The Stratagem of Sowing Discord

Gu Yuan's answer left Gu Lie and the others feeling incredulous!

Yet, it also made perfect sense.

Gu Yuan's strength was indeed formidable, but he lacked a certain spirit of unhesitating resolve!

If not for this, back when Xiao Xuan had invited him to join forces against the Hun Clan, he would not have missed the golden opportunity to eradicate them due to his constant hesitation.

Taking advantage of the momentum, Xiao Xuan executed his second strategy; he withdrew his soul power and smiled, saying, "In light of your sincerity, I shall present you with another grand gift!"

As he spoke, Xiao Xuan's figure vanished like a phantom!

Just as the crowd wondered what kind of grand gift Xiao Xuan could possibly be offering.

Xiao Xuan, who had been gone for two and a half minutes, reappeared!

However, this time, he was holding someone in his hand!

The members of the Gu Clan focused their eyes.

To their shock, they discovered it was none other than Gu Yang, who guarded the ancestral shrine!

What was the meaning of this?

Gu Yang was equally bewildered!

Earlier, he had sensed a few small-scale battles erupting within the clan.

However, due to certain special reasons, he had not dared to go out and investigate personally.

Vaguely, he had heard the name Xiao Xuan.

He was extremely familiar with that name!

The patriarch of the Xiao Clan from a thousand years ago.

As far as he knew, he had fallen a millennium ago after being ambushed and besieged by the Hun Clan.

Therefore, he had not taken it to heart.

He simply assumed the Gu Clan was arguing internally again over the allocation of spots for the next entry into the Heavenly Tomb.

After all, this was not the first time!

Thus, he had continued to sit cross-legged in the shrine, absorbed in his cultivation!

But who could have imagined that just as he was fully immersed in his meditative state.

Suddenly, he sensed a gentle breeze.

Opening his eyes, he saw a complete stranger suddenly appear before him.

Before he could even ask for an explanation, he was grabbed by the collar and hauled to the assembly hall!

The crucial part was!

Everyone here was a super powerhouse of the Gu Clan!

Among them was Gu Yuan himself!

Gu Yang was terrified to death.

"Gu Yang?"

Gu Yuan frowned: "Xiao Xuan, what is the meaning of this?!"

What?

Xiao Xuan?

Gu Yang stared at Xiao Xuan, his eyes widening!

It was as if he had seen a ghost!

Xiao Xuan said indifferently: "Helping you weed out a traitor, of course!"

Gu Yang felt guilty and hurriedly jumped out to defend himself: "Patriarch, don't listen to his nonsense! This is slander! It is pure slander!!"

Xiao Xuan laughed: "Why are you in such a rush? I didn't even say the traitor was you, yet you're so eager to explain yourself! Feeling guilty?"

"Gah!"

Gu Yang froze, wishing he could slap himself!

Why was he in such a hurry to explain?

He had almost given himself away.

Gu Yuan pressed: "Then tell me, who is the traitor?"

Xiao Xuan pointed at Gu Yang: "There, it's him!"

"You—you—you are spouting nonsense!" Gu Yang stiffened his neck, so agitated he nearly fainted on the spot!

Gu Lie frowned and said: "Elder Gu Yang has guarded our clan's shrine for hundreds of years; he couldn't possibly be a traitor!"

"That's right!"

The Three Immortals of the Gu Clan did not believe it either.

Xiao Xuan shook his head with a smile.

"You laugh at me for being too mad, I laugh at you for failing to see through it all."

Gu Yuan scrutinized Gu Yang before him, his deep eyes seemingly intent on seeing right through the man.

Gu Yang felt a chill run down his spine.

He gripped a thumb-sized piece of black Ancient Jade in his palm.

The moment the situation turned sour, he would crush it without hesitation!

Gu Yuan knew that Xiao Xuan would not make such a claim without cause; there had to be evidence.

Thus, he nodded at Xiao Xuan.

He signaled for him to continue.

Xiao Xuan walked up to Gu Yang with his hands behind his back.

"What is your name?"

"Gu Yang."

"What is your status?"

"An elder guarding the Gu Clan Ancestral Hall."

"How many years have you been guarding it?"

"Over a hundred years!"

Hearing Xiao Xuan ask these questions, Gu Yang suddenly stopped feeling nervous, answering calmly without a blush or a racing heart.

"What is your name?"

"Gu Yang."

"What is your status?"

"An elder guarding the Gu Clan Ancestral Hall."

Xiao Xuan repeated these few questions, asking faster and faster, and Gu Yang answered just as quickly.

"What was Hun Tiandi's purpose in sending you here?"

"To seize the opportunity to steal the Tou She Ancient God Jade!"

"Chang Wei, and you still say you wouldn't... wait, I misspoke, Gu Yang, and you still say you aren't a spy?!"

"Gah!"

Only then did Gu Yang realize something was wrong!

He had answered the previous questions according to the actual facts.

Who would have thought that Xiao Xuan would suddenly feint and ask that directly?

He had blurted out the truth!

"Patriarch, listen to my explanation!"

Gu Yang hurriedly tried to argue: "This... this was all a trap he set for me, he's framing me on purpose! How could I possibly be a spy for the Hun Clan? If you don't believe me, you can test me with the Soul Testing Stone!"

The Soul Testing Stone was an extremely rare treasure capable of detecting whether a soul had been tampered with.

Even the Gu Clan possessed only one.

Xiao Xuan said: "Gu Yuan! Look, no one even said his soul had issues, yet he admitted it himself."

Gu Yang: ...

Gu Yang defended himself: "I-I-I was just trying to say that I am truly not a spy."

"Heh, since you dare to remain in the Gu Clan, Nihility Devouring Flame must have helped you merge your soul with the real Gu Yang."

Hearing Xiao Xuan's words, Gu Yang nearly vomited blood!

You even know this?!

Could it be that the Xiao Clan has also planted spies within the Hun Clan?!

If he weren't outmatched, Gu Yang would have loved to tear Xiao Xuan into ten thousand pieces!

Gu Yuan remained expressionless and silent, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Gu Lie and the others also looked grim.

After finishing his piece, Xiao Xuan returned to his seat and sipped his tea with an air of composure.

With his strength, he could have easily killed Gu Yang on the spot and then discussed it with Gu Yuan at his leisure.

However, that did not fit his plan!

Seeing that Gu Yuan had not taken a stance, Gu Yang gritted his teeth, refraining from crushing the Ancient Jade and fully exposing his identity.

His mission was too important!

It concerns the grand scheme of the Hun Clan!

Unless absolutely necessary, he would not expose himself!

Gu Yuan approached Gu Yang, raising his hand to pat his shoulder, intending to tell him not to be nervous.

The guilt-ridden Gu Yang was startled!

He assumed an attack was being launched against him.

He immediately crushed the Ancient Jade, preparing to flee!

It was precisely this action that completely exposed the truth of him being a spy!

Gu Yuan's expression darkened, and the formidable Dou Qi within his body surged forth!

It slammed heavily into Gu Yang's body.

Bang!

In an instant!

Gu Yang's physical body was reduced to a mist of blood.

Gu Yang's soul attached itself to a piece of jade, preparing to escape.

He was intercepted directly by Xiao Xuan, who had been prepared all along!

"Want to leave? Did you ask me first?"

"Xiao Xuan! Our clan has been plotting this for hundreds of years; how could you, a man who fell a millennium ago, have known about it?"

"Naturally... someone within your clan told me."

Knowing that he must still have a means of transmitting sound, Xiao Xuan spoke deliberately.

"No wonder, no wonder!! But Xiao Xuan! Don't get cocky. My Hun Clan was able to annihilate your Xiao Clan back then, and we can do it again in the future!"

"Too much nonsense. Die!!"

"Ah!!"

Gu Yang let out a miserable shriek. Hardening his heart, he ignited his soul body, drawing a profound rune in mid-air.

At the same time, he transmitted a message:

"There is a traitor in the Hun Clan, Gu Yuan and Xiao Xuan..."