"Clan Leader! Great news!"
"The child your wife is carrying is twins!"
In the room of the clan leader of the Xiao family in Wutan City, within the Jia Ma Empire.
A healer was using a faint aura of Dou Qi to soothe a pregnant woman lying on the bed.
Hearing this, a middle-aged man with black hair and an imposing demeanor standing behind immediately revealed a look of joy.
After thanking the healer, the man quickly approached the pregnant woman.
"My dear, the healer just said you're carrying twins. You've been through a lot."
"If you need any supplements recently, just let me know!"
Hearing this, the pregnant woman on the bed smiled gently and said,
"Xiao Zhan, you are now the leader of the Xiao family. You can't just focus on me."
"Ah, it's just that my younger brothers have been so annoying. They've become elders in the clan and keep flaunting their children every day."
"They're just concerned about who the next clan leader will be. Xiao Ding and Xiao Li are both eager to make a name for themselves outside and are completely unsuitable to be clan leaders."
"Haha!"
The joy of a new life about to be born lingered between the two.
And this joyful emotion also reached the womb of the pregnant woman.
"Sticky... It's so hard to open my eyes."
"Where on earth am I?"
Inside the womb, Xiao Chong struggled to open his eyes in a sticky, pitch-black ocean.
But he found that he couldn't open them no matter how hard he tried. His entire body seemed to be floating in a comfortable ocean...
He wanted to speak, but a liquid that felt like seawater—yet didn't cause any discomfort when swallowed.
For a moment, Xiao Chong was utterly confused.
Just then, Xiao Chong heard the voices of two people talking, seemingly separated by a 'wall.'
And the joy between them.
At that moment, Xiao Chong realized a shocking truth! "I, I've been reincarnated?!"
"This kind of plot that only happens in novels is actually happening to me?!"
Xiao Chong desperately tried to recall why he had suddenly been reincarnated.
But perhaps due to the reincarnation, Xiao Chong couldn't remember much about his past life.
He could only continue listening to the voices of the man and woman outside the pregnant woman's belly.
Hearing their words, Xiao Chong couldn't help but exclaim in his heart!
Wutan City's Xiao family? Xiao Zhan? And they're even discussing things like Dou Qi and Dou Practitioners?
Have I been transported to the Dou Po Continent? And even ended up next to the child of destiny in this world?
For a moment, Xiao Chong felt an overwhelming sense of disbelief!
If it weren't for the fact that he was currently in the form of a fetus and couldn't even open his eyes, he would surely be wide-eyed right now.
But after confirming their words, Xiao Chong also felt that there seemed to be a round figure lying next to him.
He must be Xiao Yan, right?
This is quite good. My future brother will be the Flame Emperor, and when I'm born, I'll be his blood brother. If I don't antagonize him during our youth, he won't treat me poorly once he rises to power.
With this identity, it's very convenient for me to just laze around and take it easy! As for hard work, I'll leave that to my brother! When you become the Flame Emperor, remember to send me a few divine pills to try.
Although I could also dabble in cultivating Dou Qi for fun, with my brother being the future Flame Emperor, there's really no need for that.
Thinking this way, Xiao Chong lay back even more comfortably.
But at that very moment, a sharp, piercing pain suddenly surged through his entire body.
It felt as if he were drowning, completely unable to catch his breath! It was as if... the pregnant woman carrying him had some physical issues.
Although the pain quickly passed, as if it were just an illusion, Xiao Chong knew it was definitely not an illusion! At the same time, he realized something was terribly wrong! He remembered that in the original world, Xiao Yan had lost his mother at a very young age! In the world of cultivation, giving birth to a prodigious genius was an extremely life-draining process for the mother.
In the world of Battle Through the Heavens, for a woman to conceive and give birth, unless she had access to rare treasures or miraculous elixirs beforehand, it would be nearly impossible to recover the vitality consumed during pregnancy, especially when giving birth to a genius.
But the problem was… the Xiao family in Wutan City was not a prominent clan! Forget rare treasures, they were currently a third-rate family that couldn't even afford to hire a first-grade alchemist!
Not to mention, Xiao Yan already had two older brothers, and Xiao's mother was already frail and not a powerful Dou Qi practitioner.
Originally, giving birth to Xiao Yan alone had pushed her body to its limit, leading to her death.
If I'm added to the mix…
Damn it, I can't just laze around, absolutely not! At least not now, or I'll be done for! Just as Xiao Chong was racking his brain over what to do, a faint surge of Dou Qi flowed into him, as if soothing his anxious state.
Although her own body was already on the verge of collapse, the pregnant woman was still managing to channel a tiny amount of Dou Qi into her body.
She… knew she probably wouldn't live to see her children grow up, so she was using her last bit of strength, even smiling to hide it from her husband…
At the same time, taking advantage of Xiao Zhan's absence, the woman gently stroked her belly and whispered with a smile.
"Grow up well, my children…"
"There are only about five months left until you're born."
"I'll be with you during these five months… Don't forget about me, your mother."
Hearing these somewhat sorrowful words, Xiao Chong felt as if the softest string in his heart had been plucked.
If before, he had only planned to be a carefree slacker…
Now, his goal had changed! He wanted to survive, to live on with his mother!
However, seeing his mother still channeling her Dou Qi into his body, Xiao Chong felt troubled. How could he possibly return the favor and replenish her Dou Qi?
Just then, an echo resounded in Xiao Chong's mind.
[With your extraordinary comprehension, you have observed the Dou Qi being infused into the placenta and grasped the transformation of Dou Qi: Innate Qi.]