Battle Through the Heavens: Reborn into the Xiao Clan, Starting with Xiao Xuan's Inheritance

After his usual heart-to-heart with Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi did not return to his room to rest right away.

Instead, he went to the familiar back mountain of Wutan City and continued his daily cultivation.

Xiao Xuan finally appeared slowly.

"Kid, bringing that Calamity Poison Body to your side seems to have displeased that girl from the Ancient Clan..."

Xiao Xuan spoke in a deep voice, then looked at Xiao Yi with a wicked grin.

Xiao Yi sighed and said softly, "Ancestor, Little Fairy Doctor and I are just friends..."

"Please don't think of it that way..."

A sly smile curled Xiao Xuan's lips. "Friends?"

"I don't think so..."

"I only just warned you that Gu Yuan's daughter has a secret technique placed on her, so you must not force the matter..."

"Yet in the blink of an eye, you've already won over another young girl. How could I not know what you're thinking..."

"But be careful, boy. This Calamity Poison Body is also extremely dangerous..."

"Don't be embarrassed. At your age, full of vigor and blood, it's perfectly normal to think about such things..."

"As long as you remember to cultivate..."

After speaking, Xiao Xuan looked at Xiao Yi with an utterly mischievous smile.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi did not intend to explain. He merely sighed helplessly.

A moment later.

Xiao Xuan, who had been watching Xiao Yi practice his cultivation technique, suddenly spoke again. "Since you're here, why not show yourself..."

Hearing this, Xiao Yi abruptly swept his gaze around the surroundings.

"Ancestor, someone's there..."

Xiao Xuan did not answer Xiao Yi. Instead, his aura suddenly surged.

In an instant, an incomparably powerful pressure swept forth.

The next second, a black figure flew over and arrived before Xiao Yi and Xiao Xuan.

Without another word, he respectfully cupped his hands and said:

"This junior is Ling Ying..."

"I hope Senior will not take offense!"

Ling Ying?

Wasn't this the Dou Huang bodyguard the Ancient Clan had assigned to stay by Xun'er's side...

"Ling Ying..."

"Does the Ancient Clan now only send a single Dou Huang to protect their young lady..."

Xiao Xuan looked coldly at the deeply respectful Ling Ying and spoke in a low voice.

Ling Ying's expression changed drastically upon hearing this.

Who exactly was this soul body before him? How had he recognized his identity and the young lady's origins at a glance?

Moreover, this was the first time he had followed the young lady's instructions to investigate Xiao Yi, only to be discovered so easily.

"May I ask Senior's esteemed name..."

Though greatly shocked, Ling Ying still gathered his courage and asked softly.

His words were cautious, afraid that if he said anything wrong, the soul body before him would suppress him with a mere wave of its hand.

For in that brief instant just now, Ling Ying had sensed that this soul body was very strong!

So strong that it exceeded Ling Ying's imagination.

Xiao Xuan glanced at Ling Ying again.

"It is no surprise that you do not know me. Though you are nominally a member of the Ancient Clan, you do not possess even a trace of the Ancient Clan's bloodline..."

"You must merely be from a vassal family of the Ancient Clan..."

"Since you do not know me, how dare you spy on me!"

"Do you wish to die for such conduct..."

Xiao Xuan's voice seemed to carry immense power, directly forcing even Ling Ying, an eight-star Dou Huang, to his knees!

At this moment, Ling Ying felt an utterly terrifying pressure bear down upon him, and his entire body could not stop trembling.

He then said softly, "Please do not blame me, Senior... I was only following orders..."

Upon hearing this, the pressure Xiao Xuan released did not weaken in the slightest. Instead, it intensified even further.

"Following orders? Whose orders?"

"Gu Yuan's? If he wants my Xiao Clan's Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, he can come and take it himself. Why send his daughter to monitor my Xiao Clan, then have a mere eight-star Dou Huang like you serve as her bodyguard!"

As soon as those words fell, Ling Ying froze on the spot.

This soul body actually addressed the Ancient Clan's clan leader by name, referred to the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Yi had called him Ancestor...

Combined with that terrifying soul power!

Ling Ying immediately sensed that something was wrong!

Could the soul body before him be Xiao Xuan, the Xiao Clan's patriarch from a thousand years ago who had reached the half-step Dou Di realm?

After all, across the entire continent, there were only a handful of people who dared address the Ancient Clan's clan leader by name.

Though Ling Ying had never seen Xiao Xuan, as a member of an Ancient Clan vassal family, he had heard somewhat of Xiao Xuan's deeds that had once shaken the entire continent.

"Lord Xiao Xuan..."

Feeling the pressure enveloping him grow ever stronger, to the point where he could vaguely feel himself suffocating, Ling Ying exhausted all his strength to shout.

Yet it was useless. Xiao Xuan's expression remained calm, and he did not stop.

Only when Xiao Yi noticed that Ling Ying's face had turned somewhat pale, as though he was truly about to die, did he speak. "Ancestor, with Ling Ying's strength, he must only be from an Ancient Clan vassal family. With such status, he can only run errands..."

"So this matter probably has nothing to do with him. He was merely following orders..."

"I hope Ancestor will show mercy..."

Hearing this, Xiao Xuan slowly withdrew the suppression bearing down on Ling Ying.

The instant the pressure vanished, Ling Ying's body, that of an eight-star Dou Huang, collapsed to the ground. He did not recover for a long while.

Xiao Xuan merely gave him an indifferent glance before his heavy voice rang out again. "I hope you will keep the matter of my soul body's awakening buried in your stomach. You are not to mention it to anyone, including Gu Yuan!"

"As for the Xiao Clan's Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, the Ancient Clan should stop thinking about it for now, unless one day Gu Yuan is willing to come and take it himself..."

"And one last thing! If you dare spy on me again in the future!"

"Your fate will be death!"

Ling Ying struggled to rise upon hearing this. "I will remember..."

"I will never dare offend again... Thank you, my lord, for sparing my life..."

As soon as Ling Ying finished speaking, he circulated the Dou Qi within his body, transformed into a bolt of black lightning, and swiftly fled the area.

Only after watching Ling Ying leave did Xiao Yi speak softly:

"Ancestor, this is the first time I've seen you so angry..."

Xiao Xuan glanced at Xiao Yi and replied softly:

"A true man living between heaven and earth should act openly and honorably!"

"Acting so furtively—is that not no different from the ways of the Soul Clan!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yi immediately understood why Xiao Xuan had become angry.

Ling Ying's spying was, in Xiao Xuan's eyes, truly despicable. Coupled with his dark-attributed Dou Qi, it reminded Xiao Xuan of the Soul Clan, so it was no wonder Xiao Xuan had been so furious.

After all, Xiao Xuan had long noticed Ling Ying's presence and had not cared before.

This showed just how much the Soul Clan was Xiao Xuan's untouchable reverse scale...

The next day.

Xun'er knocked on Xiao Yi's door early in the morning.

"Brother Xiao Yi, Mentor Ruo Lin is returning to Canaan Academy..."

Xiao Yi slowly opened his eyes, and his heart jolted.