After that thought arose, Tang Xiao no longer had the desire to remain lying on the bed.
He stood up and summoned his servant, instructing him to prepare a fine meal.
"Alas... This Tang Xiao truly doesn't know how to enjoy life. Even his servant is male... Couldn't he at least choose a beautiful woman as a maid?" Muttering with dissatisfaction, Tang Xiao decided to head outside and take a tour of the clan's mansions and halls.
There are 3 grand mansions in the Clear Sky Clan.
One belongs to the sect master's lineage... Where Tang Zhen, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao reside. Tang Chen also lived there, but for the past 6 years, he had been away without any news at all.
And what is even more noteworthy is that currently, only Tang Xiao and Tang Zhen live in this mansion. No other family members remained. Apparently, whether it was Tang Xiao's mother or grandmother, they had long passed away due to various unfortunate circumstances.
To this, Tang Xiao could only open his mouth wide: "Man... Can't you even safeguard your wives with your strength?"
But since it was as it was... Tang Xiao had nothing more to say. He also didn't wish to dwell too deeply on it. The muscle-headed clan seemed cursed—where only men lived long, while most women died before reaching fifty or sixty.
The second mansion is reserved for the 7 elders... This mansion too is occupied solely by them. No women whatsoever, since their wives had long passed away. Most importantly, this place served as their sanctuary to cultivate peacefully and spend their remaining years.
The third mansion is where the descendants of these 7 elders reside. It is the only mansion filled with women and children.
Other than these three mansions, there are also smaller estates for the other direct disciples.
"Although they're called small, that's only in comparison with the three main mansions... In truth, each of these so-called small ones is already as large as a hill," Tang Xiao muttered inwardly as he walked along the stone-paved path.
Looking at the clan compound stretching for miles, Tang Xiao was left speechless. His worldview had truly been reshaped.
What's more, each mansion towered imposingly... Even at two meters tall, he felt utterly dwarfed. Walking further in, he felt like a small cat wandering through a giant's den.
As Tang Xiao continued strolling, he came across many halls and facilities such as libraries and others.
Countless direct disciples wearing grey robes could also be seen moving about.
At last, he reached the training grounds dedicated to the clan's direct disciples, where nearly three hundred of them were fiercely swinging their hammers.
Some practiced simple swings, while others hammered against a metal puppet forged of extraordinary material... Practicing one of the Clear Sky Sect's three unique techniques—Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
Hearing the deafening bang bang sounds, Tang Xiao was momentarily entranced by their dedication to cultivation and training. Soon, however, he returned to his senses and silently observed for a while.
"Right now, my clan has nearly 350 direct disciples... Hmm. Yet in the novel, twenty years later, the Clear Sky Sect had barely over 200," Tang Xiao pondered slightly over this development.
As someone destined to inherit the mantle of sect master, Tang Xiao regarded the sect as his own, and the loss of every disciple was like losing a drop of his blood.
"Let's see... If possible, I must not let these disciples meet their demise when Spirit Hall attacks in four years..." Tang Xiao silently resolved. But he also knew it was far from an easy task...
Of course, if he wished, he could still find a reason to send half the disciples to their ancestral land, using his identity as one of the clan's twin stars.
But until the fight between Tang Hao and Qian Xunji occurred and Ah Yin sacrificed herself, he did not wish to disrupt the course of events on the continent.
Even regarding his marriage, Tang Xiao planned only for an engagement for now. He would wed during the period when Ah Yin's identity was revealed or after that entire farce concluded... Somewhere between one and four years later.
If he married only four years later, his son would be younger than Tang San, which would be rather troublesome...
"It is said in the novel that Ah Yin confessed her identity to Tang Hao after I left. Upon hearing it, since his love for her surpassed even the heavens, he declared he did not care. They confessed their feelings, and when Tang Hao tried to take her back to the sect to marry, they encountered trouble along the way... Confronting Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo. Once her identity was exposed, Tang Hao realized he could never return to the sect, and so he fled with Ah Yin... Later, while in hiding, they married, and one day Ah Yin became pregnant...."
"Hmm... Thinking along these lines... It won't be long before Ah Yin reveals her identity to Tang Hao, perhaps she already has, since some time has passed since I left them. So soon, Tang Hao will attempt to bring her back to the sect.." Tang Xiao pondered quietly. As the novel never mentioned the precise day or month, it was impossible to pinpoint the time.
And since communication in this world was so primitive, if anything happened, he would only learn of it after nearly a month depending on distance.
"Let's see...." Since he could do nothing about this, Tang Xiao decided to push the matter to the back of his mind. In any case, what was destined to happen would happen. When the time came, he would hear the news regardless...
Watching the clan disciples train with such diligence, Tang Xiao decided to return to his quarters and cultivate his soul power.
"But before that, I should visit the Broken Clan and meet Yang Wudi..."
.....
Having inherited all the memories and experiences of the original Tang Xiao and already spent days in this body, he could now effortlessly wield soul power.
Using it to enhance his movement speed, he reached the Broken Clan before long.
Upon seeing him at the gates, the guards immediately knelt down and bowed respectfully:
"Young Master."
Though Tang Xiao felt pleased deep inside to see others kneeling before him, he kept his face composed and strode inward.
As a subordinate clan of the Clear Sky Clan, and with himself being one of the sect's two young masters, everyone he passed within the Broken Clan's mansion bowed respectfully on one knee, swelling Tang Xiao's heart with pride.
Although the predecessor's memories told him such respect was routine, experiencing it firsthand stirred a strange, indescribable feeling.
But when he recalled Tai Tan—the mighty Soul Douluo humbly kneeling before a fourteen-year-old Tang San in the novel—that pride quickly cooled.
"I should get used to it..."