Listening to the many Gu Clan elders speak, Gu Yuan sat at the head of the table without a word, his expression dark. They were far too insolent...
If these words had not been spoken in a private discussion within the clan, and that being had heard them, the Gu Clan would likely have found itself in serious trouble.
Moreover, Xiao Yan was no longer the ordinary boy he had been in Wutan City. He had deep ties with all Three Great Magical Beast Clans, especially the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. With Zhu Kun's return, those fellows who could tear the void apart with their bare hands and roam through it with their physical bodies had also begun returning one after another.
The entire Ancient Void Dragon Clan had returned to a peak it had not seen in centuries.
Even the Gu Clan's foundations could hardly compare to theirs now.
Besides, judging solely by that boy's terrifying talent, he had risen from a useless wretch with three-stage Dou Qi to a powerful eighth-tier alchemist in just a few short years. What his future held remained unknown. He might even become a Dou Di.
Not to mention, with that girl Xun'er around, however poorly the Gu Clan fared in the future, it could still follow along and get a mouthful of the broth.
These fellows... truly could see no farther than mice.
Thus, offending Xiao Yan was absolutely the stupidest course of action. But there was much about that mysterious expert that he could not reveal, so he could only sigh helplessly. "Dismissed. This matter is not to be mentioned again. Our Gu Clan is one of the Ancient Eight Clans, after all. We have our dignity to consider. If we forcibly abduct him and bring him back to the Gu