Su Xin had attacked the Dugu clan's vassal sects in the territory of the Dugu clan, which was a slap in the face. In fact, Su Xin had done this on purpose.
Now, it was indeed inappropriate for Su Xin to touch the Dugu clan. Su Xin could borrow the power of the imperial court and the Celestial Court Hades to destroy Qingcheng Sword School. However, Su Xin had mainly borrowed the power of the collateral branch of the Su clan to destroy the Su family.
Now that it was the Dugu clan, Su Xin really had no power to borrow.
Moreover, the location and identity of the Dugu clan were too sensitive. Even if Su Xin could find the power to deal with the Dugu clan, Ji Haodian would never let him do it.
Therefore, Su Xin had no intention of doing anything to the Dugu clan from the beginning. He had said before that this time, he was just going to knock the Dugu clan down, just like how the Dugu clan had knocked the Qingyuan Sect and other sects who had secretly gossiped about them.
People always had to pay for their actions. The young disciples of the Qingyuan Sect and other sects had spoken ill of Dugu Yan, so they were forced to return to the Dugu clan by Dugu Yan. Their cultivations were sealed, and they became slaves for 10 years.
The Dugu clan wanted to take advantage of the situation and rob Su Xin of what he was talking about. If that was the case, they could not blame Su Xin for personally coming to slap the Dugu clan in the face.
Therefore, Su Xin did not stop. He directly went to more than a dozen of the Dugu clan's vassal sects and directly took away all their outstanding disciples.
This time, those sects all exploded. What Su Xin did was to destroy the foundation of their sects!
The most fundamental thing of a sect was actually the people. These young disciples had been carefully cultivated by them, and they might have been able to break through to the Divine Transformation Realm in the future. Now, they had been wiped out by Su Xin. Who would inherit their mantle and take charge of the sects in decades?
They could not tolerate this kind of thing, even if Su Xin was one of the four Great Arresters of the imperial court.
Therefore, these sects immediately sent people to the Dugu clan to ask for help.
At this moment, no one in the Dugu clan had noticed what was happening here, because a distinguished guest had come to the Dugu clan. It was the heir of the Xiao clan, 'Marquis Xiao An', Xiao Huang.
The Xiao Clan was much more powerful than the Dugu Clan. Hence, the successor of the Xiao Clan, Xiao Huang, was worthy of Dugu Yan personally coming out to welcome him. Moreover, the Xiao Clan had brought a huge business deal to the Dugu Clan.
Generally speaking, every top power had a relatively stable source of resources in their hands. For example, the Sword Fighting Sect and Mingjian Villa all had one or a few precious mines, while the Bashu Sword Pavilion was forging swords and refining weapons, while the Medicine King Valley was refining pills.
These sects and aristocratic families used the various cultivation resources they produced to trade with the cultivation resources produced by other forces. Everyone exchanged what they needed.
The Dugu clan naturally had this source, and the thing they produced was very strange. It was a strange medicine called Dragon Bone Rattan.
Legend had it that there was a dragon vein in the Northern Plains, and this Dragon Bone Rattan was a spiritual medicine nourished by the qi of this dragon vein. In the Zhou Kingdom, there was such a medicinal field that specialized in producing Dragon Bone Rattan. Of course, this medicinal field was snatched from the hands of the Dugu clan.
The effect of this Dragon Bone Rattan was very strange. It was only of great benefit to martial artists who cultivated with the qi of the dragon, but it had no effect on ordinary martial artists.
The imperial family of the Zhou Kingdom occupied this Dragon Bone Rattan medicinal field specifically for the martial artists of the imperial family.
Although the Dragon Bone Rattan produced by the Dugu clan of the Northern Plains had no use for them, they could sell it to other forces in the Jianghu that needed it. The Xiao clan was naturally their big customer.
The Xiao clan used to be the imperial family of the Great Liang, so some of their cultivation methods were contaminated with the qi of the dragon. They needed to use the Dragon Bone Rattan to refine pills to cultivate, and the quantity was not small.
Other than the Xiao clan, the Dugu clan also secretly smuggled the Dragon Bone Rattan to the Eastern Jin and the thirty-six countries of the Western Region. The imperial family there also needed the Dragon Bone Rattan.
However, the Eastern Jin was far from the thirty-six countries of the Western Region, so the cost of smuggling it was too high. Secondly, they were not strong, so the demand for the Dragon Bone Rattan was too small.
Therefore, only the Xiao clan was the real big customer. Every year, the Xiao clan would personally come to purchase the Dragon Bone Rattan from the Dugu clan. This time, the Xiao clan actually sent Xiao Huang. It seemed that this' Marquis Xiao An 'could be considered the true successor of the Xiao clan.
Purchasing the Dragon Bone Rattan was not a big deal. The two forces had been working together for more than a year or two, so no one would play some useless tricks in the dark.
However, the Xiao clan and the Dugu clan were in-laws. Therefore, every time the Xiao clan came to the Dugu clan, they had to send a martial artist with real power. This time, they actually sent Xiao Huang, so it was easy to imagine his current status in the Xiao clan.
Dugu Yan personally went to the door to welcome Xiao Huang, and Xiao Huang was not the kind of person who did not know etiquette. He immediately walked over and revealed a bright smile, "How could I trouble uncle to personally come out to welcome me?"
Xiao Chao was the younger sister of Xiao Huang's father, 'Marquis An' Xiao Wusheng. Therefore, Xiao Huang naturally had to call Xiao Chao aunt, and this Dugu Yan was his uncle.
Looking at Xiao Huang, Dugu Yan laughed, "It's no big deal. I have not seen you for a few years, Xiao Huang. These years, your reputation in the Jianghu has been very great. You are indeed the most outstanding successor of this generation of the Xiao clan. My Dugu clan cannot find a martial artist of the younger generation who can stand shoulder to shoulder with you."
Hearing Dugu Yan talk about reputation, Xiao Huang's mouth could not help but twitch, and an awkward feeling rose in his heart.
Although he knew that Dugu Yan was actually praising him by saying this, he still felt uncomfortable.
With that abnormal Su Xin around, which young martial artist in the Jianghu dared to talk about reputation in front of him?
Dugu Yan did not say too much on this topic. He only exchanged a few words with Xiao Huang, then brought him to the guest hall.
After taking a seat, Xiao Huang said, "Uncle, this time I have come to the Dugu clan to purchase another batch of Dragon Bone Rattan. The quantity is rather large, about eighty thousand kilograms. I have also brought the resources for the transaction."
Dugu Yan said directly, "No problem. The clan happens to have a batch in stock. I will arrange for someone to prepare it for you."
As he spoke, Dugu Yan instructed a servant to pack up the Dragon Bone Rattan in the Dugu clan's stock and bring it back to Xiao Huang.
The Dugu clan did not actually sell much of the Dragon Bone Rattan. After all, other than the Xiao clan, the Eastern Jin Kingdom and the 36 countries of the Western Region did not need much. Hence, the Dugu clan still had a lot in stock.
Actually, the Golden Horde Kingdom was a big customer. There were many countries in the world that could be called a country, but only the Golden Horde Kingdom had the ability to challenge the Zhou Kingdom.
Unfortunately, the martial arts of the barbarians in the Golden Horde Kingdom were too simple and crude. They could not be compared to the martial arts of the Central Plains, which was a fusion of many martial arts. The Golden Horde Kingdom did not have high-level martial arts that borrowed Dragon Qi. Furthermore, even if they did, their cultivation would probably be very slow and poor.
The business discussion was soon over, and Xiao Huang chatted with Dugu Yan.
After a few words of greeting, Xiao Huang suddenly asked, "Uncle-in-law, I heard that the Dugu clan had some friction with Su Xin a few days ago?"
Dugu Yan nodded with a gloomy expression and said coldly, "We did suffer a small loss. I did not expect that Su Xin would be so cunning. He actually hid a force in the dark.
However, the most despicable ones are those who secretly spread rumors.
The Dugu clan only suffered a loss at the hands of Su Xin, but to them, it seems like the Dugu clan is about to collapse. How despicable. "
Xiao Huang echoed Dugu Yan's words and sneered in his heart.
His aunt, who was not inferior to any man, was really wronged to marry him. If his aunt was not around, how could he become the head of the Dugu clan with this kind of trash?
Even Xiao Huang knew that there was nothing in this world that did not require a price to be paid.
If he blamed others and the heavens when he encountered difficulties, then his will was probably extremely weak. With such a character, he could forget about cultivating martial arts. Sooner or later, he would also be trash that would kneel and surrender.
As for Dugu Yan's later action of arresting and punishing those people who were talking about him and the Dugu clan, this also made Xiao Huang secretly shake his head.
They were all in the pugilistic world. Was there a need to be afraid of other pugilistic people gossiping?
The more one tried to stop this kind of thing, the more it would happen. It was better to just ignore it and wait until there was no more movement in the pugilistic world, or when someone else caused another incident to divert attention, and then the matter would pass.
But now, Dugu Yan still wanted to give others a warning. Little did he know that doing so would make these people remember him for life, and similarly, they would hate him for life.
Xiao Huang coughed and said, "Uncle-in-law, don't worry about it. To be honest, it is not my first time dealing with that Su Xin. That fellow's methods are indeed very troublesome.
Uncle-in-law, it is normal for you to suffer at his hands. In any case, in the future, just be careful and don't worry about it. "
Hearing Xiao Huang say this, Dugu Yan's mood became a little better. At this time, Xiao Huang suddenly asked, "That's right, where is my aunt?"
A trace of an awkward smile appeared on Dugu Yan's face, and he hurriedly said, "I will send someone to invite her."
Sending someone instead of going personally was because he knew that Xiao Chuo would not meet him.
Thinking back to his previous words, Dugu Yan also felt some regret. His words were a little too harsh.
But later, when Dugu Yan thought it through and wanted to apologize, Xiao Chuo did not even give him the chance to do so. He had almost been refused at the door for nearly half a month.
Just when Dugu Yan thought that Xiao Chuo would definitely not come, he did not expect that Xiao Chuo would actually come.
But even when Xiao Chuo came, she did not say a single word. She only sat coldly beside Dugu Yan. Even though the sun was shining brightly outside, there was not the slightest expression on her face. There was only a lingering gloomy frost.
Xiao Huang did not know much about the matters within the Dugu clan. But looking at their current appearance, he knew what kind of state they were in, so he did not say much.
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