Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Ten Ferocious Heavenly Horned Ant

Chapter 835, I'm not angry!

Silence! Utter silence!

After a slight pause, everyone's gaze, whether from the Xiao family or the distinguished guests, was fixed on the black stone tablet that shone with golden light.

The fact that they recovered from the third level of Dou Qi to the ninth level, a full six-level increase in Dou Qi, made them unable to believe their eyes, especially the Xiao family members who had been mocking them for the past three years.

At this time.

They then remembered that Xiao Yan was not a born waste; he was a true genius who had advanced to the Dou Zhe level three years ago, but for unknown reasons, he became a fallen genius.

Once he resolves the reason why his internal fighting spirit mysteriously disappears—that is, why the more he cultivates, the less fighting spirit he has—restoring his fighting spirit will be as simple as drinking water and eating.

He was a fighter three years ago!

"The once arrogant genius of the Xiao family has returned..." A member of the Xiao family in the audience couldn't help but gasp, and his gaze towards Xiao Yan was completely different.

Although many people thought that perhaps Xiao Yan's talent could return and his fighting spirit would not disappear inexplicably again, he never expected that day would come so soon.

Yes.

Nobody's stupid. Three years ago, Xiao Yan was the youngest Dou Zhe, famous throughout Wutan City. Everyone knew him, and many people felt that he was the next Dou Huang of the Jiama Empire.

Unexpectedly, not long after Xiao Yan advanced to the Dou Zhe level, his Dou Qi disappeared every day, eventually falling below the Dou Zhe level, and the Dou Qi vortex in his body completely collapsed.

It was at this time that many people felt that Xiao Yan was completely ruined. The Dou Qi Cyclone is the symbol of a Dou Zhe (a fighter), and after it collapses, it is unimaginably difficult to reassemble it.

But who is he?

He is Xiao Yan.

He successfully set a record for the fastest breakthrough in the Fighting Realm.

He is also the youngest fighter in the history of the Xiao family.

"Xiao Yan, perhaps... maybe in a few decades, the Xiao family will produce a Dou Huang-level super strongman. At that time, the Xiao family will become the second Yunlan Sect of the Jiama Empire."

The First Elder and the Second Elder of the Xiao family exchanged a glance, both of them simultaneously having a somewhat horrified thought.

They weren't crazy. Xiao Yan's return to his talent was definitely a good thing for the family, as it meant the family had the potential to advance further.

They thought that Xiao Yan's life was over because of the shattering of his fighting spirit vortex. They never expected that he would be proven wrong three years later.

even so.

They were more pleased than happy, simply because Xiao Yan had a chance to advance to the Dou Huang level.

Don't be fooled by the fact that a Dou Huang is only at the middle level of the Nine Realms of Dou [the Nine Realms of Dou, from Dou Zhe to Dou Sheng]. In the context of the major powers in the Central Plains region of Doupo Continent, he is nothing special.

However, in the Jiama Empire, a Douhuang is already considered top-tier combat power.

you could put it that way.

In the Gama Empire, if any family produces a Dou Huang-level expert, that family's status will immediately rise, regardless of its inherent limitations.

Even the three major families of the Jia Ma Empire wouldn't dare to suppress the Dou Huang family so easily.

After all, there are only a handful of powerful Douhuang-level experts in this Jiama Empire, and they are all well-known figures.

Every Dou Huang possesses the power to overturn the heavens and the seas, and to fight against ten thousand men single-handedly. No rational family would choose to offend a Dou Huang powerhouse.

I still remember.

More than three hundred years ago, the only Douhuang powerhouse in the Jia Ma Empire, who was also the founding emperor of the Jia Ma Empire, suffered a tragic fate because a neighboring country launched a war.

In a fit of rage.

The founding emperor of this powerful empire chose to single-handedly massacre a 10,000-strong elite cavalry legion from a neighboring country. That massacre was so brutal that rivers of blood flowed, and his infamous reputation shocked the entire nation.

Since then, the Jiama Empire has been peaceful for hundreds of years, and to this day, no large-scale war has broken out. Everyone knows that the Jiama Empire really dares to send Douhuang powerhouses to slaughter those ordinary soldiers.

........

"Clan Chief Xiao, Young Master Xiao Yan's talent for cultivation is truly astonishing. Your Xiao family will probably produce a remarkable expert in a few decades."

Beside Xiao Zhan, Mittel-Yafei smiled slightly, her beautiful eyes glancing briefly at Xiao Yan on the stage before focusing on the direction where Dong Qing was.

Seeing him with Xiao Yu on his left and Xiao Xun'er on his right, looking so comfortable, she was immediately furious.

But because there were outsiders present, she could only suppress her anger and plan to settle accounts with this philandering man later.

"Hahaha......"

Xiao Zhan couldn't help but burst into unrestrained laughter, his face beaming with undisguised smugness and excitement.

He politely cupped his hands in greeting to Ya Fei, and casually sighed, "Miss Ya Fei, you flatter me. My son's cultivation talent is always so unpredictable. You know what kind of blows he has suffered in the past three years. No one knows if the same thing that happened three years ago will happen again in the future, and if it does..."

As they talked...

Seemingly sensing that his words were ominous, Xiao Zhan quickly stopped his urge to boast and dared not continue to brag about Xiao Yan's talent in front of Mittel-Yafei.

"Young Master Xiao, a lucky man may die young, Clan Chief Xiao Zhan is overthinking it!"

Mittel-Yafei's alluring eyes curved slightly, and she smiled charmingly. Whether Xiao Yan's talent was lasting or fleeting was of no interest to her at the moment.

The only thing she was interested in was Dongqing now.

Could it be that he prefers young and beautiful women?

She remembered Dongqing saying he liked mature and charming older women, and that he wanted her to dress more maturely. But now, he was cuddling two young and beautiful women, being all lovey-dovey.

Mittel-Yafei didn't know which of Dongqing's words were true and which were false; she only knew that he had an obsession with her, an obsession that he absolutely had to have her.

This obsession caused her a lot of suffering. Every time she changed jobs, she would eventually collapse from exhaustion and be unable to get out of bed the next day.

…………

Below the high platform.

Xiao Yu, standing next to Dong Qing, slightly opened her mouth, her pretty face showing some surprise, her eyes curiously staring at the few gilded characters on the black stone tablet on the platform.

Much later.

Her rather impressive chest heaved dramatically for a moment. She lowered her head and, taking advantage of the fact that no one around her was paying attention, bit Dongqing's ear.

"Uncle Dongqing, did you give him special training? You'd rather train him than Yu'er?"

A melancholy gaze, a melancholy look that makes one restless.

Dong Qing looked incredibly embarrassed. He felt he shouldn't have bestowed upon Xiao Yan a high-level fire-attribute Heaven-rank cultivation technique, as the kid's cultivation speed was more than twice as fast as in the original story.

of course.

This is the normal cultivation speed. If you use the Burning Technique to devour different flames and skip levels in cultivation, then the Burning Technique will definitely be faster. However, if you are not careful with the Burning Technique, it will be a technique that will kill your whole family.

Although a high-level fire-attribute Heavenly Rank cultivation technique cannot absorb different flames to skip levels, it is advantageous in that it is steady and reliable, without having to risk death by absorbing different flames.

"Don't talk nonsense. I didn't train him. It was all his own hard work." Dong Qing lied without batting an eye.

If he hadn't given Xiao Yan the system, the invincible body of the Milky Way Power, and the high-level fire-attribute Heaven-rank cultivation technique, Xiao Yan would never have been able to cultivate to the ninth level of Dou Qi so quickly based on his own abilities.

Xiao Yan is indeed a genius, but a genius is not a monster.

In just a few months.

Xiao Yan recovered from the third level of Dou Qi to the ninth level of Dou Qi. He was only one step away from condensing the Dou Qi vortex. For someone like him who had successfully condensed the Dou Qi vortex before, condensing the Dou Qi vortex again was not difficult at all.

Although Xiao Yan's cultivation time was not long, he had already covered the distance that others took more than ten years to complete. Compared to Tang San next door, who needed to use the Xuan Tian Gong to cheat in order to become a genius, he was many times stronger.

“Brother Qing really didn’t help him. At least from what I’ve observed, I haven’t seen Brother Qing teach Xiao Yan how to cultivate,” Xiao Xun’er interjected.

As she said.

From her perspective, although Dong Qing and Xiao Yan had some contact, they did not provide any assistance on the surface, because everything was done through the system as a middleman.

There's no such thing as a free lunch, and Dong Qing isn't a saint. The reason he secretly sponsored Xiao Yan was simply because he felt guilty when he was trying to get the Medusa Queen's job.

"I want you to talk more!"

Xiao Yu glared at Xiao Xun'er, her pretty face full of dissatisfaction.

"Alright, you two stop arguing. Speak more politely."

Dong Qing patted Xiao Yu's long legs, then looked at Xiao Xun'er who was pouting and not saying a word. For the moment, he didn't have a good solution for this pair of firecrackers that were about to ignite.

Moreover, he knew that persuasion was useless unless he changed jobs and made them accept him, but he couldn't do that because he had watched them both grow up.

In a sense, they are all adopted daughters.

Speaking of adopted daughters.

Dong Qing suddenly thought of Jing Ni's daughter, Dong Yan. Could it be that they also forced themselves on him?

Having made a mistake once, Dongqing didn't want to compound it, nor did she want to complicate their relationship.

"I'm not angry!"

Xiao Yu proudly raised her long, slender neck, then, as if remembering something, she whispered, "Uncle Dongqing, I can stay at home for half a year. During these six months, can I follow you around?"

Dong Qing felt a chill run down his spine at the thought.

He seemed to see Dong Yan's shadow in Xiao Yu. When she used sweet words to deceive him and planned to force herself on him, she used a similar excuse.

“It’s fine to stay at the Xiao family’s place, but sometimes I’ll go out and won’t always be there,” Dong Qing said after thinking for a moment.

"Going out?"

Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Xun'er. She knew very well that she couldn't get the truth from Dong Qing. She needed to get the real information from her competitor.

"Brother Qing occasionally leaves the Xiao family. He either goes to the Tagor Desert, saying he's going to visit Xiao Yan's two older brothers, but I don't know if he's telling the truth or not. Or he goes to Qingshan Town to teach a disciple, a female disciple at that. Oh, and it seems that Brother Qing is going to the capital to participate in the Alchemist Conference soon."

Xiao Xun'er knew Dong Qing's movements like the back of her hand. She could not hide most of Dong Qing's movements from her. Although she did not know exactly what Dong Qing was doing, she basically knew where he went.

no way.

Dongqing dislikes being in multiple places at once, in any form. This makes him unable to be in two places at once, unable to attend to everyone, and he needs to explain his whereabouts to avoid worrying those around him about his safety.

Let me give you a simple example.

To better accompany his group of confidantes, Dong Qing was unwilling to use any form of clone to accompany them, even if it meant slowing down the flow of time within the miniature universe [Pure-blooded Heavenly Horned Ant's Supreme Treasure Bone].

He wouldn't even offer emotional support.

At worst, I'll adjust the time flow to the highest level. I don't mind being a little tired, but I absolutely will not accept any clones. I will ensure that every job change is his real self changing jobs.

"To participate in the Alchemist Conference?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.