Listen to Me Say Thank You, Because of You...

"Is she about to advance to Dou Zhe?"

Watching Xiao Yu's transformation, Xiao Lang immediately released her hand and withdrew his sinful hand as well.

Yet the sensation from just now still left his thoughts wandering.

"Nice feel, wasn't it, Brother Xiao Lang?"

Just then, Xiao Xun'er walked over and asked Xiao Lang with a seemingly smiling face that concealed murderous intent.

Who was Xiao Lang?

He was an old scumbag and a seasoned pervert. Faced with this situation, he was utterly unruffled.

Instead, he grinned and leaned close to Xiao Xun'er's ear, saying in a scoundrel's voice, "That was far inferior to Xun Er's."

How could a thirteen-year-old girl possibly be a match for Xiao Lang, a scumbag who had lived two lives? Her ears immediately reddened all the way down to her neck, as though steam might rise from her flushed skin.

"You big jerk! I hate you!"

After shooting Xiao Lang a shy glare, Xiao Xun'er decisively ran away. She feared that Xiao Lang might say something even more outrageous, leaving her too embarrassed to face anyone.

"Hmph. Trying to compete with me, little girl? You're still too green."

Xiao Lang watched Xiao Xun'er run away, a smug smile appearing on his lips.

If she had been one of those worldly women tempered by society and standing on street corners, Xiao Lang would not have uttered a single flirtatious word.

He would just have paid the consolation money.

But for young girls just beginning to understand love, sweet words from the person they liked were the deadliest poison.

Seeing Xiao Ning, the Great Elder, and the others watching him warily, Xiao Lang sneered. "Relax. I'm not that despicable. If I wanted to interrupt Xiao Yu's breakthrough, I wouldn't have let go."

As he spoke, Xiao Lang's lips curled upward. Looking at the Great Elder, he smiled. "Xiao Yu's breakthrough was thanks to that slap from me, wasn't it? Great Elder, don't you owe me a favor?"

"..."

The Great Elder's mouth twitched. He desperately wanted to say, Thanks a whole damn watermelon.

But then he remembered that he was already several decades old. Swearing at a teenager would be far too humiliating.

"Listen to me say thank you, because of you..."

"Stop, stop, stop! Don't sing... don't say it anymore. I really will thank you!" Hearing those words, Xiao Lang almost thought the Great Elder had transmigrated too.

But when he saw someone capable of saying those words rather than singing them, he knew the Great Elder was still the same Great Elder.

Because no normal person could do that!

"This is bad. It seems Yu'er's condensation is about to fail."

At that moment, Xiao Yu's brows knit tightly and she let out a pained sound. The Great Elder's expression immediately changed.

"Calm your mind and take this Qi Gathering Powder."

Seeing this, Xiao Lang sighed and took out a Qi Gathering Powder.

He could not stand by and watch someone die, especially not with such beautiful long legs. Even if he could not play with them, simply looking at them was a feast for the eyes.

Besides, as a scumbag who had lived two lives, how could he fail to notice Xiao Yu's feelings?

Xiao Yu opened her eyes at his words. Her gaze was somewhat complicated as she looked at Xiao Lang, but she eventually nodded, accepted the Qi Gathering Powder, and said, "Thank you."

"No problem. If you really want to thank me, then give yourself to me in marriage." Xiao Lang instinctively slipped into smooth talk, but regretted it the moment he finished speaking.

Damn it, I forgot Xiao Xun'er was still here!

Sure enough, Xiao Lang immediately felt a sword-like gaze shooting toward him. Other than Xiao Xun'er, who else could its owner be?

"Hahaha, just kidding. We're relatives, after all. We can't mess up family ethics." Xiao Lang hurriedly tried to salvage the situation.

"I understand."

A trace of surprise flashed through Xiao Yu's eyes. Clever as she was, how could she fail to hear the rejection in Xiao Lang's words?

Once Xiao Lang sensed that sword-sharp gaze had disappeared, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Qi Gathering Powder? You little... Xiao Lang, how do you have Qi Gathering Powder?" After confirming that it really was Qi Gathering Powder and not some poisonous pill, the Great Elder stared at Xiao Lang in astonishment.

At the same time, a bit of guilt arose in his heart toward Xiao Lang.

"What the hell is it to you? How I got it is none of your business. If you don't want it, have your granddaughter return it to me." Xiao Lang shot the Great Elder an annoyed look. "Or are you saying you want me to hand it over to the family?"

"..."

The Great Elder's face immediately stiffened, but he knew he was in the wrong. Besides, his granddaughter's advancement to Dou Zhe was more important, so he chose silence.

"Brother Lang, didn't you reach the ninth stage of Dou Qi? Why did you give this Qi Gathering Powder to someone else?" Xiao Yan asked in confusion.

"It's fine. It's only one Qi Gathering Powder. What's done is done. Consider it a contribution toward adding another young Dou Zhe to the Xiao family."

Xiao Lang gave the three elders an irritated glance. "Otherwise, the mighty Xiao family will have to rely on Da Dou Shi elders in their sixties and seventies to hold things up, making our younger generation look utterly useless."

"..."

The corners of the three elders' mouths twitched.

If you wanted to show off, then show off. Why did you have to put us down?

Still, they no longer dared to ask the brat to hand anything over to the family.

They had been scolded too harshly last time.

And after that day, the brat had taken Xiao Yan around and beaten up all of their descendants.

He really held grudges.

Still, they were incredibly envious of that Qi Gathering Powder and had no idea where the brat had gotten it.

"Wait, Third Brother, could this Qi Gathering Powder be the one you gave me?" Xiao Yan's expression turned strange as he remembered the box he had still never opened.

Could it be that he had guarded an empty box for eight years?

"Ahem, little brother, don't worry about such details." Xiao Lang gave an embarrassed smile. Back then, he really had given Xiao Yan an empty box, since the system had said that giving him the box would be enough.

Besides, if his father had not lent him money, he would have sold that Qi Gathering Powder as startup capital.

"Is that so?"

Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Lang suspiciously, but did not care much. He had already become a Dou Zhe, so he no longer needed it.

"Hahaha, of course. Would your Third Brother ever deceive you? If not, let's go get the box right now." Xiao Lang's face did not redden in the slightest.

At the same time, he put on a heartbroken expression and said, "But... sigh, I never expected... sigh, my own little brother would suspect me... sigh!"

"..."

Seeing Xiao Lang acting like that, Xiao Yan's mouth twitched. With a helpless expression, he said, "Third Brother, I was wrong. Stop acting. I'm embarrassed for you just watching."

Meanwhile, many people looked enviously at Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu. Qi Gathering Powder was the pill most desired by those at the ninth stage of Dou Qi. It could allow someone to condense a Dou Qi Vortex and become a Dou Zhe in a single attempt!

Boom!

At that moment, Xiao Yu suddenly opened her eyes. A flash of brilliance passed through them, and she exhaled a breath of turbid air. Feeling power ten times greater than that of the ninth stage of Dou Qi, joy appeared on her fair face.

Clearly, she had become a Dou Zhe.

"Yu'er, you succeeded?"

"Big Sister, you succeeded?"

Seeing this, the Great Elder and Xiao Ning both looked at Xiao Yu with delight and asked.

Xiao Lang, meanwhile, casually remarked from the side, "Don't celebrate too early. Your sister will definitely hurt you more when she beats you now."

"..."

Xiao Ning's smile immediately froze.

He really had to bring up exactly what nobody wanted to mention.

I really will thank you!