Chapter 187: Xiao Family

Xiao Yu watched from afar the planet that was originally red—Mars—now a green planet, close to Earth.

He felt joy in his heart.

The Solar System renovation project seems to be going well!

The cost of terraforming a habitable planet is far greater than buying one, but this is Xiao Yu's hometown.

He is willing to pay an even higher price for it.

In the future he will invest even more.

Nowadays Xiao Yu is rich—truly rich.

Not counting the hundreds of millions of Mixed Yuan Units of Universe Crystals in the Small World, the Earth Commercial Alliance's annual dividend of ten thousand Mixed Yuan already makes Xiao Yu's Four-star Level account at the Cosmic Star River Bank hold over a million Mixed Yuan.

These past years, each year he has contributed some money to the family.

Soon, the F-class Spaceship approached Earth's atmosphere.

"So many ships coming and going," Gui Yi Zunzhe sighed. "You really can't tell that 200 years ago this was an indigenous planet."

Today Earth is still governed by the Earth Alliance—the original five great nations—and Xiao Yu has not taken their authority.

He looks down over the entire Earth.

All the cities have been bought up by the Xiao Family and the Luo Family.

The whole Earth has become a green ocean, with all kinds of plants and flowers covering it, and some small animals living in forests.

"Junior brother, the Earth you were born on is beautiful," Gui Yi Zunzhe laughed. "I have lived for billions of eras, have seen countless habitable planets, and Earth ranks among the most beautiful of them."

The cabin opened, the two flew out, and Xiao Yu waved his hand to retract the F-class Spaceship.

Only members of the Xiao Family and the Luo Family can reside here permanently.

"In the future, Earth will become the core planet of the Galaxy, even surpassing the Qian Wu Universe Country in status," Xiao Yu said with a mysterious smile.

Yes, that's right—it was bought.

Earth now has no agricultural zones; most of the land is human residential areas, with suburbs and city constructions extremely beautiful, the sky a wash of blue, the ground shaded by green trees, the tallest buildings in the most bustling cities soaring high, massive structures looking distinctly sci‑fi.

The changes on Earth are huge; many cities have been remodeled, but Jiangnan Base City has been preserved.

However, few permanent residents remain; as the birthplace and home of Xiao Yu and Luo Feng, Jiangnan Base City has become a museum.

"So beautiful!" Xiao Yu couldn't help exclaiming.

After the spaceship became invisible and passed through the atmosphere, Xiao Yu soon saw the Earth's surface.

The kindergarten, middle school, and martial hall he attended back then are still the same as before.

Soon, the spaceship arrived at Jiangnan Base City.

Walking down the street, many memories surged to his mind.

Xiao Yu watched as spacecraft flew out of Earth in the distance—some heading to the Moon, some to the asteroid belt, some conducting interstellar jumps—and he couldn't help smiling.

If Xiao Yu had left before, it would be the same.

Most ruined cities have vanished completely; only a few remain like museums for the newly born humans of Earth to visit.

But things have changed while people have not; most pedestrians on the street are tourists coming to see the birthplace of the Galactic Lord.

Yet the entire Galaxy belongs to Xiao Yu, as does Earth; for now they only have managerial rights.

However, when the Earth Commercial Alliance returns to Earth in the future, Earth's governance is expected to undergo major changes.

"That was where I trained back then," Xiao Yu said, pointing to a modest martial hall whose sign still read 'Xiao Family Martial Hall'.

"That was the restaurant I often visited in middle school; I never expected it to still be open after nearly 200 years."

As he continued looking, the younger members of the Xiao Family still gave him comfort; they were a bit arrogant, but at least he saw no illegal or chaotic activities.

……

Yangzhou City, the Xiao Family Old Residence.

Around the outer perimeter of the old residence, large numbers of uniformed guards patrol daily; each guard is proud and honored, because becoming a Xiao Family guard is extremely difficult. First, many Xiao Family guards are bought outright—there are plenty of Star-level Slaves and Universe-level Slaves.

There are also some Domain Lord Level recruits from across the universe.

Therefore, the standards for recruiting guards on Earth are naturally higher; even considering compatriot status, the lowest tier is still Planet-level!

However, once one joins the Xiao Family, even if originally only Planet-level, they can quickly reach Star-level, and even be cultivated into Universe-level.

Star-level is very common within the Xiao Family.

"Many elders have returned recently,"

"Indeed, even Master Xiao Rong rushed back from the Qian Wu Secret Realm, which is distant from the Qian Wu Universe Country; they say he spent a full year traveling through the dark universe aboard a spaceship."

"I heard Young Master Pu also gave up interstellar adventures and rushed back."

Inside the old residence, the servants whispered, noting that as a powerful clan, many of the Xiao Family's descendants usually travel among the various star domains of the Qian Wu Universe Country, with only a few staying on Earth. Yet recently, one after another, the descendants have been swiftly returning from across the universe, and the servants have sensed something unusual.

……

In the core of the Xiao Family Old Residence, a quiet courtyard serves as the dwelling place of the family head, Xiao Dingguo.

In the courtyard.

"Brother!"

"Ping!"

Xiao Ping pushed the door open and, seeing Xiao Yu and Gui Yi Zunzhe standing in the courtyard, couldn't help shouting with delight.

It had been nearly 200 years since he last saw this elder brother in person; when Xiao Yu left, he was only ten, and now he has become a great‑grandfather generation.

"Where are Mom and Dad?" Xiao Yu asked.

"Of course, Dad's hanging out in the Killing Field!" Xiao Ping laughed. "Mom's playing a virtual game, and Dad sometimes joins. Fortunately they've been strengthened to Universe-level power, with extremely strong consciousness and reasoning, so they don't confuse virtual with reality."

Most direct-line members of the Xiao Family, even if unremarkable, are cultivated into Universe-level using resources, and the earliest beneficiaries were Xiao Yu's father and mother.

Xiao Yu's father, Xiao Dingguo, once fought monsters in his youth; now that Earth is stable, he often roams the Killing Field.

"As long as Mom and Dad are happy," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

In the Xiao Family, what Xiao Yu cares about most are his parents and his many brothers and sisters; everyone else ranks far behind them in his heart.

Xiao Yu turned his head and saw his parents standing at the door, his eyes couldn't help but become moist.

"Dad, Mom, this is my senior brother, Gui Yi." Xiao Yu introduced his senior brother Gui Yi to his parents.

Then he arranged Gui Yi's lodging and spent the whole night talking alone with his parents.

The main topic was the management of the Xiao Family, setting standards for the behavior of clan members.

"Dad, for those junior members in the clan who have committed heinous crimes, we must not be merciful when we act," Xiao Yu instructed.

Now Xiao Yu has already confirmed that he will not be exiled, but if in the future Luo Feng is still exiled to Qian Wu Universe Country and the Virtual Universe Company arranges for his punishment, that would be a problem.

Xiao Yu does not want to damage his brothers' feelings because of these matters.

Yet his genetic level has already reached perfect genes, and in the future it will be hard for him to have offspring; he always feels a slight sense of indebtedness to his parents.

If someday his parents ask him for help, he would also have to go against his heart.

The next evening, the clan gathering began, and the bustling clan members gathered together in one hall.

The number of people reached five thousand.

"I wonder, when I return home next time, will the clan members number over a million?" Xiao Yu thought to himself.

(End of chapter)