Chapter 1: Rebirth of the Ruthless Xiao Li
The young man was dressed in black, his body was straight and strong, his dark eyes showed laziness and sharpness, and his face was full of smiles.

"Xiao Yanzi, even after breaking through to the Fighter level it still doesn't work, hahahaha."

Hearing his second brother's laughter, Xiao Yan got up from the ground aggrievedly, "Damn it, he's only three years older than me. If I were your age, my realm would definitely be higher than yours!"

Xiao Ding was watching with amusement, as his two younger brothers were both incredibly talented.

The third brother Xiao Yan broke through to the level of a fighter at the age of eleven. The second brother Xiao Li was even more of a monstrous figure. He was a fighter at the age of ten and now he is fourteen. Without much help from the family, he has become a nine-star fighter, leaving his eldest brother behind.

Xiao Ding had a smile on his face, but he was thinking about practicing hard in his heart. He was only a four-star fighter at the age of sixteen, which was really not good enough.

After chatting with Xiao Ding and Xiao Yan for a while, Xiao Li returned to his room.

He took a deep breath and suppressed the momentum that had just surged when he competed with Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan has lived two lives as a human being and his soul power is extremely strong. So is he. Since traveling across time fourteen years ago and becoming Xiao Yan's second brother, Xiao Li has demonstrated extraordinary soul strength, such as natural intelligence and photographic memory.

Xiao Li also didn't expect that he didn't travel through time to the Eight Ancient Tribes or to Zhongzhou, but actually traveled through time to become Xiao Li, the loyal and ruthless man in the original novel.

Xiao Li is a ruthless man who is willing to swallow the Life-Devouring Pill for the sake of his family and his younger brother.

Looking at the proud Xiao Yan outside the window, Xiao Li's eyes flashed with hesitation. His third brother had been far ahead of his peers since he was a child, which led to him developing a proud and complacent character. Perhaps, it would be good to let Yao Lao train him for three years.

In the future, when Emperor Hun Tian becomes the emperor and sacrifices blood on the Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yan will be needed to suppress him. Xiao Li asks himself, even if he has foresight, he cannot guarantee that he can become the Dou Emperor.

The best option is to let Xiao Yan develop on his own. It is unreasonable to arbitrarily change Xiao Yan's development.

"Oh, it's hard for you, Xiao Yanzi. Just be patient. After these three years, I will definitely compensate you." Xiao Li smacked his lips twice, his eyes filled with gloating at his brother's future misfortune.

Xiao Li put the packed clothes into the storage ring given to him by his father Xiao Zhan, and prepared to set out to gain experience on a certain day.

The resources in the family did affect Xiao Li's cultivation. It took him four years to cultivate from a one-star fighter to a nine-star fighter. Compared with the original novel where Xiao Yan took more than a year, it was really not impressive.

Even though the clan saw that he was a genius and had taken everything they could, it was at most some first-grade pills and medicinal herbs.

The Xiao family has fallen on hard times, and there are many people in the clan. Now there is another equally talented person, Xiao Yan. Of course, resources will be even more stretched. It is better for them to go out and gain experience early.

I just don't know if his father would be willing to let him go and gain experience.

In Xiao Zhan's bedroom
Xiao Li bowed his hands and said loudly, "Father."

Xiao Zhan put down the book in his hand and said, "Li'er, what's the matter? If you need any resources, I'll give them to you in a few days."

When it comes to resources, Xiao Zhan was a little hesitant, but still made a promise.

Xiao Li saw this and felt warm in his heart, "It's not for cultivation resources, it's because the child wants to go out and gain some experience. If you work behind closed doors, you will end up at a disadvantage."

"What? No, you're still too young. If you were as old as your older brother, I would agree, but not now." Xiao Zhan flatly refused. What a joke! It was too dangerous to let his most talented son go out for training. It was definitely not possible.

"Li'er, if you want to go out for training, you must bring a fighting master with you. My Xiao family is now in decline, and fighting masters are the backbone of the clan. How can I easily send them to you as guards?" Xiao Zhan frowned, his tone quite lonely.

Ever since Xiao Lin died of serious injuries, the Xiao family could no longer stay in the capital of the Jia Ma Empire and came to Wu Tan City in a panic.

There are also the Jialie and Oba families in Wutan City. The Xiao family, as an outsider, is quite excluded. If they send out an elder-level fighter...

As for the fighters, with Xiao Li's current level of cultivation, it is still unclear who will protect whom.

Xiao Li was silent. The outside world was indeed dangerous, but that was not the reason why he could stay in the family with peace of mind. Thinking of his kind elder brother Xiao Ding, his mischievous third brother Xiao Yan, and his father Xiao Zhan who always cared about him, Xiao Li couldn't help but work hard.

The threat of the Soul Palace is imminent. Not to mention the behemoth of the Soul Palace, even the Yunlan Sect of the Jia Ma Empire can make the current Xiao family suffer the humiliation of a broken engagement.

"Father, I understand." Xiao Li suddenly smiled, turned and left.

Xiao Zhan looked at Xiao Li's leaving back and shook his head slightly, his majestic face full of helplessness. Among his three sons, except for the eldest son Xiao Ding who was steady, the remaining two were not easy to deal with.

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Late at night, the moon is high

Xiao Li wrote a farewell letter. A real man should accomplish great deeds, so how could he be frightened by a little danger? It would be too sad to say goodbye to his father and brothers in person, so it would be better to write a letter to get straight to the point.

He closed the door gently, and the spear stuck into the ground in the courtyard caught Xiao Li's attention.

As the electric light flowed, the gun body was reflected in an extremely domineering manner. The gun was eight feet long and purple-black in color. There was a faint purple-black fish swimming up and down on it, which looked extremely majestic.

There was a piece of paper hanging on the butt of the gun. Xiao Li looked up and saw that the handwriting on it was exactly that of his father Xiao Zhan.

"My son Xiao Li, I know you have high aspirations. As a father, I know I can't stop you. This Thunder Scale Spear was left by the old clan leader, as well as a book of thunder-attributed fighting skills. When you go out, remember..."

The note contained several hundred words. Xiao Li read them one by one, and tears filled his eyes.

After carefully putting the note into the ring, Xiao Li bowed deeply towards Xiao Zhan's bedroom.

"Thank you, father."

After a long time, Xiao Li finished his ceremony and walked out of the Xiao family's gate.

Xiao Zhan, hiding in the shadows, felt lost. "I'm sorry, Li'er. I wanted to protect you secretly for a while, but as the head of the clan, I can't get away. Don't blame your father..."

Xiao Zhan turned around, the moonlight was quite bleak.

"Xiao Yan, why are you still awake so late?"

As soon as he turned around, Xiao Zhan saw Xiao Yan walking out of the house.

Xiao Yan's furtive figure paused, and he turned his head stiffly to look at Xiao Zhan.

"Father, father, I want to go to the toilet. Yes, the toilet, hehe." Xiao Yan smiled awkwardly. He couldn't tell his father that he was going to Xun'er's room to give her a massage.

Xiao Zhan's mouth twitched, and his eyes showed even more helplessness. "Go quickly and come back soon."

After saying that, Xiao Zhan didn't bother to worry about Xiao Yan going to the wrong direction to the toilet. He just shook his head and sighed.

"You guys, if only you were half as sensible as Ding'er, the position of the Xiao family's patriarch will still have to be handed over to Ding'er in the future, alas."

Xiao Ding, who was writing a plan to become the leader of a mercenary group in two years, sneezed.

"Strange, it's not cold now."

(End of this chapter)