Chapter 96: Xun Er: It has only been this long, and he actually already has a new lover?

Ancient Realm, Ancient Saint Mountain Range.

A massive warship slowly came to a halt above this boundless mountain range.

Standing at the prow was a girl in green; she wore a pale green dress, her three thousand strands of dark hair tied up casually, cascading past her slender waist—which could be encircled by a single hand—and falling straight down to her shapely hips.

A light breeze blew, causing her dark hair to flutter; she was ethereal and otherworldly, her beautiful face rare in this world, and her moving eyes held an ethereal quality, as if they were the deepest starry sky.

This girl was none other than Xun Er, who had been brought back by Gu Nanhai; even before she had disembarked, she had already attracted a vast number of gazes from below.

"Xun Er is back!"

"Xun Er is still just as beautiful!"

"To think Xun Er is still only at the Dou Wang cultivation level; she went out of the Ancient Realm to gain experience, yet she has truly made no progress at all!"

"Xun Er's bloodline is extraordinary; she was just distracted by playfulness before. If she focuses on her cultivation from now on, her achievements will surely crush all of you!"

"Hmph, I don't believe it. Her bloodline may be good, but my bloodline is not weak either!"

Among the younger generation of the Ancient Clan, the majority of the females were mocking and ridiculing Xun Er.

This was because Gu Fei was the collective secret crush of the Ancient Clan's young women, and Xun Er had not only snatched Gu Fei away before, but had also betrayed him in the end.

Among the males, many also frowned, yet perhaps due to Xun Er's status as the Clan Leader's daughter and her transcendent beauty, a large number of people still defended her.

Interestingly, those who defended Xun Er did not receive any pleasant looks from her.

After coming down, Xun Er walked straight toward the direction of her own small courtyard on the mountain peak.

"Xun Er, did you run into Brother Gu Fei when you left the Ancient Realm this time?"

Within the crowd, Gu Yunyou followed Xun Er to the foot of that mountain peak and pressed her for an answer.

"That doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, does it?"

Seeing Gu Yunyou, Xun Er, who was already in a bad mood, spoke with a tone full of gunpowder.

"You must be jealous!"

"Me, jealous? Just because of you?"

Xun Er raised her head confidently.

"Don't you know?"

"I previously received news sent back by the Elder the clan dispatched to protect Brother Gu Fei; Brother Gu Fei has been keeping a young woman with him while out gaining experience this time, and the two of them have been together day and night!"

Gu Yunyou said slowly; although she was also in a bad mood about this matter, she would be very happy if she could irritate Xun Er now.

"Gu Fei is spending day and night with a young woman?" Hearing this news, Xun Er's heart began to beat faster for no reason.

Next, Gu Yunyou seemed to be in a state of schadenfreude as she told Xun Er everything she knew about Xiao Yixian and Gu Fei.

"How could this be?"

"It has only been a year since he and I separated, and he already has a new lover!"

"How could he do such a thing?"

Xun Er felt inexplicably distressed, and even somewhat angry, her eyes turning red.

"Heh, Xun Er, what right do you have to judge Brother Gu Fei!"

Watching Xun Er's reaction, a cold sneer appeared on Gu Yunyou's pretty face: "Back then, you hadn't even separated from Brother Gu Fei yet when you committed that kind of unchaste act!"

"Who are you calling unchaste?"

Hearing such harsh words from Gu Yunyou, anger flared in Xun Er's eyes.

"What, did I hit a sore spot? Want to make a move on me? Do you have the strength for it?" Gu Yunyou stood calmly in place, meeting Xun Er's fiery gaze.

Her cultivation, even if it was only at the three-star Dou Huang level, was not something the current Xun Er could defeat.

"Don't get cocky. Give me two years, and I will make you understand what a wrong decision it was to provoke me today..."

Xun Er clenched her fists, suppressing the anger in her heart; she also realized that her own cultivation progress had been delayed for too long.

If things continued like this, the gap between her and Gu Fei would only grow larger, and by then, perhaps she would truly become a laughingstock.

The next moment, she turned around and walked toward a great hall deep in the mountain range.

Within the Ancient Clan, cultivation resources were far beyond what forces in the outside world could compare to; Xun Er intended to find her father, the Clan Leader, to get some resources, and incidentally prepare to accept the next stage of the Emperor Altar baptism.

For such Ancient Races, besides cultivation methods, Battle Techniques, and Pills, there were also power inheritances left behind by their predecessors.

When those Ancient Clan predecessors were on the verge of death, they would choose to store their power within the Emperor Altar, and the younger generation of the clan could enter the Emperor Altar to directly inherit some of the predecessors' power.

The intensity of this inheritance varied from person to person; normally, the purer the bloodline, the higher the benefits gained from the Emperor Altar baptism.

Half an hour later, Xun Er stopped in front of an ancient, simple-looking hall.

"Gu Fei, after you separated from me, you found such an ordinary woman; do you think she can gain the recognition of the clan?"

Xun Er whispered in her heart, then slowly stepped into the ancient hall.

Shengdan Cheng, in the inn room where Gu Fei and Xiao Yixian were staying.

"Brother Gu Fei, I have finally broken through to Dou Wang! I can fly now!"

Xiao Yixian stood up from the bathtub filled with poison, and then, a pair of purple Dou Qi Wings extended from her back.

With the Dou Qi Wings gently flapping, they slowly carried her into the air of the room.

"Very good. To break through to Dou Wang in less than two months of closed-door cultivation; I expect that in less than two years, you will be able to climb to the Dou Zong realm!"

Looking at Xiao Yixian's excited appearance, a happy smile also appeared on Gu Fei's face.

During this period, Gu Fei and Xiao Yixian had been staying in Shengdan Cheng.

Shengdan Cheng was the center of the continent, and its storage of resources far exceeded that of other cities on the continent.

Besides high-grade medicinal herbs, some highly potent poisons were also incomparable to those in ordinary places.

Gu Fei had carefully selected many poisons and had Xiao Yixian consume Pills that could boost cultivation speed; her cultivation had naturally advanced by leaps and bounds.

"Two years to reach Dou Zong... isn't that a bit too fast? Can I really do it?"

Hearing Gu Fei's encouragement, Xiao Yixian was somewhat lacking in confidence; after all, the higher one's cultivation, the more difficult it became, and the gap between a Dou Wang and a Dou Zong was too vast.

"You must have confidence in yourself. Now that your Woeful Poison Body no longer has any hidden dangers, the two-year timeframe I mentioned is actually quite conservative!"

Gu Fei smiled and shook his head.

In the original story, Xiao Yixian struggled alone in the Chuyun Empire, and in just three or four years, she grew from a cultivation novice to a Three-Star Dou Zong; such cultivation talent could not be matched even by the ordinary geniuses of the Ancient Races.

"Really?"

Seeing that Gu Fei had such confidence in her, the smile on Xiao Yixian's face grew even brighter; she excitedly came to Gu Fei's side and rested her head against his broad chest.

"Why did that girl escape so quickly?"

At a certain moment, in the room, the expression on the face of Gu Fei, who was tightly embracing Xiao Yixian, suddenly became strange.

(End of this chapter)