Chapter 1: Forced to be a Live-in Son-in-law

Jingchuan City, Xiao Family.

"Tian, you are a rare Genius that our Jingchuan hasn't seen in a hundred years. The future of our Xiao Family depends on you."

"That goes without saying. Our Tian is a talent favored by the Piao Miao Immortal Palace. In the future, even the Long Family will have to bow and scrape when they see us in this Jingchuan City."

Xiao Fan stood alone in the corner of the main hall, watching his parents fawning over his younger brother, Xiao Tian.

In the Xiao Family, the life Xiao Fan lived was not even as good as some of the better-off servants.

In his parents' eyes, there was only his incredibly talented younger brother; they had never truly considered him a son.

"That's right, my Aptitude is naturally far superior to that trash of an older brother of mine." Xiao Tian sneered. At this moment, he was sitting in the main seat of the hall, a position only the Family Head was allowed to occupy.

Yet, everyone in the Xiao Family seemed to believe that this position was only suitable for Xiao Tian, and that it was only right for him to sit there.

Hearing his own younger brother say this, Xiao Fan felt a tightening in his heart.

Although he had grown accustomed to the cold sarcasm and ridicule from everyone in the Family, it did not mean he was immune to it. On the contrary, every time he heard such mockery, the stinging pain in his heart remained the same.

"Exactly, Tian, your Aptitude is the best in our Jingchuan City; of course, it cannot be compared to that trash of an older brother."

Every time Xiao Tian looked down on his older brother, his parents would follow Xiao Tian's lead and join in to insult him!

Perhaps in this Family, no one had ever cared about Xiao Fan's feelings, or even his life or death...

Xiao Fan did not make a sound, standing to the side and listening silently.

"However, the competition at the Piao Miao Immortal Palace is also very intense. The palace envoy will arrive in half a month, and obtaining resources within the Immortal Palace is not a simple matter. I am afraid that the Xiao Family will not be able to provide enough resources for me to Cultivate." Xiao Tian spoke up, voicing his concerns.

Xiao Father patted his chest and laughed, "Tian, don't worry. Father has already arranged all of this for you. As long as we form a marriage alliance with the Long Family, they have promised to give our Xiao Family a sum of resources, and they can even give you their Long Family's Profound Rank Cultivation Technique to study."

"The Long Family?" Xiao Tian frowned and spoke in a deep voice, "Although the Long Family can be considered the number one Family in Jingchuan City, the strongest Old Ancestor of the Long Family is only at the Heavenly Connection Realm. Since I am about to become an Immortal Sect Disciple, how could such a Family be worthy of me?"

"Hahaha... Tian, you are overthinking. How could Father not have considered what you said?" Xiao Father laughed, then glanced at Xiao Fan, who was standing in the corner.

"Oh? Then what does Father mean?" Xiao Tian became interested.

"The object of the marriage alliance is naturally not you, but your older brother. And the object of the alliance from the Long Family side is the Long Family's Third Young Miss. We will let Xiao Fan marry into their Long Family."

"The Long Family just wants to establish a relationship with our Xiao Family. After all, you have a boundless future, Tian, so they consider this an investment. Furthermore, Father has already reached an agreement with the Long Family Head. The Long Family is willing to provide one thousand Spirit Stones, as well as the Long Family's ancestral Secret Technique. By then, you won't need to worry about Cultivate resources after joining the Piao Miao Immortal Palace."

"Hahaha... Not bad, not bad. Father, this idea is excellent. That Long Family Third Young Miss is quite beautiful, but she happens to have a birthmark on the left side of her face. Half her face is delicate and beautiful, while the other half is like a ghost. She usually doesn't dare to see people and suffers endless cold shoulders in the Long Family. Such a person is just right for that trash of an older brother of mine." Xiao Tian was ecstatic.

Since he could obtain so many Cultivate resources, once he entered the Immortal Palace, it would be the moment for him, Xiao Tian, to leap over the Dragon Gate.

"The Master is still the wise one to be able to come up with such a good idea. When Tian enters the Immortal Palace, he will surely soar into the sky." Xiao Mother was also smiling obsequiously on the side.

Listening to his parents and his own younger brother chatting and laughing on the side, deciding his own destiny for the sake of his younger brother's future, making him a live-in son-in-law? It made him feel despair in his heart.

"Xiao Tian, I am at least your older brother. How can you keep calling me trash like that?" Xiao Fan spoke up, shattering the noisy atmosphere in the main hall.

The main hall went silent. A moment later, Xiao Father was the first to recover, pointing at Xiao Fan's nose and cursing: "You piece of trash, how are you talking to your younger brother?"

Xiao Fan did not refute his father, but instead stared at his own younger brother with his eyes.

"Hahaha... Older brother?" Xiao Tian mocked, then spoke coldly: "Someone like you is worthy of me calling you older brother? The reason I call you 'trash' every time before addressing you is to constantly remind you of the fact that you are trash."

"Your Cultivate Aptitude is so poor; after so many years, you are only at the Body Tempering Realm Second Level. And me? Qi Transformation Realm Fifth Level. Do you understand the gap between you and me?"

Only after the Body Tempering Realm is the Qi Transformation Realm. Although they were biological brothers, Xiao Fan's Cultivate Aptitude was truly too poor, not even reaching the normal standard.

And Xiao Tian, the number one Genius of Jingchuan City, became the first Disciple in decades in all of Jingchuan City to be favored by the Piao Miao Immortal Palace.

"But, but even if my Cultivate Aptitude is not as good as yours, can you just decide my life like this? Make me marry into the Long Family?" Xiao Fan was unwilling and spoke angrily: "Why should I be sacrificed to exchange for resources to fulfill you!"

"Fulfill? trash, I'm afraid you are overthinking it." Xiao Tian shook his head.

"In this world, the strong are respected, and the weak have no right to speak. You were born into the Xiao Family, but what can you do for the Xiao Family? You are still just a piece of trash. Letting you marry into the Long Family is just a small sacrifice for you. What are you dissatisfied with? Moreover, the Long Family is the number one Family in Jingchuan City; this is called marrying above your station, understand?"

Hearing Xiao Tian's cold voice, Xiao Fan's heart felt dead. Perhaps he should have faced this reality long ago.

This home was cold to him.

A moment later, Xiao Fan gritted his teeth: "I do not agree. No matter what, I will not agree to this marriage."

"You do not agree?" Xiao Tian snorted coldly, then swung a fist out. A "hissing" sound of breaking air erupted in the air, and a massive wave of fist wind struck Xiao Fan's chest from a distance.

"Pfft!"

The instant he was hit by the fist wind, Xiao Fan vomited a large mouthful of blood. His body flew backward, flying a full five meters before crashing into the wall of the main hall and stopping, with half his body embedded into the wall.

Xiao Fan's body fell down like a corpse, and a large crater was smashed into the wall behind him.

"See if this trash is dead yet." Xiao Tian said coldly.

Xiao Fan fell into a coma. A moment later, he heard a cold, emotionless voice in his ear, waking him up.

"Zhou Tian Star Chart, recognize master."

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