"Young Patriarch!"
"The Young Patriarch is dead?"
"He actually killed the Young Patriarch!"
"How will the Patriarch and the Grand Elders' wrath be appeased?"
Seeing Jiu Feng die on the spot, the remaining members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix clan were filled with both fear and rage. They couldn't imagine how their Patriarch, Huang Tian, would react when they returned to the clan.
"If you want to live, don't act rashly!"
"The other side is a genius of the Gu clan. He even dared to kill Hun Yu and a Dou Saint Elder of their clan!"
"How could he possibly care about the anger of our Heaven Demon Phoenix clan... Even if the Patriarch finds out, what could he do against the number one ancient clan?"
Feng Qing'er's beautiful face turned pale. Facing the deadly threat brought by the Gu clan's genius, all her arrogance vanished. Internally, she wanted to curse the deceased Jiu Feng. As the Young Patriarch of the Heaven Demon Phoenix clan, Jiu Feng's intelligence was disappointing.
In the conflict between two ancient clans, the Hun clan and the Gu clan, what right did a Young Patriarch of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe have to intervene? In the end, he provoked Gu Fei at the last moment, basically seeking his own death.
A being like Gu Fei was someone not even the three Grand Elders of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe would dare to offend.
As Feng Qing'er's words landed, the remaining Heaven Demon Phoenix experts calmed down. If the other side could easily crush Jiu Feng, killing them would be even simpler.
"It seems the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe members aren't all fools after all!"
Seeing their reaction, Gu Fei's lips curled into a sneer. He had no intention of killing these ants; leaving them alive to deliver a message to Huang Tian seemed like a good idea. Let's see if Huang Tian would dare challenge the Gu clan over his successor.
"It's time to go back..."
Gu Fei wasn't planning to stay long. The Hun clan must have already known about the deaths of Hun Yu and their Dou Saint elder. It was likely that stronger experts would come soon.
The next moment, Gu Fei glanced at Xun'er, his eyes full of disdain. However, since Xun'er was a fellow divine-bloodline clan member and the daughter of the clan leader, it wouldn't be worth it to let her fall into the hands of the Hun clan, which might then use her to threaten the Gu clan.
"Come with me!"
Gu Fei lightly swiped his hand across the space in front of him, creating a spatial tear.
"..."
Hearing Gu Fei's words, Xun'er was momentarily speechless. She was so overwhelmed with excitement that she couldn't speak. How many years had it been? This was the first time since their separation that Gu Fei had actively invited her to follow him. Xun'er smiled, without hesitation, and stepped into the spatial tear after Gu Fei.
In the space tunnel, Xun'er watched Gu Fei's figure in front of her, her heart racing. To her, this was a significant step forward.
"Hu..."
Watching Gu Fei and Xun'er leave, Feng Qing'er finally let out a breath of relief. However, though she survived, she couldn't help but feel uncertain about how to explain all of this upon returning to the Tribe. How would she face the Patriarch's fury?
If Jiu Feng hadn't recklessly provoked Gu Fei, none of this would have happened.
After the events surrounding the Bodhi ancient tree concluded, the crowd didn't linger in that eerie place. Aside from Gu Fei, everyone else left empty-handed, though none of them felt regret- only relief at having escaped with their lives.
...
"Gu Fei, wait for me!"
In the Eastern Region, after Gu Fei arrived, he sped up, quickly leaving Xun'er behind. She chased after him, but soon lost sight of his figure.
Before long, Gu Fei returned to the Gu Realm.
"Gu Fei, Xun'er didn't come back with you?"
Seeing Gu Fei return alone, a few elders of the Gu clan looked worried. They knew Xun'er had snuck away, but with Gu Fei around, they hadn't sent anyone to look for her. However, seeing Gu Fei return alone, their concern grew.
"She's behind me." Gu Fei responded indifferently and then pulled out over twenty Bodhi Seeds.
Hearing that Xun'er was safe, the Gu clan elders relaxed, and when they saw the Bodhi Seeds Gu Fei had brought back, they laughed heartily.
Over twenty Bodhi Seeds was a massive resource even for an ancient clan like the Gu clan. If they could refine these into Bodhi Pills, the clan would gain over twenty new Saints. Such powerful beings were incredibly valuable to the Gu clan.
Afterward, Gu Fei returned to his mountain peak.
"Husband is back!"
Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin leapt into Gu Fei's arms. Hearing about his success on this journey, both women were overjoyed.
"Next, I'll refine the Great Bodhisattva Return Pill for you. This pill can increase your chances of becoming Half-Saints by fifty percent..."
After some brief conversation, Gu Fei immersed himself in pill refining. Given his current abilities, his success rate in refining ninth-grade treasure pills exceeded eighty percent.