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Chapter 4865: 5.0617 Observation

Inside the Dou family's tent:

"Sister, don't you think the atmosphere in this camp is a bit strange? It feels like everyone is fending for themselves," said a man with dark skin and a burly physique. Even when he spoke in a low voice, his volume was still quite loud.

A woman sitting across from him, who looked about twenty-five or twenty-six, had a refined appearance and a pair of inward-sloping fox eyes that gleamed with shrewdness.

"Big Brother, originally, everyone here wasn't part of the same team. We just happened to be on this island together, waiting for the secret realm to open."

"You have a point, Sister."

"Big Brother, this time, you must really prove yourself. Look at how those few branch family disciples have stolen all the thunder from our main family disciples lately," Dou Xinwu said with a pout, looking indignant. "This time, when we go deep into the Sacred Lotus Realm, we must find this Nine-Colored Sacred Lotus."

"After consuming this sacred medicine, you'll at least advance by a major realm. If it can achieve the legendary expected effect of increasing cultivation speed a hundredfold within a year, that would be even better."

"That's just a legend," Dou Tengqi said dully, instinctively raising a hand to scratch his large head.

He had never had much luck in his life. If he really found the Nine-Colored Sacred Lotus, he would worry that he might be experiencing a final burst of energy before death...

"Big Brother!" Dou Xinwu jumped up from her stool and slapped her brother's shoulder forcefully. "How can you be so spiritless? You need to have confidence in yourself. Can our siblings not surpass those few minor disciples from the Sky-Empty Star?"

Dou Xinwu pouted, "Those disciples from home, every single one of them looks down on people. Seeing Dou Fengmian and Dou Fenghua's excellent medical skills, they all fawn over them, calling them Young Master Er and Young Master Da. Hmph, I don't even want to hear it."

Dou Tengqi chuckled foolishly, "But, but Father also said their aptitudes are indeed among the best in the family."

"What if they're among the best? They still came from a shabby small star domain like the Sky-Empty Star, didn't they? If not for our Dou family's nurturing, would they be where they are today? They show no gratitude and even fantasize about contending with you, Big Brother, for the position of Family Head."

Dou Tengqi hastily waved his hand, "Sister, Father also, also said that I, am not fit to be the Family Head."

"Big Brother, you're so useless!" Dou Xinwu angrily slapped the table. "I say you can do it, so you can do it! In short, this time in the Sacred Lotus Realm, our siblings must make the entire family look at us with new eyes."

"Kui'er, Mother still has half a steamed bun here, eat it first."

"Mother, Kui'er isn't hungry." The little boy's eyes stared directly at the half-steamed bun in his mother's hand. He swallowed, but still shook his head firmly.

"Silly child, you're growing. Come, eat it." Sister Yang secretly wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve when her son wasn't looking.

The child had endured so much hardship following her on their escape, always hungry and cold. It was her, as a mother, who was incapable.

She had heard from the villagers that the Forgotten River Sea was much safer than the land, with fewer corpse puppets appearing. She had thought that once she saved enough money, she would take her son across the vast ocean to find a peaceful place to settle.

Who knew... man proposes, God disposes.

Qiao Mu sat in her tent, using her Demonic Eye to observe more than a dozen tents, but found nothing unusual.