Chapter 1288: with translation of chapter title

If we could get their help, then whatever Soul Heaven Emperor, whatever Gu Yuan, would not be opponents at all, but defeated underlings.

Thinking of the great tree and the ancient heavenly demon python, Lin Feng drooled with desire.

However, he immediately shook his head and looked at the Pingnan Pass city blueprint before him.

"The most urgent thing now is to first refine enough medicinal pills to boost the strength of the Nine Nether Earth Abyss Python clan, and then study artifact refinement. Once Yao Ming and his group have gathered sufficient materials, we will then refine a large quantity of components for repairing the city."

Having said that, Lin Feng grinned and continued: "This way, with the city's protection, I can also safely bring my wives and concubines, gradually squeezing the living space of those from the Tongling Sect, and finally wipe them out completely!"

He had painstakingly cultivated those concubines, and after the dual cultivation, it was naturally impossible to just let them keep freeloading.

Although they cannot participate in battles of high-level Dou Saint experts, sending them to contend with the mid- and low-level Dou Saints of the Tongling Sect for territory and to gather cultivation resources is still no problem.

Moreover, one should know that the cultivation resources within the Gu Nanfang Continent, after experiencing nearly ten thousand years of frenzied growth, are extremely abundant.

Furthermore, the quality is also top-notch.

Faced with the cultivation resources he urgently needs, how could Lin Feng not be tempted?

Of course, if he were to summon the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan and the Tian Yao Phoenix Clan to go together to the Gu Nanfang Continent to scavenge resources, he would definitely be unwilling to do so.

After all, they themselves don't even have that many resources to use now; giving them to the other two great clans would be foolish, wouldn't it?

"Forget it, let's first finish refining the medicinal pills; without sufficient strength, anything else is pointless."

As he spoke, Lin Feng, holding the woman in his arms whose eyes were dazed and wearing the Xuan Yi robe, disappeared together into the hall.

"Father, does the Soul Heaven Emperor really wish to trade with us?"

Just as Lin Feng was concentrating on refining medicinal pills, Gu Xun'er, far away in the ancient realm, was standing in a lush green bamboo grove, hesitantly gazing at a middle-aged man in hemp clothing before her.

From Gu Xun'er's address, it could be seen that this seemingly ordinary middle-aged man was her father, the current clan leader of the Gu clan, Gu Yuan.

At the same time, he is also one of the only two remaining nine-star peak Dou Saints on the Dou Qi Continent!

Of course, the number of peak Dou Saint experts mentioned earlier does not naturally include the old dragon king trapped at the entrance of the Gu Di Dong Fu.

Upon hearing the worry in his daughter's words, Gu Yuan chuckled and explained: "Xun'er, you need not worry; with me personally going out, that Soul Heaven Emperor would surely not dare to go back on his word."

As he spoke, ripples could not help but appear in the calm depths of his eyes.

Eight pieces of the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade—this time, they are finally going to be gathered, right?

At the same time, upon receiving her father's assurance, Gu Xun'er's originally furrowed brows relaxed considerably.

Because she knew that with her father personally taking action, Xiao Yan's relatives could definitely be rescued this time.

After all, she did not believe that, under her father's intimidation, the Soul Heaven Emperor would still dare to renege after obtaining the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade and refuse to hand over her uncle Xiao Zhan and his two companions.

However, thinking of how, after she mentioned this to Yao Chen, he insisted on exchanging the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade for Xiao Yan's relatives, Gu Xun'er could only sigh helplessly.

Although she did not know the specific reason, from Yao Chen's expression.

Now, he seems to be extremely averse to our Gu clan.

Furthermore, Yao Chen can even temporarily set aside his hatred for his deceased disciple.

Thus he brings forth his sole reliance, the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, to exchange for Xiao Zhan and his two uncles.

"Is he doubting that our Gu clan can avenge Xiao Yan?"

Thinking of this, Gu Xun'er's expression grew extremely gloomy, her heart filled with bitterness.

But immediately afterward, she composed herself and said to Gu Yuan: "Father, since you are willing to take action, I will first go attend to my own affairs."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan's heart stirred, and he then said: "Xun'er, you may do whatever else you like, but for now it's best not to leave the Gu clan. As for contacting the Soul clan and discussing the specific transaction details, you can also let Yao Chen handle it. Of course, remember to have Yao Chen ensure that the transaction site is chosen at a location ten thousand li west of the ancient realm, and the time must be at least a month later; otherwise, if it's too far or too rushed, our Gu clan would find it difficult to act."

"Father prepares to, during this transaction, join forces with the Yan clan to crush the Soul clan, thereby dealing a heavy blow to the Soul Heaven Emperor and his ilk. In this way, we can not only thwart the Soul Heaven Emperor's plans, but also kill the Soul clan's remaining divine-grade bloodline together. Later, when your strength has grown, we father and daughter can join forces to utterly eradicate that evil Soul clan."

As he spoke these words, Gu Yuan also walked up to his daughter, patted her shoulder, and his face was full of a gentle smile.

As for why the transaction must take place at a location ten thousand li west of the ancient realm, and why the time must be at least a month later, he did not explain this to his daughter.

"Father, is this really true?"

Upon hearing that he would take action against the Soul clan, Gu Xun'er's eyes instantly flashed with surprise and joy.

At this moment, her doubts about the time and place had long been cast aside.

She still thought her father would be as before, unwilling to act against the Soul clan.

She never expected that today he would actually take the initiative to speak of acting against the Soul Heaven Emperor!

"Hehe, you little girl, when has Father ever deceived you?"

Seeing his daughter's expression of disbelief and ecstasy, Gu Yuan's smile undiminished, he spoke.

Upon hearing this, Gu Xun'er gave it a little thought and indeed it was so.

Immediately afterward, she exclaimed excitedly: "That's wonderful, Father! With you taking action, and given that the Soul clan supposedly lost four of its five seven-star Dou Saints when they destroyed the Medicine clan, their strength has greatly diminished. Once we join forces with the Yan clan, we will surely be able to crush the Soul clan and deal them a heavy blow!"

As she spoke, the smile on her lovely face could not be suppressed.

Originally she thought that to help Xiao Yan avenge himself, she would have to wait several hundred years.

But now, it has suddenly become imminent!

"However, our goal this time is not to kill the Soul Heaven Emperor and his ilk—likewise, we are incapable of doing so. Therefore, when the time comes, you must not act impulsively; you must cooperate with us to kill the Soul clan's remaining divine-grade bloodline. If they do not come, then we should kill as many other Soul clan Dou Saints as possible."

Saying this, Gu Yuan's tone was helpless: "You also know that, ever since you initially damaged your Dou Emperor bloodline, your potential is no longer what it once was. If we compete in potential, the other side possesses the Dou Emperor bloodline plundered by the Devouring Spirit clan from numerous other ancient races. Our Gu clan, if we compare potential, would certainly be inferior, so we can only rely on a sudden surge of strength from the Tian Mu, and then quickly eliminate the Soul clan."

To be frank, if he had known earlier that his daughter would do this, he would never have allowed her to go to the Yao Fire Space no matter what.

But now, saying anything is too late.

Therefore, he can only hasten to exterminate the Soul clan and its ilk, to eliminate future troubles.

Although our Gu clan possesses the Tian Mu, without the Dou Emperor bloodline, relying solely on it is insufficient to defeat the Soul clan.

After all, if one stays inside it for too long at a stretch, one will develop resistance to the Tian Mu, making further entry impossible.

Thus, those who obtain the Tian Mu can only enter it intermittently later to cultivate, unable to remain in seclusion there for extended periods.

However, Gu Yuan soon added: "Xun'er, go into the Tian Mu later and kill and absorb all the energy bodies inside. We are urgently in need of strength, and those energy bodies are useless to me and to Gu Dao and the other two, so you are the most suitable."

"Good."

Upon hearing this, thinking that avenging Xiao Yan required strength, Gu Xun'er nodded in agreement without hesitation.

But immediately after, she turned around, waved her hand and said: 'Father, I will first go tell Senior Yao Chen about this, let him pass through the Soul Hall and inform the higher-ups of the Soul Clan. After that, I will immediately go to Tian Mu to go into seclusion!'

In the midst of speaking, Gu Xun'er vanished like a wisp of smoke, swiftly darting off into the distance..

Gu Yuan, seeing this, immediately reminded: 'Xun'er, remember, the location must be ten thousand li west of the Ancient Realm, and the time must be at least one month later.'

'Understood!'

Hearing the sound coming from behind, Gu Xun'er waved her hand, and then abruptly completely left the former's field of view.

At this very moment, Lin Feng had long been thrown by her to a place one hundred eight thousand li away.

After all, her father himself had taken action; a mere 'Five-Star Dou Sheng' like Lin Feng was utterly worthless, what use is he?

One can't possibly shout for him to come over to unclog her drains and, by the way, send her a big fat kid to relieve her loneliness from lacking male companionship, can we?

'Sigh, this girl, she still hasn't been able to forget Xiao Yan, has she?'

Watching Gu Xun'er's gradually receding back, Gu Yuan's smile on his face instantly vanished without a trace, and his complexion grew somewhat gloomy.

He had originally thought that after Xiao Yan's death, his daughter would gradually forget him.

But from the current situation, it seems his daughter does not have the tendency to forget Xiao Yan.

'Forget it, I can't intervene in this matter either; let her handle it.'

Immediately after, Gu Yuan shook his head, gazing ahead at the endless bamboo forest, and silently sighed: 'I never expected Xiao Yan to fall in the Yao Realm. According to my calculations, that guy should have been able to escape. I never imagined Wu Nie Tun Yan would exceed my expectations and advance to the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm. It seems I need to be wary of the Soul Heavenly Emperor and his ilk.'

Thinking of Xiao Yan's fall, Gu Yuan also felt great regret.

One of his major aids in dealing with the Soul Heavenly Emperor was just wiped out by the Soul Clan like that.

'Soul Heavenly Emperor, even if you can gather the eight pieces of Tuo She Gu Di Jade, what good is it if you cannot ultimately keep it safe? It's still useless!'

As he continued speaking, Gu Yuan's tone gradually revealed traces of killing intent.

At the same time, his face no longer bore that gentle smile from before.

In its place was a full, ferocious grin!

According to common sense, even if the Ancient Clan and the Flame Clan joined forces, it would still be difficult to heavily injure the Soul Clan, which possesses two nine-star Dou Sheng.

Actually, before his daughter told him the news about the Tuo She Gu Di Jade, Gu Yuan still thought that piece of ancient jade had already been obtained by Hun Tiandi.

He planned to wait and see, and when the Tuo She Gu Di Dongfu later emerged, the commotion would undoubtedly be huge; at that time, he would then have a final showdown with Hun Tiandi.

But the problem was, that last piece was in his daughter's hands; forcibly taking something from his daughter was something he was extremely unwilling to do.

However, that little brat Yao Chen happened to distrust the Ancient Clan, and wanted to exchange the Xiao Clan's Tuo She Gu Di Jade for Xiao Yan's blood relatives.

And he just happened to go along with it, agreeing to his daughter's request.

Because of this, the battlefield location was no longer up to Gu Yuan to decide.

By then, fighting beside the Tian Mu, he would not believe that Hun Tiandi could still prevail, given his own self bolstered by the Dou Emperor's residual space.

With the Tian Mu's support, Gu Yuan was confident he could rely on the power of that ancient Dou Emperor relic to heavily injure, or even suppress, Hun Tiandi.

By then, who would ultimately possess those eight Tuo She Gu Di Jade pieces truly remained uncertain.

"It's just a pity that I cannot refine this Tian Mu; relying solely on the assistance of my control rights to forcibly move it, a distance of ten thousand li beyond the Ancient Realm is already my limit. Otherwise, if I could carry that space around and move it freely, with its enhancement, I would truly be invincible under heaven."

Thinking about the difficulty of moving the Tian Mu, Gu Yuan couldn't help but shake his head in frustration.

He now somewhat suspected that Xiao Yan had initially tricked him, not telling him the method to refine the Tian Mu's space.

Otherwise, why would he clearly have already obtained control of the Tian Mu?

But no matter what he did, he could not refine it, nor completely make it his own.

However, now that Xiao Yan is dead, even if Gu Yuan had a great doubt, there is no one left to answer it for him.

"Sigh, let's not think too much about it; I can't exactly go down to ask Xiao Yan. It's more important to first move the Tian Mu to the trading location—within a month's time. If I only rest once in between, I should be able to successfully move the Tian Mu there a few hours before the trade begins. That way, I won't have to worry about Hun Tiandi discovering it prematurely."

Thinking about the speed at which he moved the Tian Mu, Gu Yuan couldn't help but feel his face darken.

That damned thing, while fighting inside the Tian Mu, although it provided a considerable boost, even when the enemy entered inside, he could still sever the connection between them and the heavenly-earth energy of that space.

But if he wanted to move it, that speed was as slow as a snail.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have had his daughter tell Yao Chen to set the trading time for one month later.

Furthermore, that thing, he can currently only move it about ten thousand li.

Based on his understanding and calculations of the Tian Mu during this period, if he moved it ten thousand li and then tried to move it again, the Tian Mu would return to its original place on its own.

And Gu Yuan speculated that this thing was very likely fixed in place by that ancient Dou Emperor; if there were no new master, it could not be taken too far from its resting place.

As for himself, although he had obtained control of the Tian Mu, he ultimately had not refined it.

Thus, this so-called master was somewhat in name only.

Consequently, this willingness meant that the Tian Mu could only be used by him in ambush battles.

In a direct confrontation, unless someone came to cause trouble in the Ancient Realm, it would also be hard for it to play any role.

At most, it would merely serve as an additional means of escape.

And after Gu Yuan spoke, the actions of Gu Xun'er and Yao Chen became extremely swift.

On the third day, the senior leaders of the Soul Clan, who dwelled deep within the Soul Clan, learned from their subordinates that Yao Chen wanted to exchange the Tuo She Gu Di Jade for information about Xiao Zhan and his three companions.

Upon hearing this news, Hun Tiandi and Wu Nie Tun Yan originally wanted to tug and pull a bit.

But when the subordinates jointly reported that Xiao Yan had completely fallen, with not even a soul remaining, Hun Tiandi, without a word, directly agreed to all of Yao Chen's requests.

After all, Xiao Yan was already dead, which meant that the Xiao Clan's Tuo She Gu Di Jade had become crucial.

Otherwise, if it accidentally fell into the hands of the Ancient Clan, he would then be at their mercy.

Moreover, with Xiao Yan's death, given Hun Tiandi's understanding of Gu Yuan and the others, he would certainly no longer care about the life or death of Xiao Zhan and his three companions.

Therefore, if they now refuse to trade, the situation later could become even worse.

At the same time, the value of Xiao Zhan and his companions would also gradually become worthless.

Thus, as soon as Hun Tiandi received the news of Xiao Yan's downfall, he hurriedly agreed in one breath to all of Yao Chen's conditions.

Using Xiao Zhan and his three companions, exchange for that final Tuo She Gu Di Jade.

As for Lin Feng, far away in the Nine Nether Earth Ice Python Clan, he naturally does not know the secret transaction between the Soul Clan and the Ancient Clan.

Now he is still in the underground world of the Nine Nether Earth Ice Python Clan, frantically refining pills.

During this period, aside from one rest, after releasing the fire on the curvaceous beautiful woman in profound clothing, he hurriedly threw himself back into the act of refining pills.

Of course, in this, the Nine Nether Earth Ice Python Clan is also not idle, having mobilized tens of millions of snake-shaped demon beasts related to it and hundreds of subordinate forces and demon beast families, searching everywhere for the materials Lin Feng needs for forging and the medicinal seeds, sprouts, and roots needed to refine ninth-grade pills.

As for Gu Yuan, during this period he first contacted the Flame Clan, explained the interests therein, elucidated the consequences of the Soul Heavenly Emperor gathering eight pieces of Sharira Ancient Emperor Jade, and, as he wished, successfully brought the Flame Clan onto the war chariot.

After that, he again traveled day and night, resting only once, and quietly moved the Tian Mu space to the agreed-upon trading point for medicinal materials with the Soul Clan.

And amidst everyone's such busyness, a month's time passed in the blink of an eye.

Not long after a month had passed since Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er's talk, one day the sky above the Ancient Sacred Mountain Range at the center of the Ancient Realm suddenly became filled with intersecting figures.

At this moment, numerous experts of the Ancient Clan rose into the air, forming a neat formation at the peak of the Ancient Sacred Mountain Range.

Although these figures seemed miscellaneous, with the surging of vast aura, everyone seemed as one, that momentum even causing an Eight-Star Dou Saint to have to temporarily yield!

Among them, the most conspicuous is the figure at the very front, as heavy as a mountain range.

In fact, this person is indeed the strongest among these many Ancient Clan experts.

As for this person's identity, he is the supreme leader of the Ancient Clan's Black Nirvana Army, the Black Abyss King Gu Lie!

Although he usually keeps a low profile, his strength has already reached the level of an Eight-Star Initial Dou Saint!

Although he is somewhat inferior to the Flame Clan Chief who is an Eight-Star Peak Dou Saint, looking over the entire Dou Qi Continent, he is still a remarkably powerful existence.

However, since Gu Yuan has now resolved to heavily damage the Soul Clan, it is naturally impossible to send out only the Black Abyss King Gu Lie.

Behind him, the Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan, who hold exalted positions within the Ancient Clan, are also all present at this moment.

These three all possess the strength of Seven-Star Peak Dou Saints, being somewhat stronger than the Soul Clan's Four Devil Saints.

However, if the two sides engage in a melee, with the Soul Clan's Four Devil Saints having one extra person to control, the Ancient Clan's Three Immortals would appear somewhat overwhelmed.

Unfortunately, the Soul Clan's Four Devil Saints have now lost three directly in the Medicine Realm battle.

Therefore, if a fight were to break out now, the Ancient Clan's Three Immortals taking on one of the Soul Clan's Four Devil Saints would surely crush the opponent.

And behind the Ancient Clan's Three Immortals are numerous Ancient Clan Elders.

These Elders all have strength below the Six-Star Dou Saint level.

More accurately, most of them are below the Four-Star Dou Saint level.

Because among these Elders, only about eight have reached the strength of Four- or Five-Star Dou Saints.

As for why the Ancient Clan deployed more Four- and Five-Star Dou Saints than in the original Battle of the Burial Heaven Mountain Range,

that is because the Ancient Clan now lacks the help of the Thunder Clan and Xiao Yan, causing its overall strength to be considerably lower.

Therefore, the Ancient Clan's high-level leaders had no choice but to abandon home defense and directly pack up all the clan's strong warriors to bring along.

After all, if the front line loses, keeping those Elders below the Six-Star Dou Saint level in the Ancient Realm would be utterly meaningless.

And the Ancient Clan's deployed formation, if placed in Central State, would surely be unstoppable.

Thus, it being able to nominally become the leader of the Seven Clans after the Xiao Clan's demise is not without reason.

Of course, the remaining three clans all know that the strongest clan on the continent today is the Soul Clan, not the Ancient Clan.

"Heh heh, have we already arrived?"

And not long after these figures appeared, Gu Yuan's figure, suddenly bringing Gu Xun'er, appeared before everyone.

However, Gu Xun'er's aura now is no longer what it was a month ago.

She has now unexpectedly become a Five-Star Dou Saint–level expert.

This shows that his staying in the Tian Mu for this month was not laziness.

Of course, if calculated by Tian Mu's time, Gu Xun'er actually spent half a year in there.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

And not long after Gu Yuan and his daughter arrived, a sharp, violent tearing wind sound suddenly came from the distant sky.

As the multitude of Ancient Clan experts looked over, they soon discovered that large numbers of black figures were swiftly flashing in from the horizon.

Shortly after, those people neatly appeared in the sky above the Ancient Sacred Mountain Range.

At the same time, the mighty auras of these people spread out, causing this heaven and earth to tremble!

While the Ancient Clan et al. looked ahead, they saw that the leader of these arrivals was a middle-aged man clad in crimson robes. Upon glancing, most people thought this man looked about forty, somewhat rugged, and his two eyebrows were a crimson hue, like two flames burning. However, what astonished them was that this middle-aged man's eyes were entirely crimson. Looking as if two fire gems were inlaid, upon scanning, they found that even the air around his eyes felt warm. (End of Chapter)

His gaze swept over; most people thought the man looked no older than about forty, his bearing somewhat rugged, and his two eyebrows were a crimson hue, appearing like two strands of flame burning.

Yet, what surprised everyone was that this middle‑aged man's eyes were also entirely crimson.

They seemed as if two flame gems were set in them, and as the crowd scanned him they discovered that even the air around his eyes felt warm. (End of chapter)