Xiao Family Test

Xiao Tian first went to the kitchen to find something to eat. After all, he had not eaten for an entire day and night and was starving! No matter how big the world was, eating came first. That was Xiao Tian's life motto! Though he had plenty of useless nonsense like that!!

With his stomach full and his mood lifted, what should he do now? Why not take a stroll around Wutan City? Huh? Why were there so many people over there?! Damn! He had forgotten that he had come out to take part in the test. Thinking of the test, Xiao Tian hurried over and asked someone standing there.

"Brother, how long has the test been going on? Did they call my name?" Xiao Tian asked a Xiao Family disciple.

The Xiao Family disciple said, "Not yet. Where did you run off to?"

Xiao Tian said, "Oh, it's nothing, nothing!" As he spoke, he walked forward, thinking, Good thing I made it in time.

At that moment, he heard a voice. "Dou Qi, third stage!" Xiao Tian followed the sound and looked over. A blank-faced youth stood there with his fists tightly clenched.

Then he heard the middle-aged man announce, "Xiao Yan, Dou Qi, third stage! Rank: low!" Xiao Tian smiled. So this was Xiao Yan. The future trash Flame Emperor.

As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, the young members of the family began mocking him. "Third stage? Hahaha, looks like that genius is still stuck where he was." Then someone else said, "Trash will always be trash. Not only is he useless himself, he brings shame upon the family!"

"Exactly! If the clan leader weren't his father, trash like him would have been thrown out of the clan long ago. How could he still be here freeloading and waiting to die?"

Once a renowned genius, now the strongest good-for-nothing in Wutan City! Mockery and ridicule continuously drifted into the ears of the youth on the platform. He merely clenched his fists tighter, a self-mocking smile on his lips, before walking off the platform!

At that moment, the old man on the platform called out again, "Next, Xiao Mei!" A young girl ran out from the crowd. As soon as she appeared, the nearby jeers gradually died down, and countless heated, lustful gazes turned toward her.

The girl was around fourteen years old. She could not be called breathtakingly beautiful, but her charming little face left everyone unable to look at anything else.

The girl walked onto the platform and raised her hand to touch the pitch-black Magic Stone Tablet. Light slowly emerged from the stone. "Dou Qi, seventh stage!"

"Xiao Mei, Dou Qi, seventh stage! Rank: high!"

Hearing the old man announce her result, Xiao Mei's pretty face broke into a captivating smile. That smile excited the beasts beneath the platform even more. They all began praising her, hoping to leave even the slightest impression in the girl's heart!

Xiao Tian merely smiled and said nothing. As for Xiao Mei, he did not want to pass judgment on her. She was only a young girl, after all. It was normal for her to admire vanity.

Then the old man on the platform called out, "Next, Xiao Xun'er!"

A girl in a blue dress stepped out from the crowd, and everyone's heated gazes shifted to Xiao Xun'er. "Dou Qi, ninth stage! Rank: high!"

The crowd beneath the platform gasped. "She actually reached the ninth stage! How terrifying! She's the number one among the younger generation of the family!"

The old man said to Xiao Xun'er, "Miss Xun'er, if you become a true Dou Zhe by the age of fourteen, you will be the second person in the Xiao Family to do so in a hundred years!"

Xun'er did not care much about it. She walked off the platform and was about to head toward Xiao Yan when the old man above called out, "Next, Xiao Tian!" For some reason, Xiao Xun'er paused, wanting to watch the youth she had met that morning.

Xiao Tian walked up and pressed his hand against the Magic Stone Tablet. As the light appeared, he heard, "Dou Qi, seventh stage." The old man announced, "Dou Qi, seventh stage! Rank: high!"

As the old man's voice rang out, everyone beneath the platform looked up, including the dejected Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Mei.

However, Xiao Tian ignored everyone's reactions and calmly walked down. Next, he had to do his mission. He had no time to show off here!

He then leaped past the crowd and headed out. As he passed Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yan, he merely nodded to them politely before continuing onward.

Just as Xiao Xun'er was about to speak, she saw Xiao Yan walking away as well. "Brother Xiao Yan, don't be too discouraged. You'll catch up!"

Xiao Yan said, "Am I still worthy of being called that by you?" Looking at the despondent youth, Xiao Xun'er thought of the sunny youth from that morning.

They were both young men, so why was the difference between them so great??

She shook her head and was about to speak, but Xiao Yan immediately walked away when he saw her shake her head. By the time Xun'er looked over, Xiao Yan was already nowhere to be seen.

Xiao Xun'er snorted. "Hmph! What's with him? I was kindly trying to comfort him, but he just left? He didn't even say anything." She complained like a little girl, unaware that when she shook her head, Xiao Yan had thought she felt he was inferior to Xiao Tian, which was why he had left.

After finishing the test, Xiao Tian began his three-hour long-distance run. "One, two, one, the system is an Er Gou Zi!" he shouted as he ran, sounding extremely displeased.

The system said, "Host, is that really okay?? Did this system provoke you?! Who are you calling Er Gou Zi? Believe it or not, I'll pull out my eighty-meter blade and chop you down!"

Xiao Tian said, "You are an Er Gou Zi! Damn it, try it yourself!! This is exhausting!"

"Ding! Because the host maliciously insulted the system, the host must now complete a three-hour long-distance run every day until becoming a Dou Zhe!"

Xiao Tian nearly spat blood and roared, "Damn it! Believe it or not, I'll kill you!!"

"System: Host, how exactly do you plan to kill me? Oh ho ho~"

"You... Fine, you're ruthless!!" Xiao Tian felt that he really had no way to deal with this Crappy System!

"Thank you for the compliment, Host!"

"I complimented my ass! I damn well want to kill you, and you call that a compliment?" Xiao Tian said through gritted teeth.

The system said, "I just love seeing you hate me, yet be unable to do anything about me, only getting furious for nothing!! Oh hahaha~"

Xiao Tian said with a face full of black lines, "This crappy system isn't just fake, it's also an especially shameless, obnoxious system!"

"Host, you should continue your long-distance run. This system is going offline!"

"One, two, one, the system is an obnoxious Er Gou Zi!!" An hour later, Xiao Tian panted, "Huff... I... damn it... why am I... so unlucky!!" Three hours later, Xiao Tian collapsed directly onto a patch of grass, gasping for breath. "I'm exhausted to death!! Damn it!!"

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing the mission. Reward: 10 points. Since the host performed very well on the first day's mission, this system will additionally reward you with the formula for Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, giving you a source of income. As for whether you can succeed, that will depend on you."

"Damn it!! Can't you just let me learn it directly?! I have to run, learn Dou techniques, and cultivate! Where am I supposed to find time to study this?" Xiao Tian felt like he was about to explode.

"Ding! That is not impossible, but it will cost 100 points!!"

Xiao Tian said, "Can't you make it cheaper? You know I'm poor."

"Ding! No! This system is already being extraordinarily kind by letting you buy it on credit!"

"I... you!! Fine, I surrender." Under the system's tyrannical pressure, Xiao Tian could only helplessly give in.

"Ding! Learning successful. Congratulations, Host, for becoming a second-grade Alchemist!"

Xiao Tian said excitedly, "Does that mean I can refine second-grade pills now?"

"You can, but aside from Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, which you can reliably refine, there are no guarantees for anything else!"

"Fine. If I refine Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, Old Yao won't fight me to the death, right?"

"Ding! Ours is an enhanced version! He'll only lament how inferior his own is."

Xiao Tian said, "System, I finally feel that you're a useful system!!"

"Host, you should focus on completing missions and repaying your debt!! Interest increases by 1 every day."

"Damn it!! I take back what I just said!" Right after praising that Er Gou Zi, Xiao Tian heard that smug voice.

"Hello, your system has gone offline. Do not disturb if there is nothing important. Do not disturb even if there is something important!"

Damn it!!! "Right, but I don't have any money right now!" Xiao Tian said as he looked himself over and found that he did not have a single coin.

"Ding! Would the host like a set of ingredients for Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid? It's very cheap!"

Xiao Tian said, "Go on, you black-hearted merchant! How much?"

The system said, "Not much, not much, just 50 points!"

"Fine. Once you owe enough, what's a little more? Whatever, buy it, buy it." Without hesitation, he purchased the materials from the black-hearted merchant.

"Ding! Purchase successful. Goodbye, Host!"