Angel Investor System

"Xiao Chen, listen to me justify this!"

"Don't say another word... Let's just have a proper farewell."

"Get inside!"

Two and a half seconds later.

"Forget it, I won't justify it either. You know very well why I'm like this!"

"I'm just not in the zone today..."

"Oh, give it a rest, Brother Wang is way better than you!"

"Zhang Yan! Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river! Don't bully someone in their middle age!"

Wutan City.

In the back courtyard of the Xiao Clan, a middle-aged man dressed in a grey robe abruptly bounced up from the couch, cold sweat instantly drenching his clothes. He gasped heavily, staring at the old, worn beams above his head, lost in a daze.

"Where the hell did this bring me?"

"Is this still back home?"

The next moment.

Memories suddenly pierced into his mind like a wooden stick, churning wildly.

His name was Xiao Chen, and he had transmigrated to become a branch elder of the Xiao Clan, a collateral branch in the world of Battle Through the Heavens.

Same name, same surname, and even his looks were seven or eight parts similar. If not for the memories surfacing, he would have truly thought he was just playing cosplay at that anime convention site!

"Dou Qi Continent... Xiao Clan... Xiao Yan..."

Xiao Chen's heart gave a violent leap, and a name deeply familiar to his very bones slipped out.

Three-Stage Dou Qi, the Three-Year Agreement, don't bully a young man into poverty... These vocabulary words flashed rapidly through his mind.

"Holy shit!"

"I became Xiao Yan's big uncle?!"

"Bloody hell, this is way better than Gangzi from next door!"

"Clang!"

Just as Xiao Chen's emotions were surging, a cold, mechanical voice exploded deep within his mind.

"[Angel Investor System] binding... Binding successful!]"

"As long as the Host gifts cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, medicinal pills, or even opportunities to destiny-bound individuals carrying fortune, critical-hit rebates can be triggered. The rebate multiplier is determined jointly by the target's grade and the item's fortune tier, with no upper limit!"

The moment the voice fell, a light screen appeared before Xiao Chen's eyes.

Upon the light screen, rows of text clearly emerged.

[Host: Xiao Chen]

[Cultivation: One-Star Dou Zhe]

[Bound Investment Objects: None]

Qidian never lies to me, transmigrating into two Dou realms and having a System Daddy to help out!

And this system meant that as long as he gave things to original characters, he could acquire doubled rewards?!

This fucking thing was angel investing!

Xiao Chen already had ideas in his mind; after all, Dou Po had a famous saying: Dou Qi lights up the skies of Jia Ma, who sees Old Hai without passing a cigarette!

As long as he invested in Xiao Yan a step ahead, what business would that leave Hai Bo Dong?!

"System, open fortune observation!"

Xiao Chen gave a low shout.

The next second, his field of vision underwent earth-shaking changes.

Across the entire Wutan City, countless pillars of fortune light, some bright and some dim, soared into the sky.

Above the heads of ordinary commoners, most were grey-white, dim and lusterless; some guards and servants with slight standing barely had a trace of pale green shimmering above their heads.

Looking at the city full of grey-white vapor, Xiao Chen's brows furrowed tightly.

"Is this right?"

"Is this in the river?"

Yet just as Xiao Chen's gaze swept past the southern sector of the city, his breathing abruptly hitched.

There, a radiant rainbow-gold radiance soared straight into the heavens.

"Rainbow-gold fortune... In other words, the Son of Destiny!"

Xiao Chen knew who the owner of that rainbow-gold fortune was even by guessing with his foot.

Xiao Yan!

It was that man with Three-Stage Dou Qi!

They all say you're useless, but how could they know that you're the one with the most potential in this city.

Since no one is helping you ascend to the clouds, I personally must give you a helping hand!

A flash of sharp light crossed Xiao Chen's pitch-black eyes.

Besides that, he rapidly swept his gaze across the city again.

Apart from Xiao Yan's rainbow-gold light, an unblinking golden radiance was hidden within the inner quarters of the Xiao Clan.

And in the direction of the Mittel Auction House in the east of the city, there was also a circulating blue light.

These three pillars of light also made Xiao Chen's state of mind settle down a bit.

Xiao Chen pondered slightly, recording these pieces of information one by one.

Aside from the protagonist Xiao Yan, the other one should be the female lead Xiao Xun'er, and our motherly Sister Ya Fei.

As long as the investment is proper, getting stronger is just as easy as anything?!

Huu—

Xiao Chen let out a long breath of stale air, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

He tidied the gray robe on his body, pushed the door open and walked out, standing with his hands behind his back in the courtyard as he looked toward the direction where Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er were.

"The day the Xiao Clan's genius falls is the time when I, Xiao Chen, enter the game."

"Starting today, in Wutan City, I, Xiao Chen... am going to be that angel investor!"

Just as Xiao Chen's voice fell, the system's prompt tone was still echoing intermittently in his mind.

Bound investment target: Xiao Yan (Heavenly Mandate Gold Fortune).
Bound investment target: Xiao Xun'er (Heavenly Mandate Gold Fortune).
Bound investment target: Ya Fei (Blue Fortune).

Early the next morning, Xiao Clan's martial arts training ground.

Hundreds of young disciples from the Xiao Clan gathered together, densely packing the entire venue.

And at this moment.

In the center of the training ground, the Three-Year Agreement was playing out.

"Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan, with mediocre talent, is unworthy of me, Nalan Yanran. Today, I publicly annul the engagement, and I hope the Xiao Clan will not pester us further!"

The girl's crisp and resolute words were like a heavy hammer, fiercely smashing into Xiao Yan's heart.

Hearing Nalan Yanran's words, Xiao Yan clenched his teeth, his hands gripping tightly as his fingernails sank deep into his palms, his delicate face full of humiliation and unwillingness.

Meanwhile, the surrounding members of the Xiao Clan were also whispering among themselves, their gazes either pitying or mocking as they landed on Xiao Yan like sharp blades.

"Trash is trash, can't even hold onto his woman."

"Now the Xiao Clan's face is completely lost."

"If you ask me, this kind of mediocrity shouldn't have been allowed to hold the title of genius in the first place."

Xiao Chen mingled in the crowd, quietly watching all of this unfold.

Although he knew the plot like the back of his hand, only after Nalan Yanran finished the annulment process and set the Three-Year Agreement with Xiao Yan would Xiao Yan feel the humiliation of the annulment, allowing the Three-Year Agreement to become the catalyst for Xiao Yan to grow stronger.

And this was precisely what Xiao Chen needed.

Offering help when Xiao Yan was at his most down and out, wasn't that the best timing?

"As the saying goes, adding flowers to a brocade is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow."

However, despite saying that.

Xiao Chen still raised his gaze, unhurriedly sweeping over the faces of the surrounding clansmen who were either mocking or pitying, sneering inwardly in his heart.

How could these short-sighted people of the Xiao Clan know that this youth was the future Flame Emperor?

Precisely because of this, Xiao Yan also shouted out the epoch-making famous quote in front of everyone.

"Nalan Yanran! You remember this for me!"

"Today is not you, Nalan Yanran, coming to my Xiao Clan to annul the engagement, but rather I, Xiao Yan, dumping you, Nalan Yanran!"

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, do not bully a young man into poverty!"

After watching this grand drama, Xiao Chen no longer stayed.

He turned and left the training ground, his pace calm and his figure completely unremarkable among the crowd.

Since the system had already bound Xiao Yan, he naturally had to start preparing items he could gift to Xiao Yan, making his first investment in Xiao Yan to obtain system rewards.