In this year, under the guidance of Xiao Lin, Xiao Zhan, who had already begun his cultivation, successfully sensed the Qi and cultivated to the first stage of Dou Zhi Qi.
Although this talent was more than ten streets behind the original story's Xiao Yan, it was indeed considered quite good in the current Xiao Clan. Xiao Zhan was now seven years ago.
If no accidents occurred, he should be able to become a Dou Zhe within ten years. Do not think that ten years was a long time.
In fact, even Xiao Yan, who was called a genius in the original story, began practicing Qi at the age of four and spent seven years to break through to the Dou Zhe realm for the first time at the age of eleven.
It could be said that if Xiao Zhan did not have the guidance of a Dou Huang like Xiao Lin, he might not necessarily become a Dou Zhe in ten years.
After all, unlike the cultivation after the Dou Zhe realm, cultivation during the Dou Zhi Qi stage was actually quite important. This was the time when a person was laying their foundation.
The cultivation of Dou Zhi Qi could nourish a person's meridians. Only when the toughness of the meridians became stronger would there be no accidents when absorbing Dou Qi for cultivation in the future.
Otherwise, if your meridians were too fragile, even giving you a Heaven Grade cultivation technique would be useless. Because your meridians could not withstand the absorption and output of such vast Dou Qi.
Therefore, many people from great clans, including the younger generation of the Eight Ancient Clans, spent a considerable amount of time tempering themselves in the Dou Zhi Qi stage during their childhood.
It was no exaggeration to say that the firmer the foundation you laid in the Dou Zhi Qi stage, the faster your realm would increase later!
Perhaps it would take you eight or ten years to go from the first stage of Dou Zhi Qi to Dou Zhe, but subsequently going from Dou Zhe to Dou Huang, or even realms above that, might only take you three to five years.
Most geniuses of the Eight Ancient Clans belonged to this situation.
In the Dou Zhi Qi stage, even if there was a gap in the speed of cultivation between each other, normally it would not be too large. Only after Dou Zhe could the cultivation talent of each other be reflected!
Therefore, Xiao Lin's estimation that Xiao Zhan could become a Dou Zhe within ten years was actually not slow. After all, whether looking at the original story or seeing it with his own eyes in this life, Xiao Zhan's cultivation talent was not strong.
No wonder when the original story plot began, Xiao Zhan only had the cultivation of a Da Dou Shi. Additionally, regarding the cultivation techniques, it also began at the Dou Zhe stage, so there was no rush now.
Even if his son's cultivation talent was not strong and he could cling to Xiao Yan's thigh in the future, Xiao Lin would certainly prepare a cultivation technique most suitable for his son.
This cultivation technique could be one Xiao Lin found outside, or it could be one he created himself. In short, it would be decided based on future circumstances. Anyway, Xiao Zhan still had a long way to go before breaking through to the Dou Zhe realm.
Of course, as Xiao Lin exposed his Dou Wang cultivation to the outside world, the current status of the entire Xiao Clan in the Jia Ma Empire instantly rose!
Not to mention the Imperial Capital of the Jia Ma Empire, even in some other cities, there were businesses of the Xiao Clan and members of the Xiao Clan stationed there.
Hm, for example, Wu Tan City in the original story.
As early as the moment Xiao Lin exposed his Dou Wang strength, he had already arranged for clansmen to set up a layout in Wu Tan City.
Although because of his existence, it was unknown whether the Xiao Clan would continue to relocate to Wu Tan City in the future, setting a layout in advance would never be wrong.
As a Dou Wang clan, it was quite normal for their strength to radiate to multiple cities within the empire. Therefore, the Xiao Clan's layout in Wu Tan City did not attract too much attention.
Rather, because of the intervention of the Xiao Clan, a Dou Wang power, Wu Tan City had become even more prosperous now.
One must know that for cities within the Jia Ma Empire, except for the Imperial Capital, generally a power with a Dou Ling could control a first-tier city.
A Da Dou Shi could occupy a second-tier city.
After that, the realms of Dou Shi and below only had a certain right to speak in third-tier small cities and towns.
Wu Tan City was originally only a second-tier city, but as the Xiao Clan transferred part of its strength over, this originally second-tier city directly promoted to a first-tier city.
This made the City Lord of Wu Tan City smile so much that the corners of his mouth split open.
As for the local powers in Wu Tan City, they had no other thoughts about the Xiao Clan. After all, their strongest was only a Da Dou Shi. How could they collide with a Dou Wang clan?
They were afraid that if they provoked the Xiao Clan today, they would disappear from Wu Tan City tomorrow!
Therefore, the local powers of Wu Tan City chose to lie flat. The Xiao Clan currently rising in the Jia Ma Empire was not someone they could afford to offend.
Think about the treatment of the Xiao Clan in Wu Tan City in the original story, and compare it to now; it was simply the difference between heaven and earth!
No wonder in the original story, the older generation of the Xiao Clan missed the life when Xiao Lin was the Clan Leader and the clan was still in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.
For the clansmen of the Xiao Clan who had long forgotten the history of Ancient Xiao Clan and only knew the Xiao Clan, Xiao Lin's existence was indeed a proof of the peak period the Xiao Clan had once experienced.
Similarly, after the strength Xiao Lin exposed broke through to Dou Wang, the Xiao Clan occupied certain resources even in the entire Imperial Capital.
At the very least, the street where the Xiao Clan was currently located was now defaulted by all parties as the property of the Xiao Clan. This was the improvement a Dou Wang brought to the current Xiao Clan.
In fact, if it weren't for the better resources for the Xiao Clan members behind him, Xiao Lin originally did not intend to let his exposed strength break through to Dou Wang so early.
Because becoming a Dou Wang also meant that if the Soul Clan was really secretly watching and weakening the Xiao Clan, the combat power they eventually outsourced might also increase by a level.
Therefore, Xiao Lin was also constantly guarding against potential enemies in the dark. Fortunately, everything was temporarily calm. But Xiao Lin did not relax his vigilance in the slightest.
After all, in the original story, as described in the background, Xiao Lin died of incurable heavy injuries after a battle with a certain enemy.
Whether this certain enemy had anything to do with the Hun Clan was temporarily unknown. But being more vigilant and working hard to improve his own strength would never be wrong.
Just like this, another year or so passed.
On this day, within the clan grounds of the Nalan Clan and the Mu Clan, a vast aura erupted one after another. For the various powers in the Imperial Capital who had already experienced this situation a year ago, this was simply too familiar.
That was, the Nalan Clan and the Mu Clan had also successively given birth to Dou Wang powerhouses!
Up to this point, in less than a year, the three major powers that had participated in carving up the Yinter Clan—the Xiao Clan, the Nalan Clan, and the Mu Clan—had successively become Dou Wang clans.
Because of the resource supplies from the Yinter Clan, the three clans became Dou Wang clans much earlier than most people expected.
As the Nalan Clan and the Mu Clan possessed Dou Wang powerhouses, the powers of the Imperial Capital naturally began a new round of reshuffling.
Following Xiao Lin's resignation from the position of General of the Jia Ma Empire, Nalan Jie also resigned from the position of General. Finally, because there were no more competitors, Mu Chen of the Mu Clan.
After considering for a moment, did not choose to resign from the position of General, but took the opportunity to succeed the earlier Mo Ya and became the new Grand Marshal of the Jia Ma Empire!
After the congratulations from all parties to the Nalan Clan and the Mu Clan, some busybodies referred to the Mittel Clan and the newly promoted Dou Wang clans.
The Xiao Clan, the Nalan Clan, and the Mu Clan—collectively as the Four Great Clans of the Jia Ma Empire!
This title spread throughout the entire Jia Ma Empire within just a few days.
Even some neighboring countries heard about the Four Great Clans of the Jia Ma Empire. After all, once one reached the level of Dou Wang, they could already be called the high-end combat power of a country.
One must know that there was no absolute gap between a Dou Huang and a Dou Wang. A certain number of Dou Wang powerhouses were enough to contend with a Dou Huang.
Therefore, the number of Dou Wangs in a country could change the strength of a nation. From this perspective, the Xiao Clan was considered completely famous.