Villain: Capture The Loli Sword Spirit At The Beginning

I don't know what the two of them talked about.

Until Gu Lingxiao got up and left, Yuan Xiner didn't hear a single word of their negotiation.

All she knew was that when he left, Tian Xingdao had a faint smile on his face, as if he was very satisfied with the outcome of the negotiation.

"Since that's the case, I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

"Mm."

"Take care."

Tian Xingdao watched as Gu Lingxiao got up and left the room, until his figure disappeared.

He slowly got up, his gaze fierce as he looked into the distance.

"So you haven't tried to kill me all this time because you wanted to use me as a whetstone for your descendants? Hahaha... It's just like what I thought back then. But... I will make your knives completely break here!"

...

Leaving the palace, walking out of the Heavenly Gate and descending the Heavenly Stairs.

The two quickly returned to the Holy Road.

Feeling the cessation of the sound of the Great Dao in her ears, Yuan Xiner felt a bit reluctant to leave.

She took a deep breath of the fresh air around her and curiously asked, "Young Master Gu, what did you talk about?"

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. Knowing too much won't do you any good."

"Boring."

Yuan Xiner pouted.

Clearly, she had brought Gu Lingxiao here, but for her, nothing important had happened.

The person who would bring about the end of the world did not appear.

The ancestral elder of the Gu family did not appear either.

All her imagined scenes of driving away wolves and tigers had turned into nothing.

Basically, she didn't gain any benefits, she just took a trip with Gu Lingxiao.

But if you had to say it, it's not like she didn't gain any benefits.

At least, after talking with Gu Lingxiao, Tian Xingdao no longer had the idea of making her his "Celestial Consort".

Because the faint connection that had always existed between her and the Holy Road had been severed.

She didn't know why Tian Xingdao had taken an interest in her.

She always felt that the people and things surrounding her were becoming more and more chaotic.

"Let's go."

Gu Lingxiao said and disappeared from Yuan Xiner's sight.

Yuan Xiner sighed slightly and prepared to go find Hong Ying first before deciding what to do next.

...

The Gu family.

The land of fate.

A divine thought projection of Gu Lingxiao walked on the grass.

Beside him, there was a middle-aged man whose face couldn't be clearly seen walking with him.

As they walked, members of the Gu family who had just finished their cultivation or were preparing to cultivate greeted them.

"Greetings, Ancestral Elder! Greetings, Young Master!"

The two nodded in response.

Those who received their response were extremely excited and couldn't wait to share what they had seen and heard today with others.

After all, both of them were legendary figures in the Gu family, objects of admiration in countless people's hearts.

To suddenly see two of them today, how could they not be excited?

"Just now, did you meet Tian Xingdao?"

"Yes."

"What kind of person do you think he is?"

"A person with great ambition but limited potential, whose strength does not match their ambition."

"Your feeling is correct," the middle-aged man nodded slightly. "Tianxing Dao... the most unique heavenly path in the history of the Immortal Realm. It has done things that no other heavenly path has ever done. From this perspective, Tianxing Dao is formidable."

"Indeed, it is formidable, but in the end, it still failed."

"Yes. In hindsight, his bold actions seemed successful, but they ultimately led to his downfall."

"So, how did the once powerful Heavenly Palace come to its demise?"

"The heavenly path has its rules. He is the heavenly path, born to maintain the balance between heaven and earth. Once he no longer upholds the balance between heaven and earth and instead develops ambitions to rule the world, he is going against his instincts and the foundation of his existence."

"So the further he goes on this path and the stronger he becomes, the weaker he actually becomes."

"Correct," the middle-aged man smiled. "The more powerful the Heavenly Palace he ruled, the weaker he himself became. In order to maintain his rule, the only method he could employ was to weaken others. Eventually, his rule was easily overthrown."

"He also realized his weaknesses back then and now wants to make a comeback."

"Unfortunately... if he didn't have his heavenly path identity back then, how could he have ruled the Heavenly Palace?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and laughed.

Without his heavenly path identity, he would never have been so powerful.

But once he became powerful, his heavenly path identity became a constraint.

"You had a conversation with him, and I assume you reached some kind of agreement?"

"A preliminary agreement. He wants to return to the Immortal Realm and asked me to find a suitable target for him to possess."

"A suitable target for possession, heh... such unnecessary caution. If only he had been so cautious back then."

The middle-aged man chuckled.

A so-called suitable target for possession is nothing more than someone with exceptional talent but no background.

If the background is too deep, Tianxing Dao would not dare to offend.

Gu Lingxiao couldn't help but laugh. "Actually, he must have been monitoring us all along, right?"

The middle-aged man nodded slightly. "Yes. After all, he was once the master of the Heavenly Palace, the ruler of the Immortal Realm. Keeping him around still has some use. He thought his small actions were very cautious, but little did he know that many of his hidden methods were not secrets in our eyes."

Gu Lingxiao couldn't help but feel sorry for Tianxing Dao.

His current planning, restraint, and caution...

In fact, there was no difference from being completely exposed in broad daylight.

He just thought he was very covert.

"So, in exchange, what did you take from him?"

"Something called the 'Heavenly Saint Pearl.' With it, one can undergo the baptism of holy qi in the Holy Path and the water soaked in it has many wonderful uses. I plan to place it in the Heavenly Fate Land as well."

Others need to fight continuously in the Holy Path to obtain holy seals.

Then, with a large number of holy seals, they can exchange for the opportunity of holy qi baptism.

But now, anyone from the Gu family can enjoy it for free.

As the young master of the Gu family, Gu Lingxiao will lead the Gu family forward together.

"Not bad, that is indeed a good thing."

"The Patriarch came to see me, not just to talk about a failure, right?"

"Of course not. Besides that, I also want to discuss the position of the family head. Invincible has already taken that step and will soon step down as the family head."

"I see."

Gu Lingxiao didn't expect that Gu Wudi was about to surpass the Dao Realm.

In the Gu family, the cultivation level of the family head is always at or below the Dao Realm.

Those who surpass the Dao Realm become the ancestors of the Gu family.

"So when do you plan to officially take over as the family head? Those young guys can't wait to make a name for themselves in the Immortal Realm."

"Within a hundred years. As for making a name for themselves... they will have that opportunity soon."

"That's quite a broad timeframe. In that case, I won't disturb you any longer."

The middle-aged man shook his head. He hoped that Gu Lingxiao would take over as the family head sooner.

But the timeframe given by Gu Lingxiao was still within his acceptance range.

So he didn't say much and disappeared instantly from Gu Lingxiao's side.

Seeing this, Gu Lingxiao also withdrew his divine projection in the Gu family.