Chapter 1031: Hun Ya and Hun Li

After feigning a few coughs, he quickly came to his senses, then casually made up an excuse, saying, "I'm just thinking about how this ship works, I'm a bit curious about it, hehe."

Speaking so, Lin Feng gave an awkward smile and glanced at the surroundings of the warship.

Soon he noticed that throughout the warship, Black Abyss Army soldiers wielding long spears were everywhere, and the defenses were unusually stringent.

Clang!

Just as he was looking around, it seemed the guests all entered the warship at once, and a heavy bronze bell rang, immediately sounding in everyone's ears.

Immediately after, Lin Feng and the others felt the hull shudder, the surrounding space fluctuated, and in an instant everything became extremely chaotic.

And Lin Feng, who possesses an extraordinary spatial talent, naturally could perceive it.

The ship beneath their feet had at this moment pierced the space and entered the void, then raced through it at breakneck speed!

Huo Zhi, hearing his words, gave a light smile, seeing through his perfunctory tone.

"The warship has already set out; I estimate about half a day, and we should reach the Ancient Sacred Mountain Range of the Ancient Realm. In the meantime, Mr. Lin Feng may rest on the ship. As for this lady, I still have some matters, so I'll take my leave for now."

Looking at the suddenly changed scenery, Huo Zhi seemed to recall something, then gave a slight bow and walked away slowly.

Seeing the other party leave, Lin Feng immediately turned to the Ancient Dragon Clan elder beside him and said, "Senior, I'll go stroll around the ship first; there should be no danger here, you can also take a walk for a while."

Hearing that, the Ancient Dragon Clan nodded and said, "Since you're interested, go ahead and look around. As for me, I'll find a room to sleep; being with these people is truly boring."

Saying that, he waved his hand and headed toward the cabin.

Lin Feng, seeing this, shrugged, then followed the crowd and walked slowly toward the bow.

He was also curious about what the front of the ship actually looked like.

However, as he moved, Lin Feng found the ship's defenses to be so stringent they were almost frightening.

Almost every few steps, he could see a fully armed Black Abyss Army soldier.

This situation made Lin Feng ponder.

"It seems the Ancient Clan still doesn't trust us entering the Ancient Realm, fearing that some ulterior individuals might sneak in and contaminate the bloodlines of the Ancient Clan's descendants."

Gazing at these motionless black‑armored soldiers, Lin Feng thought to himself.

However, considering that the descendants' bloodlines are thin and pitiful, they can be easily overwritten.

He could understand why the Ancient Clan does this.

"Looks like there's nothing to see up ahead!"

A moment later, Lin Feng stood at the bow and shook his head in disappointment.

Since the warship flies within the void, it's impossible to see the scenery outside.

Thus the view at the bow is no different from elsewhere on the ship.

Since acquiring the space‑manipulation ability of the Grand Void Ancient Dragon, he has traversed the void countless times and is long since no longer fascinated by it.

However, just as Lin Feng was about to leave, his gaze suddenly caught two people seated beside a wooden table at the very front of the bow.

In an instant, his body froze.

Then, Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and murmured, "Xiao Yan… and people of the Ancient Clan?"

Looking at Xiao Yan beside the table and another man dressed in a robe bearing the Ancient Clan's insignia, Lin Feng's interest was instantly piqued.

Soon, he vaguely guessed the identity of that young Ancient Clan member.

"If I'm not mistaken, that young Ancient Clan member should be Gu Zhen, the Grand President of the Black Abyss Army. However, I have already defeated their Grand Commander Gu Qingyang, so there's no point in a Grand President either."

Thinking that, Lin Feng immediately turned away, preparing to leave.

"Heh heh heh, Mr. Lin Feng's attitude is truly admirable; the Ancient Clan is currently planning how to deal with you, yet you're still calmly strolling around."

Just as he was about to leave, a slightly feminine laugh drifted slowly from his side.

Hearing that, Lin Feng's forward stride halted instantly, and he turned to look toward the source of the voice.

On that deck, three figures in black robes stood casually.

Among the three, Lin Feng could sense the strength of two of them to be roughly around Eight‑Star Dou Zun level.

As for the other, he could only sense a faint lethal aura, but knew nothing of his exact power.

"Soul Clan member."

Looking at the three figures perfectly concealed beneath their black robes, Lin Feng furrowed his brow and said slowly.

"Hehe, impressive. I didn't expect you, Mr. Lin Feng, a non‑bloodline cultivator, to discern our true identities with just a glance."

Hearing him reveal his identity, one of the black‑clothed men smiled slightly and began to compliment him.

Lin Feng, hearing this, was puzzled and asked, "Why does the Soul Clan come after me instead of seeking Xiao Yan, who bears a grudge against you?"

"Heh heh, let me introduce ourselves: the one who just spoke is Hun Ya, and I am Hun Li. We are here to invite Mr. Lin Feng to join the Soul Hall and serve our Soul Clan."

After he finished, another black‑clothed man of equal Eight‑Star Dou Zun strength placed his hands in front of him, slipped them into his sleeves, and with a sly grin stepped forward to explain.

And as soon as he finished, he added, "Of course, our Soul Clan is very generous. As long as Mr. Lin Feng earns merit for us, we can provide anything—from top‑tier beauties to all kinds of precious cultivation resources. After all, everyone knows the Soul Hall of our Soul Clan spans the entire continent, and we have excellent intel on everything."

"Therefore, no matter what kind of beauty or cultivation resource you desire, we can swiftly procure it for you, Mr. Lin Feng. Even exotic flames—we can obtain those as well. If you achieve great merit, we might even reward you with unexpected exotic flames, heh heh."

At the end, the black‑clothed man gave a mysterious smile, his tone brimming with confidence.

And while speaking, the former showed not the slightest hint of remorse.

After all, although those items are precious, they are of no use to the Soul Clan.

Take beauties as an example: the Soul Clan also possesses Dou Emperor bloodlines, and even though their blood is unusually strong for various reasons, they cannot casually form close relationships with outsiders.

Even if they owned billions of beauties, they still could not enjoy them!

As for the exotic flames that outsiders consider extremely precious, need not even mention them.

The Soul Clan lacks nothing except exotic flames.

Since that elder arrived at their Soul Clan, over the past several thousand years they have devoured countless other exotic flames.

Among them are even top‑ten ranked exotic flames!

Therefore, for all these reasons, as long as Lin Feng can serve the Soul Clan.

Some beautiful women and strange fires—they sent all the newly found ones later to the former, and it's no problem!

After all, compared to those things, their clan leader's affairs are still more important.

And although they don't know why the clan leader themselves is painstakingly seeking a top-tier alchemist.

But seeing how much importance they attach to this matter, in short, it's indeed a very complicated affair.

And they are acting according to the direction their clan leader is interested in; that is definitely correct.

Most importantly, Lin Feng's alchemy talent is extremely strong; judging solely by talent, he might even surpass their Soul Clan's top alchemist.

If they could serve the Soul Clan, their clan leader would certainly be very pleased.

However, Lin Feng was not at all moved by the former's temptation.

After the former finished speaking, he immediately shook his head, his expression calm as he said: "Sorry, I admit that Master Soul Li's offer is very tempting; even I felt a bit moved. But unfortunately, I don't want to be restrained, so you'd better look elsewhere."

He has far too many secrets, many of which cannot be exposed; therefore, it's better to stay away from forces far stronger than him.

After all, those Soul Clan people are bad, not stupid; they definitely wouldn't give him a large amount of resources for no reason.

By then, they will surely try to monitor or control him.

At that point, no matter what he does, it will undoubtedly be extremely difficult.

Therefore, compared to those resources, what he cares more about is freedom.

And when the few Soul Clan members saw Lin Feng refuse, their bodies paused momentarily, and they couldn't help but feel a hint of doubt.

Obviously, the conditions they offered are already extremely generous; why would the other side still refuse?

Thinking of this, Soul Cliff beside him immediately spoke: "Mr. Lin Feng, if you find the conditions not generous enough, we can promise here that if you work for our Soul Clan, within five years we will at least find three strange fires for you and help you become a Dou Saint in that period."

As soon as his words fell, the former, worried that the former might misunderstand, immediately added: "I mean a true Dou Saint, not a half-Saint!"

"Of course, if Mr. Lin Feng worries that joining the Soul Hall would get him expelled from the Pill Pagoda, leaving no one to teach him alchemy, I can promise here that if you are willing to work for us, we can later invite a ninth-grade Treasure Pill Grand Master from the clan to personally teach you alchemy, and we can also provide all the prescriptions and medicinal materials needed for your study."

As Soul Cliff finished speaking, Soul Li thought Lin Feng was worried that joining the Soul Hall would get him expelled from the Pill Pagoda, causing his alchemy to stagnate, and he promptly added another promise.

Although they cannot mobilize the clan's only few Treasure Pill Grand Masters, they believe that as long as the clan leader knows there is a genius under thirty who is already an eighth-grade peak alchemist, he will surely agree to these promises!

After all, if Lin Feng's current condition could be won over, not only could they ally with the Ancient Celestial Dragon of the Grand Void, gaining a major top-tier ally.

Furthermore, judging by the former's talent, if the Soul Clan seriously cultivates him for a while, he will surely become a Mystic Pill Grand Master and a Dou Saint powerhouse!

Hearing that, Lin Feng shook his head and sighed: "I've already said that, although your Soul Clan's conditions are very tempting, I am now deeply bound to the Pill Pagoda, making it impossible for me to join the Soul Hall; you'd better look elsewhere."

To be frank, Soul Cliff and Soul Li being able to offer these conditions indeed shows full sincerity.

If he had no ties to the Pill Pagoda and wasn't practicing the Burning Scripture, he might actually have accepted their invitation.

But now he is not only actually married to the three daughters of the Ye, Dan, and Cao families among the three major clans of the Pill Pagoda's Five Great Families, and he also cultivates the Burning Scripture, making it impossible for him to serve the Soul Clan.

Even if the Ye, Dan, and Cao families were willing to leave the Pill Pagoda with him and join the Soul Hall.

But his cultivation method is the Burning Scripture; the Soul Hall finds strange fires for him, and each time he devours a strange fire, his strength and technique level surge wildly, and his Dou Qi has no trace of emptiness.

Faced with this extraordinary technique, the Soul Clan people would certainly be tempted.

After all, could the Soul Clan fail to find strange fires?

And given that strange fires are abundant, could they refuse such a bizarre technique that wildly raises technique level and Dou Qi cultivation just by absorbing strange fires?

But don't forget, within the Soul Clan, top-tier Dou Saint powerhouses may outnumber the combined strength of the other seven clans.

Even if he constantly hides his strength, could he fool the eyes of those top-tier experts?

Moreover, those Soul Clan folks are all risk-takers; they wouldn't want to cultivate, or have their juniors cultivate this technique for a gamble, to see if they could surpass the Dou Emperor bloodline concentration limit.

And in such a situation, Lin Feng is utterly incapable of coping.

Therefore, this also dooms Lin Feng and the Soul Clan from ever being together.

However, after hearing that, Soul Li and Soul Cliff thought the former was reluctant to part with Cao Ying and the three women.

After a brief pondering, Soul Cliff gritted his teeth and said: "Then how about this: in our clan leader's branch, there is a female genius about your age. If you are willing to serve our Soul Clan, once I return I will immediately report to the clan leader and ask him to marry that woman to you—how does that sound?"

"Indeed, that woman, although not as good as our young clan leader, is still a rare ninth-grade bloodline genius in our clan, with outstanding looks. Moreover, her strength is not inferior to that of Gu Qingyang, whom you previously competed against, and we are confident that the clan leader has at least a ninety percent chance of agreeing to this marriage."

While speaking, Soul Li's body also trembled slightly.

These conditions are already the highest they can offer.

He truly dare not say anything else.

However, thinking that they are sending off a ninth-grade genius, before Lin Feng could speak, he added again: "Furthermore, we can also tell the clan leader to marry off his branch's younger generation to you, while also bringing along eight young virgins of excellent appearance and bloodline no lower than fourth grade as dowry, to accompany you when you marry her."

If the former's condition were to become known outside, it would probably shock people to the point of dropping their jaws.

Because these Dou Emperor clans regard their own bloodline as extremely important.

Even ordinary descendants, they would not marry them out.

Unless you have an enormous debt of gratitude to that clan, making it hard for them to refuse.

Otherwise, all the Dou Emperor clans would absolutely never let their bloodline flow outward!

However, because these ancient clans are immensely strong and their bloodline is special, the children they bear may possess a denser Dou Emperor bloodline.

Thus, the husband's family could rely on this genius to soar overnight and give birth to a new Dou Saint powerhouse.

Therefore, on the Dou Qi Continent, even the great clans of the Five Surnames and Seven Sects are extremely eager to marry an imperial clan woman.

Even if it's just the lowest descendant within a Dou Emperor clan!

But even so, all major external powers seek it in vain and ultimately return disappointed.

Of course, the imperial clan and some major external powers also have marriage alliances.

However, the women used for such marriages are usually people who have lived generation after generation on the outskirts of the ancient clans in the outside world.

Those people possess not a trace of Dou Emperor bloodline.

At most, they are merely kept by the various Dou Emperor clans to manage their external trump cards and serve as tools for marriage alliances.

As for the clan members within their own small world, unless under extremely special circumstances, it is utterly impossible for them to marry non-bloodline cultivators.

Considering all of the above, one can easily imagine how astonishing the conditions offered by Hun Ya and Hun Li are.

After all, the people they want to marry off are not those outsiders without Dou Emperor bloodline, nor the descendants of the Soul Clan.

But rather, they are the ninth-grade bloodline geniuses that all major ancient races highly value, even dream of!

But such top-tier geniuses, which other ancient races don't even have a single one of in this generation, Hun Ya and Hun Li, nevertheless married her off to Lin Feng.

Moreover, they even threw in eight other women of Dou Emperor bloodline, no lower than fourth-grade!

One can imagine how much the Soul Clan is willing to sacrifice.

"No need, you'd better not waste your time on me; I could never work for your Soul Clan."

As he spoke, Lin Feng shook his head and then walked toward the rear of the warship.

As Hun Ya and Hun Li saw the former leave, they frowned tightly and were deeply puzzled.

They don't understand why, after offering such conditions themselves, the other party still refuses to agree.

But since the other party is unwilling, they temporarily can't do anything.

Therefore, after sighing, they immediately left this place.

"Please wait, Mr. Lin Feng."

As for Lin Feng on the other side, having just walked out less than a li, he was stopped again.

Upon hearing the voice, he immediately frowned slightly and turned his head to look.

Immediately, he saw a long-haired man in martial attire slowly walking toward him.

This long-haired man's appearance was not handsome, and could even be said to be ordinary.

Yet his calm, carefree expression gave off an oddly convincing aura.

At the same time, Lin Feng recalled, wasn't this the person who had chatted with Xiao Yan at the table by the bow earlier?

"Hehe, I am Gu Zhen, Supreme Commander of the Black Nirvana Army. I suddenly came to find you; please forgive me, Mr. Lin Feng."

The martial-attired man, as he walked over, clasped his hands with a beaming smile, speaking apologetically.