The Tou She Ancient God Jade Secured! (continued)

"Hm? Miss Xun'er never mentioned it to you?" Qin Chen paused, a trace of bemusement flashing through his eyes.

Something was off. The two of them had been joined at the hip for days, and Gu Xun'er did not look as though she had lost her virginity. What exactly had they been doing all this time?

"Ah..."

At the mention of this, Xiao Yan smiled helplessly. "Xun'er wouldn't tell me much. She only gave me some superficial information about the Ancient Eight Clans. Whenever I asked more, she refused to say anything."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Qin Chen immediately understood what was going on.

Gu Xun'er must have cared too deeply for Xiao Yan, afraid that learning too much at once would crush him. So she had picked out a few inconsequential details and hidden everything that could truly weigh him down to death.

It was like an adult coaxing a child, showing him only the good side.

Gu Xun'er had probably guessed that Xiao Zhan was being held in the Soul Realm.

And to rescue someone from the Soul Realm, the first person they would have to face was Hun Tiandi—a Peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng, only one step away from Dou Di, and one of the mightiest figures of the past thousand years.

Saying that outright would probably send Xiao Yan plunging into an abyss.

The current Xiao Yan no longer enjoyed the smooth sailing he had in the original story. Besides, even along the original course of events, Gu Xun'er had never told him these things in advance.

It was almost laughable. In the original course of events, Xiao Yan had only learned Hun Tiandi's real name after becoming a Six-Star Dou Sheng.

Afterward, he had soared all the way from Seven-Star Dou Sheng to Dou Di, decisively sealing