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Although Hun Xiu did not understand why Soul Emperor was treating him this way, he still said respectfully, "Father, I have something to say."

"Hmm?"

"What is it?" Soul Emperor asked blandly, glancing at Hun Xiu.

Looking at Hun Xiu, Soul Emperor could not help recalling what he had seen during the day. His most outstanding son, the son he valued most, had actually been willing to become a servant just to coax a little girl.

The anger in his heart was overwhelming.

Had he known this would happen today, he would never have treated Hun Xiu's injuries yesterday.

He should have let him lie in bed a little longer and come to his senses.

Instead of remaining a lofty, distinguished person, he had actually chosen to become a servant? Was this truly the fine son he had personally raised?

He could not help feeling slightly disappointed in Hun Xiu. Now, this son of his did not seem all that exceptional.

A loner who did not interact with others, who came and went alone—aside from his Transcendent Divine Bloodline, he did not seem to possess any other admirable qualities.

Hun Xiu did not understand why Soul Emperor had suddenly become so cold, but he still said respectfully, "I wish to leave the Hun Clan and venture out into the world."

"Hmm?"

Upon hearing this, Soul Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Hun Xiu in silence for a long while.

Not a sound could be heard. Within the entire study, only two sets of breathing remained.

Yet Soul Emperor's heart was churning like raging waves spanning ten thousand miles, surging back and forth.

He could not understand why Hun Xiu wanted to leave the Hun Clan. Wasn't cultivating within the Hun Clan good enough?

He wanted to hear Hun Xiu's reasoning.

The silent atmosphere in the study was finally broken as Soul Emperor's thoughts settled.

Soul Emperor fixed Hun Xiu with a blade-sharp gaze and said, "Why do you want to leave the Hun Clan?"

Hun Xiu knew that if he wanted to leave the Hun Clan, he had to stand firm.

He met Soul Emperor's sharp gaze and looked straight at him. "The continent is so vast. I want to go see it."

The reason Hun Xiu wanted to leave the Hun Clan was naturally because of Gu Xun'er. He knew there was no way to stop Gu Xun'er from going to the Xiao Clan.

He would not go to Gu Yuan and ask him not to send Gu Xun'er to the Xiao Clan, because in his eyes, that would undoubtedly be a foolish choice.

Because once he said it, Gu Yuan would become suspicious of him. Being suspected by one of the continent's peak experts? Hun Xiu's life would probably become difficult, especially when he did not yet possess the strength to protect himself.

Before coming to Soul Emperor's study, Hun Xiu had seriously considered it. He chose to forget what Gu Xun'er had told him today.

Since Gu Xun'er was going to the Xiao Clan as an undercover agent, why couldn't he go too? If he went, he would definitely go alone and in secret. He would not let Soul Emperor know, nor would he let the Hun Clan know.

At the same time, he would have to keep Gu Xun'er's matter secret.

Although this went against everything he had considered before, his original life plan had been to lie low, stay safe, and quietly build his strength.

He had intended to cultivate in the Hun Clan until he reached the Dou Saint realm before slowly heading out to roam the world. By then, would the entire continent not be his, Hun Xiu's, to wander freely?

But Gu Xun'er's appearance had completely disrupted everything.

Gu Xun'er was going to the Xiao Clan as an undercover agent to obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade. This was something that could not be stopped.

She was still a child. She was also Hun Xiu's fiancée, his child bride. If something happened while she was acting as an undercover agent in the Xiao Clan, Hun Xiu truly would not even have time to regret it.

For his own sake, Hun Xiu resolutely chose to break away from everything he had previously planned. At the same time, he was doing it for Gu Xun'er.

He did not want to wait until he had cultivated to the Dou Saint realm and left the Hun Realm, only to see Gu Xun'er holding another man's arm and telling him, "Brother Hun Xiu, this is Brother Xiao Yan. He is the person Xun'er likes most."

Hun Xiu: "..."

He would absolutely never allow such a thing to happen.

Since he and Gu Xun'er had a marriage contract, he would never allow the events of the original story to unfold.

She belonged to him alone.

She could only belong to him.

"You want to go out and see the world?"

Soul Emperor murmured Hun Xiu's words, his meaning unreadable. After a brief silence, he said coldly, "You should know that you must be an adult before you can leave the Hun Clan."

"You are only nine years old. You still have seven years until adulthood."

"I know, but I do not want to wait another seven years." Hun Xiu met Soul Emperor's gaze and spoke resolutely.

Seven years?

If he waited seven years before leaving the Hun Clan and the Hun Realm, it would already be too late. Would Gu Xun'er still belong to him after seven years? That was a question.

After all, Gu Xun'er was about to go to the Xiao Clan. The current protagonist, Xiao Yan, should already be around four years old, right?

Seven years later? He would be eleven by then before going to see his Xun'er? What kind of situation would that be?

Seven years was enough time for many things to change beyond recognition. Even with a marriage contract, it proved nothing.

If two people truly loved each other, how could an ordinary marriage contract bind them? Why had Nalan Yanran gone to break off her engagement in the original story? Was it really because Xiao Yan had become trash and was unworthy of her, Nalan Yanran? No... it was not. She simply did not like the fiancé she had never met.

Nalan Yanran only wanted to pursue her own happiness. It was merely that the timing of her breaking off the engagement had been unfortunate.

She went to break off the engagement three years after Xiao Yan had fallen from an unparalleled genius into trash. That period was a sensitive one. If Nalan Yanran had gone to break off the engagement while Xiao Yan was still a genius, the outcome might have been different, and the three-year agreement would certainly never have existed.

However, if she had tried to break off the engagement while Xiao Yan was at his peak, Nalan Yanran's family would never have agreed. Even if she had wanted to, while Xiao Yan was at his peak, she had only been a child. Secretly running away from her family and traveling thousands of miles to break off an engagement with a fiancé she had never met? That was unrealistic.

By the time she had the ability to seek out her never-before-seen fiancé and break off the engagement, he was in the sensitive period of falling from genius to trash.

She had not considered that, which was why the later three-year agreement came to be. In the end, she had simply failed to think things through.

This taught him that time waited for no one, and neither did opportunity. Once some things were missed, doing them later became completely meaningless.

Therefore, if Hun Xiu did not firmly tie down Gu Xun'er's heart now, he would have no chance in the future.

If he waited another seven years, doing it then might no longer mean much.

After staring at Hun Xiu for a long while, Soul Emperor finally said blandly, "You may leave the Hun Clan, but only if you take first place in this Clan Competition. Then you will have a chance to leave the Hun Clan."

"A chance?"

Hearing Soul Emperor's words, Hun Xiu showed no joy at all, because his father had not agreed.

He had merely given him a chance, but what Hun Xiu wanted was not some insignificant chance.

What he wanted was for Soul Emperor to personally agree. He had no need for a mere chance.