Chapter 646

Thinking of the things Lin Feng had snatched away, Xiao Yan felt helpless and heartbroken.

But being defeated by a peer, he still felt very unwilling.

This dealt him a major blow, yet it also aroused his competitive spirit.

After all, after he arrived in Zhongzhou, even when facing the Ancient Clan genius Ling Quan, who was slightly stronger than him, he could still barely win.

Of course, this is because Gu Xun'er didn't tell him the specific details of the Ancient Clan's internal situation.

Otherwise, he might not have been so proud.

As for Dan Chen and Cao Ying of the Pill Tower, although his alchemy skills couldn't match those two women,

however, in combat he was confident he could crush them.

But ever since he met Lin Feng, he has felt an unprecedented pressure.

Back when he was in the Heijiaoyu, he could still say that the other party had taken advantage of the Swallowing Genesis Pill.

But after so long, during this period he had absorbed a considerable amount of flame, and his strength had surged considerably.

However, when facing Lin Feng, he still felt utterly powerless.

This feeling was just like when his teacher hadn't appeared yet, facing the Yun Lan Sect himself.

"Xiao Yan gege, if you want to quickly increase your strength, I actually have a partial method. It can let you quickly obtain some strange fire, absorb it to boost your strength!"

Seeing him say that, Gu Xun'er hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, then slowly said.

"What method? Xun'er, hurry up and tell me!"

Xiao Yan naturally understood her very well, knowing she wouldn't talk nonsense.

Thus, upon hearing that she had a method, Xiao Yan's complexion quickly became unusually excited.

Under this stimulation, his somewhat pale complexion also instantly showed a flush of abnormal red.

Immediately afterward, the still-weak Xiao Yan seemed to have broken through human limits, directly reaching out with both hands, firmly gripping Gu Xun'er's shoulders, his eyes full of urgency.

Gu Xun'er sensed his excitement, and after a brief silence, she said: "Xiao Yan gege, over a thousand years ago, on the Dou Qi Continent, the most ancient human force possessing Dou Emperor bloodline was the eight families."

Hearing "Dou Emperor bloodline," Xiao Yan's face instantly turned solemn.

Now he is no longer that ignorant youth; he also has some understanding of how formidable the Dou Emperor bloodline is.

He knows that the Ancient Clan behind Xun'er being what it is today is largely due to the miraculous bloodline left by those Dou Emperor experts.

At this point, Gu Xun'er continued: "Those eight families are respectively the Ancient Clan, the Soul Clan, the Flame Clan, the Thunder Clan, the Medicine Clan, the Stone Clan, the Spirit Clan, and the Xiao Clan!"

"Huh? There actually is a Dou Emperor family sharing my surname."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan's heart stirred, and he immediately asked in puzzlement: "Xun'er, I've heard more or less about those Dou Emperor families you mentioned, but I've never heard of the Xiao Clan before."

"And isn't the Dou Emperor family supposed to be only seven?"

Upon hearing that, Gu Xun'er lightly exhaled, then nodded: "That's right; even now, there are indeed only seven Dou Emperor families."

"But a thousand years ago, the Dou Emperor family named the Xiao Clan still existed in the world. And it is precisely your Xiao Family of Wu Tan City."

As she spoke on, Gu Xun'er's tone also shifted slightly.

After all, our Ancient Clan initially chose to watch the tigers fight from the mountain, yet we harmed the Xiao Clan quite a bit.

Later, moreover, after the Tian Mu battle between the Xiao and Soul Clans, the Ancient Clan took advantage when the Xiao Clan's experts were nearly wiped out by the Soul Clan, and the Soul Heavenly Emperor was injured while the Soul Clan's experts were likewise in dire straits.

They boldly sent troops, killing the remaining few Xiao Clan experts and descendants within the Xiao Realm, and seized almost all of the Xiao Clan's property as their own.

Even the Xiao Realm, the Ancient Clan did not let go.

Under the efforts of her father Gu Yuan and the other Ancient Clan experts, the Xiao Realm was dragged over to the Ancient Realm and merged with it, forming the present-day New Ancient Realm.

Of course, the people of the Ancient Clan nowadays will selectively forget that matter.

Moreover, if it weren't for Xiao Xuan relying on the residual source qi within the Tian Mu a thousand years ago to break through to the False Emperor realm, his strength would have been excessively heaven-defying.

Even the Soul Heavenly Emperor, who at first mustered the strength of his whole clan to launch a surprise attack, failed to break through to Dou Emperor and was heavily injured, the False Emperor Xiao Xuan almost got taken away together with him.

Within the clan, those Dou Saint experts of five stars or above mostly died on the spot—about eighty or ninety percent—causing the Ancient Clan's experts to be extremely wary of Xiao Xuan.

Otherwise, the Ancient Clan's experts would have long ago dug up Xiao Xuan's tomb to search for treasures inside.

After all, who wouldn't be greedy for the wealth of a False Emperor expert!

"What?!"

Upon suddenly hearing this news that was hard for him to imagine, Xiao Yan's eyes widened abruptly, and his voice became shocked to the extreme.

He had previously thought that Gu Xun'er might know some treasures of the Dou Emperor families, and also thought she might perhaps help him exchange for strange fire.

He never expected that his own Xiao Family of Wu Tan City would actually have a connection to that Dou Emperor family!

After all, the Xiao Family of Wu Tan City, before he had grown up, its strongest member was merely his father, only a five-star Dou Master.

Even if placed in the Jia Ma Empire, where the highest strength is only Dou Emperor, it wouldn't amount to anything notable.

But such a small family actually turns out to be a descendant of the Dou Emperor family.

And from a certain perspective, he could even be considered the young chief of the Dou Emperor family.

After a moment, Xiao Yan came to, stared at Gu Xun'er, furrowed his brows, and said: "Xun'er, hearing you say that, could it be that the Xiao Clan encountered some change and no longer exists in the world?"

"That's right, Xiao Yan gege, your Xiao Clan was exterminated by the Soul Clan a thousand years ago."

While answering, Gu Xun'er selectively concealed part of the information.

"Soul Clan."

Hearing that name similar to Soul Hall, Xiao Yan involuntarily felt a deep aversion.

Not only did the Soul Clan exterminate the Xiao Family a thousand years ago, causing them to fall from a noble Dou Emperor family to the Xiao Family of Wu Tan City, making him suffer so much.

Moreover, whenever the Soul Clan is mentioned, he involuntarily thinks of the Soul Hall that abducted his family members.

"Right, the Soul Hall that captured Uncle Xiao Yan and Medicine Venerate is the Soul Clan's claw."

At this moment, Gu Xun'er also timely added.

"Damn it, Soul Clan, Xiao Yan will not let you off!"

Thinking of how the Soul Clan persecuted his teacher, seized his relatives, and, because of the different fire and the Burning Secret, attacked and killed him.

Xiao Yan wished he could go right now to exterminate the mastermind behind it all, then rescue his relatives!

But for now, he can only think about it.

After all, not to mention the Soul Clan behind the Soul Hall, even just the former members of the Soul Hall itself could easily kill him.

"By the way, Xiao Xun'er, why are you suddenly telling me all this? Could it be that these matters have something to do with the different fire?"

Thinking of the urgently needed item before him, Xiao Yan couldn't help but wonder.