"You said your fourth brother is a twelve-year-old Da Dou Shi?"
Yao Lao couldn't help asking Xiao Yan.
If he'd had a body with ears, he would have thought he'd misheard.
Seeing how astonished Yao Lao was, Xiao Yan felt boundless pride well up inside him, along with a faint trace of bitterness.
"Yes. He told me himself."
Xiao Yan explained Xiao Ze's circumstances in full.
From showing the strength of a Nine-Star Dou Zhe to leaving the Xiao Clan to study at Jia Nan Academy as a Da Dou Shi.
"He spent even less time getting from Nine-Star Dou Zhe to Da Dou Shi."
Even Yao Lao, who had seen and heard much, couldn't help murmuring in a daze.
The room fell silent.
After a while, Yao Lao shook his head, the same bitter smile as Xiao Yan's tugging at his lips.
"You little rascal have certainly given this old man a difficult problem!"
"Your fourth brother's talent is a rare phoenix feather and unicorn horn, even across the entire Dou Qi Continent!"
Xiao Yan looked up at Yao Lao in surprise.
He had already tried to imagine Xiao Ze's talent at its very best.
But Xiao Yan knew even better that the Dou Qi Continent was filled with all manner of extraordinary people.
There was always someone beyond the person, and a sky beyond the sky.
His own horizons were limited. He couldn't tell what level Xiao Ze's talent occupied across the Dou Qi Continent.
Yet this mysterious old man before him, who claimed to be a high-rank Alchemist,
had plainly told him that Xiao Ze's talent was a rare phoenix feather and unicorn horn even across the entire Dou Qi Continent.
A trace of despair couldn't help but rise in Xiao Yan's heart.
From the moment his