Soul Palace No. 1 Player

Chapter 787: Ancient Demon's Powerful Attack
Three days later, in Zixian Pavilion.

The ancient demon Shura Dutong with black and white hair was pacing back and forth in the meeting hall.

Gu Zhen and Gu Yan stood outside the gate leading to the Ancient Immortal Palace.

Ancient demon: “Get out of the way!”

Gu Zhen: "General Gu Yao, the Ancient Immortal Palace is the eldest lady's private forbidden area. Without the eldest lady's permission, you have no right to enter!"

Ancient Demon: "Gu Zhen, don't forget your identity. I command you now, get out of the way!"

Gu Zhen still stood firmly in front of Gu Yao:

"Of course we must obey the orders of the commander-in-chief, but this is the Purple Fairy Pavilion! Ancient demon, I can't stop you, but you'd better consider the consequences!"

In the Ancient Immortal Palace, there is a stone tablet that the ancient clan leader Gu Yuan specially left for Xiao Xun'er.

Through the stone tablet, one can directly communicate with Gu Yuan even though they are thousands of miles apart, by passing through the spatial barriers of the ancient world.

This is also the last line of defense that Gu Yuan set up for his own daughter.

If Xiao Xun'er is really in danger, this stone tablet will self-destruct, thus opening up a special space channel.

At that time, Gu Yuan's real body will come here and crush the ants that dare to threaten Xiao Xun'er!

Two months ago, after Xiao Xun'er made a bet with Gu Yao, she took Gu Zhen and Gu Yan and left Zixian Pavilion, completely disappearing from Gu Yao's sight.

Gu Zhen and Gu Yan are both absolute patriarchs of the ancient clan, and there are development differences between them and the elders' faction.

However, whether it is the clan leader faction or the elders faction, they are essentially for the better development of the ancient clan, so the differences are suppressed within a relatively controllable range by Gu Yuan and the elders.

Regarding the only divine bloodline in the ancient clan in three thousand years, especially after Xiao Xun'er showed an extremely outstanding talent for cultivation since childhood, the elders basically believed that Xiao Xun'er was the most qualified to become the next clan leader of the ancient clan. (The position of the next clan leader will theoretically be handed over to the Black Annihilation King Gu Lie.)
The elder faction does not care which lineage each patriarch belongs to.

They only care about whether the patriarch is powerful and whether he can bring prosperity to the ancient clan.

Therefore, the veteran faction attaches great importance to Xiao Xun'er.

Like Gu Yuan, they didn't want to see Xiao Xun'er encounter any accidents.

However, when arranging Xiao Xun'er's growth path, Gu Yuan and the elder Xi had a sharp conflict.

In the end, he lost to Gu Yuan for the seat of elders, and Xiao Xun'er was able to leave the ancient clan and go to the outside world to gain experience.

Now that Xiao Xun'er has finally returned to the ancient clan, she has been arranged to go to Zhongzhou to participate in the 500-year event.

The elders then forcibly arranged a group of new generation geniuses in the faction to assist Xiao Xun'er.

As the current chief person in charge of the new generation of geniuses of the veteran faction, Gu Yao needs to report Xiao Xun'er's situation to the elders on a regular basis.

Now two months have passed and there is no news from Xiao Xun'er, and even the voice transmission token has not responded.

As a result, Gu Zhen and Gu Yan returned to Zixian Pavilion first.

Isn't there no one around the eldest lady of the ancient clan?
How can Gu Yao explain this to the elders?

Gu Yao didn't even dare to report the matter to the elders.

We must notify the clan leader and ask him to send strong men here. Even if we have to search all over Zhongzhou, we must find the young lady!
"Gu Zhen, Gu Yan, if something happens to the young lady, you won't be able to atone for your sins even if you die a hundred times!"

The pressure from the Six-Star Dou Zun was overwhelming, but Gu Zhen and Gu Yan still did not retreat.

"Good good!"

The ancient demon had a ferocious expression:

"Then you can't blame me!"

Gu Zhen and Gu Yan are both ready to fight the ancient monster.

But at this moment, a space channel opened.

The three of them immediately looked up.

The ancient demon scolded:
"Who is coming?"

The familiar blood-red cloak startled the ancient demon:
"Yang Shan?"

Out of protection for Yang Shan, Xiao Xun'er never took the initiative to mention to the people of the ancient clan that Yang Shan was her junior fellow student with whom she had a very good relationship.

But since the journey to the Ten Thousand Treasures Emperor's Treasures, many geniuses from the eight ancient clans knew of Yang Shan's existence.

Gu Yuan’s promise to Yang Shan was that the top leaders of the Gu clan would not hinder him.

But Gu Yuan had no way to completely block the information from the elders.

Therefore, the elders of the ancient clan naturally knew what Yang Shan was like.
Who on earth is he!
The number one genius in Zhongzhou!

The eight ancient tribes have a strong sense of ethnic superiority because of their Dou Emperor bloodline.

But they will never underestimate the behemoth that is Zhongzhou.

Zhongzhou may have a complex network of large and small forces.

But whenever any major event occurs, the forces in Zhongzhou can always unite and face the outside world together.

As Zhongzhou is the place with the most spiritual energy and fortune in the Douqi Continent, it has always produced many "geniuses" from ancient times to the present!
Since the ancient times, 80% of Dou Di came from Zhongzhou, or rose from other regions and then came to Zhongzhou for training and finally completed their transformation.

The Dou Di tribe, whose ancestors were at the Dou Di level, opened up an independent small space for self-development.

But it is undeniable that their Doudi ancestors basically all came from Zhongzhou.

The list of geniuses only appears every five hundred years.

The title of "The No. 1 Prodigy in Zhongzhou" is not something that everyone can bear!

Rising from the barren land of the northwest continent, he made his way to Zhongzhou.

Cultivating both thunder and fire, and possessing three kinds of wonders of heaven and earth, he is the heir to Fenglei Pavilion appointed by Xuan Nulei Sheng Lei Zhanghao, a "thorny old man" of the Thunder Clan!
Now his cultivation has reached the level of a five-star Dou Zun. Without the blessing of the Dou Emperor bloodline, his cultivation progress is on par with that of an eighth-grade Dou Emperor bloodline.

Although the description is simple, which one of those powerful men in the ancient clan’s elder seats has not lived for more than a thousand years?
Based on this description alone, they can imagine a legendary story!
Now the elders have split into two factions regarding Yang Shan’s matter!

They can be roughly divided into the "optimistic" and "pessimistic" groups. The optimistic group generally believes that Yang Shan is definitely the trend of the 500-year period, a well-deserved leader of the new generation in Zhongzhou, and has unlimited potential in the future.

If Yang Shan had not died young, perhaps hundreds or even thousands of years later, the ancient clan would have an ally with prominent status and tremendous combat power in Zhongzhou!

This will bring many benefits to the future development of the ancient tribe.

But the pessimistic group believes that the relationship between Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er is not normal.

Or even if things are normal now, they may not be normal in the future.

The ancient clan waited for more than three thousand years before finally welcoming another divine bloodline!
How could a person of divine blood be married to a foreigner?
Xiao Xun'er's achievements are guaranteed to be at the level of a Fighting Saint. Assuming a bit of optimism, Yang Shan will be able to keep up with Xiao Xun'er's pace and break into the level of a Fighting Saint, thus ignoring the limitations of his divine bloodline.

So, will the descendants in the future have the surname Gu or Yang?
The Gu clan forced Yang Shan to marry into the family. What if the negotiations fail?
If I kill Yang Shan, I won’t be able to explain to Xiao Xun’er.

The relationship between the two was broken, and Xiao Xun'er began to resent the ancient clan, which affected her future cultivation. What should she do?
One unknown problem after another lies ahead.

Neither of the two factions was able to convince the other. The gray-haired old men's already scarce hair looked even thinner.

This made Gu Yuan, who was as steady as a rock, almost laugh to tears.

In this matter, it must be him, the patriarch of the ancient clan, who was behind the scenes fanning the flames.

On the one hand, it protects his daughter's personal connections.

On the other hand, it also further balances the power among the top leaders of the ancient clan.

Gu Yuan is indeed not like Xiao Xuan who can bring prosperity to the Xiao clan by his own efforts.

However, Gu Yuan's ability to maintain internal stability, develop stably, and balance forces is enough to allow the ancient clan to develop stably until the next "opportunity for prosperity"!

As the new generation leader sent by the elders, Gu Yao received the following order:

Suppress Yang Shan!

It is undeniable that the future of Zhongzhou’s number one prodigy is indeed hard to estimate.

Thousands of years ago, the "Qian Cang Qing Sheng", "Duan Tian Dao Sheng", "Danta Founder" and even "Fen Yan Patriarch" who reached the nine-star Dou Sheng in Zhongzhou had all become the number one prodigies in Zhongzhou.

Even Qiancang Qingsheng and Duantian Daosheng had been holding this title during the two great events!

But how long has Yang Shan been the "number one genius in Zhongzhou"?

Less than two years!
The founder of Danta and the ancestor of Fenyan were contemporaries. When they were young and participated in the 500-year trend, the title of "The No. 1 Prodigy in Zhongzhou" changed hands more than ten times!

In the middle and late stages of the trend, the founder of Danta and the ancestor of Fenyan occupied the first and second places, and their rankings often switched.

Therefore, it will take a long time to prove whether Yang Shan is just a name he deserves.

If Yang Shan can't even withstand the suppression of the ancient monster.

Then he is nothing but the number one genius in Zhongzhou, and is just a stepping stone for those who come after him!

Gu Yao is the most cold-blooded and bloodthirsty of the four capitals. Before, in the ancient wilderness, Gu Yao was tricked by Yang Shan.

Now that he had the order from the elders, Gu Yao even made up a random excuse:

"If you enter the Purple Fairy Pavilion without notification, you will die!"

Gu Yao was originally preparing to fight with Gu Zhen and Gu Yan, and his fighting spirit had already been mobilized.

Now that Yang Shan is here, that’s great.

"Ten Thousand Beasts Spear Technique!"

Looking at the attacking spear, Yang Shan frowned, held [Yama] horizontally, and directly used the scabbard to block the ancient monster's spear.

"Ancient demon, ignorance is not a crime. I will not punish you. Listen carefully! I am coming to the Purple Fairy Pavilion without notification!"

The ancient demon sneered:
"I didn't hear anything!"

[Ding! Players, please note that the ancient demon is targeting you for special reasons. The ancient demon's hatred towards you has reached 30 points. Players, please be careful! ]

Seeing that the ancient demon actually attacked Yang Shan, Gu Zhen said sternly:
"Ancient demon, stop! Master Yang is the honored guest I invited to the Purple Fairy Pavilion!"

The ancient demon disdains:

"Dear guest? Do you have any oral or handwritten instructions from the young lady?"

Gu Zhen: “.”

Gu Yao: "Only the eldest lady is qualified to define who is the honored guest of the Purple Fairy Pavilion. Gu Zhen, you are so bold that you dare to ignore the identity of the eldest lady and rashly bring a stranger whose background you don't know to the Purple Fairy Pavilion. This governor will settle the score with you later!"

Seeing this, Yang Shan exerted force with his right hand, knocked away the ancient monster's spear, and then showed a purple token in his left hand:
"Ancient demon, please look carefully at this! This is the Pavilion Master's token of the Purple Fairy Pavilion. Seeing the token is like seeing the Pavilion Master!"

There was a flash of doubt in the ancient demon's eyes, and then there was a strange look.

Yang Shan had seen this look in Xiao Aotian and Yi Qingyang's eyes many times.

Especially Xiao Aotian.

Every time Xiao Aotian mentioned Ya Fei, Yun Yun, Feng Qing'er, and Yue Mei, the look in his eyes was like this.

So, this is the look of jealousy?

But why does Yi Qingyang always look at him like this?
Could it be that Yi Qingyang actually likes Yue Mei or Feng Qing'er?

After all, Yi Qingyang started out in the Luoyan Empire and had little contact with Ya Fei and Yun Yun.

Of course, Yang Shan didn’t know who Yi Qingyang liked.

The jealous look in Gu Yao's eyes must be because of Xiao Xun'er.

As expected, the ancient demon's hand holding the gun handle turned white, and his aura became stronger and stronger.

"How dare you, Yang Shan! How dare you steal the Pavilion Master's Order of my clan's eldest lady? Die!"

(End of this chapter)