After a long silence, Xiao Dongcheng finally spoke again. "Sigh, after all these years, our Xiao Household has finally produced another Dou Wang. I truly don't want anything to happen to you as well. Do you understand, Xiao Lin?"
Xiao Dongcheng's tone carried deep helplessness.
However, the information revealed in his words was rather subtle.
And Xiao Lin naturally caught it at once.
After all, ever since awakening his Past-Life Wisdom, he possessed memories of his previous life.
So, of course, he knew that the Xiao Household once had experts above the Dou Wang realm.
The Xiao Household's predecessor had been the Xiao Clan, one of the eight great ancient clans!
Not to mention Dou Wangs—at the Xiao Clan's peak, Dou Saints had been everywhere. A Dou Wang-level cultivator probably would not even have qualified to guard the gates of the Xiao Clan!
Of course, that had been the Xiao Clan of the past, not the Xiao Household of today.
Though the two shared the same origins, the people of today's Xiao Household had long lost the Dou Emperor Bloodline.
Just like in the original story after the plot began, the clan head at the time, Xiao Zhan, had not known even the slightest thing about his own family's history.
The current Xiao Household head, Xiao Dongcheng, was different. He clearly still knew a little about the Xiao Household's past.
Though he probably did not know as far back as the era of the Xiao Clan, he should have known that the Xiao Household had once been stronger than it was now.
After the Xiao Clan declined, even if there were no more Dou Saints or Dou Venerables in the clan, there should still have been some Dou Zongs and Dou Emperors left behind.
Yet now, if not for Xiao