Battle Through the Heavens: Emperor Yan, please restrain yourself; your elder brother is truly hones

“I know what you’re worried about.” Zhang Yuan took Xun’er’s hand and said with a firm look in his eyes, “I won’t make things difficult for you, so I’ve come up with a compromise.”

"What method?" Xun'er's eyes lit up.

"Tell your uncle in advance that we are going to explore a dangerous place. Ask him to contact you a day later. If he can't reach you, it means we are trapped in a dangerous place. Ask him to come and rescue us. It doesn't matter if we expose the Dou Di Cave. Consider it my betrothal gift to Xun'er."

Xun'er felt her heart flutter, as if she were in a honey pot: "With the Dou Di's tomb as a dowry, you can marry any woman on the Dou Qi Continent."

Zhang Yuan smiled faintly and continued, "If we are able to leave, we will temporarily conceal the location of the cave. This is not to guard against my uncle, but simply to give us time to grow."

"To open the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave, we need to collect eight pieces of Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade. At that time, the cave will definitely require the combined efforts of the eight clans to open. As for what we can gain after entering, it depends on our own abilities."

"I want to wait until I'm stronger enough, at least qualified to participate in this matter, before I tell my uncle about the cave, and then he can take charge of this matter and get some benefits from those families. This is one of the betrothal gifts I'm giving to Xun'er. What do you think?"

how is it?

Since you've brought up the bride price, Xun'er says it's all up to you.

"When should I contact Father?" Xun'er asked.

"Pfft." Xiao Yan let out an unkind laugh from the side.

"Hmm?" Xun'er glanced at her sideways.

"I just thought of something funny." Xiao Yan shuddered and promptly covered his mouth.

Xun'er was in a good mood, so she let Xiao Yan off this time, her beautiful eyes fixed on Zhang Yuan.

"Just now."

Zhang Yuan embraced Xun'er and, with a thought, arrived within the inner realm.

It's best not to bring Xiao Zhan and the others along when it comes to meeting Gu Yuan; they might not be able to handle it.

"Click."

Xun'er took out a delicate jade slip and crushed it.

A spatial passage appeared, and a figure quickly emerged from it.

She was dressed in simple linen clothes and looked to be around forty years old. Her appearance and demeanor were quite ordinary, but she had a slight smile on her face that made people feel at ease. Her peaceful eyes seemed to be able to see into people's hearts.

But when you try to explore the secrets beneath that ordinariness, you will feel an extremely terrifying power.

"Ok?"

Gu Yuan's gaze immediately fell on Zhang Yuan, and he said with slight surprise, "A Dou Zun!"

“That’s right, Dou Zun.” Xun’er reached out and hugged Zhang Yuan’s arm, saying proudly, “Father, you didn’t expect this, did you?”

"Looking at the entire younger generation of the ancient clan, there is no one more outstanding than Brother Yuan."

Gu Yuan: "."

You still have the surname Gu, not Zhang!

Chapter 208 As soon as I arrived, I saw two half-saints fighting with medicine.

"Let alone the younger generation of my ancient clan today."

"Even including the other six clans, there has been no prodigy who became a Dou Zun before the age of twenty-two in the past thousand years."

"Although there are still people among the younger generation of various ethnic groups who are better than him, in a few years, he will be the undisputed number one."

Gu Yuan affirmed Xun'er's words, his face still bearing a calm smile.

With his strength, he could naturally tell Zhang Yuan's true strength at a glance. Zhang Yuan's realm was stable, his physical body was comparable to that of a magical beast of the same level, his soul was stronger than most alchemists, and he also had a powerful strange fire in his body. His overall combat strength was no less than that of a four-star Dou Zun.

If one possesses a secret technique to temporarily boost one's cultivation level, or a Heaven-ranked fighting skill, one can certainly fight even a five-star Dou Zun, and can even retreat unscathed from a six-star Dou Zun.

This is definitely not a strength that can be achieved through short-sighted efforts or forced growth.

If he didn't know better than anyone that the Xiao clan's bloodline had been completely destroyed, he would have suspected that the Dou Di bloodline in Zhang Yuan had undergone a mutation, or even reached a perfect level.

Among the younger generation, this is indeed a commendable achievement, giving them a better chance of becoming a Dou Sheng than the average Dou Sheng seed.

But that's all there is to it.

To be precise, only Dou Sheng (Battle Saints) are interested in Dou Sheng; Half-Saints barely interest them.

In his eyes, a late-stage nine-star Dou Sheng, Dou Sheng below the seven-star level were not worth paying attention to.

There was some surprise, but not much, unless Zhang Yuan could become a Dou Sheng within a hundred years.

“If Brother Yuan were a member of the Imperial Clan, he would already be the number one among the younger generation. He wouldn’t care about these empty titles,” Xun’er argued.

Zhang Yuan neither confirmed nor denied this, saying that he was able to become stronger so quickly because of the Thor visualization diagram.

In each realm, his treatment was already at its maximum. Even the ancient clans couldn't offer anything better, unless they wanted to force him to grow faster.

Gu Yuan sighed inwardly that his daughter had "gone far," but he didn't show much emotion. He smiled and said, "Xun'er, you didn't use this clone jade slip just to let your father see how outstanding the man you chose is, did you?"

"Can't I?" Xun'er asked with a rather quirky and mischievous tone, a side of her that was rarely seen before.

“Uncle, I want to take Xun’er somewhere, but there’s a risk of us getting trapped, so I’m letting you know in advance.” Zhang Yuan greeted Gu Yuan with a fist and palm salute.

"Where to?" Gu Yuan asked.

"The cave dwelling of Emperor Tuoshegu," Zhang Yuan answered truthfully.

Xun'er:? ? ?

Actually, it wasn't that Zhang Yuan didn't want to lie, but he felt that doing so in front of someone of Gu Yuan's caliber would be nothing more than playing the fool.

With Xun'er around, he didn't think Gu Yuan would turn against him later.

If Gu Yuan really turns against him, then he can simply open a dimensional portal and leave.

He now has four portals to this dimensional world. As long as Gu Yuan doesn't kill him immediately, even if he leaves behind a trace of his remnant soul consciousness, he can leave and take everything from the Void Realm with him.

Currently, the people he values ​​most are in the Taixu Realm, and most of the people he also values ​​are there.

The few who were absent were generally unknown to the public about his relationship with them.

Once he returns from the other world, he can immediately teach Gu Yuan a lesson.

However, with Xun'er around, he didn't want things to develop that way.

"Where did you say you found it?" Gu Yuan's expression froze, and his pupils contracted.

If the ancient tribes saw him perform like this, they would definitely be terrified.

Having lived for over a thousand years, Gu Yuan had long since learned to remain unmoved by external gains or losses.

The fact that his expression changed indicates that the matter was exaggerated to a certain extent.

“Senior, you heard me correctly. This is the location of the cave of Emperor Tuoshe.” Zhang Yuan replied earnestly.

"How did you find out?" Gu Yuan's expression returned to calm, but his heart was in turmoil.

Back then, before Xiao Xuan made a desperate attempt to become a Dou Di, he invited him to travel the continent together in an attempt to find the cave of the ancient emperor Tuoshe.

Because after Xiao Xuan reached the peak of the Dou Sheng level, he vaguely felt that something was missing in this world, which meant that the Dou Sheng could not fully exert his strength.

And what's missing is very likely the key to a Dou Sheng becoming a Dou Di.

That thing might exist within the cave of the ancient emperor Tuoshe, or it might know the specific secrets.

Unfortunately, Xiao Xuan ultimately failed to find the tomb of Emperor Tuoshe. He could only attempt to break through it with the help of the entire clan before the Xiao clan's bloodline was destroyed, ultimately resulting in a failed and severely injured end.

Today, this person, who also has the blood of the Xiao clan, told him that he had found the tomb of Emperor Tuoshe.

"It was quite a coincidence," Zhang Yuan said with a smile. "There was a strange fire in Canaan Academy in the Black Corner Region. After my cousin Xiao Yan subdued the strange fire, he discovered that the lava world where the fire was located had a mysterious secret. We kept diving down to investigate and found that a strange race lived in this lava world. I named it the Lava Lizard Clan."

"I learned from some lava lizards that they guard a portal at the bottom of the lava world, a world in itself, guarded by a Void Ancient Dragon at the Dou Sheng level."

"It was at this moment that I noticed the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade was acting strangely, clearly sensing something."

Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade?

Hearing this, Gu Yuan glanced at Xun'er.

"What are you looking at?" Xun'er said matter-of-factly, "That originally belonged to the Xiao family. If it's given to Brother Yuan, then it belongs to Brother Yuan."

"Hehe." Gu Yuanzhen really wanted to say, Xun'er, you should change your surname to Zhang from today onwards.

The Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade was originally ownerless, and countless bloody battles were fought over it by various ancient families in the past.

Finally, the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade was divided into eight parts, and each of the eight remaining imperial clans obtained one. Since they were unaware of the existence of the ancient emperor's tomb, a delicate balance was maintained.

If we were to say who the ancient jade belongs to, it would be Emperor Tuoshe. For others, it's a matter of the strong being respected.

However, he personally has no interest in the second piece of Tuoshe Ancient Jade, at least not now.

That thing is only useful when all of them are collected. It's pointless for Zhang Yuan to give it to him now; it would only make him and the ancient clan targets for other imperial clans.

"With the Ancient Emperor Jade in your hands, there shouldn't be any mistake." Gu Yuan pondered, "Are you planning to go and investigate?"

“Yes, I’m a perfect fit.” Zhang Yuan nodded and said, “I have a friend who is a Void Ancient Dragon. He should be a descendant of that gatekeeper Void Ancient Dragon, so I’m not afraid of being targeted by that powerful figure.”

"Even if he really wants to target me, my little world can protect us."

"Xun'er and I are afraid that we won't be able to get out once we go in, and then we'll have to ask you for help, senior."

At this point, Zhang Yuan paused, then smiled and said, "But I think that if you don't want to take any action right now, then you can't maximize your benefits."

"You are very smart." Gu Yuan's eyes showed admiration as he said, "My clan's Dou Sheng experts and the Soul Clan's Dou Sheng experts are keeping an eye on each other. My main body has always been in a state of mutual restraint with the Soul Clan's patriarch, Soul Emperor, across the Emperor Realm."

"If I and the Dou Sheng of the Ancient Clan were to investigate the tomb of the Ancient Emperor, it would be no different from telling the Soul Clan."

“There must be other imperial clans also secretly watching.”

Knowing the location of the Dou Di Cave, even if the key is distributed among the eight directions and everyone wants a share, the ancient clan and Zhang Yuan will also get a larger share.

“I have a semi-saint powerhouse by my side, who happens to be in the Black Corner Region. I can take this opportunity to investigate. If…” Zhang Yuan repeated what he had told Xun’er earlier.

The tomb of the Dou Emperor was used as a betrothal gift.

Gu Yuan gave him a deep look.

I thought I had already given away so much for my daughter, but I didn't expect my future son-in-law to be just as generous.

So they're a perfect match?

"Okay, we'll do it your way."

Gu Yuan nodded and said, "I will contact Xun'er in a day. If I cannot sense her, it means you are trapped in the Dou Di Tomb."