"There are two possibilities for that." Xiao Meng immediately turned to Sun Xiang. "First, he might be a wind cultivator, but I believe that's unlikely because he clearly possesses the fire element, which he used to kill Du Zhong before. Second, he has an artifact that allows him to move between places, but I doubt that because he hasn't been a cultivator for long, and Tang Huang also recently appeared after he had been in seclusion for the past seven years."
"Isn't there still Tang Yuan? Perhaps she was the one who gave Tang Xiao such an artifact, especially since he is her nephew."
"You're right about that." Sun Xiang spread her senses throughout the house once more, but her efforts were in vain. "I think we should wait for a few days before coming back here, and I hope Grandpa Mu is already back by then, so we can find out the truth."
Xiao Meng's cell phone rang with an incoming message, and she read it before informing Sun Xiang. "Bai Huang and his men have just arrived in this city, and Pei Yan is with them."
"Hmm?" Sun Xiang frowned and fell into thought for a while. "Since Tang Xiao is still alive, I think he will target Bai Huang soon. We should keep an eye on him for now, and we will capture him when he attacks him."
"Alright."
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Several men walked out of the train station, but their appearance frightened the potential passengers, and they immediately walked away from those people. They were none other than members of the White Tiger Gang under Bai Huang's leadership. "You guys can disperse and return to our base, while I will go with Pei Yan to check on some things."
"Yes, Boss!"
"Where are we going now?" Bai Huang asked.
"Hmm?" Pei Yan then called Hong Yi to meet them. "I still have some doubts about the disappearance of my three friends, so we'll go to our base to check, and we'll go see our young miss and young master after that."
"Let's go then."
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After some time, they arrived at the location where Hong Yi was already waiting for them, but the two men did not notice anything unusual about her.
"Hey! I haven't seen you in a long time! You look even prettier!" Bai Huang squeezed Hong Yin's buttocks as he said this, but she slammed him to the ground a second later. 'Fuck! This woman is still as fierce as before, and her strength is also great!'
"Hahaha!" Pei Yan laughed when he saw that. "You've seen Hong Yi for a long time, and you've forgotten her character, huh? No one can touch her besides our boss, remember?"
"Tch!" Bai Huang gritted his teeth as he looked at Hong Yin, who was coldly staring at him. He immediately got up from the ground and followed them into the base. "Damn it! Why does this place smell so bad? I feel like I smell burnt meat in this place, but strangely, there are no burnt marks here."
"I smell the same." Pei Yan then turned to Hong Yi. "Have you never come back here since our young master assigned you to watch over Tang House?"
"No." Hong Yi responded with a shake of her head. "The young master will punish me if I neglect my duties, so I never came back here before."
Pei Yan nodded in understanding, as he was quite familiar with Ouyang Ming's character. He then looked around the area. "Where exactly did they go? Could it be that the mysterious person kidnapped them and killed them? That should be impossible, as no one recognized our group apart from our boss's people."
"Do you think there is a traitor among us?" Bai Huang asked as he looked at Hong Yi, feeling suspicious of her, primarily because she was the only remaining member of the group.
"No." Pei Yan denied Bai Huang's assumption right away. "The people who follow our boss are old people, and they should already understand his character, so I'm sure none of them would dare to betray him."
Bai Huang agreed with that. "In that case, we will go to Ouyang House now, and we have to meet our young master and young miss after that."
"You don't need to go there." Both men immediately turned to Hong Yin. "They're in the hospital right now, so you two won't be able to see them."
"Where did you get the news?"
"Hao Lin told me about their condition."
"I see." Pei Yan released a soft sigh. "You can go back to Tang House, and I will investigate the identity of the mysterious person together with Bai Huang."
Hong Yi simply nodded and left, informing Tang Yin about the return of the two men; however, this information was redundant because she had already learned it from Xiao Ai, who consistently tracked them at Tang Xiao's request.
"Let's go; we will investigate the matters starting with Ran House and Yao House." Bai Huang agreed with Pei Yan, and they went straight there, but they didn't realize that Sun Xiang and Xiao Meng were following them from afar.
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"Patriarch!" A middle-aged man shouted as soon as he saw the old man walking into their clan residence, and he immediately ran over to approach him.
"Hmm?" The old man raised his eyebrows at him. "Did something serious happen? Why are you in such a hurry, Jiang Wen?"
Jiang Wen did not directly answer his question and handed a broken jade to the old man, who was none other than Jiang Bai, the patriarch of the Jiang Clan, causing his face to darken after he saw it.
"How is this possible? Isn't this my son's life jade?" Jiang Bai asked with a trembling voice as he grabbed the jade, and Jiang Wen could only nod to him speechlessly. "Where did Jiang Sheng go? Did he tell you anything before leaving?"
"Young master took two of his subordinates to the outside world to snatch his daughter from Mu Qingge's hands, but he is actually dead now."
Jiang Bai's face darkened even more, and his forehead furrowed after hearing that. 'Could it be that Mu Lin killed my son? I know him very well, so I'm sure that he won't kill my son just because of that, and he'll just teach him a lesson.' "Do you know who else he went there with?"
"You don't need to ask him, Jiang Bai." Both men looked towards their clan's main hall, and they saw a man dressed all in black leaning there. "Your son went there together with Xie Ao, but he is also dead now."
"What?" They screamed in shock before Jiang Bai questioned the man. "How could he die, Xie An? Didn't he already break through to the peak-rank emperor realm some time ago? Mu Lin shouldn't be able to kill him, right?"
"We don't know for sure about that, but my patriarch has sent someone to investigate this matter while Wang Fuxi is still in seclusion, so that person can move more freely there." Jiang Bai nodded in understanding, as he had also heard about her, but Xie An then told him again. "Tang Huang and Tantai Lingyan should be there now, so we suspect that they helped Mu Lin to kill Xie Ao, and your son probably also died in their hands."
"Tang Huang and Tantai Lingyan?" Jiang Bai was shocked to hear the two names. "Since when did they leave their seclusion?"
"A few days ago, and they went straight there." Xie An then conveyed the message from his patriarch to Jiang Bai. "My patriarch had expected that you wanted to take revenge against the Mu Clan after hearing about this matter, but he forbade you from looking for trouble with that clan for now, as Sun Qian always kept an eye on that clan in Mu Lin's stead. Furthermore, he has already instructed the person to take action against that old man, and you must patiently await his successful completion of his tasks to avoid any disruptions in our plans."
After he said that, Xie An disappeared from their sight, and Jiang Bai clenched his fists tightly. "Tang Huang! Tantai Lingyan! Mu Lin! Once we eliminate Sun Qian, we will also eliminate the three of you!"
"So, what should we do now, patriarch?"
"Nothing." Jiang Bai replied as he walked away. "For now, our only option is to await that man's next orders. If we disobey his order, he will punish us and destroy our clan."
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Ouyang Qing's heart pounded as soon as Tang Xiao entered her ward, and she immediately covered her face with the blanket, hiding her embarrassed look. 'Why is he here? Did my mother send him here?'
'Heh.' Tang Xiao inwardly snorted as he walked to the bedside. He grabbed Ouyang Qing, channeled his Qi into her body, and enveloped her with his celestial aura. "Are you feeling better, young miss?"
'Ugh! Why do I always get this strange feeling every time he is by my side?' Ouyang Qing opened the blanket covering her face slightly and nodded to him. "I'm much better now, and this strange illness has also started to disappear."
Tang Xiao smiled at her. "I think that's good, so you can go home soon, and your mother can stop worrying about you."
"Did my mother send you here?" Ouyang Qing suddenly felt sexual pleasure flowing into her body, making her breathing quickly become heavy. 'Ugh! What happened to me? Why am I suddenly horny?'
- To Be Continued -