Chapter 1183: with translation of chapter title

By the way, this thing is a dragon scale that got knocked off during my past battles; it has completely lost its vitality now, just a piece of hard scale, and it surely isn't restricted by this seal.

Not long after, Zhu Kun immediately opened his huge eyes and took out a piece of purple dragon scale that was tens of zhang in size.

While speaking, he pushed with his giant claw, sending it to Zi Yan's front.

Upon seeing the purple dragon scale before her, she immediately nodded lightly and then stored it into her spatial ring.

By the way, there's also this Dragon Emperor Armor, which is the equipment used by successive Dragon Emperors of our ancient dragon clan; its defensive power is extraordinarily abnormal. Good daughter, keep it; in case you encounter danger, it might still be useful.

After handing over that scale piece, Zhu Kun immediately took out a piece of purple-gold dragon scale armor and then pushed it toward Zi Yan.

And at the instant that armor appeared, a strange pressure emanated.

If some magic beasts with weaker strength and bloodline were here, they would probably be directly crushed by this pressure.

This scale armor seems to be made from some extremely high-grade magic beast scales; otherwise, it couldn't have such tremendous pressure.

Sensing that strange pressure, Lin Feng slightly raised his eyebrows and inwardly clicked his tongue.

He speculated that this item might be like the Phoenix Wing Feather of the Tianhuang clan, a piece of extremely formidable equipment forged by some ancestor of the Taigu Ancient Dragon.

However, unlike the Phoenix Wing Feather, this equipment did not combine inheritance and gear together; instead, it was split into the Dragon Emperor Armor and the Dragon Washing Pool.

Alright, then I'll take it.

Zi Yan likewise felt that formidable pressure, and without refusing, she flicked her hand to put the scale armor away.

But after collecting these items, the surroundings fell silent for a moment.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Kun's expression instantly turned dejected.

He knew that these two fellows were about to leave as well.

After a long silence, Zhu Kun, whose massive mouth could swallow a small town, slightly opened it and rumbled: 'You two staying here can't save me; you'd better go attend to your own affairs.'

Mm.

Hearing that, Zi Yan immediately nodded slightly.

After a brief hesitation, she parted her lips softly and whispered: 'I will think of a way to rescue you as soon as possible.'

As soon as her words fell, Zi Yan glanced at the huge beast below and the Place: Gu Di Dong Fu ahead, then turned and sped toward the exit.

Seeing that, Lin Feng immediately cupped his hands toward Zhu Kun and said: 'Senior, we're leaving now; we'll meet again.'

Having said that, Lin Feng glanced somewhat disappointedly at the Place: Gu Di Dong Fu, then chased after Zi Yan's departing direction.

Their figures soon faded from Zhu Kun's sight and eventually vanished completely.

Zi Yan, this matter is of great importance; we should just return to Zhongzhou and not go see Elder Su Qian.

After leaving that small world and returning to the external magma, Lin Feng suddenly spoke.

Hearing that, Zi Yan beside him also flashed a hint of disappointment in her eyes.

But she also knew that the things beneath the Tian Fen Refining Qi Tower were extremely important and must absolutely not be leaked.

Thus, after the disappointment, she still nodded lightly and said: 'Okay, then let's hurry back to Zhongzhou; I also want to go check out the Dragon Washing Pool to see how much improvement I can gain there.'

Thinking of the Dragon Washing Pool mentioned by her cheap father earlier, Zi Yan's purplish-brown eyes also flashed a rich anticipation.

Then let's go.

Hearing that, Lin Feng lightly nodded, didn't linger here, casually waved his hand, used strange fire to shield himself and Zi Yan, then swiftly floated upward.

As for Zi Yan, at the moment his figure darted out, she also quickly followed him, flying upward.

However, just as the two were returning to the Zhongzhou Continent, several people sat around a round table in a dark, cramped room, each with a very solemn expression.

Clan Chief, now that the ancient clan has allied with the other two clans, Yan and Yao, it's not good for us to directly attack those major families. Why not, following our old custom, first wipe out the Stone Clan, which is relatively much weaker? After all, those fellows were somewhat dishonest, even acting on their own, ultimately getting killed—a Six-star mid-rank Dou Saint elder, a Four-star Dou Saint, and two peak Two-star Dou Saints; their strength has greatly diminished, making this a good time to strike.

After a long silence, a person whose appearance couldn't be seen, using his hoarse voice, proposed.

However, as soon as his voice fell, an opposing voice immediately sounded: 'No, if we rashly annihilate the Stone Clan, now that the Yan and Yao clans have allied with the ancient clan, they might learn of most experts' movements within the ancient clan. If we act rashly, they could directly identify us as the culprits; by then, our plan to attack the Yao clan via the medical canon might be ruined.'

The former finished speaking, and someone else echoed: 'That's right; among the Seven Ancient Clans, aside from the ancient clan, the clan with the strongest soul power and greatest use to us is the Yao and Ling clans. We have already wiped out the Ling clan before, gaining soul power almost sufficient for the Void Sovereign's advancement to four-tenths of the Emperor realm soul. Now we only need to eliminate the Yao clan, whose soul power is second only to the ancient clan's; then the Void Sovereign's breakthrough to Emperor realm soul will basically be assured.'

Furthermore, if we wipe out the Stone Clan, perhaps the Lei clan will feel that our Soul clan cannot protect its allies, prompting them to violate the alliance. By then, the enormous Dou Emperor bloodline we almost had in hand might slip away—know that we originally had no confidence in exterminating the Lei clan, because the ancient clan did it for Xiao Yan's sake, allowing us to snag a cheap windfall.

Hearing that, the others present also darkened their faces, without objection.

After all, as the former said, they originally lacked confidence in wiping out the Lei clan, or rather, because the Lei clan is strong, they never even considered exterminating it before completing their own clan chief's plan.

And precisely because the ancient clan earlier, in order to save that remnant of the Xiao family, had a falling out with the Lei clan, ultimately the Lei clan allied with our Soul clan under their instigation.

If the Stone Clan were exterminated, the Lei clan would likely be frightened into losing face, lowering themselves to seek friendship with the ancient clan.

Believing the ancient clan's usual conduct, they would gladly accept the Lei clan and then bring several major families to cause trouble for our Soul clan.

After all, the Lei clan's strength, even among the Six Ancient Clans, is upstream.

Wherever they are, they can provide considerable assistance to that side.

Moreover, if they took the Stone Clan's Dou Emperor bloodline, causing the Lei clan to flee, wouldn't that be like picking up sesame seeds while losing a watermelon?

Furthermore, that lost watermelon might be even more than just a little.

Because the ancient, Yan, and Yao clans have already allied, their chances of meeting each other have increased greatly.

If, when they act, Gu Yuan happens to be chatting with the chiefs or elders of several major clans, or playing together to deepen feelings,

then wouldn't they be directly exposed?

Although even if exposed, they have confidence not to fear the alliance of the ancient, Yan, Lei, and Yao clans, but under the pressure of our Soul clan and the extermination clan, the four clans' slight advantage twists into a single rope.

Thus, facing a prepared four-clan alliance, it would be very difficult for them to push the Void Sovereign's soul power to the Emperor realm.

Even if they eventually succeeded in raising the Void Sovereign's soul realm to the Emperor level, the required worldly time might increase by several hundred years.

One must know that the Ling clan, because it possesses complete souls, compared to the Stone Clan's obvious advantage, its methods are more mysterious and unfathomable, and its strength is also greater.

Furthermore, each member of the Ling clan, upon reaching adulthood, basically uses secret arts to form a contract with a magic beast or other living being, thereby gaining a highly coordinated combat assistant.

For example, the Ling clan chief's contracted magic beast is a creature with ancient bloodline, whose strength reaches the level of a Seven-star Dou Saint ferocious beast.

Especially during that great battle in the Spirit Realm at that time, the Ling clan chief and his contracted magic beast were possessed by the Spirit Emperor and the remnant soul of his contracted magic beast, directly beating two of the Four Demonic Saints into constant retreat.

Had it not been for the Void Sovereign's timely intervention, our Soul clan would likely have been dragged away by that beast, losing several Seven-star Dou Saints.

Normally, they would first wipe out the slightly weaker Stone Clan, and then strike at the Spirit Clan.

However, because the souls of the Spirit Clan, like those of the Yao Clan, are fundamentally far stronger than ordinary people, they can be said to be one as strong as six.

Therefore, their initial plan was to first eliminate the Spirit Clan, then turn against the Stone Clan.

Of course, the most crucial point is that they now have only two pieces of Tuo She Ancient Emperor Jade; they haven't even seen any Tuo She Ancient Emperor Jade belonging to the other four clans—Gu, Yan, Lei, and Yao.

If the four clans were to prepare and hide all the Tuo She Ancient Emperor Jade, it would prevent them from finding it.

Then even if they were to push the soul power of Wu Nie Tun Yan up to the Dou Emperor realm, it would be of no use!

And at the thought of such a consequence, the few people in the room couldn't help but shiver, and then they stopped discussing the extermination of the Stone Clan.

After all, compared with the Stone Clan's Dou Emperor bloodline and their Soul Clan's millennial grand plan, everyone still knows which is more important.

"Heh, you don't need to worry about the Stone Clan or the Thunder Clan. After the alliance, Lord Wu has already taken action. With the help of the inside agent, some Elders of the two great families have already been seeded by Lord Wu. In fact, those two great families are already essentially ours. And at this extremely sensitive moment, we should not stir up trouble."

After a long silence in the hall, a relatively much younger voice suddenly rang out within the room.