Gu Xun'er's Big Brother

Dou Qi Continent, Eastern Region of the Central Continent, Ancient Realm!

Inside a spacious, brightly lit, exquisitely furnished room, a boy in white sat quietly in meditation.

His hands formed an ancient yet strange seal. Thin streams of pale white air flowed in from the outside and entered his body, nourishing him as they surged through him and casting a faint radiance over his somewhat youthful face.

As the air currents slowly circulated, the white-clad boy changed his hand seal. A muffled sound suddenly came from within his body, and his aura abruptly rose to a new level, becoming somewhat sharper.

Lowering his palms and settling his aura, the boy in white slowly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of dazzling pupils as brilliant as stars.

"Fourth Stage Dou Disciple." The boy slowly clenched his little fists, feeling the considerable increase in his strength as he muttered to himself.

"Even with your physique sealed, Host, your cultivation talent remains extraordinary. At your current cultivation speed, you will reach the Dou Zhe realm in three or four years at most."

A cold voice rang out in the boy's mind, carrying a trace of amazement.

"If I didn't show some promise, wouldn't I be letting down your choice?" The boy in white slowly opened his hand and smiled softly in his mind.

"That is true. Host, you are this system's final chance. Systems such as us, born from the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, only have nine opportunities to choose. If we succeed, we can transcend the restrictions of the supreme laws and become true living beings. But if we fail, we will be utterly annihilated."

"This system's previous eight choices all ended in failure. Now, you are the only one I can rely on, Host."

A hint of sorrow lay within the system's icy voice. High-level systems such as it, naturally conceived by the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, possessed intelligence from birth and naturally yearned all the more to transcend their nature and become true living beings.

A system's path to transcendence was bound to its Host. Only by assisting its Host in attaining the Dao and transcending could the system retire in success, break the restrictions the Great Dao had engraved into it, and become a truly independent life-form.

Thus, every choice a system made was essentially a gamble. Unfortunately, this system's previous eight gambles had all ended in failure.

"Don't worry. Choosing me was definitely the wisest decision you have ever made."

The boy in white chuckled and rose to his feet. Though his face was still somewhat youthful, it brimmed with confidence, as if that confidence had been inborn and carved deep into his bones.

"This system thinks so as well. After all, Host, not only were you born with a powerful physique, you are also a Destiny Nihilist. Your potential is limitless."

The system's voice rang out. Among all the Hosts it had encountered, the boy before it possessed the finest innate talent and the most unpredictable potential. That was precisely why it had staked all its final hopes on him.

Success or death—this was its final, earth-shaking gamble.

Hearing the system's praise, the boy in white curled the corner of his mouth slightly and slowly walked toward the door.

"Hearing you praise me does feel rather nice, but could you change that bad habit of yours and stop setting me up so often?"

"Why would Host say that? Everything this system has done has been for Host's benefit. When have I ever set Host up?"

"Heh. If you hadn't set me up, I wouldn't be in the Ancient Realm right now."

The boy's cold laugh sounded as he directly pulled open the door.

"Creak!" The room door made of sandalwood was pulled open with a series of sounds. The white-clad boy shifted his gaze, and a tiny figure suddenly entered his sight.

She wore a gorgeous azure dress, her hair tied into two lovely ponytails. Her skin was fair and tender, lustrous as jade, while her exquisite little face was flawless like that of a porcelain doll. Her bright Big Eyes sparkled as brilliantly as gemstones.

At that moment, as she looked at the boy in white before her, her small rosy Lips pressed together lightly, revealing two lovely dimples. She looked especially sweet and adorable.

"Brother Gu Xiao!" The little girl in azure called out sweetly, then ran straight up to the boy. Blinking her beautiful large eyes, she stared directly at him.

"Brother Gu Xiao, did you break through to the Fourth Stage Dou Disciple?"

The little girl in azure asked in a sweet, crisp voice.

"Yes, I've already broken through to the Fourth Stage Dou Disciple. Xun'er has to work hard too!"

The little boy in white smiled faintly and gently rubbed the girl's head.

Gu Xiao was his name within the Gu Clan, and the little girl in azure before him was naturally Gu Xun'er, daughter of Gu Yuan, the current Gu Clan Leader. In fact, Gu Yuan had brought him back six years ago, and Gu Xun'er happened to be the same age as him.

Perhaps because of his physique, even in its sealed state, he naturally gave off a special, invisible aura.

However, that aura was somewhat faint. Ordinary people could not sense it. Only those of great strength, or those born unusual and highly gifted, could detect it at close range. Those who sensed it would feel an unusual affinity toward him and be unable to resist wanting to approach him.

As the little princess of the Gu Clan, Gu Yuan's daughter, and a future possessor of Divine Grade Bloodline, Gu Xun'er possessed an exceptionally dense Dou Di Bloodline. Since she often spent time with Gu Xiao, she could clearly sense the Strange Aura around him. Thus, her relationship with Gu Xiao was extremely close—she could even be described as clingy.

In fact, because she did not want to be separated from Gu Xiao, Gu Xun'er—who should have left the Ancient Realm at the age of four and gone to the Xiao Clan—had remained in the Ancient Realm until now.

"Xun'er will work hard. Xun'er will do her best to catch up to Brother Gu Xiao."

Hearing Gu Xiao's words, Gu Xun'er clenched her little fists and spoke with a determined expression.

"Mm, I believe Xun'er can definitely do it." Gu Xiao smiled and pinched Gu Xun'er's little cheeks. This was his favorite thing to do. Her face was plump and soft, full of collagen, and felt wonderful to pinch.

Gu Xun'er did not resist. She had experienced scenes like this many times already and had long grown accustomed to them.

Moreover, she did not dislike Gu Xiao's closeness at all. On the contrary, she liked it very much.

Although she was only six years old, her dense Dou Di Bloodline had granted her a mind far more mature than that of children her age. She might have been small, but she actually understood many things.

"Xun'er, how is your body now? Have the After-effects from fusing the Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame healed?"

Gu Xiao held Gu Xun'er's small hand as they walked, his voice carrying a trace of concern. After six years together, Gu Xun'er had already become very important to him.

In this unfamiliar world, Gu Xun'er was the only person he currently acknowledged, and the only person in the Ancient Realm who held no ulterior motives toward him.

In the end, the Gu Clan was not heaven to him, but a strange cage.