Xiao Yan did have the capital to be proud of. He started practicing Qi at the age of four, possessed the ninth level of Dou Qi at the age of ten, and broke through the tenth level of Dou Qi at the age of eleven. He successfully condensed the Dou Qi vortex and became the youngest fighter in the family within a hundred years. His name as a genius resounded throughout Wutan City, and even the Yunlan Sect extended an olive branch, intending to recruit him as an inner disciple, but he declined.

He didn't like the atmosphere of the sect, and once he entered the sect, it was not easy to get out.

Compared to the so-called sectarian forces, Xiao Yan prefers to stay in his family and be with his family members. Having lived in Wutan City for more than ten years, he is very satisfied with everything at the moment and does not want to engage in meaningless fights.

In other words, he likes his current comfort zone and doesn't want to step out of it for the time being.

As for the future.

Xiao Yan was not in a hurry. He was still young, his body had not fully developed, and his fighting spirit was steadily improving. It would be okay to consider it after a few years. By then, he might follow Xiao Yu's advice and enter Canaan College to study for a period of time.

However, at present, his age and fighting spirit cultivation cannot support him to see the wider world.

"Next, Xiao Xun'er!"

The voice of the tester in the distance interrupted Xiao Yan's thoughts, causing him to involuntarily lock his eyes on a young girl. She was a girl in a light purple dress, elegant and independent, with a cool and elegant look on her calm and tender face, like a newly blossoming green lotus.

At such a young age, she already has an extraordinary temperament. It is hard to imagine how stunningly beautiful she will be when she grows up...

The girl's walk instantly attracted everyone's attention. At the same time, many young men looked at her infatuatedly and could not help but be attracted by her. Even Xiao Yan was the same. After all, the girl's appearance and temperament were undoubtedly several points higher than Xiao Mei beside her.

No matter whether a man is young or old, there is no man who is not lustful.

"Mei'er just knew that Brother Xiao Yan likes Sister Xun'er more~" Xiao Mei noticed the changes around her, especially the gaze of Xiao Yan beside her, which made her feel extremely jealous. She frowned slightly and said in a coquettish and aggrieved manner.

"Ahem, what nonsense are you talking about!" Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan coughed, retracted his gaze from Xiao Xun'er, and said calmly.

However, he still glanced in Xiao Xun'er's direction from time to time. To be honest, Xun'er was getting more and more beautiful as she grew up. He didn't notice it when he was a child. He just thought that the little girl was not sociable and a little pitiful. As an adult with a soul, he would naturally take care of this "lonely" little sister.

As she grew older, Xiao Xun'er became more and more graceful, with excellent temperament and appearance. Many young men in Wutan City had heard of her name, and some even climbed over the wall to peek at her, and her personality seemed to be becoming more and more quiet and cold.

I could still get in touch with it when I was a child, but now I feel much more distant from it.

Xiao Yan was helpless about this. He tried to get in touch with the other party to enhance their relationship, but Xiao Xun'er did not change her attitude. She was still so polite and rarely showed the expression of a young girl.

After trying a few times, Xiao Yan gave up. He was not so obsessed with a young girl that he could not walk.

He also has his own pride.

Xiao Mei smiled sweetly and did not continue to say words that would embarrass Xiao Yan. She was a considerate little sister. She looked at the girl who walked to the magic stone tablet in the distance and said with some comparison in mind, "I wonder if Sister Xun'er's strength has improved this time."

As she finished speaking, Xiao Xun'er also raised her little hand, and the purple sleeve inlaid with black and gold threads slid down, revealing a piece of snow-white and delicate wrist, and then she lightly touched the stone tablet... After a slight silence, the dazzling light bloomed again on the stone tablet.

"Fighting Spirit: Seventh Stage! Level: Advanced!"

As the characters on the magic stone tablet appeared, everyone present fell silent.

“…She is not far from condensing the Dou Qi Cyclone. In a year at most, she can try to break through to the Dou level. Wow, the next best person to Master Xiao Yan is Miss Xun’er!” After a moment, some noisy sounds emerged from the crowd in the distance.

The examiner in charge of the magic stone tablet smiled and bowed slightly to the girl: "Miss Xun'er, if you can break through to the fighter level within a year, you will be the second person in the Xiao clan in the past hundred years!"

"Thank you~" The girl seemed to have no interest in this. Her eyes were calm. She responded softly and turned to leave.

There were people along the way who wanted to say hello to her, but were driven back by her cold aura.

Until someone stood in front of her.

Xiao Yan...

Xiao Xun'er's eyes moved slightly as she stared at him. Some interesting memories from her childhood emerged, causing a faint smile to appear on her lips. She asked softly, "Brother Xiao Yan, is there something wrong?"

Laugh...laugh!
This scene stunned many people, and they immediately looked at Xiao Yan with envy.

Xiao Yan was also shaken by the girl's smile, and said inexplicably: "You are not far from condensing the Dou Qi Cyclone. If you encounter any problems during this period, you can ask me. I have some experience in this regard."

After saying this, he inexplicably felt a little hot on his face. The condensed cyclone has always been looked after by the elders, and his strength is obviously still lacking. It seems that he has some ulterior motives when he said this.

"Hmm~" Xiao Xun'er responded softly and walked away slowly.

"Huh~" Xiao Yan watched Xiao Xun'er leave and inexplicably let out a long sigh of relief. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the aura of the girl in front of him was a little too strong, completely different from Xiao Mei and other women.

Xiao Mei stood beside Xiao Yan and muttered softly, "Sister Xun'er really doesn't know how to be kind. Brother Xiao Yan cares about her so much, but she doesn't appreciate it."

"This girl has always been like this~" Xiao Yan said, not caring.

"It will be Brother Xiao Yan's turn to be tested soon, right? Brother Xiao Yan, tell Mei'er quietly, what is your current strength? Have you made a breakthrough to the Fighting Master level?!" Xiao Mei blinked her slightly charming eyes, her eyes full of Xiao Yan, and asked brightly.

"I won't need to take any more tests from now on~" Xiao Yan said with a confident smile.

The youth's high spirits were clearly revealed at this moment. He was no longer a fighter, but a true two-star fighter. Even in the family, there were only a few people with higher cultivation than him. Even in Wutan City, he could be called a strong man!
Xiao Mei looked at Xiao Yan with admiration and said sweetly, "As expected, you are Brother Xiao Yan!"

……

The Xiao family's family test did not have any impact on Xiao Xun'er. She took a leisurely walk in the back mountain, holding an ancient book in her hand, reading the cultivation experience of the ancient clan, which contained detailed introductions to fighting spirit, soul realm, and so on.

As she grew older, the hidden dangers in her body were gradually eliminated. At the same time, the power derived from the Dou Emperor's bloodline also began to recover steadily. This could be felt from her increasingly rapid training speed. This kind of training did not cause any pain to the body, and it was obvious that the body had adapted to it.

She can even temporarily borrow the power of her bloodline to greatly increase her body's strength... However, such a mobilization will also put a considerable burden on the body and will make it weak for a period of time.

This incident indirectly reflects that the concentration of her Doudi bloodline is extremely high!
After all, the blood concentration is not high, so it is impossible to do something like opening the clan pattern. Moreover, Xiao Xun'er can sense the power of this force. If she does not care about the consequences, she can even increase her strength to an unimaginable level.

At the same time, the space beside her suddenly twisted. After a moment, a middle-aged woman in a black dress walked out. She looked at the girl gently. After a moment, a little distress appeared in her eyes. She whispered, "Miss, a message from the clan just came..."

"Hmm? Is there something wrong?" Gu Xun'er paused, looked over with her elegant eyes and asked.

"I hope Miss is mentally prepared... The clan has decided to form an alliance with the Soul Clan." Aunt Hua hesitated for a moment before slowly telling her the news. After she finished speaking, she didn't even dare to look at the girl's eyes. With her intelligence, she would definitely understand what she meant in an instant.

Gu Xun'er was stunned, with visible panic in her eyes. She used to be cold and quiet in the Xiao family just to prevent those guys from approaching her endlessly. In fact, she was only a thirteen-year-old girl after all, and her mind was not yet mature. When she suddenly heard that her family wanted her to arrange a marriage, how could she not be afraid and panicked.

"How...how could it be like this suddenly? Hasn't the relationship between my clan and the Soul Clan always been bad? Also, how could father...why would he agree to this?" Gu Xun'er bit her lips lightly, like an abandoned little animal, and spoke in a low voice.

"A peerless monster appeared in the Soul Clan. The clan leader came personally to propose marriage for him. As for more, I don't know." Aunt Hua looked at the weak girl in front of her with heartache and said softly.

She only has the strength of a Dou Zun, and the clan leaders obviously will not tell her the reason for their decision.

The only thing she couldn't understand was that the clan would actually use the clan leader's daughter for marriage!

What on earth was the patriarch thinking?!
Gu Xun'er pursed her lips tightly, her eyes flashing with heartbreaking weakness, but she quickly suppressed these weaknesses deep in her heart. After a moment, she adjusted her mood, looked up at Aunt Hua, and said in a deep voice: "I want to go back!"

She wanted to go back and ask her father for a reason!
"It's better not to go back for the time being~" A familiar sigh suddenly sounded in Gu Xun'er's ears. She looked in the direction of the sound and immediately saw the person she was most familiar with. The other person appeared beside her at some point and looked at her with apology in his eyes.

"Clan leader?!" Aunt Hua was shocked when she saw the person coming, and immediately bowed.

"You leave first. Xun'er and I have something to talk about." Gu Yuan said softly.

Aunt Hua nodded and turned to leave.

Gu Yuan looked at his daughter with heartache as she looked aggrieved. Even with the strength of a peak Nine-Star Fighting Saint, he couldn't stay rational in front of his daughter. Especially when he saw the tears in her eyes, he even wanted to ignore the group of old guys in the clan.

"Why are you crying? Just listen to the news, don't take it seriously." Gu Yuan looked at the tears sliding down Gu Xun'er's eyes, and suddenly became flustered. He would rather fight with Emperor Hun Tian than see this scene.

Gu Xun'er didn't say anything, but her tears kept falling. However, she was very quiet when she cried, just crying silently, with a bit of helplessness and grievance, which made people feel pity for her.

"This matter is a bit complicated. I agreed to this only as a delaying tactic. I don't really want you to get married!" Gu Yuan said with a headache.

Gu Xun'er's elegant eyes stared at Gu Yuan quietly, waiting for what to come.

Gu Yuan slowly and steadily told Yao Yan's information: "The Soul Clan has produced a peerless genius, who has the blood of the Doudi of the five clans: Medicine Clan, Soul Clan, Spirit Clan, Stone Clan, and Flame Clan. At the age of only 27, he already has the strength of a 9th-level Dou Zun, and has only entered the Dou Sheng realm in the past few years. According to investigations during this period, this boy is also an eighth-grade high-level alchemist, possessing five kinds of strange fire... Most importantly, he did not rely on the power of the Soul Clan to cultivate to this level!"

Speaking of this, Gu Yuan's eyes were filled with emotion. He had not seen such an outstanding young man for a long time. After investigating the news, he was also extremely surprised, and the authenticity of the content was also easy to investigate... Yao Chen is now the master of Dan Tower, and Dan Tower also has the support of the Gu clan.

"Now that he has become the young patriarch of the Soul Clan, his strength will surely improve by leaps and bounds. His future achievements will not be lower than that of the Soul Clan's patriarch, Emperor Hun Tian!" Gu Yuan said in a deep voice.

"So father sold his daughter?" Gu Xun'er asked in a cold voice after hearing Gu Yuan's words.

"If that's all, I won't agree to this... Mainly because Emperor Hun Tian's idea is very dangerous. He wants to open the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Cave, but the ancient jade fragments are controlled by the major imperial clans. Now that Hun Yan exists, he can use Hun Yan's bloodline of the five clans' Dou Emperor as a bargaining chip to unite with other clans to open the cave and solve the mystery of the Dou Emperor!"

Gu Yuan's eyes were gloomy, helpless, and hesitant, and he continued:
"The Dou Emperor bloodlines of all clans are gradually drying up. If no Dou Emperor is born in the clan, then the Xiao clan will be the future of all clans. Even if this generation does not open the Dou Emperor Cave, your generation will definitely open it. At that time, there will inevitably be a great war between the imperial clans... Now that it can be opened peacefully, all the elders in the clan have chosen to agree."

In the final analysis, it was to exchange benefits for marriage, but Gu Yuan did not want to say such naked words to his daughter.

Gu Xun'er was no longer crying. She had just suddenly seen her father and her emotions had suddenly collapsed. Now she was much better. After calming down, she asked softly, "Can the words of the Soul Clan be trusted?"

“I don’t believe a word that Emperor Hun Tian said!” Gu Yuan said in a serious tone, “…But Hun Yan’s body cannot be fake. Several elders and I have personally investigated it, and it is real.”

"Then does my daughter have any choice?" Gu Xun'er said in a low voice with a dim look in her eyes.

“Okay!” Gu Yuan took a deep breath, looked at his daughter whose eyes had lost their luster, and said in a deep voice: “As the patriarch of the ancient clan, I can only agree to this matter… But as a father, I support any choice you make. It’s only us who agree to it. If you have enough strength in the future, you can naturally choose to refuse!”

Gu Xun'er's eyes moved slightly, and she understood what her father meant. Her heart warmed slightly. After pondering for a moment, she slowly said: "In this case, wouldn't my father have offended him? If he really takes that step in the future, then..."

"It is still unknown whether there is a way to become an emperor in the ancient emperor cave of Natasha. If there is, he may not be the first to become an emperor!" A gleam of light flashed in Gu Yuan's eyes, and he said slowly. For the sake of his daughter, he decided to give it a try.

Gu Xun'er understood what her father meant. She hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to see him."

"...Okay!" Gu Yuan looked at his daughter, was silent for a moment, and nodded slowly. (End of this chapter)