Divine Grade

After Xiao Bai came back to himself, He gazed at Xun Er, reached out, and gently touched her cheek. Endless tenderness and indulgence flowed through his eyes. Seeing the slight surprise in her gaze, he could not help laughing softly.

Xiao Xun Er looked at him, a little puzzled at first, but as Xiao Bai laughed, she seemed to notice the change in him.

All this time, Xiao Bai Gege had carried a sense of loneliness, as if he did not belong in this world. Though he was usually gentle as jade and unfailingly courteous to everyone in the Xiao Clan, his eyes had always been like the heavens looking down upon the masses on earth—calm and cold.

Aside from treating her a little differently, no one in the Xiao Clan could truly touch his heart.

Xiao Xun Er was somewhat familiar with that kind of look. She treated the other members of the Xiao Clan the same way, but she was a member of the Ancient Clan, the Young Miss of the Ancient Clan, and one day she would leave the Xiao Clan and return to her family. That was why she acted so.

Xiao Bai Gege was different. He had grown up in the Xiao Clan since childhood, and his origins were clean. What exactly had caused him to have that isolated, detached feeling, as though he stood apart from the world and was cut off from everything?

She did not know.

It left her a little confused, a little worried, and a little distressed. She had always wanted to pull Xiao Bai out of that state, or at the very least, make sure he did not feel so lonely when he was with her. She wanted to tell him.

With Xun Er here, she would not let Xiao Bai Gege be lonely!

But now, for some unknown reason, Xiao Bai Gege had freed himself from that loneliness on his own. It left her both startled and delighted.

Xiao Bai slowly reached out and wrapped his arms around the girl's slender waist, gently drawing her body into his embrace. His movements were warm and intimate. Looking at the fair ear so close to him, he slowly leaned in and said softly, "Thank you, Xun Er!"

Xiao Xun Er felt Xiao Bai's sudden movement. A young girl's reserve made her instinctively want to struggle, but then Xiao Bai's words suddenly sounded by her ear, and she immediately gave up resisting. Her heart was at a loss, and she only murmured, "Xiao Bai... Gege!"

Xiao Bai felt the delicate body in his arms tremble slightly, and gently let her go.

After Xiao Xun Er felt the hand at her waist release her, she lifted her head and glanced up. Their eyes met, and in an instant, a blush flew across her delicate, pretty face. Her gaze immediately wanted to flee.

Amusement showed in Xiao Bai's eyes. He cupped her small face in both hands, locking her gaze into his own.

"Xiao Bai Gege!" A trace of reproach flashed through the girl's eyes.

Xiao Bai remained unmoved. The smile in his eyes merely turned solemn as he spoke warmly, "In this life, Kindness and Affection for Me—we walk hand in hand!"

That gentle yet firm voice rang beside Xiao Xun Er's ear, making her feel as if she had been struck by lightning.

She gazed at Xiao Bai in a daze. Starlight rippled in her beautiful eyes, flickering with a gentle glow. The corners of her lips rose unconsciously, and some string in her heart was fiercely touched.

She had originally thought Xiao Bai cupping her face was a prank. She had not expected to hear those words.

"Xiao Bai... Ge... ge!" The girl's soft voice seemed to drift over from the horizon, filled with endless tenderness.

Their gazes intertwined, like two streams merging, soft and clear.

Xiao Bai was the first to come back to his senses. If this continued, Ling Ying might jump out. He let her go.

"Let's go. We're going home!"

Only then did Xiao Xun Er realize they were still on the main street. Her pretty face reddened with embarrassment, and she tugged Xiao Bai along, hurrying toward the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Bai let her pull him forward by the sleeve. Seeing how shy this little girl was, he could not help teasing her.

"Heh, what's there to be shy about? Look at me. I'm not shy!"

When Xiao Xun Er heard that, she turned back and rolled her eyes at him. That shy yet reproachful, charming look nearly made Xiao Bai's heart run wild.

It was not that he had no self-control. The main thing was that this world's Dou Qi was far too nourishing. This girl was thirteen this year, but by the standards of his previous life, no matter how he looked at her, she was a girl in the bloom of youth.

"Sinful, sinful!"

This girl was still young right now. Dating was fine, but anything else was not!

Besides, even if age was set aside, he could not touch her before she became a Dou Saint.

An Emperor Clan Divine Grade Bloodline!

Among the Ancient Eight Clans, the Dou Di Bloodline concentration within clan members was divided into ten grades. The first grade was the lowest, and the tenth grade was the highest.

A bloodline that reached the tenth grade was called a Divine Grade Bloodline. This kind of bloodline was already infinitely close to the bloodline concentration of a Dou Di. Even in the Ancient Clan, which was currently recognized as the leader of the Ancient Eight Clans on the surface, one had not appeared in nearly a thousand years.

With a Divine Grade Bloodline, as long as one's own bloodline was not polluted and diluted before becoming a Dou Saint, one's future baseline would at least be a high-level Dou Saint.

Among the few remaining Ancient Eight Clans today, their Dou Di Bloodlines were growing thinner by the day, and all of them hoped their clans would produce a few more members with high bloodline concentrations in order to ensure the strength of their clans and continue the inheritance of their Dou God Clan.

The Soul Clan had gone even further to ensure the continuation of its bloodline. Using the power of Nihility Devouring Flame, they had turned their butcher's blade toward the other Dou Di races.

If Xiao Bai dared to touch Xun Er now, his future cheap father-in-law, Gu Yuan, would absolutely come chop him to death with a blade.

After a thousand years, the clan finally produced a Divine Grade Bloodline with great difficulty, and she's my daughter besides, yet you little brat ruined her for me just like that.

Whether as Clan Head or as a father, Gu Yuan would definitely grind his bones and scatter his ashes.

At that time, even if Xun Er pleaded for mercy and Gu Yuan spared him, the other members of the Ancient Clan would still think of ways to kill him.

Thinking of that scene, he could not help shuddering. His slightly restless heart immediately calmed, becoming still as water.

Xiao Xun Er kept pulling Xiao Bai all the way back to the Xiao Clan, arriving at the entrance to Xiao Bai's small courtyard.

She gazed at Xiao Bai gently for a moment. Looking at his slightly tired face, she said, "Xiao Bai Gege, rest well today. Xun Er will come find you again tomorrow!" With that, she turned and left with light steps.

Xiao Bai watched her from behind. Just from the way she walked, he could tell the girl was in an excellent mood right now.

He smiled, turned, and went back inside. He was starting to reach his limit too, and all he wanted now was a proper sleep.

"You whelp, do you think there's no one left in my Jia Lie Family?"

In a brightly lit hall somewhere in Wutan City, the Jia Lie Family's higher-ups had gathered. After listening to Wang Offering recount what had happened today, Grand Elder Ga Lie En was now flushed with rage as he slammed the table and roared.

"Hasn't that brat Xiao Bai been stuck at the ninth stage of Dou Qi all this time, unable to break through? How can he defeat a Three Star Dou Shi now?" Fourth Elder asked in confusion.

"I'm afraid that was a smokescreen released by the Xiao Clan to mislead the various forces in Wutan City and protect their own genius! But young people are hot-blooded after all. He still gave himself away," Third Elder said, looking as if everything was within his grasp.

After hearing this, Grand Elder calmed down and sneered.

"I didn't expect the Xiao Clan to be so patient. I'm afraid it's not only that Xiao Bai. Could Xiao Yan be the same afterward?"

"Clan Leader, if that's really the case, our Jia Lie Family must make preparations early. Otherwise, once the Xiao Clan grows powerful, there will be no place left for our Jia Lie Family in Wutan City."

Seated at the head, Ga Lie Bi's eyes flashed with gloom when he heard this. It was not only because his nephew's legs had been broken; the Family Elder's words were exactly what he had been worried about.

Among Wutan City's three great clans, the Jia Lie Family was the weakest.

On one hand, there was the issue of cultivation methods. The Xiao Clan and the Ao Ba Family both had Profound Middle-Rank methods, while only the Jia Lie Family's was Profound Low-Rank.

On the other hand, the other two families both had connections with the empire's three great clans. The Xiao Clan was said to be linked to the Nalan Family through an engagement between their children, while the Ao Ba Family had always been very close to the City Lord's Mansion, and the City Lord came from the Mu Family, one of the three great clans.

If the Xiao Clan was truly as they guessed, and nothing had gone wrong with those two geniuses, and this was merely something the Xiao Clan had used to fool everyone, then how would the Jia Lie Family gain a foothold in Wutan City in the future?

But Ga Lie Bi still had some doubts. If nothing had gone wrong with those two from the Xiao Clan, wouldn't it have been better to send them to Jia Nan Academy or the Misty Cloud Sect? Why hide them away in Wutan City?

After thinking for a while and still failing to make sense of it, Ga Lie Bi shook his head and sighed.

"Ninth stage Dou Qi at ten years old... Why doesn't the Jia Lie Family have someone like that? The Xiao Clan really is lucky, producing two at once." A trace of jealousy rose in Ga Lie Bi's heart, and then a vicious thought came to him of its own accord.