"Xiao Xuan's Tomb Estate!"
Upon seeing the stone tablet in the distance, Yao Tian and Lei Dong showed no excitement on their faces, only solemnity...
Dignified.
A deep sense of solemnity.
They both looked the same, but there was one exception: Huo Xuan.
As the instigator, today is the day he realizes his plan. Huo Xuan's face is full of excitement, and his eyes are full of fervor!
The owner of this place may have discovered them, but has not yet come out to meet them, because he is unable to leave for the time being...
Or perhaps he has a way to get out, but he doesn't want to.
Who cares!
His inability to leave temporarily gave him ample opportunity to set up the formation.
Huo Xuan had set up the formation more than once, so setting it up now was a piece of cake for him...
Once the strongest Dou Qi Continent, he has now fallen to this isolated Heavenly Tomb, clinging to life by its power...
Huo Xuan couldn't help but sigh.
Huo Xuan shifted his gaze from the distant stone tablet to the two people beside him. Their expressions were solemn; each had taken out a piece of shimmering Jade Stone from their Storage Ring, clutching it tightly as if afraid of dropping it...
"Flame Skill Palm!"
Huo Xuan unleashes its first Dou Technique.
Flames quickly condensed in his palm, transforming into a giant hand that carried scorching energy as it hurtled towards the distant stone tablet!
"Boom!"
The fiery palm collided violently with Xiao Xuan's tombstone. With a huge roar, the Flame Skill Palm left no damage to the tombstone. It remained standing, with a faint light emanating from its base, protecting it from destruction.
"Young man, you've gone too far..."
A faint, angry voice, imbued with an ancient aura, emanated from the tombstone, resounding throughout the land!
"Xiao Xuan..."
Under the tense gazes of everyone, ripples appeared in the distant void, and then a figure dressed in light blue robes silently emerged...
The man in the blue robe wasn't particularly handsome, but he possessed an inexplicable air about him, with long, flowing black hair.
His hair was adorned with a pair of jet-black eyes, as deep and mysterious as black ink, exuding a captivating charm.
The appearance of the figure did not cause any strange phenomena in the heavens and earth, but there was a faint feeling that everyone in this world could not withstand a single punch or kick from this person!
Xiao Xuan!
"Senior Xiao Xuan..."
"Hmph! You've gone too far, junior! For the sake of your family's reputation, if you leave now, I can let bygones be bygones and forgive you."
Looking at Xiao Xuan in front of him, Huo Xuan slowly exhaled, trying to calm his tense heart, and said, "Senior Xiao Xuan, I have brought you something about the Xiao Clan. Don't use images, just show yourself."
Xiao Xuan is powerful, but he is also suppressed by the Heavenly Tomb. He cannot leave the Tomb Estate any time, but can only leave once every ten years. According to the original description, he cannot show himself until the ten-year period is over!
The Xiao Xuan before me was merely an image...
However, Huo Xuan didn't believe that Xiao Xuan would truly be unable to appear before the ten-year deadline. He was certain Xiao Xuan had plenty of ways to leave the Tomb Estate, but it would definitely come at a price...
Upon hearing this, Lei Dong and Yao Tian's pupils constricted in shock. The Xiao Xuan before them was merely an image, yet even a single image exerted such terrifying pressure on them; just how powerful was the real Xiao Xuan...?
Their hands tightened, their eyes fixed intently on "Xiao Xuan," they were on high alert...
"You do have some discernment..." Xiao Xuan smiled slightly, his dark eyes fixed on Huo Xuan before him, and said softly, "Junior, you overestimate yourself. You haven't even reached the Dou Sheng realm, you don't even have the right to speak in front of me, Xiao Xuan, yet you expect me to show myself..."
The implication was that Xiao Xuan was telling Huo Xuan, "You are not worthy to see me!"
"Doesn't Senior Xiao Xuan want to know the current situation of the Xiao Clan?" Huo Xuan smiled back at Xiao Xuan. "If you want to know, you'll have to show yourself. Also, don't try to force me to tell you by force; that won't do the Xiao Clan any good..."
Whom has Xiao Xuan wronged the most over the past thousand years?
It was undoubtedly the entire Xiao Clan!
The Xiao Clan can be said to be Xiao Xuan's only weakness. By using the Xiao Clan as a threat, Huo Xuan is not afraid that Xiao Xuan will not come out to see him, nor is he afraid that Xiao Xuan will take action against him.
"Young man, you've got some nerve!"
Seeing this, Lei Dong and Yao Tian were both in their throats, their eyes fixed on the "Xiao Xuan" in front of them, their Jade Stone -handled hands clenching even tighter...
Huo Xuan did not respond to Xiao Xuan. Instead, he slowly closed his eyes, looking completely at his mercy, as if he were waiting to die.
Seeing Huo Xuan like this, Xiao Xuan was filled with murderous intent, but reason quickly prevailed over anger. If anyone else had treated him like this, he would definitely not have survived!
But he really couldn't kill the younger generation; he possessed information about the Xiao Clan and should have a grasp on the entire Xiao Clan...
A thousand years... a thousand years have passed. The Xiao Clan rose to its peak because of Xiao Xuan, but at the same time, it declined because of him...
If it weren't for his single-minded pursuit of becoming Dou Di back then, betting the entire Xiao Clan on a gamble that ultimately failed, he would have single-handedly destroyed the Xiao Clan.
If he had given up on becoming Dou Di back then, even if the entire Xiao Clan's Dou Di Bloodline had withered away, even if the Xiao Clan had fallen out of the ranks of the Ancient Eight Clans, with his strength at the Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak, he could at least have ensured the Xiao Clan's safety for a thousand years, and the Hun Clan might not have been able to do anything to the Xiao Clan.
How could he have fallen to such a state...?
A chilly breeze swept through the Heavenly Tomb, and the gates to memories sealed for a thousand years were blown open at this moment...
Xiao Xuan felt as if he had traveled back a thousand years, back to the glorious era of the Xiao Clan, and also back to the day he ascended to the Dou Di...
"I'm so sorry..."
This matter had been buried in Xiao Xuan's heart for over a thousand years. He regretted it constantly. The decline of the Xiao Clan and this matter tormented Xiao Xuan every moment.
He can no longer risk the entire Xiao Clan...
He survived for a thousand years by relying on the power of the Heavenly Tomb, waiting for the arrival of the Xiao Clan's descendants. But over these thousand years, the Heavenly Tomb opened time and again, yet each time no descendant of the Xiao Clan came...
Time has passed, a thousand years have gone by in the blink of an eye. What has become of the Xiao Clan? How many Xiao Clan still live in the world? Or has the Xiao Clan already perished...?
Xiao Xuan desperately wanted to know...
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Xiao Xuan's figure slowly disintegrated, turning into countless white dots that drifted into the air.
"Call..."
After seeing "Xiao Xuan" disappear, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Yao Tian and Lei Dong then realized that their clothes were soaked with cold sweat.
He subtly wiped the cold sweat from his face, and his tense nerves slowly relaxed a little...
A moment later, a faint light suddenly emanated from Xiao Xuan's tombstone, space distorted, and a spatial vortex slowly appeared...
The appearance of the spatial vortex caused everyone's nerves, which had just relaxed a little, to tense up again!
A figure then slowly emerged from the spatial vortex; this figure was none other than the real Xiao Xuan!
"What has become of my Xiao Clan!"