Xiao Yan's Birth

One hour later, Xiao Wu walked out of the room with blank eyes, his head buzzing.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?

During that hour just now, who knew how much information his brain had taken in?

The Xiao Clan? The Ancient Races? The Soul Clan? And that infamous Soul Hall...

I'm only a seventeen-year-old little Dou Emperor. Why must I bear pain that I should never have had to bear at this age...

Still, one thing was certain: that so-called Full Moon Banquet was probably something he had to attend no matter what.

Forget it. I should go visit Grandpa Shi first.

The current Xiao Wu had grown quite a bit, and now understood what that Ninth Grade Pill back then had meant.

Yi Huang had also told him that these ten years would be the final journey of Grandpa Shi's life, so aside from cultivating, he would spend some time keeping him company.

Today was a day worth commemorating. On this day, twin moons appeared together, Nine Stars One Body, Heaven and Earth Tide, Demon Fire Descends to World... Mm, no, scratch that.

This night was the moment our future Lord Flame Emperor was born. Omens... there were none at all.

It was just that ordinary. Accompanied by a loud, clear cry, Xiao Yan arrived on the Dou Qi Continent.

The only difference, perhaps, was that he was slightly more mature. The moment he was born, he could open his eyes and observe the world.

"What the fuck, where is this? I've been reborn?" Xiao Yan stared around in bewilderment and subconsciously moved his tiny hand.

The moment he lifted his head, he met a pair of loving eyes. Unlike in the original work, in this life, Xiao Long, the Flame Emperor's mother, who had suffered a great loss of vitality after giving birth to Xiao Yan, had been forcibly snatched back from the hands of death by Xiao Zhan with a Seventh Grade Life-Returning Pill.

She could even still watch the utterly restless behavior of her own Little Cutie.

"Husband, give the child a name?" Her tone was gentle, yet it made Xiao Zhan shiver despite himself. His mind quickly raced back, thinking that he did not seem to have done anything wrong!

"What are you thinking about? Hurry up and name him." Seeing Xiao Zhan standing there without saying a word, Xiao Long's gaze grew increasingly unfriendly. Very good. I'm speaking nicely, and you're ignoring me. You really are asking to be scolded!

In an instant, Xiao Zhan felt everything around him become comfortable.

That was right. This was the flavor!

"Let's call him Xiao Yan. Long Er, what do you think?" His tone was firm, but in the end, he still could not help carefully asking for his wife's opinion.

"Xiao Yan...?" Xiao Long lightly tapped her chin. It sounded rather nice, so she agreed.

Then, radiating the glow of motherly love from head to toe, "Yan Er, how about Mother gives you a present?"

However, Xiao Yan naturally knew nothing at this moment. With his body still in an infant state, he had suddenly felt a wave of drowsiness sweep over him just now, and soon fell into a deep sleep, allowing others to do as they pleased.

Then Xiao Long casually took off the ring on her hand, found a red cord at random, and tied it around Xiao Yan's fair, soft little arm.

When Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were born, they had also respectively received a bracelet and a necklace. Although those two brothers did not wear them on their bodies, they still carefully kept them stored away.

Otherwise, that motherly love, heavy as a mountain, would have crushed them.

It was only thanks to the fact that Xiao Han had not yet come out of seclusion. Otherwise, he would definitely have come personally to witness the famous scene of the Flame Emperor forming a bond with the first old grandpa, Elder Yao.

The next day, news that the Xiao Clan Patriarch had once again been blessed with a son spread through Wutan City.

Many clans began preparing congratulatory gifts, especially the other two great clans of Wutan City—the Oba Family and the Gale Family.

For the other smaller clans, the Xiao Clan's arrival in Wutan City had not had much effect. Some clans had even latched onto the Xiao Clan's line and avoided being oppressed by the two great clans, making their days much easier.

But for those two clans, matters were completely different. The two of them had already divided up Wutan City between themselves.

Yet now, because the Xiao Clan had suddenly cut in, a full third of the market had been forcibly snatched away.

At first, they had even thought about joining hands to squeeze the Xiao Clan out of Wutan City.

In the end, they had no idea what was going on with the Xiao Clan. Whether they lowered prices or launched new products, the other side simply took it, did whatever had to be done, and still nothing happened to them.

On the contrary, after that period of time, the Oba and Gale families had been worn out badly and gained nothing at all.

They had even once considered resorting to force, but after the Xiao Clan sent several Da Dou Shi-level experts to pay them a visit, that idea immediately died out.

Forget it, a three-way balance was not bad either. Once we develop a little more, then form alliances and maneuver between them, swallowing up the other two clans and unifying Wutan City will be just around the corner! Hahahahaha~

Moreover, the most frightening thing was that the Xiao Clan seemed rather mysterious. Leaving aside the fact that their Xiao Clan Residence, which usually had very few people around, was completely mismatched with their own scale, there was also their background. Although everyone said they came from the imperial capital, after the two clans sent people there, they could not find any information at all.

In addition, the Xiao Clan also maintained a good cooperative relationship with the Mittel Auction House, which made them even more curious about the Xiao Clan.

One had to know that as an auction house founded by the most powerful merchant clan in the Jia Ma Empire, not just any random nobody was qualified to cooperate with the Mittel Auction House.

This Full Moon Banquet held by the Xiao Clan was precisely an opportunity to probe the Xiao Clan for information.

However, compared with the complicated thoughts of those two clans, the other small factions did not have so many ideas. They simply wanted to go and build a good relationship with the Xiao Clan, becoming a familiar face.

"Oh? The Xiao Clan is preparing a Full Moon Banquet for the patriarch's third son... Prepare gifts!" the person in charge of Wutan City's Mittel Auction House ordered without the slightest hesitation.

There was nothing to be done. The impression the Xiao Clan had left on him was simply too deep.

Back then, the Grand Elder had called him before him and repeatedly instructed him to build a good relationship with the Xiao Clan.

At first, he had been somewhat dismissive. It was only a small clan driven out of the imperial capital. What was there to care about? He had merely followed orders and cooperated with the Xiao Clan.

But a chance encounter had made him realize just how powerful the Xiao Clan truly was. It had happened when he had accidentally witnessed a scene in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

A Tier 5 Magical Beast had fallen just like that at the hands of someone from the Xiao Clan—and it had been taken down in single combat.

He had even heard that Xiao Clan member say to the clansmen behind him, "Hurry up and clean this up. There's another Magical Beast we need to deal with."

His heart had gone cold, and he had been just about to sneak away, but...

"Who's there?"

Damn it! He'd been discovered!

He had stumbled right into the Xiao Clan's affairs on the spot, and he even knew their secret now. They weren't going to kill him to silence him, were they?

But he could only walk out trembling. Naturally, there was no chance of escaping.

"You're from Mittel Auction House?" Unexpectedly, however, the person in the lead had only asked him that question at first.

He had nodded in confirmation and answered honestly.

"All right. You can go. You know what to do, right?" That person had started sharpening his blade.

"I know, I know." In an instant, he was filled with the joy of surviving.

From that time on, he had finally understood why the Grand Elder had ordered him to act this way. He carried out the decision to befriend the Xiao Clan with exceptional thoroughness.

With such a good opportunity this time, how could he, Mittel Qingming, miss it?

At the thought that those two clans in Wutan City still wanted to fight the Xiao Clan, he could not help but let out a derisive laugh. Two clans whose strongest members were merely Da Dou Shi actually dared to provoke the Xiao Clan. They truly had no idea what death was.

What followed immediately was admiration. As expected of the Grand Elder—his judgment was still so precise.