Five Years

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, five years had passed.

Li Chenfeng had grown from a small child into a graceful young man.

The scenery in his little courtyard remained as beautiful as ever. Only the tiny child who had diligently practiced horse stance there every day had become the agile youth he was now.

"Thunderclap Fist!"

A cold shout suddenly rang out within the courtyard.

A nimble figure abruptly appeared before a boulder as large as a millstone. His feet shifted, his body tilted halfway sideways, and his right fist shot forth like an arrow.

"Bang!"

With a dull thud, stone chips flew everywhere, while spiderweb-like cracks spread out from where his fist met the rock.

"Creak... crash!"

The boulder, now covered in dense cracks from that single punch, creaked and swayed. Moments later, it finally shattered apart.

Looking at the result of his efforts, the young man's handsome face was filled with delighted joy.

After two months, he had finally mastered the high-grade Yellow Tier Dou Technique, Thunderclap Fist. And as expected, the perfected Thunderclap Fist had not disappointed Li Chenfeng—its power was enough to rival certain Profound Tier Dou Techniques.

He was only at the Ninth Section of Dou Qi, yet the destructive force of that punch had nearly reached the level of a Dou Zhe!

"Big Brother is amazing!"

Just as Li Chenfeng was assessing the power of his punch, a crisp little girl's voice came from beside him.

Hearing that voice, Li Chenfeng immediately smiled. He turned to see a tiny figure throwing herself at him, and his hands instinctively stretched forward to catch the small body in his arms.

"Haha, Yanran, is Big Brother impressive?" Li Chenfeng asked with a smile as he looked at his little sister in his arms.

"Big Brother is the best!" Nalan Yanran looked at her brother with a face full of admiration and said proudly, "Everyone in the Imperial Capital knows that Big Brother is the number one genius of the Jia Ma Empire!"

Li Chenfeng smiled and shook his head. Although reaching the Ninth Section of Dou Qi at eleven had indeed shocked many people, he was not arrogant enough to call himself the greatest genius in the entire Jia Ma Empire.

But in his little sister's eyes, her big brother was the most amazing person in the world!

He rubbed the little head in his arms. This little troublemaker, whom he had once regarded as a nuisance, had gradually become someone Li Chenfeng liked more and more over the past five years.

Although Nalan Yanran was now five years old as well, neither Nalan Su nor Nalan Jie had forced her to begin cultivating.

After all, she was only a little girl. With him, her older brother, serving as the family's heir, the heavy burden of the Nalan Clan did not rest upon Nalan Yanran in this life.

As long as I'm here, you'll definitely grow up happy and carefree!

Looking at the little girl in his arms, Li Chenfeng silently vowed in his heart.

"Young Master, let Qing'er hold the young lady. Hurry and wash up; it is almost time to go to the Mite'er Family. The time you agreed upon with Miss Yafei is approaching!"

Li Chenfeng glanced at the sun already hanging high in the sky and smiled faintly before handing Nalan Yanran over to Qing'er.

Over the past five years, Qing'er had grown into a slender and graceful beauty. At twenty, she was in the prime of her youth.

Seeing Nalan Yanran pouting unhappily in Qing'er's arms, Li Chenfeng smiled and said, "Yanran, be good. Once Big Brother has changed clothes, I'll take you to see Sister Yafei."

"Alright, alright!" Nalan Yanran clapped her hands. "Then hurry up, Big Brother. I haven't seen Sister Yafei in several days."

Speaking of Li Chenfeng and Yafei, there was quite a story between them.

Having been reborn on the Battle Qi Continent and becoming the heir of the Nalan Clan, one of the Jia Ma Empire's three great families, Li Chenfeng naturally had considerable curiosity about the beauties from the novel.

Especially Miss Yafei, who was said to be seductive and charming, breathtakingly beautiful, and peerless in elegance. She was so close at hand—if he did not see her with his own eyes, would that not be one of life's greatest regrets?

With Li Chenfeng's status, meeting Yafei was not difficult.

The Mite'er Family and the Nalan Clan were both among the three great families, so they naturally had dealings with one another.

When Li Chenfeng was seven, he finally met the legendary Miss Yafei. However, she was only eleven at the time, merely four years older than Li Chenfeng. Though she was an exceptionally pretty little girl, there was not yet any sign of her future peerless charm.

Moreover, because of her cultivation talent, Yafei's circumstances were not very good despite being the granddaughter of Miter Tengshan, the Mite'er Family's patriarch.

But that happened to give Li Chenfeng an opportunity.

After all, the grown-up Yafei appeared approachable, but was actually somewhat repulsed by men.

In the original story, when she was in Wutan City, countless wealthy and powerful men had spent who knew how much money on her, yet they never obtained what they desired.

In Li Chenfeng's view, that was probably related to the way she had grown up.

But now that he was here, Yafei's path of growth was destined to deviate from its original course.

At this time, Yafei naturally did not possess the shrewdness she would have as an adult. Seeing such an adorable little brother willing to come play with her made her very happy as well.

What she did not know was that this cute-faced, seemingly innocent little fellow harbored wicked intentions. He was planning to raise her himself...

If little Yafei had known what this little fellow was thinking, she would definitely have kicked him as far away as possible!

As for Li Chenfeng constantly running over to the Mite'er Family to visit the patriarch's overlooked granddaughter, the Mite'er Family's higher-ups naturally turned a blind eye.

To them, using a daughter with little talent to establish ties with the future patriarchal heir of the Nalan Clan was absolutely worthwhile!

Some had even considered that it would be acceptable even if Li Chenfeng did not take Yafei as his principal wife, and merely made her a concubine.

After all, Yafei's cultivation talent was truly rather poor, and her status within the family was not high. That old man of the Nalan Clan might not necessarily approve of this marriage.

Still, that was not certain. After all, the wife of Nalan Su, the current patriarch of the Nalan Clan, was not the daughter of any great family, and was merely an ordinary person without cultivation.

Nalan Su becoming the patriarch of the Nalan Clan had happened two years earlier.

After Nalan Yanran was born, just as in the novel, Nalan Jie and Xiao Lin, the old patriarch of the Xiao Family, arranged a marriage contract between her and Xiao Yan.

However, when Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan were three years old, an accident occurred after the two old men went out.

Although no one knew exactly what had happened, one of them died and the other was injured, and the patriarchs of both great families were replaced at the same time.