Testing Square.
The summer sun blazed overhead, and most of the people had already gathered in the square.
Some looked hopefully at the Test Demon Stone Tablet in the center of the square, some leaned together and whispered among themselves, while others gazed in a certain direction with mocking looks.
"They're here. That trash is here."
"So what if he's here? What's there to look at? He's just a clown."
"If the Clan Leader weren't his father, trash like him would've been driven out of the clan long ago and left to fend for himself. How could he still have the chance to freeload in the clan?"
"You're wrong. He still has a younger brother."
"One peerless genius and one peerless piece of trash. It's really ironic seeing them together, haha."
When everyone saw Xiao Lang and Xiao Yan arrive, discussions erupted, most of them filled with mockery.
"Brother Xiao Lang..."
Looking at Xiao Lang's figure, Xiao Xun'er recalled what had happened last night. A blush rose to her face as she secretly glanced at him.
"Don't stare at me like that, everyone. I know I'm handsome, but I'm thin-skinned."
"If you keep staring at me so directly, I'll get embarrassed."
Xiao Lang calmly walked over under everyone's gazes and taunts, saying this without the slightest concern.
He had experienced such looks countless times ever since he was little, and he had long since gotten used to them.
This was supposed to be something Xiao Yan would experience several years later.
Yet it had unexpectedly happened to him instead. Fate really loved playing tricks on people.
This sense of immersion was a little too real.
"That brat... I have no idea who he took after, but his skin is ridiculously thick." Xiao Zhan looked at Xiao Lang and couldn't help laughing as he scolded him, though a deep worry flashed through his eyes.
After all, in the Xiao Clan, anyone who failed to reach the seventh stage of Dou Qi before turning sixteen would be considered to have no cultivation potential. Xiao Lang would lose his qualification to enter the Dou Qi Pavilion and search for a Dou Qi cultivation method, then be assigned to one of the clan's businesses to handle ordinary affairs. This was a clan rule, and even as Clan Leader, Xiao Zhan could not change it!
If one failed to become a Dou Zhe before the age of twenty-five, they would not be acknowledged by the clan!
"Father, don't worry. I have a feeling that my Third Brother is no ordinary person." Xiao Lang's eldest brother, Xiao Ding, noticed his father's concern and comforted him from the side.
"I have the same feeling. I just hope it's right." His second brother, Xiao Li, also looked at Xiao Lang as he spoke.
"If that feeling is right, then I hope he gives us a pleasant surprise soon." Hearing the comfort of his two sons, Xiao Zhan revealed a complicated expression.
After all, in this world, strength was everything. What mattered was power, not some vague and intangible feeling.
"Hehe, a feeling? I have a feeling that my grandsons Xiao Long and Xiao Hu have the potential to become Dou Emperors too!" The Second Elder said with a scornful expression.
"Potential to become Dou Emperors? More like potential to become idiots."
As they spoke, Xiao Lang walked over and happened to hear the Second Elder's words. He couldn't help retorting irritably.
The Second Elder's expression darkened. He snorted coldly. "Sharp-tongued brat. Let's see how you embarrass yourself later. You're already eight years old and still only at the third stage of Dou Qi. You've truly disgraced our Xiao Clan!"
"Barking dog."
Xiao Lang casually spat out those two words without even looking at the Second Elder.
With his father here, the Second Elder wouldn't dare lay a hand on him anyway.
He had never backed down from anyone when it came to trading insults.
In his previous life, when he played King's Pesticide, he always turned on his mic and cursed people out.
"You!"
"Enough. Everyone is here, so let the test begin." Before the Second Elder could continue, Xiao Zhan interrupted him.
Very soon.
A middle-aged man stood before the Test Demon Stone Tablet and began testing the Xiao Clan's disciples.
"Third Brother, there's no one my second brother admires more than your mouth, hahaha." Xiao Li quietly said to Xiao Lang beside him. "Don't worry. In the future, your eldest brother and I will establish a mercenary group. When that happens, we'll protect you."
At this time, Xiao Li was only in his teens and had not yet developed the depth he possessed in the original story, though his ruthless nature had already begun to show.
"If Xiao Long and Xiao Hu provoke you again, we'll put a sack over their heads tonight and knock them out with a brick!" Xiao Li grinned and said with a wink.
"Second Brother!" Xiao Ding frowned and said solemnly, "You said that too loudly. If Xiao Long and Xiao Hu hear it, they'll be on guard."
"..."
Xiao Yan's mouth twitched as he watched his eldest, second, and third brothers excitedly discuss whether putting sacks over people's heads and knocking them out with bricks was feasible.
He couldn't help feeling emotional.
I often seemed out of place because I wasn't perverted enough.
"..."
Xiao Long and Xiao Hu, standing nearby, also had their mouths twitch. They looked at the three of them irritably. You said it so loudly—did you really think we were deaf?
Could you show us a little respect?
"Next, Xiao Yan!"
Very soon, it was Xiao Yan's turn to be tested.
Xiao Yan snapped out of the discussion as well and felt slightly dazed. Looking at the three still discussing their plan, his expression became complicated.
Had I ultimately become perverted too?
However, when he saw everyone looking at him, he gathered his thoughts and confidently walked toward the Test Demon Stone Tablet.
At the same time, all kinds of discussions rose from below the stage.
"Fourth Young Master reached the fifth stage of Dou Power last year. A year has passed now, so he must have broken through to at least the sixth stage of Dou Power, right?"
"Of course! Who is Brother Xiao Yan? Looking across the entire Jia Ma Empire, you wouldn't find a genius who could compare to Xiao Yan!"
"Xiao Yan is talented and low-key, while Xiao Lang is just trash who doesn't know his place. I really don't know how they can be from the same family."
"Aren't Xiao Ding and Xiao Li's personalities completely opposite too?"
"..."
"Dou Power, sixth stage!"
Looking at the five shining words on the Test Demon Stone Tablet, the middle-aged man beside it shouted in amazement.
Xiao Yan was only five years old at this time!
Reaching the sixth stage of Dou Power at five years old—if he advanced one stage every year, then it was practically certain that Xiao Yan had started cultivating in his mother's womb, right?
"That kid really is a freak."
Quite a few people revealed looks of envy, jealousy, and hatred.
Even Xiao Xun'er showed surprise in her eyes. As she looked at that sunny little boy, Xiao Lang's figure somehow appeared in her mind instead.
"As expected of my little brother. Your Third Brother is proud of you." Xiao Lang looked at Xiao Yan with a gratified expression.
No wonder. I borrowed so much money and even let you start cultivating Dou Qi a year early.
"..."
Xiao Zhan's mouth twitched nearby. You said my line. What am I supposed to say now?
Still, he was used to it.
Everything about his third son was good, except that he had a mouth.
Oh, and his talent was a little lacking too.
But it was precisely because of this that Xiao Zhan devoted more attention to Xiao Lang among his four sons.
Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan did not mind this at all. They even felt that it was only right.
They were all brothers. What was there to fight over?
"Hehe, you may be proud of him, but the entire clan is ashamed of you." Xiao Long sneered from the side.
He truly couldn't stand Xiao Lang anymore. Putting a sack over his head was one thing, but Xiao Lang actually wanted to use a sack filled with shit!
Ding! Xiao Long's provocation has been detected. Choice triggered!
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