Genius Beast Tamer

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In the Tian family, Tianba sat at his desk, holding a letter sent by the Cheng family patriarch. He frowned for a long time before hastily writing a few words in reply on the paper.

"Someone, take this letter to the Cheng family."

The Cheng family patriarch opened Tianba's reply and was displeased to see only a few hastily written words that conveyed a perfunctory attitude.

"The master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace?" The Cheng family patriarch's expression turned slightly grave, and he said in a low voice, "That sect that even Immortal Lords fear? It seems this matter can only be left unresolved."

"Father!" Cheng Wan said angrily in a low voice, "Do you really want to be a tortoise?!"

"Wan'er, how can you speak to your father like that!" The old woman beside her tugged at her sleeve forcefully, her voice filled with reproach.

"Am I wrong?" Cheng Wan said in a low voice, "What is the true strength of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace? Who can tell? It's all just rumors! In just three short years, what earth-shattering strength could they possibly have? I think they're just bluffing!"

Cheng Jiajia's face was grim, and he remained silent for a long time. Finally, he slammed his hand on the table and said sternly, "No one knows the true strength of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace, but it is an undeniable fact that even Immortal Lords fear them! Your Uncle Xu, my good friend, suddenly disappeared, and it is related to them. He was an Immortal Lord, yet he could not escape the Heavenly Star Evil Palace. How can our Cheng family provoke such a place!"

"Father is a tortoise!" Cheng Wan shouted willfully.

"Miss, someone is looking for you outside!" The butler's voice rang out. The Cheng family's butler had been calling outside for a long time. This time, he used magic to transmit his voice. If there was no response, he would have to leave.

"I'm in a bad mood, I'm not seeing anyone!" Cheng Wan said coldly.

The Cheng family patriarch and the old woman exchanged a glance. Today, he had only come to tell his daughter about the Tian family's Tianfeng matter, and he would no longer concern himself with it, nor dare to. No matter how much his daughter made a fuss, he would not change his mind. He did not know the specific strength of the Tianxing Evil Palace, but his friend's mysterious disappearance must have been due to being captured by the Tianxing Evil Palace. Even a celestial lord like his friend could not escape the Tianxing Evil Palace, so how could he provoke such a place?

"Let's go." The head of the Cheng family sighed and said in a low voice, "Wan'er, this isn't something I'm discussing with you. I'm just informing you that you shouldn't think about Tianfeng anymore. Tomorrow I'll arrange for you to meet the young master of the Wang family!"

"I won't see anyone! I won't see anyone! I'm never leaving this room again, I'll just suffocate here!" Cheng Wan threw the cup on the ground forcefully, venting her dissatisfaction.

Hearing the commotion inside the room, the butler hesitated for a moment, but still transmitted his voice again: "Miss, you should still meet that person. The person at the door is not someone to be trifled with."

"I said I won't see anyone! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll take it out on you!" Cheng Wan roared, and the sound of ping-pong balls echoed in the room. She was making a scene, and before her parents left, she was making a huge fuss. She would not give up on Tianfeng, never give up, and would never lose to that bitch Han Rou. Even if a new bitch appeared now, she would not lose!

The head of the Cheng family flicked his sleeves, ignoring Cheng Wan, and slammed the door shut as he left.

The steward hesitated for a moment, unsure whether to speak of this matter, but still stopped the patriarch and reported, "Patriarch, the person who came to the gate looking for Miss is a peak Immortal Lord! It might not be good for Miss not to go and see him."

"Peak Immortal Lord?" The Cheng family patriarch was slightly taken aback and retreated to Cheng Wan's room. "Wan'er, do you know any experts at the peak of the Immortal Lord realm?"

"How could I possibly know the Immortal Lord!" Cheng Wan vented her anger, smashing things violently, and said angrily, "If I knew the Immortal Lord, I would definitely make him destroy the Heavenly Star Evil Palace!"

Upon hearing this, the Cheng family patriarch's eyes lit up. Cheng Wan was still his precious daughter. If he had the ability to provoke the Heavenly Star Evil Palace, why would he just watch his daughter get angry?

"It seems there's still room for maneuver in this matter!" The Cheng family patriarch narrowed his sinister eyes and coldly asked, "Steward, are you sure the person outside is a peak Immortal Lord?"

The steward said weakly, "We didn't dare to probe her cultivation level, but the servants told me that she was at the peak of the Immortal Lord realm, and they were suppressed by her divine sense."

The head of the Cheng family stroked the small tuft of beard on his chin, his face instantly spreading into a friendly smile. "Since a Celestial Lord has come to the Cheng family, as the head of the family, I will naturally personally receive him and bring him here!"

"But..." The butler looked at Miss Cheng Wan's messy house and hesitated to speak.

Seeing his daughter and child angrily throwing things around, the head of the Cheng family realized this place was indeed not a good place to entertain guests. He said in a low voice, "Take them directly to my place."

"That man wants to see Miss," the butler said weakly.

The head of the Cheng family said in a low voice, "I will take Miss there; you don't need to worry about that!"

Stunned by these words, the butler quickly lowered his head timidly and retreated.

"I don't want to go, I don't want to see him, I want Tianfeng, I want to marry Tianfeng..." Cheng Wan continued to vent her frustration.

"Alright! Stop fooling around!" The Cheng family patriarch's voice rose three points, carrying a hint of divine pressure.

Cheng Wan froze. This was the first time in history that her father, who had always doted on her, had used his divine sense to oppress her.

Seeing his daughter finally quiet down, the Cheng family patriarch sighed and had no choice but to be blunt, "Wan'er, it's not that your father is unwilling to help you. You know that the Heavenly Star Evil Palace has the power to kill Immortal Lords. Our Cheng family has no Immortal Lords. The only Immortal Lord your father knew has mysteriously disappeared, just like those who were captured by the Heavenly Star Evil Palace. Obviously, he was captured by the Heavenly Star Evil Palace! Why should your father ask the Heavenly Star Evil Palace for Tianfeng? Are you trying to throw your old man's life away? If you say so, then your father won't hesitate. I'll personally send my life to the Heavenly Star Evil Palace right now. You definitely won't get Tianfeng back, and I'm afraid I'll never come back either. Are you sure you want your old man to take the plunge?"

Cheng Wan lowered her head, bit her lower lip, and whispered, "But I must have Tianfeng!"

"Father knows you're competitive. Back then, you fought with Han Rou for Tianfeng, and you lost to her in the end. You've always wanted to take Tianfeng back, but now is not the time!"

"What does Father mean?" Seeing that there was still hope, Cheng Wan's eyes lit up again.

The head of the Cheng family frowned, still clutching the small tuft of mustache on his chin, and squinted, saying, "Now, someone has delivered themselves to our doorstep, hasn't he?"

"Father, are you referring to the peak Immortal Lord expert the steward mentioned?" Cheng Wan asked hesitantly, "But Wan'er really doesn't know any peak Immortal Lord experts."

"Since we've come to see you, let's meet first, and then consider the rest of the plan!"

Cheng Wan's face darkened, a calculating glint flashing in her eyes. She nodded and said, "Yes!"

……

Han Wuxie was taken to a large courtyard. Upon entering this luxurious place, a mocking sneer appeared on Han Wuxie's lips.

She sat down in the hall, where the luxurious chairs were very comfortable. The butler served her the finest tea and said politely, "Please wait a moment, young lady. The master and young lady will be here shortly."

Han Wuxie nodded slightly. On the way here, he had already heard from the steward that when he went to invite the young lady, the head of the Cheng family happened to be in the young lady's room. Fearing that the young lady's residence was too remote to properly entertain him, he specially invited her to the head of the family's courtyard, and the head of the family also wanted to meet him in person.

Just as I took a small sip of tea, a middle-aged man with a small mustache and a petite woman walked in.

The bearded man was quite reckless. As soon as he entered, he tried to probe Han Wuxie's cultivation level. After confirming that Han Wuxie was indeed at the peak of the Immortal Lord realm, he made a very affected gesture of bowing and apologizing.

Han Wuxie merely nodded slightly, seemingly disrespectful to the patriarch, but now that he was at the peak of the Immortal Lord realm, why should he give face to such a minor character?

The Cheng family patriarch looked rather grim, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous. He simply forced a smile and took his seat.

The petite woman who followed the head of the Cheng family into the house had a sharp and mean face. Even Han Wuxie, who was also a woman, felt disgusted when she first saw her, and understood why her father was so unwilling to marry this woman.

Han Wuxie came here to see what kind of face this woman, who was fighting with her mother for a man, really had. What he saw today proved the saying: "The face reflects the heart!"

Upon hearing her father's telepathic message, Cheng Wan knew that this woman was indeed at the peak of the Immortal Lord realm. Her eyes darted around quickly, and she put on a smile, asking, "Miss, may I remove your veil? If not, I truly do not remember when we met, and I have troubled you to come here to find me."

"You don't know me, but I know you. I've come here because I've heard of you." Han Wuxie took a sip of tea, his tone indifferent, seemingly carrying a hint of disdain and sneer.

Cheng Wan's expression immediately turned sour, but she tried her best to hide it, unaware that such an expression was nothing short of a joke in Han Wuxie's eyes.

The head of the Cheng family spoke up to ease the awkwardness, saying, "I had no idea that my Wan'er was so famous that a master like you would come all the way to see her."

Han Wuxie showed Cheng Wan no respect whatsoever, sneering, "Who in the Immortal Realm doesn't know Cheng Wan's name? Spoiled, willful, arrogant, and domineering! And she still insists on marrying a married man!"

"What do you mean!" Cheng Wan finally snapped. "You deliberately came here to cause trouble!"

"Looking for trouble?" Han Wuxie looked at the Cheng family head with amusement and laughed, "Cheng family head, if I really came to cause trouble, who in your Cheng family could stop me?"

The Cheng family patriarch's lips twitched slightly, and he hurriedly waved his hand, saying, "Miss, please don't be angry. Wan'er just has a short temper! A guest is a guest, and I'm sure you didn't come here intentionally to cause trouble!" He frowned and said sternly, "Wan'er, don't be ridiculous! This young lady is a distinguished guest!"

"Father! She spoke to your daughter like that, and you still treat her like a distinguished guest!" Cheng Wan shouted unhappily.

Han Wuxie took another sip of tea, his eyes darting around. He already knew what was going on. This Cheng Wan wasn't a scheming woman at all. To put it simply, she was a useless, bumbling, brainless, spoiled fool.

The head of the Cheng family glared at Cheng Wan with exasperation and transmitted his voice, "Don't you want to marry Tianfeng anymore? If you want to go to the Heavenly Star Evil Palace to demand her return, you'll need the assistance of a peak Immortal Lord expert!"

Cheng Wan transmitted her voice, saying, "Every word this woman said was so disrespectful to me; she doesn't seem like she'd be helping at all!"

The Cheng family patriarch frowned and transmitted his voice, "Experts must have the arrogance of experts. You are just a nobody with the cultivation of a Golden Immortal. In her eyes, you are nothing but a nobody. You may find it unpleasant to hear her say these things to you, but the fact that she speaks to you means she thinks highly of you. Perhaps she came here because she knows you have top-grade immortal roots and wants to take you as her disciple!"

Cheng Wan felt wronged and transmitted her voice, "Are you really going to take me as your disciple? I don't want to be a disciple of a woman like that. She seems even more arrogant and domineering than me, showing us no respect at all. We are the hosts here, and she is just a guest, but she doesn't act like a guest at all, acting more like the host!"

Hua Qianye flew out of the ring, smiled knowingly, and told Han Wuxie what the Cheng family head and Cheng Wan had said through telepathy.

Han Wuxie chuckled and transmitted his voice, "I haven't even said who I am yet. If I did, you'd be shocked, wouldn't you? You think you can get me, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace, to cause trouble in your own palace? How laughable!"

Hua Qianye narrowed her eyes and asked telepathically with a playful expression, "What are your plans?"

"What can I do?" Han Wuxie narrowed his eyes and transmitted his voice, "Just state your identity!"

"The Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace?" Hua Qianye asked telepathically.

Han Wuxie gave a mischievous smile.

The people in the hall each had their own thoughts, and all three of them took a sip of tea at the same time.

The head of the Cheng family broke the silence and inquired, "May I ask why you have come, young lady? If you have come to see my daughter because of her reputation, what are your thoughts now that you have met her? May I ask your name and background?"

"The Heavenly Star Evil Palace!" Han Wuxie narrowed his eyes and said under the surprised gazes of the Cheng family head and Cheng Wan, "Palace Master!"

"What!" Cheng Wan screamed, "You're the one who took Tianfeng away!"

"What!" The Cheng family patriarch exclaimed even louder, "Peak Immortal Lord! No wonder the Heavenly Star Evil Palace possesses strength that even Immortal Lords fear!"

Han Wuxie toyed with his teacup and said with a cold laugh, "It was I who took it away."

"You... what exactly is your purpose in coming here!" Cheng Wan subconsciously hid behind her father, becoming somewhat frightened.

The Cheng family patriarch's expression was grave. He took a deep breath and mustered his courage, saying, "Your master took a liking to Tianfeng and exchanged it for three Longevity Pills. Our Cheng family is inferior to yours, and we haven't caused you any trouble. Why are you still coming to our door?"

"You didn't cause me any trouble?" Han Wuxie toyed with the ring and said with a wicked smile, "I'm here to see your daughter. You can leave, and I'll let you go."

"Father!" Cheng Wan cried out in fear, grabbing the sleeve of the Cheng family patriarch.

The head of the Cheng family hesitated for a moment, took a deep look at his most beloved daughter, and sighed. He said in a low voice, "She may have something to say to you alone. I have many things to do. I have to manage the entire Cheng family. I can't let you delay the whole Cheng family." After saying that, he forcefully shook off Cheng Wan's sleeve and rushed out the door.

Cheng Wan wanted to chase after him, but Han Wuxie used his divine sense to suppress her, preventing her from moving.

"What exactly do you want!" Cheng Wan was already hurt by being abandoned by her most beloved father, and now that her consciousness had been locked by a peak Immortal Lord, she was even more displeased and glared angrily at Han Wuxie.

Han Wuxie toyed with the ring, looking at Cheng Wan as if she were a clown, and coldly laughed, "Feeling that the person who always doted on you and let you act recklessly has suddenly left, betrayed you, and even has the audacity to say it's for the family, that it's okay to abandon you to protect the family, doesn't that hurt?"

"You strange woman, what exactly are you after?!"

"A strange woman?" Han Wuxie looked at her with a cold laugh, his gaze becoming distant. He said in a low voice, "When I was a child, I also thought you were a strange woman! I was always curious how there could be such a strange woman in the world, insisting on marrying a married man, using the power of the Cheng family to reach a deal with the head of the Tian family, forcing the man you liked to divorce his wife and forcing him to marry you. In the end, that man ran away, but you still wouldn't give up and would chase after him until you did!"

"What are you talking about, you crazy woman!" Cheng Wan became frightened and shouted wildly, trying to hide her fear.

Han Wuxie continued to laugh coldly, as if talking to himself, "Back then, I also thought you were a crazy woman! Why did a perfectly good, unmarried woman have to marry my father? You forced my father to divorce you, made my mother heartbroken and take me away from the Tian family, and ruined my family. Aren't you crazy?"

"What are you saying! Who are you?!" Cheng Wan's voice grew louder, almost hoarse from shouting.

Han Wuxie narrowed his eyes and said, "Who am I? Didn't I already tell you? I'm the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace!"

"Name, what is your name?!" Cheng Wan pressed.

"Name?" Han Wuxie narrowed his dangerous eyes and sneered, "Do you really want to know my name? Anyone who knows the name of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace Master only has one fate!" Han Wuxie's voice grew even colder, "Death! Even if it means death, you still want to know?"

"You think you can turn against me?" Cheng Wan finally calmed down, her deep voice somewhat cold as she said, "If I'm going to die, I should at least know why, shouldn't I?" Her hand quietly touched a communication stone.

Han Wuxie glanced at her sideways, raised his sleeve, and a seven-stringed zither appeared. He plucked the strings, and the piercingly clear sound seemed to tear through the space. Cheng Wan screamed, and the sound transmission stone she touched instantly shattered. Because her hand was close to the exploding sound transmission stone, the skin on her hand was instantly burned and cracked.

Han Wuxie smiled slyly, his eyes narrowing into a wicked and venomous glint as he said playfully, "Put away those little tricks! Since you're willing to trade your life for the whole truth, I can tell you frankly!"

"No...no, I don't want to die..."

Han Wuxie ignored her completely, reached out and removed his veil, instantly revealing his stunningly beautiful face, which made Cheng Wan tremble. It was a face that combined the gentle beauty of Han Rou and the handsome looks of Tian Feng, a face that surpassed even his parents, yet could not escape their trajectory.

"You...you are..." Cheng Wan trembled, unable to finish her sentence for a long time.

Han Wuxie squinted and smiled, "The Tian family's name is Tianxie, you should have heard of it! In the Han family, I have a new name, Han Wuxie!"

"Impossible!" Cheng Wan shook her head and said, "That good-for-nothing girl, how could she, how could she..."

"There are no good people forever." Han Wuxie raised his finger, and the tip of his finger appeared as white as ice and snow. Suddenly, snow began to fall in the entire hall, and the paper-thin snow flew swiftly towards Cheng Wan.

Han Wuxie said in a low voice, "If you have any regrets, then so be it. Or if you know my father has been taken away and realize that the Heavenly Star Evil Palace is not to be trifled with, and give up, I might not kill you. But you are too restless, and you still want to use me with your father!"

"How did you know!"

"What I said via telepathy isn't something no one will know!" Han Wuxie snapped his fingers, and ice and snow pierced into Cheng Wan's dantian like sharp blades. Cheng Wan instantly lost her breath and was enveloped by the remaining ice and snow, turning into a giant snowball.

Han Wuxie glanced at Xueqiu indifferently and sneered coldly, "Restless woman, this ending is too lenient for you."

Han Wuxie left the Cheng family with a carefree air. The head of the Cheng family then entered the hall. Looking at his daughter's face reflected in the ice sphere, he could only sigh. Although he was grieving, he showed no remorse. He said hoarsely, "Don't blame your father. Sacrificing you to protect the Cheng family was a choice that I, as the head of the family, had to make."

……

News of Cheng Wan's death spread quickly, seemingly deliberately spread by the head of the Cheng family. The news portrayed Cheng Wan as a heroine who saved the country and its people, while depicting the master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace as extremely cruel and bloodthirsty.

When Han Wuxie received this news, he simply smiled indifferently and didn't care.

The Han family members, however, went a bit crazy.

"Dad, stop being so disrespectful!" Han Rou looked at her father, who was grinning from ear to ear, and felt annoyed. Ever since her father learned of Cheng Wan's death, he had been praising the Heavenly Star Evil Palace Master for killing her. He said that if the Heavenly Star Evil Palace Master were in front of her, she would definitely treat him to a meal to thank him properly for killing her daughter's rival. It would be fine if he said this in front of her, but now that Wu Xie was here, it was like he was gloating over someone else's funeral.

"What does it matter!" Han Mengxiao grinned mischievously at Han Wuxie, raising an eyebrow. "My dear granddaughter, you also think it's wicked and annoying that the woman who tries to steal your father's affections from your mother, don't you?"

"Uh..." Why did this bomb roll over here?

Han Wuxie smiled wryly and said, "It's alright. My mother told me not to hold grudges against others."

"Pah, pah, pah! Your mother taught you all wrong!" Old Man Han glared at Han Rou angrily and said seriously, "Listen to your grandfather, if anyone offends you, repay them double, and then no one will dare to bully you! If you learn from your mother, you'll end up like her! Look at her, back in the imperial family, she always learned to swallow her anger, and what happened in the end? What happened in the end? The more people bullied her, the more enthusiastic she became, didn't she?"

Han Wuxie's lips twitched slightly. Han Rou pushed her father away resentfully, "Don't corrupt Wuxie! True heroes are all magnanimous and forgiving!"

"Aren't they all short-lived?" Han Mengxiao said unhappily, "Our Han family doesn't need any heroes! Living long is the best! Right, Wuxie!" Han Mengxiao raised an eyebrow and looked at Han Wuxie.

Han Wuxie retorted stubbornly, "Both sides have their reasons, both sides have their reasons!"

"This girl!" Han Mengxiao lamented, "Grandpa is the head of the family, and your mother is my daughter. She has to listen to me, and you have to listen to Grandpa too! Grandpa orders you, from now on, don't listen to your mother and try to be some kind of hero. To put it nicely, you're a hero; to put it bluntly, you're just a stupid coward!"

"Pfft!" Han Wuxie couldn't help but laugh out loud, secretly glancing at his mother's ashen face, barely managing to suppress his laughter.

Han Rou's face was ashen as she glared fiercely at Han Mengxiao. "Father, you can go back to your place now. Don't come here to see me all the time!"

"Oh, Wuxie, don't you ever follow your mother's example. She's so unfilial, actually trying to kick her old man out of the house!" Han Mengxiao shouted exaggeratedly.

Han Rou somehow produced a broom and started sweeping the floor to shoo people away.

Han Wuxie suppressed a laugh and withdrew from the scene of the "battle". Once in the courtyard, he burst into laughter.

Hua Qianye asked playfully, "Are you going to listen to your mother and be a hero, or listen to your grandfather?"

"I've said it before, I won't be a hero." Han Wuxie squinted and said, "Mother was indeed too submissive in the imperial family. Seeing how she got here, how could I follow her example and become that kind of person?"

Hua Qianye nodded indulgently and said, "No matter what kind of person you are, as long as you feel free and at ease, that's all that matters."

……

Tianba sighed slightly, "It seems that Patriarch Cheng can't afford to offend the Heavenly Star Evil Palace, so he's going to pin the blame for his daughter's death on our Tian family. It seems we can't escape this calamity."

Tianba's wife, her face weathered with age, said with some regret, "Tianba, if we hadn't cooperated with the Cheng family back then, and hadn't dared to leave Hanrou, none of this would have happened. Tianfeng and Hanrou would still be husband and wife, our two grandsons would still be in the Tian family, and outsiders wouldn't say that our Tian family is heartless and ungrateful. It's all because of the wrong choice we made back then!"

"A mistake?" Tianba said dismissively, "What's the point of keeping those two good-for-nothings in the Tian family? Are we just going to keep them around for nothing? I have absolutely no regrets about my choice back then! If Tianfeng hadn't rejected Hanrou back then, we wouldn't have the Tianxing Evil Palace as our backer today, would we? Right now, on the surface, the Cheng family being against us is a problem, but with the Tianxing Evil Palace as our powerful backer, are you really going to just stand by and watch you and me, and the entire Tian family, be destroyed?"

"That child has always loved Han Rou!" Tianba's wife sighed deeply. "Tianba, you know, our son has always loved Han Rou!"

"He likes Han Rou?" Tianba sneered, "I don't think so! Maybe he's already forgotten about that woman! He looked down on the Cheng family girl, so he could run away from the marriage, but this time he left very obediently, clearly showing he has feelings for the master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace!"

"He's my son!" Tianba's wife said firmly. "Even if he truly cared, his favorite is still Hanrou!"

Tianba sternly retorted, "Enough! What do you mean now? What's the use of regretting it now? Can regretting it turn back five years? If regretting it were useful, I wouldn't have let Tianba marry Hanrou back then. I would have let him marry the Cheng family girl directly, and none of this would have happened. Maybe Tianba and the Cheng family girl's children would be geniuses! Our Tian family hasn't had a decent child for many years. That brat Tianyu is a spendthrift. If he hadn't been drinking and causing trouble, the Cheng family wouldn't have known! Not a single decent grandson!"

"Actually..." Tianba's wife sighed as she recalled Han Wuxie's image, "Wuxie is the smartest among our grandsons."

"What good is a good brain!" Tian Ba ​​swore arrogantly. "Without cultivation, you're just a piece of trash! In this immortal realm, those with cultivation and strength are the bosses!"

Tianba's wife sighed with some regret and said, "Well, it's only because she's my grandson that I sometimes think about how I used to find her annoying and treated her badly when she was in the Tian family. Maybe she hates me, her grandmother."

"Did you take the wrong medicine today?" Tianba said angrily.

Tianba's wife's gaze wavered slightly. She recalled saying a few words to her grandchildren today, each of them being too willful and even talking back to her. That's when she remembered the little girl who was always obedient and wanted to please her, wanting her to look at her. Back then, she didn't understand the child's cleverness. Now, thinking back, of all her grandchildren, only she truly pleased her. But precisely because she was useless, she found her annoying back then. Even when the little girl did something she liked and wanted to praise, she would try her best to hold back, thinking about her bad points and scolding her.

Tianba glanced coldly at his wife, who was behaving strangely. Seeing that she remained silent, his anger subsided, and he asked in a low voice, "What happened at home today?"

Tianba's wife sighed and said, "You've been preoccupied with the Cheng family's affairs lately, so don't worry about the household matters. I'll handle them."

"Speak," Tianba said calmly.

Tianba's wife pondered for a moment and said softly, "I said a few words to Tianyu today, but because he is the most skilled among the grandchildren, and because you changed the matter of Tianfeng being the heir to his father a few days ago, he is convinced that his father will be the head of the family in the future, and he will inevitably become the head of the Tian family in the future. He spoke a bit impulsively. Oh well, he's just a child."

"There should be more than that," Tianba said in a low voice. "If it were just Tianyu, you wouldn't remember that good-for-nothing kid."

Tianba's wife looked at her husband, who understood her well, and said with a bitter smile, "Tianba, because of your kindness and understanding towards me, I sometimes think that Tianfeng is so devoted to Hanrou, which must be like you. But you are so harsh on the children, and Tianfeng is not like you. Of all the children, you know that I love Tianfeng the most, but in the end, he is the one who has become the most distant from us two old folks."

Tianba's expression darkened, and he said in a low voice, "I am the head of the family. I can be good to my wife, but I can't be too good to my children and grandchildren! There's a saying in the mortal realm: raise daughters with wealth and sons with hardship."

"The mortal realm? Don't you look down on people from the mortal realm the most?" Tianba's wife smiled slightly.

Tianba said in a deep voice, "There is something to it. What the mortal scholar said makes some sense."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you understand?"

"I don't understand," Tianba's wife said, feigning confusion.

Tianba patiently explained, "That's probably what it means. Daughters should be raised in a wealthy manner, given better material conditions, so that they can have better judgment and values. This way, they won't be blinded by money, won't be cheated by rich and bad men, and won't do anything wrong because of money. Sons should be raised in a poor manner, and they should be stricter with them so that they won't become spendthrifts."

Tianba's wife shook her head with a wry smile and said, "Tianba, in your mind, the distinction between men and women is still very strong, just like the distinction between cultivation levels."

Tianba said earnestly, "In the mortal realm, the distinction between men and women is very serious. In our immortal realm, the distinction based on cultivation level is essential!"

Tianba's wife sighed and asked, "Tianba, if those two children weren't good-for-nothings, wouldn't everything be different today?"

Tianba shook his head and said, "No."

Tianba's wife, shocked by this answer, asked in astonishment, "Why? Even if he weren't a good-for-nothing, would you still have Tianfeng divorce Hanrou and turn those two children into an old man like Han?"

Tianba said in a low voice, "So what if they're not good-for-nothings? Not being good-for-nothings can't change the fate of the Tian family. If the Tian family wants to become stronger, it must win over powerful forces! What difference can be made if the two children aren't good-for-nothings? Even if they are geniuses, so what!"

Tianba's wife nodded, remaining silent.

At the same time, Han Wuxie withdrew her divine sense, which she had only used to observe the situation in the Heavenly Realm when she had nothing else to do. Now that she was a peak Immortal Lord, if she wanted to release her divine sense, most of the Immortal Realm would be within her sight.

Han Wuxie raised the corners of his mouth wickedly and looked at his younger brother Han Tianci and Han Xingyu with amusement.

"You should take them back too."

Han Xingyu and Han Tianci nodded and withdrew their divine senses.

Han Xingyu pouted and said, "It's rare for me to send my divine sense to the Tian family, and I didn't expect to hear such exciting things."

Han Tianci's face was grim, and he said with angry sarcasm, "So you have no remorse whatsoever. Even if we weren't good-for-nothings, you would still want to separate us from Father. The Tian family head really has a 'good' plan. Two children really can't change anything!"

"Hehe, he's miscalculated!" Han Xingyu chuckled. "If she knew that the Heavenly Star Evil Palace belonged to Wuxie and you, she would know that these two children could not only change the Heavenly Family, but also, when they had some free time, change the entire Immortal Realm!"

Han Wuxie smiled knowingly and said to Han Tianci, "Tianci, the Cheng family is probably going to make a move against the Tian family. Go and 'help out'."

"Help?" Han Tianci asked, somewhat puzzled. "Help the Tian family? I think it's better to just stand by and do nothing, isn't it?"

Han Wuxie narrowed his eyes and said, "Who said you were going to help the Tian family?"

"Help the Cheng family?" Han Tianci hesitated, "Isn't that a bit underhanded? I think it's better to stand by and do nothing!"

Han Xingyu slapped Han Tianci on the head hard. "I understand everything! How can you be so stupid! Sister Wuxie meant that you should help both of them—and that 'help' is in quotes, meaning to escalate the situation so that the two family heads don't feel they've suffered too much and decide to negotiate! Go and cause trouble, don't give them a chance to reconcile!"

Although Han Tianci rubbed his head in resentment towards Han Xingyu, he still left quickly with a sly smile. This kind of mischievous thing was best left to the cunning Han Tianci. Although Han Xingyu was also very mischievous, he could never outwit Han Tianci when it came to underhanded tactics. Often, the one who appears refined on the surface but is actually cunning on the inside is the real master of scheming.

After Han Tianci left, Han Wuxie asked, "What's Shui Tianfan up to?"

Han Xingyu shook her head and frowned, asking, "Does he really have a problem?"

Han Wuxie smiled faintly and handed a piece of paper to Han Xingyu.

Contents on the paper —

The Heavenly Star Evil Palace has a total of 2,784 people: 62 peak Immortal Lords, 1,221 mid-stage Immortal Lords, 345 early-stage Immortal Lords, 202 peak Luo Tian Shang Xian, 120 mid-stage Luo Tian Shang Xian, 72 early-stage Luo Tian Shang Xian, and 212 Grand Luo Golden Immortals. There are no people with cultivation levels below Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

The Heavenly Star Evil Palace is divided into ten organizations: assassin organization, weapon forging organization, alchemy organization, medical organization, beast taming organization, etc. The first five organizations are in the open, while the latter five are in the dark, and I haven't found out about them yet.

The location of the Celestial Evil Palace is very strange. I hope this pigeon that knows the way will deliver the message to the Lord.

Han Xingyu looked at the contents of the paper, frowned deeply, and said in a low voice, "The acting is really good. Even I couldn't detect anything unusual, but he really is an undercover agent."

Han Wuxie nodded and said, "His acting was indeed quite good. I put my consciousness into the ring to observe him, but I didn't even know when he wrote the letter. If I were controlling the world in the ring, this pigeon wouldn't be able to fly out, and perhaps the letter would have already reached the so-called master's hands."

Han Xingyu's face darkened. "Sister Wuxie, I'll go interrogate him!"

"No need!" Han Wuxie waved his hand, saying playfully, "Let him be for now, anyway, Xinfei won't get out."

"Should we just let him be?" Han Xingyu asked with some concern.

Han Wuxie laughed and said, "After all, Shui Zhongyue is someone Tianci takes a liking to. If we were to deal with his brother, it would probably be very troublesome."

Han Xingyu curled her lip and said, "That Shui Zhongyue is quite capable. Han Tianci only gave him a rough sketch, and he can actually reach a level of weapon forging that is almost the same as Elder Xu's. It's truly unbelievable."

Han Xingyu's eyes turned cold, and she said anxiously, "Sister Wuxie, do you think Shui Zhongyue and Shui Xiafeng might also be undercover agents? If so, these three brothers are terrifying, their acting skills are terrifying!"

Han Wuxie twirled the ring on his finger and smiled, "It shouldn't be."

"Why are you so sure, Sister Wuxie?" Han Xingyu asked blankly. "How could Sister Wuxie have suspected something was wrong with Shui Tianfan the first time they met?"

Han Wuxie narrowed his eyes and said, "When the man who deceived them died, his gaze was not filled with hatred for Shui Shuiyue, but rather with a sense of entrustment as he looked at Shui Tianfan. Although it was only a glance, it was very suspicious. The dead usually do not lie. That glance was like a last message, telling his partner that he was no longer able to continue the mission."

"So that's how it is!" Han Xingyu suddenly realized. "No wonder Sister Wuxie asked me to secretly ask Shuixiafeng who that liar knew the first time."

"Hmm." Han Wuxie nodded and said, "The answer Shuixia Feng gave was the same as I expected. It was indeed someone Shui Tianfan knew. Although Shuixia Feng said his brother wasn't familiar with this person, and that he was almost always there when they met, and they were just drinking buddies, the last look that person gave before dying was an instruction to Shui Tianfan to continue the mission!"

Han Wuxie smiled bitterly: "They probably already found out that I, the one wearing the veil, am the Palace Master of Tianxing Evil Palace, and deliberately set up this trap there. This person was originally prepared to die. At the time, their plan was for us to take action and eliminate those who were swindling people in the name of Tianxing Evil Palace. Then, Shui Tianfan would pretend to have been deceived and say how much he wanted to join Tianxing Evil Palace and ask us to take him in."

Han Xingyu was slightly taken aback, and following Han Wuxie's words, guessed, "They just didn't expect Shui Zhongyue to interfere and ruin their plan!"

Han Wuxie nodded with a smile and continued, "So when that person died, casting a begging glance, Shui Tianfan's eyes were filled with sadness. Later, the biggest reason I agreed to let Tianci take Shui Yue was to see how Shui Tianfan would react when we stopped the three of them. But he didn't react as I expected; instead, he acted very well, as if he knew nothing. If it weren't for the deceased's last look revealing this plan, we might have really been fooled by this superb actor, Shui Tianfan."

Han Xingyu said with a solemn expression, "The person who trained this kind of person, that so-called master, must be very extraordinary! Sister Wuxie, we must be careful and wary of this person in the future!"

---Aside---

Where is the monthly pass?