I Am Your Ancestor (Seeking Investment, Favorites, Recommendations)

An hour later

"All right, we've seen enough and had our fun. It's time to head back to Jia Nan City. Otherwise, we won't make it back to the academy in time before noon tomorrow."

"Mm!"

Jia Nan City.

A majestic city ranked among the top ten throughout the entire Northwest Land.

It was a vast city that seemed to stretch beyond sight. Its towering walls rose straight into the clouds and extended endlessly in both directions. Even when one's gaze reached its limit, the city walls continued on without end.

Without exaggeration, anyone from the Black Corner Region who dared to trespass into Jia Nan City would be doomed to die.

What's more, anyone below the Dou Emperor realm could not even pass safely through Peace Town.

Let alone Jia Nan City and Jia Nan Academy.

As dawn gradually broke, a ray of morning light shone from the edge of the earth, driving away all darkness between heaven and earth.

Xiao Yu, seated atop the Gryphon, opened her eyes as well.

Although it was not her first time seeing Jia Nan City, its towering and imposing outline still left her deeply shaken.

"It's really huge!"

"It is rather huge."

The voice was indifferent and calm, but it was clearly not a woman's voice.

"Ah!"

Before the words had even faded, Xiao Yu sprang up like a little wildcat whose tail had been stepped on. Her pretty face flushed blood-red with panic and worry.

"Who are you?"

"What did you do to Mentor Ruo Lin?"

"What do you want?"

In her panic, Xiao Yu nearly fell from the Gryphon's back.

"I am your ancestor."

The indifferent, matter-of-fact, and confident words actually left Xiao Yu stunned for a moment.

"Shameless."

After a moment, Xiao Yu came back to her senses and snapped.

Only then did she get a clear look at Xiao Chen.

After refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, Xiao Chen's appearance had undergone enormous changes.

He was strikingly handsome, and he carried an air of nobility that seemed to stand above heaven and earth, inspiring awe in all who saw him.

"I really am your ancestor."

After saying that, Xiao Chen had no time to argue with Xiao Yu. He waved his hand.

At once, Xiao Yu felt the scenery before her blur, and the look in her beautiful eyes gradually turned dazed and unfocused.

When she came back to her senses, the scene before her had changed completely.

This was a vast, boundless grassland. Lush green filled her vision, radiating incredibly rich vitality. In one part of the grassland stood a magnificent and towering stone plaza. The enormous stone plaza hung roughly a hundred zhang above the ground, supported by countless massive stone pillars. From afar, it resembled a giant standing between heaven and earth, an awe-inspiring sight.

Above the stone plaza, space was twisted, and silver light flickered from time to time. Figures flashed out one after another, landing lightly upon the plaza. By now, this enormous plaza was already packed with people, and their clamor merged into a roar that soared into the sky.

"What place is this?"

Xiao Yu covered her small mouth, her heart churning with shock as she spoke in utter disbelief.

Jia Nan City had already been the largest city in her mind, yet it could not even compare to the plaza before her.

"The Xiao Clan's ancient city."

The indifferent voice entered her ears, and the shock in her heart abruptly settled.

At that moment, a pinkish-white demonic lotus slowly bloomed within her eyes.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame could control a person's emotions. To keep Xiao Yu from being overly shocked by what was about to happen, Xiao Chen used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to control her emotions.

"The Xiao Clan? The Xiao Family?"

"Come. I'll take you home."

As he spoke, the two figures vanished from where they stood.

Above the endless azure sky, clouds drifted lazily. From time to time, a gentle breeze swept past, stirring a green tide across the grassland below that stretched all the way to the horizon.

Swoosh! A violent fluctuation suddenly erupted in the sky, followed by a massive black spatial gate that strangely appeared out of thin air. Not long after the gate emerged, two figures slowly appeared and finally stood within this unfamiliar world.

"The energy of heaven and earth is so dense. The energy here is at least ten times richer than at the academy."

Because of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Xiao Yu showed no surprise at all. Instead, her tone was exceptionally calm.

It was as though she were describing something entirely ordinary.

Next, Xiao Chen took Xiao Yu through everything about the Xiao Clan that remained in his memories.

Whether he was handsome or not did not matter. He mainly wanted to cultivate talent.

"Now you believe who I am, right? I really am your ancestor."

After they finished touring the Xiao Clan, the scene before Xiao Yu changed once more.

Only then did she realize that everything she had just seen had been an illusion. From beginning to end, she had never left the Gryphon's back.

"Xiao Yu pays respects to Ancestor."

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yu respectfully gave Xiao Chen a deep bow.

She no longer had the slightest doubt about his identity.

Even if it were fake, she would not mind claiming such a relative.

A legendary Dou Saint could bring her benefits far too great to imagine.

"Ancestor, is Mentor Ruo Lin all right?" After receiving Xiao Chen's permission to rise, Xiao Yu asked respectfully.

"Don't worry. She's fine. On the contrary, I gave her a stroke of fortune, though whether she can obtain it will depend on her luck."

In the Monster Beast Mountain Range near the Outer Jia Nan Academy, there were quite a few powerful cultivators in secluded death cultivation, attempting to break through their limits.

They were at least peak Dou Wangs, and most of them had friendly relations with Jia Nan Academy.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, they would not harm anyone from Jia Nan Academy.

Furthermore, Jia Nan Academy students could encounter them while training in those mountains.

Although, in most cases, they would simply be driven away.

In the rare cases where those powerful cultivators knew their end was near and that they could not overcome it.

They would choose someone from Jia Nan Academy whom they found agreeable and leave their cultivation methods, Dou Skills, and possessions to that person.

This was also one of the conditions under which Jia Nan Academy's upper ranks allowed them to cultivate in seclusion within the mountains.

Xiao Chen had used spatial transference to send Ruo Lin into the core territory of a peak water-attribute Dou Emperor whose end was near.

Whether she could obtain that person's inheritance, however, still depended on Ruo Lin's luck.

"Then Mentor might receive the complete inheritance of a peak Dou Emperor?"

Xiao Yu was overjoyed, as though she were even happier than if she had received it herself.

"That still depends on her luck."

"All right. I came to see you this time for two reasons. First, to tell you that the Xiao Family has now relocated to the Tagor Desert."

"Second, among the younger generation of the Xiao Family, your talent is the best. Inside are a Wind Attribute Earth-Tier Cultivation Method and its matching Dou Skills, a suit of armor forged from ancient Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon Scale Armor, and a piece of Earth Core Jade Mother that can enhance cultivation."

"Oh, and this Little Fellow is for you."

As he spoke, a white blur shot out from Xiao Chen's sleeve, darted across the air, and landed on his shoulder.

The sudden white blur startled Xiao Yu.

Then, once she saw it clearly, her beautiful eyes immediately lit up with dazzling radiance.

It was a little beast covered in white fur. It resembled a cat, but its body was especially plump, round and chubby, giving it an adorably simple-minded appearance. Yet there was no energy fluctuation within it; it seemed to be nothing more than an ordinary little beast.