Doupo: Who is Yandi? He should call me brother.

Chapter 93 Rebirth from the Fire
The blood-killing thunder in the blood-thunder bottle exploded from within, and almost instantly burned a big hole in Xiao Ding's abdomen.

The bloody resentment gnawed at Xiao Ding's soul, and his eyes began to blur.

Not only Xiao Ding, the gray phantom suffered more attacks. The huge blood-colored lightning tore him into pieces. After withstanding five blood thunder bottles and one fire spirit bottle, he had reached his limit.

The next moment, the gray shadow shattered and turned into thousands of soul fragments that scattered into Xiao Ding's body.

Xiao Ding had already fallen into the black bushes. On his broken body, only a hint of green was visible from the hole in his abdomen.

Quietly, in Xiao Ding's subconscious, the broken soul began to absorb soul fragments, and a new flesh bud began to sprout...

Time flies. In the dark woods, where no one dares to set foot, in the black bushes, an arm tore apart the bushes that were pressing on it.

There was a hint of confusion in Xiao Ding's eyes.

"I...am not dead yet?"

Xiao Ding subconsciously touched his stomach. He remembered that there was a big hole in his abdomen before he fell into a coma, but now, everything seemed fine.

The gray shadow was like a nightmare, and his abdomen was intact.

Xiao Ding propped himself up and looked at his hands blankly.

The dark dead forest, tens of thousands of scavenging ghost trees, and lush green skeletons...

Yes, green skeleton.

Xiao Ding seemed to have thought of something. The skeleton seemed to have entered his body. After the phantom shattered, it merged with him.

After a careful look, a hint of surprise and confusion flashed in Xiao Ding's eyes.

One-star Douling? !

Have I become a powerful Dou Ling master?

Xiao Ding was a little surprised. He had just broken through to the Grand Dou Master level, but how could he become a one-star Dou Ling? And...

Feeling the activeness of the elements in the air, my talent seemed to have become better.

Not only that, during the fusion of the bones, even the impurities deposited by the blood pill that was previously absorbed were much less.

Feeling the powerful force hidden in his body, Xiao Ding suddenly felt an unprecedented burst of self-confidence.

Now I seem to be no worse than my two younger brothers.

After leaving the Monster Mountain Range, Xiao Ding urgently needed to know the time, lest he miss the three-year appointment with his third brother.

Nalan Yanran actually dared to come to the Xiao family to cancel the engagement. If the third brother had not recovered his talent and the second brother had not had a lot of say in the Xiao family, I'm afraid their lineage would have become a laughing stock in Wutan City long ago.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ding's eyes couldn't help but become gloomy. Even though he had a gentle personality, he couldn't take such an insult lightly.

Inside the Qing Feng Mercenary Group, a bonfire party was put on the agenda as they watched their leader, who had not returned for half a year, return.

"Half a year has passed..."

Xiao Ding breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he still had a year to make further progress.

"I'm going to the imperial capital next and will be back in about a year. You must practice hard. I'll need your help then."

At the banquet, Qingfeng's second in command was stunned when he heard Xiao Ding's words, and put down the wine bowl in his hand.

"Captain, you've only been gone for half a year, and now you're leaving again? Don't worry about your training. With the support of Patriarch Xiao, we should have several more fighters in our group within a year." Fu Jian didn't ask much. Xiao Ding was the leader and was willing to get along with them. What he said was help was actually an order. As a subordinate, he only had to execute orders and didn't need to worry about anything else.

The reason why Xiao Ding wanted to go to the imperial capital was to investigate the situation in the imperial capital. He was older than Xiao Li and Xiao Yan, and knew something about the Xiao family's humiliating departure from the imperial capital.

Xiao Ding also understood that his two younger brothers were both geniuses and might not have paid attention to these details at all. As the eldest brother, he needed to help the Xiao family find out and solve some problems.

A week later, Xiao Ding arranged various matters within the mercenary group and began his journey to the imperial capital.

The Gama Empire is controlled by the Gama royal family, and its guardian, Jia Xingtian, is a top Douhuang warrior.

In Xiao Li's opinion, he is the most cowardly and indecisive Dou Huang. If Xiao Yan wasn't a good person, if it was someone else, they would have been destroyed long ago.

Riding his horse on the official road, Xiao Ding paid attention to every movement around him. Although Dou Ling was considered a strong man in the Jia Ma Empire, he still did not dare to be careless. Ever since he had seen Yao Lao and Medusa take action, Xiao Ding had never been proud of his strength.

"Look, look, the royal family is recruiting guards. It seems they are recruiting for Princess Yaoyue."

"Yes, I heard that the little princess is an alchemist, so the emperor pays extra attention to her. That's why the requirement for an ordinary guard is to be a master alchemist."

"Alas, we don't have to think about it. If I have the cultivation of a great fighting master, wouldn't it be better for me to go to a small city and be the head of a family? Why do I have to be a guard?"

Xiao Ding glanced over and saw a group of people gathered in front of a bulletin board, discussing something with great interest.

Xiao Ding raised his eyebrows. Guards for important members of the royal family?
Xiao Ding pondered for a moment, dismounted, and walked forward to carefully read the content of the notice. It has been at least twenty years since the Xiao family left the imperial capital, and there is probably no hope through ordinary channels. If he can enter the palace, he might be able to find out the secrets of the Xiao family.

After all, the Xiao family was also a Douwang family, and the withdrawal from the imperial capital would definitely be recorded in the palace.

After looking at the recruitment requirements, Xiao Ding quickened his pace towards the palace.

Along the way, while getting familiar with his own strength, Xiao Ding also honed the fighting skills and secret techniques he had mastered.

The little princess Yaoyue seemed to be an alchemist, and Xiao Ding happened to have mastered some skills in cultivation and identification of medicinal materials thanks to Xiao Li's book.

With the strength of Dou Ling, Xiao Ding is confident that he can become Yaoyue's bodyguard. As long as he gains Yaoyue's trust, Xiao Ding will have the opportunity to access the secret records of the royal family.

...In the Empire

Yaoyue was wearing an alchemist's robe and excitedly circled around her sister Yaoye.

"Sister, look, I'm an alchemist now."

Yao Ye smiled helplessly, "This is the seventeenth time you have told me this today."

Yaoyue stuck out her cute little tongue, "Oh, this is too exciting."

Yaoye smiled and touched Yaoyue's head, "Get ready. Didn't great grandfather promise you that as long as you become an alchemist, he would give you the sixth-level beast fire?"

Yaoyue nodded excitedly. Douhuang level beast fire, she had been thinking about it for a long time.

Watching Yaoyue skipping away, Yaoye sighed and murmured.

"Grandpa is old, and the Youhai dragon beast is not in good condition. The Yunlan Sect is strong, and Yun Yun has broken through to the Douhuang Sect, and the throne has been passed down from generation to generation. But my royal family..."

Thinking about his current level of cultivation as a fighting master, Yao Ye sighed quietly.

(My dear friends, Xiao Ding has come to the imperial capital. I am considering which one of Yao Ye and Yao Yue is more suitable for the eldest brother. Yao Ye should be about the same age as Xiao Ding. However, as we all know, in this book, the Xiao family was destroyed by a loli!)

(Urgent help, are the ages of Yao Ye and Yao Yue clear in the original novel? If not, I will set Yao Ye to be the same as Xiao Ding, and Yao Yue to be the same as Xiao Yan)

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