Coaxing Her Away

"Hehe, Dean, you jest. The Underworld is always open to you. Please, follow me to the main hall for a chat!" Xiao Yu said with a laugh.

Mang Tianchi smiled. "Good. I've been wanting to see just how far my two students have come. The Underworld is known throughout the Northern Domain now—its fame even surpasses that of my Thunder Clan!"

Xiao Yu led Mang Tianchi into the Underworld 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 Ling Clan!"

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

"Indeed. The Ling Clan's Spirit Realm suddenly sealed itself off a year ago. Then, not long ago, there was an enormous disturbance from the direction of the Spirit Realm. We wanted to investigate, and quite a few people have already gathered there. I was wondering whether you two wanted to take a look as well?" Mang Tianchi asked.

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

In the original story, hadn't the Ling Clan been silently wiped out by the Soul Clan? How could there be such a disturbance now?

Xiao Yan, standing nearby, also asked, "Did those experts who went to the Ling Clan not discover anything?"

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

"In a hurry? Could the Ling Clan have encountered some sort of crisis?" Xiao Yan frowned.

Among the Eight Ancient Clans, although