Chapter 14: Shocking Jingchuan City

Jingchuan City, Xiao Family.

“What, that waste Xiao Fan actually won? How is that possible?!”

Xiao Yuan was full of shock. When he heard the butler’s report, he simply couldn’t believe any of it was true.

“It’s true, Master. Everyone outside is going crazy with the news.”

The speaker was the Xiao Family’s butler, who had been with the Xiao Family for over thirty years. Since childhood, he had been very harsh towards Xiao Fan, never treating him as a young master of the Xiao Family!

“How could this be? When that beast left, he was only at Body Tempering Realm Second Layer. How could his cultivation now be at Qi Transformation Realm?” No one understood Xiao Fan’s talent better than him, his own father.

If his waste son became a peerless genius, for other families, it would certainly be a great joy.

However, Xiao Yuan didn’t think that way. In his eyes, his eldest son was always a waste; only his second son, Xiao Tian, was his true son.

“Master, could it be that Xiao Fan obtained some treasure? That’s why his cultivation improved so quickly,” the butler interjected from the side.

“Treasure?”

Xiao Yuan’s eyes gleamed as he tapped his fingers on the table, lost in thought.

...

Long Family, Council Hall.

The atmosphere was unusually oppressive. After rushing back, Long Anhai immediately ordered someone to treat Long Xiaotian, bringing out all the precious spiritual herbs and medicines from the Long Family’s storeroom for Long Xiaotian to consume.

Fortunately, Long Xiaotian only suffered a temporary drop in cultivation after taking the medicine and had not damaged his foundation. He only needed some time to recover.

“Anhai, how are Xiao Tian’s injuries?” an old man with white hair asked. This person sat high on the main seat, and everyone looked at him with great respect.

Long Anhai said, “Father, Xiao Tian’s injuries are very serious, but his foundation was not damaged. He can recover after a few months of rest.”

The old man nodded. He was the Long Family Old Ancestor, with a Tongtian Realm cultivation. It was said that he was the number one expert in Jingchuan City, but he had been in seclusion for many years, only emerging when there were major family matters.

Recently, however, he had appeared repeatedly. The first time was when Xiao Tian seized resources, the second time was when Xiao Fan injured Long Yi, and the third time was this incident, Long Xiaotian’s serious injury.

“It’s good that he’s fine. It wasn’t easy for Xiao Tian to get such an opportunity to connect with an elder of the Lei Huo Sect. His future is boundless; he cannot make any mistakes at this time,” the Long Family Old Ancestor said. “Once he enters the Lei Huo Sect, everything will be different from the outside. There are countless precious cultivation techniques inside. Xiao Tian’s future is boundless, and he is the future hope of my Long Family.”

Everyone nodded. The Lei Huo Sect was a well-known major sect in Martial Emperor State. Any elder within the sect would at least have a Profound Core Realm cultivation, and one person alone would be enough to destroy Jingchuan City.

“Father, how should we deal with Xiao Fan? He actually dared to injure Xiao Tian; he deserves death!” Long Anhai said viciously.

The Long Family Old Ancestor lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then slowly said, “This son-in-law is somewhat interesting… If he didn’t have another fortuitous encounter, then he was feigning madness and stupidity in the Xiao Family before, pretending his talent was insufficient and hiding his strength.”

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions varied, each lost in thought...

The Long Family Old Ancestor glanced at everyone, then said, “Send people to monitor him, but don’t let him discover it, understood?”

...

Inside the secret chamber, Xiao Tian had been in seclusion for a day and a night.

Most of his injuries had already healed, and his aura was steadily rising, finally stopping when he reached the Great Perfection of Qi Transformation Realm First Layer.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t continue to rise, but rather that he was suppressed by Xiao Fan.

He hadn’t obtained a Qi Transformation Realm cultivation technique. Advancing his realm without cultivating a technique would not benefit him.

“It’s time to try and shatter the second star.”

Within the Star Chart, Xiao Fan summoned the second star. In this world of the Star Chart, the size and durability of the stars were not proportional.

Each star was a test for Xiao Fan at each stage. Only when his strength reached the required level could he shatter the star and obtain the treasures within.

Xiao Fan’s aura surged. His Qi Transformation Realm cultivation was pushed to its limit, and the power of the Dragon Elephant Overlord Body Art circulated through his right arm. He suddenly stood up and leaped, striking the star before him!

“Shatter for me!”

Xiao Fan roared. Cracks began to appear on the surface of the star before him. As Xiao Fan’s power increased, these cracks expanded, and finally, the entire star began to crumble.

The star exploded, and Xiao Fan gasped for breath. He looked up with a joyful expression, gazing at the treasures that appeared before his eyes.

Mountains of spirit stones and spiritual medicines, even more than when he shattered the first star. A rough estimate suggested that these spirit stones, combined with those he hadn’t used yet, amounted to tens of thousands.

Beside the pile of spirit stones, there was also a golden scripture.

“Qi Transformation Nine Transformations… The grade of this cultivation technique is actually Earth-grade Low-tier!!” Xiao Fan was greatly surprised, taking a sharp breath.

An Earth-grade Low-tier cultivation technique? Such a thing wouldn’t exist in dozens of cities near Jingchuan City.

In Martial Emperor State, this kind of cultivation technique was only possessed by the top ten ranked sects or some top-tier family forces.

Otherwise, even if someone accidentally obtained such a cultivation technique, they wouldn’t be able to keep it.

Xiao Fan quickly opened the Qi Transformation Nine Transformations to examine its contents.

“Qi Transformation Nine Transformations, corresponding to the Qi Transformation Realm cultivation. It contains three martial skills…” Xiao Fan’s face showed joy.

According to the records in the Qi Transformation Nine Transformations cultivation technique, when one’s cultivation reached Qi Transformation Realm Third Layer, Sixth Layer, and Ninth Layer, it contained three extremely terrifying martial skills. However, they also consumed a great deal of one’s own energy, but their power was terrifyingly immense.

“But it’s a pity, this Qi Transformation Nine Transformations only has the first three layers of the cultivation technique, only enough for my cultivation to reach Qi Transformation Realm Third Layer.”

Xiao Fan murmured, feeling a bit disappointed. He had thought he would get the entire Qi Transformation Nine Transformations, but it turned out only to be the first three layers. It seemed he would need to continue shattering the subsequent stars to obtain the remaining parts of the cultivation technique.

However, he quickly felt relieved upon reflection, as Earth-grade cultivation techniques were not common goods after all.

What’s more, he had countless resources, which could save a lot of cultivation time. The only regret was that the treasures within the Star Chart could not be brought outside.

Xiao Fan didn’t waste any more time and began to cultivate the Qi Transformation Nine Transformations.

Time flowed, and in a blink of an eye, seven days quietly passed.

During these seven days, Xiao Fan had been in seclusion in the secret chamber, not going out. Long Miaoyin would deliver food to Xiao Fan on time every day, then guard the door, not leaving his side.

And in the originally quiet small courtyard, there were now three more maids, sent by Long Anhai to serve Long Miaoyin and Xiao Fan.

After these three maids arrived, they were very respectful to Long Miaoyin and subtly inquired about Xiao Fan. However, upon learning that Xiao Fan had entered seclusion to heal after returning, they didn’t ask further.

On weekdays, they just did chores in the courtyard....

The door to the seclusion chamber slowly opened, and Xiao Fan, dressed in a white robe, slowly walked out. His injuries were no longer visible, and his aura was much stronger than before.

“Xiao Fan, are you alright?”

Seeing Xiao Fan emerge, Long Miaoyin exclaimed, looking him up and down, feeling the change in his aura, slightly surprised.

Long Miaoyin also cultivated, but due to her talent and a natural disinclination towards cultivation, her cultivation was only at Body Tempering Realm Fourth Layer.

“I’m fine. How are things outside recently?”

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