Cultivating Family Peers

The next day.

Elder Lei Jin brought eight people to Lei Qi's outer residence.

Lei Qi was very familiar with all eight of them—or rather, they were all younger cousins he had beaten up before.

They were Lei Qun, Lei Wen, Lei En, Lei Ren, Lei Tu, Lei Ye, Lei Shi, and Lei Ba.

Among these "peers," Lei Ren and Lei Tu had already become Dou King experts.

Lei Ba and Lei Shi were somewhat weaker, but they had also reached the level of five-star Dou Spirits.

"Wow, the energy here is so abundant!" Lei Shi said in mild surprise after entering the courtyard.

"Yeah, it's not much worse than the Emperor Altar," Lei Tu said in shock.

"Is this the treatment Brother Lei Qi gets?" Lei Ba could not help saying.

With such a treasure land blessed by feng shui, who wouldn't soar?

Hearing Lei Ba's words, the others grew somewhat envious as well.

However, Elder Lei Jin spoke up at this moment. "I already told you before that the reason this residence can provide such abundant energy for you juniors to absorb is because of the opportunity Lei Qi obtained while training in the outside world. Therefore, whether you can stay here to cultivate will ultimately be decided by him."

Upon hearing Lei Jin's words, the group of youths became slightly worried.

If they were kicked out of a place with energy this pure, they would not even have anywhere to cry about it.

Lei Ba, in particular, was already beginning to panic.

"Elder."

Lei Qi appeared at that moment.

"Lei Qi, you know these little ones well enough, so I won't say much. I'll leave them to you. If you feel any of them are unqualified, just tell me, and I'll take them away," Lei Jin said.

"Alright."

After Lei Qi spoke, Lei Jin left the courtyard.

Lei Qi's gaze settled on the group.

They looked back at Lei Qi as well.

But what shocked them immensely was that they had no idea what realm Lei Qi had reached now. They could not see through him at all!

Thud.

Lei Ba directly dropped to his knees. "Brother Lei Qi, I want to become stronger. I want to stay here. No matter what you command, Lei Ba will obey without a word."

Seeing Lei Ba act this way, Lei Shi, who was likewise one of the weaker geniuses, also knelt directly.

With the two of them taking the lead, the rest followed suit without exception, kneeling one after another.

Though they were still cousins of the same generation, who did not understand that with Lei Qi's outstanding talent, he would inevitably become the future clan leader's heir?

Thus, they were willing to submit.

Lei Dong, on the other hand, was somewhat awkward, standing there at a loss.

He admitted that Lei Qi was powerful, but it was not as though he had become completely impossible to catch up to.

That was only because he did not know Lei Qi had fought four Zi Yans. Otherwise, he would not have entertained such thoughts of catching up. Fortunately, the awkwardness did not last long before Lei Qi spoke. "Get up. You can all stay here and cultivate properly. There is only one rule: do not enter my inner residence. If anyone takes even one step inside, I'll cripple him and throw him out."

"Yes!"

The group answered in unison.

Still, they looked at Lei Qi strangely, unable to understand why he would not allow them into the inner residence.

"The inner residence is where Lei Qi's concubines live," Lei Dong reminded them.

Upon hearing that, they all looked at Lei Qi in surprise.

Back in the outside world, Lei Qi had seemed practically immune to women.

How had he, after spending so little time in the inner realm, become...?

They did not understand!

"What are you looking at? What are you looking at?!" Lei Qi was somewhat displeased by their stares.

They were making it seem as if he did not care for women.

It was just that he did not know how to explain such matters.

"Find your own rooms. As for how they are assigned, follow the clan's rules." Lei Qi tossed out those words and turned to leave.

As for how they would divide the rooms, it would naturally be based on strength. The stronger ones would naturally claim better spots, while the weaker ones would receive worse locations.

There was naturally a certain disparity between the energy in the outer residence and the inner residence. The farther one was from Lei Qi, the less one received. Still, no matter what, the energy here was far purer than that of the Emperor Altar.

Moreover, when such abundant energy was absorbed into the body, there was no need to temper one's Dou Qi.

Time always passed unnoticed, and before they knew it, another month had gone by.

That day, while Lei Qi was conversing with Cai Lin, a maid announced from outside the door, "Young Master Lei Qi, the clan leader requests your presence."

"Understood. I'll go right away." As Lei Qi spoke, his pace quickened somewhat.

He could not just leave halfway through what he was saying and shirk responsibility, could he?

Because Lei Qi's pace was too fast, Cai Lin did not know whether she was angry or being rushed, but she stuck out her little pink tongue in urgency and rolled her eyes.

Fortunately, Lei Qi finally explained everything he needed to say to Cai Lin at top speed before hurriedly rushing toward the Thunder Clan's main hall.

After all, even though he had hurried, nearly five minutes had already been delayed.

Making the clan leader wait was not a good thing!

After arriving at the Thunder Clan's council hall, Lei Qi saw that Lei Dong was there as well.

There were also several elders present.

However, none of the supreme elders were there, which showed that the matter was not particularly urgent.

"Clan Leader, elders." Lei Qi cupped his fists in greeting.

"Lei Qi, Lei Dong, this time we are making a visit to the Flame Clan. Which of you is willing to go?" Lei Ying asked.

There was not truly any deep friendship among the Eight Ancient Clans. There were only interests. The Flame Clan and Thunder Clan had more dealings with each other solely because circumstances forced them to.

After all, the Ancient Clan had Gu Yuan, a peak nine-star Dou Saint, as well as Gu Lie, an eight-star Dou Saint, and the three Ancient Clan Immortals, three seven-star Dou Saint experts.

As for the Soul Clan, it publicly had Hun Tiandi, also a peak nine-star Dou Saint, along with the Soul Clan's Four Demon Saints, likewise four seven-star Dou Saints.

Just in terms of high-level experts, the Thunder Clan and Flame Clan could not compare.

It was precisely because of this that the Thunder Clan and Flame Clan had interacted more frequently over the past century. It was now the annual exchange visit, except this year it was the Thunder Clan's turn to visit the Flame Clan. Last year, the Flame Clan's senior elders had brought the younger generation of the Flame Clan here.

However, Lei Qi had not been in the clan at the time, while Lei Dong had been cultivating in the clan grounds. Thus, the Flame Clan had not seen the Thunder Clan's new generation of prodigies.

"Clan Leader, let Lei Qi go. I want to cultivate," Lei Dong immediately said.

Lei Qi glanced at Lei Dong speechlessly before turning to Lei Ying and asking, "Clan Leader, is this trip to the Flame Clan merely a visit?"

He could go, but he still needed to understand things clearly. He could not go without knowing why.

"Actually, there is also talk of marriage alliances between our two clans. Quite a few people in the Flame Clan have heard of your talent. If they see you, I think that old fellow Yan Jin will definitely bring up a marriage alliance," Lei Ying said after hesitating for a moment.

"A marriage alliance with one of their clan's talented daughters?" Lei Qi asked.

"That is unlikely." Lei Ying shook his head.