Chapter 16 - Xiao Ning

  Looking at the teenager who was slowly traveling over, Xiao Mei's few people all stopped their footsteps, and the sound of playful laughter gradually weakened a lot.   Xiao Mei beside a few clean-cut young girls, open wide eyes looking at this once considered the family honor of the teenager, the expression on the small face, indescribable regret or other.   Xiao Mei was in place, her heart was a little tangled, in the bottom of her heart, in fact, she also wanted to chat with this teenager who had once made her adore her, however, the reality was to tell her that the gap between the two people was now getting bigger and bigger, and then put her heart on an invalid, it was obviously a little bit unwise.   Curved leaf eyebrow lightly frowned, then stretching, Xiao Mei in the heart of some helpless secretly said: "Say hello, no matter how to say, he is also considered his cousin."   Not knowing the thoughts in Xiao Mei's heart, Xiao Yan's arms were resting on the back of his head, and his attitude lazily traveled over.   Looking at Xiao Yan who was close at hand, Xiao Mei's pretty little face just wanted to show a smile, but the teenager's behavior made the smile that had not yet fully emerged freeze on the little face, looking somewhat comical.   With his arms resting on the back of his head, Xiao Yan walked straight past the several young girls as if no one else was there, without showing the slightest bit of attachment.   Slightly opening her rosy mouth and looking at the teenager's back, Xiao Mei was somewhat stunned, with her appearance, when did she receive such treatment? An inexplicable shyness and anger surged slightly in her heart, and she could not help but shout out, "Cousin Xiao Yan."   His footsteps slightly lurched, Xiao Yan did not turn around, and his faint tone was like a conversation between strangers, "Something?"   The bland and rusty tone caused Xiao Mei to stagnate and shook her head naively, "No......"   Xiao Yan lightly raised the tip of his eyebrows and lazily ignored it again as he shook his head and continued to step forward.   Looking at the back that disappeared at the end of the path, Xiao Mei stomped her small foot with some indignation and immediately followed the same path.   Turning a corner, Xiao Yan raised his head and looked at the spacious room in front of him, and on top of the plaque of the room, there were three big blood-red characters of the Fighting Technique Hall with dragons flying and phoenixes dancing.   Listening to the yelling sounds coming out from the Fighting Technique Hall, Xiao Yan was somewhat surprised, this place usually had few people coming on weekdays, why was it so lively today?   Shrugging his shoulders, Xiao Yan just casually turned his thoughts and threw them away as he stepped into the Fighting Technique Hall.   As soon as he entered the Fighting Technique Hall, the cheering and applauding sounds of young girls and boys rolled over.   In the Fighting Technique Hall, it was divided into two parts, the east part was the storage of the family's fighting techniques, while the west part, it was a sizeable training ground, at this time, quite a number of heads, were clustered on top of the training ground, looking at the field of competition between the two with great interest.   "Looking at the concentration of Dou Zhi Qi that Cousin Xiao Ning shot out, I'm afraid that he already has eight segments of Dou Zhi Qi, right?"   "Hehehe, two months ago, Cousin Xiao Ning had already advanced to the eighth stage of Dou Qi."   "Although he has an eighth stage Dou Qi, cousin Kaoru-er has a ninth stage Dou Qi, so it seems that it's not really possible for cousin Xiao Ning to win."   "Cousin Kaoru-er, go for it!"   Hearing the astonished chants coming from the crowd, Xiao Yan's footsteps only then paused and his gaze swept around the training ground before finally stopping with interest on the beautiful young girl dressed in a light purple dress.   "Why does this niece have the leisure to compete with someone today?" Muttering in his heart, Xiao Yan stopped his footsteps on the east side of the lobby and casually drew over a black scroll on the shelf next to him before slowly spreading it out, and a few large yellow characters appeared on the back of the scroll after spreading it out.   Yellow Rank Intermediate: Shattering Stone Palm!   Leisurely leaning against the bookshelf, Xiao Yan read the cultivation method of the Stone Breaking Palm while his gaze occasionally flicked to the training ground where the battle was intense.   The spacious lobby was as if it had been divided into two worlds, with the west side being noisy while the east side was quiet and calm.   Kaoru's opponent was also a teenager, but his age, which should be around seventeen or eighteen, had a rather handsome appearance, and was not far from the Galeo he had seen that day.   The teenager's name was Xiao Ning, the grandson of the Xiao Family's Grand Elder, his cultivation talent was also good, at only seventeen years of age, he had already cultivated to the eighth stage of the Dou Zhi Qi, and in the family, only Kaoru was able to press him.   Xiao Yan on his cousin did not have much of an impression, occasionally meet, but also rusty greetings and then leave, perhaps because of its grandfather and his father between that some disharmony of the atmosphere, Xiao Yan can always feel, this cousin, seems to be not too satisfied with himself, and perhaps because of the decadence of the previous few years they have shown, so, this cousin, in the three years, did not come specifically to Find their own trouble ......   With a faint smile, Xiao Yan shook off the memories in his mind and continued to study the Shattered Stone Palm in his hand.   On top of the training ground, Kaoru-er was like a light purple butterfly, elegantly and agilely dodging Xiao Ning's swift attack, her delicate and elegant little face always maintaining the calmness of an ancient well.   With her small hands somewhat bored of unloading one of Xiao Ning's melee attacks, Kaoru'er's gaze casually circled around the lobby for a moment before suddenly and violently coming to a standstill.   Looking at the young man who was leaning against the bookshelf and burying his head in the east side of the lobby, a touch of elegant and soft shallow smile appeared on Kaoru-er's bland little face.   In the midst of this clear and elegant smile of the young girl that was like a flash in the pan, the nearby teenagers who were onlookers could not help but be dumbfounded.   "Cousin Kaoru-er, be careful!" Just when Kaoru-er was slightly distracted, the teenager's urgent voice suddenly came out from the crowd.   Feeling the ferocious attacking force behind her, Kaoru-er raised her eyebrows lightly, but her gaze was once again swept towards the teenager under the bookshelf.   At the same time, Xiao Yan also raised his head and looked at the field where Kaoru Er was suddenly attacked, his brows furrowed and he helplessly shook his head, his gaze revealing a hidden worry.   Looking at Xiao Yan's brow between the wipe of anger and worry, Kaoru Er playfully blinked her beautiful big eyes, and then her body shape suddenly took a small horizontal step to the left, only this step, but it was a somewhat bizarre Xiao Ning's attack impartially avoided ......   When her feet were moving, Kaoru Er's jade-like delicate little hand surged out with a faint golden aura, as if it was wearing flowers and snatching leaves, through the blockade of Xiao Ning's palms, and finally landed lightly on top of Xiao Ning's chest.   With her toes lightly pointing on the green stone floor, Kaoru-er delicately turned in a circle, dissolving the strength of the counter-thrust, and faintly looked at Xiao Ning who had retreated more than ten steps and finally stepped out of the training ground with one foot.   Looking at Kaoru-er, who had defeated Xiao Ning with a palm strike, the surroundings of the training ground were slightly quiet, and then the sound of admiration and applause violently resounded.   "Hehe, Cousin Kaoru'er is worthy of being the number one person of the younger generation in the clan, she is really getting stronger and stronger." Having been knocked off the stage by Kaoru-er, Xiao Ning, however, still had a warm smile on his face as he stepped forward and softly said with a smile.   Looking fixedly at the young girl in front of him who was as beautiful as a green lotus, the adoration in Xiao Ning's pupils was almost difficult to conceal.   Although the name of the cousin, but Xiao Ning is aware that the family, most people do not have close blood relatives, and Xiao Xuner, and he is not the slightest blood relationship.   Seemingly not sensing Xiao Ning's blazing gaze, Kaoru-er politely but rustily shook her head slightly and softly said, "Cousin Xiao Ning is modest." After saying this, without waiting for Xiao Ning to continue to get close to her, she smiled and walked towards the young man who was buried in a scroll in the eastern part of the lobby.   As the center of attention in the lobby, Kaoru's actions were naturally noticed by everyone, and a pair of gazes followed Kaoru's route, finally resting on the teenager under the bookshelf.   For the rolling gazes that filled the training ground, the teenager was as if he hadn't heard them, still mesmerized in his own world.