Chapter 166: Gu Family

At this moment, the scene before his eyes was not what Sun Xuan had imagined—ordinary Town Demon Guards courting death and wanting to stir up trouble.

Rather, outsiders had actually broken into the Town Demon Guard.

The commotion outside at this very moment was precisely Chu Lin leading a group of ordinary Town Demon Guards to intercept a crowd of people who had forcefully broken into the Town Demon Guard.

Several Town Demon Guards whose lives or deaths were unknown were even lying on the ground at this moment, and at a glance, one could tell they had been injured by this group of trespassers.

Seeing Sun Xuan reveal his figure, one of the shiny-headed bald men among this group immediately spoke out towards Sun Xuan's direction:

"Amitabha!"

"Benefactor Sun, we monks have come uninvited and disturbed you!"

As soon as this voice came out, Sun Xuan's eyes involuntarily narrowed.

This monk made Sun Xuan think of a piece of information previously reported by the Town Demon Guard, stating that a powerful demon whose strength was comparable to the Fifth Stage Realm had been awakened in Wuling Mountain.

The crowd of Martial Artists who went into the mountain to hunt for treasures were chased scrambling about by this Fifth Stage demon.

But just when the crowd of treasure-seeking Martial Artists were at their wits' end, a monk made a move at this moment.

This monk's strength was extremely tyrannical; that Fifth Stage great demon actually failed to last three moves under this monk's hands and was directly blasted to death.

Squinting as he looked at this monk before him who seemed to wear a compassionate expression, Sun Xuan could not help thinking inwardly: Could the monk who blasted and killed the Fifth Stage great demon be this very person?

If it really was this monk, then things would get interesting.

He saw Sun Xuan wave his hand at the Town Demon Guards intercepting before this group, and stride over to the front of this group.

Then, speaking with a hint of bone-chilling coldness in his eyes:

"Everyone, by forcefully breaking into our Town Demon Guard and injuring my subordinates, aren't you looking down a bit too much on the Imperial Court!"

Following the retreat of these ordinary Town Demon Guards, these martial dao powerhouses immediately surrounded Sun Xuan in the middle.

And at this moment, Sun Xuan was also sizing up this group of Martial Artists.

Under Sun Xuan's observation, Sun Xuan sensed a fierce martial dao aura from the monk who had spoken.

Upon sensing this formidable martial dao aura, Sun Xuan was able to confirm that the monk who slew the Fifth Stage great demon in three moves was undoubtedly the one before him.

According to Sun Xuan's conjecture, the martial dao cultivation of this monk before him should have already reached the Fourth Stage Realm.

With a martial dao cultivation of the Fourth Stage Realm, slaying a Fifth Stage demon was still very effortless.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan could not help feeling a bit startled in his heart; he hadn't expected that this true spirit artifact listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking would actually attract even powerhouses of this level.

But what shocked Sun Xuan even more was that this monk with such strong martial dao strength was actually not the leader of this group of people who forcefully broke into the Town Demon Guard.

Under Sun Xuan's observation, the leader of this group turned out to be a young man with a flashy expression.

This young man was dressed like a Young Master of a wealthy Family, staring at Sun Xuan with an arrogant expression.

Under Sun Xuan's sensing, this young man's martial dao cultivation was not very high.

It was merely barely stepping into the Seventh Stage Realm.

A Seventh Stage Martial Artist could indeed already be considered an overlord on one side within this Qinghe County.

But among this group of people who forcefully broke into the Town Demon Guard, he was the one with the lowest cultivation and strength.

Among this group, apart from that Fourth Stage Realm monk, the martial dao cultivation of the others was also between the fifth and sixth stages.

Yet these martial dao powerhouses of the fifth and sixth stage Realms stood before this young man dressed like a noble Young Master, looking one by one like subordinate thugs.

And after Sun Xuan finished speaking to that monk, before that monk could speak, this person dressed as a noble Young Master spoke with a sneering expression:

"Well, well, a mere Town Demon Envoy, your strength isn't much, but your tone is quite big."

"Let alone your tiny Town Demon Guard of this single county, even if it were the Yunzhou Town Demon Guard, when I, Gu Ren, want to enter, no one dares to stop me!"

Hearing this, Sun Xuan could not help raising his eyebrows slightly.

This brat's tone was truly huge; the Commander of the Yunzhou Town Demon Guard had a strength of at least the Third Stage Realm, and placed within the entire Great Wei Dynasty, he was also a figure belonging to a regional official commanding a province.

An institution just like this was actually not even regarded by this young man.

It seemed that this young man full of noble airs had quite a significant background.

Without waiting for Sun Xuan to speak, the young man named Gu Ren continued to speak arrogantly:

"Brat, I came all the way from the capital to this godforsaken place of Yunzhou, all for the sake of getting a true spirit artifact listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking."

"And that underground space located within the Wuling Mountains, I have already found it."

"It's just that the treasures inside had already been taken away by someone else long ago."

"Among these treasure-seeking Martial Artists, we were definitely the first to find that underground space, and before us, only you local forces of Qinghe County had been to that underground space."

"Moreover, as far as I know, there were originally three local forces in Qinghe County that had been to that underground space."

"But one of them was crippled right then and couldn't pull through later, directly having its Family exterminated."

"As for another one, it was just annihilated by your Town Demon Guard not long ago."

"Up until now, the only force that has been to that underground space left is your Town Demon Guard."

"Therefore, this true spirit artifact listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking must have fallen into the hands of you Town Demon Guards."

Looking at the young man named Gu Ren before him, speaking to him in a resolute and decisive manner, Sun Xuan could not help thinking speechlessly in his heart.

He had already been so careful, yet he hadn't expected that he still left behind such a flaw.

However, Sun Xuan felt that these words from the young man named Gu Ren before him were merely conjecture.

Regarding this matter, Sun Xuan certainly could not admit to it, and at this moment Sun Xuan temporarily did not want to provoke this young man whose identity clearly looked unusual.

Therefore, Sun Xuan directly opened his mouth to deny it and said:

"As for this true spirit artifact, we truly haven't seen it within the Town Demon Guard."

"There are an extremely large number of external forces coming into Qinghe County during this period; it's hard to say precisely who obtained that true spirit artifact listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking!"

Seeing Sun Xuan flatly deny it, the young man named Gu Ren's expression couldn't help but turn somewhat gloomy.

However, after hearing Sun Xuan's words, Gu Ren's heart also became somewhat uncertain.

After all, matters were indeed as Sun Xuan said; there were too many external Martial Artists coming into Qinghe County during this period. Although they were the first force to find that underground space during this timeframe,

before they arrived in Qinghe County, no one knew whether anyone had gone to that underground space a step ahead of them.

Furthermore, according to these Martial Artists by his side, that true spirit artifact listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking should be parasitic on a corpse.

Based on the combat traces at the scene, that corpse's strength was at least at the Late Stage of the Sixth Stage, completely beyond what this Seventh Stage Middle Stage Martial Artist before him could handle.

Although Sun Xuan's martial dao cultivation had already broken through to the Late Stage of the Third Stage Realm at this moment, in order not to cause any trouble, Sun Xuan still suppressed his own cultivation to the Middle Stage of the Seventh Stage Realm.

With his martial dao cultivation Realm at this moment, it was completely beyond what these Martial Artists before him could see through.

Even that monk who had just entered the Fourth Stage Realm couldn't do it.

Let alone this Gu Ren whose martial dao strength was only at the Seventh Stage Realm.

Based on his analysis in that underground space and combining it with Sun Xuan's words at the moment, Gu Ren could not help but feel somewhat indecisive in his heart.

As the sole heir of the Gu Family, one of the four major families of the Great Wei Dynasty, Gu Ren's identity was incomparably noble within the Great Wei Dynasty.

But because Gu Ren was too profligate and lazy, although he had the accumulation of a large amount of Spirit Medicine, his martial dao cultivation had only managed to break through to the Seventh Stage Realm.

With this cultivation Realm, how could he control this massive Gu Family in the future?

However, wanting to solve the problem of Gu Ren's insufficient martial dao cultivation was not without a way.

With Gu Ren's lazy and profligate personality, having him practice bitterly and diligently was impossible.

But as a prominent Family with a long-standing Legacy, the Gu Family still figured out another solution for this sole heir within their Family.

That was to gather thirty-six true spirit artifacts listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking, and then use these eighteen treasures as sacrifices.

Set up a grand array, and at the cost of destroying thirty-six true spirit artifacts listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking, forcibly raise Gu Ren's cultivation to at least the Early Stage of the Second Stage Realm.

And with the martial dao cultivation of the Second Stage Realm, not to mention carrying forward the Gu Family, at least after the current head of the Gu Family died, Gu Ren would still be able to continue inheriting the Gu Family.

But how precious were true spirit artifacts listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking? Under the Gu Family's collection for so many years, they had only managed to collect thirty-three pieces.

Moreover, among them, there were still a few clan treasures that could not be used as sacrifices, so at this moment Gu Ren's desire for true spirit artifacts listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking was extremely intense.

Therefore, this time, upon hearing the news that there was a true spirit artifact listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking in Qinghe County, Gu Ren immediately didn't say a second word and rushed over to Qinghe County with his subordinates.

However, this operation to search for the true spirit artifact was not very smooth. Although they found that underground space, the true spirit artifact existing within that underground space had already been first-stepped by someone else long ago.

If he were just to leave like this, Gu Ren would be somewhat unreconciled.

Because of his poor strength, among the four major families of the Great Wei Dynasty, the Gu Family had already been suppressed into becoming the absolute bottom-ranking one.

The pressure faced by the Family forced Gu Ren to anxiously want to gather all the true spirit artifacts capable of enhancing his martial dao strength.

Now, at least one more true spirit artifact listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking was about to be found by him, yet now this duck to the mouth had flown away by itself again.

How could Gu Ren be willing to let this go?

Gu Ren's expression flickered between gloomy and clear for a while, and the atmosphere at the scene also appeared somewhat heavy at this moment.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan did not speak much either.

Although Sun Xuan did not want to provoke much trouble at this moment, with Sun Xuan's martial dao strength at the Late Stage of the Third Stage at this time, if these people really dared to court death and make a move against him, he would not show any mercy to these people.

And just when the atmosphere within the Qinghe County Demon Suppression Guard was somewhat tense and stagnant, inside a restaurant in Qinghe County, a youth full of noble airs and wisdom contained within his eyes was sitting right there.

Just at a glance, this youth looked extremely extraordinary, and his own martial dao Realm had already reached the Late Stage of the Fifth Stage Realm.

This martial dao strength, among youths of this age and looking across the entire Great Wei Dynasty, was also the most top-tier Genius.

Completely incomparable to trash like Gu Ren.

At this moment, by this youth's side, an old man with a face full of wrinkles was respectfully standing at his side.

And right at this moment, this youth full of noble airs spoke with a smile to this old man:

"Mr. Cao, how many times have I said it? You and I are bound by a deep friendship, so before me, Mr. Cao need not be so constrained."

"The dishes have already been served. Come, quickly sit down, and the two of us shall eat together while it's hot!"

This youth full of noble airs enthusiastically invited this old man to sit down and eat, but no matter what, this old man refused to sit down, and furthermore spoke with a respectful expression to this young man:

"Your Highness, this old subject is merely a household retainer of our Great Wei; how could I dare to sit together with my master to eat?"

"Your Highness, please do not punish this old subject so."

Seeing this, this youth full of noble airs had just wanted to say something more when at this moment, a Martial Artist with a drifting figure quickly arrived behind this youth.

Then, whispering into this youth's ear, he said something.

After finishing speaking, a trace of a smile couldn't help but appear on this youth's face, and then with a wave of his hand towards the Martial Artist behind him, that Martial Artist quickly retreated.

"Mr. Cao, guess what that Young Master of the Gu Family went to do now!"

After that Martial Artist retreated, this youth could not suppress the smile on his face as he spoke to Elder Cao.

Hearing this, Elder Cao's aged face flashed with a hint of disdain as he spoke:

"That profligate trash is nothing more than running all over the world to look for that true spirit artifact listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking again."

"Such trash—it is a waste that the Gu Family is one of the four major families, yet in the end, it gave birth to such a trashy heir."

"Once that old ghost Gu dies, I reckon this Gu Family, in the hands of that stupid profligate, won't be far from decline!"

After hearing Elder Cao's words, the smile on the face of the youth full of noble airs grew even wider.

He opened his mouth to continue speaking to Elder Cao:

"Mr. Cao guessed correctly. I never expected that merely passing through this remote place, I could actually encounter such an interesting matter."

"That Young Master of the Gu Family is currently leading people to forcefully break into the Town Demon Guard in this county city, forcing that Town Demon Envoy to hand over the true spirit artifact."

"Haha, it is simply too interesting."

"That Gu Family whom my second elder brother spent painstaking efforts to win over—once that old ghost Gu dies and this trash inherits the position of head of the Gu Family,"

"I reckon there won't be anything else to worry about."

"By that time, this Highness only needs to employ a tiny scheme to make this profligate trash fall out with my good second brother!"