I Have a Friend

Looking at Xiao Yan, whose eyes seemed to be shining, Xiao Lin also showed a playful smile.

If you directly ask him about his strength, of course he can't give you a straight answer!

Otherwise, where will the fun be?

"Xiao Yan, do you really want to know my strength?"

And so, Xiao Lin was about to tease his future grandson, the Flame Emperor, again.

"Grandpa, isn't that obvious? Of course I want to!"

Xiao Yan answered without the slightest hesitation.

"Okay, then I'll tell you!"

As Xiao Lin said those words, a mischievous glint appeared in his eyes.

Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Lin finished speaking, Xiao Yan immediately perked up his ears excitedly.

Finally, he's going to find out the true strength of his mysterious grandfather!

From now on, he'll have someone to rely on.

He used to envy Xun'er.

He has a powerful father and a powerful family.

Now, Xiao Yan discovers that he also has a powerful grandfather!

Does this mean that from now on, whenever he encounters an enemy he can't defeat, he can just shout "Grandpa, save me!"

That sounds absolutely awesome!

Many people despise those who have powerful backers or influential connections, enabling them to get ahead of the powerful after dealing with the less powerful.

But when they themselves received such treatment, who would refuse?

The true protagonist of a wish-fulfillment novel is someone who is not only powerful themselves, but also has an equally powerful family behind them!

True strength comes from a strong family!

"Grandpa, actually, I'm only a tiny bit stronger than you, really!"

As he spoke, Xiao Lin nodded seriously.

Xiao Yan: "??????"

That's it?

That's not what he wants to know; what he wants to know is his grandfather's exact strength!

What kind of answer is this?

At that moment, Xiao Yan was dumbfounded.

"No, Grandpa, can't you be more specific? For example, what Dou Sheng are you now? What's your soul realm or something like that!"

Clearly, Xiao Lin Xiao Yan's answer.

After all, isn't saying this the same as saying nothing at all?

Given that he couldn't see through his grandfather's true cultivation level, wasn't that inevitable?

Oh, by the way, Xiao Yan wasn't actually unable to see through his grandfather's cultivation level.

In his perception, his grandfather was already Dou Zong!

Congratulations!

This is also why the eight Dou Venerable from the Soul Hall didn't take Xiao Lin seriously when they attacked earlier and tried to kidnap Xiao Xiao.

Although the fact that the Xiao Household's Old Clan Leader was Dou Zong was somewhat surprising to them, that was all.

Could a mere old patriarch of the Xiao Household family, a Dou Zong, possibly cause any trouble in the hands of eight Soul Hall Dou Venerable?

As a result, the wave crashed in and drowned all eight of them...

You're saying that after witnessing his grandfather simply shrug and then clench his fist, instantly killing the three Soul Hall Dou Venerable had fled in three different directions, yet in his perception, his grandfather was still only a Dou Zong, isn't there something wrong with that?

Leaving aside combat strength, at the very least, Xiao Yan knew that his grandfather's cultivation level was higher than his own.

Otherwise, why would he only be able to sense his grandfather's Dou Zong cultivation level after witnessing such an exaggerated scene?

Isn't this obviously genuine, yet it's been identified as fake?

"You guess!"

However, faced with Xiao Yan's eager gaze, Xiao Lin deliberately uttered a sentence that piqued his curiosity.

Guess?

Guess what?!

Although he had always known that his grandfather had a perverse sense of humor, he never imagined it could be this extreme.

Isn't this just playing with him?

"Grandpa, are you not going to tell me your true cultivation level?"

Xiao Yan looked at his grandfather with a suspicious expression and asked.

"Xiao Yan, how could you say that? Didn't I tell you? I'm a tiny bit better than you!"

Seeing his future grandson, the Flame Emperor, suffer a setback at his hands, Xiao Lin was in a very good mood.

Xiao Yan didn't want to talk or pay attention to his grandfather, but he still wanted to learn more secrets from him!

So, after several attempts to get his grandfather to reveal his true cultivation level, Xiao Yan finally gave up completely.

Sure enough, as long as his grandfather was unwilling, his mouth was harder than an oyster shell!

However, knowing that his grandfather was stronger than him was already a good gain.

Anyway, as long as he does something reckless and provokes enemies stronger than him, and then calls for help when he can't win, he'll eventually figure things out!

Well, at this moment, Xiao Yan had a rather "bold" idea!

I wonder if Xiao Lin would slap Xiao Yan if he knew Xiao Yan had this idea?

Since Xiao Lin refused to reveal his true cultivation level, Xiao Yan could only temporarily set aside the topic.

Next, he became concerned about something else!

It involves his grandfather, and also involves another person.

"Grandpa, since you don't want to tell me your exact strength, I won't force you..."

"Didn't you just keep pressuring me for so long?"

Xiao Yan was interrupted by Xiao Lin before he could finish speaking.

Furthermore, during this time, Xiao Lin even rolled his eyes at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan: "..."

Well, he was speechless.

"Ahem~ Anyway, Grandpa, if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine, but you should at least tell me what your relationship is with Supreme Elder Lin, right?"

It's not that Xiao Yan now suspects that his grandfather and Supreme Elder Lin are the same person, but he always feels that the two of them are hiding something from him!

Upon seeing Xiao Yan suddenly reveal his true identity, Xiao Lin's heart skipped a beat.

He then observed Xiao Yan and breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that the other party didn't seem to have discovered that he and his alias were the same person.

If Xiao Yan exposes this last disguise, then it won't be interesting...

"Is that even a question? Supreme Elder Lin and I are naturally very good 'friends'. From the time we met in the Northwest Continent Supreme Elder Lin, we later established the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace together with several other friends in the Central Plains!"

Xiao Yan, you must be wondering why the Leadership members of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, including Supreme Elder Lin, are so good to you?

That's because they are all my very good friends!

Xiao Lin began to explain very seriously.

In fact, apart from fabricating the story of Supreme Elder Lin as a friend out of thin air, Xiao Lin's statement is otherwise quite correct.

"I can roughly guess that! But I've always wondered, Grandpa, you only know Formations, and your strength is so much weaker than Supreme Elder Lin and the others, how did you become friends?"

Now I understand why. Grandpa, you were a master of disguise!

Grandpa, with your strength, you must hold a very high position within the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, right?

Otherwise, I wouldn't have received such treatment when I went to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace with Cai Lin and Yanran.

"Furthermore, you were able to easily arrange for your eldest and second eldest brothers to enter the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and even get them both to become Dou Venerable now. This obviously requires you to have a certain status within the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, right?"

Xiao Yan's tone carried a hint of probing, but at the same time, it was also genuinely excited.

He was thrilled to be considered the second-generation crown prince of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace!

Xiao Yan hadn't asked his grandfather about it before, but now that he knew about his grandfather's strength, of course he wanted to know more!

"So-so. If I had to rank myself, my status within the sect wouldn't be lower than that of Grand Elder. Besides, the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace is practically half a home for our Xiao Household..."

Xiao Lin spoke subtly, yet with a hint of something more.

And that is indeed the truth!