The Mysterious Ancient Clan

In the Dou Qi Continent, in the Ancient Realm, it was still that same courtyard.

The middle-aged man looked at Xun'er expectantly, his face filled with barely concealed excitement.

He had just tried the Beast Milk himself, and even it slightly improved his own abilities as a half-emperor. The terrifying effect was astonishing.

What chilled him to the bone was what Xun'er mentioned about Brother Lin Yuan: "Xun'er said that the beast milk that the child gave her didn't have this effect, which means that this immortal god not only completed the replication in a very short time, but also added the function of purifying bloodlines!"

"Furthermore, just a brief clip of his breakthrough was enough to make the Golden Emperor's Blazing Heaven Flame tremble. Just how strong is he? A Dou Di? Or...?"

Gu Yuan wondered if someone was playing a prank on Xun'er. After all, although the number was small, there were still some high-level alchemists who could refine pills that purified the bloodline of the Dou Di. But when he thought about how he had been trying for countless years without being able to break through, he could only grit his teeth and force himself to believe it.

Humans cannot imagine things beyond their own understanding. For him, the Dou Di realm is the highest, and Lin Yuan, who may surpass the Dou Di realm, is the greatest opportunity of his life.

Gu Yuan sat in a chair, holding his daughter: "Xun'er, please ask if there's a way to help me break through to the Dou Di realm? I'm willing to pay any price!"

Xun'er remained silent in his arms, a question nagging at her: "Am I included in any price Father mentioned? Or are you willing to sacrifice everything to break through to the Dou Di realm?"

But she held back in the end. Her divine bloodline had been extraordinary since childhood. Other four-year-old children could not weigh the pros and cons clearly in the group like she could. Xun'er just smiled at her father and replied with a low "hmm".

[Gu Xun'er: Brother Lin Yuan, do you have a way to help my father break through to the Dou Di realm? We're willing to pay any price.]

"Did Gu Yuan let her ask that?" Lin Yuan guessed the truth at a glance and couldn't help but sigh, "Truly worthy of being called the 'honest and kind' Gu Clan Chief. He didn't ask about the secret he had carefully prepared to ensure the Dou Di Clan's long-term prosperity, but only thought about improving his strength."

But when Lin Yuan recalled what this old guy had done in the original story, he wasn't surprised at all:

He claimed to be good friends with Xiao Xuan, and that the Ancient Clan and the Xiao Clan were allies, but he didn't come to Xiao Xuan's aid when Xiao Xuan was fighting the Soul Clan.

They promised Xiao Xuan to protect the remnants of the Xiao clan, but a thousand years later, no one in the Xiao family in the Northwest Continent knew about their ancestors' glory. The clan only had mid-level Xuan-rank fighting techniques, while the ancient clan "kept" a large number of high-level fighting techniques that originally belonged to the Xiao clan.

It's often said that the Soul Clan is evil and a cancer on the Dou Qi Continent. But after the Spirit and Stone Clans were wiped out, the other side's question, "How can you be sure that it was my Soul Clan that wiped them out?" made the remaining three clans, including the Ancient Clan, wary. There's no need to say more about the reputation of Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan.

Lin Yuan: Yes, but I won't give it to you, and you can't afford the price.

What are the benefits of helping Emperor Gu Yuancheng?

Who knows if he, with his two-faced nature, will turn on Xun'er after his breakthrough?

So what if she's his own daughter? He sent her to the Xiao family and hasn't seen her for over a decade. Who can know how cold-hearted Gu Yuan has become?

[Lin Yuan: I've also sent you Xun'er's memory copy. Read it first, then we can talk. Until you grow up and break through to the Dou Di level, our transactions will never involve items at the Dou Di level or higher. You can explain this directly to your father.]

Gu Xun'er is a member of the chat group, so it's okay to help her grow.

No one else!

……

After listening to Xun'er's retelling, Gu Yuan smiled rather reluctantly. He knew that the other party was either guarding against him or protecting his daughter from him!

"It's alright, Xun'er." Gu Yuan forced a fake smile. "Then go and talk to him about the deal for the Hundred Beasts Milk. Whatever the outcome, I'll go along with it."

After saying that, he turned and left. Xun'er bowed respectfully to his retreating figure, saying, "Yes, Father!"

Among the descendants of the Dou Di, the stronger the concentration of a person's bloodline, the more indifferent they become. This is because they are naturally intelligent and can see many truths about the world when they are young. As they see more and more things, they will gradually become indifferent.

Unfortunately, she was the person with the highest bloodline concentration in the ancient clan in the present day. She knew that she had several brothers and sisters, but they had all become tools for the family to reproduce due to their low bloodline concentration, and were busy having children every day.

Therefore, Xun'er understood very well that most of the love her father showed was for her divine bloodline. If it weren't for the high concentration of her own bloodline, she would have suffered the same fate!

In this situation, to say that the father and daughter have any real feelings for each other is a complete joke; they just need to keep appearances.

[Gu Xun'er: Thank you, Brother Lin Yuan!]

Lin Yuan swore that this was the most sincere sentence he had ever heard from Gu Xun'er since she joined the group.

[Lin Yuan: You're welcome. Have you secured the bargaining power? Will the ancient clans support you?]

[Gu Xun'er: My father didn't inform the family elders beforehand, so I don't know their attitude, but he said he would do whatever the outcome was for me.]

[Gu Xun'er: My father didn't inform the family elders beforehand, so I don't know their attitude, but he said he would do whatever the outcome was for me.]

Lin Yuan: That's good.

……

[Meng Qi: Excuse me, I'm a little confused about why you two suddenly started talking about riddles. Can someone explain it to me?]

[Lin Yuan: Shouldn't Xiao Meng just be reckless? Why are you worrying about things that require thought? This isn't like your usual reckless, impulsive style!]

[Meng Qi: Slander, utter slander!]

[Meng Qi: I'm no longer the reckless warrior! I'm now the head constable of the Six Doors, known in the martial arts world as the Gentleman Swordsman, Su Meng, the young hero.]

Ye Fan: I can vouch for the truth of what Xiao Meng said.

"As expected of my senior brother, Ye Fan actually defended me." In the world of "A World of Supreme Beings," Meng Qi smiled with satisfaction upon seeing this message.

But before he could feel smug for long, the other person's next words froze his smile on his face.

[Ye Fan: However, the nickname "Gentleman Sword" was self-proclaimed by Xiao Meng. People in the martial arts world now call him "Thunder Blade Mad Monk." Anyway, it has nothing to do with a refined young swordsman.]

[Lin Yuan: So I can't understand why, even though all of Xiao Meng's nicknames sound unintelligent, he still tries to get involved in complicated topics all the time. Isn't he afraid of knowing too much and suddenly being summoned to the Tushita Palace for tea by Laozi?]

This is not an exaggeration. Other powerful beings from the other side have difficulty accessing Meng Qi's memories, but this does not include the Three Pure Ones, because the true history has always been hidden by them, and it was even bid on by the Primordial Celestial Venerable. Lin Yuan was really worried that the other party would suddenly appear in the group's world.

He even felt that Meng Qi had already been discovered when he joined the group. The reason why the other party did not take any other action was simply because he was afraid of leaving too many traces and thus affecting the final reduction and shorting.

[Gu Xun'er: Brother Lin Yuan, let me do it!]

Just then, Xun'er stepped forward.

"Ding! Gu Xun'er has granted viewing privileges. Other group members can now view the memory instance 'Battle Through the Heavens'."

The previous name of the story where the female protagonist becomes love-obsessed was too awful, while the world where Xun'er is located is called Dou Qi Continent. She had also seen the famous scene in the Under One Person memory story where "shameless" said he would overthrow the heavens, so she had a flash of inspiration and changed it to the most suitable name.

[Gu Xun'er: After everyone reads this, they'll understand. My relationship with my father is very delicate.]

A few minutes later.

After everyone had seen the memory copies of the new group members, Lao Zhang was the first to express his opinion.

[Zhang Zhiwei: Shi Hao's life was filled with sorrow, yet he forced himself to move forward boldly; Han Li was cautious throughout his life, yet he still risked his life to seize opportunities; only the young girl Xun'er could have shone brightly on the continent, but due to her father's misguided idea in her childhood, she became an appendage of others.]

Xun'er's family clearly has a strong foundation and resources, so why was she sent away at such a young age? The other younger generation of the ancient clans are doing just fine in the ancient realm.

[Ye Fan: That's right, Gu Yuan's reason is ridiculous. He said he wanted his daughter to have a complete childhood, but who has a normal childhood separated from their parents and living as a dependent?]

[Ye Fan: If the goal is the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, that's even more absurd. The fact that they could send you to the Xiao family without the other ancient imperial clans discovering you means there was at least a high-level Dou Sheng accompanying them or intervening. It's very likely he himself couldn't find you from the Xiao family, who are the highest-ranking Dou Shi, and now they need a little girl like you?]

[Meng Qi: There are too many things to complain about, I don't even know how to start. Unless Gu Yuan is absolutely certain that his daughter will be in danger if she stays in the clan, and even he, as the clan leader, can't stop her, who would dare to touch the beard of a nine-star Dou Sheng and insist on controlling Xun'er?]

[Han Li: The Soul Clan has the Void Devouring Flame method of the Spirit Devouring Clan to perpetuate their bloodline, which is why they have thrived for tens of thousands of years. So why are the Ancient Clan like that? Is it simply because they control the Heavenly Tomb? I don't believe there's nothing fishy going on.]

……

After discussion, everyone agreed that there was only one reason why Gu Yuan would do this: someone within the Gu clan coveted Xun'er's divine bloodline and might want to use some means to deprive her of it. This was the only remaining love Gu Yuan had for his daughter!

There are many young geniuses from the ancient clans in the original work, but apart from Gu Xun'er, there isn't a single woman among them! Are all the others just useless?

Moreover, almost all the young men of the ancient clans wanted to win Gu Xun'er's heart. Not to mention for Gu Yuan's power, Xun'er, with her divine bloodline, would definitely be stronger than them in the future. Did those arrogant geniuses really want to be submissive sons-in-law?

Another explanation seems more convincing: the ancient clans possessed a secret method of absorbing the power of women's blood through yin-yang cultivation, which could explain why Gu Xun'er insisted on choosing Xiao Yan—she didn't want to die!

……

[Gu Xun'er: Everyone, don't make wild guesses. Our ancient clan would never do such a thing.]

Meng Qi: Oh right, Miss Xun'er, could you please explain why you didn't resist when Xiao Yan touched your whole body?

Gu Xun'er: ...

Her resolve was beginning to waver: "Why isn't Ling Ying reacting? Is he used to this kind of thing? Father didn't change his mind about keeping me in the family either. Is someone really trying to exploit me?"

She wanted to shut up, but the others were still going all out, and this time they were the main characters in the memory instance again.

[Meng Qi: Xiao Yan was quite good after his Dou Qi was absorbed by Yao Chen and he was forced to settle down for three years, but he had many problems in the early stages, and his character and conduct were questionable.]

[Han Li: Forgive my bluntness, but he has the title of a so-called transmigrator. Even if he transmigrated to the Dou Qi Continent in his childhood, his behavior is still extremely excessive.]

If he really did touch the little girl's entire body under the guise of a massage, it means he was at least quite old before he transmigrated and was definitely a pedophile; if he didn't, then he was just a chosen child who unintentionally tricked himself into marrying a child bride with a lollipop.

However, he kept pressing for two years! By then, both of them were six or seven years old. In normal families, children are taught that no one can touch the parts under their clothes. Xiao Yan did stop, but not long after, he was caught peeping at his cousin taking a bath. Can this be said to be due to a lack of understanding of the difference between men and women?

Peeping at his cousin Xiao Yu while she was taking a bath is the most undeniable thing to say. Xiao Yan always stubbornly denies it, claiming that it was an accident, but then he adds that he touched her thigh! Just how accidental was that?

[Gu Xun'er: Okay, okay, stop talking!]

She was somewhat devastated. She had originally thought that if the men in her clan really practiced the "Dual Enhancement" technique as her fellow group members had said, then it wouldn't be so bad if she became Xiao Yan's love-struck brain like in the game.

But it's best not to look at things too closely. After looking at everything, it seems that neither the family nor Xiao Yan are good people!