Coaxing Her Away

"Hehe, Dean, you flatter us. The Underworld welcomes you at any time. Please follow me to the main hall for a chat!" Xiao Yu said with a chuckle.

Mang Tianchi laughed. "Good. I've been wanting to see just how far my two students have come. The Underworld is known throughout the Northern Region now—it's even more famous than our Thunder Clan!"

Xiao Yu led Mang Tianchi into the Di Fu Mountain Range. Inside the Underworld's main hall, Mang Tianchi looked at Xiao Yu and said, "I came this time for two reasons. One was to see the two of you, and the other was to tell you about the Spirit Clan!"

Xiao Yu's heart stirred slightly. "Did something happen to the Spirit Clan?"

"Indeed. The Spirit Realm of the Spirit Clan suddenly sealed itself off a year ago. Then, not long ago, there was an enormous disturbance coming from the direction of the Spirit Realm. We want to investigate it. Quite a few people have already gathered there, so I thought I'd ask whether the two of you wanted to take a look as well," Mang Tianchi said, looking at Xiao Yu.

"A disturbance?" Xiao Yu frowned slightly. This was different from what he had expected.

In the original story, hadn't the Spirit Clan been silently wiped out by the Soul Clan? How could such a disturbance have arisen now?

Xiao Yan, standing nearby, also asked, "Did none of the experts who went to the Spirit Clan discover anything?"

Mang Tianchi shook his head slightly. "No. The Spirit Realm is still sealed, but after those people arrived, they found that throughout the Southern Region where the Spirit Clan was located, many Spirit Clan members had fled in great haste."

"In a hurry? Could the Spirit Clan have encountered some sort