113: Ancient Eight Clans Conference

By the time Xiao Lei successfully extracted the essence blood, several months had already passed since the great battle in the Burial Corpse Mountain Range.

The shock caused by a Seven-Star Dou Sheng-level powerhouse making a move in the Central Plains was far greater than the green long staff shattering the Burial Corpse Mountain Range.

Clouds of fear swirled in the hearts of countless Central Plains factions.

If the Ancient Clan's Seven-Star Dou Sheng could attack the Hall of Souls, couldn't he attack them too?

For a time, everyone in the Central Plains felt insecure!

...In the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, a huge snake body surged within the chilly Yellow Springs, its multicolored snake scales emitting a faint glow, incredibly dazzling.

At this moment, Medusa's aura had already reached the Three-Revolutions Dou Zun stage. This was even with her intentionally restraining herself; otherwise, with the many cultivation resources Xiao Lei had provided, she should have already reached the final stage of compressing Dou Qi.

Such was the cultivation of Demonic Beasts; with the right Opportunity, they would soar to great heights.

As for Qing Lin, she had advanced even more directly to the Nine-Revolutions Dou Zun level, just one step away from Nine-Revolutions to Saint, reaching the Half-Saint Realm.

"Not bad, such immense progress in about a year!"

Space tore open, and Xiao Lei appeared in the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.

After Xiao Lei left the Nine Serene Earth Python Tribe, he rushed to the Pill Region, then cultivated Alchemy... All the fragmented time added up to over a year.

Seeing Xiao Lei appear, Qing Lin immediately withdrew from her cultivation state and directly threw herself into Xiao Lei's arms.

"Young Master! Qing Lin has already taken control of the entire Nine Serene Earth Python Tribe!"

Even with Xiao Lei's Soul Strength, it would be a fantasy to control all the clansmen of the Nine Serene Earth Python Tribe using the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Therefore, both of them controlled the key figures, while simultaneously concealing the fact that the high-ranking members of the Nine Serene Earth Python Tribe had all been controlled, thus deceiving the lower-ranking clansmen of the Nine Serene Earth Python Tribe.

Xiao Lei gently pinched Qing Lin's cheek, "Well done! I brought you a gift!"

With a flick of his sleeve, a fist-sized ball of golden blood appeared in his hand.

The essence blood surged, constantly emitting a powerful aura to its surroundings.

Looking at this ball of blood, a longing emotion arose in Qing Lin's heart, and her eyes lit up because of it.

Medusa in the Nine Serene Yellow Springs seemed to sense this rich aura as well, and immediately swam out of the lake, leaning against the shore, staring intently at Xiao Lei.

Transforming into human form, Medusa swayed her slender waist and walked over to Xiao Lei's side.

"Give me the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire first; I'm about to go to the Void Ancient Dragon Clan."

Seeing Xiao Lei ask for it, Medusa, though somewhat reluctant, still obediently took out the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire.

The blood-red strange fire emerged from Medusa's body and flew towards Xiao Lei as if escaping, its surrounding flames appearing somewhat weak.

Seeing this, Xiao Lei was a little puzzled, "How did the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire become like this?"

Although he wasn't present, the strange fire couldn't use his Dou Qi to replenish its consumed energy, but merely assisting Medusa in activating her Bloodline shouldn't have caused such a great consumption, right?

Seeing Xiao Lei's gaze fall upon her, Medusa immediately felt a little guilty, then turned her head away, stammering, "The Yin-cold Qi in the Nine Serene Yellow Springs is too heavy, the consumption was a bit large!"

As she spoke, Medusa subconsciously clutched her lower abdomen... "Never mind, the strange fire will recover quickly once it's back with me!"

Without delving into these details, Xiao Lei's gaze returned to the essence blood before him.

The next moment, the essence blood was divided into four, with two portions flying towards Medusa and Qing Lin respectively.

Both quickly received the essence blood, then looked back at Xiao Lei.

"This essence blood was left by the Yellow Spring Demon Saint and can help one Break through to Saint. Keep it to use when you Breakthrough to Dou Sheng!"

Hearing this, both nodded in agreement. Such a miraculous item that could help one Breakthrough to Saint should naturally be saved for a critical moment.

Xiao Lei and Qing Lin spent a long time together, which caused Medusa, who was nearby, to return to the Yellow Springs to Cultivate.

"Xiao Yi Xian hasn't returned yet. When she comes back, give her the essence blood and tell her to immediately return to the Purple Thunder Pavilion to oversee the overall situation after she Breakthroughs to Dou Sheng!"

With the Central Plains in turmoil and the Purple Thunder Pavilion newly established, Xiao Lei feared that Venerable Skyfire might not be able to control the situation.

Saying this, Xiao Lei handed another ball of essence blood and a pile of human puppets to Qing Lin.

These were all things he had made in his spare time during this period, including a Half-Saint human puppet.

The Half-Saint human puppet was, of course, the Third Heavenly Venerable from before. As for the Second Heavenly Venerable and the Great Celestial Venerable, Xiao Lei had naturally also made them into human puppets, but these two couldn't appear in the Purple Thunder Pavilion, otherwise, the truth of the Hall of Humans would be exposed... Several more months passed, and under the brewing atmosphere, a storm seemed about to erupt!

In the Ancient World, the Hun Clan proposed an Eight Clans Assembly.

For a thousand years, the meeting place for the Eight Clans Assembly had always been within the Ancient Clan, precisely because the other five clans feared the Hun Clan, neither daring to go to the Soul Realm nor willing to let people from the Hun Clan enter their Small World.

Tianhe Peak, a peculiar mountain within the Ancient Clan.

At the summit, there was a massive golden hall, and inside the hall was a huge round table.

Surrounding the round table were eight wooden chairs, each made of a special material and adorned with gilded long chairs, on which a large character was carved in a vigorous and elegant style, like a Dragon and a Phoenix dancing.

At this time, representatives from the other seven clans were already seated, but the wooden chair carved with the character 'Xiao' had remained empty for a thousand years, having become a symbol used by the seven great imperial clans to show that they had not forgotten the Xiao Clan.

Among the seven, Soul Demon, the representative of the Hun Clan, was the first to attack.

"Haha! Gu Yuan, this time your Ancient Clan broke the rules. You're not thinking that if Gu Dao hides for a while, it can just be forgotten, are you?"

Soul Demon, as one of the Four Demon Saints of the Hun Clan, was a powerhouse at the Late Stage of Seven-Star Dou Sheng, even stronger than Yao Dan, the Clan Chief of the Medicine Clan, making him fully qualified to represent the Hun Clan at this so-called Eight Clans Assembly.

Hearing this, the representative of the Lei Clan, Clan Chief Lei Ying, also looked at Gu Yuan with some displeasure, "A thousand years ago, we imperial clans made this agreement to avoid high-level Dou Sheng powerhouses from fighting and destroying the Central Plains, to prevent a catastrophe. Is the Ancient Clan's action to disregard the Central Plains and the countless lives of the Fighting Qi Continent?"

A huge accusation was immediately placed upon the Ancient Clan.

At this moment, even Yan Jin, the representative of the Yan Clan, who usually had a closer relationship with the Ancient Clan, did not speak, only remaining silent.

Yao Dan, representing the Medicine Clan, naturally also brought the Medicine Clan's stance, "Clan Chief Gu Yuan, let Elder Gu Dao come forward and apologize to the seven clans and the Central Plains!"

The situation of the Medicine Clan was quite awkward; their strength at the Middle Stage of Seven-Star Dou Sheng was even inferior to the Ancient Clan's Three Saints and the Hun Clan's Four Devils, but stronger than the struggling Stone Clan and Spirit Clan.

Gu Dao's action this time made the entire Medicine Clan uneasy. A Seven-Star Dou Sheng; if such a fighting force were to attack the Medicine Clan, they would have means to resist within the Medicine Realm, but what if it were on the Central Plains Continent?

Wouldn't the Medicine Clan only be able to retreat into the Medicine Realm from then on?

The so-called agreement from a thousand years ago, claiming to be for the sake of the Central Plains' living beings, was a grand facade; its actual purpose was to protect the weaker imperial clans.

And the Medicine Clan was undoubtedly among them!

The Soul, Lei, and Medicine Clans all clearly stated their positions, while the representatives of the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan remained silent.

Or rather, they knew their words would have little effect, so they simply chose not to humiliate themselves.

The Clan Chiefs of both clans did not come; instead, they each sent an Elder.

Gu Yuan's brows were tightly furrowed. As the Clan Chief of the Ancient Clan, he naturally didn't want Gu Dao to go, but he hadn't expected to be forced by the combined pressure of several clans.

"Elder Gu Dao's action was also because someone from the Hun Clan tried to forcibly kill our Ancient Clan's Elder Gu Nanhai, so it's understandable."

Hearing this, Soul Demon laughed out loud without any reservations, as if mocking Gu Yuan, "Where's the logic in that? That Soul Mie Sheng was expelled from our clan many years ago, and only later established the Hall of Souls on the continent."

Hearing this, Gu Yuan thought to himself: Not good!!

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