"Lady Yunyan, why are those Ancient Clan fellows so afraid of you?"
"More than a hundred years ago, I came to the Ancient Clan once as well. It was also in Ancient Saint City. Back then, an Ancient Clan member tried to block my way, so I cut off one of his hands."
"So that's how it is. Still, seeing how arrogant they are, they had it coming. They're merely outsiders who married into the clan, yet they act this arrogantly. Those Ancient Clan bastards made things difficult for my big brother. This time in the Heavenly Tomb, I have to show them what I'm made of."
"If you still haven't advanced to a one-star Dou Sheng after this Heavenly Tomb, then prepare to go into seclusion with me for another ten years!"
"Hehe, I'm already at the mid-stage Half-Saint level. Just wait and see, Lady Yunyan. Once I advance successfully, you can't stop me from going to Dragon Island."
This conversation took place between Lei Jingxiao, the Thunder Clan prodigy who had already acknowledged Xiao Yan as his big brother, and his aunt Jiang Yunyan. During the three years of Xiao Yan's "death," Jiang Yunyan had taken Lei Jingxiao around to cultivate arduously. Over those three years, Lei Jingxiao had indeed fully demonstrated his astonishing talent, soaring directly from a four-star Dou Zun to the Half-Saint realm. Though Jiang Yunyan had been strict with him, she was sincerely pleased by his current accomplishments.
Then, timing their arrival precisely, Jiang Yunyan brought Lei Jingxiao to the Ancient Clan's core territory. After all, the gathering of the Heavenly Tomb was of extraordinary importance, and it was an opportunity Lei Jingxiao absolutely could not miss.
As the host faction for the Heavenly Tomb gathering, the Ancient Clan had long since stationed people