The Four Great Families of the Imperial Capital

The Four Great Families of the Imperial Capital

Over the course of that year, under Xiao Lin's guidance, Xiao Zhan, who had already begun cultivating, successfully sensed qi and cultivated Battle Qi to the first stage.

Although this talent was more than ten streets behind Xiao Yan's in the original story, it was indeed considered quite decent within the current Xiao Household.

Xiao Zhan was now seven years old. Barring any accidents, he should be able to become a Fighter within ten years.

Ten years might sound like a long time, but even Xiao Yan, who had been called a genius in the original story, began practicing qi at four and spent seven years reaching the Fighter realm for the first time at eleven.

It could be said that without the guidance of Xiao Lin, a Dou Emperor, Xiao Zhan might not even become a Fighter in ten years.

After all, unlike cultivation after reaching the Fighter realm, cultivation during the Battle Qi stage was extremely important.

Reading novels every day was incredibly satisfying; the library was vast.

This was when a person laid their foundations.

Cultivating Battle Qi could nourish one's meridians.

Only once the meridians became more resilient could one avoid mishaps when absorbing battle qi for future cultivation.

Otherwise, if one's meridians were too fragile, even a Heaven Rank cultivation method would be useless.

After all, one's meridians would be unable to withstand the absorption and release of excessively immense battle qi.

Thus, people from many great families, including the younger generation of the ancient eight clans, spent a considerable amount of time tempering themselves during the Battle Qi stage in their childhood.

It was no exaggeration to say that the firmer the foundation one laid during the Battle Qi stage, the faster one would advance through later realms!

Perhaps it would take ten years or so to go from the first stage of Battle Qi to Fighter, but afterward, advancing from Fighter to Dou Emperor, or even higher, might take only three to five years.

Most geniuses of the ancient eight clans were like this.

During the Battle Qi stage, there might be differences in cultivation speed, but under normal circumstances, the gaps would not be too great.

Only after becoming a Fighter could the differences in their cultivation talent truly show!

Therefore, Xiao Lin's estimate that Xiao Zhan could become a Fighter within ten years was not slow at all.

After all, whether judging from the original story or from what Xiao Lin had personally seen in this life, Xiao Zhan's cultivation talent was not particularly strong.

No wonder that when the original plot began, Xiao Zhan had possessed only the cultivation of a Great Dou Master.

Furthermore, cultivation methods were also cultivated starting from the Fighter stage, so there was no need to rush that yet.

Even if his son's cultivation talent was not strong and he could cling to Xiao Yan in the future, Xiao Lin would certainly prepare the most suitable cultivation method for his son.

That cultivation method could be something Xiao Lin found elsewhere, or something he created himself.

In any case, it would depend on how things developed in the future.

Xiao Zhan was still a long way from breaking through to the Fighter realm anyway.

Of course, after Xiao Lin revealed his Battle King cultivation to the outside world, the Xiao Household's standing throughout the Gama Empire instantly rose with the tide!

Not only in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, but even in several other cities, the Xiao Household now had businesses and clan members stationed there.

For example, Wutan City from the original story.

From the moment Xiao Lin revealed his Battle King strength, he had already arranged for clan members to establish a presence in Wutan City.

Although it was still unknown whether the Xiao Household would move to Wutan City in the future because of his existence, there could be no harm in making preparations in advance.

As a Battle King family, it was perfectly normal for its influence to extend across multiple cities within the empire.

Therefore, the Xiao Household's arrangements in Wutan City did not draw much attention.

Rather, because the Xiao Household, a Battle King force, had entered the city, Wutan City had become even more prosperous.

One had to know that, within the Gama Empire, aside from the imperial capital, forces with Battle Spirits could generally control a first-tier city.

Great Dou Masters could occupy a second-tier city.

As for Dou Masters and those below them, they could only have a certain degree of influence in third-tier towns and small cities.

Wutan City had originally been only a second-tier city, but after the Xiao Household transferred part of its strength there, this former second-tier city was directly elevated into a first-tier city.

The lord of Wutan City was grinning from ear to ear over this.

As for Wutan City's local forces, they naturally had no other thoughts about the Xiao Household.

After all, their strongest experts were merely Great Dou Masters. What could they use to challenge a Battle King family?

If they provoked the Xiao Household today, they might disappear from Wutan City tomorrow!

Thus, Wutan City's local forces chose to lie flat.

The Xiao Household, which was rapidly rising within the Gama Empire, was not someone they could afford to offend.

Thinking of how the Xiao Household had been treated in Wutan City in the original story, compared with now, the difference was simply heaven and earth!

No wonder the older generation of the Xiao Household in the original story had all missed the days when Xiao Lin had been clan leader and the family had remained in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.

For the clan members, who had long forgotten the Xiao Clan and knew only the Xiao Household, Xiao Lin's existence was indeed proof that the Xiao Household had once stood at its peak.

Likewise, after Xiao Lin's revealed strength broke through to the Battle King realm, the Xiao Household gained a certain share of resources even within the imperial capital.

At the very least, the street where the Xiao Household was located was now tacitly acknowledged by all parties as Xiao Household property.

That was the improvement a Battle King brought to the current Xiao Household.

In truth, if not for giving the people of the Xiao Household behind him better resources, Xiao Lin had not originally planned to reveal his Battle King strength so early.

Because becoming a Battle King meant that if the Hun Clan truly had been secretly watching and weakening the Xiao Household, the forces they outsourced in the end might also be raised by a tier.

Thus, Xiao Lin remained constantly on guard against enemies that might be lurking in the shadows.

Fortunately, everything was calm for the time being.

But Xiao Lin did not relax his vigilance in the slightest.

After all, according to the background described in the original story, Xiao Lin had died from grievous injuries after fighting some enemy.

Whether that enemy had anything to do with the Hun Clan remained unknown for now.

Still, being more vigilant and working hard to improve his strength could never be wrong.

And so, nearly another year passed.

On this day, immense auras erupted one after another from the ancestral grounds of the Nalan Household and the Mu Household.

For the various forces of the imperial capital, which had already witnessed this situation once a year earlier, it was all too familiar.

The Nalan Household and the Mu Household had each given birth to a Battle King expert!

Thus, in the span of just over a year, the three great forces that had once divided the Intel Lineage—Xiao Household, Nalan Household, and Mu Household—had successively become Battle King families.

With the resources provided by the Intel Lineage, the three families had become Battle King families earlier than most people had expected.

As the Nalan Household and Mu Household gained Battle King experts, the forces of the imperial capital naturally began another round of reshuffling.

After Xiao Lin resigned from his post as a general of the Gama Empire, Nalan Jie also resigned from his position as a general.

In the end, with no competitors left, Mu Chen of the Mu Household considered the matter briefly and chose not to resign as a general. Instead, he succeeded the former Mo Ya and became the Gama Empire's new Grand Marshal!

Once all parties had finished congratulating the Nalan Household and Mu Household, some busybody collectively named the Mittel Family, along with the newly promoted Battle King families—the Xiao Household, Nalan Household, and Mu Household—the Four Great Families of the Gama Empire!

In just a few days, this title spread throughout the entire Gama Empire.

Even several neighboring countries had heard of the Gama Empire's Four Great Families.

After all, once one reached the Battle King level, one could already be considered high-end combat power for a nation.

One had to know that there was not actually an absolute gap between Dou Emperors and Battle Kings.

A sufficient number of Battle King experts could contend with a Dou Emperor.

Therefore, the number of Battle Kings in a nation was enough to alter that nation's strength.

From this perspective, the Xiao Household had finally become truly famous.

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