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"No, Father, it was a Flight Dou Technique."

Xiao Zhan nodded in understanding. "A Flight Dou Technique that has long been lost."

"And these two are?" Xiao Zhan asked curiously, looking at the two little girls on the ground.

"These two are orphans I brought back from outside. They will stay with our Xiao Clan from now on." Xiao Yan was currently soothing the extremely shy Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

"That is fine. Our Xiao Clan does not care about such a small expense anyway."

Xiao Zhan looked at Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, each tightly clutching a corner of Xiao Yan's clothes, and smiled kindly.

"Go on, Yan'er. Go see your mother, your eldest and second brothers, and Xun'er. We can talk when we have time." Xiao Zhan patted Xiao Yan's sturdy shoulder.

"All right, Father."

Xiao Yan nodded, then smiled as he greeted Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who were running toward him.

"Third Elder, these are Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. Arrange for them to live near my courtyard," Xiao Yan said, pulling the two little girls over.

"Yes, Third Young Master." The Third Elder beamed at the two little girls, who looked like porcelain dolls.

"No, Brother Xiao Yan. I don't want to be separated from Qing Lin. I want to live with Qing Lin."

Although they had known each other for less than two months, their shared status as orphans had quickly brought them close.

Xiao Yi Xian raised her little head, tightly holding Qing Lin's small hand as she spoke.

"Mm, listen to her, Third Elder."

"You two have to behave. Brother Xiao Yan will come visit you when he has time," Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"The two little ones are already four. They can begin cultivating. But what cultivation methods should the Woe Poison Body and Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils use? That really is a headache."

Watching Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin leave, Xiao Yan thought with slight frustration.

"But there is no need to worry about that for now. I should go see that little girl."

Xiao Yan grinned as a lovely figure surfaced in his mind, then turned and headed outside.

"Xun'er, I'm back."

Xiao Yan knocked on Xiao Xun'er's door. When no one answered, he pushed it open and entered.

Whoosh!

The moment Xiao Yan entered, a graceful figure in green flashed past. A ball of golden flame burned in her hand as she fiercely struck toward Xiao Yan's chest.

The instant the golden flame appeared, Xiao Yan felt as though the Dou Qi within his body was about to ignite. At the same time, the Green Lotus Core Flame and Flame Mantra, which had been quietly coiled at the center of the Qi Cyclone in his dantian, also began to stir.

"So this is the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame?"

Relying on the Flame Mantra's special Sensing Realm toward Heavenly Flames and the agitation of the Heavenly Flame within his body, Xiao Yan immediately recognized the flame: the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, ranked fourth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking and the inherited Heavenly Flame of the Ancient Eight Clans' Ancient Clan.

Suppressing the sudden hunger his body felt for the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, Xiao Yan activated his movement technique and lightly flashed aside.

"Xun'er, that isn't very good of you."

Xiao Yan suddenly appeared behind the green-clad figure, wrapped an arm around her waist, and leaned close to her ear.

"Hmph, who told you, you big villain, to leave for a whole year and a half?" Xiao Xun'er turned around, revealing a pretty face that was equally charming in anger or joy.

"Didn't I come back already?" Xiao Yan said with a grin.

"But you promised that it would be half a year at most." Xiao Xun'er's lips pouted, and her eyes began to moisten.

"Hey, hey, Xun'er, don't cry. It was Brother Xiao Yan's fault."

Seeing Xiao Xun'er on the verge of tears, Xiao Yan hurriedly began coaxing her.

"Hehe, you're so stupid, Brother Xiao Yan." Xiao Xun'er instantly withdrew her tears and gave him a radiant smile.

Ahem.

"Huh? Xun'er, you've suddenly become a Dou Zhe?" Xiao Yan asked in surprise.

"Did Brother Xiao Yan think you were the only one working hard at cultivation? Xun'er broke through to Dou Zhe half a year after you left."

Xiao Xun'er extended her fair wrist, clenched her tiny fist, and proudly showed it to Xiao Yan.

"Hehe." Xiao Yan had just been about to pinch Xiao Xun'er's adorable little face.

"Ah! Brother Xiao Yan, you've already become a Dou Master?" Golden flames flashed through Xiao Xun'er's eyes as she looked at Xiao Yan in astonishment.

"Wuwuwu, you big villain!"

"Little Sister Xun'er, listen to my explanation!"

That night, in Xiao Yan's room, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao sat facing each other on the bed.

"In the original storyline, Xiao Yi Xian's path of growth before reaching Dou Zong was completed in the Poison Sect of the Chu Yun Empire. She only followed the protagonist to the Central Plains later on. Her experiences in the Poison Sect were far too painful, and the misfortune of the Woe Poison Body should be changed by me."

"As for Qing Lin, she was taken from the Mo Clan of Yan City to the Heavenly Snake Mansion on the Northwest Continent by the Green-Clothed Dou Emperor and the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor. The Heavenly Snake Mansion is quite suitable for Qing Lin's growth, and they treated her well. Judging by its name, it should use snake-type Dou Techniques or magical beasts as the foundation of its sect. But Teacher seems to have old ties with experts from the Heavenly Snake Mansion, so perhaps Teacher has a way."

"Therefore, I must do my best to keep both Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin by my side and give them a wonderful environment to grow up in. Teacher is a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill alchemy grandmaster, so he must have plenty of cultivation methods and Dou Techniques."

"Teacher, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin possess rare constitutions and Bloodlines. I want to personally train them. Teacher, do you have any ideas?"

After pondering for a long while, Xiao Yan finally spoke.

"The Woe Poison Body and the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils..." Yao Lao pondered for a moment.

"The Woe Poison Body is said to be a special constitution cursed by the heavens. Since their bodies are enormous sources of poison, their lives are filled with misfortune and hardship. Yet it is precisely this source of their tragic fate that grants them exceptional combat power."

"However, the faster their cultivation rises, the faster the Woe Poison Body erupts. It truly makes one sigh. The previous generation's Woe Poison Body on the Dou Qi Continent once fought me. I won by a narrow margin."

Yao Lao smiled smugly as he spoke.

"If you want to train a Woe Poison Body, you need cultivation methods and Dou Techniques suited to cultivating such a poison body. You have the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Yan boy, which Xiao Yi Xian can use as an offensive Dou Technique. I happen to have a cultivation method here."

Yao Lao took out a grayish-black scroll from his Storage Ring and casually tossed it to Xiao Yan.

"Woe Poison Scripture?" Xiao Yan caught the scroll and read the name on it.

"Correct. This is a cultivation method created by the owner of a generation of Woe Poison Body who once made a mighty name for herself in the ancient Central Plains. As a Dou Sheng powerhouse, she called herself the Woe Heavenly Lady. After breaking through to the Dou Sheng realm, she combined everything she had learned in her life with the special nature of the Woe Poison Body to create the Woe Poison Scripture, a cultivation method specifically for the Woe Poison Body."

"As a unique cultivation method created by the extraordinarily talented Woe Heavenly Lady, it has no rank. Yet once the Woe Poison Scripture is cultivated to the Dou Zun realm, it will absolutely rival a quasi-Heaven-Tier, or even a Heaven-Tier, cultivation method."