the family's problems can be reversed within three years. Otherwise, we'll have to wait until Xiao Yan offends the Yunlan Sect or Xiao Yan rises to power again.

Xiao Zhan nodded upon hearing Xiao Fan's answer; he knew the answer all too well. He then told Xiao Fan to go back first.

On one hand, he wanted to see how this young man who had advised his son several times was doing, and on the other hand, he was just feeling a bit bored and wanted to talk to someone casually. He never expected that Xiao Fan would have such a clear understanding of the situation in the Xiao family.

However, the Xiao family is currently facing various internal problems, as well as external forces eyeing it covetously. Even if he has a way to make the Xiao family change, those forces will not allow him to succeed.

As Xiao Fan walked back to his room, his conversation with Xiao Zhan helped him clarify his own thoughts.

The Xiao Clan, once one of the ancient overlords, should not have fallen to such a state. Moreover, Xiao Zhan, as the patriarch of the Xiao Clan, clearly knows the glory of the Xiao Clan in the past. How could such a person manage the clan so frivolously? It seems that the Dou Qi Continent is not as simple as it is described in the original novel. From now on, I can only use the novel as a reference and must act with caution.