Xiu'er, You Are the Future Lord of the Hun Clan

Night fell.

Inside Soul Emperor's study.

"Clan Head."

Soul Shou entered the study with unusual respect, visibly restrained.

Who was Soul Emperor? He was the unquestionable ruler of the Hun Clan, a cold and merciless man.

Whether elders or clan members, everyone in the clan feared seeing him.

Because every time they saw him, they could sense the boundless majesty emanating from him, enough to make one tremble in fear.

"What is it?"

Soul Emperor glanced at Soul Shou and spoke indifferently.

His tone was icy and utterly devoid of warmth.

He sat there, imposing even without anger.

No one dared approach him.

Soul Shou stood stiffly, panic filling his heart. Even though he had done nothing wrong, facing Soul Emperor still filled him with indescribable dread and fear.

Clearly, Soul Shou was also a Dou Saint, yet before Clan Head Soul Emperor, he seemed incomparably insignificant.

The Emperor's Aura that Clan Head Soul Emperor inadvertently exuded was truly terrifying.

If it had not been for Hun Xiu's matter,

Soul Shou might not necessarily have come to see Clan Head Soul Emperor.

Soul Shou said stiffly, "Clan Head, I came here because of Young Master Hun Xiu."

"Xiu'er?"

Hearing Soul Shou's words, Soul Emperor frowned slightly as he looked at him.

At once, Soul Shou felt boundless pressure bear down on him, surging over him like a mountain collapse and a tsunami.

He was horrified.

Though both were Dou Saints, the gap between a one-star and a nine-star was this vast.

Soul Emperor asked in a deep voice, "What happened to Xiu'er?"

In Soul Emperor's view, something must have happened to Hun Xiu. Otherwise, Soul Shou, an elder of the Skill Pavilion, would not have come to him.

Yet within the Hun Realm and the Hun Clan, Soul Emperor could not imagine what could possibly happen to his Xiu'er. What could happen to him?

He, Soul Emperor, was the lord of the Hun Clan. On his own territory, could something happen to his son? If something did happen, would that not be a slap in his face?

Soul Shou respectfully replied, "Reporting to Clan Head, these past few days, Young Master Hun Xiu has been borrowing Yellow Tier Dou Skills from the Skill Pavilion."

"It seems Young Master Hun Xiu has been cultivating Yellow Tier Dou Skills."

After saying this, Soul Shou lowered his head, not daring to look at Soul Emperor at all.

After hearing Soul Shou's words, Soul Emperor frowned and remained silent for a long while.

He had thought something had happened to Hun Xiu. Who would have expected Soul Shou to come all this way merely because of cultivating Dou Skills?

"Dou Skills?"

"And Yellow Tier Dou Skills?"

Soul Emperor did not believe that his son, who worked so hard, would choose trashy Dou Skills like Yellow Tier ones and abandon the high-grade Dou Skills in the Skill Pavilion.

After a long silence, Soul Emperor finally said slowly, "I understand. You may leave."

"Yes."

Soul Shou hurriedly took his leave.

Only Soul Emperor remained in the study. He murmured, "Xiu'er, what is this little brat up to?"

As if possessed, he had taken out the Emperor Burning Fire Art and the Fire Devouring Scripture, yet despite both his hints and explicit suggestions, Hun Xiu had still chosen the Fire Devouring Scripture.

He had thought Hun Xiu would come to him after one day to exchange it for the Emperor Burning Fire Art. After all, the Fire Devouring Scripture was utterly incomprehensible. Cultivating it? That was simply impossible.

Yet several days had already passed, and Hun Xiu still had not come to exchange it for the Emperor Burning Fire Art.

"Could he really have successfully cultivated the Fire Devouring Scripture?"

"And now he is cultivating Yellow Tier Dou Skills. What exactly is this brat trying to do?"

The back mountain.

"Phew..."

Hun Xiu let out a long breath of turbid air and stopped forming seals with his hands. After cultivating these past few days, he could clearly feel that the Dou Qi within his body had become incomparably full. He believed that before long, he would reach three-star Dou Ling.

The Dou Qi within the Hun Realm was incomparably abundant, several times denser than in the outside world. Cultivating here naturally yielded twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, the Fire Devouring Scripture he cultivated had also played a crucial role. After all, the Fire Devouring Scripture was an unknown cultivation method.

In Hun Xiu's eyes, the Fire Devouring Scripture was certainly a cultivation method that surpassed even high-level Heaven Tier methods.

With his environment, resources, and talent, so long as he did not act too recklessly in the early stages, he would almost certainly become invincible across the continent in the future.

As for now?

He should work hard at cultivating first and set himself a small goal—becoming a Dou Zun would do.

"Hmm?"

"Who is it?"

Hun Xiu sensed movement behind him. He turned around and asked in a deep voice.

"Fa... Father."

When Hun Xiu turned around and saw Soul Emperor standing behind him, he froze slightly.

After coming back to his senses, he hurriedly bowed respectfully to Soul Emperor.

Soul Emperor stood there, his feet always one centimeter above the ground. Clad in spotless white robes, with his three thousand strands of black hair dancing in the air, he resembled an immortal banished from a painting.

An immortal aura surrounded him, yet within that aura was also a supreme Emperor's Aura.

Soul Emperor examined Hun Xiu and said, "Xiu'er, I can sense that you are about to reach three-star Dou Ling. Have you successfully cultivated the Fire Devouring Scripture?"

Hun Xiu did not hide anything. "Reporting to Father, Xiu'er has indeed successfully cultivated the Fire Devouring Scripture."

"Oh."

Soul Emperor responded blandly.

Yet inwardly, he was slightly startled. One had to know that even he and the Nihility Devouring Flame had studied the Fire Devouring Scripture for a long time without ever understanding the cultivation method recorded within it.

Yet Hun Xiu had not only understood it, but had even successfully cultivated it.

At that moment, Soul Emperor could not help recalling what Hun Xiu had said when he had stubbornly insisted on choosing the Fire Devouring Scripture.

"It is fated with me."

It seemed they truly were fated.

Soul Emperor did not ask Hun Xiu how he had understood the Fire Devouring Scripture, nor did he ask about its cultivation method.

Cultivation methods no longer mattered to powerhouses at their level, because there was no way they could cripple their own cultivation and start over.

Soul Emperor said, "Xiu'er, do you know why I came to see you?"

Hun Xiu shook his head. "Xiu'er does not know."

He truly did not know why Soul Emperor had come looking for him. He had not committed any mistakes.

Besides, Soul Emperor was burdened with countless affairs. He would not come looking for him without reason.

Soul Emperor said, "I heard that the Dou Skills you cultivate are Yellow Tier Dou Skills?"

"Hmm?"

Upon hearing this, Hun Xiu immediately understood. So Soul Emperor had come because of the Dou Skills he was cultivating.

He murmured inwardly, It seems the matter of me borrowing three Yellow Tier Dou Skills in succession was reported to the parents by Soul Shou.

Hun Xiu admitted it. "Reporting to Father, Xiu'er has indeed cultivated Yellow Tier Dou Skills."

Seeing Hun Xiu nod, Soul Emperor said in a deep voice, "Xiu'er, you are the son of I, Soul Emperor, and the future lord of the Hun Clan. Yellow Tier Dou Skills do not suit you."

His words were filled with an implication that could not be defied.