Genius Treatment, Gu Yuan's Gift

Given this girl's background and age, she had actually reached the peak of the Dou Ling realm. It likely would not be long before she advanced to Dou Wang.

Such talent even surpassed Xiao Lin's!

"You understand the bigger picture, unlike ordinary women." Gu Yuan nodded slightly in praise. "Nor will I have your Xiao Clan look after my daughter for nothing."

As he spoke, Gu Yuan casually shot out two azure beams of light, which landed beside the bed.

As the light faded, two exquisitely crafted and incomparably luxurious scrolls appeared before Qin Yueyao and the others.

Gu Yuan said, "I came in a hurry today and did not bring any gifts. One of these, a cultivation technique and a combat technique, is to celebrate the birth of a genius in your Xiao Clan. The other shall serve as payment for looking after my daughter."

Xiao Lin had wanted to offer some polite thanks, but the instant his words fell, a living person vanished from before his eyes.

Such strength made everyone in the room gasp in shock.

After Xiao Lin regained his composure, he walked to the bedside with his son, Xiao Zhan, and said to his daughter-in-law, "Yueyao, look at the cultivation technique and combat technique first."

Qin Yueyao nodded slightly. She opened the cultivation technique and gave it a quick glance, immediately becoming utterly stunned. Then she looked at the combat technique and blurted out, "These are actually high-grade Earth-tier cultivation and combat techniques!"

"What?!" Even Xiao Lin, who was over fifty and possessed exceptional composure, lost his bearing at that moment.

Whether the Jia Ma Empire even possessed low-grade Earth-tier cultivation and combat techniques was uncertain, yet that middle-aged man had casually given them two high-grade Earth-tier techniques.

More importantly, they were a matched set. Their value was far greater than that of any two random cultivation and combat techniques.

Xiao Lin quickly came to his senses and looked at the maids and steward in the room with an imposing expression. "No one is to speak carelessly about what happened today. If I hear even the slightest rumor outside..."

His grandson had just been born, and Xiao Lin did not wish to say anything overly bloody. Yet anyone could hear the severity of the matter from his tone.

Lowering his head, Xiao Lin instructed his daughter-in-law, "That cultivation technique and combat technique were clearly given to you by that gentleman, so you should cultivate them yourself. But you must not pass them on to anyone else. You cannot even let Zhan see them."

Qin Yueyao nodded solemnly. She was exceptionally intelligent and naturally understood what her father-in-law meant.

Earth-tier cultivation and combat techniques were simply too valuable. If word got out, it would likely bring a devastating disaster upon the Xiao Clan.

Moreover, that middle-aged man was extraordinarily powerful. Who knew what temperament he had? If they displeased him, the outcome might be even worse.

Xiao Yan was also somewhat surprised by what Gu Yuan had given them.

Other than arranging a wife for him, that fellow had not spent a single thing.

It seemed that because of his arrival, the butterfly's wings had already begun to flap quietly.

Had he not created cultivation techniques, enhanced his own talent, and enhanced his mother's talent, Gu Yuan would never have been moved enough to gift Earth-tier cultivation and combat techniques.

His mother's current strength, in particular, truly exceeded Xiao Yan's expectations.

A few days ago, her Dou Crystal had resembled a sea urchin. Now, its nine spikes had retracted, clearly indicating that she had reached the peak of the Dou Ling realm!

Using the Xiao Clan's cultivation technique, she had still managed to become a peak Dou Ling expert at around thirty years old!

In the Jia Ma Empire, she could already be considered an exceptionally terrifying genius.

If she did not perish midway, then once he grew up, the Xiao Clan would very likely produce a Dou Huang-level expert.

That was only an estimate based purely on talent.

If they also counted the high-grade Earth-tier cultivation and combat techniques Gu Yuan, his father-in-law, had gifted them, Xiao Yan felt that with his mother's current talent, breaking through to the Dou Zong realm was entirely possible.

Thinking that he had nearly changed the Xiao Clan's fate against the heavens just by being born, Xiao Yan became immensely excited.

A Dou Zong who possessed a high-grade Earth-tier combat technique would be invincible within the Jia Ma Empire.

However, Xiao Yan, who had been put through so much before finally being born, soon grew somewhat tired.

After waking up, Xiao Yan planned to quickly enter enlightenment again and develop a method to cultivate Dou Qi immediately, further expanding his advantage!

Xiao Yan's birth naturally caused quite a stir in Wutan City.

Innate third-stage Dou Qi—many disciples from Wutan City's clans would struggle to reach that level even after cultivating for a year or half a year.

Yet Xiao Yan, this little fellow, possessed such strength from the moment he was born.

Everyone could not help but wonder: Could someone truly begin cultivating while still in their mother's womb?

Of course, they only dared to think such things privately. Out loud, they merely congratulated the Xiao Clan on the birth of a genius, saying that he would surely become a Dou Huang expert no weaker than the old clan head in the future.

A month later, the Xiao Clan held a grand full-month banquet for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan felt no joy over his own full-month banquet. The chaotic noise even gave him a headache.

It was worlds apart from the environment where he had previously entered enlightenment.

He casually fiddled with the ancient ring hanging around his neck, easing his frustration somewhat.

Because of his extraordinary talent, his mother had placed the ring containing Yao Lao's soul around his neck ahead of time.

I wonder how old I'll be when I can "revive" Yao Lao? Xiao Yan thought silently.

To "revive" Yao Lao, two conditions had to be met.

First, he had to reach the Dou Zhe realm. Second, Yao Lao had to absorb Dou Qi for three years before recovering enough strength to reveal himself.

Xiao Yan knew that Yao Lao was actually conscious throughout those three years.

The reason he only appeared after absorbing Dou Qi for three years was simply so that he would possess some strength and be able to deal with members of the Soul Hall should they appear.

After he had been shown around for a while and was returned to his little bed, Xiao Yan closed his eyes and continued entering enlightenment.

As someone born a genius, his mother often told him about cultivating Dou Qi and urged him to grow up to become a powerful expert.

Now that he had been properly instilled with cultivation knowledge, Xiao Yan's heaven-defying comprehension fully displayed its advantage.

The orthodox method of cultivating Dou Qi required forming hand seals and meditating. Only then could one focus on cultivation and guide the energy of heaven and earth.

What Xiao Yan needed to overcome now was the issue of cultivation posture.

He wanted to cultivate anytime, whether lying down, lying on his stomach, or standing, without needing to meditate.

However, the difficulty of this breakthrough clearly exceeded Xiao Yan's expectations.

After all, the widely circulated method of cultivating Dou Qi on the Dou Qi Continent was the optimal method for the Dou Qi stage developed by the ancient Dou Di. That was why it could be universally used throughout the entire Dou Qi Continent.

Now that Xiao Yan wanted to alter a cultivation method created by a Dou Di, the difficulty was self-evident.

Several months later.

After being taught another round of knowledge about cultivating Dou Qi, fully mastering the method, and observing many members of the Xiao Clan cultivate during that time, Xiao Yan had gained an enormous amount of information.

With so much information, Xiao Yan's rate of enlightenment accelerated considerably. At last, he completed a breakthrough.

[Through deduction based on Dou Qi Cultivation Method, after many days of research, you entered enlightenment and comprehended the Dou Qi Breathing Technique!]