Chapter 85 Decision
Knowing that Xiao Zhan still had some concerns, Xiao Feng didn't immediately try to confirm his thoughts. His purpose was too obvious. Even if Xiao Zhan couldn't guess his intentions, he might be influenced and mistakenly believe that Xiao Feng came to the Xiao family under someone's orders or had other motives, wanting to harm the Xiao family. In that case, it would be difficult for Xiao Feng to continue to act openly within the Xiao family.
Xiao Feng's ideas still need to be verified by Xiao Zhan and the Xiao family. Moreover, the Xiao family are descendants of the Xiao clan, so he would naturally not antagonize them unless necessary.
After wandering for a while without finding anything, he returned to his room.
Meanwhile, in Xiao Zhan's room, looking at the two guards in front of him, Xiao Zhan asked them anxiously, "What? Have you been discovered?"
The two men were supposed to be monitoring Xiao Feng under his orders, but they had already returned. This gave Xiao Zhan a bad feeling, making him think that things had been exposed.
"No," the two shook their heads and replied.
Hearing their denials, Xiao Zhan breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that they hadn't been discovered. After all, Xiao Feng was still a distinguished guest of the Xiao family, and such surveillance was extremely shameful. He dared not imagine what would happen if they were discovered!
Little did he know that although the two guards gave this answer, their whereabouts had already been discovered, and Xiao Zhan's worries would come true!
"Then what exactly happened? Why did you leave without permission?" Xiao Zhan's tone was somewhat angry. Clearly, if the two guards in front of him could not give him a reasonable explanation, they would probably be punished.
"Reporting to the clan leader, we have been monitoring Young Master Mo Feng all day. He only strolled around the clan for a while before returning to the courtyard, where he sat and enjoyed the flowers and tea. He did not leave again. Therefore, we thought we should report to the clan leader first and leave one of us to continue the watch."
Seeing Xiao Zhan's anger, they quickly explained, as they didn't want to be punished for it.
Upon hearing their report, Xiao Zhan frowned slightly, his expression remaining unchanged, making it impossible to discern his true thoughts.
"Are you sure he hasn't discovered your whereabouts?" he asked another question.
"This—" Hearing Xiao Zhan's question, the group hesitated. Faced with such a situation, none of them could guarantee anything. "This...it shouldn't be possible. We're both four-star Dou Zhe, and we haven't been deliberately observing; we've been hiding in the surroundings the whole time. It wouldn't be easy for us to find ourselves. Unless...unless—"
"Unless what!" Xiao Zhan was somewhat dissatisfied with the two's actions.
"Unless this young master Mo Feng is stronger than the two of us, then a strong person's senses will naturally be able to detect it. No matter how well we try to hide it, our act of secretly observing him will not escape his notice."
"This—" Upon hearing their explanation, Xiao Zhan fell silent. He didn't have a deep understanding of Xiao Feng, neither his strength nor his background. Moreover, recalling Xiao Feng's mysterious methods, he couldn't guarantee that he couldn't sense their presence.
Looking back now, sending someone to monitor the other party before truly understanding their strength and background was indeed too rash.
But he had no choice. A stranger had suddenly appeared at the Xiao family, and his methods and origins were incredibly mysterious. No one knew what he wanted. If he wasn't monitored, he would be restless and unable to eat or sleep! So he had no choice but to go along with it. Now he could only secretly pray that Xiao Feng's strength wasn't too great and that he hadn't discovered anyone secretly watching him.
Thinking about all this, Xiao Zhan's mind was in complete turmoil. Previously, Xiao Feng had been very generous, giving the Xiao family several high-grade Xuan-rank cultivation techniques and fighting skills. This was an enormous help to the Xiao family. Even if the entire Xiao family were sold, they couldn't afford to buy so many high-grade Xuan-rank cultivation techniques and fighting skills. But now he was sending people to monitor the other party, which was a bit of a petty act.
"Sigh!" After seeing the two off, Xiao Zhan stood by the window and sighed softly, lost in thought.
The next day, as Xiao Feng stepped out of the courtyard, he sensed that the three people secretly watching him were still there. He immediately stopped, seemingly lost in thought. After a moment, he changed direction and headed towards Xiao Zhan's residence.
He hadn't thought much about it before. If the other party wanted to monitor him, so be it; it was human nature, and if he were in their shoes, he might do the same. Besides, it didn't cause him any harm. Moreover, with his strength, if he really had something he didn't want the other party to know, even if they followed him constantly, they wouldn't find out.
However, despite this, when he actually sensed their presence as soon as he stepped out of the courtyard, a feeling of irritation involuntarily arose in his heart. Indeed, this was human nature, and it didn't cause him any harm, but this matter did have a certain impact on his life, or to put it another way: "Not very harmful, but extremely insulting."
As a Dou Sheng powerhouse, being constantly monitored by several Dou Zhe is naturally a very unpleasant feeling. They are like flies, impossible to shoo away, and one has to pretend not to know anything and let them harass one. It's simply disgusting!
It was precisely because of this that Xiao Feng became more determined and decided that things could not continue like this. He knew that it would be impossible to completely dispel Xiao Zhan's doubts in a short time; he had to be prepared for a protracted battle. In other words, he would have to tacitly allow himself to be under the surveillance of these people for a very long time. How could he possibly accept that?
Besides, even if he could accept it, he wouldn't have that much time and energy to spend with them doing these things.
Hearing the knocking at the door, Xiao Zhan called out from inside, "Come in."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng stepped out and entered the house, then closed the door behind him.
"So, what discoveries have you made?" Xiao Zhan asked without looking up, his back to the door as he intently examined the fighting technique in his hand.
At this point, he thought that the people in charge of surveillance had made some discovery and had come to report it, since apart from that, very few people would come to his residence on their own initiative.
Silence, stillness—
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