Old Xuan and Xuan Xi felt relieved after the cultivators left, but they were still curious about Tang Xiao's clone's true identity. "Father, didn't you speak with Senior Feng before the auction started? Who exactly is that young man?"
"I don't know his real name, and he introduced himself as Wu Ming." Xuan Xi turned to her father with a frown. "That's right, Wu Ming means 'no name'! I'm sure his face isn't his real face either, and he's using a disguise technique to hide his true identity. However, Old Feng and the Zhang Clan seem to really like him, and they probably know his real identity. Are you interested in him?"
"Haha." Xuan Xi laughed at his question. "Father, that young man is indeed handsome, and he possesses the rare space element. However, I'm not interested in a young man like him, and I will look for a man who is more mature than him in the future. By the way, we got a lot of profit from the auction this time, especially from the sale of the Origin Elemental Flower, the Seven-Color Glazed Berry, and the Ascension Fruit."
"I'll go meet those three people right now, and I'll hand over the proceeds from the sale of the three items to them since they don't want to appear here." Old Xuan walked away. "By the way, you should send people to the Huang Clan to hand over the proceeds from the sale of the five Nine-Revolution Golden Pills to Huang Xiaotian."
"Yes, Father." Xuan Xi went straight back to the inner room and called someone to meet her.
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Atop their flying artifact, Huang Xiaotian and Huang Xianyu stood side by side. "Who do you think the young man with Old Feng is, Brother?"
Huang Xiaotian shook his head slightly. "That brat used a disguise technique, and I couldn't see through his disguise with my abilities, so I couldn't discern his true face. His closeness to Old Feng was unusual, and he was willing to do anything for him, including meddling in your affairs with Yan Huoling. Moreover, the Zhang Clan seemed to be close to him, but I couldn't guess the extent of their relationship with him."
"Shall we go to the Zhang Clan?"
"You know that won't be of any use, right, Sister?" Huang Xianyu inwardly sighed. "I know you want to get the Seven-Color Glazed Berry, but I'm sure the Zhang Clan won't tell us anything about that young man's identity, so you should forget about that fruit and focus on other things."
"Alright." Huang Xianyu walked away and entered the room because the journey back to the Huang Clan was quite time-consuming.
Huang Xiaotian remained standing there, thinking about Tang Xiao's clone. "Who exactly is that brat? Which clan does he belong to? Why hasn't anyone heard of him before today's auction?"
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On the Liu Clan's flying artifact, Liu Xun and Liu Xing were talking in a room, and the topic of their conversation was naturally Tang Xiao's clone.
Liu Xun and Liu Xing were convinced that Feng Shen bid for the Origin Elemental Flower, the Seven Color Glazed Berry, and the Ascension Fruit for Tang Xiao's clone because he couldn't possibly have that many gold coins.
"Who do you think that young man's real identity is, Big Brother?"
Liu Xun turned to his wife, Lian Yunqi. "Can you see through that young man's disguise, wife?"
"I might be able to do that, but I need time to find out his identity." Lian Yunqi replied with a nod. "However, no one expected that he would possess the rare space element, and we all ignored him because we underestimated him."
"Yes." Liu Xun nodded in agreement. "Everyone, including us, underestimates that young man because his cultivation is still low in the Middle Xiantian Realm. If we knew his abilities from the start, we wouldn't underestimate him, and we might be able to invite him to our clan to establish a good relationship with him."
"Brother-in-law, we might be able to meet that young man in the near future." Liu Xun, Liu Ming, and Lian Yunqi turned to Qiu Hongmei. "I heard from my father-in-law that he met Senior Feng and that young man at the Ming Clan's battle arena a few days ago, and he told me that the young man's name was Wu Ming."
"Wu Ming?"
"Yes." Qiu Hongmei nodded at them. "Wu Ming managed to defeat Zhao Zheng easily, which caused my father-in-law to lose a bet with Senior Feng of one million gold coins. Since then, he has never been defeated, but he has not appeared to fight in several days."
Liu Xun thought for a moment. "After we arrive at our clan, I will go to the battle arena to meet Ming Qianru, and I will ask her about Wu Ming."
"I'll join you, Brother."
"Alright."
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"Husband." Wang Jishan turned to his wife, Liu Yixian. "I got information about that young man from my cousin, and he said his name was Wu Ming."
"Wu Ming means 'no name', right?"
Liu Yixian nodded to their two sons. "My cousin said that Wu Ming became the reigning champion of the Ming Clan's battle arena after he defeated Zhao Zheng, but he didn't show up for several days after that, and he chose to attend the auction with Old Feng."
"I'll contact my sister first." Wang Jishan contacted Wang Fuxi and told her about Tang Xiao's clone, and she ordered him to go to the Ming Clan's battle arena to look for him. "As expected, my sister asked us to search for that young man at that place, and she will come back here after we manage to find him and invite him to our clan. Possessor of the space element is very rare, so I'm not surprised if my sister wants to have a good relationship with him."
"Does that mean we're going there now, Father?" Wang Dong'er asked him.
Wang Yun'er also spoke. "I've long wanted to fight those rogue cultivators in that battle arena, and this is the perfect opportunity to try it out."
"We'll go straight to that city." Wang Jishan looked at his second son. "You know you can't do that, right? If your aunt finds out you fought with those rogue cultivators, she will definitely be angry with you, and she will lock you up for several months."
Wang Yun'er smiled bitterly when he heard that. "Okay, I won't go to the battle arena, let alone fight with those rogue cultivators."
"Fortunately, Long Yin and the Long Clan didn't appear in the auction this time, so they don't know about that young man." Wang Jishan agreed with his wife and sighed softly. "If they offered him to join them, he would definitely be interested in it, and our Wang clan would fall further behind them."
"You're right, wife." Wang Jishan immediately stood up from his seat. "I will change our destination now."
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"Do you think that kid made the right decision by using his space element in front of all those cultivators, Husband?"
"Hahaha." Feng Xiaofang laughed at Yan Huoling's question. "Do you think that kid is stupid, wife? He came to the auction house using a disguise technique, remember? I'm sure no one knows his true identity, and he'll be fine out there. Moreover, Brother Shen is by his side, and no cultivator can match his speed, so I'm sure he can keep him safe."
Yan Huoling's face turned furious after her husband mentioned Feng Shen, and she was still angry with him because he interfered in her affairs with Huang Xianyu. However, she immediately calmed herself down because she remembered that he did that on Tang Xiao's clone's wishes, and the fruit was in his hands now. "Speaking of that kid, our daughter seems interested in him, husband."
"Is that true?" Yan Huoling told Feng Xiaofang about the matter when Feng Yao had brought her to see Tang Xiao's clone inside the volcano some time ago, especially about her daughter's expression when she looked at him. "Does our daughter like him because he resembles his father? I know our daughter liked the late Tang Ye in the past, but that kid is not his father. If she likes him because he resembles his father, that would be very unfair to him."
Yan Huoling nodded in agreement with her husband. "Our daughter loved the late Tang Ye since they were little, and she decided to live in the outside world because of him. His death left a heavy burden in her heart because she couldn't do anything to save him from those criminals; even if she wanted to move to save him, Wang Fuxi would definitely stop her."
"Sigh." Feng Xiaofang looked towards the sky. "Actually, Wang Fuxi has gone too far regarding that matter, Wife. Even though the late Tang Ye wasn't a cultivator, he was still a descendant of a cultivator, and he was the only descendant of the main Tang Clan. I initially thought the Tang Clan would be finished with his death and the problems that befell his children, but the result was different from what I thought because they managed to survive and become cultivators."
"Yes." Yan Huoling nodded slightly. "Tang Xiao and Tang Yin's cultivation is still low, but I'm sure they will continue to improve, and the Tang Clan will continue to exist with them. I don't know what kind of future they will face, but I hope they will be fine."
"I also hope they will be fine."
- To Be Continued -