"What has become of my Xiao Clan!"
As soon as Xiao Xuan appeared, he sternly questioned Huo Xuan.
"Senior Xiao Xuan, please don't be in such a hurry!"
Faced with Xiao Xuan's questioning, Huo Xuan remained calm and smiled, saying, "We'll talk about the Xiao Clan later. Let's get to know each other first."
"Junior, Huo Xuan of the Flame Clan, is the Young Clan Leader of the Flame Clan and the next Yan Clan Chief."
After Huo Xuan finished introducing himself, he pointed to Yao Tian on his left and said, "Yao Tian, Young Clan Leader of the Medicine Clan, has the highest talent in both cultivation and alchemy among all the Medicine Clan."
After introducing Yao Tian, Huo Xuan pointed to Lei Dong on the right.
"Lei Dong, the Young Clan Leader of the Lei Clan, is the most dazzling genius in Lei Xuan in the past few hundred years. He is even more outstanding than Patriarch Lei Ying."
"These young people are truly formidable!"
Xiao Xuan sighed.
"However, in my eyes, you are just a bunch of greenhorn brats, showing off your status in front of me, Xiao Xuan. Do you think you're so great?"
"No! No! No!" Huo Xuan shook his head, denying it, "I just hope that Senior Xiao Xuan can remember us."
"Now that we know each other, I should tell Senior Xiao Xuan about the Xiao Clan. However, it's a very long story, so I hope Senior Xiao Xuan can be patient."
"I still have that much patience."
Xiao Xuan sat down on the ground and said.
"Let's start from a thousand years ago." Huo Xuan also sat down on the ground, while Yao Tian and Lei Dong remained standing. Unlike Huo Xuan, they continued to maintain a high level of vigilance.
"According to the elders of my clan, before you, Senior Xiao Xuan, perished, you entrusted the entire Xiao Clan to the patriarch of the Gu Clan, Clan Leader Gu Yuan, hoping that he would protect the Xiao Clan out of consideration for the long-standing alliance. However, after you perished, they brazenly seized all of the Xiao Clan's resources under the guise of being allies. In the end, Gu Clan used some unknown method to make the entire Xiao Clan forget that they were once Ancient Eight Clans, forget that their ancestors had once produced Dou Emperor, and forget that Dou Di Bloodline flowed in their veins."
"Young man, is this truly true?"
Suppressing his anger, Xiao Xuan stared at Huo Xuan with eyes like swords.
"How could this be fake?"
Ignoring Xiao Xuan's murderous gaze, Huo Xuan continued.
"The remaining members of the Xiao Clan could not survive in the Central Plains, so they could only migrate to the Northwest Continent, a place the size of an ant, where they eked out a living for hundreds of years. After hundreds of years, the remaining Ancient Eight Clans, even a sweeper could probably wipe out the Xiao Clan, which was once at the top of the Eight Clans."
"I visited the Xiao Clan back then. In my memory, the Xiao Clan was just a third-rate family that couldn't even find a Dou Wang, didn't have any Profound Rank Cultivation Methods or Dou Technique, and could only survive in a place the size of an ant..." Huo Xuan sighed, his tone tinged with sarcasm, and said, "It's really hard to imagine that such a third-rate family actually produced Dou Emperor back then."
"To think we've fallen so low..."
Hearing Huo Xuan's words, Xiao Xuan's face grew increasingly grim. Although he was filled with endless resentment, he could only utter such a light and indifferent remark in the end.
"Despite the Xiao Clan's current predicament, the Gu Clan still have no intention of letting the Xiao Clan off easily. They have set their sights on the Tou She Ancient God Jade."
"However, there is an alliance among the Eight Clans to seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade. The Gu Clan can only use soft tactics against the Xiao Clan, not hard tactics. Therefore, Gu Yuan sent his own daughter to the Xiao Clan to steal the Ancient Jade."
Huo Xuan finished speaking in one breath, and upon hearing these words, Xiao Xuan's remnant soul began to show a slight emotional fluctuation...
"Gu Clan! Gu Yuan!"
"Also, I have some good news and some bad news, Senior Xiao Xuan. Which would you like to hear?"
Huo Xuan asked with a smile.
Xiao Xuan remained silent.
"Let's start with the good news." Huo Xuan paused for a moment and said, "Although the Xiao Clan has declined, a genius named Xiao Yan appeared more than 20 years ago. He did not have the Dou Di Bloodline, but he started cultivating Qi at the age of four and became Dou Zhe at the age of eleven. Later, due to some reasons, he was crippled for three years, and his cultivation level dropped from Dou Zhe to the third stage of Dou Qi. However, he only took half a year to return to his peak, and then only took three years to become a Great Dou Shi."
"Senior Xiao Xuan, are you satisfied with Xiao Yan, this junior?"
Where is Xiao Yan now?
Xiao Xuan asked in a deep voice.
Because he extracted all the remaining Dou Di Bloodline of the Xiao Clan, the younger generation of the Xiao Clan lost their Dou Di Bloodline, and their cultivation speed will become extremely slow, and they may even become weaker with each generation...
He had originally predicted that the Xiao Clan, having lost its Dou Di Bloodline, would never produce Dou Sheng Expert in the future; Dou Zun and Dou Zong would likely be problems, and in severe cases, even a Dou Emperor might be difficult to emerge...
But he still held onto a sliver of hope, believing that Heaven wouldn't be too cruel, that Heaven had eyes and wouldn't destroy the Xiao Clan, and that perhaps one day in the future Heaven would give the Xiao Clan a chance to revive.
As it turns out, Heaven has eyes. If what Huo Xuan said is true, then his descendant named Xiao Yan is like a rough gem that, with careful polishing, will surely become a great talent. But is his descendant still alive? Does the Xiao Clan still hope to survive in this world?
"Where are they? That brings bad news. Gu Yuan sent his daughter to steal the Ancient Jade, but by sheer coincidence, Xiao Yan actually fell in love with Gu Yuan's daughter. They were childhood sweethearts, inseparable since they were little. Gu Yuan's daughter has God Grade Bloodline, I don't need to say more, right..."
Upon hearing the words "childhood sweetheart" and "God Grade Bloodline," Xiao Xuan understood everything. God Grade Bloodline was extremely rare and sought-after among the Ancient Eight Clans. Those who possessed this bloodline were the hope of their clans. To ensure the purity of the bloodline, clans would never allow the bloodline holder to marry a clansman with a lower bloodline or an outsider without the Dou Di Bloodline.
To ensure that the God Grade Bloodline remains within the family, the Gu Clan will show no mercy in killing Xiao Yan, who has lost his Dou Di Bloodline, Gu Yuan will show no mercy in killing this son-in-law!
"What a Gu Clan! What a glorious Gu Yuan!"
"I shouldn't have believed you, I shouldn't have believed you!"
At this moment, Xiao Xuan was close to going berserk.
The angry roars of resentment echoed endlessly throughout this space!
Even though he couldn't believe the answer in his heart, the facts were right in front of him. For thousands of years, his descendants had never come to the Heavenly Tomb to look for him.
The Gu Clan truly broke their promise from back then.
Perhaps the Xiao Clan has absolutely no hope of revival...
Seeing Xiao Xuan's remnant soul experiencing such intense emotional fluctuations, Huo Xuan immediately stood up...
"Senior Xiao Xuan, let's make a deal. Rather than clinging to life with the power of the Heavenly Tomb, it's better to be free sooner..." Huo Xuan said, then winked at Yao Tian and Lei Dong, and continued, "You should have apologized to the ancestors of the Xiao Clan long ago. But before you leave, would you be willing to let us refine this remnant soul?"
"We will remember your kindness and will definitely seek justice for the Xiao Clan in the future."
"Heh, seeking justice for my Xiao Clan? Young man, you think too highly of yourself." Xiao Xuan chuckled mockingly, saying, "You probably came here for my remnant soul from the start, didn't you?"
"Wrong! It's not just me, we're all here for your remnant soul!"
Upon hearing this, Yao Tian and Lei Dong immediately took action, and the three of them surrounded Xiao Xuan.
"I'm coming clean!"