221: Chapter 215 The Soul Clan Shifts Blame to the Spirit Clan

Ling Mie and the others stared at the two people in the center of the battlefield.

Ling Mie questioned, "Gu Yuan, what are you doing near my Spirit Realm? Are you trying to start a war?"

At this moment, Ling Mie had not yet received news about the Heavenly Flame at the scene and was completely unaware of what had actually happened; he only saw Gu Yuan fighting and injuring people in the Ling Clan's territory for no reason.

Gu Yuan barely managed to repel Zhu Kun with a palm strike. Looking at Ling Mie, his eyes were filled with hatred: "Hmph, Ling Mie, you killed my daughter and are still here pretending to be innocent? I will never forgive you!"

After saying this, he moved to retrieve the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame and then flee.

He was currently alone, while Zhu Kun had so many experts on his side. If he continued to fight, once surrounded by everyone, he would definitely fall into a dangerous situation.

Last time Zhu Kun faced Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying, the attacks from Yan Jin and Lei Ying had no effect because Zhu Kun's defense was strong enough to ignore their attacks.

Gu Yuan's defense was not that strong; he could not ignore the attacks of Seven-Star Dou Sheng experts like Ling Mie, Zi Yan, and the others.

The optimal solution right now was to first snatch the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame left behind by Gu Xun'er, immediately withdraw, and then return to the clan to discuss further plans with the Elders!

Having made up his mind, Gu Yuan stopped entangled. His figure moved, heading straight for the golden flame in the field, intending to seize the fire and retreat.

But his actions had long been seen through by Zhu Kun.

"Hmph! Gu Yuan, you run wild and hurt people in my territory, and then want to leave safely with the goods after making threats? How could such a cheap thing exist in this world!"

Zhu Kun snorted coldly. His figure instantly teleported, arriving at the Heavenly Flame a step ahead, and he reached out to firmly grasp the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame.

Gu Yuan's expression was ugly to the extreme. His daughter was dead, and the Legacy Heavenly Flame had fallen into the opponent's hands; the Gu Clan's losses this time were too great!

Seeing that he couldn't get the Heavenly Flame, Gu Yuan gritted his teeth and ran away immediately.

Since Gu Yuan was determined to escape, even Zhu Kun could not stop or catch up to him.

Unable to catch up, Zhu Kun shouted threats at Gu Yuan: "Gu Yuan, consider this Heavenly Flame compensation for you running wild here. If you dare to cross the border and run wild again next time, don't blame me for being heartless; I will directly tear off your arms and cripple your entire Qi!"

...On Ling Yuan's side, he had just arrived in the Northwest Continent not long ago.

He did not know that just after he had killed Xiao Yan and left, Gu Xun'er had been kidnapped by the Hun Clan, who also intended to splash dirty water onto the Ling Clan.

Arriving in the Northwest Continent, Ling Yuan went straight to the Xiao Family.

The current Xiao Family was quite pitiful. Under the pressure of the Cloud Mist Sect, they could only curl up in the depths of the Tagor Desert, occupying the old site left behind by the Snake-People Tribe to survive.

Ling Yuan hovered high in the sky, looking at the Xiao Family members moving below, and directly unleashed a palm technique descending from the sky.

The giant palm force slammed into the ground, covering a radius of several thousand miles.

All buildings and living creatures within a thousand miles were completely destroyed.

Ling Yuan casually brushed his sleeves, then released his Emperor Realm Soul, covering the entire ruins in all directions, carefully searching for the aura of the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade.

After investigating several times, he confirmed that this ancient jade was not here.

Thus, Ling Yuan headed to the next target.

If he remembered correctly, there were still a few survivors like Xiao Ning, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Yu at the Jia Nan Academy.

The subsequent process was exceptionally smooth.

The remaining young generation of the Xiao Family was also killed by Ling Yuan.

Ling Yuan did not find the Xiao Family's ancient jade on them either.

At this point, the result was completely clear.

The Xiao Family's Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade had long fallen into the hands of the Gu Clan or the Hun Clan.

If it was in the hands of the Gu Clan, Xiao Zhan had no value and should be dead.

If it was in the hands of the Hun Clan, he would have died even more thoroughly.

Poor Xiao Zhan, he had enrolled in a Dou Huang crash course at the Hall of Souls, but before he could wait for his son to come and save him, he was already gone.

The once glorious Xiao Clan was also completely wiped out.

"Mission accomplished, returning to the clan!"

But just on his way back, a rush of summoning sensation suddenly came from the depths of his Soul.

It was Ling Mie summoning him; it was clear that something big had happened within the clan.

Ling Yuan dared not delay, immediately increasing his speed, rushing back to the Spirit Realm at the fastest speed possible.

But as soon as he approached the Spirit Realm, he instantly sensed that something was wrong.

The usually peaceful and stable Spirit Realm and Dragon Island areas had all entered the highest state of combat readiness, and the atmosphere was suppressed to the extreme.

There were actually three Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan Seven-Star Dou Sheng Elders patrolling outside, and several Dou Sheng Elders of the Ling Clan were also participating.

The number of Dou Sheng experts patrolling and guarding the perimeter alone exceeded ten.

This defensive strength completely exceeded the scope of conventional vigilance.

Something was wrong, very wrong!

Although the defenses of the Ling Clan and the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan were usually very tight, they definitely could not reach this level.

This level of vigilance was more like preparing to face a major war!

Something definitely happened!

Ling Yuan, inwardly crying out that it was bad, immediately headed to the main hall to find Ling Mie.

The moment he saw Ling Mie, Ling Yuan was even more certain of the severity of the situation.

Upon seeing Ling Mie, Ling Yuan saw the trace of worry between his brows.

Ever since Zhu Kun appeared and the Ling Clan had a Nine-Star Dou Sheng backing them, Ling Mie had never been like this again.

"Dad, I saw over a dozen Dou Sheng Elders patrolling and on guard outside all the way back just now. What major event happened?"

Ling Mie did not answer Ling Yuan immediately, but asked: "Did you lay a hand on Gu Xun'er while you were out?"

Ling Yuan did not understand why, but still shook his head: "No, what happened to Gu Xun'er?"

Ling Mie was silent for two seconds, then slowly spat out three words.

"She is dead."

Ling Yuan was briefly stunned, but his expression quickly turned to indifference: "So she died, it has nothing to do with us anyway."

He had no feelings for Gu Xun'er; whether she lived or died, Ling Yuan truly did not care.

"It does have to do with us, and it is no small trouble."

Ling Yuan: ??

A guess formed in Ling Yuan's mind, could it be...

Ling Mie frowned and explained: "Gu Xun'er died right near our Spirit Realm. I heard that someone took Gu Xun'er near the Spirit Realm and then self-destructed, taking Gu Xun'er down with them in the explosion."

Ling Yuan was completely dumbfounded: Ah???

This news truly made Ling Yuan feel surprised.

Soon, he reacted.

Damn it, the Hun Clan splashed this dirty water onto the Ling Clan!

Ling Mie said in a deep voice: "If you didn't do this, then the only possibility is that someone wants to use Gu Xun'er's death to trigger a war between the Gu Clan and the Ling Clan!"

Ling Yuan didn't even need to think about it, directly concluding: "It was definitely the Hun Clan!"

Ling Mie nodded: "I know that too, but it is a fact that Gu Xun'er died near our Spirit Realm. We have no evidence to prove that the Hun Clan did it, and the Gu Clan will not believe us!"

From the information learned from Ling Mie, he more or less figured out the ins and outs of the matter.

He killed Xiao Yan, then Gu Xun'er left the clan regardless of everything, and then she was kidnapped by the Hun Clan. After they kidnapped Gu Xun'er, they did not kill her on the spot, nor did they use Gu Xun'er to exchange with the Gu Clan for the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, but instead directly sent her near the Spirit Realm to kill her, splashing dirty water onto the Ling Clan.

Originally, the Gu Clan might have suspected that the Hun Clan did it, but the key was that Zhu Kun also detained the Gu Clan's Legacy Heavenly Flame, the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame.

In this way, the Gu Clan was even more certain that the Ling Clan had done it.

Ling Yuan felt that this matter was a bit fucked up; it was too unexpected.

He just wanted to kill Xiao Yan and shift the blame to the Yan Clan, but unexpectedly, the Hun Clan didn't play by the rules and shifted an even bigger pot onto the Ling Clan's head.