The Xiao Clan lay within the Endless Vast Mountains, surrounded by towering peaks and deep ravines, with vast ranks of mountains rising majestically around it. Behind the settlement, a waterfall more than three thousand meters long plunged downward. From afar, it resembled a silver true dragon diving from the heavens, its thunderous roar like ten thousand horses galloping.
The entire Xiao Clan occupied this enormous valley. Thanks to the natural waterfall, water was plentiful, forming hundreds of ponds and lakes of all sizes and making this an excellent place for people to live and survive.
The sunset scattered its lingering light like fragments of gold across the rooftops. Wisps of cooking smoke rose amid the glowing haze, filling the settlement with life.
"Waaah!"
A piercing cry soared into the clouds. From the residence of the Xiao Clan's main family, seven-colored divine light shot skyward, illuminating the entire valley. Within that dazzling radiance, something seemed to shimmer with lush green vitality, winding and coiling in undulating contours. On closer inspection, it also resembled a faintly visible gourd-shaped mountain.
Then chaotic mist seethed, clouds billowed, and radiant haze blossomed. Purple qi swirled for thirty thousand miles as a mountain with no visible end appeared, resembling the spine of heaven. The more closely one looked, the smaller one felt. At its foot grew a Gourd Vine, coiling around the entire mountain as it climbed. Like an ancestral dragon, the Gourd Vine wound into the distance, its bark resembling blue-green scales, ancient and weighty, grand and imposing.
Every leaf seemed to be surrounded by three thousand worlds, with endless stars twinkling and countless lesser worlds rising and sinking.
The Xiao Family was a mighty clan that ruled an endless territory with over a hundred million people. Its legacy on this land stretched back thousands of years, and at its peak, it had produced more than one King-Sealing expert.
Today, another grandson had been born to the Xiao Family's current patriarch. No one had expected his birth to cause such an immense disturbance.
The Xiao Family was no longer at its strongest. They truly did not know whether to rejoice or worry.
Fortunately, the seven-colored divine light had lasted only briefly, and it was already dusk. Nights in the Great Wilderness were extremely dangerous, and no one dared wander about after dark. Not too many people should have seen it; they only needed to arrange for the news to be suppressed.
Everyone here lived under the Xiao Clan's protection. Beyond its borders lay ten thousand miles of boundless wilderness, with ancient trees reaching into the sky, sheer cliffs lining the riverbanks, Savage Beasts, and Fierce Birds.
The stronger the Xiao Clan became, the better life would be for both its members and those under its rule, rather than being casually gobbled up by passing Fierce Birds and Savage Beasts.
The commotion had brought many Xiao Clan elders rushing over. Now they stood at a loss, cautious as though cradling a peerless treasure, their breathing quick as they gazed at the swaddled child.
Since his birth, the child had only let out that first loud cry. Afterward, he had fallen silent, lost in thought.
Who am I? Where am I? Did I really transmigrate?
Looking at the crowd of strangely dressed old men and women around him, he reached a tentative conclusion.
The old men and women paid no attention to anything else. What concerned them more was the layer of crimson, flame-like light flowing around the child. A pale golden halo also circulated over the infant's skin, as though a legendary born sage had descended into the world.
"Third Xiao Elder, have you seen anything clearly? Say something already! You're driving us mad with worry. Did you see a Supreme Bone?"
Beside him, an elder standing 1.98 meters tall and built like a savage bull puffed out his beard and glared as he spoke.
The Third Xiao Elder was also tall, standing 1.85 meters. Silver halos flowed through his eyes-a kind of eye technique. He was using it to examine the infant, looking both carefully and cautiously.
"I can't tell. Perhaps my eye technique isn't advanced enough. I haven't found a Supreme Bone or anything like innate Dao patterns."
The Third Xiao Elder scratched the back of his head with a hand as large as a palm-leaf fan, unwilling to accept the result.
"What about anything else? The ancient records mention children born clutching precious bones, innate divine patterns, innate Supreme Bones, even Double Pupils or extraordinary signs like prominent horns on the head. None of those...?"
The First Xiao Elder asked again in his rumbling voice.
"Truly, nothing. At any rate, I can't see anything unusual."
The Third Xiao Elder had stared so hard that tears streamed from his eyes. He hurriedly withdrew his precious technique. He had been far too anxious to get a good look, yet in the end, he had figured out nothing and seen none of what he wanted.
Xiao Tian was now certain that he had transmigrated. In the end, he had failed to escape the calamity of testing positive.
Great Dream System loaded successfully. A great dream spans thousands of autumns; what year is it tonight? Eliminating hidden risks from the period of prenatal bewilderment. Checking in. Birth reward: Calabash Brothers Da Wa Template. To adapt to this world, your innate divine abilities will gradually awaken to perfection as you grow. [Calabash Brother Da Wa (Red Baby), Size at Will, innate divine strength]
Xiao Tian had never imagined that he would awaken the talents of Da Wa, his childhood idol from Calabash Brothers.
At once, "Waaah, waaah, waaah!" The little fellow's eyes were as clear as a black night sky. He flailed his tiny fists while his two short legs kicked nonstop.
"Haha, the little fellow must be hungry. Listen to how vigorously he's crying."
The Second Xiao Elder spoke with a laugh.
Xiao Tian felt helpless. Apparently, he now knew only one language: crying. Worse still, his excitement made him pee, spraying the First Xiao Elder, who had leaned close, right in the face.
"Haha, this boy can pee so high! Third's eye technique must simply be lacking. Our Xiao Family has a qilin child!"
Far from being angry, the First Xiao Elder burst into delighted laughter.
"Indeed. Why do those little legs seem to stir up a tiger's gust when he kicks?"
The Second Xiao Elder, who had fallen silent, spoke up as well. As he spoke, he extended his palm toward Xiao Tian's feet, which promptly kicked it with a series of smacks.
"Hiss! He really is strong."
The Second Xiao Elder sucked in a sharp breath as he spoke.
Unfortunately, I still don't know what world this is, and I can't understand what these old men are making such a fuss about. Still, they seem pretty happy.
Xiao Tian thought to himself.
"He really is strong. At such a young age, even a casual kick probably carries a hundred jin of force."
After testing it himself, the Third Xiao Elder spoke excitedly.
Then Xiao Tian noticed several of the old fellows going too far and roughly guessed what was happening. He immediately began bawling. They were so damned annoying-one shameless old man had even grabbed his little willy.
"Haha! My grandson has the makings of a Venerable!"
Xiao Tian's grandfather, Marquis Ling Tian, Xiao Ling, hurried back from outside and picked up the little fellow as he spoke.
The fifty-year-old man was quite powerful, an expert at major mastery of the Inscription Realm. At this moment, he was practically dancing with joy.
The Xiao Clan had no King-Sealing expert to hold the fort in this generation, and could be considered to have declined.
Xiao Tian had been born in the lower realm, known as the savage wilderness. Its cultivation realms were divided as follows:
Blood Moving, Heavenly Grotto, Spirit Transformation, Inscription Pattern (Marquis-Sealing), Array Formation (King-Sealing), and Venerable (Emperor-Sealing).
Fortunately, Xiao Tian still could not understand what the old man was saying. Otherwise, he would definitely have kicked him.
The old man was like an elderly general on an opera stage, his back bristling with flags.
Besides, what was so great about having the makings of a Venerable?
Xiao Tian's father, Xiao Feng, could only gaze longingly from a distance. His son-that was his son! Yet he had been shooed aside. What an outrage.
Unfortunately, he could not defeat a single one of the seven or eight old men gathered in front of him.
Soon, Xiao Tian's name was settled. It had already been chosen while he was still in the womb, and it was the same as in his previous life: Xiao Tian.
He did not know that yet, nor could he understand what the name meant. Once he grew up, he would understand its significance.
A silver-robed youth, born amid extraordinary phenomena, with towering horns marking his distinction!
Xiao Tian now lay in his mother's arms, suckling her milk with his eyes closed, imagining how wonderful and blissful it would be when he awakened the other Calabash Brothers' abilities.
"This child is absolutely extraordinary. Send down the order: suppress all news of Tian'er's birth."
"Once Tian'er reaches adulthood, with him here, our Xiao Family will surely regain its former glory."
"-"
The old men left, chiming in one after another, beside themselves with excitement.
Ding! Congratulations, host. A new check-in location has been refreshed! Check in beneath the Willow Deity Tree for three minutes.
Just then, the system notification sounded in a way that only he could hear.
The new book is setting off! Readers passing by, flip through and take a look. If you're saving up chapters now, you need to turn to the last page and keep up with the releases.
Previously wrote [Perfect World: Martial Soul] and [Beginning of the Heavens: My Son Ye Fan Has the Makings of an Immortal Emperor].
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