Make Her Pay! She's Rich!

To some people, time was the cheapest thing there was. Yet sometimes, they found it incomparably precious—like that orange-flavored Candy Pill!

by Lu Xun!

Thirteen years later, Xiao Clan.

"Ma... ptoo! Dou Qi: Three Stages!"

As he stared at the five glowing words on the Magic Testing Stone Tablet, so bright they were almost blinding, the boy's face remained expressionless. A self-mocking smile tugged at his lips. His tightly clenched fist drove his slightly sharp nails deep into his palm, bringing waves of piercing pain...

The eyes of those around him were full of mockery and ridicule. They still remembered how dazzling that boy had once been...

"Three Stages? Heh heh, just as I expected. This 'genius' has spent another year standing still!"

"Ah, this trash has completely disgraced the clan."

"If the clan chief weren't his father, trash like him would have been driven out long ago and left to fend for himself. How could he still have the chance to freeload in the clan?"

"Sigh, how did that genius youth once famous throughout Wutan City end up in such a sorry state?"

"Who knows? Maybe he did something shameful and incurred the wrath of the gods..."

The contemptuous laughter and regretful sighs from all around fell upon the ears of the boy standing there like a wooden stake, like sharp thorns stabbing viciously into his heart. His breathing quickened slightly.

The boy slowly raised his head, revealing a somewhat delicate, youthful face. His pitch-black eyes swept woodenly over the peers mocking him around him, and the self-mockery at the corners of his lips seemed to grow even more bitter.

He did not know when they had become so cruel. Three years ago, they had once shown him their humblest smiles. But now? Because he was trash, they mocked and sneered at him...

"Heh, what a damned world this is..."

The boy turned away despondently and quietly returned to the last row of the crowd. His lonely figure seemed utterly out of place with the world around him.

Everyone must have already guessed this boy's identity: the future Ma... ptoo! One-Star Dou Emperor, Xiao Yan!

"Next, Xiao Mei!"

At the tester's call, a young girl quickly ran out from the crowd. The moment she appeared, the discussions nearby quieted considerably, and pairs of slightly heated eyes fixed firmly upon her face...

The girl was only around fourteen. Though she could not be considered a stunning beauty, her still-childish little face carried a faint charm. The contradiction between innocence and allure made her the center of attention for the entire venue...

The girl hurried forward, her small hand expertly touching the black Magic Stone Tablet before she slowly closed her eyes...

A moment after the girl closed her eyes, light once more lit up upon the black magic stone...

"Dou Qi: Seven Stages!"

"Xiao Mei, Dou Qi: Seven Stages! Grade: High!"

The tester announced the information on the Magic Stone Tablet again, making the girl jump excitedly.

Yet the people around her did not offer much praise. Most of them were commenting on the girl's appearance, because they knew there was another monster in this clan! A monster they could only worship...

"Next, Xiao Xun'er!"

The tester's voice rang out once more amid the bustling crowd.

As that elegant name was called, the crowd abruptly fell silent, and every gaze shifted at once.

Where all those gazes gathered stood a girl in a purple dress, poised gracefully. Her calm, youthful pretty face did not change in the slightest under everyone's attention.

The girl's cool, tranquil temperament was like a pure lotus just beginning to bloom. Though she was still so young, she already possessed an otherworldly air. It was hard to imagine just how breathtakingly beautiful she would become when she grew up.

The girl named Xiao Xun'er walked before the Magic Stone Tablet,

Her small hand reached out. The purple sleeve embroidered with black-gold thread slipped down, revealing a snowy-white, tender wrist as she gently touched the stone tablet... After a brief stillness, dazzling light blossomed from the tablet once more.

"Dou Practitioner! Two Stars!"

The tester's astonished voice spread throughout the entire venue!

"Wow, are their whole family monsters?"

"Hehe, one is a true genius at Two-Star Dou Practitioner, while the other is a monster whose level is still unknown—either a Dou Master or a Grand Dou Master. Why was I born into this clan..."

"Heavens! Earth! You already bestowed the two of them with outrageously beautiful appearances, so why did you also give them such terrifying talent?"

"Mere Two-Star Dou Practitioner, what is there to mention! Someone, bring me my Sky-Piercing Halberd! I'm going to unleash an unparalleled attack and wipe them out!!!!"

"Hahahaha, Two-Star Dou Practitioner! Fake! It's all fake! Someone, protect the emperor! Treacherous commoners are trying to harm me! I'm not crazy! I don't want to eat lemons!"

"Hmph! What a bunch of spineless people! I, Xiao Hundan, may just be here to make up the numbers, but I'll still live a wonderful life! Let me eat a lemon first..."

The girl named Xiao Xun'er was not particularly happy upon seeing her test result. She still looked as calm and indifferent as ever, unchanged by the discussions around her.

The tester looked at Xiao Xun'er's result and was about to say something, but a tiger's roar interrupted him...

Roar!!

"Whoa! Little Flower, you're too fast! Stop! Stop already! We're going to crash! People ahead, move aside!!"

Accompanied by the shout of a fourteen-year-old boy, a massive figure leaped up from the edge of the crowd, soaring directly over everyone before landing in front of the Magic Stone Tablet...

"A... a third-tier magical beast, a Wind Howling Tiger!"

As the dust settled, a big ol' tiger larger than your family's tractor, covered in blue-green patterns, appeared before everyone...

"Cough, cough, Little Flower, you... blegh!... Urgh..."

While everyone was still in shock, a figure tumbled from the tiger's back. He first pointed at the big tiger, then hurried to the side and leaned against the Magic Stone Tablet, vomiting a mouthful of "rainbow"...

"I only just realized that a big shot like me actually gets tiger-sick. Sigh, what a dark chapter in my history..."

The boy seemed to have finished vomiting. He slowly took a handkerchief from his storage ring and wiped away the remaining colors around his mouth. Just as he was preparing to turn around elegantly...

A rumble sounded, and the stone tablet he had been leaning against shattered directly into pieces—the kind that even 502 glue could not stick back together...

"Uh... if I said I didn't do it, would you believe me?"

The handsome young gentleman looked awkwardly at the stone tablet, which was beyond saving. He tried to defend himself...

Yet all he got in response was everyone shaking their heads in unison...

The boy: "..."

"I swear, this stone made the first move!"

Everyone watched the boy raise his right hand in a swearing gesture. They believed him even less—had they ever seen someone swear with their fingers spread apart?

"Er... fine, I did it..."

Seeing the increasingly strange looks in everyone's eyes, the boy could only admit his mistake. But what he did next made every male spectator cry out in admiration!

"If you want compensation, ask her! She has lots of money! She's rich!"

The boy grabbed Xiao Xun'er, who had been snickering off to the side, and shoved her right out in front of everyone!

Then he flipped onto the tiger's back and fled! The entire process was smooth as flowing water. In the blink of an eye, all he left behind for the crowd and Xiao Xun'er was a dashing view of the back of his head...

Xiao Xun'er: "..."

Everyone: "..."