"Brother Tianmang, these people are here to see the Grand Elder."
The white-robed disciple respectfully said to the young man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes.
"Elder Qiu?"
The young man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes looked at Qiu Leihu, his gaze flickered slightly as he spoke.
"Are you Tianmang?"
Qiu Leihu also ntioned Tang Tianmang's na.
Tang Tianmang was the first direct disciple of the Tang Sect's Grand Elder, renowned for his extraordinary talent.
Back then, when Qiu Leihu brought Qiu Yiming to seek a master, it was the twenty-sothing Tang Tianmang who received them. At that ti, Tang Tianmang had just entered the Innate Realm.
"Elder Qiu, why have you co? We haven't seen each other for many years. You've t my junior brother, right?"
Tang Tianmang smiled slightly as he spoke.
Upon hearing Tang Tianmang's words, the expression in Qiu Leihu's eyes instantly darkened.
Beside him, Qiu Mingyan's face also turned grim.
Seeing their expressions, Tang Tianmang frowned, his eyes shimring, clearly realizing that sothing had happened.
"You two can go first. Elder Qiu, and everyone else, please co inside."
Tang Tianmang spoke to the two white-robed disciples, then led Qiu Leihu, Qiu Mingyan, and the two black-clad n into the courtyard.
In the courtyard, beside an incense tree, there was a stone table where Tang Tianmang, Qiu Leihu, and Qiu Mingyan sat. A servant disciple served fragrant tea.
"Elder Qiu, did sothing happen to my junior brother?"
Tang Tianmang's gaze flickered as he looked at Qiu Leihu and directly asked.
"Yes."
Qiu Leihu nodded, his face somber.
"Yiming, he is already dead."
A trace of grief flashed in Qiu Leihu's eyes as he spoke in a deep voice.
"What?! Junior brother, he's dead?"
The expression on Tang Tianmang's face changed dramatically, and his brows furrowed deeply, clearly surprised to hear about Qiu Yiming's death from Qiu Leihu's mouth.
"Not just Yiming, his second senior brother Tang Fan and third senior sister Tang Hongyi are dead as well."
Qiu Leihu said in a deep voice.
"You an, second senior brother and third senior sister are also dead?!"
Tang Tianmang's eyes suddenly shone with sharp light.
"How is this possible? In today's Huaxia, who dares to kill three direct disciples of the Tang Sect?!"
Tang Tianmang said sternly, a hint of doubt on his handso face.
After all, Tang Fan and the others had also reached the Innate Realm in strength. They went to the Mortal Realm with Qiu Yiming this ti, how could they have died?
"It's true."
Qiu Leihu glanced at Tang Tianmang, not bothered by Tang Tianmang's tone, and turned to look at the two black-clad n.
The two black-clad n nodded, each placing a black urn they were holding on the stone table.
"What is this...?"
Tang Tianmang's gaze fell on the two black urns, his eyes suddenly bright with sharp light. With his eyesight, how could he not recognize what these urns were? Clearly, they were two urns holding ashes.
"Inside are Tang Fan and Tang Hongyi's ashes, as for Yiming's ashes, they were placed in the Qiu Family's ancestral hall."
Elder Qiu sighed heavily and spoke in a deep voice.
"Not only are they dead, but the bodies are gone, directly turned into ashes?"
Tang Tianmang's voice suddenly beca sharp, with a fierce light in his eyes.
"When we found them, their bodies were like this, directly turned into ashes by that little beast."
Elder Qiu nodded solemnly.
Upon hearing this, Tang Tianmang's handso face imdiately darkened like water.
His master, Grand Elder Tang Mu, had not accepted disciples for a long ti. Twenty-five years ago, he accepted Tang Tianmang, and later accepted Tang Fan, Tang Hongyi, and Qiu Yiming, a total of four closed-door disciples.
Now, Tang Fan and the other two were actually killed? No bodies left, just ashes brought by Elder Qiu.
"Elder Qiu, how did my junior brother and the others die? Who dared to brutally murder disciples of the Tang Sect in this manner?!"
Tang Tianmang stared at Qiu Leihu and asked.
Qiu Leihu sighed deeply and then recounted the incident, including the later attack on Feipu Manor, telling everything to Tang Tianmang without missing a single detail.
Tang Tianmang's expression changed as he listened.
"That little beast has such power, not only was Senior Ming Han killed, but even Senior Mingyan's arm was cut off by that little beast?"
Tang Tianmang's eyes flickered as he looked at Qiu Mingyan's empty left arm, his voice betraying a trace of shock.
From Qiu Leihu's account, that youngster was about the sa age as Qiu Yiming, yet had the power to slay soone at the Fifth Layer of the Innate Realm's_peak? How could such a formidable person erge from the Mortal World?
"Yes, that little beast possesses a long-lost Daoist skill, ruthless and formidable, and can control arrays. Indeed, very powerful, I almost died at his hands."
Qiu Mingyan nodded heavily, his face grave. At that ti, if he hadn't kidnapped a little girl, he might have been unable to escape.
"A Daoist skill? Unexpectedly, soone truly has mastered a Daoist skill nowadays?"
Tang Tianmang muttered, his eyes flashing.
"However, no matter who he is, to kill my Tang Sect disciples in such a manner is to beco an enemy of the Tang Sect, basically asking for death!"
Tang Tianmang's voice was icy.
To the Tang Sect, this was an extraordinary humiliation. Over the years, disciples of the Tang Sect rarely died, and this ti, three direct disciples were killed by one person.
"Yes."
Seeing Tang Tianmang's reaction, Qiu Leihu nodded slowly, though he had already guessed that the Tang Sect would not easily let this matter go, he still breathed a barely noticeable sigh of relief upon witnessing Tang Tianmang's response.
"Tianmang, where is Grand Elder Tang Mu? That little beast's strength and thods are formidable, only soone like the Grand Elder can crush him."
Qiu Leihu looked at Tang Tianmang with aged eyes, expressing his reason for coming, intending to ask Grand Elder Tang Mu to take action and eliminate that little beast.
"Master is in seclusion."
Tang Tianmang gently shook his head as he spoke.
"In seclusion?"
Upon hearing this, Qiu Leihu's face showed a hint of disappointnt.
"When will Grand Elder Tang Mu co out of seclusion?"
Qiu Mingyan inquired.
"Uncertain, Master is attempting to break through to the Celestial Spirit Realm; it could take as short as three to five days, or as long as several months."
Tang Tianmang shook his head, speaking candidly.
"Attempting to break through to the Celestial Spirit Realm? Grand Elder Tang Mu has reached such a level?"
Qiu Mingyan's face changed slightly, his voice containing a hint of amazent.
Yellow Tier, Profound Tier, Earth Tier, and Celestial Tier are the realms of the Postnatal Realm, followed by the Innate Realm, with the most powerful being the Celestial Spirit Realm coveted by Ancient Martial Artists.
The Celestial Spirit Realm is reached after achieving perfection in the Innate Realm by transforming True Qi into the more powerful Gang Qi, and True Essence Power into Gang Power.
In all of Huaxia, Ancient Martial Artists who attain such a realm are exceedingly rare.
"Yes, the Secret Realm in the East Sea, which opens once a century, is about to be accessible. Master must break through to the Celestial Spirit Realm to ensure Tang Sect's greater stake in entering it."
Tang Tianmang nodded, looking toward the distant east, his eyes filled with light, clearly longing for the Secret Realm.
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