It was early morning.
Xiao Yi woke up naturally, feeling refreshed and comfortable.
Slowly opening his eyes, Xiao Yi felt that today seemed a bit unusual.
Xiao Yan, who usually knocked on his door on time, hadn't come today!
"Little Yanzi is probably busy Cultivating all day..."
"Since that's the case, I should start too..."
Xiao Yi murmured, and after a quick wash, he hurried to the rarely visited back mountain of Wutan City.
After all, Xiao Yan was already in the Xiao Family's own back mountain, and Xiao Yi couldn't possibly be with Xiao Yan.
Half a month passed.
Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan, who were usually inseparable in the Xiao Family, were rarely seen.
After all, both were busy with their own Cultivation.
In this short half month, Xiao Yi left early and returned late every day.
While tempering his own Dou Zhi Qi, his spear techniques also didn't fall behind.
Now, Xiao Yi wielded the dragon abyss formation breaking spear with fierce winds, making him look, at first glance, quite like a Great Master of spear techniques.
At the same time, Xiao Yi had also somewhat grasped the first Move of the Earth-rank Mid-level Dou Technique, Dragon Abyss Sky-breaking Art.
He could barely execute it; although his Dou Zhi Qi was insufficient to fully unleash its power, it was already enough among those of the same rank.
After all, it was an Di-rank Dou Technique... "Brother Yi, Brother Yi!"
A familiar voice sounded outside Xiao Yi's room.
"This kid, so sudden..."
Xiao Yi murmured, slowly got up, and opened the door.
Sure enough, he saw Xiao Yan standing outside with a smile on his face.
"You kid, I haven't seen you in half a month, and you're looking much better!"
Xiao Yi glanced at Xiao Yan and then teased him.
Xiao Yan smiled slightly: "I think Brother Yi, you're not bad either..."
Xiao Yi: "Little Yanzi, you've reached Fourth Stage of Dou Zhi Qi!?"
Although Xiao Yi had known for a long time, he still deliberately put on a surprised expression.
Xiao Yan, hearing this, just chuckled softly: "It's just luck... After all, it's been three whole years, and my Dou Zhi Qi has finally had a Breakthrough..."
He truly was Brother Luck; he was already starting to be lucky at this point.
Xiao Yi also smiled and patted Xiao Yan's shoulder, saying:
"Good for you, kid! Looking at this, returning to being a Dou Practitioner is just around the corner!"
"By then, our Xiao Family's two Supremes will truly be in their rightful places!"
As Xiao Yi finished speaking, he and Xiao Yan exchanged glances and burst out laughing simultaneously.
"Tell me, why are you seeking me out so unexpectedly today? What are you planning to do?"
Xiao Yi said softly.
Xiao Yan grabbed Xiao Yi's arm and walked out the door: "I was just thinking that since Brother Yi has now returned to being a Dou Practitioner, he needs to learn Dou Techniques..."
"So I specially invited you to the Dou Technique Hall to pick out some suitable Dou Techniques..."
As soon as Xiao Yan said this, Xiao Yi instantly understood.
This kid, he clearly wanted to pick a Dou Technique for himself, but insisted it was for him.
To be honest, with Xiao Xuan as his Dao Protector, Xiao Yi now genuinely looked down on the low-grade Dou Techniques in the Xiao Family's Dou Technique Hall.
But since Xiao Yan had come to his door, he would accompany him.
The two moved quickly, and in a blink of an eye, they arrived at an extremely spacious room.
On the plaque of the room, the three characters "Dou Technique Hall" were written in a flowing Dragon and Phoenix style.
As Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi stopped in front of the Dou Technique Hall, they heard extremely excited cheers coming from inside.
"There are so many people in the Dou Technique Hall today?"
Xiao Yan couldn't help but frown slightly and ask.
Because in Xiao Yan's impression, the Dou Technique Hall usually had very few visitors; why was it so lively today?
"Who cares, this is the Xiao Family, relax a bit..."
Xiao Yi shrugged, leading Xiao Yan into the Dou Technique Hall.
Upon entering the Dou Technique Hall, the cheers became even louder.
The two looked over and saw that the training ground to the west was surrounded by people.
In the training ground, two peers were competing.
One male and one female.
It was Xiao Xun'er and another talented person from the Xiao Family, Xiao Ning, the Grand Elder's eldest grandson.
"Oh, Xun'er, this Girl actually has the mood to compete with others today? Shouldn't we go take a look?"
Xiao Yi was full of excitement, he put down the Dou Technique Xiao Yan had just picked up and dragged Xiao Yan to the training ground.
Xun'er in the training ground saw Xiao Yi and his arrival, and a slight smile appeared on her originally expressionless face.
"Brother Yi, what's there to see?"
"Xun'er is now at Ninth Stage of Dou Zhi Qi, and Xiao Ning was just at Eighth Stage of Dou Qi; how could he be Xun'er's opponent?"
Xiao Yan pouted slightly, still thinking about Dou Techniques.
Xiao Yi said nothing, only watching the situation in the training ground intently.
In the training ground, Xun'er, who had been purely defensive, now became aggressive in her Moves.
A golden light flashed, and she directly blasted Xiao Ning out of the training ground with a palm strike.
"This Girl, as expected of Ninth Stage of Dou Zhi Qi, this power is truly overbearing..."
Seeing Xiao Xun'er's performance, Xiao Yi couldn't help but applaud repeatedly.
Xiao Yan's focus, however, was different; his attention was on the golden light Dou Technique Xiao Xun'er had used.
Although Xiao Yan was only at Fourth Stage of Dou Zhi Qi now, he could tell at a glance that the Dou Technique Xun'er had used was definitely a high-grade Dou Technique, and such a Dou Technique would be impossible for the Xiao Family to possess.
Xiao Ning, who had been defeated by Xun'er, didn't care much at first, but when he looked up and saw Xiao Yi smiling and applauding Xun'er, he felt extremely displeased.
He brushed the dust off his body and slowly walked towards Xiao Yi.
"Cousin Xiao Yi, what, are you planning to start learning Dou Techniques today?"
"But with your First Stage of Dou Qi, I'm afraid there aren't any suitable Dou Techniques for you in the Dou Technique Hall!"
Xiao Ning's lips curled up slightly, his face full of disdain.
Hearing Xiao Ning's remark, it seemed that the news of Xiao Yi's Dou Zhi Qi recovery had not yet fully spread within the clan.
So, in Xiao Ning's eyes, Xiao Yi was still that useless person with First Stage of Dou Qi.
"I heard that Cousin Xiao Ning is now at Eighth Stage of Dou Qi, how many Dou Techniques have you learned? Or how long until you Breakthrough to a Dou Practitioner?"
"Don't take ten or eight years to reach Dou Practitioner; that would be a waste of all the medicinal ingredients Grand Elder prepared for you..."
Facing Xiao Ning's provocation, Xiao Yi didn't care at all, merely speaking very calmly.
Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er both instinctively laughed out loud when they heard Xiao Yi's words.
After all, most in the Xiao Family had heard how Xiao Ning's Eighth Stage of Dou Qi came about.
It was fed to him by his grandfather, the Grand Elder, with countless medicinal ingredients.
Seeing Xun'er also mock him, Xiao Ning's face changed drastically. However, because Xun'er was present, he couldn't directly get angry, so he spoke again to mock them:
"Who did I think it was..."
"So Cousin Xiao Yan is here too. But you two, one at Third Stage of Dou Zhi Qi and one at First Stage of Dou Qi, no matter how powerful the Cultivation Technique, you won't be able to Cultivate it..."
"Listen to your cousin's advice, go back..."
Xiao Yi was well aware of Xiao Ning's little schemes: "Cousin Xiao Ning, targeting us two like this, it wouldn't be purely to attract Xun'er's attention, would it? That would be very childish..."
Hearing this, Xiao Ning completely lost his composure.
Ignoring everything else, he shouted angrily:
"Xiao Yi! You useless First Stage of Dou Qi, how dare you disrespect your elder brother!"
"There's probably no place for you in the Xiao Family!"
Xiao Yi, however, remained very calm: "The Xiao Family is probably not for you to decide..."
The calmer Xiao Yi was, the angrier Xiao Ning became.
The next second, Xiao Ning completely lost it, his aura surged, and he intended to make a Move on the spot...