Celestial 'War God' Return-Chapter 273: Shen Ling’s Master

"Sorry, but my identity is none of your business, so I don’t need to tell you." Shen Ling frowned at Xiao Ai, but she kept a calm face. "If you come here looking for my mistress, you can come back after she returns, but I can’t say for sure when she’ll return from overseas."

Shen Ling didn’t like Xiao Ai’s attitude, but she couldn’t make a fuss in the outside world, or Wang Fuxi would punish her for it. She took out a business card and handed it to the female Ai. "When Tang Yin comes back, please ask her to contact me on this number, and I will come again at that time."

"Alright."

Shen Ling stared at Xiao Ai for some time before turning to go out, leaving Tianmei.

"Hmm? Who is her master? I’ve checked the bodies of her parents and little brother, but they don’t have any cultivation veins." Xiao Ai reported the matter to Tang Xiao as she searched for Sheng Ling’s data in her database, but she found no information about her master or her connection to cultivators from Earth II. "She definitely has connections with cultivators on Earth II, or she wouldn’t be able to become a cultivator, but I’m not sure which clan she’s affiliated with."

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In the car, Shen Ling was lost in thought as she looked out the window, thinking about Xiao Ai’s identity. ’What exactly is that little girl? Could she be a creation of those heretic cultivators? If that’s true, Tang Yin should be related to them, but I can’t be sure yet because I haven’t met her.’

"What are you thinking about, cousin? Are you thinking about your brother?"

"No," Shen Ling shook her head slightly at her cousin. "I’m thinking about something else, but I can’t tell you about it. By the way, please take me to the hotel because I would rather not stay at my parents’ house, or I’ll keep thinking about them."

Shen Yu was curious about Shen Ling’s thoughts, but she didn’t ask anything and drove towards the hotel.

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A while later, Shen Ling was already in the hotel room and took out her smartphone, calling someone. However, she was unaware that Xiao Ai was already monitoring her phone number, which was too easy for the female Ai.

[Have you arrived in your country, Ling’er? Is there something that made you call me at this hour?]

"Master, I met a little girl, but I couldn’t feel any signs of life from her. However, she is not a doll or a puppet, and she can think like a normal person." Shen Ling then told her master about Xiao Ai. "She works for Tang Yin, but I couldn’t find any information about her true purpose for approaching her."

[Who is Tang Yin?]

"Tang Yin is the daughter of the late Tang Ye, Master."

[Oh! The late Tang Ye was Tang Huang’s son, but he was born without cultivation veins, so he was forced to live in the outside world. However, I heard that he and his wife died 19 years ago, but I don’t have detailed information about their deaths.]

Shen Ling sighed heavily after hearing that. "Master, my parents had something to do with their deaths, and I suspect that my parents’ deaths are also related to that matter."

[Did your parents really have anything to do with their deaths?] Shen Ling recounted the story she had received from Shen Yu earlier. [You are a good girl, but I didn’t expect your father to be so evil, Ling’er. If that’s true, that little girl was probably related to Tang Huang and the Tang Clan, and that old man sent her to protect Tang Yin because she’s not a cultivator, but I also have doubts about that.]

"What are your doubts, Master?"

[If Tang Huang could create that little girl to protect her granddaughter, he should have created her long ago to protect his dead son and daughter-in-law, and they both wouldn’t have died at the hands of your father and his friends.]

"You mean?"

[I guess that there is someone else behind the Tang Clan, but that mysterious person appeared after Tang Ye’s death, and he or she created that little girl specifically to protect Tang Yin.]

"But who is that person?"

[I left Earth II a long time ago, and cultivators are constantly evolving, so I don’t know the situation there. If you want to investigate, you’ll have to go to Earth II, and you can ask for help from the people of my Miao Clan by showing my plaque.]

Shen Ling thought about it seriously because she had never been to Earth II, and she met her master overseas several years ago. "Alright, I’ll go to the Miao Clan and ask for their help in investigating the person behind the Tang Clan."

[Even though I’ve taught you a lot about fighting, you must always be careful when you go to Earth II. The situation there is different from the outside world, and there are countless cultivators far stronger than you there. Besides, those heretic cultivators from the Xie Clan are always roaming all over the area, and they won’t hesitate to do cruel things to you if you fall into their hands.]

"Yes, Master." Shen Ling turned off the call and lay down on the bed. "Could it be the Tang Clan or the people behind them who killed my parents? Did they also kill my brother because he tried to violate Tang Yin by force?"

Shen Ling decided to rest first after such a long flight, and she intended to go to Earth II early tomorrow morning because she didn’t know the situation there, so she wouldn’t go there when it was dark.

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Tang Xiao stopped his training and approached his grandfather and master. "Do you two know about the Miao Clan?"

Tang Huang and Tantai Lingyan exchanged confused glances, wondering how Tang Xiao knew about the Xiao Clan. "Where did you hear about that clan?"

"Shen Tianhu’s daughter, Shen Ling, is a cultivator. Her master is from the Miao Clan, and she previously met Xiao Ai at Tianmei." Tang Xiao told the two about Shen Ling and her master’s conversation based on information from the female AI. "She plans to go to Earth II to investigate the person behind our Tang Clan because her master suspects that there is someone else helping us from behind, including creating Xiao Ai."

"I see." Tang Huang nodded in understanding. "The Miao Clan used to be a first-grade clan, and they were experts in puppets and spies. However, their clan experienced a significant decline after several of their main members died at the hands of the Xie Clan, and they couldn’t rise again since then, so their clan was dropped to a second-grade clan."

"If Sheng Ling’s master is from the Miao Clan, I think I know that person."

"Who?"

"Miao Yusheng."

Tang Huang also remembered that person. "I agree with Lingyan, and Shen Ling’s master should be Miao Yusheng. After the death of several key members of the Miao Clan, he decided to leave Earth II and live in solitude in the outside world, and he never returned there again. However, I didn’t expect that he would take a disciple, and his disciple was the daughter of the mastermind behind your parents’ deaths."

"How strong is Miao Yusheng?"

"Back then, Miao Yusheng’s cultivation had already reached the Middle Tyrant Level, and several hundred years had passed since he left Earth II, so his cultivation was probably already on par with Long Yin’s."

Tang Xiao raised an eyebrow. "Originally, I didn’t want to do anything to Shen Ling, but she seemed to be deliberately looking for trouble with us. Moreover, Xiao AI told me that she already knew that her father was the mastermind behind the incident 19 years ago and her brother was one of the causes of Yin’er’s accident, but she intended to investigate us for the deaths of her family."

"What are you going to do to Shen Ling?"

"I haven’t decided yet, and I will approach her first to observe the situation closely." Tang Xiao’s gaze turned cold. "If she can’t accept her family’s death after the crimes they committed in the past, and she chooses to become our enemy, I won’t hesitate to send her to reunite with her family in the afterlife."

Tang Huang and Tantai Lingyan let out a heavy sigh as they watched Tang Xiao leave. "Old Huang, Xiao’er is getting scarier and scarier, and he too easily says he wants to kill others. I’m afraid his character will change to become like those heretic cultivators in the future, and people will hunt him down if that happens."

"Sigh." Tang Huang released a heavy sigh. "I myself don’t want Xiao’er to turn into a cold-blooded killer, and I’m afraid that he will go astray on his path of cultivation."

"I hope Xiao’er will never stray into evil."

"Me too."

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Tang Xiao was already sitting on the bed in his room, thinking about Shen Ling, Miao Yusheng, and the Miao Clan. "Xiao Ai, do you know the location of that old man?"

[Master, I can’t possibly randomly search for Miao Yusheng’s whereabouts. If you want to know his location, you have to approach Shen Ling, and she will leave for Earth II tomorrow morning.]

"I want you to keep an eye on Shen Ling’s movements and tell me about the portal that she passes through, and I will send my clone to her location."

[Yes, Master.]