Chapter 47: The Birth of Xiao Yan

An hour later, Xiao Wu walked out of the room with vacant eyes, his head buzzing.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?

In that past hour, heaven knows how much information his brain had received.

The Xiao Clan? Ancient Race? Soul Clan? And that notorious Soul Hall...

I am just a seventeen-year-old little Emperor, why must I endure the suffering that one at this age should not have to bear...

However, one thing is certain, and that is that this so-called full-month feast is likely unavoidable.

Forget it, I had better go visit Grandpa Shi first.

The current Xiao Wu has grown quite a bit; he knows what that Ninth Grade Pill from back then signifies.

He has also been told by Yi Huang that these ten years will be the final journey of Grandpa Shi's life, so he spends time with him whenever he is not cultivating.

Today is a day worth commemorating. On this day, twin moons appeared together, nine stars aligned, heaven and earth surged, and demon fire descended... Hmm, no, scratch that.

This night is the birth time of our future Flame Emperor. Anomalies... there were none.

It was just that ordinary; accompanied by a loud, clear cry, Xiao Yan arrived on the Dou Qi Continent.

The only difference perhaps was that he was slightly more mature. Just born, he was already able to open his eyes and observe the world.

"What the hell, where is this? Did I reincarnate?" Xiao Yan looked around with a blank expression, subconsciously moving his tiny hands.

Upon lifting his head, he met a pair of loving eyes. Unlike in the original story, in this life, Xiao Yan's mother, Xiao Long, who had suffered severe damage to her vitality from giving birth to Xiao Yan, was snatched back from the hands of the Grim Reaper by Xiao Zhan using a Seventh-Grade Life-Returning Pill.

She was even still able to watch her little darling's restless behavior.

"Husband, why don't you give the child a name?" Her tone was gentle, yet it made Xiao Zhan shiver, his mind quickly racing to recall if he had made any mistakes!

"What are you thinking about? Hurry up and pick a name." Seeing Xiao Zhan standing there without a word, Xiao Long's gaze became increasingly unkind. Very well, I speak to you kindly and you ignore me; you really are just asking for a scolding!

In an instant, Xiao Zhan felt everything around him become comfortable.

That's right, this is the flavor!

"Let's call him Xiao Yan. Long'er, what do you think?" His tone was firm, yet he still couldn't help but cautiously seek his wife's opinion afterward.

"Xiao Yan... is it?" Xiao Long nodded slightly, looking as if it were not bad, and so she agreed.

Then, radiating the glory of maternal love from head to toe,

"Yan'er, how about Mother gives you a gift?"

However, Xiao Yan at this moment naturally did not know this. His body was still in an infant state, and he had just suddenly felt a wave of sleepiness wash over him, quickly falling into a deep sleep. He let others do as they pleased with him.

Then Xiao Long casually took off the ring on her hand and randomly found a red string to tie it onto Xiao Yan's fair, tender arm.

When Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were born, they also received a bracelet and a necklace respectively, though neither of the two brothers wore them on their persons, keeping them safely stored away instead.

Otherwise, the mountain-heavy maternal love would have crushed them.

This is thanks to Xiao Han not having come out of seclusion yet; otherwise, he would have had to come and witness the legendary scene of the Flame Emperor forming a bond with his first elder, Yao Lao.

The next day, the news that the Xiao Clan Leader had once again been blessed with a son spread throughout Wutan City.

Many clans began preparing congratulatory gifts, especially the other two major clans of Wutan City—the Aoba Clan and the Jialie Clan.

For other small clans, the Xiao Clan's arrival in Wutan City had no impact; in fact, some clans had avoided oppression from the two major clans by getting on the Xiao Clan's good side, making their lives much easier.

But for these two clans, things were completely different. Originally, the two clans had already finished carving up Wutan City.

But now, because of the Xiao Clan's sudden intervention, one-third of the market had been snatched away by force.

At first, they had even thought about joining forces to squeeze the Xiao Clan out of Wutan City.

As it turned out, nobody knew what was up with the Xiao Clan; whether it was price wars or launching new products, they just took it all in stride, doing whatever they needed to do, yet they remained completely unaffected.

On the contrary, after that period, the Aoba and Jialie clans were exhausted and had gained nothing.

They had even considered resorting to force, but that idea was immediately extinguished after the Xiao Clan sent a few experts at the Great Master level to pay a visit.

Forget it, a tripartite balance is not bad either. Once we develop further, we can use diplomatic maneuvers to annex the other two and unify Wutan City—it's just around the corner! Hahahahaha~

Moreover, the most terrifying thing was that the Xiao Clan seemed somewhat mysterious; not to mention their Xiao Clan compound, which was sparsely manned on a daily basis, completely inconsistent with their actual scale.

Then there was their origin; although rumors circulated that they came from the Imperial Capital, the two clans sent people there only to receive no news at all.

Furthermore, the Xiao Clan maintained a good cooperative relationship with the Miter Auction House, which made them even more curious about the Xiao Clan.

One must know that as an auction house founded by the most powerful commercial clan in the Jia Ma Empire, not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry was qualified to cooperate with the Miter Auction House.

This full-month feast held by the Xiao Clan was exactly an opportunity to probe for intelligence on the Xiao Clan.

However, compared to the complex thoughts of these two clans, other small factions did not have so many ideas; they simply wanted to go and build a good relationship with the Xiao Clan and get familiar.

"Oh? The Xiao Clan is preparing a full-month feast for the Clan Leader's third son... Prepare a gift!" the person in charge of the Miter Auction House in Wutan City ordered without hesitation.

There was no help for it; the impression the Xiao Clan had left on him was simply too profound.

Back then, the Great Elder had called him to his presence and exhorted him repeatedly to build a good relationship with the Xiao Clan.

At first, he had been somewhat dismissive; it was just a small clan driven out of the Imperial Capital, what was there to care about? He had only followed orders to cooperate with the Xiao Clan.

But a chance encounter made him realize the Xiao Clan's formidable strength. That was a scene he had inadvertently witnessed in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

A Fifth-Tier Magical Beast, just like that, had fallen directly into the hands of the Xiao Clan members, and it had been taken down in a one-on-one fight.

He had even heard that Xiao Clan member say to the clansmen behind him: "Hurry up and clean up, there is another magical beast that needs to be dealt with."

His heart filled with awe, and just as he was about to sneak away, however...

"Who's there?"

Damn it! I've been discovered!

I bumped into the Xiao Clan's business on the spot, and I even learned their secret; they wouldn't kill me to silence me, would they!

But he could only walk out trembling; there was naturally no chance to escape.

"Are you from the Miter Auction House?" However, he had not expected that the leader would only start by asking such a question.

But he nodded to confirm, answering the question honestly.

"Fine, you may go. You know what to do, right?" The man began to sharpen his blade.

"I know, I know." He was instantly filled with the joy of having survived.

Ever since that time, he finally understood the reason the Great Elder had made him do this. He executed the policy of befriending the Xiao Clan with exceptional thoroughness.

How could he, Mittel Qingming, possibly miss out on such a good opportunity this time?

At the mere thought of those two families in Wutan City still wanting to contend with the Xiao Clan, he could not help but let out a sneer. For families whose strongest members were merely Great Dou Masters to dare provoke the Xiao Clan—they truly did not know what was good for them.

Following closely behind that was admiration; as expected of the Great Elder, his foresight remained as precise as ever.