Chapter 1032

And Lin Feng, seeing the people of the ancient clan coming to seek him, immediately turned his body, looked toward him and said: 'Whether to forgive or not forgive is not up for discussion; I just don't know why Mr. Gu Zhen specially came to seek me, what is the purpose?'

However, although he said he was inquiring of the other party.

But in his heart, he had already vaguely guessed why Gu Zhen had come to find him.

After all, in this ancient clan, there aren't many people who have a grudge against him—just that one person.

And when Gu Zhen saw Lin Feng get straight to the point, he was first slightly startled, then quickly recovered his previous faint smile and said: 'I, Gu Zhen, have come this time without any major matter; I just don't know if Mr. Lin Feng would be interested in joining our ancient clan.'

Hearing that, Lin Feng's expression instantly turned into utter shock.

But he soon reacted, his gaze oddly fixed on the man called Gu Zhen, and he said: 'Are you joking?'

'I've lived this long and never heard that outsiders could join your ancient clan.'

While speaking, Lin Feng oddly stared at the other party.

'Hehe, as long as Mr. Lin Feng agrees, we can publicly announce it at the coming-of-age ceremony, without any deceit.'

Seeing that the former seemed interested, the man called Gu Zhen quickly flashed another meaning in his eyes, then smiled faintly.

Hearing that, Lin Feng shook his head and then said: 'No need, I have no interest in joining your ancient clan. After all, I am accustomed to freedom and dislike being constrained, lest entering your ancient clan cause trouble for you.'

As soon as his words fell, he immediately prepared to continue walking toward the stern of the ship.

'Hey, Mr. Lin Feng, wait!'

Seeing that the other party left so readily, Gu Zhen's expression changed immediately; he hurriedly ran to Lin Feng's front and continued: 'Mr. Lin Feng, if you are willing to join our ancient clan, then we are all one family; when family faces difficulty, helping is natural—how could it be causing trouble?'

'Of course, after you join, we can also step in to mediate; there is a high chance we could let you reconcile with the young lady and Xiao Yan, becoming friends happily. At the same time, we promise to later provide you with cultivation resources to increase your strength. Moreover, as long as you join our ancient clan, we will truly be clansmen, and even when you are outside, you can likewise use the identity of our ancient clan's people.'

'And with this identity, on the Zhongzhou Continent, no one would dare to move against you. I myself rose from a lowly descendant, so I know the difficulty of lacking background. And our ancient clan happens to be the foremost power on the continent; as a background, there is nothing better than us!'

Seeing that the former had no interest, Gu Zhen could only begin to tempt him with benefits.

'Hehe, forget it. I currently have no so-called ancient clan identity, and likewise, not many people on the continent dare to bully me.'

Hearing that, Lin Feng curled his lips and then continued walking forward.

Seeing that the former showed no interest at all, Gu Zhen knew the other party was the type who wouldn't act unless he saw a rabbit.

He immediately gritted his teeth and then continued: 'Mr. Lin Feng, if you agree to join our ancient clan, we can break the rules and give you a female descendant in marriage!'

'We also see that you have good talent, fearing that if you stay outside you would waste it, so we do not hesitate to lower our status to invite you to join our ancient clan. At the same time, you should also know that outside, the female descendants of our Dou Emperor family are highly popular. For this invitation, we have really gone all out!'

Seeing that the former still hesitated to agree, Gu Zhen made up his mind and stated the bottom line given to him by the clan's elders.

After all, sacrificing one descendant is still within the acceptable range of the elders.

Of course, even if it is a descendant, only those with Dou Emperor bloodline virtually zero can be discarded.

Any with stronger bloodline fluctuations would not do.

Lin Feng, upon hearing that, spread his hands and said: 'That works out fine; I also have no interest in your ancient clan. We'll each go our own way—your ancient clan won't need to go all out, and I won't need to join your ancient clan.'

Having said that, Lin Feng lightly tapped his foot and his figure quickly vanished from the spot.

At the same time, he scoffed in his heart: 'Although I could never agree, those Soul Clan people have already offered a ninth-grade bloodline genius beauty, and even eight ordinary genius beauties as a package. Meanwhile, your ancient clan is so stingy, not even willing to send out a woman qualified to participate in the coming-of-age ceremony.'

'No wonder we can't beat the Soul Clan now; even back then, over a thousand years ago, we couldn't beat the Xiao Clan led by Xiao Xuan—I scoff!'

'Ah, it looks like our behind-the-scenes plot has been discovered by him. This person is really hard to deal with—he didn't even take the bait!'

Seeing that the other party left without looking back, Gu Zhen could only helplessly shake his head and sigh.

Although the former didn't explicitly say so, from his actions it is obvious that he has already discovered their plan.

The reason he didn't speak up is because the other party is in their ancient realm, and besides, there's no evidence, so he simply pretended not to know.

And the departing Lin Feng was exactly as the former had anticipated.

After distancing himself from the other party, he glanced with disdain at the direction where Gu Zhen had been, and inwardly muttered: 'Still talking about joining the ancient clan to give me resources so I won't be bullied. If I really joined the ancient clan, the first thing that crazy woman Gu Xun'er would do is immediately deprive me of any cultivation resources.'

'Moreover, she will surely later find some other pretext to give me a deadly mission, sending me to my death. In the end, she will righteously "bring back" the relics of the clansmen and keep them.'

Of course, among these things, the strange fire and the Burning Scripture will definitely end up in Xiao Yan's hands.

As for the other things, they might just be swallowed up by the ancient clan.

He would never be foolish enough to join the ancient clan and hand over the initiative to others.

After all, he is not currently an ancient clan member, and he also has the protection of the Ancient Dragon clan.

Even Gu Xun'er would find it hard to have any way to deal with him.

But if he joined the ancient clan, in others' eyes he would essentially be an outsider.

Furthermore, his status would certainly not be as high as Gu Yuan's daughter or the ancient clan's supreme-bloodline Gu Xun'er.

By then, wouldn't the other party just play with him however they wanted?

Even if he refuses the mission, the other party could still report to the council of elders and then use clan rules to deal with him.

In that case, no matter who, it would be awkward to interfere in the ancient clan's internal affairs.

As for the other ancient clan members, they would probably just stand aside and cheer.

By then, he would truly be unable to escape disaster!

And the so-called coordination that Gu Zhen spoke of, then reconciling with Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yan by turning weapons into jade and silk—isn't that ridiculous?

'Once you join the ancient clan, the other party holds absolute initiative; why would they let go of past grievances and become good friends with you?'

Moreover, Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er are not the type who, after being abused a thousand times by the other side, would still treat them with the magnanimity of a first love.

It's likely that when the other party announces at the coming-of-age ceremony that he is a member of the ancient clan, Gu Xun'er will immediately reject the 'mediation' and then frantically deal with him.

However, who knows which bastard who can't even father a child came up with this poisonous idea for Gu Xun'er.

If some rather greedy people get hot-headed, they might be lured by the other side's promises of marrying an ancient clan woman, receiving vast cultivation resources, and possessing an exceedingly noble ancient clan identity, lose their direction, finally agree to the other side, and then meet a miserable death.

'Ah Qiu!'

However, just as the former's words fell, on the other side, Gu Zhen, who was looking disappointedly down the passage of the warship, suddenly sneezed several times.

Immediately afterward, he felt a chill behind him, not knowing what had happened.

'Bang!'

While Lin Feng was complaining in his heart, the warship beneath his feet suddenly shuddered violently.

Immediately afterward, the spatial fluctuations around the warship began to slowly dissipate.

At the same time, the speed of the warship also slowed down.

Some keen-eyed experts could even see, ahead of the warship, a lush mountain range that pierced the clouds, appearing within their visible range!

"Have we reached the Ancient Sacred Mountain Range?"

As the warship shuddered and the mist-wreathed mountain ahead drew nearer, Lin Feng silently thought to himself.

"Boom—!"

Just as he was complaining in his heart, dark clouds rolled above the horizon, and then one after another huge warships slowly came to a halt in the sky over this boundless mountain range, drawing the gaze of countless eyes below.

At the same time, the guests on the warship all unconsciously gathered toward the bow, then looked down at the perilous mountain range.

Moreover, those guests with keen perception, upon sensing the myriad formidable auras faintly seeping from the mountain range below, couldn't help but click their tongues inwardly, thinking to themselves: "No wonder it's hailed as the headquarters of the continent's top power, the Ancient Clan—here the number of experts has already reached a truly terrifying level."

"Hehe, honored guests, please!"

Just as the warship had steadied, the elderly voice from when they boarded immediately sounded again slowly.

Upon hearing that elderly voice from the warship, many people politely replied, then swiftly unleashed their bodies, flashing down from the warship and flying toward the cluster of buildings at the mountain's center.

For that place is the reception site prepared by the Ancient Clan this time.

"Hehe, finally arrived—this Ancient Clan's ancient realm isn't bad; the heavenly and earthly energy is so rich, and its size is also incredibly huge, truly exceeding my expectations!"

As soon as the warship came to a stop, the voice of that Ancient Dragon Clan expert sounded suddenly beside his ear without any warning.

And while speaking, he kept curiously looking around.

"Not big, not good? The current ancient realm is actually a small world formed by merging the Xiao Clan's former Xiao Realm; even the Soul Clan's soul realm might not be this vast."

After he finished speaking, Lin Feng shook his head and complained in his heart.

However, just as his thoughts finished, a sudden spatial fluctuation came from the distant sky.

Immediately afterward, a woman in green robes suddenly appeared in this sky.

Upon sensing someone's arrival, the guests nearby who hadn't yet left instinctively lifted their heads to look.

Then everyone saw the woman dressed in a light green gown, her three thousand strands of black hair casually bound, flowing over her slim waist that could be encircled by one hand, and finally, as a gentle breeze brushed her graceful hips, her hair fluttered, making her appear otherworldly and refined.

However, upon seeing the person arrive, Lin Feng's heart instantly filled with intense dislike.

This woman has constantly been causing him trouble.

If it weren't for the Ancient Clan's backing behind her, he would have seized her, crippled her Dou Qi, thrown her into prison, and forced her to serve as his lifelong vent for anger.

Even better, he would cripple Xiao Yan's Dou Qi, lock him in the adjacent room, so that Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er could clearly see each other.

He wanted Xiao Yan to watch him train Gu Xun'er every day, shaping her into a bitch that only knows how to do that thing.

Let Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yan taste what it means to wish for death over life!

However, Gu Xun'er at this moment had no time to pay attention to Lin Feng.

Upon seeing her Xiao Yan brother, she immediately called out sweetly, then, amidst the astonished gazes of those around, leapt into Xiao Yan's embrace.

And shortly after, Xiao Yan, as expected, was sought out for trouble by some members of the Ancient Clan.

As for Lin Feng, after probing a bit, he discovered that Gu Xun'er's true strength had been concealed by experts far stronger than him, making it impossible to discern; he then said to the Ancient Dragon Clan expert beside him: "Senior, I'm preparing to first go to my lodging—will you wander on your own, or come with me?"

After all, he now has several beautiful concubines; although Gu Xun'er is beautiful, in terms of looks alone, most of his wives are not inferior to her.

Therefore, he also has no interest in looking at Gu Xun'er's face.

"Hehe, then I'll go take a look around; today I'm still making my first visit to the ancient realm."

Saying that, he flashed his figure and left the place.

As for the Ancient Clan Dou Saints secretly observing below, upon discovering that the person was from the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan, they did not obstruct him and let him leave freely.

After all, someone of that level would look down on the ordinary descendants of their clan.

Moreover, even if they took a liking to him, the Ancient Clan would suffer no loss, so they simply couldn't be bothered to block him.

Of course, they definitely sent experts to follow him in secret, just in case any mishap occurred.

As for Lin Feng, he flashed his figure and followed the other guests to the lodging site.

After all, in such a setting, plus the earlier warning from the Ancient Dragon Clan expert, as long as the Ancient Clan's upper echelons aren't crazy, they definitely wouldn't resort to underhanded tactics here.

Furthermore, within the Ancient Clan, aside from Gu Xun'er, the others probably truly have no intention of dealing with him.

Even the previous Gu Qingyang and Gu Zhen likely had no choice but to step forward.

Even most of the Ancient Clan's high-ranking officials and youths probably wish he would kill Xiao Yan.

After all, he has offended many people and even hooked up with the Ancient Clan's golden miss.

This has caused her to repeatedly throw tantrums within the clan, getting the clan's experts to help look after Xiao Yan, thereby bringing them no end of trouble.

If it weren't inconvenient to act, they would probably have personally killed Xiao Yan themselves.

Of course, Lin Feng doesn't know that the Ancient Clan had actually already made a deal with Xiao Yan.

Even if they wished Xiao Yan dead, that would only be after this Ancient Clan trip, not now.