Chapter 1: Desolate
"Xiao Yan, one-star fighter, level: advanced."
Silence. The whole place fell into a dead silence.
Almost everyone stared blankly at the magic stone tablet with four large characters shining on it on the platform.
"Gu." After a moment of daze, he swallowed hard.
Eleven years old, a one-star fighter, what does this mean?
The youngest fighter in the entire Xiao family, and even the entire Wutan City, in a hundred years.
"With this child here, the Xiao family is likely to soar to great heights." In the VIP seats, the leader of a major force made a voice with a hint of envy.
He started practicing Qi at the age of four, reached the ninth level of Dou Qi at the age of ten, and broke through to the tenth level of Dou Qi at the age of eleven. He condensed a Dou Qi cyclone and was promoted to a Dou Zhe. Why wasn't he such a genius his son?
This reflects not just the view of the leader of this strong force, but also the sentiments shared by all present from the middle-aged and older generations.
At the same time, the young boys and girls of the Xiao family in the square also started talking.
"Xiao Yan is indeed worthy of being the greatest genius of our Xiao family in the past hundred years. No, it should be said that he is the greatest genius of Wutan City in the past hundred years."
"Tsk tsk. He is indeed a soul-level figure of the Xiao family. He deserves the title of genius. Xiao Yan will lead our Xiao family to glory."
On the high platform, next to the test magic stone tablet.
Listening to the waves of envy and praise coming from the audience, Xiao Yan's mouth curled up slightly, and his vanity was greatly satisfied.
In his previous life, he was just an ordinary young man who did nothing. It was by chance that he traveled to this vast and boundless Douqi continent.
Relying on the powerful soul of a reborn person, Xiao Yan became a rising star in the Xiao family, and this star became more and more dazzling, and even had a tendency to replace the sun.
The sun is happy to see this happen.
Because the sun is his father, Xiao Zhan, is the head of the Xiao family.
If my son does well, I will naturally feel proud.
Looking at the four characters "One Star Fighter" flashing on the test magic stone tablet, the middle-aged tester was dazed for a long time before he came to his senses and said respectfully to Xiao Yan: "Master Xiao Yan, congratulations on becoming a fighter. In a few days, you can go to the Fighting Qi Pavilion to take a Fighting Qi technique."
"Yeah." Xiao Yan nodded slightly. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with the respectful attitude of the middle-aged tester. With a slight smile on his face, he turned around and then, under the attention of everyone, slowly walked to the two girls.
However, in the last row of the square team, there was a lonely figure that was out of tune with the surroundings.
This was a handsome young man, wearing the clothes of an ordinary Xiao family disciple. He was about the same age as Xiao Yan.
When everyone's eyes were focused on Xiao Yan.
He was the only one with a normal look on his face, sitting quietly against the tree trunk behind him, his eyes slightly closed, and no one knew what was on his mind.
Glancing at Xiao Yan, who was surrounded by many female disciples of the Xiao family, led by Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er, the young man grinned with disdain.
As the saying goes, cause and effect will always pay off.
Now, Xiao Yan's reputation in the Xiao family has reached its peak. Except for his father Xiao Zhan, he treats everyone with an attitude of superiority.
It is no wonder that during the three years when his fighting spirit disappeared, he was ridiculed by almost everyone in the Xiao family.
"Next, Xiao Se." The voice of the middle-aged tester was heard again on the podium.
As expected, everyone's attention was attracted by Xiao Yan's brilliance, and no one would pay attention to this young man who was almost invisible in the Xiao family.
Hearing the middle-aged man's call, the young man raised his eyes and slowly walked towards the platform.
Then, he placed his hand on the test magic stone tablet with ease, and after inputting a small portion of the fighting energy in his body, he stopped.
In the next second, five large characters flashed on the magic stone tablet - Fifth Stage of Fighting Spirit.
"Xiao Se, fifth stage of fighting spirit, level: intermediate."
Compared to when he was testing Xiao Yan, the middle-aged tester's attitude was much more indifferent, but he did not show any mockery.
At the age of eleven, he had reached the fifth level of fighting spirit. Although he was not a peerless genius, he was ranked above average in the Xiao family.
"Your talent is pretty good. You have five years left. As long as you can break through the seventh level of fighting spirit before you turn sixteen, you can stay in the family and continue your training."
The middle-aged tester encouraged the teenager as usual.
"Thank you." The young man nodded slightly, his calm face not changing at all because of the encouragement of the middle-aged tester. He turned around quietly and walked down the test platform.
He walked past the crowd surrounding Xiao Yan and returned to the tree trunk he was leaning against, waiting for the test ceremony to end.
However, what no one knew was that when the boy passed by a purple-dressed girl next to Xiao Yan, the girl cast a scrutinizing look at him and thought to herself, he is clearly at the ninth stage of Dou Qi, but the test result is only at the fifth stage of Dou Qi. Is he hiding his strength?
Sitting by the tree trunk, the boy, who was called Xiao Se by the middle-aged tester, broke off a hanging branch and sighed in his heart, "Alas, has it been eleven years?"
Like Xiao Yan, Xiao Se has a secret in his heart that no one knows: he is a time traveler from Blue Star.
In his previous life, he was a front-end programmer. After getting off work, he died suddenly after reading the Douluo Dalu fan fiction "Douluo: Stealing the System of All Worlds" all night.
Upon waking once more, he discovered that he had entered the world of the novel "Battle Through The Heavens" from his past life, now belonging to the Xiao family.
The most important thing is that his parents are both powerful fighters.
But unfortunately, when he was three years old, the previous head of the Xiao family, Xiao Lin, passed away, and the Xiao family lost the protection of the Dou Wang level strongman since then.
As the saying goes, when the wall falls, everyone pushes it. When you have a huge fortune but do not have enough strength to protect it, the outcome is predictable.
The Xiao family was forced to evacuate to Wutan City, a small border town in the Gama Empire.
From a Douwang family, it has fallen to one of the so-called three major families in Dewutan City.
Xiao Se's parents died while escorting the women, children, the elderly and the weak of the Xiao family to evacuate, trying to cover the family's retreat.
Sadly, because Xiao Se's father was in charge of the Xiao family's criminal law during his lifetime, he was too ruthless and never showed mercy, which offended many people.
As a result, when a housekeeper under Xiao Se's parents risked his life to escort the young Xiao Se back to the Xiao family in Wutan City, he was turned away because of some villain.
With no other options, the elderly housekeeper had to raise Xiao Se alone.
I stayed outside for three years.
It was during these three years that Xiao Se missed the opportunity to snatch Xiao Xun'er away.
Of course, Xiao Se didn't take it to heart.
A tool that Xiao Yan has been touching for two years is not worth his attention.
As Xiao Se grew up, under the guidance of his housekeeper, Xiao Se learned to cultivate a fighting spirit and showed an extraordinary talent for cultivation.
He started practicing Qi at the age of four and possessed the third level of fighting Qi at the age of six.
When the news reached several elders of the Xiao family who had always been at odds with Xiao Zhan, they were overjoyed. They welcomed Xiao Se back to the Xiao family as soon as possible.
It was really because Xiao Zhan's prestige had been too high in recent years, which had made it almost suffocating for several elders of the Xiao family.
He had a talented son, Xiao Yan, who also started practicing Qi at the age of four and had cultivated to the fourth level of Dou Qi at the age of six, which was stronger than Xiao Se.
So when they learned that Xiao Se had cultivated the third level of fighting spirit at the age of six with only a fighter's slave to guide him and without any training resources.
They knew that the opportunity to fight back had come.
Therefore, with the joint efforts of several elders, Xiao Se was pushed out and compared with Xiao Yan, to undermine Xiao Zhan's reputation in the Xiao family.
As a time traveler, Xiao Se naturally could not sit idly by and wait for death as a puppet of the elders.
He also knew very well that "a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind."
So for the past five years, Xiao Se has hidden his talent.
He improves his Dou Qi by one level every two years. His talent is neither too high nor too low. He will not be looked down upon by others, nor will he be praised like Xiao Yan.
It was precisely because of Xiao Se's concealment that the plan of several elders of the Xiao family to counter Xiao Zhan came to nothing.
Now, Xiao Se's fighting spirit has reached the ninth stage. He is only one step away from breaking through the tenth stage of fighting spirit, condensing the fighting spirit vortex, and becoming a fighter.
Xiao Se casually waved the willow branch in his hand, glanced at Xiao Yan, and sighed: "This Xiao Yan is really lucky."
Recalling that a month ago, Xiao Zhan secretly embezzled the family's money to buy a Qi Gathering Powder for his son, Xiao Se felt envious.
The ring that contains the greatest opportunity for Doupo makes Xiao Se look forward to it.
But unfortunately, Xiao Yan is not stupid.
As a relic left by her mother, she values the ring more than anyone else.
Xiao Se couldn't take the risk of attacking the other party and robbing.
Let's not talk about whether he can beat the other party or not, let's just talk about the biggest female bootlicker in Doupo who follows Xiao Yan around all day long.
(Xiao Se: Of course, if you lick me, it would be very comfortable!)
If the other party found out that I attacked Xiao Yan, I would probably lose my life.
As for what other senior time travelers did, they tried to snatch the ring during the three years of Xiao Yan's decadence.
Xiao Se would not even consider it.
Yao Lao has already woken up. If you still try to steal the ring, Yao Lao might think you are the second Han Feng and kill you on the spot. Xiao Se knew that the old man was very suspicious after being betrayed by Han Feng.
Even the decision to recruit Xiao Yan took three years of observation before he made up his mind.
Over time, Xiao Se gave up the idea of seizing the ring.
"Well, even without Yao Lao, I can still become stronger. With my foresight, I can grab the opportunities I know about first."
Suddenly, an ethereal and pleasant female voice sounded in Xiao Se's mind.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for his enlightenment, the Yibao system is loading.]