Gu Yuan, If You Insist on Opposing Me, Don't Blame Me for Striking at the Gu Clan!

"Be careful of the Gu Clan..."

Qing Luo murmured softly.

When he first saw those four words, Qing Luo had thought Dan Xuan had written them incorrectly.

The reason Qing Luo thought so was simple.

What he had done in the Central Plains included, but was not limited to,

exposing the truth behind the Spirit Clan's destruction ahead of time, taking the Tou She Ancient God Jade that belonged to the Stone Clan, and revealing himself in the Central Plains as the third-ranked Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

All of these deeds

had undoubtedly offended the Soul Clan to the bitter end.

Whether it was the news of the Spirit Clan's destruction or his true body, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame,

neither Nihility Devouring Flame nor the Soul Clan would let him off.

What Qing Luo had not expected was

that Dan Xuan had not warned him to beware of the Soul Clan, but to beware of the Gu Clan.

For Dan Xuan to say this,

he must have received some information...

Combining it with the original story,

Qing Luo roughly guessed what the Gu Clan intended to do to him.

Among the Ancient Emperor Clans,

the Soul Clan and Gu Clan were the strongest.

Both clans had Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint experts overseeing them.

The only difference between them was that one was an outright villain, while the other was a hypocrite.

One had to know!

Although the Soul Clan's actions in gathering the Tou She Ancient God Jade were cruel, from the Soul Clan's perspective, there was nothing wrong with them.

The strong preyed on the weak, and the Tou She Ancient God Jade contained the secret of Attaining Emperorhood.

Hun Tiandi's methods were unacceptable, but at least he was forthright about them.

But the Gu Clan...

Compared to the Soul Clan's efforts to gather the Tou She Ancient God Jade, the Gu Clan was far more shameless.

As the publicly acknowledged leader of the Ancient Emperor Clans,

in order to attain Emperorhood, Gu Yuan had actually set his sights on the already declining Xiao Clan, which had only a trace of its bloodline left.

He had even sent out his own daughter,

concealing her identity and infiltrating the Xiao Clan, waiting for the right time to steal the Tou She Ancient God Jade belonging to the Xiao Clan and gain an advantage in the final opportunity to attain Emperorhood.

As for the Stone Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade,

whether it was the Soul Clan or the Gu Clan, both were restrained by the Stone Clan's status as an Emperor Clan and would not act rashly.

But if the Tou She Ancient God Jade was on him,

the outcome would be different.

Gu Yuan fancied himself the leader of the Emperor Clans, and his interference in the affairs of other Emperor Clans was even worse than Blue Star's Eagle Nation meddling in other countries.

The Stone Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade had been lost.

Perfect.

That gave the Gu Clan a reason to act.

Gu Yuan had been willing to send out his own daughter for the Xiao Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade.

Now that the Stone Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade was in his hands,

what Gu Yuan might do

was easy to imagine...

Thinking of this,

Qing Luo's expression grew increasingly cold.

He had not expected that after transmigrating here, not only had he offended the Soul Clan, but even the Gu Clan was now moving against him.

This meant he had provoked the two strongest forces in this world at the same time...

This was also the consequence of Qing Luo having been too confident before, acting recklessly because he was the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Back then,

Qing Luo had only thought that taking the Tou She Ancient God Jade would temporarily avert the Stone Clan's crisis of extermination.

He had never considered that it would bring him such enormous trouble.

"Are you alright?"

Just as Qing Luo stood there lost in thought,

Zi Yan cautiously waved a hand before him, interrupting his thoughts.

In truth,

it was not just Zi Yan who was curious. Mo Tian Xing behind them was also looking at Qing Luo with concern.

Along the way,

he had never seen Qing Luo so distraught.

He could not imagine what kind of matter could make a Dou Saint stare blankly for so long...

Zi Yan's interruption

briefly pulled Qing Luo out of his deep thoughts.

Qing Luo did not respond to Zi Yan. Instead, he looked at the Storage Ring that had been delivered along with the letter.

His soul power entered the Storage Ring.

Seeing the neatly arranged pill bottles within, Qing Luo directly took out one bottle and tossed it to Zi Yan.

"Take it. Don't disturb me!"

Zi Yan caught the pill bottle and immediately smelled the rich medicinal fragrance spreading through the air.

"Alright, I absolutely won't disturb you!"

Zi Yan patted her chest and promised.

Then,

holding the pill bottle, she ran into a corner and carefully poured out the pills inside.

Seeing Zi Yan run off,

Mo Tian Xing was also curious about what benefit Zi Yan had gotten from Qing Luo.

When he saw Zi Yan pour out those round, full pills,

Mo Tian Xing froze completely.

"Those are sixth-grade Foundation-Nourishing Pills... sixth-grade Nine-Turn Heart-Clearing Pills, seventh-grade Constitution-Fortifying Spirit-Nourishing Pills..."

Zi Yan had poured more than a dozen pills out of the bottle at once.

Mo Tian Xing could only recognize a few of them.

But even those few

were enough to leave Mo Tian Xing too shocked to speak.

Mo Tian Xing knew that following Qing Luo would bring opportunities, but he had not expected this opportunity to come so quickly and be so great.

Those pills,

any one of them, if placed in the Black-Corner Region, would stir up turmoil and trigger a bloody disaster.

Yet,

at this moment, Qing Luo had simply tossed more than a dozen sixth- and seventh-grade pills to Zi Yan?!

If he obtained those pills, his combat strength could rise by thirty percent. It might even be possible for him to break through to the five-star Dou Zong level in a short time.

Watching Zi Yan stuff pills into her mouth one after another as if they were candy beans,

her face brimming with happiness and satisfaction,

Mo Tian Xing's heart bled...

"What a waste..."

Mo Tian Xing watched Zi Yan with immense heartache and envy,

as though every pill she bit into was not a pill, but a piece of his flesh...

Meanwhile,

Qing Luo knew nothing of Mo Tian Xing's thoughts.

After sending Zi Yan away,

Qing Luo began considering how he should reply to the Pill Tower Ancestor.

After all,

although both the Soul Clan and Gu Clan were targeting him, Qing Luo was not in the Central Plains right now, so neither clan could find him in the short term.

But the Pill Tower was different.

Although the matter of the Emperor Alliance had not yet been exposed, he had once appeared at the Pill Tower.

That had turned the Pill Tower into a target for all.

If they could not find him, the Soul Clan and Gu Clan might very well turn their attention to the Pill Tower.

When that time came, this holy land for alchemists in the Central Plains would likely know no peace...

After thinking for a moment,

Qing Luo began writing his reply to Dan Xuan.

[Dan Xuan, I have read your letter. The matter of the Flower Sect can be set aside for now. Once I return to the Central Plains, I will go to the Flower Sect and deal with it.

Part of the Emperor Alliance's existence may be made public. Announce that the Stone Clan and Pill Tower have formed an alliance to jointly crusade against me. The Stone Clan is originally an Emperor Clan, so the other Emperor Clans should not react too strongly to the name Emperor Alliance.

In addition, Burning Flame Valley may be allowed to join the Emperor Alliance. However, do not tell them the Emperor Alliance's true strength or purpose!]

After finishing the letter,

Qing Luo flicked his finger, and a wisp of milky-white Pure Lotus wrapped around the letter before he sent it into the void.

It followed the location of the wisp of Pure Flame Origin in the Pill Tower Ancestor's hand.

After finishing all this,

Qing Luo slightly raised his head and looked down toward the Jiama Empire.

It was true that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had first appeared at the Pill Tower.

But during that incident, Qing Luo had destroyed more than half of the Pill Tower. The Pill Tower had sufficient reason to crusade against him.

Ordinarily,

the Pill Tower focused on alchemy, and its own forces were not skilled in combat. No one would suspect its alliance with the Stone Clan to crusade against him.

With the Stone Clan's status as an Emperor Clan protecting it,

the Soul Clan and Gu Clan would not make any moves against the Pill Tower in the short term.

"Gu Yuan..."

"Since you insist on opposing me, don't blame me for striking at your Gu Clan!"

The wind stirred faintly.

Qing Luo parted his lips, his tone as cold and piercing as ice that had endured ten thousand years!