Battle Through the Heavens: My Grandfather is a Six-Star Dou Sheng

Chapter 43 The Treacherous Subordinates

Gu Yuan didn't care at all whether Xiao Yan lived or died.

If it weren't for the fear that Xun'er would hold a grudge against him, Gu Yuan would have even wanted to kill Xiao Yan with his own hands.

However, the ancient jade fragments are now on Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan has been captured by the Soul Palace.

Gu Yuan couldn't sit still any longer. He sent his daughter to the Xiao family to steal the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade.

He never expected that he would fail to obtain the ancient jade, while the Soul Clan would get it first.

Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi were both at the late stage of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm. Hun Tiandi wanted to collect eight pieces of ancient jade to open his cave and break through to Dou Di. Gu Yuan wanted the same thing.

The greatest benefit of breaking through to the Dou Di realm is that it allows one's clansmen to also have their bloodlines enhanced.

The reason why the seven ancient clans possess such great strength and profound foundation is inseparable from the fact that they have produced Dou Di level experts in the past.

But after so many years, the powerful figures in these ancient families still haven't been able to advance to the Dou Di realm.

Even Xiao Xuan, the brilliant patriarch of the Xiao clan, one of the eight ancient clans, was no exception.

This is also why the Soul Emperor endured for a thousand years.

That's why she reacted so strongly when she heard that Xiao Yan, who was holding the ancient jade, had been captured by the Soul Palace.

Although it's useless if you can't collect all eight pieces of ancient jade, Gu Yuan can't let the Soul Clan get it so easily.

Gu Yuan paced back and forth inside the main hall.

Gu Yuan would like to go there in person if he could, but he did not forget that the ancient eight clans had a rule that Dou Sheng experts above the five-star level could not take action.

Even though none of the races took this rule seriously, everyone tacitly agreed not to break it.

Although Gu Yuan's strength has reached the pinnacle of the Dou Qi Continent, he can be described as extremely indecisive.

Compared to Xiao Xuan, who knew how to be prepared for danger in times of peace, and Hun Tiandi, who was good at planning and strategizing, Gu Yuan could be described as a lazy good-for-nothing who just loafed around and waited to die.

In the end, in order to abide by the so-called "rules", Gu Yuan decided to send Gu Yun, who was in the late stage of the four-star Dou Sheng realm.

Gu Yuan: "Do you know which branch of the Soul Palace Xiao Yan belongs to?"

"Father, I know. I left a sub-flame of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame on Brother Xiao Yan. I can sense the location of the sub-flame."

Because she was anxious, Gu Xun'er blurted it out.

But as soon as Gu Xun'er finished speaking, she regretted it.

"What? You gave that kid the sub-flame of the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame?"

Sure enough, Gu Yuan was furious when he heard that Xun'er had given Xiao Yan a portion of the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame's sub-flame.

It's important to understand that the sub-flames of a different kind of fire cannot be separated at will; each sub-flame needs a trace of the original source of the different kind of fire to survive.

Don't underestimate just a trace of origin. How long would it take for their ancient clans to nourish back that trace of origin from the sub-fire?

And what exactly is the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame?

That was their ancient clan's inherited flame, and now Gu Xun'er had separated a portion of it and given it to an outsider. How could Gu Yuan not be angry?

Gu Yuan felt like he was going to be driven crazy by his daughter.

At this moment, Gu Xun'er didn't dare to say a word back, for she was afraid that if she did, Gu Yuan would not go to save her brother Xiao Yan.

It took Gu Yuan a long time to catch his breath.

At this moment, Gu Yun also arrived.

After Gu Yuan explained the situation to him, he asked him to take Gu Xun'er to the Soul Palace and bring back the ancient jade.

Although Gu Xun'er wanted Gu Yuan to go with her, Gu Yuan, being a nine-star Dou Sheng, was definitely faster than Gu Yun.

The faster she leaves, the greater the chance that her brother Xiao Yan will survive.

But seeing how angry Gu Yuan was, he knew it was impossible and could only give up.

So, Gu Yun and Gu Xun'er headed towards the direction Zi Huo sensed.

In the branch hall of the Soul Palace.

The protector who found Xiao Yan was currently bound tightly by a black chain.

Sitting in front of him was a middle-aged man who exuded an air of authority despite his lack of anger.

That's right, this person is none other than Soul Extinction, the Lord of the Soul Palace.

Soul Extinction is a late-stage four-star Dou Sheng.

These ancient races have a rule that powerful individuals above the five-star Dou Sheng level are not allowed to interfere in the battles of ordinary people.

Conversely, they can't control those below the five-star level, which is why the Soul Clan sent Soul Extinction, a four-star Dou Sheng, to take charge of the Soul Palace.

As the Lord of the Soul Hall, he shouldn't have come here.

Just a few days ago, he heard from his men that they had captured Xiao Yan, who had escaped.

The order to massacre the Xiao family and capture Xiao Zhan was also given by Hun Miesheng.

The reason is that the Soul Emperor ordered Soul Extinction to find a way to obtain the ancient jade of the Xiao Clan.

Hun Miesheng complied, but as the master of a palace, he certainly couldn't go in person, so he sent his subordinates instead.

Soul Extinction still had the awareness of a villain; his intention was to eliminate the root of the problem if he was going to take action.

Hun Miesheng knew that the Xiao family had become so weak that its strongest member was only at the Great Dou Master level.

The weakest protector of the Soul Palace was at the Dou Zong realm, so after issuing the order, he went into seclusion with peace of mind.

Who would have thought that his subordinates would be so incompetent?

The subordinates were all lazy, passing the word from one to another, and in the end, they even sent a human-level protector to the Jia Ma Empire to handle this matter.

So, after he came out of seclusion, his subordinates told him that one member of the Xiao family had escaped!

Hun Miesheng didn't really care. He could just chase after one of them if he escaped. The most important thing was to get the ancient jade and report back to Hun Tiandi.

But to his surprise, the servants told him that they had not found any ancient jade!

Given that Xiao Yan, who escaped, is the young master of the Xiao family, the ancient jade is very likely in his hands.

After what happened last time, Hun Miesheng became increasingly distrustful of his subordinates' work, so he came to this branch of the Soul Palace himself.

Upon arriving at the branch hall, Hun Miesheng saw that Xiao Yan, whom he had captured, was dead, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

What he wanted wasn't Xiao Yan himself, but the ancient jade on Xiao Yan's body.

However, after searching Xiao Yan's body, they found no ancient jade.

Moreover, Xiao Yan's storage ring had also disappeared, which made Hun Miesheng suspect that his servants had secretly hidden Xiao Yan's storage ring.

So this is what happened: Hun Miesheng was sitting there, while the protector was bound by black chains, and the elders of the branch hall were interrogating the protector.

The Venerable Elder said, "Yinshan, I'm giving you one last chance. Quickly hand over Xiao Yan's storage ring."

"Elder, I'm innocent! I did pick up Xiao Yan outside the Soul Palace, and he really didn't have a storage ring on him. I really didn't hide the storage ring from him."

At this moment, the Dharma Protector, whose right arm had been severed, endured the pain under the threat of death and kept trying to explain.

It turns out that after Yinshan found Xiao Yan, in order to exaggerate his own merit, he reported to the elders that he had captured Xiao Yan.

I originally thought I had done a great service and would receive a lot of rewards.

Who would have thought that after Hun Miesheng arrived, he not only didn't receive a reward, but was also chained up and tortured to extract a confession!

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