173: People who are blessed but don't know it

In front of the Hun Kun Academy mountain gate, the crowd was bustling.

Spiritual peaks like swords pierced through the sea of clouds, where countless young Prodigies gathered on divine rainbows and war chariots, their auras soaring to the heavens.

The leading Elders of the Gu Family and Ye Family stood side by side with the Su Family Grand Elder Su Jingyuan, talking and laughing.

The status of the three parties was clearly equal.

This scene made the eyelids of countless Cultivators from surrounding forces twitch, and they began to discuss fervently.

"What is the background of that Su Family? To be able to sit on equal footing with the Longevity Gu Family and Archaic Ye Family?"

"Wasn't it said they are just a newly risen overlord Family in the Yongyao Heaven Realm? How can their foundation be so deep?"

"Shh! Do you want to die?"

A Saint King who knew some inside information lowered his voice, his expression full of awe.

"The Su Family..."

"The Old Ancestor of the Su Family is Su Xuanchen!"

Su Xuanchen?

As soon as this name was mentioned, the surroundings fell silent.

Some frowned, feeling that the name sounded somewhat familiar.

That Saint King looked at everyone's blank expressions, his voice trembling.

"He is the taboo existence who recently settled the Sacred Ruins Continent Devil's Den single-handedly and severed the arm of a Dark Quasi-Immortal King with a single sword strike!"

These words were like a bolt of thunder from the Nine Heavens, exploding in everyone's minds!

It's him!

It's actually him!

All the gazes directed at the Su Family members changed.

In those gazes, there was no longer any contempt or speculation, only awe and fear remained!

Some Cultivators who originally harbored ill intentions and wanted to strike the Su Family Disciples in the Legacy felt a chill rush from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads, their backs soaked in cold sweat.

Attacking Su Xuanchen's descendants?

How was that any different from lighting a lantern in a latrine—seeking death?

Su Xuanchen's prestige was like an invisible Primordial Divine Mountain, suppressing the entire field, making all those with ulterior motives feel their hearts tremble with fear!

Within the endless Void Realm above Hun Kun Academy.

Su Xuanchen concealed his aura and stood with his hands behind his back, indifferently looking down at the group of ant-like Prodigies below.

Suddenly.

His expression shifted as he sensed a familiar and powerful aura.

The Kunpeng Nest!

It was about to descend.

Just then, he noticed another youthful yet equally powerful aura that even a Quasi-Emperor would take note of, quietly standing in a nearby void crack.

It was Su Yaoyao.

Su Xuanchen's figure flashed, and he appeared beside his daughter.

"Nonsense."

He reached out and rubbed his daughter's head, his tone helpless yet doting.

Su Yaoyao was dressed in purple, her figure tall and slender, and her exquisite face, which was seventy percent similar to Chang Xiyue's, could not hide her pleasant surprise at seeing her father.

"Father!"

"You are not yet a hundred years old, yet you already have a Quasi-Emperor cultivation."

Su Xuanchen looked at his daughter, his eyes filled with worry.

"This kind of talent is too shocking. Once exposed, it will surely attract the covetous eyes of countless old monsters."

"I'm worried that hostile forces will act against you."

Hearing this, Su Yaoyao's bright Phoenix eyes dimmed.

How could she not understand this logic.

But she also longed to be like her father, pushing through the ages and suppressing all enemies.

Instead of always being protected under his wings.

But she was ultimately well-behaved.

"I understand."

She lowered her head, looking like she had done something wrong.

Seeing his daughter like this, Su Xuanchen felt guilty.

"In the end, it's because Father's strength is still not strong enough that you have to suffer such grievances."

He sighed inwardly, but had already made up his mind.

He must increase his strength as quickly as possible!

Strong enough so that in these myriad realms, no one would ever dare to covet his Family again!

"Yaoyao."

Su Xuanchen pulled his daughter into his arms, his voice gentle yet powerful.

"Wait a little longer."

"Once you prove your Dao as a Great Emperor, I will no longer restrain you."

"At that time, in these Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, you can go wherever you want. Whoever dares to stop you, I will kill!"

"Mhm!"

Su Yaoyao nodded heavily, burying her small face in her father's warm embrace, her bit of disappointment vanishing.

Su Xuanchen said no more, waved his hand, tore through the Void Realm, and took his daughter back to the Su Family.

Su Family, Purple Heaven Palace.

As soon as Su Xuanchen returned, he sent Su Yaoyao to secluded cultivation and went to Gu Lingshuang's bedchamber.

Gu Lingshuang was sitting by the window, holding an ancient book, her brow slightly furrowed in thought.

Seeing Su Xuanchen enter, she put down the book and came to meet him.

"Husband, that girl Yaoyao..."

"Don't worry, I've persuaded her to come back."

Su Xuanchen waved his hand, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it in one gulp.

"This girl's talent is too strong, but her Heart-Nature is not yet stable enough. If she's let out, she'll cause trouble sooner or later."

Gu Lingshuang nodded, deeply agreeing.

She looked at Su Xuanchen and keenly noticed the gravity hidden between her husband's brows.

"Husband, what are you worried about?"

"Is it... is there something wrong with the Kunpeng Nest?"

Su Xuanchen put down the teacup, his fingers gently stroking the rim.

He was silent for a moment.

Then he spoke, his voice low.

"I saw some things in the ancient scenes manifested by the Kunpeng Nest."

"Kunpeng's fall back then wasn't simply due to being defeated in battle."

"But rather... being betrayed."

"Betrayal?"

Gu Lingshuang's pupils constricted.

"Indeed."

Su Xuanchen's eyes were cold.

"A traitor leaked Kunpeng's whereabouts and even sabotaged Kunpeng's protective divine array at the critical moment."

"Otherwise, with Kunpeng's mastery of extreme speed, even if he couldn't win, no one could have kept him if he wanted to leave."

Gu Lingshuang took a deep breath.

One of the ten ancient fierce beasts, the Kunpeng, actually died at the hands of one of its own?

"More importantly..."

Su Xuanchen sneered.

"That traitor's methods were extremely high, erasing all Great Dao clues and making it seamless."

"But precisely because it was too perfect, it exposed the problem instead."

He looked up, staring straight into Gu Lingshuang's eyes.

"To be able to do this, and even block the deduction of heavenly secrets..."

"The mastermind is at least an Immortal King level existence!"

Immortal King!

These two words weighed heavily on Gu Lingshuang's heart.

If an Immortal King was setting the stage, wouldn't this Kunpeng Legacy be a vortex?

"Husband..."

Gu Lingshuang instinctively grabbed Su Xuanchen's hand, her eyes full of worry.

"This matter has vast implications. If we delve deep, I'm afraid it will draw out those true taboo existences."

"Should we... have Su Changge and the others withdraw?"

"Withdraw?"

Su Xuanchen held his wife's small hand in return, his thumb gently stroking the back of her hand to soothe her unease.

He curled his lips arrogantly.

"Why withdraw?"

"Since someone has set the stage, wouldn't it be a waste of their painstaking efforts if we don't go up and perform this play?"

"But..."

"There are no 'buts'."

Su Xuanchen interrupted her, his tone domineering and confident.

"So what if it's an Immortal King?"

"If they really provoke me, I'll kill them regardless of whether they are an Immortal King or an Immortal King."

"Besides."

His eyes were cunning.

"I have a trump card."

"If things truly reach an uncontrollable state, no one in these myriad realms can keep me if I want to leave."

Seeing her husband's look of having everything under control and treating the world's heroes as mere grass, Gu Lingshuang's hanging heart finally settled.

As long as this man was here, the sky would not fall.

Inside Hun Kun Academy, the atmosphere became increasingly heated.

Because of the relationship between Ji Luanxi and Su Xuanchen, the Elders and Disciples of the Yongyao Imperial Court stayed very close to the Su Family, almost like Family.

Su Qingying was surrounded by a group of grandfather-level Elders with unfathomable cultivation. Listening to their unsparing praise, her small face turned bright red, and she felt restless.

She quietly looked at Su Changge not far away, seeking help with her eyes.

"Su Qingying, save me!"

Su Changge watched from the side, her shoulders shaking as she stifled her laughter.

She feigned a couple of coughs, walked forward, and grabbed her Su Qingying's hand.

"Seniors, my Su Qingying is thin-skinned and shy around strangers."

"We'll go for a walk over there first."

After saying that, she pulled Su Qingying and made a quick escape, hiding in a quiet corner.

Su Qingying breathed a long sigh of relief, patting her small chest with lingering fear.

"That scared me to death. Those grandfathers' gazes were terrifying, as if they were going to eat me."

Su Changge pinched her nose, unable to stop laughing.

"That's called affection! You girl, you don't know how lucky you are."

She teased her, but her gaze crossed the crowd, secretly keeping an eye on the movements in the distance.

She saw the Supreme experts leading the Crimson Blood Imperial Court, Taichu Holy Land, and other overlord forces of the Yongyao Heaven Realm also taking the initiative to approach Su Jingyuan, wanting to strike up a conversation and build a connection.

The various forces were either sincerely trying to make friends or secretly testing the waters.