Little Sorcerer, Divine Doctor-Chapter 863 - 15: The Choice

The dozen or so carriages from Hou Qin stopped by a wide river.

The river was named the Ao River, and crossing this river led to Hou Qin’s Imperial Capital, Yang City.

The water flowed endlessly, and Dugu Xiu gazed at the river with a stern demeanor.

"Crown Prince, the Holy Daughter has just sent a letter," A guard handed over a letter as Dugu Xiu stepped down from the carriage.

Dugu Xiu just glanced at it briefly before crushing the letter with his fighting spirit. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Hei Linlin, his half-sister, truly was a handful.

This would be the second time Dugu Xiu and Hei Linlin met.

About ten years ago, when Dugu Xiu was only eight or nine years old, he faced the most brutal trial of his life.

The princes of Hou Qin, unlike those of other nations, had no designated Crown Prince heir until Dugu Xiu was ten, as Hou Qin Emperor Dugu Sheng hadn’t decided yet.

He handed over all princes and princesses, aged three to ten, to a group of ruthless assassins for training in Hou Qin Palace.

For these princes and princesses, Dugu Sheng had only one command: disregard life and death, he only wanted the strongest one.

Under the training of those assassins, these noble bloodline princes and princesses grew up among demon beasts, willing to chop off their half-sibling’s arm without batting an eye for a full meal.

The living conditions of Hou Qin’s princes and princesses could be considered even worse than those of demon beasts in the Dutian Beast Blood Realm.

Dugu Xiu was the strongest among all princes and princesses; he was aloof and never mingled with them, yet he always received the most food and rewards.

But in the final trial, Dugu Xiu was ambushed by a group led by the Fourth Prince and Sixth Princess, forcing him to flee into a ridge full of Sixth Rank Green Ridge Leopards.

His luck was unfavorable, after a day and night of fleeing, without finding food or water, he was attacked by a pack of hungry Green Ridge Leopards.

An eight or nine-year-old child, no matter how extraordinary their power, barely escaped death due to multiple injuries and lack of vitality, nearly falling prey to the leopards.

Just as Dugu Xiu was about to falter, an arrow shot out through the air, accompanied by a girl’s giggling voice.

He saw a young girl and a middle-aged man.

The girl was five or six years old, with black pearl-like big eyes and a delicate nose, making faces at Dugu Xiu.

"Hey, I heard you’re my brother, but you’re so useless, you can’t even handle a few kittens," Hei Linlin taunted.

In her eyes, the dozens of Green Ridge Leopards were merely a few kittens.

After saying this, Hei Linlin bent her back, and fighting energy formed into a black fighting energy dagger on her small palm.

She moved like a butterfly shuttle through the group of Green Ridge Leopards.

"Squelch, squelch, squelch."

Hot blood splattered like rain as the girl passed through, leaving the leopards lying on the ground.

Decisive, ruthless, Hei Linlin of the Qilin Clan was already a genius at six years old.

"Admit defeat? With your skills, you dare to be my brother," Hei Linlin mockingly said, with the fighting energy dagger disappearing from her hand, her face full of arrogance as she looked down on Dugu Xiu.

Despite being exhausted, Dugu Xiu showed no hint of submission.

He simply stepped forward, tore off some leopard meat, and drank the leopard blood, gradually regaining his strength.

The middle-aged man accompanying Hei Linlin noticed this with a rare expression in his eyes.

He stepped forward respectfully and said, "Lord Xiu, I am the instructor sent by the Hei Yao Clan Leader to teach you martial arts."

Dugu Xiu remained silent until his stomach was full; then he wiped his mouth and pointed at Hei Linlin, "Can you make me stronger than her?"

On hearing this, Hei Linlin flew into rage, threatening to kill Dugu Xiu.

But the middle-aged man’s smile deepened, merely nodding his head. From then on, Dugu Xiu followed the powerful member of the Hei Qilin Clan to learn martial arts.

About a month later, Dugu Xiu left that ridge, and the first thing he did was hunt down the Fourth Prince and Sixth Princess, killing them directly.

Dugu Xiu even returned to Hou Qin Palace in one breath, slaying the two princes’ and princesses’ mothers as well.

This incident caused a stir throughout Hou Qin, with the court split into two factions, one condemning Dugu Xiu, the other supporting him.

However, Hou Qin Emperor had a different view; he believed his iron-blooded education had succeeded.

Following this event, Hou Qin Emperor Dugu Sheng looked at Dugu Xiu with new regard, eventually deciding to let him inherit the throne.

That time, a feud ignited between Hei Linlin and Dugu Xiu.

Though one returned to Bahuang Continent and the other stayed on Wuji Continent, both regarded each other as rivals.

Until Dugu Xiu encountered Ye Beiming, he realized that someone on Wuji Continent could equally compete with him.

Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.

Hou Qin did not participate in the Dutian Beast Blood Realm incident, but Dugu Xiu sensed the Hei Qilin Clan was ready to act.

After thousands of years of peace on the continent, the Eight Desolates Tribe was finally ready.

As expected, Hei Linlin and the Qilin Clan elders soon approached Dugu Xiu.

As Hei Yao’s son, for Dugu Xiu, whether the Eight Desolates Tribe counterattacked or not made little difference, as he believed, regardless of the Tribe’s return, he would be Wuji Continent’s absolute ruler.

Upon meeting Dugu Xiu again, Hei Linlin was no longer the young girl of earlier years.

Dugu Xiu had to admit, Hei Linlin had grown into an alluring beauty, but he showed little interest in Hei Yao’s suggestion for him to marry Hei Linlin.

Firstly, although he was a descendant of the Qilin Clan, he grew up on Wuji Continent, learning morality from an early age, so psychologically, he disagreed with sibling marriage.

Secondly, Hei Linlin was arrogant, her beauty notwithstanding, she was far from a suitable match.

Dugu Xiu outright refused Hei Linlin, telling her he already had chosen a Crown Princess Consort.

Unexpectedly, upon learning his chosen one was Yun Sheng, Hei Linlin was not furious, instead she extended an olive branch.

Hei Linlin had fallen for Ye Beiming at first sight. She wanted to form an alliance with Dugu Xiu, with him marrying his Crown Princess Consort, and she bringing Ye Beiming to the Eight Desolates Continent.

Though Dugu Xiu verbally agreed with Hei Linlin, he was skeptical about her success in forming a pair with Ye Beiming.

But it no longer mattered; Hei Linlin’s letter stated that she had already secured Emperor of Great Zhou’s consent to push Ye Beiming and Yun Sheng to annul their marriage.

In the letter, Hei Linlin urged Dugu Xiu to act swiftly, to consummate his marriage with Yun Sheng soon.

Consummate the marriage, sigh, that’s easier said than done.

Dugu Xiu gazed at Yun Sheng stepping off the Phoenix Carriage, the river wind was strong, her black hair fluttering slowly, at that moment, her beauty was beyond mortal.