Everyone is Here

The Flame Clan had organized this Eight Clans Young Generation Exchange Meeting without inviting the Hun Clan. Those fellows from the Shi Clan had no interest in attending, while representatives from the Spiritual Medicine Gu Three Clans had already arrived. Now, only the Lei Clan had yet to show up.

"That guy should be here soon," Huo Xuan muttered as he looked toward the entrance to the Yan World.

Before long, a group of people bearing lightning markings on their foreheads entered the Yan World. They were the Lei Clan members. With that, everyone had arrived.

At that moment, a silver-clad man in the Lei Clan party spotted Huo Xuan and suddenly broke away from the group, walking over to him.

"Lei Dong, for a mere match, you were actually willing to waste your precious cultivation time. How rare," Huo Xuan said.

"Hmph! Spending this little time is worth it if it means fighting you again."

"You must be the one who specifically named me as your challenge target."

"Since you already know, there is no need to waste any more time. Huo Xuan, let's fight right now." As he spoke, Lei Dong released a powerful fluctuation of Dou Qi from within his body.

This aura... Lei Dong had actually reached the Dou Huang realm. With Huo Xuan's eyesight, he could naturally discern Lei Dong's current strength: a Three Star Dou Huang. Five years ago, he had only been a Great Dou Shi, yet in five years he had reached the Three Star Dou Huang realm. That speed was already quite impressive. If Huo Xuan had not cultivated the Flame Mantra, his strength would probably have been about the same as Lei Dong's.

"Do you really want to defeat me that badly?"

"Of course! I, Lei Dong, have challenged every member of the younger generation among the Eight Clans and never suffered a single defeat. Yet at the younger generation exchange meeting hosted by my Lei Clan five years ago, I lost to you! That remains my only defeat. To beat you, I cultivated bitterly for five years. Today, I finally have the chance."

"Enough nonsense, Huo Xuan. Fight me!"

"If you want to fight me that badly, then defeat me tomorrow at the meeting, in front of everyone." With that, Huo Xuan left Lei Dong behind and walked away.

Night.

Huo Xuan stepped out of his courtyard and used the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame to form a pair of pale black Flame Wings. If the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame became powerful enough, they could even transform into a pair of enormous wings a hundred zhang wide. With a beat of his wings, Huo Xuan flew toward the Lei Clan's lodgings.

When Huo Xuan arrived outside the Lei Clan's lodgings, he did not conceal his aura, so the Lei Clan members naturally noticed his arrival.

Before long, a figure emerged from the building. It was Lei Dong.

"Speak. Why have you come looking for me so late, Huo Xuan?" Lei Dong asked.

"I want to make a deal with you." Huo Xuan stated his purpose directly.

"A deal? What deal?"

"I need a Strange Fire, and that Strange Fire is in Canaan Academy, which was established by Mang Tianchi, an elder of your Lei Clan."

Upon hearing that, Lei Dong immediately understood that Huo Xuan was referring to the Fallen Heart Flame.

"So you need me to discuss it with Elder Mang."

"I heard that you are already the Lei Clan's Young Clan Leader. This should be easy enough for you to handle, right? And I will not take it for nothing. If you give me the Fallen Heart Flame, my Flame Clan will offer your clan appropriate compensation as well."

After pondering for a moment, Lei Dong said, "Fine. As long as you can defeat me at this meeting, I will naturally help you discuss this matter with Elder Mang."

"Then I'll be counting on you, Brother Lei Dong."

"Hmph, save those words until after you defeat me." Leaving those words behind, Lei Dong turned to return indoors.

"Brother Lei Dong, are you planning to leave so soon?" Huo Xuan suddenly asked.

"What else do you want, Huo Xuan?" Lei Dong turned around and asked.

"Nothing much. I just thought that, as brothers, I should give you a little gift!" Huo Xuan said with a smile.

"A gift? What gift do you want to give me?" Since Huo Xuan had taken the initiative to offer him a gift, Lei Dong looked at him curiously.

"Lei Dong, do you like Gu Xun'er?" Huo Xuan asked.

"Huo Xuan, what do you mean by that?"

"I only want to tell you that if you like Gu Xun'er, you should hurry and propose to the Gu Clan. Settle an engagement with Gu Xun'er as soon as possible. With the bond of an engagement, perhaps the two of you may still have a chance to end up together." After saying that, Huo Xuan formed wings from the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame and flew back to his own residence.

As someone familiar with the original story, he knew that Gu Xun'er and Lei Dong had an unfinished marriage arrangement between them.

Back then, the Lei Clan had proposed marriage to the Gu Clan, and quite a few elders had supported it at the time. However, because of certain matters, it had later been temporarily set aside. The two main parties in that unfulfilled arrangement were Gu Xun'er and Lei Dong.

Huo Xuan did this purely to get back at Gu Xun'er. Since she had threatened him for Xiao Yan's sake last time, and since she liked Xiao Yan so much, how could he possibly let her have her way?

There was no doubt that Lei Dong liked Gu Xun'er. Now that he had given this reminder, the Lei Clan probably would not set the engagement aside again because of some matters. He truly looked forward to Gu Xun'er's reaction when she saw her engagement to Lei Dong.