"This is indeed worth celebrating. You are good opponents, but I hope you won't be too happy either, don't end up getting beaten so badly by my boss that you'll be crawling around looking for your teeth," Xiaoyao said with a smile.
Hearing Xiaoyao's words, the Le family members all thought: Xiaoyao, you're seeking death by saying such things about Le Youran!!
Nangong Suxin and the others shook their heads, feeling that even in such circumstances, Xiaoyao remained so carefree about everything. They didn't know whether to call him composed and calm, or just slow.
However, they really liked this remark of Xiaoyao's. They believed that one day Le Youran would indeed be beaten so badly she'd be crawling around looking for her teeth, and this person might not necessarily be Guxing, it could be them.
This time, Xiaoyao had not only stimulated Guxing, but also stimulated the Young Miss and the others. They would also train desperately from now on, determined to defeat this Le Youran before them.
As for Le Youran, who was being used as a stimulation tool, Xiaoyao naturally wouldn't let her be easily defeated. He needed to ensure Le Youran could always stay slightly ahead of Guxing, of course, this was only for a certain period of time. He wouldn't continue this indefinitely, just long enough for Guxing to break through to a certain level.
Moreover, even if Xiaoyao wanted to continue indefinitely, it would be impossible. Le Youran would eventually be surpassed by Guxing, not only because Guxing's talent was slightly better, but also because Xiaoyao wasn't particularly invested in Le Youran.
"Le Youran, I hope you won't harm him, or else I will become your enemy for life, never stopping until death!" Nangong Suxin said coldly to Le Youran, then left.
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Le Youran looked at Xiaoyao, feeling this matter had become very interesting. She hadn't expected that this guy she had casually captured would have such influence, able to make this young miss of considerable status from the Nangong clan issue such a warning. This level of warning would be hard to receive even if she herself were humiliated.
But now, it was just a warning not to harm him. What was this? Would touching him once make her a mortal enemy? Was he really that important?
"You seem very important to Nangong Suxin. What's the story?" Le Youran looked at Xiaoyao.
"I saved her life once, By the way, do you know Nangong Suxin?" Xiaoyao asked casually. From Le Youran's manner, she seemed to know and recognize Nangong Suxin. If so, Nangong Suxin might not only be active in Qingyun City, but also here.
Thinking carefully, he seemed to have rarely seen Nangong Suxin in Qingyun City before. Previously he had only heard about her, until that day when he first met Nangong Suxin in person. As for where she had been before that, he didn't know.
"Of course I know her. She's also considered a celebrity in our Great Tang capital. Though a few years younger than me, her talent, while not as good as mine, still makes her outstanding! Her strength is far beyond what you've seen..." Le Youran answered with a smile, not hiding anything and telling him everything she knew.
"I know this. She used to conceal her abilities, but later she revealed her full strength," Xiaoyao nodded. Previously, Nangong Suxin hadn't truly shown her strength, initially deliberately suppressing her abilities. But later, the rapid growth of Guxing and the Young Miss made it impossible for her to continue hiding.
"Mm, that's right. It seems she hadn't broken through to King level before. I heard she recently experienced life and death and broke through. When I was her age, I had just barely broken through," Le Youran said. At this moment, she hadn't yet connected Nangong Suxin's life-and-death experience to Xiaoyao. Although Xiaoyao said he had saved Nangong Suxin's life, this could have happened at any time and might not have been as important as this recent incident. It could have been a very small matter.
"I think highly of her. When she reaches your current age, she'll definitely surpass your current achievements. However, by that time, I believe you won't be standing still either." Xiaoyao said with a smile.
"Are you praising me or insulting me?" Le Youran asked.
"An objective evaluation!" Xiaoyao replied.
"..."
"Alright, I need to go into closed-door cultivation. I did gain some insights just now, your method is feasible! However, there's now a problem that needs solving!!" Le Youran frowned, seeming to have encountered some difficulty.
"What problem?" Xiaoyao immediately asked. If this was Le Youran's personal matter, he definitely wouldn't care, but since this issue was related to Guxing's strength breakthrough, he was very concerned.
"My gauntlets are ruined. Where can I find a new pair now? And even if I find them, they won't withstand Guxing's sword. What sword is hers? Why have I never heard of it? Logically, a sword that can damage my gauntlets like this should be a famous sword." Le Youran frowned. Although her gauntlets were only slightly better quality items and not the best, causing such damage wasn't something ordinary weapons could do.
As for why Le Youran's gauntlets were so "ordinary", for her family background, this was completely too inferior and obviously didn't match her status. This was strange.
This wasn't because Le Youran was careless. She actually wanted better ones, but her requirements were very high. She wanted no restrictions whatsoever. Gauntlets had very high manufacturing requirements, unlike swords. Any problem in any part could completely ruin the entire gauntlet.
So after much selection, she had only chosen the current ones, which could let her boxing techniques reach their limit while protecting her hands. Now that these gauntlets were destroyed, she could only use her bare hands.
Although this meant some moves couldn't be used, she could still fight, though the power would be slightly reduced, especially since she was currently using strength to suppress Guxing.
If this battle hadn't been strength-focused, these gauntlets probably wouldn't have sustained such damage.
"I'll make you a pair. You just need to provide materials and tools. Anyway, the earliest your battle with my boss could be is a month from now," Xiaoyao naturally understood the importance of these gauntlets, so he would compensate by providing the best, to ensure Le Youran could display her strongest combat power.
As for time, he believed it would be sufficient. Guxing wasn't the type to come every day knowing there was still a gap. She would train hard for a period and only come to try again after breaking through to a certain level of strength.
"You? Well... Xiao Hong, come here..." Le Youran called over her personal maid and instructed, "Xiao Hong, help him get whatever he needs. Say it's my orders. But also watch him, don't let him escape!"
How unnecessary, if I wanted to escape, you couldn't stop me here, Xiaoyao thought, too lazy to say anything to Le Youran. He just called Xiao Hong aside to talk.
As for Le Youran, she still had things to do. Xiaoyao knew she was going to cultivate, she should have gained insights from the recent battle. At the same time, Xiaoyao also knew the Le family members would definitely ask Le Youran some questions, because they were full of question marks about what had just happened.
Sure enough, when Le Youran headed toward her closed-door cultivation, she was first stopped by Le family members for questioning. But Le Youran had no mood to answer at this moment, so she briefly explained that she had captured someone named Xiaoyao because his full name was Le Xiaoyao.
"Le Xiaoyao?"
"Yes, I'm called Le Xiaoyao. Le as in happiness, Xiaoyao as in free and easy!" Xiaoyao had long anticipated that these people might come ask him after questioning Le Youran, since she hadn't explained clearly, so naturally they would ask him as one of the parties involved.
"Tell us, who exactly are you? Why would Youran capture you? And why did Guxing and those two young ladies from the Nangong family come here for you!"
"First question: I'm a full-time servant! Second question: Le Youran captured me because I have the surname Le. She thinks I'm unworthy of this surname and wanted me to change it. I was unwilling, so she captured me and is keeping me until I agree, or maybe she doesn't want me outside continuing to say I have the surname Le!" Xiaoyao said calmly, as if talking about something unrelated to himself, narrating someone else's story.
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After hearing Xiaoyao's words, the Le family members had basically guessed Le Youran's meaning. They didn't feel there was anything particularly problematic about this, because Xiaoyao said he was a servant. In this imperial capital, if they knew of a servant with the surname Le, they might also capture him to work as a servant in their own household.
At this moment, the Le family members might have overlooked one thing, that their way of making him a servant seemed to involve locking the person in the Le family, which was coercive.
Of course the Le family members would overlook this, because they were inherently this domineering, this wasn't the first time they had done such things.
Because of this, even though they felt somewhat speechless, no one spoke up to say anything. Xiaoyao didn't care about this either, because he didn't need to care about the Le family members' opinions.
"Third question: Guxing is my boss, and Nangong Suxin and Third Miss are friends of my boss. Well, if there are no more questions, I'll take my leave first. Please continue, everyone! Miss Xiao Hong, remember to prepare those things for me." Xiaoyao said, then left, ignoring these Le family members.
"..." The Le family members fell silent again. They had originally wanted to ask more, but seemed unable to think of any particularly pressing questions for the moment.
They felt a sense of helplessness regarding Xiaoyao's attitude. Was this really a servant? Why did he show no fear whatsoever when seeing them? Ordinary people would show at least some reverence when seeing Le family members, but he showed none at all, he looked at them as if they were just ordinary people.
Although this feeling was unpleasant, they couldn't really argue with a small servant. At least not with a servant already in Le Youran's hands.
(End of Chapter)