Chapter 428: Player of the Fourth Scourge (8)

Jin Taihua confirmed he had not seen wrong.

That shameless fellow had actually taken the lead!

"Xiao Tianyun is also a rebirth!"

Although Jin Taihua still had many matters he had not clarified, none of them mattered. He absolutely could not allow that shameless Xiao Tianyun to seize the initiative!

Jin Taihua leapt down from the warship. The members of the Xiao family recognized the legendary youth at once.

"That is Jin Taihua, the supreme genius of the Jin family, ranked among the top ten geniuses of the Starry Sky Alliance alongside our young clan leader."

"He has actually come here. Could he be here to watch the Xiao family make a spectacle of itself?"

"..."

The members of the Xiao family felt ashamed.

The Xiao family patriarch said, "Nephew Jin..."

Before he could finish speaking, his expression turned to astonishment.

Nephew Jin performed a sliding kneel and dropped neatly into place beside the young clan leader of the Xiao family.

Jin Taihua shouted loudly, "Master, I am your most loyal servant, Jin Taihua. Forgive my late arrival!"

Xiao Tianyun froze.

The person before him was precisely Jin Taihua!

Why had he appeared here?

The two exchanged a glance.

Xiao Tianyun understood at once. Jin Taihua, like himself, was a rebirth!

Yet none of that mattered now.

Xiao Tianyun declared, "Master, I am your most loyal servant!"

Su Chen looked at the two and his face twitched slightly.

These two were truly something.

The members of the Xiao family were completely stunned.

What was going on with this scene? Were they all dreaming and suffering hallucinations? Their young clan leader had gone mad. Could the young clan leader of the Jin family have gone mad as well?

This scene left the Xiao family patriarch and the many elders equally at a loss. For a moment they could not understand what was happening. They looked toward the elders of the Jin family, who were equally bewildered.

Although their young master had told them beforehand that they were going to meet a great personage who would secure the Jin family's glory and wealth, he had never said the meeting would take this form!

While everyone was still in a daze, another disturbance arose above the Xiao family.

"It is the Cao family of the Alliance!"

"Wait..."

"????"

The young master of the Cao family saw Xiao Tianyun and Jin Taihua below, leapt down, and then... performed a sliding kneel, lining up neatly with the other two.

The members of the Xiao family were thrown into complete disarray.

The Cao family was one of the ten great families of the Alliance, equal in renown to the Xiao and Jin families!

"There are still more?"

Not long after the young master of the Cao family arrived, multicolored light shimmered above the Xiao family as an exquisitely beautiful woman stepped through the void.

"It is the Divine Maiden of the He family, the number one beauty of the Alliance!"

"It is said the Divine Maiden of the He family possesses a lofty character and world-shaking talent no weaker than our young clan leader... such a peerless beauty cannot possibly..."

The words stuck in their throats and could not be spoken.

That lofty and elegant Divine Maiden, just like Xiao Tianyun, Jin Taihua, and the young master of the Cao family, formed a neat group of four.

Xiao Tianyun, Jin Taihua, and the young master of the Cao family exchanged glances and immediately understood. The Divine Maiden of the He family, like them, was also a rebirth!

Hiss...This was not good news!

Looking at the peerless and alluring beauty, the three suddenly felt a dense sense of crisis.

Su Chen: "..."

These rebirths were not only numerous, but they were also somewhat off.

And it was not over yet!

The disturbances above the Xiao family had already left the clan members numb and caused the family and its many elders to begin doubting their entire existence.

One genius after another arrived, each backed by a vast power no weaker than the Xiao family.

Yet the first thing these geniuses did upon arrival was

kneel neatly in a row.

It rather resembled a welcoming ceremony for the return of a king.

Just as they began to waver, a sword qi cleaved the sky above the Xiao family, tearing open a vast fissure. An awe-inspiring sword intent poured down along the chasm-like crack.

The sacred scene left everyone in a trance.

Immediately afterward, they saw a graceful youth stepping upon a divine sword.

"I know who he is! He is Xiao Yaozi of the Free and Unfettered Pavilion, hailed as the greatest prodigy the Alliance has produced in tens of millions of years, and even taken as a disciple by a great figure of the Federation!"

"That is Xiao Yaozi, the Free and Unfettered Sword Saint. He cannot possibly act the same as the young clan leader and the others, can he?"

The members of the Xiao family had already gone numb.

Yet Xiao Yaozi's status within the Starry Sky Alliance was extraordinary. This was no ordinary Emperor-rank talent. He was the possessor of an Immortal-grade Emperor-rank talent, the brightest pearl of the entire Alliance!

Xiao Yaozi landed with elegant flair. He looked upon the kneeling Xiao Tianyun and the others with pure disdain. "A bunch of trash!"

He gracefully returned his sword to its sheath, then calmly stepped forward... and dropped to both knees.

Xiao Tianyun and the others: "..."

In their hearts, they muttered,

You put on such airs, yet in the end you still end up kneeling just the same!

Facing the gazes of Xiao Tianyun and the others, Xiao Yaozi paid them no mind. He said respectfully, "Master, I am different from these pieces of trash. They possess only ordinary Emperor-rank talents, while I hold an Immortal-grade Emperor-rank talent. I will be your strongest and most loyal servant. Please accept me, Master!"

What a joke. Even if Xiao Yaozi had to kneel, he would be the one who knelt with the greatest style!

By this point, Xiao Hongyuan was still completely dazed. These people all seemed to come from extraordinary backgrounds. And now... they were scrambling to kneel in unison, rushing forward to beg to become servants of his own son?

Good heavens.

Xiao Hongyuan sucked in a sharp breath. He still had no idea what was going on. If only he could simply faint, that would be perfect. His poor little heart could not take any more!

The Xiao family patriarch exchanged a glance with the many clan elders.

Even Xiao Yaozi had knelt.

A series of heavy thuds rang out as bodies struck the ground.

From the patriarch and elders at the top to ordinary clan members at the bottom, the entire Xiao family chose in that moment to kneel as one.

"That... great one, just now my son and I were only joking. Whatever request the great one may have, as long as the Xiao family can accomplish it, or even if we cannot, we will pour every ounce of our strength into fulfilling it!"

The Xiao family patriarch had realized at this moment.

What Xiao Tianyun had said seemed to be true. His Xiao family had come dangerously close to the gates of hell.

Now only one thought occupied the patriarch's mind: make amends... otherwise the hundred-thousand-year foundation of the Xiao family might be destroyed in his hands!

At that thought, the patriarch felt a surge of relief and looked toward Xiao Tianyun.

"As expected of my own flesh and blood. Truly far-sighted. Thanks to Tianyun, or else every last member of the Xiao family would have been doomed."

He did not know how terrifying that man was. Yet he knew just how terrifying the people kneeling before that man were.

Xiao Hongyuan watched the entire Xiao family kneeling in unison and fell into silence... should he also kowtow to his own son?

Even the patriarch of the Xiao family had knelt. Remaining standing himself no longer seemed appropriate.

Su Chen casually swept his gaze across the crowd. Seeing them like this, he pointed to Xiao Hongyuan at his side, his father in this life, and said, "This is my father. From today onward he is the patriarch of the Xiao family. Do any of you have objections?"

Upon hearing those words, Xiao Hongyuan's legs went soft...