Yan'er, It Was Time You Went Out into the World

At this point, he had already become the strongest person in Wutan City.

Even if the father-backing effect was triggered, Xiao Zhan could no longer improve his strength.

Only by having Xiao Yan leave Wutan City and encounter stronger enemies would he have a chance to keep growing stronger.

During this time, Xiao Zhan had also put considerable thought into studying his cheat.

Put simply, the Fatherly Love Like a Mountain function made him stronger whenever his sons relied on their father's backing.

As long as his sons triggered the father-backing effect by provoking powerful enemies, his strength would rapidly increase.

But to get his sons to trigger that effect, he could not keep them at home.

Now, with Xiao Zhan's strength as a Nine-Star Dou Emperor, he was already invincible throughout Wutan City.

If Xiao Yan stayed in Wutan City, even triggering the father-backing effect would be useless to Xiao Zhan.

Thus, he could only turn Xiao Yan loose.

As long as Xiao Yan provoked enemies stronger than him, Xiao Zhan's strength would rapidly increase.

So Xiao Zhan could only kick Xiao Yan out of the house and have him keep provoking formidable enemies outside.

Reminder to the host: The "Fatherly Love Like a Mountain" function can only be activated when the host's sons naturally provoke enemies on their own. Any deliberate instigation by the host will be ineffective!

Just as this thought surfaced in Xiao Zhan's mind, the system's notification suddenly sounded in his head.

Xiao Zhan froze, then a faint smile appeared on his face.

"System, I'm not instigating Yan'er to go looking for trouble. I'm doing this to train him and give him experience. Does that count as breaking the rules too?"

Xiao Zhan declared with absolute conviction.

He was only doing this to make Xiao Yan stronger.

After all, flowers raised in a greenhouse could never truly grow.

Only by going out and weathering trials could one become strong.

He was kicking Xiao Yan out of the Xiao Clan to temper him, certainly not to make him cause trouble.

"System, am I not even allowed to temper my own son?"

Xiao Zhan demanded, utterly confident in his righteousness.

System: "..."

"Right, I almost forgot. Besides Xiao Yan, I have two other sons, don't I?"

Xiao Zhan suddenly remembered that he currently had three sons.

His eldest son, Xiao Ding, and his second son, Xiao Li.

Although these two sons were different from Xiao Yan and lacked the halo of a child of destiny.

They were still his sons, after all. As long as they provoked powerful opponents, they could trigger the father-backing effect just the same.

"Looks like I'll have to find a chance to visit those two sons."

He had read the original novel.

Xiao Zhan knew that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li should currently be in Stone Desert City in the Tagor Desert.

The two had also formed a mercenary group and achieved a modest measure of success.

Xiao Zhan had no intention of letting these two sons off either.

Why bother forming a mercenary group?

What prospects could that possibly have?

Even if they wanted to form a mercenary group, they ought to go make their mark in the Black-Corner Region.

What future could they have, mucking around in the Tagor Desert?

Xiao Zhan thought to himself that he absolutely had to visit the Tagor Desert when he had the chance.

He would give those two sons a proper lesson.

Besides Fatherly Love Like a Mountain, the system also had a Many Children, Many Blessings function.

Every additional descendant would earn him a system reward.

Xiao Zhan had already made plans for this as well, and was only waiting for Xiao Yan to leave for his training journey before putting them into action.

Come to think of it, the Many Children, Many Blessings system function could work in tandem with Fatherly Love Like a Mountain.

As the number of descendants increased, wouldn't the chances of triggering the father-backing effect increase too?

If he had enough descendants scattered across the entire continent, wouldn't the father-backing effect potentially trigger at any moment?

"Looks like I'll have to put in some effort myself."

A faint smile curled Xiao Zhan's lips. He was in the prime of his life and in excellent health. This sort of thing would be a breeze for him.

Moreover, this body had remained chaste ever since Xiao Yan's mother died, accumulating substantial reserves within.

With those reserves, Xiao Zhan was confident he could make a splash with a single shot!

Besides the system's two built-in functions, Xiao Zhan had not forgotten his ultimate weapon, the family domain.

As long as he was within the Xiao Clan's territory, Xiao Zhan would receive the family domain's power and become invincible.

In other words, the greater the Xiao Clan's influence and the more territory it occupied, the farther the family domain would extend.

To expand the family domain's coverage, Xiao Zhan had no choice but to expand the Xiao Clan's territory.

"Let's start by unifying Wutan City."

A sharp gleam flashed through Xiao Zhan's eyes.

With his current strength, he was already invincible in Wutan City.

As long as he wiped out the Jia Lie Family and the Ao Ba Family, the Xiao Clan could easily dominate all of Wutan City.

The strongest members of those two families were merely Da Dou Shi.

With Xiao Zhan's current power, he could destroy them with a flip of his palm!

"Uncle Xiao, I'm sorry for causing you trouble last night..."

The next morning, Xiao Xun'er finally woke up. When she saw Xiao Zhan in the courtyard, embarrassment filled her face.

She felt a little anxious. I was drunk last night. I didn't say anything I shouldn't have, did I?

"Xun'er, you're awake. It was no trouble. Your Brother Xiao Yan helped you to bed last night. We're all family, so there's no need to be so polite."

"Go call your Brother Xiao Yan over to eat. I have something to tell him."

Looking at the obedient Xiao Xun'er before him, Xiao Zhan gave her a kindly smile.

By now, he already regarded Xiao Xun'er as his daughter-in-law, and he gave her instructions without standing on ceremony.

"All right, I'll go call Brother Xiao Yan over."

Seeing Xiao Zhan's attitude toward her, Xiao Xun'er felt relieved, then happily went to fetch Xiao Yan.

Brother Xiao Yan helped me to bed last night. He didn't do anything to me, did he?

And did Uncle Xiao just say we were family?

Xiao Xun'er's imagination could not help running wild.

Her pretty face was filled with bashfulness, but joy sparkled in her eyes.

"Father, you called for me?"

A short while later, Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yan arrived together in Xiao Zhan's courtyard.

"Let's eat first. Xun'er hasn't had breakfast either. You must be hungry."

Xiao Zhan had someone prepare the food, then the three sat down to eat. It really did feel like a family meal.

Xiao Xun'er loved this atmosphere. Uncle Xiao inviting her to eat with them meant he had fully accepted her.

At that thought, Xiao Xun'er could not help casting a shy glance at Xiao Yan beside her, who was focused on eating.

"Father, can you tell me now?"

Xiao Yan quickly finished his meal, then looked curiously at Xiao Zhan.

"Yan'er, you're almost an adult. It's time you went out into the world."

Hearing this, Xiao Zhan slowly set down his chopsticks and spoke earnestly.

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