Xiao Family Genealogy

Chapter 4

Xiao Lin calmly watched his grandson vent his fury. The Old Man opposite him was stunned at first, then laughed instead.

"Kid, do you really need to be this angry? I only absorbed three years of your Dou Qi."

Xiao Yan's voice suppressed his anger.

"Old man, since you were hiding in the ring, you should know how much ridicule and abuse your absorption of my Dou Qi brought me, right?"

"But didn't you grow through those three years of ridicule? Do you think you would have the same patience and maturity you have now if it had been three years ago?"

The Old Man smiled noncommittally and spoke calmly.

Xiao Yan frowned, and his emotions gradually settled. Once his rage subsided, joy followed. Now that he knew why his Dou Qi had vanished, his talent must have returned as well!

"Ahem. Since you absorbed three years of my grandson's Dou Qi and will have to rely on him in the future, you should at least help him cultivate. After all, you were once a major figure who roamed the Dou Qi Continent."

Xiao Lin smiled and casually spoke those words, causing both Yao Lao and Xiao Yan's expressions to change swiftly.

This Old Clan Head of the Xiao Family, who vanished more than ten years ago, actually knows who I am? Yao Chen was somewhat astonished.

To roam the Dou Qi Continent... what kind of realm would that require? Xiao Yan's heart churned wildly.

The corners of Xiao Lin's lips rose slightly. Rather than looking at Yao Chen, he looked at Xiao Yan.

"Yan'er, do you remember the Qi Gathering Powder the Misty Cloud Sect brought today?"

Naturally, Xiao Yan had not forgotten. He nodded.

Only Alchemists could refine medicinal pills. Any Alchemist would be recruited at all costs by every major faction, enjoying an extremely exalted status.

That Qi Gathering Powder had been refined by Pill King Gu He, an Honorary Elder of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Pill King Gu He wielded immense influence within the Jia Ma Empire. His alchemy was unfathomably miraculous, and countless experts had no way to even curry favor with him.

Not only was Gu He's alchemy extraordinary, but his own strength had long since entered the Dou Wang realm, placing him among the Jia Ma Empire's ten greatest experts.

"I can tell you that Pill King Gu He, who refined that Qi Gathering Powder, is nothing before this man."

Only then did Xiao Lin chuckle and look at Yao Chen.

"As a top Alchemist who once roamed the Dou Qi Continent, surely you would not stoop to bullying a child like this?"

Yao Chen truly could not lose his temper after hearing that. After all, he was in the wrong first. He had consumed three years of the grandson's cultivation. If Xiao Lin had used force to threaten him, the dignified Venerable Yao naturally would not have submitted without resistance.

But Xiao Lin had not come at him hard. He had taken the soft approach. After those words, Yao Chen could only smile helplessly.

"I now share both fortune and misfortune with your grandson, so that is no issue. But I would like to know how you learned of my identity."

Xiao Lin let out a long breath. He trusted Yao Lao, so after arranging his words, he said, "Our Xiao Family is not a local power of the Jia Ma Empire. We came from the Middle Continent, and before the family declined, there was no shortage of information and records within the clan."

At those words, Yao Chen's eyes flickered. What he was thinking was impossible for outsiders to know.

However, Xiao Lin did not remain there any longer. Having resolved his precious grandson's cultivation dilemma, he could bind the system's Selected Clan Member to his grandson, Xiao Yan!

Getting gold coins out of Yao Chen will take time. No rush. The urgent matter is sorting out the Xiao Family.

This was the deepest part of the Xiao Family compound, the Clan Leader's Study Room. Xiao Lin had directly requisitioned it for himself.

I remember there is still a great expert of the Xiao Clan alive, but he is trapped in the space of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He does not belong to the current Xiao Family. What a pity...

Xiao Lin thought to himself that if that great expert counted as a member of the current Xiao Family, then by listing him as a Selected Clan Member, Xiao Lin could obtain One Half of his Cultivation Feedback.

If that expert cultivated in meditation for one day, it would allow Xiao Lin to break through from One-Star Fighting King to Two-Star Fighting King, or even higher.

Xiao Lin took out the Xiao Family Genealogy. Looking at the current Xiao Family, he sighed inwardly.

The descendants of his branch were Clan Leader Xiao Zhan, Xiao Lin's son, who was only a Five-Star Da Dou Shi, and Xiao Zhan's sons: Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan.

The descendants of the First Elder's branch were Xiao Yu and Xiao Ning.

The descendants of the Second Elder's branch were Xiao Mei and Xiao Qing.

As for the Third Elder, he had no descendants yet.

These four branches were considered the Xiao Family's main lines. Beyond them, the Xiao Family had many collateral branches with countless names, but their individual quality truly was not much to speak of.

Although Xiao Xun'er bears the Xiao surname in name, her True Name is Gu.

Xiao Lin sighed inwardly. If his grandson could win her over now and marry her into the Xiao Family, he wondered whether she could count as a member of the Xiao Family. But if that happened, the Gu Clan would surely be enraged.

After sorting through the Xiao Clan's current members, Xiao Lin lightly tapped his fingers against the tabletop.

How could the system's function be maximized?

Without question, it was by improving every member of the Xiao Family. That way, the feedback Xiao Lin could obtain from them would also increase.

After all, the feedback from one hundred Dou Zhe cultivating for a day was worlds apart from the feedback of one hundred Dou Wang cultivating for a day.

But the Xiao Family's resources were limited at present. Aside from supplying his cultivation as a Dou Wang, they also had to nurture talented disciples.

Xiao Lin considered how the Xiao Family should develop in the future. Time passed quickly. The sun sank westward, and the bright moon rose high.

Outside the window, the moon shone brightly amid sparse stars. It was clearly already midnight.

Xiao Lin suddenly felt a powerful stream of Dou Qi slowly enter his body. Knowing that the system's feedback had arrived, he did not dare to be careless and hurriedly mobilized it.

His current cultivation was One-Star Fighting King. According to the system's stated progress, it should have only been at 9%.

Two hours later, Xiao Lin emerged from cultivation and summoned the system.

Name: Xiao Lin

Cultivation: Dou Wang (injured, currently Dou Ling)

Technique: Raging Lion's Fury

Identity: Xiao Family Old Ancestor, Former Patriarch

Xiao Family members: 197

Selected Clan Member: Xiao Yan

Cultivation Feedback: When clan members cultivate, the host will receive a bonus.

Cultivation Breakthrough: One-Star Fighting King (11%)

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Seeing this result, Xiao Lin frowned deeply. It had only increased by 2%.

Suddenly, another powerful stream of Dou Qi entered his body. Xiao Lin instinctively refined it.

Once the refinement was complete, he opened the system panel and learned that this Dou Qi had come from his Selected Clan Member, his grandson Xiao Yan!

When a Selected Clan Member breaks through a realm in cultivation, I will receive powerful Dou Qi feedback.

Xiao Lin looked at his Cultivation Breakthrough bar. It had now risen from 11% to 12%.

He knew this was the reward from breaking through a realm. After all, with Xiao Yan's current Fourth Stage of Dou Qi cultivation, even a full year of cultivation would not raise his progress by 1%.

But this also reminded Xiao Lin that he could first raise his grandson Xiao Yan's strength. Xiao Yan's cultivation was not particularly high right now, and every increase in realm would grant Xiao Lin a promotion reward.

From Dou Qi to Dou Zhe alone, it could raise his progress by One Tenth!

Not to mention that such rewards were not fixed. They might even be higher!

Light flashed in Xiao Lin's eyes. Two-Star Fighting King was within reach!