"Young Miss Nalan, for the sake of your grandfather's Face, I, Xiao, will give you a piece of advice."
"Thirty years Hedong, thirty years Hexi, do not bully a young man into poverty!"
Inside the Xiao Family's deliberation hall, one of Utan City's three great Families, the young man's cold and resolute words resounded.
Everyone's gaze fell upon that slender figure, their eyes momentarily dazed, and they couldn't help but sigh.
Cultivating Qi at four, possessing nine segments of Dou Qi at ten, successfully condensing a Dou Qi vortex at eleven, and becoming the youngest Dou Zhe in the Xiao Family's hundred-year history at twelve—these were the Genius achievements the young man had created in the past.
But just when he was at his most complacent, fate struck him a heavy blow, causing his Cultivation to inexplicably regress, eventually remaining at the third segment of Dou Qi, becoming a Trash despised by others, a state that had lasted for nearly three years now.
Today, this young man suffered the humiliation of his fiancée coming to annul their engagement, which was why he let out such a roar.
"Good, a good saying, 'Do not bully a young man into poverty,' my cousin Chu Xiao is indeed extraordinary."
In the main seat of the hall, a middle-aged man with wide, tiger-like eyes was about to speak, but a young man sitting in the front row on the side of the hall was quicker than him.
The young man was tall and slender, dressed in a black long robe that was both refined and casual, with a high nose bridge, thin lips, and handsome features, just like some high-dimensional Yan Zuyuan Le, who could perceive the story line of this world through storybooks.
As soon as he stood out, he instantly became the center of attention, and young maidens in love cast admiring glances at him.
Among them, a purple-dressed girl who had been constantly looking down at a book also slowly raised her head, a golden flame seeming to flash in her beautiful eyes.
This girl possessed an otherworldly temperament, pure, elegant, and untainted by the mundane, making the young men present unable to help but glance at her.
"Cousin!"
Meeting the young man's gaze full of concern, Xiao Yan, who had been suppressing his emotions, felt his eyes redden.
When he was a Genius, he was surrounded by various praises and flattery, and his personality was inevitably arrogant and eccentric, but when he became a cripple, others gradually began to distance themselves, and even, because they had once fawned over him, out of jealousy for the resources and status he once commanded, they began to mock him instead.
Only his father, mother, elder brother Xiao Ding, second brother Xiao Li, and this cousin Chu Xiao, born to his elder aunt, maintained their attitude towards him, allowing him to see who truly cared for him.
"Brother Yan, I believe in you." Chu Xiao reached out and patted Xiao Yan's shoulder, his eyes filled with encouragement and trust, and a hint of a sigh: "Three years from now, when you go to Yun Lan Sect to challenge her, you will definitely win."
Within the Xiao Family, Xiao Yan roared, and only today did I realize who I am!
I really didn't expect that one moment I was lying on the bed, left arm around the Little Fairy Doctor's figurine, right arm hugging Medusa's figurine, admiring Xun Er, Yan Lingji, Yun Yun, Feng Qing'er, and Shao Si Ming figurines posing on the wall opposite, and the next moment I felt a tremor and lost consciousness before I could react.
When I woke up again, I was already in the Xiao Family on the Dou Qi Continent, witnessing the beginning of Brother Yan's, the Flame Emperor's, legendary life.
But he knew that he hadn't just transmigrated; he had been reborn here, and he still had memories from before the age of three.
When he was three, the Xiao Family in the imperial capital was invaded by a powerful enemy, and his parents died fighting to protect his pregnant aunt, Xiao Yan's mother.
At that time, he was filled with rage, but he was too young to do anything, so he could only stare intently at the opponent's Face, wanting to remember it.
Perhaps the hatred in his eyes was too strong, his gaze too intense, causing the opponent to discover his hiding place and ruthlessly strike, preparing to cut the roots.
His aunt fought desperately with the assassin to protect him, eventually forcing the person away, but she also went into labor prematurely, giving birth to Xiao Yan a month early.
After that day, he might have been stimulated and sealed his memories, only recovering them at this moment upon hearing the phrase "Do not bully a young man into poverty."
"Although this Xiao Yan is not the one I remember, he still seems to be the protagonist of the Trash genre, a Child of Luck?"
Looking at Xiao Yan's youthful Face, a complex emotion arose in Chu Xiao's heart.
Reviewing the memories of the past eighteen years, he found that Xiao Yan had not shown the maturity of an adult since childhood, nor did he seem to have received the same red compulsory education as him; he was a true native.
Most likely, it was the butterfly effect he brought about: his aunt gave birth to Xiao Yan prematurely, and the Soul of his Earth compatriot "Xiao Yan" had not yet arrived.
"I wonder if that compatriot was reborn as someone in the Xiao Family, or if he is somewhere on the Dou Qi Continent."
"Achoo~"
In a mysterious space, a young man, with Dou Qi transformed into wings on his back, was about to pass through a spatial portal when he suddenly sneezed.
Although he was still a mere Dou Huang, his strength was not weak among the younger generation of his Clan; how could he catch a cold?
Could it be that someone was talking about him from across worlds?
"Oh no."
The young man touched his nose, his Soul Power keenly sensing the spatial fluctuation, and his expression changed.
The next moment, a lively voice sounded in his ear: "Yan Xiao, I found you."
Yan Xiao: "..."
How unlucky, he just wanted to leave the Flame Realm to experience the customs of the outside world in the Central Plains, why couldn't he?
"Before you turn twenty, if you don't become a Dou Zong, you are forbidden from leaving the Flame Realm. If you want to go out and play, then Cultivate properly!"
A woman wearing a veil, with a curvaceous figure, appeared beside the young man, stepping on the Void Realm, and pinched his ear.
"Ow, ow, ow, Sis, I was wrong, let go of me." The handsome young man immediately begged for mercy.
But the girl never let go, making him furious.
"Hiss, Huo Zhi, don't push me!"
"I'll push you, what can you do to me, a mere Dou Huang?" The veiled woman's eyes were full of laughter.
"I'll find myself a brother-in-law, do you believe me?" Yan Xiao retorted stubbornly.
Let you suffer the pain of childbirth, hmph!
Huo Zhi: "..."
You should be called Huo Zhi, the 'Zhi' of childish.
Stinky little brother, I guess I didn't beat you enough when you were young.
Chu Xiao, far away in the Xiao Family, was unaware of all this.
He could confirm that his cousin Xiao Yan was not his fellow countryman, but he suspected that he was still a Child of Luck.
This was because although he was born prematurely, his Cultivation talent was still not bad, his Soul Power was also Innate and strong, and he also experienced a regression in Cultivation becoming a Trash; it was very clear that he would form a bond with Medicine Venerable Yao Chen in the future, and today he also encountered the annulment of his engagement.
The destruction of the Soul Clan was "destined" from the moment Xiao Yan's engagement was annulled.
So, should he just find a place to lie down and wait for Xiao Yanzi to become an Emperor before taking him to the Major Thousand Worlds to roam?
The first thing Chu Xiao thought of after regaining his past life's memories was to slack off and win by doing nothing; his mental state was extremely beautiful.
All this took a long time to describe, but in reality, it happened in a flash.
"Why are you lecturing me?" Suddenly confronted, Nalan Yanran glared at Xiao Yan in anger.
She had been pampered by her parents since childhood, and as she grew up, countless men had courted her. After being taken as a disciple by Yun Lan Sect's Sect Master Yun Yun, she was surrounded by flatterers, making her temper incredibly spoiled. She simply couldn't stand being lectured by someone her age.
"Even if your talent was once extremely high, surpassing mine, you are now a useless person who cannot Cultivate, but I have been favored by a Dou Huang expert and taken as a disciple. You and I are from two different worlds. We can put aside the annulment of the engagement today, but three years from now, I hope you will come to Yun Lan Sect as promised, and not be a coward."
After spouting all that, Nalan Yanran still felt it wasn't enough. She turned to Chu Xiao, raising her chin: "And you, what do you know? Xiao Yan was at least a Genius I couldn't compare to before. What are you haphazardly supporting here?"
The young man beside her, wearing a five-star Dou Zhe badge, took a step forward, his eyes sharp, exuding a sense of pressure.
"That's quite a statement."
Chu Xiao rubbed his brow, mobilizing the Dou Qi within his body.
The next moment, a layer of purple-black Dou Qi gauze appeared on his body.
Everyone: !!!