Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, I am your second master.

When the Xiao family needs you to manage it in the future, don't be modest. Everyone has their own strengths. If we were to choose the head of the family based on cultivation level, I would have been the head long ago. Since I am not good at management, I have passed the responsibility to your grandfather.

Your grandfather got tired of the job a long time ago, so he passed the responsibility to your father. Your father is quite good at handling family affairs. Although he's useless when it comes to cultivation, at least he has a skill.

You better work hard, kid. I've already improved your talent. With your current aptitude, you'd be a top genius even in Zhongzhou. Don't waste it.

"Then adding Xing Tian is my graduation assignment for you juniors. But if you can't complete it, hmph, don't blame me for being 'ruthless'!"

As Xiao Li spoke, he raised his fist. If the little guy he had carefully nurtured couldn't even beat Jia Xingtian, then he would have to spank them until their bottoms were red!

"Understood, Second Grandfather, I'm going to cultivate now." Xiao Ding swallowed and then went to cultivate.

"Hmph, he's still just a kid after all," Xiao Li said with a laugh as he watched Xiao Ding flee in disarray.

"Don't keep scaring her, she's still a child." Yun Yun glanced at Xiao Li from the side.

"There's no other way. Their future responsibilities will be very heavy. They will have to face the young geniuses of other imperial clans. If they can't even do this, they will only be killed when they encounter geniuses from other imperial clans."

Xiao Li had no choice; he knew too much, so his expectations of them were also very high.

. . . . . .

One month later,

Xiao Lin and his group also returned. Xia Yilong was the first to find Xiao Li and give him the memory stone.

"Wow! Ah Long, you really understand me! Let me see."

Xiao Li looked at Xia Yilong, whose mouth was grinning like a lotus flower, and was also delighted. This little brother is really sensible.

In the scene, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran are beating up Mu Zhan and his gang.

"I never expected these two little ones to be so destined for each other. If they weren't, things would probably be very different."

Xiao Li muttered to himself, and then he pondered some more questions.

"The Ancient Clan, you bully our Xiao Clan like this, and you think you can win by relying on Gu Xun'er? Not so easy. Little Miss Gu, don't blame your grandfather for being ruthless. Blame it on yourself for having such a family, hehehe~"

Xiao Li grinned; he already had some ideas in mind.

Xiao Li suddenly had an idea and then said to Yun Yun, "Yun'er, do you have any plans to take on disciples?"

Yun Yun, who was taking care of the child, asked in confusion, "Disciple? I have no such idea."

At this moment, Yun Yun was taking care of three children. If Zi Yan were included, there would be four children. Pei Yu Han and Pei Yu Rou took Xiao Li's pills and went into seclusion. They wanted to reach a sufficiently high level of cultivation before the Heavenly Tomb opened.

Xiao Li continued, "Look at this Nalan Yanran. The eldest daughter of the Nalan family must have good talent. Moreover, she has liked to fight evil and promote good since she was a child, and her background is clean. The Nalan family itself is close to your Yunlan Sect."

If you don't take her in, who will? Besides, she's a young girl, so naturally she needs a female teacher. Your cultivation level has already surpassed that of Senior Yun Potian.

You need someone to carry on your legacy, right? Our Yun'er is born with both wind and fire attributes in her battle aura; she's probably not suited to your sword path."

Xiao Li's words made Yun Yun waver a little. It was indeed time for her to take on disciples. Her master, Yun Shan, had mentioned to her before that it was time to take on disciples. Even if Yun Yun didn't have time to teach, Yun Shan could do it for her.

The Yunlan Sect always needs a young sect leader.

"Then I'll take a look when I have some free time. If it suits my taste, I won't mind accepting it," Yun Yun said softly.

"That's good. You are now the sect leader of Yunlan Sect, it's time for you to go out and show your face. However, you should lower your cultivation level and only show a seven or eight-star Dou Huang. If you are too strong, some rats will be afraid." Xiao Li said with a smile.

Yun Yun rolled her eyes at Xiao Li: "You're going to scheme against people again. Just make sure Yun'er, Yu'er, and Xue'er don't get involved."

Xiao Li nodded: "Of course. Yun'er will be in your care afterward. The trip to the Heavenly Tomb is still a very important part for us."

"understood."

Chapter 191 Yao Lao, Battle Qi Disappears

A few years later, Xiao Li was thirty-four years old.

Wutan City, Xiao Family

"The fighting spirit swirls, condenses! The fighter is formed!"

Xiao Yan sat cross-legged at home, condensing his Dou Qi vortex, and officially became a Dou Zhe.

"Yan'er is really amazing! He became a Dou Zhe at the age of eight! He's even a year younger than his second grandfather when he became a Dou Zhe." Xiao Zhan was extremely satisfied with his youngest son.

"Wow, Xiao Yan, you're amazing!" Nalan Yanran exclaimed, her eyes sparkling with envy!

Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan had known each other for a long time, so they were very close friends, practically childhood playmates, even though they lived far apart. This didn't stop them from visiting each other.

Nalan Yanran has been living in the Xiao family for a while now, for about a few months. It's become quite common for her to stay at the Xiao family.

First of all, Nalan Yanran's teacher, Yun Yun, lived in the Xiao family. Nalan Yanran usually lived with Yun Yun and helped Yun Yun take care of her children.

Secondly, the fact that Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran have a marriage contract is already common knowledge in the Xiao family. Many young men in the Xiao family envy Xiao Yan, who not only has high cultivation talent at a young age, but also has such a beautiful fiancée.

The Xiao family was very satisfied with Nalan Yanran, and even Xiao Li was very satisfied. Xiao Li felt that he was about to betray the Yanxian faction and become the Yanyan faction.

However, there was one lady who was extremely troubled by Nalan Yanran's existence.

"Brother Xiao Yan is so amazing!" Xiao Xun'er said, biting her lip, not to be outdone. She also praised Xiao Yan.

"Cousin Xiao Yan is so amazing!" The girl who spoke was Xiao Mei, a talented young woman among the younger generation of the Xiao family, whose talent was probably similar to that of Xiao Ning.

Xiao Yan took a deep breath, then chuckled and touched his nose, enjoying the praise from his little followers.

"It's a pity that my second grandfather went out. I was hoping he would come and see me break through to the Dou Zhe level." Xiao Yan was a little disappointed. He wanted his second grandfather's approval the most.

However, Xiao Yan was a carefree person and wouldn't develop a mental illness over such a small matter. He quickly took the girls in his family out to play.

Not far away, Xiao Lin stared solemnly at the ancient storage ring in Xiao Yan's hand.

"Am I mistaken?" Xiao Lin pondered, stroking his chin.

"No, you're not mistaken!" An aged voice came from beside Xiao Lin.

"Hmm? Ancestor? You also noticed something strange about the ring on Xiao Yanzi's hand?" Xiao Lin asked.

“Of course, you don’t need to worry. Li’er discovered the strangeness of that ring long ago. It contains a soul, just like I did back then,” Xiao Kong said slowly.

"Who is that?" Xiao Lin asked.

Xiao Kong shook his head: "I don't know this person, but Li'er seems to know him. He said his name is Yao Chen, the famous Yao Venerable who is renowned throughout the Central Plains."

"So it was him!" Xiao Lin suddenly realized that even someone like him, who had retreated to the Northwest Continent, knew the name of the Medicine Venerable.

"How could the Medicine Venerable be here? Wait a minute, how come the Medicine Venerable is just a soul now?" Xiao Lin asked in confusion.

"How should I know? Just ignore him and don't worry about anything else, even if something happens to Xiao Yan."

"Xiao Yan is getting a bit cocky these days, which is not good. I originally wanted to try and put him under control, but Li'er said there was no need to worry about it and that time would prove everything. This kid is keeping me guessing," Xiao Kong said slowly.

"Well, as expected of him, he said he wouldn't care, so he won't." Xiao Lin bowed to Xiao Kong and left.

At this moment, a faint white light suddenly flashed from the Bone Flame Ring on Xiao Yan's hand.

Osteitis in the middle,

"I'm terrified! This family is too terrifying! Having Dou Zong and Dou Zun experts is one thing, but that spying just now must have been from a Dou Sheng expert! How can there be a Dou Sheng expert? The Xiao family! Could it be that the Xiao family is the Xiao family?!"

"Oh dear, what a mess! Why is my luck so bad?" An aged voice came from a ball of pale white flames.

Within the flames appeared a phantom figure, an old man dressed in a white robe with flowing sleeves. His face was aged yet exceptionally kind. His deep-set eyes radiated a wisdom that could not be concealed by his age, as if he had witnessed many vicissitudes of life.

Medicine Venerable - Medicine Dust

"Now that you've discovered me, why didn't you wake me up sooner? Why make me watch over a little brat?"

Yao Chen looked up at the Bone Inflame Ring and saw a line of words formed by his soul power.

After Venerable Medicine regains consciousness, please look after this junior's descendant. If this descendant is to your liking, you may consider taking him as a disciple. Even if you do not take him as a disciple, you may still help this junior hone his skills.

This child is quite talented, but he has been used to a life of luxury since childhood and has never experienced any pressure. This could easily make him frivolous and arrogant. Please, Venerable One, help me test him. I will be very grateful in the future.

Respectfully submitted by junior Xiao Li, to my teacher, Wang Ming of the Tianyang Body School.

"Xiao Li? I don't recognize him. This Wang Ming? Wang Ming? Heavenly Yang Physique? Heavenly Yang Physique! Could he be that little guy who was persecuted by Ice River Valley? Could this Xiao Li be that little guy's disciple?"

Yao Chen pondered for a moment before remembering this person. He had guided many people throughout his life, and with his exceptional memory, he could recall most of them. This little guy, Wang Ming, was one of the more memorable ones for him.

"Has such a long time passed in the blink of an eye? Even that little guy's disciple has become so strong? With such a spiritual touch, Xiao Li's soul power must be at least at the late stage of the Spirit Realm. Since he has no ill intentions and is a descendant of an old friend, let's lend a hand."

Yao Chen, with his hands behind his back, spoke with an air of profound mystery, not because he had two Spirit Fusion Pills in front of him, nor because he was under someone else's roof and had no choice but to bow his head.

"This little guy is definitely starting to get cocky. In that case, let's give him a hand. Sweet dreams tonight, little guy, hehehe."

the next day,

Xiao Yan was having a wonderful dream. In his dream, he had achieved great success in his cultivation and become the hope of the Xiao family. His second grandfather patted him on the shoulder and said that he was the pride of the Xiao family.

bang~

Xiao Yan rolled over and fell off the bed onto the floor, the pain forcing him to wake up.

"Ouch~ How did I fall off the bed? It hurts so much." Xiao Yan struggled to get up, stretched his body, and yawned.

"Huh? That's not right! Where's my Battle Qi Cyclone? Where's my Battle Qi?"

After waking up, Xiao Yan examined his internal organs. This was something he had to do countless times every day since breaking through to the Dou Zhe level. Today, after waking up, he discovered that the Dou Qi vortex in his body was gone!

"Wait! Am I still half asleep?" Xiao Yan couldn't believe it and quickly slapped himself.

Snapped--

"Ouch, that hurts! It's not a dream! My Battle Cyclone is gone!"

Xiao Yan felt like dying. How could his Dou Qi vortex disappear after he took a nap? This didn't follow the rules of Dou Qi! He wasn't even at the ninth level of Dou Qi yet, but at the third level!

"Father! Father!" Xiao Yan hurriedly ran outside to find his father.

. . . . . .

"What! Yan'er, where is your battle qi? How could it have turned out like this!" Xiao Zhan was also shocked. Why did this happen!

"I don't know either, it just happened like this overnight." Xiao Yan was almost in tears.

“Come with me to find your grandfather. He might know what symptoms you have.” Xiao Zhan pulled Xiao Yan and went to find Xiao Lin.

"What? The Dou Qi vortex has disappeared? The Dou Qi is at the third level?" Xiao Lin subconsciously looked at the Bone Flame Ring on Xiao Yan's hand, but it did not attract the attention of Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan.

"Let me see." Xiao Lin had a general idea of ​​what was going on, so he pretended to examine Xiao Yan's body, and after a moment he shook his head.

"Father, let's go find our ancestor. Our ancestor..." Xiao Zhan was about to say something when Xiao Lin interrupted him.

"Don't disturb the Ancestor. He's in seclusion and might be gone for several years. Wait for your uncle to return." Xiao Lin already knew the reason for the matter, but he couldn't say it. Xiao Yan had indeed become arrogant, so it was a good opportunity to suppress him.

Xiao Yan collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down his face. His dreams, his future, everything was ruined.

[Shocking! In Wutan City of the Jia Ma Empire, the genius Xiao Yan lost all his Dou Qi overnight. The youngest Dou Zhe of the Xiao family, the once-prodigy Xiao Yan, has been reduced to a piece of trash despised by others.]

Chapter 192 The Fallen Genius, Ancient Holy City

"Xiao Yan, you can't give up like this. If your fighting spirit disappears, you can cultivate it again. Don't let difficulties defeat you. You are a genius, and this setback won't defeat you."

This is my Foundation Building Elixir for this month; you can use it first.

Nalan Yanran also learned that Xiao Yan had fallen from genius to good-for-nothing overnight. She had heard a lot of gossip today, and some of the Xiao family disciples had even started to fawn over her.

Nalan Yanran drew her sword and taught those people a lesson. How could Nalan Yanran be the kind of person who would abandon her fiancé just because he had become a useless person?

If it were a stranger, it wouldn't concern Nalan Yanran, but Xiao Yan and she had grown up together, so Nalan Yanran certainly couldn't just sit idly by.

“Yanran…” Xiao Yan was deeply moved. He noticed that the disciples of his clan who used to be close to him were now somewhat distant from him, as if they were afraid of catching Xiao Yan’s disease.

Just as Xiao Yan was lamenting the loss of his friends, Nalan Yanran arrived. Instead of mocking him, she offered words of encouragement and brought her own Foundation Building Elixir.

Foundation Building Elixir is a third-grade elixir created by Xiao Li, the second patriarch of the Xiao clan. This elixir helps accelerate cultivation in the Qi of Battle and the Battle Master stages.

The Foundation Building Elixir is priceless because it is an elixir created by Xiao Li himself. Once it's used up, it's gone unless Xiao Li refines it again.

However, Xiao Li has already left home to gain experience, and the quantity of Foundation Establishment Elixir is limited; it can be said that every serving used is one less available.

Xiao Yan wiped his slightly moist eyes and forced a strong expression: "Yanran, you should stay. I have my own share. You are now at the eighth level of Dou Qi, it's the perfect time for you to cultivate properly."

Nalan Yanran was not one to fuss over details; she directly handed the Foundation Building Elixir to Xiao Yan.

"You're such a big man, why are you being so fussy? It's just a Foundation Establishment Elixir. I can cultivate on my own. You'd better cheer up. In the future, you'll be accompanying me on my journey of chivalry across the continent. That's what we agreed on before."

Nalan Yanran patted her chest and said.

"Well, definitely."

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