"Indeed, one must be cautious when out and about." Feng Qing'er secretly warned herself.
Sometimes, it's appropriate to be a bit cowardly; it might save your life.
[And this was the beginning of my destiny with Xun Er.]
[After Xun Er was born, Uncle Gu planted the Gu Clan's Legacy Flame within her—a sub-flame of the Jin Di Fen Tian Yan (Golden Emperor Burning Flame), ranked fourth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, used to temper her Dou Di Bloodline. During this period, her Cultivation would be more difficult. To prevent her from feeling suppressed living within the clan, and to give her a normal childhood, she was sent to the Xiao Family.]
All the women gasped.
As expected, he's the top second-generation rich kid on the Continent.
They hadn't even heard of many Heavenly Flames.
Yet, she was born using a fourth-ranked one to improve her Physique.
[Xun Er and I were childhood sweethearts, innocent and inseparable, growing up together; it was inevitable that feelings would develop.]
All the women gasped.
Understood. You're already living off her.
And it's the most delicious bowl on the Dou Qi Continent!
"Hmph!" Queen Medusa clenched her hands.
As she was now, she was too far behind.
She needed to evolve. If becoming a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python wasn't enough, then eight colors. If eight wasn't enough, then nine colors.
If nine colors still weren't enough, then she would become a Super Divine Beast, as Chu Xiao mentioned earlier.
She, Cai Lin—no, Medusa—would never be inferior to anyone in her life!
[In my previous life, when I was young, I didn't understand. I thought my feelings for Xun Er were like a brother's affection for his sister.]
"Based on my many years of reading novels, something melodramatic will happen next."
In the Dan Region Cao City, within the sphere of influence of the Dan Tower in Central Plains.
A girl of about twelve years old was munching on fruit, reading the notebook with great interest.
She was Cao Ying, the Cao Family's favored daughter, who displayed shocking Soul Power at birth, almost killing her mother on the spot.
She began learning Alchemy at seven and had been studying for five years, possessing the strength of a Third-Grade Alchemist. Breaking through to Fourth-Grade within the next three years was not an issue.
By then, she would surely be taken as a disciple by the higher-ups and go into secluded Cultivation within the Dan Tower. When she emerged, she would be a Seventh-Grade Alchemist, with a bright future ahead.
And she had a secret hobby: reading all sorts of novels, especially romance novels.
The appearance of this notebook, in her opinion, was a gift from destiny.
[It wasn't until I accompanied Xiao Yanzi to the Yun Lan Sect to complete the Three-Year Agreement, and then reunited with her after my vacation ended and I returned to Canaan Academy, that I looked at her, now seventeen and even more graceful and elegant, and suddenly realized that I loved this girl.]
"Love!"
Xun Er clutched the bedsheet tightly, her small face flushed.
Upon learning she was the Empress, she had already confirmed Chu Xiao's feelings for her, not to mention Chu Xiao Ge Ge's bold actions tonight, which he had never done before.
But hearing him say it "personally" still made her feel as if she were immersed in a honey pot.
"Yun Lan Sect! Three-Year Agreement!?"
Unlike Xun Er's secret joy, Yun Yun's face fell, and the hand holding the teacup trembled slightly.
Indeed, her bad premonition had come true. Yanran's visit to the Xiao Family to annul the engagement must have caused trouble.
She needed to find out the exact situation as soon as possible; perhaps she could salvage something.
"Swish!"
The teacup shattered. Yun Yun directly transformed her Dou Qi into wings and soared into the sky. After discerning the direction, she flew towards Utan City.
At the same time, she didn't forget to continue paying attention to the updated information in the notebook.
[But at that time, I didn't dare to confess to Xun Er. After all, Xiao Yi Xian and I lived together for three months in the Monster Mountain Range and formed a bond as confidantes. I also unintentionally developed an ambiguous relationship with Yun Yun, and something indescribable happened with Cai Lin due to the Heavenly Flame's transformation. I always felt guilty when facing her.]
"Oh my!"
Cao Ying excitedly kicked her small jade feet and took out a pile of fruits and nuts from her storage ring to munch on.
Now things were getting interesting. Childhood sweethearts separated for a long time, and the beloved brother was entangled with three women outside.
It would be quite entertaining when they all met and fought.
"A bond as confidantes!"
Xiao Yi Xian, who was bathing in a wooden tub, paused her small hand, her thoughts in disarray.
She knew her own situation; she wasn't someone who easily accepted others or let them into her heart.
Becoming a confidante with a man was no different from being willing to entrust her life to him.
"Ambiguous relationship!" Yun Yun was so shocked she almost lost control of her Dou Qi and fell from the sky.
In fact, from the very beginning when Chu Xiao called her "Yun" and wrote about agreeing to stay in the Monster Mountain Range for a while, she had a bad premonition.
She was a well-known Dou Huang powerhouse in the Gama Empire, the Sect Master of the Yun Lan Sect.
To actually be with an eighteen-year-old youth...
"No, he's Reborn from a hundred years later; if we compare ages, he's much older than me." Yun Yun quickly shifted her thinking.
But upon realizing what she was thinking, her cheeks flushed.
"I must be possessed by this ancient book's evil. What am I even thinking? He has nothing to do with me!"
On the other side, in the Snake-People Tribe.
"Heavenly Flame!" Queen Medusa thought of the Qinglian Earth Core Flame she had recently discovered.
Could it be that something happened between her and Chu Xiao when she collected the Heavenly Flame?
Or perhaps something happened after she used the Heavenly Flame to evolve her Bloodline, barely surviving and falling into weakness.
Specifically, she would have to see what the notebook said.
[I tried to speak several times, but I didn't know what to say. And she was so dazzling, I wasn't sure of her feelings for me.]
[For the first time, I was cowardly. I wanted to put off dealing with this matter, secretly hiding my feelings, only being good to her.]
[At Canaan Academy, we spent over a year together, full of memories. I hoped it could continue forever.]
[But...]
"But!" Qing Lin was completely immersed, her face showing a nervous expression.
Had something happened to Young Master Chu Xiao?
[The Gu Clan sent their Black Annihilation Army with the Ancient Jade Token to Canaan Academy, demanding that Xun Er, who had refused to return several times, must go back to the clan.]
[Uncle Gu also believed it was time for Xun Er to fully dedicate herself to Cultivation and did not stop this matter.]
[The Black Annihilation Army was the power of the Gu Clan's younger generation. Even the lower-ranked commanders, before activating their Imperial Bloodline and being granted clan tattoos, possessed Peak Dou Huang strength, which made me realize the gap between Xun Er and me in terms of identity, status, strength, and talent.]
[At that time, I almost gave up, feeling that I was just a toad foolishly trying to eat a swan, lacking self-awareness.]
[But Xun Er found me before leaving and confessed to me first, promising to wait for me in the Gu Clan in Central Plains.]
Xun Er's pretty face flushed again: "!!!"
I confessed first?
I actually had such courage?
Hmm, if the situation developed as Chu Xiao Ge Ge said, I probably would...
"Oh!"
All the women gasped in admiration.
This was the top rich and beautiful woman on the Continent falling in love with me, and even confessing first.
Coupled with their childhood sweetheart relationship, this was simply a fatal blow for a man. No wonder this Xun Er eventually became the Empress.
Chu Xiao probably started fighting from this moment, right?
[From this moment on, I decided I would become a peerless powerhouse.]
[If Dou Zong wasn't enough, then Dou Zun. If Dou Zun wasn't enough, then Dou Saint. Until the day my strength was sufficient.]
[Finally, I succeeded!]
[It must have been very difficult along the way.]
All the women: "?"
Why "must have been"? Don't you know if it was difficult or not yourself?