Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 13 Awarding Merit

She suspected that Xiao Bai had obtained some special inheritance, which surprised and delighted her.

Originally, even if Xiao Bai's cultivation level was not high in the future, she had already planned to protect him from the wind and rain. But what woman doesn't hope that her future husband will be a world-renowned powerhouse?

However, she wouldn't tell anyone this. If Brother Xiao Bai really possessed the inheritance of the Upper Realm, she wouldn't be able to protect him once it was exposed.

"Alright, Elder Ling, you can go now. I don't want to hear anything bad about Brother Xiao Bai anymore!" Xiao Xun'er said coldly.

"Yes, Miss, Ling Ying takes her leave!" Ling Ying breathed a sigh of relief, silently deciding that from now on, as long as Xiao Bai didn't go too far, he would pretend to be blind and not see it.

After Ling Ying left, Xiao Xun'er looked down at the plain paper on the table, reached out and stroked the writing on it, and murmured softly:

"Brother Xiao Bai!"

However, as if he had just thought of something, a strange look appeared in his eyes, and he let out a sneer.

"Hehe~ Four female leads, huh? Xun'er wants to see who the other three are."

When Xiao Bai was telling her a story today, he noticed her reaction when he mentioned the female protagonists. He thought he didn't know.

She's just pretending to be stupid; she's not really stupid.

"Xun'er has Huo Ling'er's childhood sweetheart, Yun Xi's silent companionship, and the talents of Yue Chan and Qing Yi. She can do all of these things. Isn't having Xun'er enough? Does she want to be like the emperor of the empire with three wives and four concubines?"

Xiao Xun'er rubbed her temples with her delicate fingers and sighed.

"What a womanizing and bad older brother!"

When Xiao Bai woke up, it was already the morning of the next day.

Sunlight streamed through the window, creating dappled golden spots on the ground.

Xiao Bai got up and stretched. With his worries gone, he slept very soundly. It was the most comfortable night's sleep he had had in the ten years since he transmigrated.

After Xiao Bai got up and washed up, he brewed a pot of tea and sat down at the table to think about his future cultivation plans. Suddenly, he heard a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

"Knock knock knock"

"Brother Xiao Bai, are you up?"

Upon hearing the clear voice, Xiao Bai knew who had arrived.

"Why is this girl here so early? Does she want to hear the story I didn't finish telling yesterday?"

He was puzzled. Given Xun'er's personality, even if she wanted to hear it, she wouldn't be in such a hurry.

He opened the courtyard gate and saw the little girl standing there prettily. Upon seeing him, she waved and smiled.

"Good morning, Brother Xiao Bai! I hope Xun'er didn't disturb you?"

Xiao Bai looked at the girl with gentle eyes and said:

"I don't mind disturbing Xun'er anytime she comes, come in!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xun'er's eyebrows curved into a smile, and she followed Xiao Bai inside.

After sitting down at the table inside, Xiao Bai poured her a cup of freshly brewed tea and jokingly asked:

"Did Xun'er come so early because she wanted to hear more stories?"

Xiao Xun'er did not answer, but smiled mysteriously and waved her jade hand gently, and a scroll appeared on the table.

The scroll is black, with some intricate silver patterns faintly visible on the edges, making it look like something out of the ordinary.

Looking at the scroll that appeared on the table, Xiao Bai pondered, could this girl have brought him a cultivation technique?

Although he had some suspicions in his heart, Xiao Bai still asked with a puzzled expression:

"Xun'er, what's wrong with you??"

"This is a low-level Earth-rank cultivation technique called 'Thunder Spirit Technique.' Brother Xiao Bai has just broken through to the Dou Zhe realm and needs a cultivation technique to begin further cultivation. You are of the Thunder attribute, and the Xiao family doesn't have any outstanding Thunder-type cultivation techniques. It just so happens that Xun'er has one. Isn't that a coincidence?"

Xiao Xun'er spoke in a light and cheerful tone, appearing charmingly naive.

Xiao Bai was speechless, and secretly rolled his eyes.

"Do you happen to have one of each of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, darkness)?"

If he hadn't known this girl's identity, he probably would have been completely fooled.

Xiao Bai picked up the scroll and opened it. He didn't intend to cultivate this technique, but rather to determine the level of the "Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Scripture" he was cultivating.

In the Xiao family, those who have not been tested and confirmed to have broken through to the Dou Zhe level cannot enter the Cultivation Technique Pavilion to select cultivation techniques.

He could go to the Martial Arts Pavilion anytime. He obtained the low-level Yellow Rank Body Refining Technique he used as a cover from there. It was probably too low-rank to be considered by the Technique Pavilion.

So strictly speaking, this was Xiao Bai's first encounter with cultivation techniques since coming to this world.

After carefully reading through the scroll of "Thunder Spirit Technique" in his hand, Xiao Bai fell into deep thought, his fingers unconsciously tapping the table.

Through comparison, Xiao Bai clearly knew that his "Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Scripture" was indeed stronger than this low-level "Thunder Spirit Technique," and the two could not even be placed on the same level.

The Thunder Spirit Technique is very characteristic of the Dou Qi Continent, which is simply about accumulating Dou Qi, and it also has unique features in controlling lightning.

The Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique is more like a Taoist cultivation method from a previous life, emphasizing the unity of essence, energy, and spirit.

Although the current advancement system is the same as that of the Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Bai guessed that this was a modification made by Fu Zhao to adapt the cultivation method to the rules of this world, cutting it down by one or even several times.

Otherwise, this technique cannot be cultivated at all in the Dou Qi Continent; it requires a higher level of energy—spiritual energy.

Just like the "Burning Technique," if it weren't for the existence of strange fires on the Dou Qi Continent, and the energy intensity of lower planes, it would only be a low-level Yellow Rank technique and wouldn't be able to evolve.

From this perspective, strange fire should contain something like the origin of the law of fire, while battle qi is decomposed from the origin of the laws of the battle qi continent, and its energy intensity is one or two or even several times lower than the origin.

Therefore, the Burning Technique can only evolve by devouring the origin of laws in lower planes, not by fighting qi.

Xiao Bai believed that although he did not know the level of his "Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique", its performance should not be worse than Xiao Huohuo in the original work, especially since he also had the talisman.

Of course, "possession by a ghost" is an exception; that's like inviting a god to possess you, so it doesn't count.

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai closed the scroll and handed it back to Xun'er.

"Brother Xiao Bai, are you not satisfied with this cultivation technique?" Xiao Xun'er asked softly after seeing him hand the technique back to her after looking at it for a while.

Xiao Bai shook his head, winked at Xun'er, and smiled, "The technique is very good, but I already have one that's more suitable. Little girl, don't overthink it!"

A knowing glint flashed in Xiao Xun'er's eyes. Just as she had guessed, Brother Xiao Bai had his own destiny, so she stopped trying to persuade him.

"What about the fighting techniques? Xun'er has a few more scrolls of fighting techniques here. Would Brother Xiao Bai like to take a look?"

Xiao Xun'er silently put away the scroll of martial arts techniques, then pretended to remember something, lightly touched her lower lip with her index finger, and asked with a smile.

Xiao Bai watched her performance quietly. Although he wanted to laugh a little, he felt warm inside. In this strange yet familiar world, only this girl was truly good to him.

He patted Xun'er's little head; her black hair was smooth and felt comfortable to the touch. He smiled and said:

"I just don't have a suitable fighting technique yet, so thank you, Xun'er!"

(End of this chapter)