"That's right, I have already switched to cultivating this Flame Mantra. It is a cultivation method I accidentally discovered in the Xiao Clan. I don't know if this is the cultivation method that Xiao Xuan practiced in the past, but I don't think it is."
Back then, Xiao Xuan only possessed three Heavenly Flames. According to the records of this cultivation method, it is completely impossible to fully unleash the terrifying nature of this cultivation method. This cultivation method is definitely even stronger than Xiao Xuan's cultivation method.
I have a hunch that if I cultivate this cultivation method to the extreme, I will definitely surpass the Xiao Xuan of the past! And an existence even stronger than Xiao Xuan is... Dou Di!
Therefore, I need my father's full support to mobilize all the power of the Gu Clan to search for Heavenly Flames across the entire Dou Qi Continent!
Whether by trading or by plundering! It doesn't matter even if the Gu Clan turns the entire continent into a bloody storm with corpses scattered across the fields for this!
As long as there are enough Heavenly Flames, I will definitely be able to stand at the very pinnacle of the Dou Qi Continent and attain that illusory Dou Di realm of the past ten thousand years! By then, there will only be the voice of the Gu Clan throughout the entire Dou Qi Continent! All history will be written by us!"
A trace of heart-palpitating light flashed in Gu Xun'er's eyes as she spoke.
After listening to Gu Xun'er's words, Gu Yuan currently looked expressionless as he raised his head to glance at the azure dome of heaven, and said,
"Xun'er, I didn't expect you to actually harbor such thoughts. In this short span of time, you have actually grown to this extent. You really have grown up..."
Gu Yuan first let out a sigh of emotion, and then emitted a deep, booming laugh. The terrifying Dou Qi also spread along with the laughter, shaking the surrounding ancient trees so that they swayed wildly.
"Hahaha, Xun'er, you really gave your father a huge surprise today!
Good! Good! Good!
Your father never imagined that you actually possess such grand ambition and such a decisive and murderous temperament. Your father is deeply gratified! Rest assured! Xun'er, starting today, the Gu Clan will unconditionally support you. Father will definitely bring back every single Heavenly Flame in this heaven and earth for you, at... any cost!"
As he spoke, the killing intent that Gu Yuan did not know how long had not appeared spread out in his heart once again, and a cold glint flashed across his eyes.
Gu Yuan had stagnated at the peak of Dou Sheng for far too long, and the Dou Qi Continent had also been peaceful for far too long.
Gu Yuan had long since been unable to see any hope of advancing to Dou Di, which was why he cultivated his character and focused on handling all matters within the clan.
He, Gu Yuan, had been dormant for too long-so long that he thought the days ahead would just continue like this forever, until today, when Gu Xun'er brought him such a surprise!
He genuinely felt the hope of advancing to Dou Di and unifying the continent upon Gu Xun'er!
It directly awakened his ambition that had lain dormant for many years, and the long-tranquil killing intent also awakened at this moment.
At this time, cold glints flickered in Gu Yuan's eyes, and his aura was completely different from the gentleness and refinement of before, resembling a male lion waking up from a deep slumber! Bloodthirst and tyranny surged in his heart once again.
"The Dou Qi Continent has been peaceful for far too long. It's time to liven it up..."
His, Gu Yuan's, reputation was definitely not earned by telling stories like that scholar-like appearance from before, but was killed all the way out by stepping over endless piles of corpses.
The bloody storms that Gu Yuan stirred up in the Central Plains in his early years were definitely not much less than those of the Soul Clan. Did people really think there were any goody-two-shoes among those who could reach this step of peak Dou Sheng?
Why were the three of them-Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and Hun Tiandi-able to suppress an era in the past? It was because they were ruthless enough! They killed others until they did not dare to resist.
Although the personalities of the three were all different, their essence was the same-they were all overlords! Overlords who would stop at nothing to achieve their own ambitions!
Have you not seen how Xiao Xuan sacrificed his entire clan in the past to achieve Dou Di? To put it nicely, it was for the sake of the family bloodline; to put it realistically, it was still for the sake of Dou Di!
And later, Hun Tiandi also sacrificed the entire Central Plains, including his own Soul Clan, for the sake of Dou Di, acting even more barefaced.
As for why Gu Yuan did not do this, the reason was very simple.
It was mainly because Xiao Xuan's cautionary tale made him not dare to act rashly, and he also did not possess those bizarre methods of Hun Tiandi.
Having no means to achieve his ambition left Gu Yuan unable to see a shred of hope of becoming a Dou Di. If he had even a sliver of a chance to become a Dou Di, who knew whether he would make the same decision as those two?
And Gu Yuan, who possessed not a shred of hope, ultimately completely abandoned that illusory Dou Di, began to focus on family development, and even produced a daughter.
Yet now, in his daughter, he seemed to have seen his former self, who was similarly ambitious, and with an opportunity even greater than his own, so how could he refuse the request of his precious daughter?
For the sake of his daughter, for the sake of the clan, and also for himself, this long-tranquil Dou Qi Continent was destined to be stirred into another bloody storm by the Gu Clan.
After successfully persuading Gu Yuan, Gu Xun'er took away cultivation resources filled in over five hundred Storage Rings, along with various Dou Techniques and cultivation notes of the Gu Clan.
After all, having the cultivation experience of predecessors could definitely allow one to avoid many detours on one's cultivation path. Since Gu Xun'er was heading to the Black-Corner Region for experiential training, and the elders in the clan could not guide her at any time and place, she naturally had to bring all the notes along.
After tossing all the hundreds of Storage Rings handed to her by Gu Yuan into a single Storage Ring,
Gu Xun'er asked Gu Yuan once again,
"Father, do you know if there is any water-attribute energy similar to Heavenly Flames in the Dou Qi Continent?"
Although Gu Yuan was curious about what Gu Xun'er wanted to do when he heard this question from her, he still pondered for a moment before saying to Gu Xun'er,
"When I subdued the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame in the southern continent in my youth, I engaged it in battle. The battlefield stretched for hundreds of thousands of li, and during the course of the battle, I did indeed sense some strange water-attribute energy fluctuations, but the specific location is unclear.
Your father's cultivation had not yet reached its peak at that time, and fighting the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame did not allow for the slightest carelessness, so I didn't pay too much attention to those energies. Your father can only give you an approximate location; if you hadn't brought it up today, your father wouldn't have remembered this matter either."
Gu Xun'er nodded thoughtfully.
Even though Gu Xun'er no longer cared about Xiao Yan's life or death now, and even wanted to kill Xiao Yan with her own hands, long since no longer being threatened by Hun Changqing, she still obtained all these things he needed for him one by one.
To speak merely of the quantity of cultivation resources Gu Yuan gave to Gu Xun'er, it was definitely difficult to simply calculate them with numbers.
That terrifying sum of resources was enough to forcibly pile a mortal up into a Tier 4 Dou Sheng!
One could imagine just how massive the quantity of these resources was, already enough for the two of them, Gu Xun'er and Hun Changqing, to cultivate with unremitting debauchery for a very long time.
After all, no matter what, Gu Xun'er also wanted to do good by Hun Changqing and help him elevate his strength. As for whether Hun Changqing appreciated it or not, Gu Xun'er no longer cared now.
When she used Heavenly Flames to grow strong enough to casually suppress Hun Changqing, she would capture him, lock him up, and do to Hun Changqing what she loved to do-he would have to submit even if he didn't want to!
Moreover, she also wanted to see the astonished expression Hun Changqing would reveal after obtaining the resources she gave him, working hard at cultivation, only to end up being casually suppressed by her.
(End of chapter)