Who Was the Bigger Spoiled Brat?

"What happened?" Xiao Yan's gaze sharpened slightly. "Xiao Ning, explain yourself."

The tall youth was called Xiao Ning. In Xiao Yan's memories, Xiao Ning had been a minor antagonist in the early stages of the original story.

In this world, however, Xiao Yan had beaten him up several times since childhood.

Once those beatings had thoroughly frightened him into submission, Xiao Ning had obediently become a lackey, one of Xiao Yan's most useful henchmen.

"My sister-when my sister was coming back from a mission, she ran into a spoiled brat from the Xiao Lu branch. That bastard keeps pestering her. With her temper, they're probably about to start fighting."

Xiao Ning looked worried. "Brother Yan, hurry over. My sister's side is outnumbered. If you get there too late, she might suffer."

"Got it. Where?" Xiao Yan's expression instantly darkened.

"Around White Jade Mountain," Xiao Ning said hurriedly.

"Go find my second brother and tell him what happened. I'll head over first." With that, Dou Qi Wings unfurled behind Xiao Yan, and he shot into the sky.

With a beat of his Dou Qi Wings, he became a streak of light and vanished into the horizon.

Before the youths could even envy Xiao Yan's Dou Qi Wings, they scattered in every direction to look for his second brother, Xiao Li.

"Grand Elder, it seems something's happened with your granddaughter." Xiao Zhan gazed thoughtfully in the direction Xiao Yan had disappeared.

"Hehe, well, who told my granddaughter to be so pretty? Some lust-blinded brat must be pestering her again. Fine, I'll go take a look."

The Grand Elder chuckled at Xiao Zhan's words, then vanished from the spot with a flicker of movement.

White Jade Mountain stood on the boundary between the Xiao Lin and Xiao Lu branches. Growing on it was white jade fruit, the main ingredient for a fifth-grade pill! This medicinal ingredient was quite precious in the outside world, but within the Xiao Clan, it practically blanketed the mountains.

At that moment, more than a dozen figures hovered in a standoff above White Jade Mountain.

"Xiao Jiande, what exactly do you want?" Dressed in red, with a stretch of her long, shapely legs exposed, Xiao Yu furrowed her willow-leaf brows and snapped.

Her looks were already excellent. Coupled with her voluptuous figure and perfect legs, she was immensely attractive to men.

"What do I want? Yu'er, I told you already. You're the woman I've set my sights on, and I'll have you, no matter what." Opposite Xiao Yu, a skinny young man grinned lecherously.

He radiated the aura of a Dou Emperor, though it was somewhat unstable-a fitting match for his face, worn by excessive indulgence.

"You?" Xiao Yu gave Xiao Jiande a disdainful glance and said coldly, "With that limp state you're in, who could you possibly satisfy?"

Everyone in the sky burst out laughing at her words, though the few Dou Emperors behind Xiao Jiande restrained themselves.

Young Master Xu's reputation was fairly well known among the nearby branches.

"What are you laughing at?" Xiao Jiande turned and glared at them. The Dou Huang experts behind him immediately stopped laughing.

His grandfather was a Seven-Star Dou Zun. Although that hardly made him a truly major figure within the Xiao Clan, to people without any backing, he was already an impossibly lofty mountain.

Dou Emperor and Dou Zun might have been separated by only two ranks, but to most people, those were two chasms they could never cross.

"Xiao Yu, I've spent years painstakingly pursuing you. Don't refuse a kindness only to invite punishment." After everyone's ridicule, Xiao Jiande could no longer save face.

"Hah, you're the one clinging to me like a pest, and somehow that makes it my fault?" Xiao Yu snorted.

"In talent, you can't even compare to the helpers behind you. In character, you're even further beneath my notice.

"Others might fear you because your grandfather is a Dou Zun expert, but my grandfather isn't much weaker than yours. Without that backing, what the hell would you amount to?"

"You!" Xiao Jiande's face flushed with rage at Xiao Yu's merciless mockery. Suddenly, he sneered coldly. "Since you insist on refusing a kindness, don't blame me for showing no mercy.

"Heh heh, with a Dou Zun grandfather protecting you, I really don't dare touch you. But those three behind you will pay for what you've said."

He waved a hand and ordered the Dou Emperors behind him, "Go break those three's legs. Today, I'll show this bitch the price of offending me."

The expressions of Xiao Yu and her three companions changed at his words.

Her three teammates were ordinary clan members who had risen from among the descendant populace. What backing could they possibly have to stand against Xiao Jiande?

"Xiao Jiande, come at me if you have the guts! Is bullying people without backing all you're capable of?"

Xiao Yu's expression turned ugly. She had never expected Xiao Jiande to stoop so low.

"In talent and effort, I really can't compare to these nobodies born among the descendant populace. But what can I say? I was lucky enough to be born into the right family." A twisted smile appeared on Xiao Jiande's lips.

"I just love trampling these nobodies struggling to climb upward right back down. I love using my backing to bully them!"

"Xiao Niu, Xiao Ma, Xiao Ting, split up and run. Don't worry about me. This bastard won't dare touch me," Xiao Yu hurriedly told her three teammates.

"Xiao Yu, you..." Her three teammates hesitated for only a moment, but the Dou Emperors had already surrounded them.

"Damn it!" Xiao Yu's expression changed. All four of them were only Dou Wangs and had never been a match for these Dou Emperors. Now they were at an even greater disadvantage.

"A bunch of Dou Emperors bullying a few Dou Wangs. Have you no shame?"

A calm voice sounded from afar. By the time it faded, a black-clad youth had appeared at the center of the gathering.

"Little Yanzi!" At the sight of the arriving youth, the anxiety on Xiao Yu's face suddenly gave way to delighted surprise.

"Sister Yu, it's been a year. How come you still haven't broken through to Dou Emperor?" Xiao Yan's grinning remark made her delighted face fall again.

"Your legs have gotten even prettier, though." Xiao Yan stared at Xiao Yu's long, beautiful legs and praised them.

Xiao Yu seemed to remember something, and a blush suddenly swept across her cheeks. But when she saw Xiao Jiande in the distance, her lovely eyes turned mischievous.

"Are they pretty? Want to give them a feel?" she asked, preening like a flowering branch swaying in the breeze.

"Hmm? I get a treat like that?" Xiao Yan froze, then smiled and reached out to touch her.

"You little brat, you're actually going to touch them?" With a smack, Xiao Yu slapped his hand away. "Little Yanzi, that bastard said he'd break my friends' legs. He's bullying your big sister like this. Aren't you going to do something?"

"Oh?" Xiao Yan slowly withdrew his hand and smiled. "Is that so? Then how about I break his legs too, to avenge you?"

"Hahaha! Brat, who do you think you are? You think you can break my legs?" Xiao Jiande's voice rang out from a distance.

His face was full of disdain. "Reaching Dou Wang at your age means you've got some ability. Get lost now, and I'll spare your life. Otherwise, I'll break your legs too!"

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu exchanged a glance, then both laughed aloud.

"Sister Yu, having such an idiotic suitor makes even me feel embarrassed for you."

"Ah, when you're too charming, you're bound to attract a few idiots." Xiao Yu covered her face.

"Fuck, you're still laughing? Brothers, break everyone's legs except Xiao Yu's!" Seeing the way they looked at him like an idiot, Xiao Jiande burned with even greater fury.

The Dou Emperors exchanged glances. Just as they were about to act, they discovered that Xiao Yan had vanished from his spot.

An uncanny streak of light left several black afterimages in the sky, and Xiao Yan abruptly appeared before Xiao Jiande.

High-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique: Heavenly Illusory Nine Shadows!

"Fuck..." Xiao Jiande's pupils contracted. Before he could circulate his Dou Qi, Xiao Yan's finger had already tapped lightly against his dantian.

"Pfft!" Xiao Jiande spat out a mouthful of blood. The Dou Qi throughout his body scattered at once, and even the Dou Qi Wings behind him began to show signs of dissipating.

A long-fingered, powerful hand reached out and seized his neck as though grabbing a chick.

"Y-you, what are you doing? My grandfather is a Seven-Star Dou Zun! Touch me, and you're dead!" Xiao Jiande's face reddened as Xiao Yan's grip left him unable to breathe.

"Oh, really?" A trace of terror appeared on Xiao Yan's face, as though the title of Seven-Star Dou Zun frightened him badly.

"L-let me go now, and I can spare your life..." Xiao Jiande gasped, a glimmer of hope and gloating pleasure appearing in his eyes.

So what if you're a genius? Once you hear how strong my grandfather is, you still have to obediently submit.

Once I've investigated your background, just see how I deal with you.

While Xiao Jiande was pondering his revenge, he saw the terror fade from the handsome young face before him, replaced by a disdainful sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.

"A Dou Zun? Sorry... my grandfather is a Dou Sheng."