Chapter 426: The Players of the Fourth Calamity (Part 6)

After Xiao Hongyuan left,
once the cooldown period ended, he logged back into the 'Destiny' game to continue leveling up.
These peaceful days didn't last long.
Shortly after Su Chen grinded his game level to King rank, he saw his father, Xiao Hongyuan, again.
"Son... um... I want to ask you for one more thing."
Su Chen sighed.
"Speak,"
Xiao Hongyuan quickly said, "Thanks to that prescription, the Xiao family has agreed to reinstate your grandfather to the family register. Our lineage can now return to the Xiao family."
Xiao Hongyuan's face visibly lit up with joy.
Su Chen, however, showed no change whatsoever.
Whether or not he returned to the Xiao family was unimportant to him.
"That's good news. What else could it be that made you come to me, Father?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongyuan said awkwardly, "Well... I want to be reinstated in the family register, and I also want to make a trip to the main clan..."
Su Chen understood, "So, you want me to go with you?"
Xiao Hongyuan nodded, "Nothing can hide from me, my clever, intelligent, and handsome son!"
"Well... the main clan only shows the rank in 'Destiny.' Although the main clan has agreed to let your grandfather's lineage reinstate in the family register, they still need their descendants to demonstrate sufficient talent... Father knows my talent isn't great, only an ordinary King-level. In this small place, that's considered good, but in the Xiao family, my talent is only at the bottom."
The Xiao family, as a behemoth within the alliance, supposedly a family with a quasi-Emperor at its helm, a King-level talent might not even be as good as a gatekeeper.
Xiao Hongyuan said with a bitter face, "This is your grandfather's lifelong wish, and I don't want anything to go wrong."
"Please help me this once..."
Now that they were so close, Xiao Hongyuan naturally didn't want to give up so easily.
His son was such a genius; his awakened talent would surely be extraordinary. Perhaps it would shock the entire Xiao family and earn him their full support?
Xiao Hongyuan didn't know.
Su Chen's incredible talent wasn't so much related to his own... in fact, his initial talent was just an ordinary King-level; it was only thanks to a certain treasure-giving child that his talent rose from King-level to Venerable-level.
However, Su Chen still agreed.
Before the next day, an excited Xiao Hongyuan quickly dragged Su Chen to a spatial wormhole and began jumping to the Xiao family.
...
A vast continent formed by countless star cores gathered together.
This continent was the Xiao family's ancestral land, where countless members of the Xiao family lived.
Xiao Hongyuan led Su Chen to the core area of ​​the Xiao family.
Xiao City!
“Entering Xiao City requires a talent test… Only those Xiao family members with outstanding talent can enter the city,”
Aside them, a wealthy, pampered middle-aged man explained to Xiao Hongyuan and Su Chen.
The middle-aged man was named Xiao Song.
He was also the important figure in the Xiao family that Xiao Hongyuan mentioned cooperating with, a steward of the Xiao family… Su Chen sensed his strength was at the eighth-tier Nirvana Realm, slightly weaker than the Dragon Family Patriarch whom he had casually crushed.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongyuan stepped forward first.
“King-level talent, unqualified.”
Xiao Hongyuan smiled bitterly upon hearing this.
He knew it!
Fortunately, it's alright.
Despite his desperate pleas, there was still a backup plan!
Seeing this, Xiao Song sighed and said, "Brother Xiao... I forgot to tell you, according to the rules of my Xiao family, although I can help you pull strings, to be qualified to enter Xiao City, one needs at least the talent of the Royal Rank."
Xiao Hongyuan remained calm. He smiled and said, "Steward, don't be hasty. This is my descendant, Xiao Chen. His talent is above the King Rank; he will definitely be able to enter Xiao City."
A hint of surprise flashed in Xiao Song's eyes, followed by a sudden glint of cold light.
Su Chen glanced at Xiao Song.
He stepped forward. The city gate displayed:
"Venerable-level talent, qualified."
A look of surprise flashed across Xiao Hongyuan's face.
Qualified meant he could enter Xiao City.
However... Xiao Song's face remained expressionless. He sighed softly, "Brother Xiao is truly a hidden talent; he even has a son with exceptional talent."
"Why didn't a piece of trash come? Wouldn't it be better to stay obediently on Tiancheng Star? A lineage of good-for-nothings wants to rejoin the family?"
Xiao Song directly tore off the mask of politeness.
The notification on the city wall quickly turned red, and a series of bells rang.
Facing Xiao Hongyuan's astonished face, Xiao Song said directly, "With just a Venerable-level medicinal formula, you think you can rejoin the family register... Heh, do you think it's so easy to rejoin the Xiao family's register!"
......
Xiao Tianyun
The young patriarch of the Xiao family.
A young man with Emperor-level talent.
He slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes held a sense of vicissitude, a vicissitude... so jarring against his youthful appearance, even though he was no longer young.
"I've been reborn?"
Xiao Tianyun found the scene before him strangely familiar.
Yes, he had returned to the time before the Xiao family was destroyed!
This scene filled Xiao Tianyun with overwhelming joy.
Reborn... he, Xiao Tianyun, must... seek revenge?
Wrong!
He, Xiao Tianyun, must cling to the biggest and strongest thigh!
What a joke!
He, a mere Emperor-level talent, wanted to be an enemy of that man?
Was he an idiot?
Xiao Tianyun was no idiot.
"I remember, that being was from my Xiao family... and almost made it back into the family genealogy."
Xiao Tianyun's mind raced, searching for a way to cling to that powerful figure.
Back then, his Xiao family almost managed to take off by clinging to that powerful figure... but alas... Thinking of this, Xiao Tianyun's heart clenched, and he felt like vomiting blood.
Because of the greed of a nobody, not only did the Xiao family fail to cling to that powerful figure, but it also led to the destruction of the entire Xiao family.
Xiao Tianyun didn't hate the man who destroyed the Xiao family; he hated even more the short-sighted culprit who led to the Xiao family's demise—Xiao Song.
"The Xiao family isn't destroyed yet, and we haven't provoked that man. There's still a chance."
Xiao Tianyun decided to kill Xiao Song, the culprit of the Xiao family, first. No… simply letting him die would be too easy for him.
Then he could make amends and begin his life of currying favor.
Just as Xiao Tianyun was about to send someone to summon Xiao Song,
a long, chilling bell rang in his ears.
He froze… the bell sounded somewhat familiar.
"Damn it!"
"That idiot Xiao Song!"
Xiao Tianyun cursed, unleashing a speed he had never displayed before in his life.
...
"The sinners of the Xiao Wen lineage, how dare they return to the clan!"
At this moment, the Enforcement Guards had already surrounded Xiao Hongyuan and Su Chen.
Their gazes were cold and greedy.
The Xiao Wen lineage had offended a powerful elder within the clan, an elder who had recently broken through to the Saint Realm, reigning supreme over the Saint Clan.
If they captured the Xiao Wen lineage and presented them to that elder, wouldn't they be directly claiming credit?
Just as they were about to make their move...
"Young Clan Leader, it's the Young Clan Leader! I didn't expect this matter to alarm the Young Clan Leader who is currently in seclusion!"
"The Young Clan Leader must also want to curry favor with that elder!"