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There was no shortage of geniuses in this world... Talent had its advantages and disadvantages... What did three years of humiliation amount to? One had to set one's sights farther ahead. What you should pursue was the path of an Emperor.

Listen to that. Did that even sound like something a human would say?

Xiao Meng had boasted himself into shivering and did not want to keep going.

Yet the questioning voices were like an AK-47 pressed against his forehead. Even if he did not want to boast, he had no choice.

"But Third Brother, what does this have to do with making Brother Xiao Yan take the blame?" Afraid that Xiao Yan would blame her, Xiao Xun'er put on a timid expression as she asked.

Xiao Meng felt a sharp pain in his lungs. He had said so much, yet why was this damn girl's mind still stuck on the matter of taking the blame? Had she not seen the magnificent blueprint he had painted for Xiao Yan?

Besides, who the hell was taking the blame for whom? Could she please get that straight?

Xiao Meng seriously suspected that Xiao Xun'er was driving at that moment—and already speeding down the highway—or else her thoughts could not possibly have strayed so far from his.

"Xun'er, don't fool around. Third Brother naturally has his reasons for doing this," Xiao Yan said first.

Xiao Meng took a deep breath, putting on a magnanimous look. He raised a hand to signal Xiao Yan not to blame Xiao Xun'er, then said with utmost gravity, "The reason I did this is because Fourth Brother and Nalan Yanran have a certain karmic entanglement between them. If this karma is not removed, Fourth Brother will sooner or later face mortal danger."

"Damn it, I've even dragged out karma. Let's see how you can still doubt me now."

Xiao Meng said viciously, "Go on, ask me what karma is if you've got the guts."

"What? Brother Xiao Yan will be in mortal danger?" Xiao Xun'er's expression changed drastically. The moment she heard Xiao Yan's life was in danger, how could she care about karma? Xiao Zhan was no exception.

Xiao Meng glanced at her and said solemnly, "There are some things that you would not understand even if I explained them now, because your realms are not high enough."

"Third, how can Yan'er avert this crisis?" To Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan's safety was more important than the heavens.

"Three years from now, Fourth Brother only needs to defeat Nalan Yanran himself. That will naturally erase this karma, and he will be safe," Xiao Meng said calmly.

Suddenly, Xiao Meng sensed a faint, almost imperceptible killing intent. He immediately said irritably, "Damn girl, I'm telling you, don't do anything reckless. If you kill Nalan Yanran, Fourth Brother still won't escape his death tribulation."

Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan abruptly turned their gazes toward Xiao Xun'er.

Xiao Xun'er's heart jolted. She had not expected that even the tiniest trace of killing intent she released would be noticed by this bastard.

"Third Brother, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand any of it?" Xiao Xun'er smiled sweetly. Shallow dimples appeared on her pretty little face, making her look exceptionally adorable.

Xiao Meng: "???"

"Xun'er, let me handle this myself," Xiao Yan said. He understood Xiao Xun'er best and knew her temperament.

"All right, that's settled. Fourth Brother, come with me. Father, the rest of you should head back first!" Xiao Meng coughed lightly twice and said.

"Brother Xiao Yan's matter has been explained, but yours still hasn't," Xiao Xun'er said softly.

As soon as those words came out, Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan fixed their eyes on him again, their expressions clearly saying that he should not even think about muddling through so easily.

Xiao Meng instantly felt terrible all over. This damn girl was at it again, always stabbing him with a knife at the critical moment. At that instant, Xiao Meng felt as though his heart had suffered a devastating blow. He was so furious that he nearly shot straight through the crown of his head and ascended to heaven.

He secretly took a deep breath and said with a blank expression, "What about me hasn't been explained? Have I hidden anything from everyone? If you can name even one thing, I lose."

"You've hidden plenty from us," Xiao Xun'er huffed.

Xiao Meng did not want to speak.

But in the end, he still forcibly suppressed the urge to beat up... Xiao Yan, and asked calmly, "For example?"

"For example, your cultivation is obviously very high, so why did you hide it from us? You even said you hadn't cultivated Dou Qi. Xiao Meng, you're a big liar. You even lied to your own... biological father. You're a completely shameless bastard," Xiao Xun'er snorted coldly.

"A completely shameless bastard?"

Xiao Meng's heart jumped. He hurriedly lowered his head to look and confirmed beyond all doubt that he was wearing clothes. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then raised his head to look at Xiao Xun'er in confusion.

Xiao Xun'er instantly froze where she stood, her body trembling slightly.

Countless black lines appeared across Xiao Zhan and the others' foreheads. This guy's comprehension ability had simply transcended the times. He was not even on the same level as them.

"Sister Xun'er, don't make jokes like that next time. You scared my poor little heart so badly it nearly burst," Xiao Meng said with lingering fear, wiping away a cold sweat as if it were true.

Xiao Xun'er's lips twitched, fire blazing in her eyes as she roared angrily, "Xiao Meng, do you believe I'll beat you to death?"

"Nope!"

Xiao Meng shook his head without the slightest hesitation.

"Ptui!"

Xiao Xun'er was practically about to cough up blood. She felt that Xiao Meng was even more hateful than that Nalan Yanran.

"Xun'er!"

Xiao Yan tugged gently at Xiao Xun'er's little hand, signaling for her to stop. When it came to arguing, Xiao Meng was already invincible across the entire Dou Qi Continent. How could the innocent Xun'er possibly be his match?

"Hurry up and explain yourself. Why did you deceive everyone?" Xiao Xun'er took a deep breath. She had come back to her senses and felt that Xiao Meng was trying to use this chance to change the subject.

Xiao Meng rolled his eyes and said, "First, there truly is no Dou Qi in my body, so I was never deceiving you. Second, I already told you that I was born with a divine physique and was extremely powerful. You simply refused to believe me and instead thought I was talking nonsense."

Everyone: "..."

"Third, are you truly unable to cultivate Dou Qi?" Xiao Zhan found it hard to believe. How could someone who could not cultivate Dou Qi be this powerful? What exactly was a divine physique?

Xiao Meng sighed helplessly. "Father, I might deceive anyone, but I would never deceive you!"

"Xiao Meng, don't you think that sounds familiar?" Xiao Xun'er did not believe Xiao Meng's nonsense and still felt that he was lying.

Xiao Meng's mouth twitched as he ground his teeth in anger. The Xiao Xun'er from the original work was not supposed to be this damn way, was she? Wasn't she supposed to be aloof and cold?

"Then how strong are you now?" Xiao Zhan had already believed that Xiao Meng was not lying, because there was no need for him to do so.

Seeing the burning looks in Xiao Zhan and the others' eyes, Xiao Meng could not help saying, "Since we're all family, I won't pretend anymore. I'll lay my cards on the table."

"Actually, my true strength is only around that of a three- or four-star Dou Practitioner."

"Three or four stars?"

"Dou Practitioner?"

"Third, do you mean a three- or four-star Dou Emperor, or a Dou Practitioner?" Xiao Zhan felt that he might have misheard.

Xiao Meng's heart twitched violently. A Dou Emperor? Did his father think cultivation was riding a rocket? He really dared to imagine it.

A fourteen- or fifteen-year-old Dou Emperor—would that leave anyone on the Dou Qi Continent room to breathe?

In the end, Xiao Meng said with a bitter smile, "A Dou Practitioner."

Xiao Zhan nearly suffocated.

"However, I have means to kill a Dou Emperor," Xiao Meng hurriedly added, afraid that Xiao Zhan could not accept such a cruel reality.

Everyone was stunned, but Xiao Zhan quickly recovered. The methods Xiao Meng had displayed earlier were already deeply etched into his mind.

"Anyway, just remember this: I never deceived you."

Xiao Meng looked at Xiao Xun'er and curled his lip. "You were the ones who refused to believe what I said, yet you turned around and slandered me instead. To be so shameless as a person, you could become invincible under heaven."

Xiao Xun'er was so furious that smoke seemed to come out of her nose and mouth, but she could not refute him. She could only glare at Xiao Meng furiously.

"Let's go! Why are you standing there like an idiot?" Xiao Meng gave Xiao Yan a slap and said irritably.

The two left just like that, leaving Xiao Zhan and Xiao Xun'er staring at each other. Thinking about it, it really was true—they had wronged Xiao Meng.

But they still had even more questions in their hearts, while Xiao Meng had already gone far away.