People in Doupo: Unparalleled Talents Actually Bring a System

Feeling the caress of the palm on her head, Zi Yan nodded and replied, "Then hurry up, I'm really too sleepy."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zi Yan felt her whole body go limp and she fell into Xiao Ling's arms.

Seeing this, Xiao Ling hugged him in his arms, looked at the purple energy radiating from his body, and said helplessly: "Hold on for a few more minutes and we'll reach our destination. Stay awake for a while and remember this lesson. Don't take so many herbs next time."

Zi Yan, who was lying in Xiao Ling's arms, answered dazedly: "I know, I know. I will definitely not eat so much at once next time."

After signaling to Rayquaza to speed up, Xiao Ling first stabilized Zi Yan's body, and then turned his gaze towards the direction of Shimo City.

After a few minutes of flying, the outline of a huge city located on the eastern outskirts of the Tagor Desert also appeared faintly in Xiao Ling's sight.

Looking at the Shimo City not far away, Xiao Ling breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Zi Yan was not completely asleep yet, she was just a little sleepy, so she could still walk a few steps.

If I were to enter the city carrying a sleepy little girl and be misunderstood by others and spread the news, people would think that I, Xiao, like to smelt copper.

They landed a few hundred meters away from Shimo City, put away the Rayquaza, and walked into Shimo City holding Ziyan's hand.

Compared with the cities in the empire, the cities in the desert are more simple and heavy, perhaps because they are close to the Tagor Desert. The defense here is also much stricter than that in the empire. In the city, fully armed soldiers can be seen patrolling everywhere.

The soul's perception spread out, and the entire Stone Desert City appeared in Xiao Ling's mind like a floor plan. In a courtyard in the south of the city, a familiar smell of the snake people was found.

Now that they had found their destination, Xiao Ling took Zi Yan's hand and walked towards the south of the city. After turning a few streets, a courtyard that was almost as large as the Xiao family compound in Wutan City appeared in their sight.

Above the courtyard, a flag fluttered in the wind, with the large characters "Mo Tie Mercenary Group" painted on it, faintly revealing an aura of solidity and blood.

This is the mercenary group established by Xiao Yan's two brothers in the original novel. Xiao Ling plans to let Zi Yan rest here for a while, and by the way kidnap Qing Lin who is still working as a maid here.

Outside the compound, several tough men stood upright with weapons in hand. Their sharp eyes scanned the passers-by back and forth. Judging from the faint smell of blood on their bodies, they were real. The iron-blooded man who rolled over from the edge of the knife was not comparable to those rookies who thought they were mercenaries just because they had a weapon on their waist.

As Xiao Ling and Zi Yan walked towards the Motie Mercenary Group, the burly man in the lead noticed the commotion and cast his gaze towards the two of them. Seeing that Xiao Ling and Zi Yan had quite delicate looks, he thought that they were some young master or young lady who came to hire mercenaries.

He walked forward and blocked the two men's way, saying, "Sir, it's getting late today, and the brothers in the mercenary group have gone to rest. If you need to hire mercenaries, let's talk tomorrow."

Xiao Ling shook his head and handed a token with the word "Xiao Ling" written on the front and "Xiao Family" written on the back to the sturdy man. He explained, "The leaders of your mercenary group are Xiao Li and Xiao Ding, right? My name is Xiao Ling, from the Xiao Family in Wutan City, so I can be considered their cousin. This time when I passed by Shimo City, my companion was feeling a little unwell. It happened that two cousins ​​in the clan had a piece of land here, so I planned to stay here for a while and catch up with them. I will accompany my companions to rest first, and then go to see the two cousins ​​later."

After listening to Xiao Ling's explanation, the sturdy man understood Xiao Ling's purpose. Although he didn't know whether the two team leaders' families were from the Xiao family of Wutan City, looking at the expression of the young man and the family token he took out, he thought it should be true.

After returning the token to Xiao Ling, the burly man in the lead arranged for a man to take Xiao Ling and Zi Yan to the accommodation area, and he went to the captain's residence to report the matter.

After putting the token into the ring, Xiao Ling held Zi Yan's hand and followed the man, walking for a distance in the compound. After a while, they arrived at the residential area of ​​the mercenary group.

Chapter 68 Xiao Ding Xiao Li

Taking out a second-grade pill from the ring and handing it to the man, Xiao Ling said, "I'll take my companion to rest first. You wait here for a while and take me to see your leader later."

Seeing this, the man put the pill into his pocket, his expression became more respectful, and he nodded at Xiao Ling to indicate that he understood.

After finding a room where no one was around, Xiao Ling took the drowsy Zi Yan into the house.

As soon as Zi Yan entered the room, she staggered into the bedroom.

"Xiao Ling, good night..." Zi Yan muttered in a daze, then walked to the bed, lay down on it, and fell asleep.

Xiao Ling also walked into the room and saw that Zi Yan was already asleep, so he walked to her side, spread out the quilt on the bed, and covered Zi Yan with it.

I took a quick look around the room. Although it wasn't very luxurious overall, it was quite clean and gave people a good feeling.

Since Zi Yan has started to rest, Xiao Ling plans to go and meet his two cousins.

After walking out of the room, Xiao Ling nodded to the man, then followed him and left.

The two walked inside the mercenary group for a few minutes, and a spacious hall appeared in front of them.

The man brought Xiao Ling here, said hello, and then turned and left.

Xiao Ling walked slowly towards the door. Just as he was about to push it open, the door creaked and was pulled open.

A tougher face suddenly appeared through the gap in the door.

The young man was wearing a mercenary uniform. He had a tall and straight body, straight and powerful, and his dark eyes showed laziness and sternness. There was a smile on his face, but underneath this smile, there was a faint smile. There is a bit of ferocity like a wolf hidden inside. Obviously, although the young man seems to be kind, he is obviously the kind of ferocious type who will not offend others unless they offend him. If someone offends me, he will bite him before his death.

This young man is Xiao Yan’s second brother, Xiao Li.

The young man opened the door and looked at the boy who suddenly appeared in front of him. He was slightly stunned, looked Xiao Ling up and down, and then said in surprise: "Cousin Xiao Ling, you have changed a lot. If my men hadn't told me your name just now, I wouldn't have recognized you for a while."

Smiling and greeting Xiao Li, Xiao Ling replied, "After all, I left the Xiao family quite early. At that time, I was just a child. Now I am almost an adult, so naturally I will change."

As soon as Xiao Ling finished speaking, a somewhat elegant and easy-going voice came from inside the house. "Second brother, please invite cousin Xiao Ling into the house quickly, don't stand outside."

Originally, Xiao Li planned to take Xiao Ling to the battlefield to compete with each other. After all, the two of them had not yet collected Xiao Ling's information. In Xiao Li's opinion, Xiao Ling was still too young, and even if he was a monster, he would not be much stronger than him.

Hearing his elder brother's urging, Xiao Li gave up the idea of ​​sparring with Xiao Ling.

"Come on, let's go in and see my brother first. He's very surprised to see you." As he said that, Xiao Li grabbed Xiao Ling's wrist, turned around and rushed into the hall.

Walking into the hall, Xiao Ling's gaze was cast towards the young man sitting in the first seat. The young man was dressed in a white robe, and was smiling at Xiao Ling who came into the room. His eyes, which were brighter than those of ordinary people, revealed a bit of wisdom and imperceptible wit and cunning.

This man is Xiao Yan’s elder brother, Xiao Ding, the eldest son of the Xiao clan, one of the eight ancient clans.

"Cousin Xiao Ling, I didn't expect that you have changed so much after not seeing you for a few years. I almost didn't recognize you." Seeing Xiao Ling and Xiao Li walking into the hall, Xiao Ding turned his gaze towards them and said with a smile.

Xiao Ling also walked forward and greeted him with a smile, "Cousin Xiao Ding is becoming more and more graceful now."

Although Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan did not have a good relationship in the Xiao family, that was mainly because Xiao Yan had a bad temper at that time.

Because of Xiao Ling's approachable personality, he had a good relationship with the Xiao family members. At that time, Xiao Ling and Xiao Li's cultivation levels were not much different, and they often had several competitions.

Moreover, during the years that Xiao Ling studied abroad at Canaan College, he also sent back a lot of resources to the Xiao family. Xiao Ding and Xiao Li also learned the martial arts and fighting skills that Xiao Ling sent back, and they were also indebted to Xiao Ling.

After Xiao Ling and Xiao Li sat down, Xiao Ding asked curiously, "Cousin Xiao Ling, shouldn't you be studying at Canaan College now? Why did you suddenly come to our small Stone Desert City?"

Hearing Xiao Ding's question, Xiao Ling did not intend to hide it, and answered the two brothers: "Not long ago, my cultivation level has broken through to Dou Wang. After studying for a few years, my alchemy skills have also reached the sixth level. Now I am an elder in the Alchemy Department of Canaan College. This time I left the college to look for an opportunity in the Jia Ma Empire, and then return to my family."

After hearing Xiao Ling's answer, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li on the opposite side used a wave of traditional fighting skills from the Douqi Continent and took a deep breath.

Xiao Ding's mind was more flexible than Xiao Li's. Hearing that Xiao Ling was actually a sixth-grade alchemist, he hurriedly asked anxiously, "Cousin Xiao Ling, since you are now a sixth-grade alchemist, can you help my third brother check his body? His strange physique has caused his cultivation to drop to the third stage of Dou Qi, and he has not made any progress in the past two and a half years."

Xiao Li, who was still in shock, immediately reacted after hearing what Xiao Ding said. He looked at Xiao Ling with eager eyes and said in a hurried tone: "Yes, cousin Xiao Ling, since you are already a sixth-grade alchemist, you can definitely help my third brother recover his talent for cultivation. That fourth-grade alchemist named Mitchell doesn't understand anything. As long as you can cure my third brother, you can ask me to do anything!"

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li both loved Xiao Yan very much. The reason why they came to the Tagor Desert to establish the Desert Iron Mercenary Group was to support Xiao Yan. If Xiao Yan did not reach the seventh level of Dou Qi during the coming-of-age ceremony, he would be disqualified from entering the Dou Qi Pavilion to find Dou Qi techniques, and would be assigned to various industries of the family to take care of some ordinary affairs for the family. This was the family rule, and even if Xiao Yan's father was the patriarch, it could not be changed!

After calming down the two men's somewhat impatient emotions, Xiao Ling said calmly: "My two cousins, don't worry. When I return to the Xiao family, I will go to check Xiao Yan's body. With Xiao Yan's talent, it won't take long for his cultivation to surpass yours."

Chapter 69 Conversation

After hearing Xiao Ling's answer, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, Xiao Ling's temper was still as kind as ever, and he didn't care about Xiao Yanzi's previous mischief. Next time they saw Xiao Yanzi, they would take him and Xiao Ling to apologize seriously.

Xiao Ding calmed down his impatient mood and asked curiously, "Then cousin Xiao Ling, when will you leave to return to the family? Now that you are out looking for opportunities, it should take a long time. You will not be able to return to the Xiao family in the short term."

Nodding, Xiao Ling said, "Indeed, my affairs have not been settled yet, and it will take some time. But I have already written a letter and sent it back to the family, planning to have the clan leader and the clan members move back to the imperial capital. When I have settled my affairs here, I will go directly to the imperial capital. I think the relocation of the Xiao family will also be settled."

After hearing Xiao Ling's narration, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Both of them lived in the imperial capital for a period of time. At that time, their grandfather Xiao Lin had not yet passed away, and he was still a close friend of Nalan Jie, the old man of the Nalan family.

Unfortunately, ever since Xiao Lin passed away from his injuries, the Xiao family, without a strong person in charge, was forced to move out of the imperial capital and come to the remote small city of Wutan.

More than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. I didn't expect that the Xiao family could actually return to live in the imperial capital. Life is really unpredictable.

Xiao Ding stood up, bowed to Xiao Ling, and said solemnly: "Thank you for your contribution to the family, cousin. As the eldest son of the clan leader, I would like to thank you on behalf of my father."

Xiao Ling accepted Xiao Ding's thanks calmly. Although taking care of the Xiao family was also his plan, these contributions were also real efforts.

After all, the Xiao family is where he was born in this life, and the people in the family are more or less related to him.

After living in the Xiao family for eight years, even though he had matured mentally, he still had some family affection.

As long as the Xiao family is not facing an extremely difficult disaster, Xiao Ling will definitely protect the safety of the Xiao family.

Xiao Ling used his Dou Qi to help Xiao Ding up, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "I am also a member of the Xiao family. I will still do what I can."

Then he asked in a somewhat curious tone, "I wonder if my two cousins ​​will disband the mercenary group and return to the Xiao family after learning this news."

Hearing Xiao Ling's question, Xiao Li waved his hand and said, "In fact, we came out to establish a force, originally intending to prepare a way out for Xiao Yanzi. Even if he does not reach the seventh stage of fighting spirit at the coming-of-age ceremony, he can come to the Motie Mercenary Group to work, and he does not have to endure the rumors and gossips of those people in the family."

After a brief pause, Xiao Li continued, "But the situation is a little different now. Everyone in the mercenary group is a brother who has fought with my brother and me. We have a deep relationship. The Desert Iron Mercenary Group is no longer just a force we created casually, but our second home."

Xiao Ding on the side also echoed: "That's right, there are many like-minded partners here. Although life here is hard, we two brothers are very happy. And cousin Xiao Ling, it won't be long before you can go and solve Xiao Yanzi's strange physique. Just let him stay in the family to practice. After all, the cultivation resources in the imperial capital are much better than this remote Shimo City."

"In that case, this is not a bad thing. However, my two cousins ​​can still come back to the Xiao family when they are free. After all, relocating a family is not a trivial matter." Xiao Ling said after listening to their narration.

Nodding, Xiao Ding replied: "Of course. The situation of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group is not optimistic right now. We still have a lot of things to deal with. When everything is settled and we have free time, we will definitely go back to the Xiao family to take a look."

After chatting for a while, Xiao Ling noticed that it was getting dark and planned to go back to his room to rest. He felt a little tired after running around outside for a few days.

Standing up from his seat, Xiao Ling said to the two of them, "I have some unused pills, so I'll give them to my two cousins."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Ling took out some bottles and jars from his ring and placed them on the table in front of him. There were probably hundreds of bottles. These were some low-grade elixirs that Xiao Ling had left behind when practicing alchemy. Most of them were from the first to third grade. Only the two more delicate wooden boxes contained the fourth-grade elixir, the Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill. In Xiao Ling's perception, Xiao Li and Xiao Ding were both Dou Shi cultivators, which was just right for them to take the Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill.

Xiao Ling kept these pills with him, originally intending to use them as small expenses. Now he still had a lot of them, so it was no big deal to give some to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, just as a small compensation for kidnapping the little Loli Qing Lin.

When Xiao Ding and Xiao Li saw this scene, they knew that Xiao Ling was planning to send them some resources, so they planned to stand up and stop him.

"Xiao Ling, this is not allowed. Take these pills back."

"Yeah, we can't accept these things."

Smiling and waving his hands, Xiao Ling said, "My two cousins, there is no need to refuse. These pills are of little value to me and will not be of much help to me, but they can have a good effect on everyone in the mercenary group. My two cousins ​​have just established their forces not long ago, and they will definitely use these resources. Now that I am a Dou Wang and have not joined the Motie Mercenary Group, it is not convenient for me to take action. These can be regarded as my support for you."

Pointing to the two more exquisite wooden boxes, Xiao Ling said, "Those two wooden boxes contain the fourth-grade elixir Three-Lined Green Spirit Pill. Although it is only an ordinary-quality Three-Lined Green Spirit Pill, it can help a Dou Shi improve his cultivation by three stars without any side effects. It is more suitable for you to take at your current level. If you take it at the Great Dou Shi level, it can improve your cultivation by one star. As for when to use it, it depends on your own plans."

After a slight pause, Xiao Ling continued, "And I didn't take these pills for nothing. Some of them are for accommodation expenses, and the other part is for me to take away a little girl from the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, the hybrid of the snakeman and the human."

After hearing Xiao Ling's explanation, even the quick-witted Xiao Ding thought that Xiao Ling was making up excuses. However, since it had come to this point and the Motie Mercenary Group also needed these resources, he no longer rejected Xiao Ling's kindness.

Moreover, those two three-patterned Green Spirit Pills were of great help in improving the cultivation of himself and Xiao Li. It would be a lie to say that he didn't have any thoughts at all.

Chapter 70 Green Scales

"Thank you very much for your help, cousin Xiao Ling. You were talking about the little girl Qinglin just now, right? As long as she is willing, it is okay for me to take her away. But that girl is timid, so don't be too harsh on her." Xiao Ding put the pills into the ring and said with a smile.

As for Qinglin, Xiao Ding guessed that Xiao Ling was attracted to the little girl and wanted to take her as his maid. After all, she was a hybrid of snakemen and humans, and her identity was quite special. Besides, Qinglin was also cute. At Xiao Ling's age, wasn't it normal for him to like this kind of girl?

If Xiao Ling knew what Xiao Ding was thinking, he would definitely retort: ​​"I love Qing Lin so much, how could I possibly bully her?"

After seeing Xiao Ding taking away the pills, Xiao Ling said to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, "Then I'll go and rest first. I've been running around outside these days and haven't had a good rest. I'm a little tired."

"Okay, we both need to go to bed, so we won't keep cousin Xiao Ling here to chat." Xiao Ding replied with a nod.

With a slight nod, Xiao Ling turned and walked towards the gate. After a while, he disappeared from the sight of the two.

Xiao Ding retracted his gaze from the direction where Xiao Ling left, and said to Xiao Li: "I didn't expect that in just a few years, the little kid has grown to this point. Things that are extremely difficult for us can be easily solved by him. We owe him a big favor."