Xiao Yu ignored the Great Elder and Xiao Ning. Instead, she looked at Xiao Lang with a complicated expression, then revealed a relieved smile. "Thank you. I'll definitely repay this favor."
"You're being too polite." Xiao Lang waved his hand. "If you really mean it, then give your little brother a beating for me."
"..."
Xiao Ning's mouth twitched. Wasn't this a little too bullying?
Torturing him physically was one thing, but now Xiao Lang wanted to torture him mentally too?
"Fine."
Xiao Yu nodded and started walking toward Xiao Ning at the side.
"Enough. Congratulations." Xiao Lang did not force Xiao Yu to hit Xiao Ning. After all, Xiao Ning had already taken one of his Mountain Overturning Sea Suppressing strikes. If he got beaten again...
The coming-of-age ceremony soon came to an end.
After seeing the five unmistakable words on the Test Demon Stone Tablet—Dou Qi, Ninth Stage!
No one questioned anything anymore.
Nor was anyone stupid enough to challenge Xiao Lang.
"That concludes today's proceedings. Those who qualified should go to the Dou Qi Pavilion tomorrow to select a cultivation method." Xiao Zhan stepped forward and spoke.
At those words, some people on the training ground rejoiced while others worried, but they all left in an orderly fashion.
"Ding! Selection complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Ten Complete Great Tonic Pill."
Only then did Xiao Lang hear the system's belated notification.
"Couldn't you have been any later?"
Xiao Lang rolled his eyes irritably.
"What's wrong with slacking off?" the system retorted.
"..."
Xiao Lang was momentarily stunned.
Was slacking off this justified nowadays?
Did it have no morals at all?
"You, the king of lying flat, are lecturing me about morals?" The system could naturally hear Xiao Lang's thoughts and could not help ridiculing him.
"..."
Xiao Lang could not be bothered with the system anymore. Slack off if it wanted to; as long as the reward was issued properly, that was enough.
"Brother Xiao Lang, wait for me!"
Just as Xiao Lang was about to leave, Xiao Xun'er happily chased after him.
She knew it. Her Brother Lang would definitely return to his peak.
"Third Brother, has your talent finally returned? I'm really looking forward to the day we can go out and train together." Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Lang's departing back and smiled happily.
The Dou Qi Continent was so vast. How could he remain confined within tiny Wutan City?
If there were someone who could travel the continent with him, he hoped that person would be his Third Brother!
Fortunately, Xiao Lang did not know what Xiao Yan was thinking. Otherwise, he definitely would have straightened out that crooked way of thinking.
"Brother Xiao Lang, what are you thinking about?"
On the way back to the small courtyard, Xiao Xun'er saw Xiao Lang constantly furrowing his brows in thought without even looking at her, and she could not help asking curiously.
"You."
Xiao Lang effortlessly tossed out a flirtatious line. Others might have found it greasy, but Xiao Xun'er did not see it that way.
"Liar. You're not thinking about me. You haven't even looked at me once the whole way here. Hmph! Big liar!" Xiao Xun'er said so, but her heart was still sweet.
Although she knew Xiao Lang was coaxing her, why did he not coax other people?
Xiao Yu had cried, yet he had not gone to comfort her. What more proof did she need of her special place in his heart?
Yes, Xiao Xun'er was lovestruck.
Otherwise, in the original story, she would not have kept thinking about Xiao Yan simply because he had helped nourish her body for three years.
Not to mention that before a scumbag like Xiao Lang—funny, humorous, rich, handsome, and talented—few women could stay rational, let alone a young girl just awakening to love.
"Little Sister Xun'er, that is not quite right." Xiao Lang spoke with a serious face. "Whether I look at you or not, I'm thinking about you. If you don't believe me, touch my heart. Isn't it beating very fast?"
"Pah! I'm not touching it." Xiao Xun'er looked at his fair, handsome face with its roguish smile and haughtily rolled her eyes.
"Then touch your brother's eight-pack abs." Xiao Lang grinned and lifted his clothes, revealing eight well-defined abdominal muscles.
"Shameless! Pervert! You're hurting my eyes!" Xiao Xun'er immediately covered her eyes, yet she could not help peeking through the gaps between her fingers to inspect his perfect physique.
"Haha, I'll stop teasing you." Xiao Lang knew when to stop. After all, the peach was not ripe yet; it was not time to pick the fruit.
At that thought, Yun Yun and Ya Fei, two entirely different yet equally gorgeous women, appeared in his mind again.
He had come of age too. It was time for the dragon to raise its head.
"Brother Xiao Lang, tomorrow is the day we go to the Dou Qi Pavilion to choose cultivation methods. Is there any cultivation method you have your eye on?"
Seeing Xiao Lang lower his clothes, Xiao Xun'er did not know why she felt a tiny bit disappointed. However, she quickly composed herself and looked at Xiao Lang as she asked.
"I already have a cultivation method." Xiao Lang naturally saw through Xiao Xun'er's intentions, and warmth rose in his heart. The past few years had not been wasted after all.
She knew how to care for her brother now.
"What cultivation method is it? Can you let Xun'er have a look?"
When Xiao Xun'er heard that Xiao Lang already had a cultivation method, a trace of disappointment flashed through her eyes, though she also asked curiously.
"No problem. Once I return to the Dou Zhe realm, I'll show it to you."
Xiao Lang had no intention of hiding anything. He affectionately rubbed Xiao Xun'er's head as he spoke.
At that moment, Xiao Lang felt that he seemed to be treating Xiao Xun'er more and more like a little sister.
No!
How could the little girl he had raised be handed over to someone else?
Xiao Lang, wake up. You're a scumbag!
Back in his room.
Xiao Lang opened the system space and discovered a golden medicinal pill shimmering with flowing light, lying quietly in the inventory and waiting for him to favor it.
He impatiently opened the Ten Complete Great Tonic Pill's description.
Ten Complete Great Tonic Pill: Nourishes yin and replenishes yang. If a man eats it, women cannot take it; if a woman eats it, men cannot take it. Can be swallowed whole or cut into pieces and stewed in soup.
"Heh, cut it up and stew it in soup? One pill doesn't even feel like enough!" Xiao Lang sneered. He was going to become a harem king. How could he manage if his body could not keep up?
"What the hell! How am I supposed to eat something this big?!"
Xiao Lang took it out and found that the Ten Complete Great Tonic Pill was actually as large as a fist. It would be a miracle if he did not choke to death trying to swallow it.
"Forget it. I can add some goji berries and the Ten Complete Great Tonic Pill to today's sea cucumber and squab stew." Seeing that it was getting late and nearly lunchtime, Xiao Lang decided.
He never ate with Xiao Zhan and the others. Instead, he cooked for himself separately.
"Let's see the menu. Today's side dish is scrambled eggs with chives, the rice dish is stir-fried kidney, the vegetable is blanched okra, and the soup is sea cucumber stewed with squab. Three dishes and a soup every day—what a wonderful life."
Whistling, Xiao Lang began cooking. In his previous life, he had specially hired someone to create a kidney-tonifying meal plan. He could not forget his roots.
The next day.
Xiao Lang could still feel a warm sensation around his lower back. Looking at his vigorous morning condition, he nodded with satisfaction.
"I wonder which lucky girl will get this great treasure."
After washing up, Xiao Lang knocked on Xiao Yan's door.
He had not forgotten that he still had a system task: fooling Old Yao.
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