Private Territory

Chapter 201: Private Territory. Lan Yiyi froze.

"...I don't know either. This is an absolute secret. I'm afraid even those clan elders might not know."

Ning Qi frowned. "Then has the Gu God always possessed this secret method?"

Lan Yiyi's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "I'm afraid not! Before me, there had never been a Holy Maiden in the Southern Border. Doesn't that mean the Gu God hadn't obtained this secret method before?"

Qin Yun also sensed that something was wrong.

"In other words, the Gu God only obtained this secret method within the past few decades!"

Ning Qi slowly nodded.

He had asked this question precisely because he had considered that possibility.

If the Gu God had possessed this secret method in the past, he would have started cultivating a blood daughter as a tool long ago. He wouldn't have waited until now.

"Then... is it possible that someone deliberately delivered this secret method into the Gu God's hands? If so, what could his purpose be?"

It wasn't strange for Ning Qi to think this way.

The compatibility between this secret method, the Blood Emperor Gu, and the Metal Devouring Gu was simply too high. If the Gu God had merely happened to obtain a secret method that could help him become a true Martial Saint in this era of Heaven and Earth's transformation, Ning Qi would never believe it.

It was too much of a coincidence.

A coincidence so perfect that it seemed arranged from the start.

At this thought, he grew vigilant.

If that were the case, hadn't he inadvertently ruined someone else's scheme?

I only hope I'm overthinking this, Ning Qi thought.

Someone capable of such a scheme was, nine times out of ten, an apex old monster—someone comparable to the level of the