Distinguished Guest of the Xiao Family

It wasn't that the Life Simulator was cheating and refusing to let him choose, nor was it because choosing a high-level item required energy points or anything like that.

The reason he couldn't choose the Fallen Heart Flame was simple: Xiao Ming was far too weak.

Aside from talent-type items, which would directly merge into his body, the things given by the Life Simulator—such as weapons and cultivation methods—would appear directly before him.

Heavenly Flames were treasures of heaven and earth, so naturally, they too would appear directly before him.

The Life Simulator didn't have anything like a system Storage Space where he could temporarily store the Heavenly Flame.

Once he chose the Heavenly Flame, the Fallen Heart Flame would appear right in front of him. With his pathetic Dou Qi Power Stage Two strength, wouldn't he be dead in less than a second?!

That was why Xiao Ming felt he couldn't choose that thing.

But something as good as the Fallen Heart Flame... he was unwilling to give it up, and the other two options weren't even worthy of carrying its shoes.

Ah, this was agonizing...

Xiao Ming stamped his feet in frustration.

[ Ding. Please choose one of the three options. ]

"Stop rushing me! Can't you let me agonize over it for a while?"

After struggling with the decision for some time, Xiao Ming ultimately chose the Low-grade Storage Ring.

There was no way he could choose the Fallen Heart Flame; his life came first. Between the Low-grade Storage Ring and a Mysterious Rank Middle Grade Dou Technique, the Mysterious Rank Middle Grade Dou Technique was undoubtedly better.

But Xiao Ming had his reasons for choosing the Low-grade Storage Ring.

A Profound Tier Dou Technique was certainly good, but his cultivation was still at the Dou Qi Power stage. He had no enemies either, so he had little need for a Dou Skill.

That Profound Tier Dou Technique, Tiger Roar Absolute, was even a soundwave-type Dou Skill. It wasn't easy to practice, and it made a huge commotion. He could easily be discovered, and it would be hard to explain.

For now, Xiao Ming wanted to keep a low profile.

If it had been a Mysterious Rank Middle Grade Fire Attribute Cultivation Method, he would have chosen it without hesitation. But Tiger Roar Art? Forget it.

The Low-grade Storage Ring wasn't bad either. Only the Clan Leader and Great Elder had one in the entire Xiao Family. Most Important, once he had a Na Ring, he would have somewhere to hide any items he drew. What he urgently needed now was Storage Space, not a Dou Skill.

The moment he made his choice, a pitch-black ring silently appeared out of thin air before Xiao Ming.

He swiftly caught the falling ring and held it before his eyes, examining it carefully.

"So this is a Na Ring? It really is quite amazing."

After probing it with his Soul Perception, he found that it contained roughly five cubic meters of space.

Xiao Ming nodded in satisfaction and found a cord to hang it around his neck.

"Although this Na Ring is the least valuable of the three rewards, it still costs one hundred thousand Gold Coin. It's worth a great deal to the Xiao Family, so I need to hide it well. If it's discovered By Others, it'll be hard to explain."

After putting away the Na Ring, Xiao Ming did not immediately leave the Back Mountain. Instead, he began pondering something.

The life simulated by the Life Simulator began from the current day.

In other words, without the Simulator, there was a high probability that the life appearing in his mind would truly happen.

Although Xiao Ming was rather speechless over how carelessly he had died in the future, the information revealed by the Simulator was worth considering carefully.

This Life Simulator was also a roundabout way of foreseeing the future. He could make good use of it.

"Speaking of which, the Distinguished Guests coming to the Xiao Family the day after tomorrow should be Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er, right? Perfect. I can use her to see whether the life simulated by the Simulator is accurate."

Time passed quietly amid cultivation. A day later, Xiao Ming returned from cultivating in the Back Mountain and went to the dining hall for a meal.

After listening attentively to his surroundings, he indeed heard several Children at the next table chattering away.

"Hey, hey, did you hear? A distinguished guest came to the clan today. Even the Clan Leader personally received him!"

"What?! The Clan Leader is a Da Dou Shi expert. Someone personally received by him must be a Da Dou Shi too, right?"

"How did you know a distinguished guest came?"

"I saw it when I was coming over Just Now. The Clan Leader personally welcomed them into the main hall. The Great Elder and the others were there too. That bearing definitely belonged to an expert, and there was even a girl around our age beside him."

"..."

In the end, they were too young. The Children's conversation quickly went off-topic and turned into a discussion of where they should play that day.

Xiao Ming was not surprised. The ones who remained in this dining hall were all orphans too young to care for themselves. The older Children who could take care of themselves had mostly moved back into the houses their parents had once lived in.

It was already quite good that he could learn this much.

"Looks like the lives simulated by the Life Simulator are quite accurate."

Xiao Ming stroked his chin thoughtfully.

So did that mean I really had no talent for becoming an alchemist?

Xiao Ming still remembered that, in the Simulator, his body had been a pure Fire Body, without even A Trace Of Wood Attribute.

Alchemists could refine all kinds of miraculous Pills. Their status on the Dou Qi Continent was extraordinarily prestigious, and they possessed immense influence.

Naturally, Xiao Ming wanted to become someone like that too.

His Soul Perception was definitely sufficient, but unfortunately, his attributes didn't match.

He could only wait and see whether he could Obtain an alchemist's talent from the Simulator later.

Having gotten what he wanted from the dining hall, Xiao Ming carelessly moved his chopsticks around a few times, finished his meal, and prepared to leave when he suddenly heard someone call out to him.

"Xiao Ming, let's go play at the Marketplace this afternoon!"

Xiao Ming turned around and found that the speaker was one of the Little Girls from the group that had been discussing Gu Yuan earlier.

After transmigrating, Xiao Ming discovered that this body of his had red lips, white teeth, delicate features, and bright eyes—a perfectly adorable little boy. There wasn't a more handsome kid in the entire Xiao Family.

People were creatures drawn to looks. Whether boys or girls, the Children in the Xiao Family especially loved asking him to play with them.

But he wasn't Xiao Yan. He had no interest in playing house with Children, especially when they were at that age even dogs found annoying.

Xiao Ming tactfully Refused the Children's invitation and left the dining hall under their resentful gazes.

For the next two days, Xiao Ming cultivated diligently.

On this day, Xiao Ming, who had been immersed in cultivation, did not Get Up early to cultivate.

"In the end, I'm still too young. I don't have that much energy, and even I feel tired after such intense cultivation."

Xiao Ming muttered to himself, understanding why the version of himself in the Simulator did not Level Up today and instead wandered around the Xiao Family.

After breakfast, Xiao Ming decided not to follow the Simulator's course and wander around the Xiao Family.

Perhaps he could go to the Dou Technique Hall and see whether he could find a few Dou Skills to practice.

No sooner said than done. He immediately got up and headed for the Dou Technique Hall.

Weaving through the neatly arranged buildings of the Xiao Family, Xiao Ming ran into Xiao Yan at a corner.

At this moment, Xiao Yan was accompanied by a Little Girl with a cool expression, a lotus-like temperament, and the doll-like adorableness of a porcelain figurine.

"That way is our Xiao Family's Dou Technique Hall. It stores all the Dou Skills our clan has collected over the past several hundred years. Every member of the Xiao Family has a chance to enter and select a Dou Skill."

"Yellow Rank Low Grade Dou Skills can be learned freely. If you encounter anything you don't understand, there are Dou Zhe on duty inside whom you can ask for guidance. If you make contributions to the clan, you can even choose higher-level Dou Skills."