Ling Yun suddenly asked her. "Do you know anything about your clan's history, Miss Tang?"
"My clan's history?" Tang Wan turned to ask in confusion, and Ling Yun directly explained to her, but she shook her head at him. "I don't know the details about my clan's history; I only know that my clan is actually much older than the other ancient clans. However, after the calamity that befell the Cultivator Realm, my clan was reduced overnight, and ninety-nine percent of my clan members disappeared, and they also took all our clan records with them. However, if you ask a member of the Xuanyuan Clan, you might get more detailed information."
"The Xuanyuan Clan?"
"Yes, the members of the Xuanyuan Clan know my clan better than my own clan members."
Ling Yun turned to Ling Xi and asked her. "Do you think Xiang'er knows about the history of the Tang Clan?"
"I don't think so." Ling Xi then explained to him. "After all, Xuanyuan Xiang'er is still too young, so I'm not sure she has any information about that clan."
"How about you bring Xuanyuan Xue'er here?" Feng Yujie asked him.
"No." Ling Yun immediately refused firmly, for he didn't want her to know anything about them. "Ling Xi, take me back to Cultivator Peak; I'll ask Xuanyuan Xue'er directly."
Although he possessed the space element, Ling Yun had no intention of revealing it publicly, especially since the Chen Clan seemed suspicious of him, so he asked Ling Xi to take him there.
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The Xuanyuan Sisters were shocked when Ling Yun suddenly appeared before them, and Xuanyuan Chang'er asked him. "What do you want? Why did you come to us?"
Ling Yun paid no heed to Xuanyuan Chang'er and directly asked her big sister. "Miss Xue'er, I have something to ask you, and I hope you can answer me."
"You may ask." Xuanyuan Xue'er calmly replied.
"Please tell me what you know about the Tang Clan, Miss Xuanyuan."
"Hmm?" The Xuanyuan Sisters raised their eyebrows after Ling Yun asked, but Xuanyuan Xue'er answered him directly. "The founder of the Tang Clan is Tang Chen, a powerful cultivator, and no one has been able to match him in the past. However, a mysterious man came to the Tang Clan one day, claiming to be a member of their clan, but no one within the clan knew his identity. That person challenged their patriarch, and if he lost to him, he had to hand over the patriarch's seat to him. In the end, the mysterious man defeated their patriarch in just a second, and he didn't even have time to blink. Since then, the clan has been under the mysterious man's leadership, and they have become more powerful under his leadership. Not only are they skilled in cultivation, but they are also experts in many things, including modern technology."
Ling Yun was shocked to hear that; he couldn't believe someone could defeat the patriarch of such a powerful clan in a second. Moreover, that person could change that clan to be even more powerful single-handedly. "Do you know the identity of that mysterious person?"
Xuanyuan Xue'er did not immediately answer Ling Yun's question; she seemed trying to recall from her memory. "If I remember correctly, his name is Tang Xiao. There is no record of him whatsoever; even the members of the Tang Clan themselves are confused about his origins, but since he brought good changes to their clan, they accepted him as their patriarch."
"Are you sure about his identity, Miss Xue'er? How did you find out about the history of the Tang Clan?" Ling Yun curiously asked.
Xuanyuan Xuer'er sighed softly. "One ancestor of my Xuanyuan Clan has a marital relationship with the Tang Clan,his wife is the little sister of Tang Chen, so we also have a lot of records about their clan."
"I see." Ling Yun nodded in understanding. "Thank you for your information, Miss Xue'er."
"Wait-"
Before Xuanyuan Chang'er could ask him, Ling Xi had already brought Ling Yun out of their sight, causing her to stomp her foot in annoyance. "Big Sis, why did you tell him information about the Tang Clan?"
"It's fine." Xuanyuan Xue'er replied with a shake of her head. "Earlier, Lian Bing took Tang Wan away; she must have brought her to meet Ling Yun. Since she is still too young, I believe she doesn't know much about the history of her clan, so he decided to come to see me. Moreover, he has no ill will towards them, so you don't need to worry about it."
Upon hearing that, Xuanyuan Chang'er gritted her teeth; she still couldn't understand why her big sister treated Ling Yun differently from other men, especially since he had dark qi. 'Could it be that Big Sis is already ensnared by Ling Yun's charm? That's why she acted like that to him.' "Ouch!"
"Throw that thought away; I have no interest in Ling Yun." Xuanyuan Xue'er scolded her little sister after she lightly smacked her head.
Xuanyuan Chang'er pursed her lips. "If you're not interested in him, then why are you acting like that towards him? Usually, you hate people with dark Qi, and Ling Yun has it, so I feel strange about your attitude."
However, Xuanyuan Xue'er did not answer her little sister, and she closed her eyes to meditate.
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After he returned to the cave, Ling Yun explained the information he got from Xuanyuan Xue'er to them, and Tang Wan said to him. "What Xuanyuan Xue'er told you is true. Although my Tang Clan is no longer the same as in the past, the Xuanyuan Clan has always supported and protected my clan, which is because of the marital relationship of our two ancestors."
"I see." Ling Yun nodded in understanding and turned towards the iron gate, he then put his hand on it and used his Qi to try to open it, but his Qi was absorbed by it. "Do you know how to open it, Miss Tang?"
"Let me check it out first." Tang Wan answered softly as she walked towards the iron door. "Anyway, just call me by my name; I feel uncomfortable if you keep calling me Miss Tang, especially since you are also a disciple of the Lotus Sect."
"All right." Ling Yun agreed with her.
'Isn't this iron door similar to the secret door on the hill behind my clan?' Tang Wan inwardly muttered as she started to fumble for the metal door, looking for something. A few minutes later, she found a soft part of the iron gate and immediately pushed it inside.
Soon, an iron pillar appeared at the side of the iron gate, causing Ling Yun and the others to raise their eyebrows, especially after they saw a round hole in it.
Tang Wan was surprised after she checked the round hole, and she then took out a round medallion with three legs in the middle and put it into the round hole.
*Clang... Clang..."
Suddenly, they were startled by the loud sound of the door mechanism opening, and slowly the iron gate opened by itself.
"Hah! I knew it! This door does look like the one on the hill behind my clan." Tang Wan shouted after seeing that; she then turned to the dumbfounded Ling Yun and asked with a proud smile. "Shall we go in now?"
"Sigh, let's go inside now. I'm curious about the inside." As he entered the room, Ling Yun said, and the women immediately followed behind him.
Every time they stepped inside, the lights in the room flashed one by one, and soon the room was brightly lit. However, they were shocked when they saw a sizeable pillar-shaped machine in the middle of the room, which was embedded from the bottom to the top.
In addition, there are many large monitor screens around the room and other sophisticated equipment. What's more, the room looked spacious and almost as large as the Yunlong Zuzhai.
"What exactly is this place? Even the outside world doesn't have this sophisticated equipment." Ling Yun muttered as he continued to survey the surrounding area.
Tang Wan also looked around in admiration, she had seen some of the equipment in the secret room at the Tang Clan before, but the room still amazed her. Then she approached the pillar machine and tried to read the writing in the middle. "Hey, Ling Yun! Based on this writing, it seems this machine is a reactor engine."
"A reactor engine?" Ling Yun asked as he walked over to Tang Wan, who looked thoughtfully at the machine.
"Yun! I will check another area." Hua Yue said to him as she walked to another direction, and she looked excited.
Feng Yujie, Feng Bing'er, Ling Xiaofei, and Shi Xiaoyin also decided to check out other areas.
As for Lian Bing, she decided to accompany Ling Yun and Tang Wan, who looked serious, to observe the machine before them.
Since he didn't understand anything about the machine, Ling Yun asked Tang Wan. "Do you know the use of this reactor engine?"
"I don't know because I don't understand machines and technology." Tang Wan replied with a shake of her head; she paused and thought for a while before she said again. "However, I can recommend someone to you; she has long studied the equipment the ancestors left for us."
"Hmm? Can you contact her now?" Ling Yun asked as he turned his head the other way.
- To Be Continued -
