Dou Emperor!

Dou Emperor!

Ever since Xiao Lin created the Earth Rank mid-level cultivation method, the Star Codex, another year had passed.

Throughout that year, Xiao Lin did nothing but cultivate.

Although cultivation was dull and monotonous, being able to feel himself growing stronger every day still made Xiao Lin quite happy.

Thus, he had remained focused on cultivation, paying no heed to matters beyond his door.

But today, someone had come looking for him, interrupting his cultivation.

At first, when a clansman informed him that someone had come to see him, Xiao Lin assumed it would be Nalan Jie.

After all, over the past six years, Nalan Jie had visited his home more often than anyone else.

It was no wonder Xiao Lin had thought so.

However, this time, it was not Nalan Jie, but someone else!

"Mu Chen of the Mu Household? What does he want with me? We hardly have any dealings with each other!"

After the clansman reported who had come looking for him, Xiao Lin immediately frowned.

Mu Chen of the Mu Household, Nalan Jie of the Nalan Household, and Xiao Lin before he awakened his Past-Life Wisdom were considered the outstanding figures of the Jia Ma Empire's younger generation.

Six years ago, the three of them had successively stepped into the Dou Ling level.

Moreover, all three had served and trained in the Jia Ma Empire's military.

But unlike Nalan Jie, his close friend, Xiao Lin and Mu Chen could only be considered passing acquaintances.

The two did not have any deep hatred between them, but neither did they have much contact.

Furthermore, whether it was the Xiao Household behind Xiao Lin or the Mu Household behind Mu Chen, the two clans had neither trade dealings nor conflicts.

Under such circumstances, it was only natural that Xiao Lin found Mu Chen's visit surprising.

At the same time, Xiao Lin recalled that this Mu Chen was the future head of the Mu Household, one of the three great families of the Jia Ma Empire in the original work.

Unlike the Nalan Household and the Mite'er Family, the Mu Household in the original work had kept an extremely low profile, so low that it barely had any presence at all!

However, Mu Chen had a very sharp eye for people!

In the original work, despite having no dealings with the Xiao Household and no grudge against the Misty Cloud Sect, he had ultimately dared to go all-in on Xiao Yan.

One could not help but admire his judgment.

But those were matters from the original work. The current Mu Chen had not yet become the head of the Mu Household.

At present, the Mu Household's strength was roughly on par with the Nalan Household and the Xiao Household. Including the clan head, it had two Dou Ling experts.

A family possessing more than one Dou Ling expert ranked among the foremost families even within the Gama Imperial Capital.

Above them were the Mite'er Family and the Mu Family, each of which possessed a Dou Wang.

Oh, no—the Mite'er Family's Hai Bodong had emerged from seclusion three years ago and successfully broken through to the Dou Huang Realm!

This had instantly elevated the Mite'er Family's standing throughout the Jia Ma Empire.

It could be said that, aside from the neutral Alchemist Guild, the Mite'er Family was now second only to the Misty Cloud Sect and the Jia Ma Royal House in the Jia Ma Empire.

However, with the Mite'er Family becoming a Dou Emperor family, the Mu Family was now in an awkward position.

As the Jia Ma Empire's only remaining Dou Wang family, the Mu Family was inferior to those above it but superior to those below.

Below the Mu Family were clans like the Xiao Household, Nalan Household, and Mu Household, which possessed several Dou Ling experts.

Therefore, while the Xiao Household at this time was nothing more than a roadside stray when viewed across the entire continent, within the Jia Ma Empire of the Northwest Continent, it already counted as a second-tier family.

Compared with the Xiao Household from the original work, which could only hide away in Wutan City before Xiao Yan rose to prominence, the current Xiao Household, which held a place even in the Gama Imperial Capital, was stronger by far more than a single level.

If the Xiao Household before the original plot began had possessed even one Dou Ling expert, Wutan City would have been completely dominated by the Xiao Household. No other family would have had any say at all.

That was the Xiao Household's current status in the Gama Imperial Capital.

Yet it was precisely because of this that Xiao Lin was puzzled when Mu Chen, the young master of a Mu Household comparable in strength to the Xiao Household, came looking for him.

There should have been no connection between them!

Still, puzzled or not, since the other party had come to his door specifically asking for him, Xiao Lin would not avoid meeting him.

After all, whether Mu Chen had come to cause trouble or truly had business with him, Xiao Lin was confident he could handle it calmly.

And the source of that confidence was not merely his Heavenly Realm Soul Power, but also his Dou Qi cultivation.

Four-Star Dou Emperor—such was Xiao Lin's current Dou Qi realm!

That was right. Not a Dou Wang, but a Dou Emperor!

In other words, compared to the Four-Star Dou Ling he had been six years ago, Xiao Lin had crossed two entire major realms!

What kind of concept was that?

Perhaps before the great powers of the Central Plains, advancing from a Four-Star Dou Ling to a Four-Star Dou Emperor in six years would merely be passable.

But in the Northwest Continent, in the Jia Ma Empire, such cultivation speed had clearly gone beyond all limits.

There might be others to come after him, but there had definitely been none before him!

One had to know that a year ago, when Xiao Lin had just created the Earth Rank mid-level cultivation method, the Star Codex, he had only been a Nine-Star Dou Ling.

Yet now, in just one year, he had crossed more than an entire major realm. It truly was somewhat exaggerated.

Not to mention others—even Xiao Lin himself was rather surprised.

According to his original estimates, with the Earth Rank mid-level cultivation method, the Star Codex, a year should have been enough for him to advance from a Nine-Star Dou Ling to a High-Rank Dou Wang at most.

Yet once he truly began cultivating, he discovered that something was off with his cultivation speed.

Not only was his cultivation speed abnormal, even his breakthroughs were abnormal!

During his advancement from Nine-Star Dou Ling to Four-Star Dou Emperor, only his breakthrough from Nine-Star Dou Wang to Dou Emperor had presented a slight bottleneck. For every other minor realm, he had encountered no obstruction whatsoever!

Was that normal?

It was twelve kinds of abnormal!

Normally, even if he cultivated an Earth Rank mid-level technique, his progress could not possibly have been this fast, much less with almost no bottlenecks at all.

Still, after thinking it over, Xiao Lin could not find the reason.

In the end, he could only come up with an explanation that seemed relatively reasonable.

After awakening his Past-Life Wisdom, perhaps not only had the soul power of his two lives fused, but even his talent had been combined with that of his previous life.

Although he had not cultivated in his previous life and had no idea what his talent for cultivation had been like then—

Judging from the present, it should not have been bad.

That was assuming Xiao Lin's guess was correct.

But it did not really matter. This was a good thing in the end, was it not?

Of course, if Mu Chen had not come to his door for some unknown reason, Xiao Lin would likely have continued cultivating without concerning himself with the miscellaneous affairs outside.

But now that he had been interrupted, Xiao Lin could only choose to meet the man.

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