Villain: I Can See Destiny

18: Chapter 18: The Snake Emerging from the CaveInside the magnificent and resplendent palace.

Xia Yanran stood honestly opposite Young Master Xiao Zimo.

She had already gained a general understanding of what she could and could not do in the Xiao Clan, what rules she had to abide by, and where she could or could not go.

Young Master Xiao Zimo was quite satisfied with her; being able to figure all this out in one day showed that she had at least put in the effort.

Bringing her to the Upper Realm was naturally not to let her be a vase.

Although it wouldn’t be impossible to let her be a vase; as the number one beauty of the Xuan World, even looking across this vast Upper Realm, her appearance was ranked among the best.

Furthermore, after the shock of yesterday, Xia Yanran had completely pledged her loyalty; as a Child of Destiny, not entrusting her with important responsibilities would be a bit of a waste.

Two-thirds of the Luck above Xia Yanran’s head had disappeared; although she was still stronger than most people, she had already fallen out of the range of a Child of Destiny.

The quality had also dropped from cyan to blue, but her future achievements would not necessarily be worse than before; having Young Master Xiao Zimo as her backing was her greatest Opportunity.

After a year of observation, Young Master Xiao Zimo had gained some understanding of the classification of Luck.

The quality of Luck could be classified into red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, gray, white, and black; the Luck of ordinary people was at most blue.

Anything above blue was a Child of Destiny; their Luck would undergo qualitative and quantitative changes as their Cultivation increased.

Protagonists who had developed were always a bit harder to deal with, but for him, with the Xiao Clan as his backing, it was not a problem.

Unfortunately, those with too high a quality could not be absorbed with his current Cultivation.

Previously, he had ordered the Shadow Guards to surround and kill a Child of Destiny at the Saint Realm, but in the end, he hadn’t absorbed a single bit of the cyan Luck energy; it all returned to the heavens and earth.

As expected, trying to get fat in one bite was still a bit unrealistic.

Therefore, for those with too high strength, he would first send people to keep an eye on them, and wait until his own strength increased to deal with them.

Currently, he had only seen two people with red and orange; the orange one was his naive mother, and the red one was his guardian, that mysterious Thirteenth Ancestor.

”Yanran, what are your plans now? Haven’t you always been longing for the Upper Realm?”

Young Master Xiao Zimo looked at her silent face and felt like teasing her.

”Yanran only wishes to serve by Young Master’s side now. Could it be that Young Master dislikes Yanran?”

Xia Yanran faced him, head lowered, her voice lacking confidence.

Although she was a heaven-favored daughter in the Lower Realm, here in the Xiao Clan, she couldn’t even compare to a cleaning maid.

This made her very uneasy, fearing that Young Master would dislike her; after all, even her only advantage could not compare to Nangong Yi.

”Is he asking about her plans now because he wants to drive her away?”

Xia Yanran’s eyes reddened slightly, and she couldn’t help but think so.

Young Master Xiao Zimo didn’t need to Cultivate right now and was bored, so he purely wanted to tease her.

He didn’t expect her to cry before he had even started.

He felt a bit helpless and also a bit amused.

”If I disliked you, why would I have brought you back to the Upper Realm? Weren’t you quite smart when you were in the Lower Realm? How did you become so foolish after only a few days?”

Hearing this, Xia Yanran felt a bit aggrieved and bit her lip with her teeth: ”Young Master, you... you are too bad.”

Young Master Xiao Zimo curled his lips and chuckled: ”Bad? There’s even worse!”

After speaking, he pulled Xia Yanran into his arms and lowered his head to kiss her red lips.

Xia Yanran struggled symbolically, then began to actively respond.

After a long while, the young girl hugged Young Master Xiao Zimo’s neck, blushing as she lay in his arms, murmuring: ”Young Master, you... you are really bad.”

Young Master Xiao Zimo chuckled; regardless of whether his heart was moved, for those with utility, he would never be stingy with rewards.

”Yanran, do you want to improve your Cultivation and enhance your talent?”

Young Master Xiao Zimo teased.

”Is it really possible?”

Xia Yanran’s little face was full of surprise.

Young Master Xiao Zimo did not answer, only pointing to his own mouth with his finger.

Xia Yanran blushed and quickly kissed him on the mouth, like a dragonfly skimming the water.

”Someone, take Young Miss Yanran to the Marrow Cleansing Pool.”

Young Master Xiao Zimo said towards the outside of the palace.

As soon as the words fell, a guard dressed in black appeared outside the great hall.

Afterwards, Xia Yanran followed the black-clad guard and left.

Although the Marrow Cleansing Pool was only open to those who had made contributions to the Family or the Family’s Prodigies, as the actual controller of the Family, he still had this bit of authority.

After Xia Yanran left, Young Master Xiao Zimo began to think about his next target.

He remembered that over a dozen years ago, a bone-digging incident had occurred in the Family, and he heard that the other two main branches had almost started a war over it.

At that time, he was less than two years old and couldn’t see Luck or anything like that, so he didn’t think much of it.

Now that he thought about it, wasn’t this a classic protagonist template?

According to the timeline, the other party was also about to take revenge.

Since he wanted to take revenge, he must take revenge under the gaze of everyone; only in this way would the face-slapping be satisfying.

Then, couldn’t he design a huge stage to lure the snake out of its hole?

Thinking of this, Young Master Xiao Zimo spoke to the black ring on the index finger of his right hand: ”Xiao Tian, come out for a moment.”

In an instant, a burly middle-aged man wearing golden battle armor appeared from the ring.

”Xiao Tian, go notify the whole Family and promote it to the outside world with all your might. Say that on the day I come of age, I am willing to suppress my Realm and accept a challenge from the number one person of the younger generation of the Xiao Clan. If they defeat me, they will be the Young Lord.”

”Yes.” Xiao Tian immediately took the order and turned to execute it without any hesitation.

Although he was confused in his heart, he only needed to execute the order; Young Master’s actions always had deep meaning.

”Under the gaze of the whole Family, and being able to challenge the other party in a legitimate way, I have provided you with such good conditions; don’t disappoint me.”

Young Master Xiao Zimo muttered to himself.