Battle Through the Heavens: Soul Palace, Gu Yan!

Chapter 4 Gu Xun'er, Keen Perception

Having finalized the arrangements, Gu Yan held up the second letter: "What are everyone's thoughts?"

It was called a letter, but it was actually an invitation.

The gist of the matter is that several nearby cities are planning a joint event. There are two options: one is to hold a martial arts tournament in which all juniors under the age of eighteen can participate, and the other is to hold a hunting event, which is also open to juniors under the age of eighteen, ostensibly as a test for the younger generation.

Gu Tianyao sneered and said, "Demanding that the elders of the clan personally lead the team over there is probably to make it easier to wipe them out in one fell swoop."

"Father, I suggest we go. They said it will be in half a month, so we can make preparations," Gu Yan suggested, his eyes flickering slightly.

"Oh? We originally wanted to discuss it with you before making a decision, but we didn't expect you to have already made a decision?" Gu Ruiqing looked surprised.

Gu Yan nodded and smiled, "I wasn't very confident before, but now maybe I can give it a try."

Everyone was slightly taken aback, then their eyes lit up as if they had thought of something.

"You succeeded?"

Gu Yan smiled slightly and said, "Our Gu family is about to rise!"

……

As Gu Yan emerged from the hall, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had been working tirelessly to cultivate; otherwise, the future of the Gu family would have been uncertain.

Back in the room, the little beast immediately pounced into Gu Yan's arms.

He gently stroked the small beast, and after a moment of contemplation, said, "I've decided to go and take a look; perhaps I can find some treasures."

The little beast looked up and gently bit Gu Yan's finger, its eyes seeming to say, "I want to go too."

Gu Yan patted the little beast's head and said, "Don't worry, I'll take you with me wherever we go from now on."

The little beast immediately laughed happily, which was quite adorable.

"Now that I'm a five-star Dou Shi, and I also have a high-level Earth-rank cultivation technique and a high-level Dou Technique given to me by Hun Xuzi, I'm basically considered a young master, right?"

"I remember that Mu She from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was only a two-star Dou Shi, nothing to be afraid of."

After letting out a soft breath, Gu Yan raised his hand and took out a white jade tablet with the character "空" (empty) written on it.

This was one of the opportunities he had obtained over the years: a spatial teleportation talisman, and a directional one at that.

Although he didn't understand the underlying principles, he had already tried it once before, and the teleportation location was very accurate.

Without further hesitation, Gu Yan, holding the little beast, simultaneously infused a wisp of soul power and a wisp of battle qi into the white jade tablet.

"Northwest region of the Dou Qi Continent, Jia Ma Empire, Wu Tan City."

This is the information carried within that wisp of soul power.

In an instant, spatial power danced on the white jade tablet, bursting forth with light that completely enveloped Gu Yan's body.

Immediately afterwards, the light vanished, and Gu Yan and the little beast disappeared as well.

At the same time.

The Empire of Gama, Utan City.

In a dilapidated courtyard.

A dazzling light burst forth, and Gu Yan and the little beast's figures appeared.

He paused slightly upon seeing his surroundings.

The little beast in his arms jumped onto his shoulder.

Gu Yan glanced at the little beast and said with a smile, "Let's go out and take a look."

He pushed open the courtyard gate and found himself in a dimly lit alleyway.

The man and the beast walked out of the alley, and soon, they heard a sound coming from ahead.

As Gu Yan stepped out of the alley, he was immediately greeted by a cacophony of noise.

He saw a bustling scene with a constant flow of people.

Countless figures could be seen walking on the street, their conversations and discussions filling the air.

On both sides of the street were many vendors and shops.

Gu Yan vaguely heard words like "Wutan City," "Xiao Family," and "genius" in the discussions.

After standing there listening for a while, Gu Yan's face showed a relieved smile. He murmured to himself, "I think I've come to the right place."

Gu Yan randomly picked a restaurant nearby and stepped inside.

When he came out again half an hour later, he breathed a long sigh of relief once more.

Very good!

The timeline matches up!

Restaurants and teahouses are always good places to gather information.

Gu Yan didn't even need to ask; he simply sat there quietly eating and gleaned a lot of useful information.

Xiao Yan is now fourteen years old, and he still has the third level of Dou Qi in yesterday's test, which once again caused a stir in the city.

In other words, the annulment of the engagement will not happen for another year, and the old doctor will not appear until then.

In that case, I need to prepare as soon as possible.

Gu Yan did not intend to see Xiao Yan right now.

He felt that doing so would not make much sense.

Just as Gu Yan was pondering, he suddenly noticed a gaze.

Looking up, I saw a beautiful girl who looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old.

The girl wore a purple dress and seemed to have an innate aloof and indifferent temperament.

At that moment, Gu Yan was 90 percent certain that this person was Xiao Xun'er.

No, perhaps it would be more appropriate to call her Gu Xun'er.

This is the descendant of someone at the very top of the Dou Qi Continent. If we could get on his good side, the Gu family would surely prosper!

Unfortunately, it didn't work out.

Gu Xun'er wasn't stupid; she knew she had no chance to get close to her.

At this moment, a hint of surprise flashed in Gu Xun'er's clear and beautiful eyes.

"A five-star Dou Shi, so young?" Gu Xun'er thought in surprise.

"As expected of the daughter of the ancient clan chief, such keen perception." Gu Yan was startled, but he didn't show it on his face. He pretended not to see Gu Xun'er and turned to leave.

Can't be bothered.

Gu Yan has no desire to be noticed by Gu Xun'er at all.

Gu Xun'er watched Gu Yan's retreating figure, her delicate brows furrowing slightly.

"He's at most fifteen years old, probably just a little older than Brother Xiao Yan. His aura is solid and there's no sign of it being weak or unstable. His foundation is firm. Does the Jiama Empire really have such a genius?"

After pondering for a long time, she gently shook her head.

Although it's quite suspicious that such a genius suddenly appeared, there's no need to pay too much attention to him.

As long as she doesn't harm Brother Xiao Yan, it has nothing to do with her.

Thinking this, Gu Xun'er took one last look at Gu Yan's back before continuing to walk forward.

After leaving Wutan City, Gu Yan traveled for half a day following the map he had bought, and found that no one had stopped him. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous when Gu Xun'er was paying attention to him.

I never expected that just wanting to confirm whether Xiao Yan really existed in this world would lead to me running into this big shot.

This is not paranoia.

Gu Yan had already witnessed the cruelty and bloodshed of the Dou Qi Continent.

Alone in another world, and not born into any powerful family, Gu Yan believed in nothing but his own strength.

but……

Gu Yan turned his head to look at the little beast on his shoulder.

Judging from Gu Xun'er's expression just now, she probably didn't notice Xiao Lin, right?