After an explanation, Tang Xiu finally knew the whole truth to the matter. He didn’t bla Duanmu Lin for the misinformation since anyone else would also think that he had been stranded and died inside the vestige due to the entire place being closed off.
He kept his expression calm and tranquil, a stark contrast to his heart full of emotions. He was feeling touched as his grandfather, Tang Guosheng, had practically mobilized an army of the Tang Family’s experts and led them himself to rush out. They were even almost annihilated at sea. The feeling was so warm that he felt like the warmness was flowing into every part of his body and into each nook and cranny of his soul, causing him to feel an incomparable ntal comfort.
"You should’ve believed in my ability, Grandpa. I dare not boast about anything, but know that only a handful of people on Earth can kill ."
Tang Guosheng looked empty for a mont. His eyes were full of joy, but he still rebuked, "Conceitedness leads to carelessness and stupid mistakes, you hear? I know that you’re an immortal cultivator and quite powerful, but even a tiger still needs to doze off—and who can guard against contingency, brat? This old man traversed a far distance just to rush here, but you’re still complaining to ?"
Tang Xu was flushed red and felt a bit embarrassed but he still smilingly replied, "Uh, how would I dare to bla you, Grandpa? It’s just that paternal aunt told that you didn’t even tell anyone why you left the whole Tang Family behind to rush here with our n. I’d be very distressed if you were to have any accidents because of , you see!"
"Nah, no worries! There won’t be a problem even though I left the family without explaining why," Tang Guosheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Even if I were to encounter an accident, your uncle can be the backbone of our Tang Family. Besides, your Second and Third Grandpa are still there to assist him, so there won’t be any problems. Besides, I just heard a recent rumor that involved you."
"What rumor?" asked Tang Xiu, surprised.
Tang Guosheng probed with a aningful expression, "I heard you have a very powerful disciple, so powerful that even Duanmu Lin was suppressed and wasn’t able to lift his head?"
Tang Xiu was stunned and replied quizzically, "I do have a very powerful disciple, but how does it have a thing to do with Duanmu Lin? I don’t get it."
"Umm, Grand Master." To the side, Gu Xiaoxue coughed a bit and smilingly said, "When Master and I were on the way to the Strait of Malacca, we t the China Special Ability Bureau’s people, including that Duanmu Lin you ntioned. Master, well, kinda used a bit of her power to frighten them."
Tang Xiu stared blankly and quickly asked, "She didn’t ntion my na, did she?"
"She naturally ntioned you, Grand Master," answered Gu Xiaoxue with a smile. "Else, how would we figure out your situation?"
Tang Xiu could only feel helpless. He didn’t want to expose his relationship with the Everlasting Feast Hall, at least not yet. But Gu Yan’er’s actions had practically revealed what he had been trying to hide. It was likely that all of the bigshots in the country must have learned about his relationship with the Everlasting Feast Hall now.
Sighing inwardly, Tang Xiu asked again, "You said Yan’er used a bit of her power and scared the mbers of the Special Ability Bureau?"
"You also know how strong Master is, Grand Master." Gu Xiaoxue gently nodded. "Her power is way too powerful in the eyes of outsiders."
Tang Xiu nodded. Since Gu Yan’er had practically shown how tough they were and frightened the mbers of the Special Ability Bureau, outsiders should have learned that they were not, by any ans, a pushover. It didn’t matter if it made those people wary and they now guarded against himself and the Tang Family, as he had no intention to take over the position of the country’s ruler by force.
’If the power exposed by Yan’er was strong to the point that it was enough to make Duanmu Lin feel despair and helplessness, it’s highly likely that this will produce dread and fear in those bigshots’ minds towards . Co to think of it, it’s not necessarily a good thing either, as I’ll still need to have so dealings with people to continue with my future plans. But it’s enough now that we have the safety of the Magnificent Tang Corp., the Everlasting Feast Hall, and the Tang Family as they wouldn’t dare to have any crooked ideas against us now."
As he thought up to that point, a smile appeared on his face. He then looked at Tang Guosheng and asked, "Is this also the kind of rumor you’ve heard, Grandpa?"
"It’s more than that." Tang Guosheng shook his head and smilingly said, "Duanmu Lin is the leader of the Chinese Special Ability Bureau and he personally issued an imperial decree that no one must provoke the Everlasting Feast Hall, the Tang Family, and the Magnificent Tang Corp. The heads of several major families in the capital have received the news by now."
Tang Xiu couldn’t help but let out a strange smile. It seed that his treasured disciple had completely terrified people out of their wits! To think that a dignified, distinguished bigshot, the leader of the Special Ability Bureau, Duanmu Lin, was forced to issue such an order. The decree ant that he could practically do anything and go anywhere in the country unhindered.
Tang Min, who was sitting to the side, asked, "Xiu’er, news passed on from Haiben Island says that all the passages to the three-star vestige have been closed and you never ca out. You also know that the vestige is located in the depths of the Strait of Malacca. Without boarding a submarine, nobody can withstand the pressure of the seawater, yet you were still able to co out. How did you do that?"
A smile was outlined on the corners of Tang Xiu’s mouth as he replied, "Well, since you’re asking, I shall take you to a certain place, Auntie. Also, I have good news to tell you too."
"Going sowhere? Where to?" asked Tang Min.
"Co with ," said Tang Xiu.
A few minutes later, Tang Xiu and Gu Xiaoxue took Tang Guosheng and Tang Min to the liner’s deck. Tang Xiu grabbed Tang Guosheng and Tang Min’s hands as Tang Xiu released his Qi to envelope everyone before jumping into the sea.
After descending for dozens of ters, the four people ca to the front of the Subaquatic Corvette. Tang Xiu inputted a series of instructions outside the cabin hatch as an energy shield pushed against the seawater half a ter outside the hatch. Then, Tang Xiu quickly led Tang Guosheng and Tang Min into the interior.
"Heavens! What’s this?"
Tang Min stared with wide eyes that were bigger than a bell, which were glimring with flashes of shock and surprise. Tang Guosheng was doing slightly better than her, even though he was similarly shocked. The facilities and technology inside the Subaquatic Corvette were far more advanced than today’s tech, causing their hearts to race.
"This is a Subaquatic Corvette I obtained from the three-star vestige—the base established by the remnants of the Starnet Empire. I was able to smoothly leave the three-star vestige without being noticed by anyone because of this item. By the way, Cheng Xuei. Lem introduce you to my Grandpa, and this is my Auntie."
At this ti, Cheng Xuei had just walked out of the pilothouse. She was slightly stunned upon seeing Tang Guosheng and Tang Min. After hearing Tang Xiu introduce her to them, she was instantly shocked as she had seen Tang Guosheng and Tang Min on TV nurous tis. She knew that the duo was the head of the Tang Family and his daughter.
"Grandpa Tang, Auntie Tang," greeted Cheng Xuei with a bit of respect, though she was suppressing her shock inside.
Tang Guosheng was actually surprised seeing Cheng Xuei appear here but didn’t show it on his face. He just smiled in response and nodded. Tang Min, on the other hand, wore a suspicious look and asked, "Your na is Cheng Xuei? Why do I feel like you’re quite familiar?"
"I have t you with my mother before," answered Cheng Xuei.
"Your mother? Who’s she?" asked Tang Min quizzically.
Cheng Xuei didn’t answer. She didn’t want to recall the affairs with her parents and was even more reluctant to ntion them with outsiders, though she knew that her mother was Tang Min’s best friend since childhood.
Tang Xiu, however, knew sothing about Cheng Xuei’s situation. He realized that she didn’t want to ntion her mother, and then imdiately interjected, "Auntie, I still have an important issue that I need to tell you about, which is also the main reason why I brought you here."
"What important issue, exactly?" asked Tang Min with a slight frown.
"Before I tell you, you must promise that you will never tell anyone about this but the closest core mbers of the Tang Family," said Tang Xiu.
Tang Guosheng realized the importance of what Tang Xiu was about to tell them, so he straightforwardly said, "With your words, we know what to say and what we should not."
Tang Xiu nodded and said, "I’ve fully controlled the entirety of the three-star vestige and am now its owner. I can enter it whenever I want to, and naturally can use everything inside it."
"What did you say?" abruptly exclaid Tang Guosheng full of shock and amazent, yet also with disbelief.
Tang Xiu repeated his statent and finally said, "I’m telling you the truth. The three-star vestige is the remains left behind by the race from the Starnet Empire of the Blackcloud star region in the Podoret Galaxy. Speaking accurately, it’s a fleet from the Starnet Empire that beca fugitives and eventually fled to Earth. They rushed to establish an underwater base here, but eventually died because they were unable to adapt."
"Was it due to an abrupt change of the catastrophic climate?" asked Tang Guosheng rapidly.
"It was caused by the movent of the tectonic plates, which led to a volcanic eruption and mass extinction," said Tang Xiu.
Tang Guosheng fell silent. The Earth itself has experienced countless natural disasters, a subject that scientists are continually researching. Never did he expect that there was also an extraterrestrial race that suffered such a catastrophic blow here on Earth.
"Exactly what things are there inside the three-star vestige that can be of use to us, Xiu’er?" asked Tang Min. That was what she wanted to ask the most.
"For instance, imagine our family wants to seek hegemony all over the world. We can achieve it by relying on this three-star vestige. There are technologies far beyond what the Earth has. Putting it shortly, there’s everything that’s essential for a race to survive."
Tang Guosheng was shaken and was rendered speechless for a very long ti, whereas Tang Min deeply frowned as she stared at Tang Xiu and asked, "What about you, Xiu’er? Do you want to dominate and rule Earth?"
"No. I’m not interested." Tang Xiu shook his head and said, "I can achieve such a feat even if there’s no three-star vestige given so ti. Only cultivation is most important to ."
"Then how do you plan to solve this three-star vestige issue?" asked Tang Min again.
"I seriously think that we should not announce anything about the three-star vestige to the public for the ti being, especially since we don’t even need to use it." Tang Xiu looked at Tang Guosheng and seriously explained, "However, I brought a lot of good things from it, so if the country is willing to exchange so objects for to have, I can take out so of the crudest techs that I obtained there."
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