Chapter 182: The Night Before the Decisive Battle

"Normally, I would have wanted to spend more time consolidating at the Early Stage of the Ninth Level of the Huaqi Realm… but now, I have to increase my cultivation first."

Xiao Fan murmured. Consolidating within the same Realm would increase his strength and provide many benefits for the future.

But that was only relative to his Realm.

If he were to advance, the increase in his strength would certainly be even more obvious.

Therefore, Xiao Fan planned not to suppress his cultivation this time and allow himself to achieve a Breakthrough.

His opponent was Xiao Tian…

His own younger brother.

And also the person he hated the most…

Closing his eyes, Xiao Fan's aura surged wildly and then compressed just as frantically…

He remained in this state…

Six hours later.

The sky was dim and hazy…

Xiao Fan's aura suddenly surged upward.

His cultivation broke through to the Middle Stage of the Ninth Level of the Huaqi Realm.

"Rumble…"

A loud boom echoed from Xiao Fan's Secret Room, but fortunately, it was only a minor Breakthrough in a sub-Realm.

Therefore, the sound it caused wasn't that loud.

It wasn't enough to alarm everyone.

Meanwhile, inside a luxurious guest room of the Long Family.

Elder Cao Mu sat beside Jiang Yushan and smiled, "This kid actually broke through again."

Jiang Yushan nodded and said, "It seems he's a bit impatient. That brother of his… tsk tsk, he's not simple."

The two of them had been assigned two luxurious guest rooms by the Long Mansion.

However, for Cultivators who had reached the Xuandan Realm, sleep was already optional.

If they needed to rest, they would just sit cross-legged in meditation…

Since neither of them felt sleepy, they sat together and started chatting.

"A sixteen-year-old in the Tongtian Realm… an absolute Prodigy, and his strength isn't something an ordinary Tongtian Realm expert can compare to," Elder Cao Mu lamented.

"However, this fellow Xiao Fan is also not simple. Have you forgotten the commotion he made when he broke through to the Ninth Level of the Huaqi Realm?"

Jiang Yushan's expression suddenly became proud, as if Xiao Fan were his own disciple.

Elder Cao Mu saw the other's expression and knew what he was thinking, but he wasn't in the mood to argue.

On the way here, Xiao Fan had broken through from the Eighth Level to the Ninth Level of the Huaqi Realm.

The commotion back then…

It shook the entire wooden boat so violently that it took Elder Cao Mu a great deal of effort to stabilize it.

Because of this, Jiang Yushan had mocked him the entire way…

"Indeed, a Genius who can achieve the Awakening of an Enlightenment Seed is naturally not simple," Elder Cao Mu also voiced his praise.

"Hehe… that Xiao Tian is indeed not simple. A First Level Tongtian Realm expert likely has the strength of the Second or even Third Level, but…"

Jiang Yushan paused and said with great certainty, "If Xiao Fan were in the same Realm as him, he wouldn't last five moves!"

Elder Cao Mu didn't refute him. Although there was some exaggeration in that statement, it was also the truth.

It was true that Xiao Tian could challenge those at higher levels, but Xiao Fan could as well, and he could bridge even larger gaps…

This night was destined to be a sleepless one.

No one in the entire Long Family rested.

Even the servants were the same.

Actually, everyone knew that Jiang Yushan and Elder Cao Mu had arrived…

Even if Xiao Fan lost the match tomorrow, the Xiao Family wouldn't dare to do anything to the Long Family.

Once that Xuandan Realm expert left, the Long Family would simply withdraw secretly from Jingchuan City…

However…

The problem everyone was worried about now wasn't that…

…but whether Xiao Fan could win tomorrow.

…

Jingchuan City, Xiao Mansion.

Xiao Tian also had a solemn expression.

He wished he could duel Xiao Fan immediately, trample him underfoot, and torment him mercilessly.

He never would have dreamed that the former trash…

…could actually block one of his strikes now?

What a joke…

This made Xiao Tian incredibly furious, his entire body boiling with killing intent…

However, he didn't let his guard down; upon returning, he went straight into his Secret Room to prepare for this life-and-death battle.

On the other side, Xiao Yuan and Wei Xia were both cheering for their younger son.

And they were constantly cursing Xiao Fan viciously…

…wishing he would die quickly.

"That little beast Xiao Fan. This old lady gave birth to him, and now I just want him to give his Opportunity to his younger brother, yet this unfilial son…"

Inside the master bedroom of the Xiao Mansion, Wei Xia was cursing incessantly.

Beside her, Xiao Yuan chimed in, "That little beast will surely be beaten to death by Tian'er tomorrow."

"I originally wanted to plead with Tian'er to spare his dog life, but now, I see there's no need for that."

The couple only had eyes for their younger son and never cared for their eldest son, Xiao Fan…

Not far from their room, inside a luxurious guest room.

Shou Yuanzhong sat cross-legged in meditation with his eyes closed. Since returning, he hadn't said much to Xiao Tian.

He only told him that those two were Elders of the Jixian Sect.

And he told him not to worry about anything else and just focus on the battle.

Shou Yuanzhong was powerful. With his current strength, although he couldn't defeat Jiang Yushan and Elder Cao Mu…

…the two of them wouldn't be able to best him either.

"These parents… their hearts are truly cruel."

Shou Yuanzhong lamented…

Wei Xia and Xiao Yuan had been cursing all night without lowering their voices.

With Shou Yuanzhong's cultivation, he naturally heard everything clearly.

Thus, he sighed…

…at how heartless the two were.