Chapter 121: The Neighbor, Investment
[The cosmic battleship carrying the three of you fell into a spatial rift…]
[You were utterly speechless. You had only wanted to broaden your horizons and see a vast world, yet you actually ran into one!]
[As a transmigrator, you were naturally aware of the existence of other worlds. You had simply never seriously considered heading in that direction before.]
[You arrived in the neighboring world. As your cosmic battleship descended, a certain crafty fellow named Zhou Yuan stood there dumbfounded.]
[He had just been about to intercept your battleship when a chill crept up his spine. If he made a move, something very bad would happen.]
[He immediately abandoned the idea and continued lurking in the shadows, secretly observing you… or rather, observing your cosmic battleship.]
[After landing, you put the cosmic battleship away. You sensed that this world felt rather peculiar. Only after some discreet observation did you realize this was the neighboring world.]
[You began to ponder. As a Creation God–level powerhouse, what realm would you be considered here? You fell into deep contemplation…]
[You, Gu Yue, and Hu Liena began traveling. By sheer accident, you stumbled into a peculiar space. It resembled a starry sky, magnificent and breathtakingly beautiful.]
[You encountered a remarkably docile flame. It seemed to be called the Three Thousand Burning Flame. It leapt toward you obediently, seeking to merge with you.]
[You: …]
[You absorbed the Three Thousand Burning Flame and couldn't help but sigh. Your luck was apparently still effective in this world.]
[The crafty observer hidden in the shadows twitched at the corner of his eye. You were clearly no simple character. A junior's destined opportunity had inexplicably become yours!]
[Would that cultivation technique also inexplicably appear before you?]
[He guessed correctly!]
["Flame Mantra" truly did manifest as if by coincidence, appearing before you in duplicate. With different cultivation systems, you didn't need to abandon your existing power; you could directly cultivate the Flame Mantra. And so you began…]
[With the Three Thousand Burning Flame in your possession, the Flame Mantra evolved. You advanced to the so-called Dou Wang realm.]
[Gu Yue and Hu Liena were also intrigued by Dou Qi. The two of them began cultivating it as well, progressing at astonishing speed.]
[You resumed your travels. You picked up the Mysterious Yellow Flame. You picked up the Ten Thousand Beast Flame. Your Dou Qi cultivation rose again, and the Flame Mantra advanced further. You reached the Dou Huang realm.]
[You realized something: aside from the highest-ranked Heavenly Flames, the others were not necessarily unique.]
[Because you picked up a Bone Chilling Flame!]
[After fusing with the Bone Chilling Flame, your realm rose once more…]
[The crafty onlooker grew increasingly alarmed. Something felt off, yet everything seemed perfectly reasonable.]
[You always subconsciously walked toward places containing Heavenly Flames. Even he grew jealous of your luck.]
[You picked up the Green Lotus Core Flame. You picked up…]
[You reached the Dou Zong realm and couldn't help but exclaim: Dou Zong experts are terrifying indeed!]
[You reached the Dou Zun realm and exclaimed again: Dou Zun experts are terrifying indeed!]
[You reached Half-Saint and couldn't help but sigh…]
[You reached Dou Sheng and sighed once more…]
[Your repeated exclamations left Gu Yue and Hu Liena utterly bewildered. You were clearly stronger than so-called Dou Di, so why were you acting so dramatically and muttering "terrifying indeed"?]
[You felt slightly embarrassed…]
Wang Li: "…"
What the hell do you mean, 'terrifying indeed'?!
[As you traveled, you kept picking up Heavenly Flames. Your Dou Qi realm broke through to the level of an eight-star Dou Sheng.]
[You arrived at Wu Tan City and met Xiao Yan. At this time, he was still a young boy, troubled by the disappearance of his Dou Qi. You realized the timeline of your transmigration was a bit early.]
[In less than a year, you had cultivated from nothing to an eight-star Dou Sheng. You felt that cultivating Dou Qi was… just so-so.]
[Of course, that was you putting on airs. You knew your meteoric rise was entirely due to heaven-defying luck.]
[On the back mountain of the Xiao clan, you, Gu Yue, and Hu Liena suddenly appeared before Xiao Yan, giving the young man quite a fright.]
[He was extremely wary. The aura the three of you carried was utterly strange, an aura that belonged to "gods."]
[Your reason for seeking Xiao Yan? You had none. You merely wanted to tease this future Flame Emperor.]
[Young man, do you wish to understand the true meaning of life?]
[Your voice was ethereal, layered with a natural echo. Xiao Yan stood there stunned.]
[He was a transmigrator as well. Once he snapped back to his senses, he looked at you in shock.]
[Isn't this the typical Main God Space or Reincarnation Space routine? Has it been updated? In-person recruitment now?]
[His mind was filled with question marks. Then he remembered his Dou Qi, which had been gone for nearly three years. Gritting his teeth, he answered:]
[Yes!]
[Seeing his seriousness, you nodded slightly. Forming a karmic bond with this future Flame Emperor wasn't a bad choice.]
[I have a cultivation technique that can evolve. At the beginning, it was only a Huang-tier low-level. It must devour Heavenly Flames to advance…]
[You passed on the Flame Mantra. Then you glanced at the ring hanging around Xiao Yan's neck and curled your lips slightly.]
[He's about to lose his composure, isn't he?]
[Xiao Yan examined you, Gu Yue, and Hu Liena once more.]
[He had never seen such beautiful people. Whether it was you, Gu Yue, or Hu Liena, each seemed otherworldly.]
[People like you wouldn't bother deceiving someone at the third stage of Dou Qi, would you?]
[He accepted. However, he could not yet break through to the Dou Zhe realm, so he was unable to cultivate the Flame Mantra for the time being.]
[You provided him with resources. With your assistance, he quickly returned to the Dou Zhe realm and began cultivating the Flame Mantra.]
[You even generously gifted him a Heavenly Flame, the twenty-third-ranked Mysterious Yellow Flame, which you had picked up earlier.]
[When you casually handed over a Heavenly Flame to Xiao Yan, Yao Lao could no longer sit still and appeared before you.]
[You glanced at him, smiled faintly, then casually tore open space itself and left with Gu Yue and Hu Liena, leaving Yao Lao completely dumbfounded.]
[Your appearance seemed solely to force him to reveal himself.]
[He guessed correctly!]
[You wanted to see whether, with your intervention, there would still be "Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi never bully the young because they are poor."]
[Whether the three-year agreement would still take place.]
[At this point, Xiao Yan had already reached six-star Dou Zhe. His strength far surpassed Nalan Yanran's because you had also given him many Dou Techniques.]
[As for Dou Techniques? You just pick them up!]
[You didn't concern yourself with what Yao Lao said to Xiao Yan, nor what agreements they made. You continued to invest in Xiao Yan.]
[Before that fateful day arrived, Xiao Yan successfully broke through to the Dou Shi realm, reaching one-star Dou Shi.]
[Nalan Yanran came to the door.]
[Under the identity of Xiao Yan's friend, you arrived at the Xiao clan's main hall. The Xiao clan members looked at you with curiosity.]
[But none dared speak carelessly. The three of you appeared overwhelmingly powerful, each with a "halo" hovering behind your heads.]
[Xiao Xun'er also looked at you curiously. From her subordinate's report, she already knew you had made contact with Xiao Yan.]
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