The Xiao Clan's Family Fortune

In the Xiao Clan, children generally began cultivation at the age of six or seven. Xiao Yan had started cultivating on his own at four and had even succeeded, so naturally no one in the Xiao Clan could match his talent.

But in the Gu Clan, children like Xiao Yan who began cultivating at four were merely standard fare.

This was the gap in perspective. Xiao Yan believed that cultivating at four made him a genius, unaware that to superpowers, it was merely routine.

Limited by his perspective, Xiao Yan believed the little girl before him was an ordinary child without cultivation.

"Little Yan, your sister Xun'er's cultivation is no weaker than yours." Seeing the contempt on Xiao Yan's face, Xiao Yun kindly reminded him.

"Her cultivation is no weaker than mine?" Xiao Yan carefully examined Gu Xun'er, then shook his head. Clearly, he did not quite agree with Xiao Yun's words. In his perception, Gu Xun'er was simply an ordinary little girl.

"Sister Xun'er, please." Xiao Yan extended a hand in a gentlemanly manner and spoke calmly.

Seeing this, Xiao Yun shook his head helplessly. He had already told him, yet he was still being so careless?

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yun understood Xiao Yan's current mindset.

Since Xun'er possessed nine stages of Dou Qi Force, Xiao Yan could not see through her cultivation, so he assumed she was merely an ordinary person with little to no cultivation?

Little Yan, only a genius who dared admit that others might be even more talented than himself could maintain reverence in the future and walk farther.

Originally, Xiao Yun had planned to give Xiao Yan a hand by awakening Yao Lao ahead of time, sparing him the suffering of losing his Dou Qi for three years.

But now, it seemed that if Xiao Yan did not experience those three years of losing his Dou Qi, there might be a serious flaw in his temperament, and his future achievements could be affected.

It seemed Little Yan still had to experience losing his Dou Qi.

Faced with Xiao Yan's composure, Gu Xun'er smiled faintly. For some reason, Xiao Yan felt that her smile seemed to carry a trace of disdain.

"Brother Xiao Yan, be careful."

Gu Xun'er, who preferred peace and quiet, wanted to end this spar quickly. After saying that, she charged toward Xiao Yan.

Low-level battles did not offer any dazzling spectacle. Everything was merely the simplest of clashes.

Gu Xun'er was extremely fast. The instant Xiao Yan reacted, she had already arrived beside him.

"What?!"

Just as the startled Xiao Yan realized that Gu Xun'er was not simple, his eyes were covered by a fair little hand.

The force of her palm swept across his face. Xiao Yan's heart tightened, and a faint cold sweat formed on his forehead. The hand before his eyes moved forward inch by inch, and Xiao Yan had no doubt that he would be sent flying.

"Brother Xiao Yan, you lost."

Gu Xun'er withdrew her hand, gave Xiao Yan a sweet smile, then walked over to Xiao Yun.

Nine stages against three—Gu Xun'er won easily, without any surprise.

Xiao Yun took out a thumb-sized round Pill Candy and handed it to Gu Xun'er. After accepting it, she immediately began eating it with relish.

"It's delicious. Thank you, Brother Xiao Yun."

Xiao Yun looked at Xiao Yan, who was still standing there blankly, and said, "Little Yan, a strong person must acknowledge that there are others in this world who are stronger than him."

"Remember, there is no strongest, only stronger. The same goes for geniuses."

After taking Gu Xun'er on a tour around the entire Xiao Clan, it was already noon. Xiao Yun brought her to eat, then let her continue familiarizing herself with the Xiao Clan on her own before heading alone toward the back mountain.

At the cave in the back mountain, not long after Xiao Yun arrived, Xiao Zhan also came.

Once everyone was present, Xiao Yun took out a storage ring and handed it to Xiao Zhan.

"Big Brother, these are the things I prepared for the clan. Take a look."

Xiao Zhan accepted the storage ring from Xiao Yun. When he sent his consciousness inside, he was instantly shocked!

Inside the storage ring, he saw several hundred cultivation methods and Dou Skills, as well as some heavenly treasures and many medicinal pills that exuded an aura of high quality!

Xiao Zhan withdrew his consciousness from the storage ring. His mouth opened as he wanted to speak, but the shock in his heart left him unable to say anything.

Seeing Xiao Zhan's hopeless appearance, Xiao Lin said irritably, "What is with that expression? Did Zhan'er see a ghost?"

After being scolded by his father, Xiao Zhan calmed down and handed the storage ring to Xiao Lin. "Father, see for yourself."

Xiao Lin accepted the storage ring in confusion and sent his consciousness inside. Before long, he wore the same expression Xiao Zhan had just had!

Xiao Lin was far more knowledgeable than Xiao Zhan. He had even seen fifth-grade medicinal pills before, but in that storage ring, Xiao Lin had actually seen dozens of fifth-grade medicinal pills!

That was not all. Xiao Lin also saw a massive pile of precious heavenly treasures in the storage ring. As for those spiritual herbs and medicines, Xiao Lin felt that even if they sold the Xiao Family, they would not be able to gather even a small portion of them!

Finally, Xiao Lin saw several hundred cultivation methods and Dou Skills piled together, forming a small mountain!

For a clan, cultivation methods and Dou Skills were things that could be passed down forever. They were the foundation upon which a clan survived. Having several dozen of them was enough to establish a fairly sizable force.

For example, the current Xiao Clan possessed only several dozen cultivation methods and Dou Skills in total.

Yet in the storage ring Xiao Yun had brought out, Xiao Lin had actually seen more than a hundred!

"No, I need to look again."

Xiao Lin found it difficult to believe his eyes and sent his consciousness into the storage ring once more.

"This! There are actually Earth Tier Dou Skills and cultivation methods!"

This time, Xiao Lin carefully examined the cultivation methods and Dou Skills he cared about most. He discovered that they were divided into three sections. The Yellow Tier section contained around two hundred, the Black Tier section had nearly a hundred, and finally, thirty Earth Tier cultivation methods and Dou Skills were neatly arranged together!

Within the Jia Ma Empire, the value of Earth Tier cultivation methods and Dou Skills was immeasurable. Xiao Lin had lived so long without ever seeing a single Earth Tier Dou Skill, yet now he was holding thirty of them!

"You brat, did you rob the entire Jia Ma Empire?" Xiao Lin could not help asking Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun replied with amusement, "Even if I robbed the entire Jia Ma Empire, I probably still couldn't find this many Earth Tier Dou Skills."

What Xiao Yun said was the truth. The total number of Earth Tier cultivation methods and Dou Skills in the entire Jia Ma Empire probably would not even exceed the number of fingers on both hands.

Xiao Zhan swallowed and said, "Second Brother, you're giving this storage ring to the Xiao Clan?"

Xiao Lin suddenly felt that the storage ring in his hand was burning hot. The items within were priceless. If word leaked out, Xiao Lin dared guarantee that every force in the Jia Ma Empire would be tempted, and every one of them would mobilize all their strength to seize this storage ring.

Xiao Yun said, "Big Brother, that sounds too distant. The Xiao Clan is my home. What do you mean, giving? This is called contributing."

"I returned this time because I wanted to lead the Xiao Clan's development and make it strong. Consider this the Xiao Clan's foundation that I've provided."

In truth, if Xiao Yun had not feared that Xiao Lin and Xiao Zhan's hearts could not take it, he would have wanted to bring out several Heaven Tier cultivation methods and Dou Skills for the Xiao Clan.

However, Xiao Yun ultimately rejected that idea. For one thing, cultivating Heaven Tier cultivation methods and Dou Skills had strict requirements for talent and strength. Even if he gave them to the Xiao Clan, no one would be able to master them. For another, there was no need.

The things he had given the Xiao Clan now would be enough to make even first-rate forces in the Central Plains of the Dou Qi Continent unable to resist making a move to seize them.