Chapter 964 - The lost ancient tribe

Xiao Yan stood in front of the Ancient Clan Square, looking at Nalan Yanran, who was sealed in crystal material in front of him, with a look of madness still on her face. Xiao Yan's expression was tense, and ripples could not help but form in his heart.

When was the last time you met her?

It seems that it was in the Yunlan Sect more than ten years ago...

Xiao Yan used to think that Nalan Yanran’s words about marrying him were just lip service, and as time passed, this feeling would fade away sooner or later.

But since the three-year agreement, Xiao Yan found that he was wrong. He was too self-righteous. He never took Nalan Yanran's feelings seriously from the beginning to the end, but he wishfully believed that she would give up sooner or later.

Xiao Yan gritted his teeth and felt deeply disgusted with himself.

Xun'er came over with Gu Yuan's support, and her expression was particularly complicated when she looked at the sealed Nalan Yanran.

When he went to Xingyun Pavilion to meet Xiao Yixian, Xiao Yixian mentioned the matter of Nalan Yanran, and told him how Nalan Yanran had trained alone in Zhongzhou for so many years in order to defeat Xiao Yan, and how many times she had helped Xiao Yan inadvertently.

After making the comparison, Xun'er's joy at being proposed to by Xiao Yan suddenly disappeared, and she couldn't help but ask herself.

Am I... really qualified to be with Brother Xiao Yan?

Xun'er thought about it carefully. She realized that her heart had always been on Xiao Yan for so many years and had never shifted in the slightest. However, she seemed to have never paid anything for Xiao Yan.

When in the Northwest Continent, the person who always accompanied Xiao Yan was Xiao Yixian.

After arriving in Zhongzhou, it was Cai Lin and the others who had always supported Xiao Yan from behind.

What about yourself?

I just stayed in the clan and listened to Xiao Yan's news again and again, that's all.

Even now that Xiao Yan has established the Tianhe Alliance covering the entire Zhongzhou, its establishment has nothing to do with himself.

Xun'er's willpower was weakening, and at this time Xiao Yan glanced at Gu Yuan and asked in a deep voice.

"Uncle Gu Yuan, can this seal be broken?"

"Yes, but I don't recommend it." Gu Yuan said slowly with a gloomy face: "This seal completely stops the time of an area. No one can interfere from the inside out or from the outside in. Her state is also suspended at the moment before the seal."

"That is to say, if she is released now, no one here will be able to stop her, including you and me."

Gu Yuan's words were so confident. He had personally experienced Nalan Yanran's horror. Xiao Yan couldn't stop her, and now that he was seriously injured, he was even less able to stop her.

Hearing Gu Yuan's answer, Xiao Yan's face was suddenly covered with gloom. His eyes were fixed on the sealed Nalan Yanran, and his mood fell to the bottom.

I had only heard Nalan Jie mention it a few times before, but because it was Nalan Yanran's retelling, Nalan Jie didn't know the specific details.

The only thing we know is that when Nalan Yanran was seriously injured, she was in an irrational state. This can also be guessed from the descriptions of Xiao Yixian and Qinglin when they encountered Nalan Yanran before.

"Uncle Gu Yuan, how long can this seal last?"

Xiao Yan asked Gu Yuan again, and Gu Yuan thought for a while before answering.

"Because the situation was urgent at the time, Senior was not fully prepared to perform the seal, so it took at most two days."

"Two days... should be enough." Xiao Yan whispered, looking at Gu Yuan seriously and said, "Uncle Gu Yuan, in order to prevent Yan Ran from harming innocent people after waking up, the Tianhe Alliance will assist all members of the Ancient Clan to evacuate the Ancient Realm as soon as possible. What do you think?"

"Evacuate the Ancient Realm?"

Gu Yuan was slightly startled, looking at Xiao Yan's serious eyes, his emotions inadvertently fluctuated.

After a long time, Gu Yuan asked with a trembling voice.

"After the evacuation, will the ancient people be able to come back in the future?"

Xiao Yan listened to Gu Yuan's words, looked at the emotions flashing in Gu Yuan's eyes, and smiled softly.

"Of course, this is the hometown of the ancient people. I don't have any power to stop the ancient people from coming back." Xiao Yan said, and then changed the subject, "But Uncle Gu Yuan, since you asked this question, you should have guessed why I invited the eight clan leaders to the Tianhe Alliance today, right?"

"In fact, before I came here, I had already reached a consensus with the three clans of Lei Yanyao. Now only the Gu clan is left."

Xiao Yan stated this fact in a calm tone, and then added again while looking at Gu Yuan.

"Uncle Gu Yuan, I hope you don't misunderstand me. I am not targeting the people living in the Eight Clans. I will always target only the Eight Clans."

After the words fell, the scene fell into silence, and Gu Yuan's mood was indescribable.

Although the decision had been made at that time, when I really faced it, I felt heartbroken.

Xiao Yan's words meant that he was the last patriarch of the ancient clan.

Just as Gu Yuan was silent, Xiao Chen's unhappy voice came over.

"Hey! You, why are you still so hesitant like you were a thousand years ago?" Xiao Chen walked over with his arms folded, staring at Gu Yuan with disdain. "Your Gu clan is at least just disbanded, and everyone is still alive. Unlike our Xiao clan, there are only a few people left, and you are still hesitating!"

"Senior Xiao Chen, you shouldn't say that..."

Xiao Yan raised his hand to dissuade Xiao Chen from continuing, but as if Xiao Chen's words had worked, Gu Yuan interrupted Xiao Yan.

"No, he's right. I'm just too nostalgic." Gu Yuan raised his head, his eyes full of melancholy. "Times have changed. The Eight Ancient Clans, a thing from the last era, should have disappeared long ago."

Gu Yuan lowered his head and looked at Xiao Yan seriously.

"Xiao Yan, I'll have to ask for the assistance of the Tianhe Alliance for the migration of the Ancient Clan."

"yes!"

Xiao Yan clasped his fists and saluted, and Zheng Sheng responded.

In the next two days, the ancient tribe left the ancient world in large numbers under organization and in an orderly manner. Although many people were reluctant to leave the homeland where they had lived for many years, they finally accepted the fact after Gu Yuan's personal persuasion.

Time passed quickly, and Gu Yuan stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the deserted ancient world. His eyes flickered slightly, and he gradually became absent-minded.

"Patriarch." Gu Lie came behind Gu Yuan and said with a complicated expression: "Xiao Yan invited me to bring the Black Annihilation Army to join the Tianhe Alliance's army..."

"Haha~ That kid is really quick at poaching people."

Gu Yuan came back to his senses, smiled softly, and waved his hand.

"The Ancient Clan is gone, and I am no longer the Clan leader. Do as you wish."

"......clear."

After responding, Gu Lie did not leave, but still stood quietly behind Gu Yuan.

After a while, Gu Yuan asked.

"Is the matter between Senior and Sister Xiao Xuan not over yet?"

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"It's taking longer than expected to get used to my new body, but it's almost over."

After Gu Lie finished speaking, he fell into a long silence. After thinking for a long time, he asked slowly.

"Is this...really okay?"

"That was Senior's own idea, but it's my fault that should be made up for."

Gu Yuan's voice was very sad. This matter was decided after the Soul Clan attacked and before Xiao Yan arrived. He also protested to Gu Cuiliu, saying that even if it was really done, he should bear the responsibility, but Gu Cuiliu's attitude was extremely firm.

[It was I who chose you as the clan leader, so I should take the main responsibility. I don't have anything to worry about anyway, so you can't just leave Xun'er alone, can you? 】

These words made Gu Yuan want to refute, but he didn't know how to refute. What's more, the secret method was in Gu Cuiliu's hands, so Gu Yuan had no choice but to accept it in the end.

At this moment, Gu Yuan seemed to have unloaded all the burdens on his shoulders. He completely disregarded etiquette and image and sat down cross-legged casually, which made Gu Lie behind him suddenly stunned. This was the first time he saw Gu Yuan so casual.

While Gu Lie was stunned, Gu Yuan also started to laugh at himself.

“Haha… I really am not suitable to be the clan leader.” Gu Yuan looked at the ancient world with a melancholy look on his face. “The ancient clan disappeared forever during my tenure as clan leader. I should be ashamed and sad about this, but now I feel happy from the bottom of my heart.”

"Thinking carefully, I haven't made any achievements during the years I have been the clan leader. I just sat in the position of clan leader step by step. In the past thousand years, I have felt more than once that whether I am the clan leader or not, it has no impact on the ancient clan."

"It's... terrible."

Gu Yuan's words were so negative, when suddenly a hearty laugh reached his ears.

"It's not that bad. You have this problem. You always like to belittle yourself. It's still the same after a thousand years."

Gu Yuan and Gu Lie were both stunned. They turned their heads at the same time and saw the dashing Xiao Xuan walking towards them.

It is not the previous body of strange fire, but a real physical body, and the strength has reached the peak of the late Nine-Star Fighting Saint!

"Sister Xiao Xuan!" Gu Yuan stood up suddenly and looked at Xiao Xuan excitedly, "Your body..."

"Ah~ That's great." Xiao Xuan pressed his neck and grinned, "Life is so unpredictable. I thought my life would end up in that heavenly tomb, but I never thought there would be a chance for a complete rebirth."

As he said this, the smile on Xiao Xuan's face gradually faded, and his eyes became particularly sad.

"It's a pity that this opportunity was gained at the cost of Senior Cui Liu's sacrifice."

Xiao Xuan raised his hand and stared at the slender fingers in a trance.

What he was using now was Gu Cuiliu's body. Gu Cuiliu used the secret method called grafting to give everything to him.

According to Gu Cuiliu, she had found this technique of grafting secretly a long time ago, in order to put her old bones to use one day in the future. Now she is willing to give everything to Xiao Xuan to make up for the mistake made by the ancient clan in the past.

Xiao Xuan's words made Gu Yuan and Gu Lie's expressions depressed. Feeling the gradually sad atmosphere, Xiao Xuan looked up and smiled.

"Okay, stop being sentimental. Senior Cui Liu didn't sacrifice herself for us to cry." Xiao Xuan crossed Gu Yuan and came to the edge of the cliff. He looked at Nalan Yanran who was sealed in the Ancient Clan Square and narrowed his eyes slightly. "How long will it take for that girl to be unsealed?"

Gu Yuan came back to his senses and responded slowly.

"About three hours left."

"Have all the people of the Ancient Clan withdrawn?"

“They’ve all evacuated.”

When Xiao Xuan heard Gu Yuan's response, he raised his hand and pressed the fair neck.

"In this case, we can just wait for Xiao Yan to arrive and start. I hope he has found a solution."

Xiao Xuan's brows were tightly furrowed. According to Gu Yuan's speculation, the more seriously injured Nalan Yanran was, the more terrifying her combat power would be. Although she has now been promoted to the level of a mid-stage Nine-Star Fighting Saint, with Xiao Xuan's current strength, he could still completely destroy Nalan Yanran with a full-strength attack.

But it was obvious that Xiao Xuan could not do this directly, because Nalan Yanran was undoubtedly a very important person to Xiao Yan.

However, if by the time the seal is lifted, we still haven't found a way to restore Nalan Yanran's sanity, then we can only...

...

On the other side, the medicine world was almost empty.

During the migration of the ancient clan to Zhongzhou, the three clans of Lei, Yan, and Yao were doing the same thing. Today, the migration has been completed, and now only Xiao Yan and Yao Chen are left standing on the back mountain.

Here, there is a house that has long collapsed. The house is filled with dust and cobwebs, and not far from the house, there are two piles of earth.

There is no doubt that this is the grave of Yao Chen's father and mother. Before Yao Chen was expelled, he buried his mother and father together with his own hands.

Now, after many years, Yao Chen finally returned here. Without saying a word, he just knelt quietly in front of the tomb, with Xiao Yan also quietly accompanying him behind him.

Just a while ago, Yao Wangui died. It was Yao Chen who did it himself.

However, although Yao Chen's grievances were vented, he did not feel very relieved.

Even if he killed Yao Wangui with his own hands, even if he vented his grievances, his parents still would not come back.

But at least, I can give an explanation for my past.

It was unknown how long it had been before Yao Chen slowly stood up, a smile appeared on his face, and he turned to look at Xiao Yan.

"Yan'er, let's go."

Yao Chen said this as she walked past Xiao Yan and was about to leave, but Xiao Yan, who had been silent all the time, suddenly grabbed her hand, causing Yao Chen to look at him in surprise.

"Yan'er?"

Xiao Yan remained silent, quietly holding Yao Chen's hand and returning to the tomb again, and then let go of Yao Chen in Yao Chen's astonished gaze, knelt in front of the two graves, and made a promise.

"Junior Xiao Yan, greetings to the two elders."

"Senior Yao was my mentor, and now she is also my wife. I hope you can rest in peace in your grave."

"Xiao Yan is willing to use his life and soul as a guarantee that he will protect Senior Yao for his entire life, even if it means his death!"

Even though no one was listening to this promise, Xiao Yan still made it so solemnly.

Looking at Xiao Yan's serious profile, Yao Chen's eyes gradually became moist, gradually overlapping with the childish face he had when he first met him.

I used to think that was the lowest point in my life.

The vision he pursued was far away and he could only spend his days in a daze. Later, he was betrayed by his beloved disciple. He was heartbroken and almost fell into despair.

But now, Yao Chen understood clearly.

That was the beginning of his true rebirth after leaving the Medicine Clan.

After a long time, Yao Chen knelt beside Xiao Yan again, facing his parents' grave, with a sincere smile on his face.

"Father, mother, please rest assured." Yao Chen looked extremely gentle and whispered softly, "Your daughter has found the person who can give her happiness forever."

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