"A flower thief?" Xun'er blinked her big, watery eyes, a look of confusion on her face.
At the same time, light footsteps sounded in the distance outside the door.
The zuzong, who had inherited part of Itachi's abilities, was very sensitive to sound. The footsteps were very light; it was a child.
The zu zong thought to himself, "Could it be Xiao Yan?"
It seemed that in the original Battle Through the Heavens novel, Xiao Yan had helped Xun'er "nourish" her meridians for three years when she was young. Judging from Xun'er's appearance, she was only four or five years old now. Could it be tonight?
Thinking this, the zu zong decided to take the plunge. So what if he died? He'd gamble.
The zu zong whispered to Xun'er, "Shh, I'm here to catch a flower thief. Recently, a flower thief has appeared in the Xiao family, frequently breaking into girls' rooms at night, specifically targeting little girls like you." Xun'er
sneered inwardly. Did he really think she was so easily fooled because of her young age? Just as she was about to call Ling Ying in to catch the boy spouting nonsense, Ling Ying, hiding in the shadows, transmitted a message, "Miss, this boy is right, a little thief has sneaked in."
With Ling Ying's confirmation, Xun'er reluctantly believed the clan leader a bit. She also wanted to see what the other party was up to today.
"Creak, creak."
The door was gently pushed open, and a four or five-year-old boy sneaked in.
The boy looked around and, seeing no one else in the room, fixed his gaze on the bed.
On the bed, Xun'er lay down pretending to be asleep as instructed by the clan leader, while the zu zong hid behind the door. As long as the boy approached Xun'er's bed silently, he would undoubtedly be a lecherous thief.
The boy saw the girl lying on the bed, making soft, even breathing sounds. After confirming that she was asleep, he approached the bed more carefully, step by step. Through the moonlight, Xun'er's cute little face was clearly visible to the boy. The boy could no longer restrain himself and reached out his claws to touch Xun'er's body.
Hidden in the shadows, the zu zong couldn't bear to see Xun'er defiled by the boy. He immediately leaped behind him, delivering a swift chop to the neck. The boy realized something was wrong, but before he could turn around, he felt a sharp pain in his neck and lost consciousness, collapsing to the ground.
"See? I told you! There's a lecherous thief!" the zu zong said, pointing at the boy lying on the ground and giving him a kick.
Seeing the boy fall, Xun'er got up and lit the candles in the room.
"Is that Xiao Yan?" Xun'er exclaimed in surprise.
She immediately recalled how kind he had been to her during the day; it turned out he had ulterior motives. Thinking this, Xun'er's face grew even colder, all the goodwill she had felt for Xiao Yan earlier vanishing.
The zuzong, observing Xun'er, nodded secretly when he heard her call out "Xiao Yan." It seemed Xiao Yan had been caught red-handed just as he was about to commit his crime! Thinking to himself, "Anti-inflammatory medicine, oh anti-inflammatory medicine, since that's the case, I'll have to follow the last of the three essential elements of Doupo Transmigration!"
The three essential elements of Doupo Transmigration: showing off, flirting, and taking down Xiao Yan.
At this time, there were less than twenty minutes left before the system returned to Douluo Continent, and the clan leader still needed to stall for time. He pretended to be indignant, but inwardly he was overjoyed, "So you know each other! In that case, what should we do with this flower thief?"
Xun'er shook her head. She still needed to find the ancient jade while staying in the Xiao family, and Xiao Yan couldn't die. "He is, after all , the son of my Uncle Xiao Zhan. Just teach him a lesson, no need to kill him."
"Alright!" That's exactly what I was waiting for. Then I can do what I've wanted to do for years.
As soon as he finished speaking, the clan leader picked up the unconscious Xiao Yan with one hand and ran outside the courtyard. He climbed over the wall and found an old crooked tree.
He took out a kunai and used the Uchiha version of "dissecting the ox knife technique."
Swish.
In a few breaths, Xiao Yan was skinned like a white sheep.
They stripped Xiao Yan naked, hung him from a tree, and then ostentatiously wrote several large characters on his body: "If there's a next time, I'll castrate you. "
This was a method of punishment the clan patriarch had considered back on Blue Star in his previous life. He believed that after this ordeal, Xiao Yan would never forget it and would never dare to raid again.
"Xiao Yan, oh Xiao Yan! If you don't go to hell, who will?"
After thinking for a while, the clan patriarch still felt unsatisfied, so he simply put Xiao Yan in a tortoise shell bind and pasted a piece of white paper on his body. It read: "You scoundrel, sneaking into a boudoir at night with malicious intent. I happened to encounter you and captured you. If you dare to offend again, you will be castrated without mercy."
"Well, that's fine for now! It's just a bit of a pity, though. I didn't see Xiao Yan's ring. I stripped him naked and still couldn't find it! What bad luck."
To be honest, whether or not he got Xiao Yan wasn't the point. The key was that the clan leader had his eye on Xiao Yan's ring from the original story, but perhaps because Xiao Yan was too young, he hadn't gotten it yet!
Inside the boudoir, Xun'er listened to everything Ling Ying reported, her cute little face blushing. "This big brother is too bad."
Ten minutes later, the clan leader finally satisfied his mischievous pleasure and returned to Xun'er's room.
There were only ten minutes left before the system returned to Douluo Continent. The clan leader didn't plan to run away. Even if he did, with his current strength, he could hide from the several Great Dou Masters of the Xiao family, but not from Ling Ying, who was at the peak of Dou Huang.
Inside the boudoir, only Xun'er was still there. It seemed that Ling Ying had already disappeared into the shadows.
Suddenly, he noticed that Xiao Xun'er's expression was not good, and a bead of cold sweat appeared on her forehead.
The zu zong asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, it's nothing, just an old ailment, it'll be fine in a bit," Xun'er said, but the zu zong could tell she was in great pain, extremely so. If he hadn't been there, she probably would have fainted from the pain.
"Could it be... the fourth-ranked Strange Flame—the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame?" Even the zu zong was startled. Strange Flames were not something ordinary people could endure! Especially the fourth-ranked Strange Flame, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it could burn the heavens and boil the seas.
Seeing this, some might ask: When a pitiful little girl is beside you, tormented by illness and wishing she were dead, what would you do?
Green Pepper: Of course, I'd take advantage of it while it's hot.
ZuZong: Bah, despicable, take this—Poison Dragon Entanglement.
"Fine! Let's try anything."
The zu zong opened his right hand, gathering soul power in his palm, "Blue Silver Emperor—Open," and a Blue Silver Emperor full of life appeared in his hand, Blue Silver Emperor grass leaves growing, gently enveloping Xun'er.
"What are you going to do?" Xun'er trembled uncontrollably due to the side effects of the strange fire. But after saying this, she felt a warm aura spreading throughout her body, and she didn't feel so bad anymore.
The zu zong no longer smiled at her and said seriously, "Your condition is not good right now. This is the Blue Silver Emperor, which has strong vitality and can help you recover." Xun'er
nodded her cute little head noncommittally.
Ling Ying, hiding in the shadows, was in his throat. He knew Xun'er's physical condition, but even the many elders of the ancient clan couldn't solve it, so he was even more helpless. He never expected that this mysterious young man could actually suppress Xun'er's side effects of the strange fire, which was truly unbelievable to him.
The zu zong life-rich soul power was continuously transmitted to Xun'er's body through the Blue Silver Emperor grass leaves, nourishing her meridians. Soul power is different from battle qi. Although its power is generally not as great as battle qi cultivated to a high level, it is unique in its ability to nourish the body. This is why genius soul masters in Douluo Continent generally have the height of an adult at the age of eleven or twelve. This is especially true of the soul power generated by the Blue Silver Emperor.
Even the zu zong himself didn't realize that while the Blue Silver Emperor was nourishing Xun'er's meridians, it was also absorbing a trace of the sub-fire energy of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame. Of course, that's a story for later.
The brief ten minutes were about to pass, but it felt like twenty years had gone by for the zuzong; his soul power was exhausted. Using his last bit of soul power, the clan leader transplanted the Blue Silver Emperor juvenile into a flowerpot in Xun'er's boudoir.
The zu zong said, "Take good care of this Blue Silver Grass from now on; it can effectively alleviate your symptoms."
[Ding, time has come. The host will be teleported back to Douluo Continent. 10, 9, .]
Hearing the system's notification in his mind, the zu zong finally felt relieved and said with a smile, "Then, farewell."
Space twisted. The zu zong gradually disappeared before Xun'er's eyes.
Watching the zu zong disappear, Xun'er remained silent for a long time, staring blankly at the Blue Silver Grass he had left behind.
"Why? Why did he suddenly appear in my room and do that to me? How did he know Xiao Yan would come to ambush me at night? Why was he so kind to me, risking his life to help me alleviate my pain? And what's his name?"
These questions swirled in Xun'er's mind, making tonight a sleepless night indeed.
(End of Chapter)