Xun'er trembled slightly.
Gu Yue!
The [Inheritor] who had risen from the lowborn descendants and cultivated to the Dou Zun Realm with only a second-grade bloodline!
He was suspected of possessing the power to alter time, but he had butchered his clansmen and plundered their bloodlines, ultimately "dying by self-detonation" when surrounded...
Ling Ying abruptly stepped forward, excitement spreading across his gaunt face.
"Miss, it is said that Gu Yue once displayed mysterious fluctuations of space-time energy! And now, at this sensitive juncture when Inheritors are emerging, a descendant of the Gu Clan suddenly appears outside the clan..."
He lowered his voice, a chilling edge creeping into it:
"One cannot help but draw a connection!"
Xun'er fell silent.
She slowly rose, her green skirt swaying as she walked to the cliff's edge.
The sunlight fell upon her exquisitely beautiful face, its glare somewhat harsh.
"I remember that the clan's orders were..."
She spoke softly, a hint of weariness in her voice.
"To pay particular attention to anyone outside the clan surnamed Gu and, if necessary, use force to bring them back..."
Ling Ying nodded slightly, a glimmer of resolve flashing through his clouded eyes.
"I will send word of Gu He to the clan shortly, and continue monitoring his every move."
"Do not rustle the grass and startle the snake just yet."
Xun'er sighed softly, her gaze still fixed on the distance.
"Yes."
Ling Ying gradually faded into the shadows, but just before he vanished, he suddenly heard Xun'er's gentle voice, tinged with melancholy:
"Elder Ling..."
"Do you have any further instructions, Miss?"
"The Inheritors..."
Xun'er turned, an indescribably complicated emotion in her eyes.
"Has the clan... received any news of Inheritors?"
Ling Ying paused, then stepped back out of the shadows.
He looked at her lovely, slightly forlorn face