Female Protagonist Assistance System

Xiao Yan, oblivious to Xiao Zhan’s displeased expression, strode forward confidently, saying with a smug smile, “Xiao Han, let your brother test how strong your combat skills really are.”

“Xiao Yan challenges Xiao Han. Xiao Han, do you accept?” Seeing Xiao Yan already at the center of the arena, the Second Elder asked, somewhat resignedly.

Xiao Han maintained her usual calm expression. She gave a slight bow and said, “Please guide me, elder brother.”

The stark contrast between Xiao Han and Xiao Yan’s demeanor was evident to all, and those in the VIP room formed their own opinions.

“Although this Xiao Family’s Third Young Master has remarkable talent, advancing four stages in a year, his character seems lacking. It’s unlikely he’ll achieve greatness.”

Fortunately, Xiao Yan didn’t hear this; otherwise, given his temperament, he might have harbored resentment against all the forces in Wutan City.

Seeing Xiao Han’s acceptance, the Second Elder sighed again in resignation. As he stepped back, he whispered in a voice only the two could hear, “Remember, just demonstrate, don’t go all out!”

Xiao Yan sneered.

Just demonstrate? Hah, on the battlefield, weapons show no mercy. Those without skill must simply endure.

Looking at Xiao Han standing casually before him, Xiao Yan gave a cold laugh. He slowly clenched his fists, and faint Dou Qi rapidly circulated within his body, bringing waves of powerful sensations.

After a brief moment of stillness, Xiao Yan’s foot suddenly stomped the ground. He charged directly towards Xiao Han, who was within arm’s reach. As he rushed forward, he raised his hand, his slightly curled palm suddenly opening, unleashing a powerful pushing force.

“Xuan-rank low-grade: Fire-Blowing Palm!”

Calmly watching the rapidly approaching palm, even before it came close, Xiao Han could feel its formidable pushing force. But she remained unperturbed, stepping sideways to dodge Xiao Yan’s attack.

“Hah! If you’ve got the guts, don’t dodge!” Although his previous attack missed, Xiao Han’s evasion inflated Xiao Yan’s ego. After landing, his outstretched right hand suddenly clenched, and a fierce suction force shot out from his palm. “Xuan-rank battle skill: Absorbing Palm!”

Xiao Han glanced down at the audience, seeing Gu Xun’er intently focused on the battle above. She couldn’t help but curl her lips slightly.

Watch carefully.

Meeting Xiao Han’s gaze, Gu Xun’er keenly understood her meaning, causing her to shake her head with an amused smile.

Was she using Xiao Yan for a live demonstration?

Originally, given Xiao Yan’s strength, he shouldn’t have been able to pull Xiao Han at all. However, Xiao Han didn’t resist, allowing herself to be yanked forward by the suction force as he wished, hurtling towards him.

Her body arcing through the air, Xiao Han flew straight towards Xiao Yan, who had an inexplicable smile tugging at his lips.

Seeing Xiao Han getting closer and closer, Xiao Yan could barely contain his wild joy.

He clenched his right fist, his body slightly bent. After a brief pause, his body shot forward like an arrow leaving a bow, rushing to meet Xiao Han.

“Eighth-Ranked Collapse!”

As the fist was about to land on Xiao Han, everyone couldn’t help but tense up. Xiao Zhan abruptly stood up, his expression extremely grim.

Anyone could see that Xiao Yan had no intention of holding back. If this punch truly landed on Xiao Han, she would either die or be severely injured!

Only Gu Xun’er remained calm. Her Senior Sister could defeat her without using Dou Qi, so how could she possibly lose to Xiao Yan, who was only at seven stages of Dou Disciple? Moreover, Xiao Han hadn’t used a single battle skill from start to finish.

Suddenly, Xiao Han in mid-air flashed a smile. Her body suddenly defied physics, dropping at extreme speed, narrowly avoiding Xiao Yan’s full-force Eighth-Ranked Collapse.

Thousand Pound Drop!

The moment she landed, Xiao Han abandoned her previous nonchalance. Her form exploded into action. She didn’t use Lightning Shadow Formless, merely concentrating Dou Qi in her legs, but even so, her speed was shocking.

Xiao Yan couldn’t change direction mid-air, so when he landed, his back was to Xiao Han. As he turned, he saw Xiao Han’s face up close.

Xiao Han’s hand, as if plucking flowers and leaves, passed through Xiao Yan’s arms and casually pressed against his abdomen.

“Lightning-Breaking Palm.”

Xiao Yan’s body, like a leaf in a gale, under countless shocked gazes, was directly blasted off the high platform.

Xiao Han withdrew her hand, her expression unchanged from beginning to end.

Lightning-Breaking Palm was a yellow-rank mid-grade battle skill she had casually picked from the Xiao Family’s Battle Skill Hall. After all, the battle skills in the Nine Heavens Thunder Technique were all very high-level, sometimes inconvenient to display in front of others, so she simply chose a few yellow-rank mid-grade lightning-attribute battle skills from the Battle Skill Hall.

She hadn’t used her full strength, so although Xiao Yan was sent flying, he wasn’t seriously injured. Though she very much wanted to give Xiao Yan a thorough beating, now was clearly not the right time.

Xiao Yan struggled to his feet, his face contorted, shame and resentment evident. He felt that Xiao Han knocking him off the high platform was an insult to him.

However, others didn’t see it that way. In their view, Xiao Han, considering family ties, hadn’t injured Xiao Yan, merely sending him off the stage. The contrast between Xiao Han’s restraint and Xiao Yan’s lethal intent was stark, and everyone could see who was right and who was wrong. As a result, Xiao Yan’s image in everyone’s hearts became even more despicable.

Xiao Zhan also breathed a sigh of relief, sitting back down.

Yafei watched the young woman on stage with great interest, inwardly marveling. Xiao Han had used only one battle skill from start to finish, directly sending Xiao Yan off the stage.

Xiao Han maintained a stern expression, returning to her original position at the Second Elder’s gesture.

Gu Xun’er looked at her with a beaming smile, saying, “Senior Sister’s battle was indeed brilliant. Xun’er learned quite a lot.”

Xiao Han nodded.

It was good that she learned. It wasn’t in vain that she had deliberately drawn out the fight with Xiao Yan for so long.

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After Xiao Han’s ceremony, other clan members continued to take the stage.

The coming-of-age ceremony, which had begun in the early morning, finally drew to a close in the afternoon amidst a field of amazed exclamations.

After the ceremony dispersed, Xiao Yu, accompanied by Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei, sought out Xiao Han.

“Not bad, already at eight stages of Dou Disciple,” Xiao Yu said to Xiao Han, tilting her chin up. “Your match with that bastard Xiao Yan today made your elder sister here feel incredibly satisfied.”

“Are you free in a couple of days? It’s rare for me to come back. Let’s go to the market district together? Cousin Xun’er, you should come too, right?”

As she spoke, Xiao Yu looked towards Gu Xun’er beside Xiao Han.

Gu Xun’er smiled slightly: “Sure, Cousin Xiao Yu. Cousin Xiao Han, let’s go relax together.”

Xiao Han: No, she didn’t want to.

However, faced with Xiao Yu’s threatening gaze and seeing Gu Xun’er’s smiling eyes, Xiao Han considered for a moment and still agreed.

Relaxing occasionally wasn’t bad.

Having received Xiao Han’s response, they set the time for five days later, in the afternoon after choosing cultivation methods at the Dou Qi Tower. Satisfied, Xiao Yu left with her younger brother and sister.

“Cousin Xiao Yu is still as energetic as ever,” Gu Xun’er said with a smile.

Xiao Han remained noncommittal.

“But I’ve heard that Cousin Xiao Yu already has someone she likes, and they’ve been dating for nearly a year,” Gu Xun’er immediately dropped another bombshell.

Xiao Han: … What did it matter to her who Xiao Yu liked…

“I heard that person is Cousin Xiao Yu’s mentor,” Gu Xun’er continued, regardless of whether Xiao Han was listening or not.

Xiao Han’s ears twitched slightly, finally showing some reaction.

Xiao Yu’s mentor… wasn’t that the water-attribute Great Dou Shi called Ruo Lin?

Back when she was in high school reading this novel, a group of fujoshi and fudanshi around her shipped Xiao Yu and Ruo Lin. Who would have thought they’d actually end up together?

The system offered its own thoughts: [Of course, a young lady should be with another young lady. Otherwise, what? Let that bastard Xiao Yan benefit?]

That’s true. Xiao Han nodded silently.

“It’s getting late now, Xun’er will head back first,” Gu Xun’er smiled gracefully at Xiao Han. “In a few days, we’ll go to the market district together. Senior Sister, don’t stand us up, okay?”

Seeing Gu Xun’er’s barely concealed excitement, Xiao Han inwardly marveled that girls indeed had no resistance to shopping.

System: Host, you’re a girl too, you know…

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After parting with Gu Xun’er, Xiao Han didn’t return directly but first went to the Miteer Auction House.

Yafei was somewhat surprised to see Xiao Han arrive uninvited. It had been less than a month since Xiao Han last sold pills to them, and she couldn’t imagine why she was here now.

Could it be about the Jia Lie Family seizing the Xiao Family’s market?

Yafei had guessed correctly; Xiao Han was indeed here for this matter.

Xiao Yan had already become twisted and had unilaterally formed a grudge against Xiao Zhan. Xiao Han believed he wouldn’t care about this disaster befalling the Xiao Family. He would probably keep the money from selling the pills he refined for himself.

The Jia Lie Family had invited a first-grade alchemist, and their cheap Spring Return Powder had already taken most of the city’s market share. If the Xiao Family didn’t take measures soon, they might face the embarrassing situation of having no customers in the market.

Xiao Han had no particular feelings for the Xiao Family, but people like Xiao Yu had treated her quite well. Xiao Han didn’t consider herself a good person, but she should at least have a basic conscience. So this time, she planned to intervene, replacing the original Xiao Yan to help the Xiao Family through this crisis.

Moreover, in the original story, Xiao Yan had used this incident to reveal that he had been taken as a disciple by a mysterious alchemist, gaining extremely high prestige in the Xiao Family. By completing these tasks in Xiao Yan’s place, she was also preventing Xiao Yan from establishing authority in the Xiao Family.

However, she thought that even if she didn’t do it, the current Xiao Yan wouldn’t do it either. In his heart, the Xiao Family was probably just something dispensable. Plus, he would be leaving for training with the Medicine Elder soon, so whether the Xiao Family existed or not made no difference to him.

Facing Yafei, Xiao Han stated her purpose directly: “I hope that in the future, the Miteer Auction House can refuse to provide medicinal ingredients to the Jia Lie Family.”

Hearing Xiao Han’s words, Yafei thought, sure enough. Given their relationship, even if the Miteer Auction House had rules against getting involved in disputes between families, she would try her best to help.

However, before she could respond, Xiao Han continued: “To compensate for the Miteer Auction House’s losses, I… my teacher can provide five Qi Gathering Pills to the Miteer Auction House for free. Of course, the auction house will need to provide the materials.”

Yafei was stunned by Xiao Han’s generosity.

Five fourth-grade Qi Gathering Pills? Given to them for free? Had she heard correctly?

The Jia Lie Family had only bought medicinal ingredients worth 100,000 gold coins from the auction house in total. These five Qi Gathering Pills could be auctioned for over a million gold coins!

After a while, Yafei said with difficulty: “Little Xiao Han, are you sure your teacher knows about your generosity…”