Chapter 37

Xiao Family.

"Master Han, the family head instructed that if you return, you should go to the meeting hall," the guard said as he saw Su Han return.

"I understand."

Su Han nodded, first returning to his room to put down the spirit stones, then heading towards the meeting hall.

He completely disregarded Liang Shaohui and the others. If it weren't for the market being too noisy and crowded, Su Han would have taken action first.

When he arrived at the meeting hall, many people were already seated.

Su Yunming was sitting in a position close to Xiao Hengshan, very much at the front. This showed how courteous Xiao Hengshan was to Su Han and his father, a position that used to belong to the first guest advisor of the Xiao Family, Lian Chong.

"Master Han has returned?"

"Haha, we were just waiting for you. Come, take a seat."

"Looking at Master Han's aura, it seems you've made another breakthrough?"

Seeing Su Han walk in, the people of the Xiao Family all smiled, their words tinged with flattery.

It would be a joke if they offended Su Han now; they would be a bunch of fools.

"Su Han, come, sit next to me."

Xiao Hengshan waved at Su Han and said with a smile.

There were two seats next to him, one occupied by the expressionless Xiao Yuhui, and the other naturally reserved for Su Han.

As for Xiao Yuran, she couldn't cultivate and usually didn't attend family meetings.

Su Han didn't hesitate and sat down.

"Today, I've gathered everyone here for no other reason than to inform you all. The annual recruitment of disciples by Han Yun Sect is about to begin. The flow of people in Yuan Mountain County has increased significantly, many coming from other counties, and according to my investigation, some even from the prefecture city."

"We understand the family head's intentions."

Lian Chong said, "We will instruct our subordinates to be more cautious during this period."

"Good."

Xiao Hengshan nodded and continued, "According to intelligence, there are four major forces among those coming that we cannot afford to offend."

The others waited quietly for Xiao Hengshan to continue.

"These four forces are the Leng Family from Nanqing Prefecture City, the Hu Family from Huang'an Prefecture City, the Yang Family from Minghai Prefecture City, and the Liang Family from Yunyang Prefecture City."

At this point, Xiao Hengshan paused and then said, "The Leng Family, Hu Family, and Yang Family are all major families in their respective prefecture cities, with significant influence far beyond what we have in Yuan Mountain County. As for the Liang Family, while they are not the strongest in Yunyang Prefecture City, they have a member who is an inner sect elder in Han Yun Sect. So, if we can avoid provoking them, we should."

"We understand."

The people below all spoke.

They often encountered such situations, as the annual recruitment of disciples by Han Yun Sect always took place in Yuan Mountain County, and they were already accustomed to it.

This meeting... was mainly for Su Han's benefit.

Although Su Han had talent, his personality was too arrogant. Xiao Hengshan couldn't directly tell Su Han, so he came up with this plan.

"Alright, since everyone understands, instruct your subordinates to be cautious and not to..."

"I have already offended them."

Before Xiao Hengshan could finish, a calm voice came from the side.

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, everyone turned to look at Su Han.

"Su Han, what do you mean by that?" Xiao Hengshan asked.

"I went to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion just now and happened to run into Liang Shaohui from the Liang Family. There was a bit of a conflict, but no physical confrontation," Su Han said.

Su Yunming, standing nearby, couldn't help but smile bitterly. He could see that this meeting was actually for him and his son, and he never expected his good son to have already offended Liang Shaohui.

"What kind of conflict?"

"Master Han, you..."

"Ah, I was afraid of this. This has never happened before!"

The people below all spoke, clearly dissatisfied with Su Han's actions.

Before Su Han and his father arrived, the Xiao Family had never offended anyone from the prefecture city. Now, they had brought trouble to the Xiao Family.

"Fortunately, it's the Liang Family, not the other three major families."

Lian Chong said, "But it's still troublesome. Although our family has an inner sect elder in Han Yun Sect, the Liang Family is from Yunyang Prefecture City and is much stronger than our Xiao Family."

"Why did the conflict arise?" Xiao Hengshan frowned.

"You'll know soon enough."

Su Han stood up and slowly walked out of the hall.

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."

Everyone watched Su Han's back, their brows furrowed, and they were clearly displeased.

You've brought trouble to my Xiao Family, and you act as if nothing happened?

"Everyone, I apologize, Han is just like that."

Su Yunming also stood up and said, "But I believe Han wouldn't provoke Liang Shaohui without a reason."

With that, Su Yunming also left the hall.

"What reason could there be? Isn't it because this guy is too arrogant?"

"Hmph, no wonder the Su Family expelled him. This troublemaker, whoever takes him in will regret it."

A group of people in the hall muttered.

...

In his room, Su Han held a piece of low-grade spirit stone.

The low-grade spirit stone shimmered with a faint glow, and a thin stream of spiritual energy could be seen around it. This was not a leakage but an automatic absorption.

Spirit stones are formed by continuously absorbing the spiritual energy from the heavens and earth. If a low-grade spirit stone were stored for a thousand years, it could potentially condense into a mid-grade spirit stone.

"This is far inferior to what I used in my previous life. Not to mention holy crystals, even just immortal crystals and divine crystals, the least valuable of which would be worth millions of these spirit stones," Su Han shook his head.

To others, these spirit stones were extremely precious, but he found them unimpressive.

"But there's no other choice. We have to make do with what we have."

With a bitter smile, Su Han took a deep breath and began to运转 the Dragon Vein Imperial Technique.

"Boom!"

The moment the Dragon Vein Imperial Technique was activated, the low-grade spirit stone in his hand exploded, releasing a shocking amount of spiritual energy.

Compared to this, the spiritual energy from the heavens and earth was like a trickle of water, while the spiritual energy contained in the spirit stone was like a surging wave.

"Not bad."

Su Han's eyes flickered, and a burst of dragon energy instantly enveloped the spiritual energy, forming a light barrier to prevent any leakage.

"Just this one spirit stone could likely open three to five more meridians for me, but the more I progress, the more spiritual energy I will need."

As Su Han absorbed the spiritual energy, it rapidly surged into his body from all directions.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In the blink of an eye, an hour passed.

Three muffled sounds came from Su Han's body, and three brilliant rays of light suddenly burst forth!

"Forty-eight!"

The corners of Su Han's mouth curled up as he felt the spiritual energy in his body and murmured, "The remaining energy can open one more meridian!"