After an unknown amount of time, Gu Xun'er finally recovered from her previous frenzied state. Her face was expressionless, her eyes revealing endless indifference.
Gu Xun'er was no longer the confused and dazed person she had been before.
She now had a goal: to become stronger! Stronger than Hun Changqing!
The thought of becoming stronger and being able to make Hun Changqing helpless against her, doing whatever she wanted to him, filled Gu Xun'er with fighting spirit, and her cheeks inevitably flushed red again.
"My divine bloodline is gone; normal cultivation won't allow me to surpass Hun Changqing. I need to think of another way..."
Previously, Gu Xun'er could be considered a complete slacker; she had no urgent desire to improve her strength.
Her comfortable life in the Xiao family, and the companionship of Xiao Yan, left her with no desire to become stronger, no goals, only wanting to be with Xiao Yan. After returning from Hun Changqing, she had lived a life of aimless drifting.
But now, she had a goal, a purpose to become stronger, and her own ambition.
Such a Gu Xun'er was undoubtedly terrifying, living up to her reputation as the proud daughter of the ancient clan.
A glint flashed in Gu Xun'er's eyes as countless thoughts surfaced in her mind, only to be rejected one by one.
Suddenly, the name of a cultivation technique appeared in Gu Xun'er's mind.
"The Burning Technique..."
This technique, which she had subconsciously tried to forget, reappeared clearly in her mind.
"Xiao Yan has already cultivated this technique, and it's indeed without any problems. With this technique, I don't need a divine-grade bloodline to reach the peak and survey all the mountains below! I can
even reach heights that a divine-grade bloodline could never achieve. The only problem is that it requires a lot of strange fire, but... this problem doesn't seem too difficult for me..."
Gu Xun'er's lips curled slightly, her exquisite and beautiful face now showing a hint of evil.
Then, Gu Xun'er sat cross-legged on the bed and completely severed the operating circuit of her original ancient clan heaven-rank cultivation technique, "The Profound Origin Ancient Emperor Technique."
In an instant, Gu Xun'er's internal fighting spirit surged in reverse, her meridians cracked, her internal organs began to tremble violently, her bones creaked, and blood seeped from her skin, making her look extremely miserable.
Gu Xun'er gritted her teeth and began to suppress the extremely violent and reversed fighting spirit within her body, slowly guiding the uncontrollable fighting spirit out of her body.
At this moment, Gu Xun'er's aura also began to drop sharply.
One-star Great Dou Master...
Nine-star Dou Master...
Eight-star Dou Master...
...
Five-star Dou Master...
When Gu Xun'er's aura reached the Five-star Dou Master level, the violent fighting spirit within her body finally disappeared.
And Gu Xun'er, who had been enduring intense pain within her body all the time, finally vomited a mouthful of blood with a "whoosh."
At this moment, Gu Xun'er had turned into a blood-soaked figure, completely unrecognizable from her former appearance, resembling a vengeful ghost.
Despite the excruciating pain, Gu Xun'er shakily took out a pill and swallowed it. The immense medicinal power immediately erupted within her body, frantically repairing her damaged meridians and internal organs.
After an unknown amount of time, Gu Xun'er slowly opened her eyes, sensing the remaining battle qi within her body.
"I still have the strength of a five-star Dou Shi. But that makes sense; I only truly began cultivating in the last six months. Before that, I hadn't practiced properly at all.
My time cultivating the *Xuan Yuan Ancient Emperor Technique* is still short, so abandoning it hasn't caused any serious consequences."
Gu Xun'er was quite satisfied that she still retained the strength of a five-star Dou Shi after abandoning her cultivation. She then began cultivating the *Burning Technique* without stopping, following the battle qi circulation path in her mind.
...
Soon, Gu Xun'er had successfully cultivated the *Burning Technique*. The initial cultivation of the *Burning Technique* wasn't difficult; the real challenge lay in absorbing different types of strange fire and allowing her body to contain more than two types of strange fire.
After mastering the *Burning Technique*, she took out a ladle of crystal-clear spring water and a blood-red pill from her storage ring. The two items
were the "Frosty Moon Spring" water and the "Fiery Red Lotus Pill,"
materials prepared by the ancient clan for Gu Xun'er to refine the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame. Both were eighth-grade materials, demonstrating the ancient clan's immense wealth.
Because they were so important, Gu Xun'er hadn't kept them in her usual storage ring, thus escaping Hun Changqing's clutches.
After arranging the materials, a golden light flashed in Gu Xun'er's beautiful eyes. She then took a deep breath, completely destroying the sealing technique within her body that held the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame.
Instantly, dazzling golden flames erupted from Gu Xun'er's body, enveloping her entirely in a terrifying heat emanating from within.
Gu Xun'er gritted her teeth and drank the Frosty Moon Spring water in one gulp. A cool sensation instantly appeared in her scorching body, causing her internal temperature to drop sharply.
But it wasn't enough; it could only barely resist the intense corrosive heat, not completely suppress it.
Gu Xun'er sensed the situation within her body and cursed inwardly,
"Damn it! A mere wisp of fire can't even suppress an eighth-tier Frost Moon Spring!
I should have asked Lin Changqing for some of his unique battle qi back then. This little fire is only good at bullying me; it's a coward when facing Lin Changqing's jade slip filled with cold energy."
Gu Xun'er knew she couldn't continue this stalemate. The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame could still burn her battle qi; if she continued, she would definitely run out of battle qi and be burned to ashes by this damned Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame!
After swallowing the Fiery Red Lotus Pill again, a thin layer of red gauze appeared on Gu Xun'er's body, resisting the flames outside her.
This prevented Gu Xun'er from being attacked from both inside and outside the body by the flames, while a red light appeared within Gu Xun'er's body, firmly blocking the golden flames.
With the help of the red light to resist the flames, the icy coolness of the Frosty Moon Spring water amplified within Gu Xun'er's body, subtly suppressing the terrifying temperature within her.
A glint flashed in Gu Xun'er's eyes; she knew it was almost time. A flash of light appeared on her finger, and several pills appeared in her palm. Without hesitation, she threw them all into her mouth.
Gu Xun'er's battle qi, which was about to be completely burned away by the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame, instantly replenished, and a vast amount of battle qi was temporarily stored within her body. As soon as Gu Xun'er's battle qi was depleted, the stored battle qi would immediately replenish it.
After her battle qi was restored, Gu Xun'er frantically circulated the Burning Heaven Technique, and the unique way she circulated her battle qi gradually began to slowly integrate the energy of the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame into herself.
Seeing this, Gu Xun'er was overjoyed.