Xiao Yu

"Half a year. Jianan Academy will be coming to Wutan City to recruit students in another half year! This time, the examiner will be my mentor, Ruo Lin. The requirement is to reach the eighth stage of Dou Qi, so I can personally take them to the assessment."

Wandering aimlessly through the market district, Xiao Le had already heard of Xiao Yu's return, but he did not know how to face this cousin of his.

That interception at the back-mountain hot spring, all those vows of eternal love and grand promises... Yet Xiao Yu would certainly learn about Xiao Le and Ya Fei. Xiao Le had no idea how to handle this Asura field.

With a troubled look on his face, Xiao Le kicked a pebble by the roadside. It rolled to a stop before a pair of jade-like legs. That familiar scent made him jolt.

A simple, elegant pale green short skirt perfectly accentuated those flawlessly proportioned legs. Her lovely eyes were frosty and fierce, a whip clasped in her delicate hand, while a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips.

Xiao Le stood there awkwardly, at a loss. After hesitating for a long while, he forced a smile. "I was just thinking about what gift to buy you. I never expected you to appear right in front of me."

Xiao Yu did not say a word, but Xiao Le could no longer bear the atmosphere. He grabbed her hand and pulled her away.

Ignoring Xiao Yu's struggles along the way, he headed straight for the Xiao Family's back mountain.

After looking around and confirming there was no one nearby, Xiao Le finally released Xiao Yu.

Xiao Le spread his arms wide, looking as though he were generously offering himself up for execution. With deep feeling, he said, "Yu'er, do it. I won't resist!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu fiercely snapped her spirit whip. The air exploded with a crack, making Xiao Le's teeth chatter in fright.

After waiting for a long time, the pain he had imagined never came. He cautiously opened his eyes to look, only to see the beauty before him had thrown her spirit whip to the ground and was sitting atop a large stone nearby, glaring at him indignantly.

"Come here!"

Xiao Le did not dare disobey. He hurried over and shamelessly sat down beside Xiao Yu, then seized her delicate hand and began playing with it.

"Don't you have anything to explain to me?" Xiao Yu allowed Xiao Le to do as he pleased, her tone cold.

That deep chill pierced straight into Xiao Le's heart, making him uneasy.

"Ah..." After Xiao Le remained silent for a long while, wearing only an apologetic expression, Xiao Yu sighed softly. "I knew you weren't faithful, but I never expected that after just one year apart, you'd already given me another sister! Tell me honestly, is there anyone else?"

A cold yet valiant woman's image flashed through Xiao Le's mind. He immediately came to his senses and hurriedly drove the thought away.

"No, there's only Sister Ya Fei. You know our Xiao Family owes her for helping us too!"

Xiao Yu was so angered by Xiao Le's words that she laughed.

"So this is how you repay her?"

Xiao Le awkwardly rubbed his nose, not daring to pursue the subject any further. He hurriedly asked, "Did anyone bully you at Jianan Academy? If they did, tell me, and I'll avenge you! I've already surpassed you now."

Xiao Yu did not refute him. She had already learned from the clan members about everything that had happened to Xiao Le over the past year.

Returning to the Dou Practitioner realm in a year, becoming a lightning-element alchemist, dazzling everyone in the Miter Family competition, defeating a prodigy of the Misty Cloud Sect at the Jia Ma Assembly and becoming famous...

The spirited young man in her memories gradually overlapped with the Xiao Le before her. Xiao Yu murmured, "You're back."

After waiting for a long time without hearing Xiao Yu speak, Xiao Le looked over and saw that her gaze was vacant. He waved a hand before her eyes.

"Yu'er, what's wrong?" Xiao Le was completely baffled.

Xiao Yu shook her head. "I'm happy for you. Your vitality has recovered, your talent has returned, and you've surpassed who you once were."

Xiao Yu had a gentle, intelligent personality without losing her playfulness. Xiao Le liked her temperament very much. She would surely make a virtuous wife and mother in the future.

"Kid, you've got good taste!" Beast Venerable's eccentric voice sounded. He then said, "Don't say this old man is stingy. I have a high-grade Earth-class water-element cultivation method here. Consider it a meeting gift. What do you say?"

Xiao Le was overjoyed. He had been wondering how to make it up to Xiao Yu, and now a pillow had arrived just as he was feeling sleepy. He quickly asked for the cultivation method.

If not for the need to avoid exposing his golden finger and his fear of wasting tag energy, Xiao Le would have long since stripped Beast Venerable's collection of cultivation methods and Dou Techniques bare.

Xiao Le smiled mysteriously and stored the soul crystal housing Beast Venerable's soul in his storage ring, prompting Beast Venerable to curse loudly.

"Yu'er, I've long prepared a gift for you. I paid a huge price to get it, so don't resist!"

Xiao Le truly had prepared a gift. The trace of azure tag energy that remained was proof enough.

Dense water-attributed spiritual energy gathered, making the air itself moist. A funnel-shaped vortex gradually formed as rich, pure water-attributed spiritual energy poured backward into Xiao Yu's body.

Looking at the purple tag that appeared on Xiao Yu's body, Xiao Le's heart ached terribly.

Purple · [Divine-Grade Water Emperor Bloodline (Fragment)]

That was right. Not long ago, when Xiao Le heard that Xiao Yu would be returning, he had downloaded Xiao Xun'er's Divine-Grade Dou Emperor Bloodline, leaving behind only a single azure tag energy as a precaution.

The profound cultivation method was far superior in rank to the academy method she had exchanged for with contribution points. Along with the power that had suddenly appeared within her body and perfectly matched her attribute, it assisted Xiao Yu in switching cultivation methods without the slightest obstacle.

In one hour, Xiao Yu completed her conversion to the new cultivation method. Her cultivation had even risen to a seven-star Dou Practitioner, leaving her immersed in shock.

When she finally came back to her senses, the last trace of resentment in Xiao Yu's heart had vanished, replaced by overwhelming emotion. She took the initiative to embrace Xiao Le and offered him her soft pink lips.

Xiao Le naturally would not let such an opportunity pass.

A crisis had been resolved by Xiao Le without batting an eye. As for Ya Fei, Xiao Le believed that given her personality, though she would feel upset inside, she would not show any dissatisfaction openly.

Xiao Le spent every day glued to Xiao Yu, and when the First Elder heard about it, he merely sighed and stopped interfering.

Children and grandchildren would have their own fortunes. Besides, Xiao Le was no ordinary person.

During this time, Xiao Ning heard about Xiao Yu and Xiao Le's relationship and repeatedly tried to persuade Xiao Yu. When he saw that persuasion was useless, he sought out Xiao Le, determined to teach him a lesson.

Unfortunately, it ended in a single move. No matter how unwilling Xiao Ning was to accept it, his strength still fell short of Xiao Le's. Only under pressure from Xiao Yu and the First Elder did he finally behave himself.

In the market district's struggle, the Xiao Family had already secured the upper hand, but the Jia Lie Clan still refused to give up.

"Master Liu, when will your teacher arrive?" Jia Lie Bi stood respectfully before the arrogant young man seated high in the hall, who was wantonly toying with the woman in his arms.

A trace of impatience flashed in Liu Xi's eyes, but upon seeing the seductive woman in his embrace, he smiled. "Don't worry. My teacher will arrive within a few days! I want to take a stroll around the market."

"Ao'er, hurry and accompany Master Liu for a proper look around!"

The proud young Liu Xi never imagined that this stroll would bring about the arrival of his death.