Chapter 1108: Ancient Tan Family
"Hey, kiddo, what are you looking at?" Suddenly, an aunt passed by and saw Chen Tianlong staring into the medicine garden, curiously asking.
"Ah? Auntie, I want to ask you, is there someone named Wu Mengting here?" Chen Tianlong tentatively asked.
"Who are you? What do you want with Wu Mengting?"
The aunt obviously became wary, after all, she didn’t know where this man’s origins were and couldn’t casually divulge information about Wu Mengting.
Chen Tianlong obviously sensed the aunt’s thoughts and hurriedly smiled: "Auntie, don’t be tense, I’m a good friend of Wu Mengting. I wanted to hang out with her recently, but couldn’t get in touch, so I came personally."
"Oh, I see, you must be her boyfriend then?"
The aunt had heard that Wu Mengting already had a boyfriend, but regarding what happened to Wu Mengting recently, the aunt was completely unaware.
"Haha, yes, do you know where she is?" Chen Tianlong answered smoothingly, as he wanted to extract more information about Wu Mengting from the aunt’s words.
"Really, not even her boyfriend knows where she went? That’s neglectful. As for Wu Mengting, I don’t really know, but a few days ago, her father Wu Hanfeng said he had to go a long way somewhere, I don’t know where though. It’s summer vacation now, maybe Wu Mengting went out with her dad."
The aunt shared everything she knew.
"Alright, thank you then."
Chen Tianlong got the information he wanted and didn’t linger further, directly bidding farewell.
For these past two months, Wu Mengting has been living with her father Wu Hanfeng, for a simple reason. Wu Hanfeng figured it all out and planned to abandon everything to live well with his daughter to prevent enemy families from finding them.
The aunt watched Chen Tianlong’s departing figure, and couldn’t help but shake her head, muttering: "Young people these days, not even knowing where their loved ones have gone."
After getting into the car, Chen Tianlong chose not to pursue it further, since this was Wu Mengting’s home, people are just going out for a trip after all, and they will eventually return.
Thus, he wasn’t in any rush, and went directly to Tan Tian’s house.
After all, he had already talked to Tan Tian in the morning about bringing over the Divine Cauldron to see if it’s possible to refine top-quality Super Qi Gathering Pills.
In about twenty minutes, Chen Tianlong arrived at Tan Tian’s house.
After entering, Tan Tian was already studying the medicine prescription, essentially thinking there was no issue, now only lacking a suitable Alchemy Furnace.
"Master, I’ve brought the Alchemy Furnace over, come check it out to see if this thing can make good pills." Chen Tianlong, clueless about alchemy, took the Alchemy Furnace and walked over.
Tan Tian looked up and then took the Divine Cauldron.
From the outside, the Divine Cauldron looked no different from other ordinary Alchemy Furnaces, its color wasn’t bright, nor did it have any special features. If there’s anything distinctive, it’s that this Alchemy Furnace is much smaller than others.
Conservatively estimated, this Alchemy Furnace can make at most ten pills at a time.
However, if the quality is high and purity is great, ten can be as valuable as others’ twenty.
Tan Tian saw that on the surface it didn’t appear special, initially thinking it was an ordinary Alchemy Furnace. When he lifted its lid, peered inside, he was stunned.
The interior design was exceptionally complex, divided into three layers, each staggered with the upper layer, allowing only a fist-sized opening, and each layer seemed to be made of different materials.
From a professional’s perspective, the first layer was just ordinary material, but the second layer consisted of rare high-purity diamond, and the third made Tan Tian dumbfounded.
It was actually adjustable temperature, the fabled Thermochromic Stone.
Thermochromic Stone was crafted from used Energy Stones by the Ancient Family, containing a small amount of energy. Thus, under high temperatures, it can emit energy and infuse it into medicinal pills, forming a Powerful Qi shield.
This way, even if the temperature is extremely high or low, it can maintain the optimal temperature for alchemy.
An Alchemy Furnace with such functionality is worthy of the name Divine Cauldron, and the pills refined are of top grade, with purity reaching up to ninety-nine point nine percent, nearly a hundred percent pure.
"Chen Tianlong, where did you get this thing? It’s amazing!"
Tan Tian was greatly astounded, asking curiously.
Upon hearing this, Chen Tianlong grinned wryly: "Honestly, I don’t know where it came from either, it just seemed to appear suddenly, but it’s labeled on it as Ancient Wu Family... By the way, do you know anyone named Wu Mengting?"
"Wu Mengting?"
Tan Tian was taken aback; isn’t this Chen Tianlong’s girlfriend? What’s going on?
Suddenly, Tan Tian recalled Wu Mengting’s instructions, instantly understanding: "Aha, Wu Mengting, seems to be your school’s beauty queen, but detailed info on her, how would an old man like me know?"
"How about the Ancient Wu Family then?" Chen Tianlong pressed further.
"The Ancient Wu Family, I know a bit, Chen Tianlong, you must be Chen Feng’s son, right? I’ve guessed from your extraordinary experiences long ago. The Ancient Wu Family are friends with your family, besides speaking about the Ancient Clan, back then, your Chen Family, Wu Family were also good friends with another Ancient Family."
Tan Tian started to introduce another hidden family.
"Which Ancient Family?"
"Ancient Tan Family," Tan Tian sighed upon saying this, "Honestly, I am part of the Ancient Tan Family, I rank fifth, with my original name Tan Wusheng."
"Ah? So, Master is from an Ancient Family, incredible!" Chen Tianlong exclaimed, then praised.
"Ugh, the Ancient Family isn’t easy, when the family gets big it easily creates conflict. I didn’t want to see infighting among brothers, so I left the family alone, and have been away for forty years." Tan Tian said this as if reminded of some past events, "Three years after I left, my father passed away, and I haven’t returned since."
"Oh? You don’t get along with your siblings?" Chen Tianlong asked curiously.
"No, I have a good relationship with my eldest brother Tan Yifeng, and I’m very talented, at the time medical skills and strengths were top-notch. Father considered both me and my elder brother as key talents to cultivate, that’s exactly why I left."
"Why?" Chen Tianlong was somewhat puzzled.
"Because at that time, the strife between big families was intense. Wanting the family to flourish required finding an excellent progeny among one’s children. Back then, my father was ill, thus the patriarch position was basically between me and my elder brother. To spare me from trouble, my elder brother secretly approached father."
Tan Tian spoke passionately at this point.
"That fool, wouldn’t take the good patriarch position, why insist on pushing me up? At that time I simply didn’t want to be any patriarch, so I left it all."
Upon hearing this, Chen Tianlong chuckled wryly. Indeed, every family has its difficulties, but this Tan Tian is truly upright. Had it been someone else, they’d be eager for it, with the elder brother giving way, just take it."