Chapter 2453: The Gu Family Pact

Chapter 2453: Chapter 2453: The Gu Family Pact

The elder wearing a yellow robe looked at the beautiful woman beside him and said:

"Family Head Gu Yue, it’s about time."

"Is the time and place you agreed upon with Senior Zhou right here and now?"

"No mistakes, right?"

Gu Yue shook her head and said:

"Of course, there’s no mistake."

"Such a significant matter."

"Why hasn’t Senior Zhou arrived yet?"

"He should be arriving soon." Gu Yue glanced into the distance.

A hint of anxiety indeed flashed deep within her eyes.

The elder in the yellow robe sighed.

"It’s really unfortunate timing for our Gu Family’s ancestor to get injured this time."

"It coincided with the Millennium Divine Blood Family Tournament."

"This tournament concerns the Gu Family’s status in the Divine Blood Families. If anything goes wrong, the Gu Family might plummet afterwards."

Gu Yue nodded solemnly.

"Indeed."

"The Divine Blood Family Tournament involves every disciple’s future bloodline and development, impacting all aspects; the influence is significant."

"If our Gu Family falls behind, it will be difficult to recover in the coming millennium."

"Last time, it was because our Gu Family’s ancestor made a move that we could stabilize in the top three of the Divine Blood Families. This time, we intended to invite another expert to team up with the ancestor to strive for the first place."

"But unexpectedly, calculations often fall short of reality..."

Gu Yue sighed repeatedly.

At this moment, the elder in the yellow robe suddenly said:

"Family Head Gu Yue, it is heard that Senior Zhou advanced to the Integration Realm less than ten years ago."

"Do you really believe that this person can contend with the ancestors of other families who have been in the Integration Realm for thousands of years?"

"You must know that those Integration Realm ancestors, besides their apparent realm, also hide their bloodline power."

"In times of crisis, once their bloodline power is triggered, their strength will increase by at least thirty percent."

"Can Senior Zhou really handle it?"

Gu Yue naturally worried about this aspect too.

However, she had no other options.

In the Integration Realm of the Human and Demon Clans, there are only a few dozen experts.

Besides most who already belong to sect forces, there are only about ten loose cultivators.

These ten or so individuals would not be willing to help the Gu Family and thereby offend the other Divine Blood Families.

So, she actually had no choice.

Gu Yue sighed and said:

"This is the best we can do under the circumstances."

"Our Gu Family can’t possibly have no Integration Realm ancestor at all."

The elder beside her froze slightly, then forced a helpless smile.

As they were speaking, suddenly, a tunneling light rapidly approached from afar.

Gu Yue and the elder in the yellow robe immediately spotted it.

"It’s Senior Zhou arriving."

The two immediately showed respect and looked at the tunneling light.

The tunneling light instantly appeared before them.

Subsequently, a young man and a young girl emerged.

The young man was naturally Zhou Yu.

And the young girl was Little Hua.

Ever since leaving Jiulong Mountain, Zhou Yu had kept Little Hua by his side.

This was out of necessity, as Little Hua, having awakened the Dragon Marrow Body, needed an Integration Realm ancestor to suppress it with Primordial Power from time to time.

Keeping her nearby made it easier to care for her.

At this moment, Zhou Yu looked at Gu Yue and apologized:

"Daoist Gu Yue, my apologies, something came up on the way, which delayed me somewhat."

"Sorry to have kept you waiting."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yu hurriedly waved her hand and said:

"Senior Zhou, there’s no need to be so polite."

"It’s the duty of us juniors to await the senior, no matter how long it takes."

"Besides, we’re immensely grateful that you honored the agreement and came, Senior Zhou."

"By the way, Senior Zhou, let me introduce you; this is Elder Xiao of our Gu Family."

"Elder Xiao and I are overseeing the Gu Family’s participation in the Divine Blood Family Tournament this time."

On hearing this, the elder in the yellow robe stepped forward respectfully.

"Junior Xiao Lang, courteous greetings to Senior Zhou."

"I’ve long admired Senior Zhou’s reputation, and today’s encounter is even more impressive than what I imagined."

Zhou Yu faintly smiled at the words.

"Daoist, you flatter me."

"This time, our Gu Family totally relies on Senior Zhou."

"I, on behalf of everyone in the Gu Family, thank Senior Zhou."

Zhou Yu said calmly:

"There’s no need for such formality, you two."

"I’m merely helping the Gu Family this time in a transaction."

"By the way, I heard there’s another Integration Realm ancestor in your Gu Family. Why haven’t I seen that Daoist?"

At this, Gu Yue smiled bitterly and said:

"Senior Zhou, you might not know, but our Gu Family’s ancestor recently returned from the Wilderness severely injured, and is now in secluded cultivation. He cannot attend the Divine Blood Family Tournament this time."

"This matter is currently an absolute secret for our Gu Family, so I ask for your confidentiality, Senior Zhou."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu furrowed his brows.

"In that case, with just me alone, I may not accomplish what we originally agreed upon."

Gu Yue quickly said:

"The responsibility lies with our Gu Family, not with you, senior."

"Just help us maintain our current position in the Divine Blood Family Tournament this time, without any other demands."

"Furthermore, as a gesture of apology, beyond the conditions we previously promised, the Gu Family has specially prepared an extra generous gift for you, senior."

While speaking, Gu Yue directly took out a Storage Ring and handed it to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu received the Storage Ring, swept it with his Divine Sense, and was instantly surprised.

Unexpectedly, inside the Storage Ring were Top-grade Spirit Stones, numbering a thousand.

This was indeed a vast fortune.

Zhou Yu naturally accepted them without reservation.

"It seems the Gu Family really values this Divine Blood Family Tournament highly. In that case, I shall do my best."

"Alright, enough talk, let’s set out right away."

"Yes, Senior Zhou!"

Afterwards, under the guidance of Gu Yue and Xiao Lang, Zhou Yu and several Gu Family disciples boarded a Flying Artifact and sped away into the distance.

Along the journey, Gu Yue began to introduce some situations about the Divine Blood Family Tournament to Zhou Yu.

...

Ping Shui Gobi.

Here is an enormous gobi located at the border of the Hao Yuan Realm and Mystic Spirit Realm.

This place is famous for its vastness in the entire Human Race Earth Realm.

Because in such a large area, there exists no Spirit Vein, thus it’s also called the Spirit Vein Wasteland by the Human Race Cultivators.

Moreover, it’s so expansive that even a cultivator in the Divinity Transformation Realm would take over a month to fly across it.

No resources, no Spirit Vein.

Therefore, this place is rarely visited by cultivators.

Even if some cultivators need to traverse between the Hao Yuan Realm and the Mystic Spirit Realm, they prefer to detour to more distant places rather than cross this area.

Yet on this day.

Over the Ping Shui Gobi, more than a dozen Human Race Cultivators appeared.

These Human Race Cultivators had formed a Grand Formation, each pushing their Magic Artifacts to the limit, protecting themselves.

Among them, the highest cultivation was a man in the Void Refinement Realm.

At this moment, the man was at the Array Eye of the Grand Formation, controlling two Magic Artifacts with full force, his eyes constantly scanning the surroundings...