"However, it is only human nature for you to think that way. But rest assured, Gu Yuan cannot crack this Unique Item.
"There should be a Child Flame of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame inside your body, right? The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame is unruly and untamable.
"Your Gu Clan is helpless against it, and Gu Yuan also finds it a massive headache.
"He had no choice but to seal it, sealing the Child Flame within your body in the hope of letting you slowly gain control over the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
"It is a pity that even with your Emperor Lineage, you still cannot completely suppress this Child Flame, causing your body to be frail when you were young. It was only after coming to the Xiao Clan that you gave this Xiao Yan an opportunity to walk into your heart. Am I right?"
Hun Changqing's voice, sounding like a demon's whisper, rang beside Gu Xun'er. Every single word struck her heart like a heavy hammer, deepening her fear of Hun Changqing.
Gu Xun'er trembled all over. She never expected that Hun Changqing would even know about these matters. Could it be that she had been living under some kind of surveillance since she was a child?
What on earth was the background of this person? This person was definitely not an ordinary Soul Palace Dou Zong! Even the Soul Clan would be impossible to know about such things.
If the Soul Clan knew, they would never have allowed her to live in the Xiao Clan, nor would they have let the Tou She Ancient God Jade be taken away by herself!
Gu Xun'er could not figure it out and gazed at Hun Changqing with a face full of dread.
Seeing Gu Xun'er's puzzled expression, Hun Changqing laughed inwardly. Although this Gu Xun'er came from the Gu Clan and possessed an extremely high vision, worthy of being called well-traveled and knowledgeable, there were far too many miraculous things on the Dou Qi Continent.
After all, Gu Xun'er was still a fifteen-year-old maiden who had stayed in the Xiao Clan ever since coming out of the Ancient Realm and had never traveled through the outside world.
Moreover, the Gu Clan only allowed Gu Xun'er to roughly understand many secrets of the Dou Qi Continent, but did not elaborate on many specific things. Even great enemies like the Soul Clan and the Soul Palace were only introduced roughly, as if they did not want Gu Xun'er to come into excessive contact with them.
This resulted in Gu Xun'er not knowing that there were not only Dou Techniques with formidable might in this world, but also many secret methods possessing all sorts of wondrous effects.
Admittedly, all of Hun Changqing's intelligence regarding Gu Xun'er was obtained illegally and not through formal channels.
Yet he also knew that acquiring such intelligence was actually not difficult. Speaking solely of the Soul Palace, among those various secret methods applied to the soul, there was one capable of roughly browsing a person's memories.
However, the caster had to be far stronger than the person whose memories were being browsed, otherwise they would not succeed. This made the secret method somewhat of a tasteless chicken rib, yet almost everyone in the Soul Palace possessed a copy.
"You can let that unruly Child Flame of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame inside your body sense the aura of this Unique Item. There will definitely be some unexpected surprises."
Having said that, Hun Changqing released the seal on Gu Xun'er just a bit, allowing her to barely mobilize the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and motioned that she could test it against the jade slip.
After hesitating for a moment, Gu Xun'er still released the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, making it probe toward that jade slip.
Who would have thought that the moment the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame sensed the aura of the Supreme Yin True Water Origin within that jade slip, it instantly trembled.
Because it had not been refined by Gu Xun'er, the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame hurriedly broke free from Gu Xun'er's control and drilled back into Gu Xun'er's body at top speed without looking back.
It was as if some Primordial Fierce Beast was chasing it from behind, and no matter how Gu Xun'er tried to mobilize it, it simply refused to come out.
It was the first time Gu Xun'er had ever seen the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame display such a posture, nearly making her jaw drop in shock.
In her heart, the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame was so unruly, so tyrannical, and the synonym for destruction and devastation!
Yet seeing the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame's posture-resembling a mouse seeing a cat-she could not help but want to ask: where was your usual tyranny? Where was your daily arrogance? Where did they go? It turned out you were only good at bullying your own kind, is that it?
Watching Gu Xun'er's expression tinged with despair, Hun Changqing chuckled softly and continued.
"Although this Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame inside your body is only a Child Flame, its essence will not change. As the existence ranked fourth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, it has its own pride.
"It is even thoroughly unconvinced by the third-ranked Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. Now that it displays this kind of posture, you should be very clear about what it means, right?
"Gu Yuan cannot even perfectly control this Child Flame and needs to rely on a seal just to let you barely use it. Do you think he, Gu Yuan, can do anything about this Unique Item of mine?
"Or are you still unwilling to give up and want to take it back for Gu Yuan to study? However, I must remind you.
"The moment anyone contacts the Dou Qi inside Xiao Yan's body, I will sense it immediately and will launch that trace of Dou Qi without the slightest hesitation. Then... with a bang... your Brother Xiao Yan will be gone! Hahaha."
Gu Xun'er looked at Hun Changqing, who was sitting on top of her and laughing heartily, her heart already filled with despair.
She knew she had truly fallen into his hands, and she silently made her choice within her heart-she absolutely could not let Brother Xiao Yan suffer even the slightest bit of harm.
Therefore... the Gu Clan... she would simply have to wait until she grew strong enough before slowly making it up to them.
Gu Xun'er took a deep breath and spoke up.
"I promise you, as long as you don't harm Brother Xiao Yan..."
Then, a trace of a troubled expression appeared on her face as she continued.
"However, after all, I am currently only the Young Patriarch of the Gu Clan, and I haven't returned to the clan in a very long time.
"As for resources, although those elders of the Gu Clan will support me, they won't let me mobilize them in unlimited amounts. Nor is it possible for the Gu Clan to go around plundering and slaughtering across the entire Central Plains just because of my words!"
"As for searching for that miraculous water, we can only send some people to gather intelligence here and there. It's impossible to do as you say-turning the entire Dou Qi Continent upside down with great fanfare. Mobilizing that much force would require too much, and the elders in the clan won't agree!"
"As for Dou Techniques, I will try my best to apply for them. This isn't a difficult task, but there are certain unique Dou Techniques that the family fears might make me bite off more than I can chew, so they won't give them to me right now. They will require my strength to reach a certain level."
"I have no way to completely fulfill the demands you mentioned just now, but this truly is the limit of what I can do. In the clan, I really don't have as much authority as you imagine! You have to believe me!"
Gu Xun'er said anxiously to Hun Changqing.
Hearing Gu Xun'er's words, Hun Changqing furrowed his brows. He could tell that Gu Xun'er truly no longer dared to play any petty tricks and was speaking the complete truth.
However... to be honest, this was somewhat different from what he had anticipated. Although Gu Xun'er's final sentence sounded nice, translated it simply meant "I'll do my best".
He had taken such a huge risk to kidnap this little girl, wasted so much breath, resorted to threats, intimidation, and even analyzed various situations for her-making himself feel mentally and physically exhausted-only to get a single sentence of "I'll do my best in return"?
Hun Changqing was not very satisfied. He was greedy; he wanted to swallow an elephant with a snake's mouth, and he wanted to become a fat man in a single bite.