After hearing Nihility Devouring Flame's report on Gu Yuan's latest circumstances, Hun Tiandi stood rooted to the spot for a long time.
Both the Hun Clan's many mid- and high-level Dou Sheng and Nihility Devouring Flame understood his reaction.
After all, when they had first learned the news, their reactions had been little different from Hun Tiandi's now.
"Heh, hahaha!"
Suddenly, Hun Tiandi burst into laughter.
Strangely enough, the clan chief's laughter was actually different from that of every other member of the Hun Clan. How remarkable!
"How should I put it? It's somewhat unexpected, but it also makes perfect sense. After all, this is Gu Yuan we're talking about!"
There was unmistakable mockery in Hun Tiandi's laughter.
Thinking about it, he had been worrying that Gu Yuan would ruin his thousand-year plan, only to discover that the man had spent those thousand years producing a daughter!
Hun Tiandi could not help shaking his head.
A thousand years ago, he, Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan had belonged to the same generation and had been rivals of sorts.
Yet to say that Gu Yuan lacked talent would have been utterly impossible!
After all, how could someone without talent have cultivated to the late stage of Nine-Star Dou Saint and even possessed an Emperor Realm Soul?
But with that personality of his, it was truly hard to imagine how he had managed to reach such a realm.
If that did not count as talent, what did?
Moreover, in the battle a thousand years ago, the Gu Clan had originally stood a chance of emerging as the ultimate victor.
Back then, his Hun Clan had paid a devastating price to destroy the Xiao Clan, while the Gu Clan had sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight.
Even Hun Tiandi himself knew