Gu Yuan Comes to Visit

Hai Bodong let out a loud shout and slammed his palm onto the table, using the force to vault over the counter in an instant.

At the same time, a force of ice followed his palm and struck toward Xiao Jin's position.

Xiao Jin's expression remained unchanged. With one hand, he gently pushed against Xiao Yi Xian's shoulder and sent her out of the battle range, while his other hand calmly met the attack.

His right palm, wrapped in the Three Thousand Burning Flame, slammed into the frost energy. Under the terrifying temperature of the Heavenly Flame, the terrifying Dou Qi that could freeze a person's marrow instantly turned into nothingness.

Caught off guard, Hai Bodong suffered a hidden loss. His two withered hands rapidly formed seals, and a transparent ice mirror roughly half a meter wide and thirty centimeters thick appeared before him.

"Condensed Ice Mirror!"

A rebound force traveled back through Xiao Jin's right palm. If anyone else had been in his place, they would probably have suffered a hidden loss.

But Xiao Jin remained unhurried. He merely increased the force of his right palm, and violent Dou Qi swiftly surged toward it.

"Heart Melting Palm!" The Mystic Tier High-level Dou Technique he had already cultivated to perfection activated instantly, and the temperature of the already-violent Heavenly Flame rose several degrees further.

White mist steamed from the thick Condensed Ice Mirror. Under the scorching of the Heavenly Flame, the enormous ice mirror melted away in the blink of an eye.

Hai Bodong stared at the scene before him in astonishment. This single move alone was enough to shock him.

From the moment Xiao Jin had effortlessly made that first move, Hai Bodong's evaluation of the boy had continued to rise.

Even he himself could not use one hand to activate a terrifying Dou Technique while keeping the other as gentle as a feather.

Accomplishing this required absolute control over Dou Qi.

The following Heart Melting Palm had made him feel the threat of death even more strongly.

In the Jia Ma Empire, a Mystic Tier High-level Dou Technique was by no means something commonplace.

Even the massive Misty Cloud Sect, the strongest force in the Jia Ma Empire, possessed no Dou Technique above the Mystic Tier High-level.

Moreover, Hai Bodong knew very well that even the Misty Cloud Sect could not train a prodigious youth capable of fighting a Dou Ling expert head-on at merely fifteen or sixteen years old.

Before the Condensed Ice Mirror completely vanished, Hai Bodong abruptly retreated. Dozens of spiral-shaped ice spikes instantly took form and shot toward Xiao Jin's position in a dense barrage.

Xiao Jin neither dodged nor evaded. Under the powerful perception of his Emperor Realm Soul, he did not even spare a glance at the ice spikes that were destined to miss him.

He only focused on those that might strike him and raised both hands to meet them.

With two fingers pressed together, he sent out one Spiral Fire Cone after another, meeting the incredibly fast ice spikes.

"Nine Suns Vein-Piercing Finger!"

The two entirely opposite energies of ice and fire collided, and the entire shop was instantly left in ruins.

Hai Bodong's pupils contracted again.

"Another Mystic Tier High-level Dou Technique? Just what is this kid's background? How are Mystic Tier High-level Dou Techniques in his hands as common as cabbages bought wholesale?"

In front of Xiao Yi Xian, a dark-purple radiance rose.

With her cultivation as a Three-Star Dou Ling, blocking the aftershocks of their battle was still effortless.

Hai Bodong naturally noticed her actions as well, and his heart skipped another beat.

"Dou Qi Materialization? A Dou Ling?"

He was completely numb by now. The little girl looked about the same age as the youth, yet he had never expected her to already be a Dou Ling expert.

What the hell? Just what kind of force had he provoked?

Before he could think it through, Xiao Jin's next attack arrived right on schedule.

The Xiao Clan, within Xun'er's courtyard.

Feeling the surging Dou Qi flowing through her body, Xun'er's face was filled with delight.

With her cultivation at the Dou Shi level, she had absorbed less than one ten-millionth of the medicinal power within the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill.

Even so, her cultivation had shot up as if she had boarded a rocket, leaping straight to the level of a Seven-Star Dou Grandmaster.

Compared to half a month ago, she had advanced nearly an entire major realm.

"I wonder if Brother Xiao Jin will be happy for me when he sees that I've broken through." A gentle smile hung on the girl's face. She had just prepared to call for the servants to get hot water ready for her bath when she noticed the letter Xiao Jin had left on the table.

After opening it, Xun'er quickly read through its contents and could not help pouting.

"Brother Xiao Jin is such a big rascal. He secretly went out without taking Xun'er with him!"

Although she was complaining, she did not truly feel the slightest bit resentful.

Because she knew that whenever Brother Xiao Jin went out, he was surely handling important matters.

"Forget it. Since Brother Xiao Jin isn't here, I might as well continue cultivating." Xun'er lost all interest in bathing. Her cultivation had broken through too quickly, so she could use this time before Xiao Jin returned to consolidate it.

Just as she was about to enter a state of cultivation, the girl's keen gaze suddenly turned toward the window.

She sensed a familiar aura.

After opening the door, she immediately saw a Middle-Aged Man standing in the courtyard.

"Father?" Xun'er looked at the Middle-Aged Man in the courtyard with some confusion, unable to understand why Gu Yuan had appeared in the Xiao Clan.

Apart from bringing her to the Xiao Clan ten years ago, her father had never appeared in Wutan City during all these years.

As one of the strongest people in the world, Gu Yuan received a great deal of attention. Every time he left the Ancient Realm, he was closely monitored by the other Ancient Emperor Clans.

Xun'er was worried that her father's appearance here would bring disaster upon the Xiao Clan.

Gu Yuan turned around, and his gaze toward Xun'er was filled with warmth.

"As expected of my daughter, Gu Yuan's daughter. At only fourteen, you are already a Seven-Star Dou Grandmaster. Once Xun'er completes her bloodline awakening, you should be able to break through to Dou Zun immediately."

Gu Yuan had originally thought that his sudden appearance would surely give his daughter a pleasant surprise.

With all-out praise on top of that, his little darling should have thrown herself into his arms and acted spoiled, right?

Who would have thought that Xun'er not only failed to show any joy, but instead asked somewhat warily, "Father, did you come to take me back to the Ancient Clan?"

Gu Yuan felt a tightness in his chest. He had already realized what a foolish mistake he had made.

Back then, he had sent his daughter to the Xiao Clan because he hoped she could find traces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade there.

He had never expected that not only would they fail to find the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but his own little darling would also be given away in the process.

He hesitated before saying, "Xun'er, Xiao Jin is merely an adopted son of the Xiao Clan. He isn't a member of the Xiao Tribe from back then."

"So what? Brother Xiao Jin is the most outstanding. Even without relying on a Dou Emperor Bloodline, he can still use his own strength to walk a path no one before him has ever walked!"

"But Xun'er..."

"Father, even among the Ancient Emperor Clans, have you ever seen a fifteen-year-old Dou Wang?"

The Dou Emperor Bloodline was indeed powerful, but ten thousand years had already passed since the appearance of the last Dou Emperor. At present, the bloodlines of the Ancient Emperor Clans had all declined to varying degrees.

The original work had once stated that the closer a bloodline was to a Dou Emperor, the greater the benefits it granted. After so much time had passed, although the Ancient Emperor Clans could still obtain benefits from their Dou Emperor Bloodlines, compared to ten thousand years ago, the difference was like heaven and earth.

The Xiao Clan's bloodline had completely withered, causing it to fall out of the ranks of the Ancient Emperor Clans. Among the seven surviving Ancient Emperor Clans, the Ling Clan's bloodline had likewise begun to wither.

Even for a clan like the Ancient Clan, whose bloodline had not withered, the benefits it could obtain from the Dou Emperor Bloodline before completing bloodline awakening were still extremely limited.

Therefore, even Gu Yuan had never seen a fifteen-year-old Dou Wang expert.

The prodigies of his Ancient Clan truly fell far short of Xiao Jin.

Seeing her father's expression, Xun'er said seriously, "Back then, the predecessors of our Ancient Clan were able to create ten thousand years of glory for our clan through their own efforts. I believe Brother Xiao Jin can do the same and create another Emperor Clan through his own ability!"