The matter of the duel between Xia Fan and Xia Yuan has already spread to every corner of the Xia family in the past ten days, and even the Liu family and the city lord's mansion are quite rumored.

It's just that although the Liu family and the City Lord's Mansion knew about this matter, they didn't pay much attention to it.

Because for the Liu family and the City Lord's Mansion, if all the important people of the Xia family are lined up in a row, and then sorted according to the degree of focus that needs to be paid attention to, then Xia Fan and Xia Yuan will definitely be indisputably ranked in the last two places, which are completely dispensable.

But in the Xia family, the storm set off by this incident is really no less than a super-large earthquake.

The sons of the three elders of the Council of Elders actually wanted to have a duel with the son of the patriarch, since the establishment of the Xia family in Qingyang City, there had never been a duel between the direct descendants of such a status!

Although there have been thousands of duels approved by the Xia Elder Council in the history of the past, most of them have actually only happened between servants and guards, and even the duels that have occurred among the children of the side line are very few, let alone those of Xia Fan and Xia Yuan's status!

Therefore, when the time passed to the day when Xia Yuan and Xia Fan were going to have a duel announced by the Council of Elders, there was already a crowd around the dueling arena in the Xia family.

Almost all the people who lived in the Xia family's mansion, whether they were the children of the direct line or the servants and guards below, were crowded into the not-so-open viewing area around the dueling arena.

All the members of the Xia Elder Association came, and even a full ten blood servants appeared on the scene.

The ten blood servants were separated from each other by some distance, enclosing the entire dueling arena.

Although Xia Yuan is known for his strength as a third-grade martial artist, Xia Fan has not even broken through as a martial artist in the cognition of the vast majority of Xia family members, but the status of the two is too extraordinary, so no matter how much the entire family attaches importance to this duel, in the eyes of everyone in the family, it is never too much.

In the opposite direction of the front of the dueling arena, there was a specially set up viewing platform, and all the members of the Council of Elders, as well as Xia Yuan and Xia Junkai, were all gathered on the viewing platform at this time, except for Xia Yuan, everyone else sat on their seats according to their respective positions in the clan.

There were already servants who had prepared tea for several elders, and Xia Wuxing, who was sitting in the front row, had a solemn expression, and Xia Wuxing was holding a teacup with an old god, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him. But Xia Wuxian had a confident smile on his face, and he put on a rather self-contained posture.

Xia Yuan stood beside Xia Wuxian, with an extremely confident smile on his face, his head slightly raised, and he looked like he had no eyes left.

As for the other elders, they were whispering to each other.

Xia Fan hadn't come yet, so the area around the dueling arena was relatively chaotic for the time being, the elders on the stage were talking in a whisper, and the people waiting to watch the battle in the audience were also discussing loudly, making the entire scope of the dueling arena look like a vegetable market at first glance.

"The patriarch has arrived!"

A salute came from outside, and although the voice was very peaceful, it was clearly transmitted to the ears of everyone in the dueling arena.

All the ordinary Xia family members instantly fell silent, and the members of the Elder Council on the viewing platform also stood up from their seats one after another.

However, unlike the other elders, the ugly look on Great Elder Xia Wuxing's face flashed for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, Xia Ya walked into the dueling arena from the entrance, accompanied by Steward Zhou, and walked all the way to the viewing platform under everyone's attention, and then signaled that the members of the Council of Elders could sit down again.

"What about Xia Fan?"

Standing on the viewing platform and looking around the scope of the dueling arena, but not seeing Xia Fan's figure, Xia Ya couldn't help asking.

"I haven't come here yet, maybe something is delaying, right? Anyway, it's not the allotted time yet, so let's wait. ”

Xia Wuxing replied.

"I guess I'm scared and don't dare to come, right? However, this is normal, the difference in strength is too big, for Xia Fan, escaping from the battle can actually be regarded as an extremely wise choice. It's just according to the clan rules...... If either side chooses to avoid a duel approved by the Council of Elders, the punishment will be quite severe. After all, our Xia family, the most despised is cowards. ”

The third elder, Xia Wuxian, answered with a smile.

"Oh? It turned out that the three elders also thought that the difference in strength between Xia Fan and Xia Yuan was not small. I thought that in the eyes of the Council of Elders, Xia Fan and Xia Yuan were equal in strength. In that case, I'm curious as to why the Council of Elders approved this duel application. After today's duel, I would like to ask the Council of Elders to give me an explanation and explanation of the process of deliberation on this duel. The rules of the family must not be ignored, what does the Great Elder think? ”

Xia Ya immediately seized the loophole between Xia Wuxian's words, smiled and turned his head to look at Xia Wuxing and said.

Xia Wuxian's face changed immediately, but Xia Wuxing's eyes were slightly condensed, and then he nodded slowly, and said calmly: "Everything is arranged by the head of the family." ”

"Since the Great Elder has no opinion, then it is decided. Okay, let's sit down first, and while we wait, we can chat and relax. ”

Xia Ya said with a gentle face, and then sat directly on the main seat in the center of the viewing platform.

This chair is significantly larger than the others, and it is a seat specially prepared for the head of the family on the viewing platform.

Xia Wudaunt watched Xia Ya sit on the chair, a hint of eagerness flashed in his eyes, but he quickly disguised it and sat back in his place.

Time passed minute by minute, and the dueling arena, which had completely quieted down after Xia Ya appeared, began to become chaotic again over time, seeing that the deadline for the duel was about to be reached, Xia Fan still did not appear, and the voices of various discussions in the entire dueling arena came and went one after another for a while.

Xia Wuxian's previous statement was still very marketable among these people watching the battle, and Xia Fan, who had been waiting for Xia Fan who never appeared, almost everyone's thoughts were similar to Xia Wuxian's.

It's really because Xia Fan doesn't have the slightest positive impression in their memory, so once they encounter something, they will naturally instinctively express doubts about Xia Fan.

"It's almost three o'clock in the afternoon, and the time of the family duel has always ended here, but Xia Fan has never shown up, it seems that he is indeed afraid of Xia Yuan, and he plans to avoid the battle. Master, do we still have to wait? I think it's better to just announce the result of the duel, so as not to continue to waste everyone's time. ”

Xia Wuxian turned his head to look at the stone plate placed on the edge of the viewing platform to represent time, and said with a mocking look on his face.

It seemed that he was asking Xia Ya's opinion, but in fact, when Xia Wuxian spoke, he deliberately raised his voice, so that everyone in the entire dueling arena could hear it clearly.

However, before Xia Ya could reply, a response came from the entrance of the dueling arena.

"Obviously, the time hasn't come yet, the three elders are so impatient, and they really don't have confidence in Xia Yuan, right? I really don't understand what else you will do besides these shady means, Third Elder? ”

The chaotic dueling arena fell silent in an instant.

Everyone's eyes suddenly looked at the entrance of the dueling arena again.

Under the deathly quiet, Xia Fan, who looked like a scoundrel, was standing there loosely at this time