Genius Beast Tamer

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After Han Wuxie, Han Xingyu, and Han Tianci left the backyard, Tianba sneered, "Useless trash! Overconfident good-for-nothing trash!"

Madam Xu sighed, stepped forward to support Tianba's back, and felt a vague sense of unease. She hesitated, then finally asked, "Why didn't they show anger in your eyes when you drove them away? Instead, they looked at you with mocking schadenfreude?"

"Mockery? What right does that good-for-nothing have to mock?" Tianba sneered disdainfully.

The woman with the pointed face looked solemnly in the direction Han Wuxie had left, shaking her head and muttering, "It should be the pressure of her divine sense, but how could a piece of trash without spiritual roots have a stronger divine sense than me?"

Tianba clearly heard the sharp-faced woman's murmur, glanced at her sideways, and scolded her accusingly, "It's all your fault, you brat! If you hadn't said she wasn't Han Wuxie, why would I have come to see these two good-for-nothings!"

"Grandpa, are you sure she really doesn't have spiritual roots, and that she really is Han Wuxie?" the pointed-faced woman asked with some doubt.

Tianba angrily flung his sleeve and shouted, "What! Do you think I'm wrong?! Who else could be such a good-for-nothing besides those two?!"

"But--"

Tianba interrupted, "Instead of wasting time studying these things, you should focus on cultivation. You haven't even broken through to the Profound Immortal realm yet, and you're wasting your excellent immortal potential instead of making an effort!"

The woman with the pointed face quickly shut her mouth, saying somewhat awkwardly, "Cultivation is too boring."

Tianba glared at her angrily, his voice sharp: "Boring? When you have great power, you won't remember how boring it was!"

The woman with the pointed face pursed her lips, lowered her head, and dared not say anything more.

Tianba coldly scanned the group, including the big-eyed woman next to the woman with the pointed face, the man with the fan, the square-faced man, the handsome man, and the fat man.

Whenever the cold, stern gaze fell upon someone, that person would tremble and lower their head.

Tianba said in a low, stern voice, "These past few days, because of the Cheng family's affairs, I haven't had time to manage you. I heard from Madam that you've been quite unruly lately, even daring to talk back to her?"

The big-eyed girl was most afraid of her grandfather, the head of the family, and dared not lie to him. She blinked her watery eyes, looked up at Madam Xu, pouted, and said somewhat aggrievedly, "I dare not talk back to Grandma, it was my cousin who did. I...I...I just accidentally interrupted a few times."

The sharp-faced woman hadn't expected that her seemingly harmless cousin, who had always been like her shadow, would so readily confess her sins. She gritted her teeth, glared coldly at the big-eyed woman, and said in a low voice, "I only stood up for you, that's why I talked back to Grandma, wasn't it?"

"This is all because of my cousin!"

"What do you mean I caused this trouble!" the man with the fan said unhappily. "If that fat guy hadn't taken a fancy to my concubine, I wouldn't have beaten him up!"

"It was clearly your concubine who seduced me!" the fat man shouted.

The handsome man, clearly siding with the man with the fan, mocked, "Seducing you yourself? My cousin's concubine must be bored to seduce a fat pig!"

The square-faced man, siding with the fat man, immediately said coldly, "He's so promiscuous, bringing back every woman he fancys. He already has dozens of concubines in his household, yet he's so thin and weak. He brings them back but doesn't even bother to sleep with them. It's no wonder some of those sluts get greedy and will eat anything!"

Upon hearing this, the fat man became somewhat displeased and said in a low voice, "What do you mean by 'desperate for food'? Cousin, are you helping me or criticizing me?"

Madam Xu sighed softly. How could she possibly teach these children to learn properly? It was bad enough that they were talking back to her, but now they were even fighting amongst themselves in front of the head of the household! Wasn't this just dogs fighting? It was one thing if they were all family, but if outsiders were present, wouldn't this be a disgrace to the outside world? Why were all her grandchildren so useless?

They wouldn't have been blaming each other if they hadn't been, but now, seeing them biting each other like mad dogs, Tianba became even more furious. He slammed his hand on the stone table in front of him, and the table shattered instantly. With the sound of the stone table breaking, their arguing stopped abruptly. They looked at each other, and finally, they all lowered their heads in fear.

Tianba glared at them angrily, sighing with disappointment, "You! All of you, go into seclusion! Without my permission, you are not to step out of your rooms!"

It was called a seclusion, but it was actually house arrest!

The woman with the pointed face frowned, weighed her options for a long time, and then boldly shouted, "I won't go into seclusion! I have no interest in cultivation. If you force me to go into seclusion, I will leave the Tian family! Anyway, you're just my maternal grandfather. Although my paternal grandfather isn't as powerful as you, he wouldn't treat me like this. I'm going back to my paternal grandfather's house right now!"

"This is outrageous!" Tianba roared. "You should have stayed in the Yuwen family. It was you who complained that the Yuwen family's treatment was inferior to the Tian family's, so you and your mother returned to the Tian family! What, now you want to go back to the Yuwen family? What do you take this place for, a place you can come and go as you please? If you dare to step out of the Tian family's house today, you will no longer be a descendant of the Tian family!"

"Tch!" The sharp-faced woman sneered disdainfully, "So what if it's not true! Anyway, the Tian family is in deep trouble now, who knows if you can escape it or not? I might as well go to the Yuwen family and be my young lady! That Han Wuxie is having a great time now. When she was in the Tian family, you treated her like a maid, making her call you 'Master' and forbidding her to call you 'Grandpa.' Now she's all different. She left this doghouse-like Tian family and went to the Han family, where she's the apple of everyone's eye. Her life couldn't be more carefree! That's why she's not angry at all when you chased her away, because she doesn't care about the Tian family at all! And I don't care about it anymore!" After saying that, she turned and left, swaying her slender waist and taking big strides, looking extremely arrogant and domineering.

Tianba was furious, his eyes glaring fiercely at the others.

Sensing that her cousin had angered Grandpa, and that he might take his anger out on her at any moment, the big-eyed girl fearfully hid behind the man holding the fan, trembling as she said, "Cousin, that guy angered Grandpa! What if he takes his anger out on us?!"

The man with the fan narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Is everyone willing to go into seclusion?"

Everyone shook their heads, but he grinned mischievously and said, "Then let's learn from my cousin?"

The crowd suddenly realized, and they looked at Tianba with a mixture of respect and provocation.

The big-eyed girl bowed to Tianba and said, "Grandpa, it's been a long time since I visited Grandpa with Mom. I'll go see Grandpa with Mom today!"

The man with the fan smiled knowingly and said, "Grandpa, I haven't been out for a while. I was planning to go out today anyway, and I'd like to visit my maternal grandfather on the way!"

"Me too!" the fat man hurriedly replied.

"I'll go see my grandfather too!" the square-faced man said softly.

The handsome man walked up to the man with the fan and said, "Grandpa, I want to go sightseeing with my brother!"

"Go, go, go! Those who refuse to go into seclusion, get out! Once you step out of the Heavenly Family, you are no longer descendants of the Heavenly Family! Get out, all of you get out, unfilial descendants, scum!" Tian Ba ​​roared.

After everyone had left, leaving only Xu Shi and Tianba, Tianba sighed helplessly, "These children dare to act like this in front of me. They must have talked back to you quite a bit the other day, right? No wonder you miss that good-for-nothing child. Even though she's a good-for-nothing, despite how harshly I criticized her, they still treated me with utmost respect and smiles. Old Man Han taught them very well, really very well. It's just a pity they're good-for-nothings, just a pity they're good-for-nothings!"

Madam Xu gave a wry smile and patted Tianba's back reassuringly, "It's good that he's gone. The Tian family can have some peace and quiet now, and focus all their attention on the battle with the Cheng family, right?"

Tianba nodded, his eyes dull and lifeless.

Madam Xu inquired, "I've heard that the Cheng family has gathered the power of most of the Immortal Realm to deal with us, including more than fifty Immortal Lords. Does the Heavenly Star Evil Palace really have that much strength? To be able to withstand such power, does the Heavenly Star Evil Palace really have more than fifty Immortal Lords? Can a sect that was only recently established in the Immortal Realm really have so many Immortal Lords?"

Tianba's eyes lit up slightly, and he raised a slightly envious smile and said, "We should have been defeated three years ago. Suddenly, more than fifty Immortal Lords and more than fifty Golden Immortals appeared out of nowhere. Their actions have kept us at a stalemate with the Cheng family. I arranged for them to stay in the outer residence of the Tian family. These people are indeed from the Heavenly Star Evil Palace. I heard that they were sent by the Vice Palace Master."

Madam Xu asked, "Vice Palace Master? Isn't the one you know the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace?"

Tianba recalled the woman who came to pick up Tianfeng a few years ago and nodded slightly, saying, "At that time, that woman did indeed claim to be the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace. I didn't even know there was such a place as the Heavenly Star Evil Palace back then, and I showed some disdain. Now that I think about it, I was really ridiculous back then."

"Indeed, many things are not as they seem on the surface, and we should not underestimate anyone." For some reason, when Xu said this, Han Wuxie and Han Tianci flashed through her mind. She shook her head with a wry smile. These two children have no spiritual roots, and no matter how smart they are, they cannot turn the tide.

Tianba sighed and said, "I don't know how long this war will last. The Tian family has suffered considerable losses. If it continues for several more years, even if we win in the end, the Tian family will not be the same as before."

Xu said softly, "So those children left without a second thought, because they all felt that even if we won, we wouldn't be as good as their maternal or paternal grandfathers."

Tianba frowned and sneered, "Those short-sighted fools will definitely regret this!" His eyes narrowed dangerously, and he said grimly, "What if we win, and the Heavenly Star Evil Palace's strength is integrated into the Tian family?"

"What? You mean you're going to devour the Heavenly Star Evil Palace? That's probably—"

"It's not about swallowing them up, it's about cooperation!"

A calculating glint flashed in Tianba's eyes as he said in a low voice, "To possess so many Immortal Lords in such a short time, there must be some secret. If the Tian family obtains this secret, they too can possess numerous Immortal Lords! Moreover, our son, Tianfeng, is the husband of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace Master. The Heavenly Star Evil Palace's intervention in our aid this time must be because of Tianfeng. Although this child has not contacted us since leaving, his heart is still with the Tian family. In this difficult time, he still asked them to help us, so he will not watch our Tian family decline and will definitely help us! As long as we obtain the secret to cultivating Immortal Lords, the Tian family will soon become the largest family in the Immortal Realm! Regardless of whether the Han family truly has an Immortal Emperor, even if they do, what can an Immortal Emperor do against a hundred Immortal Lords? Two fists cannot fight four hands! Our Tian family will become the most powerful family in the Immortal Realm!"

Just as Tianba was calculating these things with burning eyes, two dark figures suddenly appeared in front of him and knelt on the ground.

These were two bodyguards he had sent out to keep an eye on the people from the Heavenly Star Evil Palace. Although the people from the Heavenly Star Evil Palace had come to help him, he still needed to keep an eye on them to prevent anything from happening.

Tianba said in a low voice, "What are their movements? Why did they come in so directly? Is something unusual?"

The two guards exchanged a glance, their foreheads already covered in sweat, and said with trembling hands, "The people from the Heavenly Star Evil Palace have suddenly left for some unknown reason!"

"Left? They all left?" Tianba was taken aback, frowning. "They left without saying a word?"

One of the guards wiped the sweat from his brow and said hoarsely, "They seemed to have known all along that we were watching them from the shadows. As they led them away, they threw down some inexplicable words in our direction."

"What did you say?" Tianba asked anxiously.

The guard truthfully replied, "They said, 'Since the patriarch doesn't need the palace master's help, then we'll leave.'"

"Don't need their help? When did I say I didn't need their help!" Tianba said, somewhat exasperated.

The guard hesitated, looking extremely troubled.

Tianba shouted sternly, "Speak whatever you know!"

The guard cautiously said, "When those people left, they exchanged some words. Based on those words, I dare to conclude that the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace came to visit the Patriarch today to ask if the Patriarch needed her help. However, the Patriarch refused outright. It seems that the Patriarch looked down on her help and insulted their Palace Master by calling her a good-for-nothing. So when they left the courtyard, they seemed very angry and even broke a lot of tables and chairs."

"The Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace came to visit me today? I refused her help and called her a good-for-nothing?" Tianba's hands trembled involuntarily. He had a bad feeling, but he also felt that such a thought was too unbelievable. He frowned and looked at the lady beside him.

Based on these words, Madam Xu had already equated the so-called Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace with Han Wuxie, who had come to visit today. She frowned and looked back at Tianba, saying in a low voice, "Master, I'm afraid we've both misjudged each other."

"The one who visited today wasn't Han Wuxie, which is why Yuwen Xuejian said he was suppressed by that person's divine sense, and that that person wasn't Han Wuxie and might be in danger to the Madam? Yuwen Xuejian wasn't lying to me; I simply misjudged him. That person isn't the useless Han Wuxie at all!" Tianba frowned deeply, then asked, somewhat puzzled, "But when I examined her dantian, there were no spiritual roots, no cultivation whatsoever. It was clearly Han Wuxie! If it wasn't Han Wuxie, but the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace, why would the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace do this? Why would he impersonate Han Wuxie! What exactly is going on?!"

After frowning for a long time, Xu finally voiced her bold conjecture: "Perhaps the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace is Han Wuxie!"

Tianba shook his head and said, "Hehe! Madam, are you confused? The Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace was already a Luo Tian Immortal seven years ago, and might even be a Celestial Lord now!"

"Perhaps we should visit the Han family," Xu suggested.

"What are we going to the Han family for?" Tianba waved his hand, ordering the two guards to retreat, and said in a low voice, "Madam, old man Han won't give us a friendly look."

Madam Xu said with a wry smile, "Master, Tianfeng may have been to the Han family, or he may even be staying there!"

"What do you mean?" Tianba sat down, feeling troubled by the departure of the people from the Heavenly Star Evil Palace, but he patiently listened to his wife's analysis. His wife was quite intelligent and always able to light a way for him.

Connecting all the events, Madam Xu said in a low voice, "The war between the Cheng family and our Tian family originated from Tianfeng. It was the death of Miss Cheng that truly enraged the head of the Cheng family."

Tianba angrily said, "Who would have thought that the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace would kill Miss Cheng? This Old Monster Cheng is also problematic. It was the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace who killed his daughter, yet instead of seeking revenge against the Palace Master, he chooses to cause trouble for our Tian family!"

"He's no match for the Heavenly Star Evil Palace, so naturally he'll pick on the weak." Madam Xu said in a low voice, "Even if the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace wanted to kill someone, he should have killed Han Rou, whom Tian Feng truly loved. But in doing so, they are essentially avenging Han Rou. The biggest reason Han Rou and Tian Feng separated was Miss Cheng. Now that the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace has killed Miss Cheng, it seems on the surface that Miss Cheng is still hung up on Tian Feng and has angered the Palace Master's master. But if you think about it carefully, Tian Feng doesn't care about Miss Cheng at all. Killing her is, in the end, avenging Han Rou and Tian Feng."

"That makes sense! Please continue, Madam!"

"Therefore, I suspect that the master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace might not truly love our Tianfeng, nor did she actually marry him. Perhaps she's just a busybody, and there are quite a few like that, aren't there? She couldn't stand Tianfeng and Hanrou's situation, so she intervened, helped kill Miss Cheng, and then reunited Tianfeng and Hanrou. To thank her, Tianfeng might have invited her to stay at the Han family for a few days! Remember when the Han family suddenly produced a Celestial Emperor? No one in the Han family could become a Celestial Emperor, so there's only one possibility—"

Tianba said, "It was the master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace who became an Immortal Emperor! He broke through at the Han family's gate!"

"Yes! Very likely!" Madam Xu narrowed her wise eyes and guessed, "Perhaps the person who came today was indeed Han Wuxie herself, but besides the three of them, there was another expert, perhaps the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace! The divine sense pressure that Yuwen Xuejian was subjected to was not Han Wuxie herself, but perhaps a Celestial Lord expert was hiding and protecting Han Wuxie. Yuwen Xuejian mistakenly thought that the one who was exerting divine sense pressure on her was Han Wuxie! Han Wuxie is at least the apple of the eye of the Han family, so why would she come to the Tian family alone with two useless younger brothers?" The Tian family is quite far from the Han family. Aren't they afraid of dangers on the road? With her beauty, there must be many ill-intentioned people along the way. She must have powerful protectors with her! Perhaps it was the master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace who sent a Celestial Lord to protect Han Wuxie. Our attitude towards Han Wuxie was not good, and the powerful protector told the master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace about it. Such a meddlesome person will surely be angry with us, which is why he dismissed the Heavenly Star Evil Palace people sent to help us.

Tianba's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. Suddenly, he stood up, as if making a huge decision, and said in a low voice, "Go to the Han family!"

"Isn't the master afraid that old man Han will make things difficult for you?" Madam Xu smiled slightly.

Tianba's eyes darkened slightly. He sighed, somewhat dejectedly, and said, "So be it! I've made things difficult for Han Wuxie today as well. Consider this a chance for old man Han to get revenge! It's better than our Tian family being destroyed!"

……

Han Wuxie withdrew his divine sense from the Tian family with amusement, raised an eyebrow and looked at Han Xingyu and Han Tianci, who also withdrew their divine senses at the same time.

Han Xingyu chuckled mischievously, "Looks like Grandpa's going to have some fun today!"

Han Tianci sighed and said, "No matter how difficult it is for Grandpa, he will probably let us through in the end."

"What do you mean?" Han Xingyu asked, puzzled.

Han Tianci said, "Those two old geezers—"

Han Wuxie coughed and said in a low voice, "We can't just talk about the old man like that."

Han Tianci frowned and said in a low voice, "Neither the Tian family patriarch nor the Tian family matriarch are fools. They didn't come here to find the Palace Master of the Tianxing Evil Palace or his master, but Tian Feng, who is my father. They are only looking for their son. No matter how difficult it is for my grandfather, in the end, he still has to let them see their son, right?"

Han Wuxie fiddled with the ring and nodded slightly, saying, "Grandpa will certainly make things difficult for them, but in the end he will still let them see Father. It's not because he's soft-hearted, but because he's testing them."

Han Tianci nodded and said, "Yes, Grandpa still has some doubts about Father. Whether Father will give up the Tian family, or whether he will regret it in the future if he chooses to give up now, no one knows. Grandpa definitely wants to see what it's like for father and son to reunite."

Han Wuxie narrowed his eyes slightly, a playful look on his face: "You've arrived pretty quickly. Let's go out and see what's going on!"

……

Inside the main hall, Old Man Han, with his head held high, crossed his legs and shook his foot, arrogantly saying, "What? The Tian family's son has gone missing, so you've come to our Han family looking for him? Don't forget, our Han family and the Tian family have no connection anymore. What business is it of ours if your son goes missing!"

Tianba frowned slightly. He was sitting to the left of Old Man Han, who was deliberately shaking his leg, trying to get his pants dirty.

Tianba slightly moved his leg to create some distance, but Old Man Han deliberately moved closer as if to be friendly, and then wiped his pants with the sole of his dirty shoe.

Tianba didn't want to argue with this scoundrel, nor was he bothered to move his seat any further. He simply said in a low voice, "I'll be frank. I know Tianfeng is with the Han family."

"No!" Old Man Han sneered. "You know your son divorced my daughter, how could I possibly let him stay in the Han family!"

Tianba couldn't contain his anger. Xu squeezed his hand slightly and said with an awkward smile, "Patriarch Han, let's be frank. If we weren't absolutely certain, my wife and I wouldn't have come here for winter break, nor would we have tried to curry favor with you. We are certain that Tianfeng is here, so you don't need to beat around the bush and hide it from us."

"Heh, you're sure? You need evidence, don't you?" Old Man Han chuckled slyly, his old face and roguish appearance making him seem like a mischievous old man. He mocked, "Even I, the head of the Han family, don't know that there's anyone in our family with the surname Tian. What are you two so sure about?"

Tianba's face was already red with anger. If Xu Shi hadn't been holding his hand tightly to prevent him from getting angry, he would have wanted to overturn the table and search the entire Han family home.

Madam Xu smiled slightly and said politely, "If you agree, we can find out by scanning with our divine sense."

"Then go ahead and scan!" Old Man Han narrowed his eyes. Anyway, Tianfeng is in Wuxie's ring. It's no wonder your divine senses can't find him!

So easy to talk to? Madam Xu was slightly taken aback.

Old Man Han sneered, "However, let me make this clear: if you can't find Tianfeng at the Han family today, I won't let you off easily!"

Tianba snorted coldly, intending to use his divine sense to survey the entire Han family, but Madam Xu frowned and said, "Master, wait!"

Tianba asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

"If Tianfeng were here, he wouldn't have let us search so easily!"

Tianba said in a low voice, "He's just making things difficult!"

"No." Madam Xu shook her head and looked at the head of the Han family.

Old Man Han shrugged indifferently and said, "I'm not like you women, with so many hidden agendas. Anyway, if you want to search today, I'll let you search. If Tianfeng is at the Han family, I won't stop you; you can take him away if you want. If Tianfeng isn't here... hehe..." Old Man Han sneered, narrowing his eyes dangerously, and said, "Then we'll settle our old scores and new grudges all at once!"

Xu looked at Tianba with some worry. Tianba snorted coldly and, without the slightest hesitation, used his divine sense to investigate the entire Han family.

Han Wuxie, Han Xingyu, and Han Tianci entered the main hall at that moment. Upon seeing Old Man Han, Han Wuxie bowed and said, "Grandpa."

"Good boy!" Old Han smiled broadly and pointed to the chair on his right, saying, "Sit down."

Han Wuxie nodded, and Han Xingyu raised an eyebrow and said with a mischievous smile, "Grandpa."

Han Tianci called out, "Grandpa."

"Good, how filial! Come, come, sit here and see the guests who have come today!" Old Man Han smiled, but his eyes were full of malice.

After Han Wuxie, Han Xingyu, and Han Tianci took their seats, Tianba withdrew his divine sense with a grim expression and frowned at Xu Shi. Xu Shi could tell from his expression that he had not found the person.

Old Han narrowed his eyes, his tone mocking, "What, couldn't you find them?"

Tianba snorted coldly and said in a low voice, "You must have hidden him somewhere else!"

"Heh, you're quite the liar. There's no son of yours here, so how could I hide him?" Old Man Han sneered. "Heh, now that we can't find your son, isn't it time for us to settle old scores?"

Tianba frowned, took Xu's hand, and said in a deep voice, "Since Tianfeng isn't here, we'll leave now and take our leave!"

Old Man Han blocked his path, sneering, "Do you think the Han family is your Tian family's residence? You think you can come and go as you please?"

Tianba coldly stared at Old Man Han, and was about to make a move when Old Man Han suddenly released his Immortal Lord's divine sense.

Tianba and Xu were instantly stunned.

Tianba exclaimed in disbelief, "How is this possible? Wasn't he a Grand Luo Golden Immortal? How could he become a Celestial Lord in such a short time!"

Madam Xu frowned and asked, "Could it be that the Heavenly Star Evil Palace truly has a way to quickly become a Celestial Lord?"

Tianba asked in a low voice, "Was the master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace Master a Celestial Emperor who broke through to the Immortal Emperor realm during the winter break?"

Old Man Han said with a playful tone, "I don't know the master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace Master!"

Han Wuxie gently used the lid of his teacup to remove the tea leaves, took a sip of tea, and watched Tianba and Xu Shi with a lazy attitude.

Han Xingyu played with the immortal stone in his hand. It was an excellent raw stone with a rich immortal aura. Playing with it could also promote cultivation.

Han Tianci stared expressionlessly at Tianba and Xu Shi.

Tianba and Xu exchanged a glance. Old Man Han wasn't letting them leave now, and a Celestial Lord level cultivator was someone they couldn't defeat.

Tianba's expression softened slightly, and he put on a somewhat fake smile, saying, "What exactly does the Han family head want in order for my wife and I to leave?"

Old Man Han chuckled knowingly, "I heard that when my grandson went to your imperial family, you drove him away!"

Tianba turned his gaze to the slightly languid Han Wuxie, the expressionless Han Tianci, and the amused Han Xingyu. After a moment of silence, he said in a low voice, "They wanted to help our Tian family in the war against the Cheng family in the name of the Tian family's descendants, but they overestimated themselves. Naturally, I refused. Should I send two useless people with no cultivation to fight? Wouldn't that be sending them to their deaths?"

Old Han scoffed, "So, you're implying you're still helping them?"

"Think what you want." Tianba's face turned cold.

"Alright!" Old Man Han wasn't annoyed at all, but instead said with a grin, "I heard that you said you didn't need their help!"

"Yes, that's what I said at the time." Tianba didn't deny it, stating explicitly, "However, she didn't say then that the so-called help was from the Heavenly Star Evil Palace!"

"Oh—!" Old Man Han drawled, his tone playful. "Now that the power of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace has been withdrawn, do you regret sending my grandson away back then?"

Madam Xu stepped forward and said, "Since you're blocking our way, we'll make things clear! We've already guessed that your Han family's Immortal Emperor is the master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace Master! Tianfeng didn't marry that person; it's just that the Heavenly Star Evil Palace Master's master meddled in this matter, killing Miss Cheng in an attempt to reunite Tianfeng and Han Rou!"

"Your imagination is a bit too good!" Old Man Han couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Old Han stopped laughing, a playful look on his face: "Then how about I tell you another version of the truth?"

Tianba and Xu Shi were convinced of their suspicions and looked coldly at Old Man Han, thinking he was going to make up a story to deceive them.

"Haha!" This laugh was from Han Xingyu; he finally couldn't hold back anymore.

Han Xingyu stood up and walked to Tianba and Xu Shi, smiling slyly, "Patriarch Tian, ​​you keep saying that Sister Wuxie and Tianci are good-for-nothings, but have you ever thought that no one is good-for-nothing forever? Everything can change! There's a saying among mortals, 'Even a salted fish can turn over,' have you ever heard of it?"

"A loser can never turn things around," Tianba remained stubborn.

Han Tianci's gaze turned colder, and he said in a low voice, "Xingyu, there's no need to say anything more to him. Let Grandpa speak."

Han Xingyu scoffed and sat back down in her original seat.

Old Man Han clapped his hands. Han Wuxie played with the ring, and a person appeared from the ring. It was Tianfeng, who was standing behind Tianba and Xu Shi.

Old Man Han said with a playful tone, "Didn't you two come looking for your sons? Well, we don't have any sons here, only a man named Juefeng. Turn around and take a look!"

Tianba and Xu Shi turned slightly to the side, looking behind them warily, and were immediately stunned.

Tianba shook his head and said, "That's impossible. We couldn't find it before, so why is it here again?"

"Juefeng?" Madam Xu said hoarsely, "Son, have you even abandoned your surname?"

Juefeng looked at the two people in front of him indifferently, as if they were two strangers.

Tianba shouted angrily, "You little beast, are you even a member of the Tian family anymore? Severed? Cut off blood ties? Dream on! The blood of the Tian family still flows in your veins!"

Juefeng said calmly, "Since you hate me so much, insult me ​​so much, and think I'm not a member of the Tian family, then I'll stop being named Tian. I've satisfied you, what more could you want? I'm not your commodity, to be used when you need me, and sold when someone wants me!"

"How could you say such a thing!" Mrs. Xu said, somewhat hurt. "You are my most precious son!"

"My darling? Is this how much you cherish me?" Juefeng sneered. "You wanted me to marry Miss Cheng, so you pretended to be sick to force me to agree. You secretly plotted how to make Miss Cheng your legal wife. If I didn't divorce Rou'er, would you two conspire to harm her?"

Madam Xu was speechless for a moment, then took a step back and said, "It's all for the sake of the imperial family!"

Juefeng scoffed, "The Tian family didn't become a powerful clan in the Immortal Realm through such petty tricks! Our ancestors didn't grow strong using such methods or such deals!"

Tianba took a deep breath. Staying here today would only bring humiliation. He took his wife's hand and wanted to leave, but Old Man Han still blocked the doorway.

Old Han, looking somewhat like a thug, grinned wickedly and said, "You haven't even heard my version yet, why are you already thinking of leaving?"

Tianba said in a low voice, "After hearing this, we can leave? We came here today to find our son, but unfortunately, this son is no longer a member of the Tian family. We no longer need the help of the Tianxing Evil Palace. I preserved the Tian family only to ensure its continuation. Since I have no successor, why should I bother to preserve it? It doesn't matter if the Cheng family destroys it!"

"Heh, how domineering!" Old Man Han chuckled. "After hearing my version, if you still think you can walk away with such an arrogant attitude, I won't stop you!"

"Speak!" Tianba roared.

Old Man Han said with a smirk, "The child who was sent to our Han family as a good-for-nothing by the Tian family is not only not a good-for-nothing, but a genius with ancient talents!"

Xu froze, looking incredulously at Han Wuxie and Han Tianci behind her.

Tianba scoffed, "Ancient talents? Those things simply don't exist!"

Old Man Han ignored them and continued, "Back then, the natal magic weapon that Wu Xie took out of the Tian family was considered useless by everyone, but in fact, that thing was the true heirloom of your Tian family!"

"What!" Tianba exclaimed in surprise, turning his gaze to the ring in Han Wuxie's hand. Looking at the dark, ancient ring, he sneered, "Impossible!"

Old Man Han continued, "Among the inherited treasures, there was a spirit that took Wuxie and Tianci to the mortal realm and planted the Root of God!"

"The Root of God?" Xu exclaimed in surprise.

Old Man Han sneered and continued, "The so-called master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace does not exist! Only the Heavenly Star Evil Palace Master exists! This Heavenly Star Evil Palace Master is none other than Wu Xie! And our Han family's Immortal Emperor is also Wu Xie!"

One unbelievable thing after another came out of Old Man Han's mouth. Xu shook her head in disbelief. This was so different from what she had guessed. It was something she never dared to imagine!

A good-for-nothing possesses ancient talent? A good-for-nothing finds a heavenly treasure? A good-for-nothing cultivates a divine root? A good-for-nothing becomes the highest-ranking Immortal Emperor in the Immortal Realm!

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Tianba shook his head, wanting to deny it, but at this moment, Han Wuxie smiled playfully and suddenly released the aura of a peak Immortal Emperor. Han Tianci followed his sister and also released the aura of a peak Immortal Lord.

Tianba staggered back, looking disheveled, and sat weakly in a chair, staring blankly at Han Wuxie and Han Tianci opposite him.

Madam Xu said hoarsely, "Granddaughter Wuxie, is this true? You are an Immortal Emperor!"

Han Wuxie's granddaughter? Han Wuxie smiled slightly, stood up, walked to Xu Shi, and shook her head, saying, "Han Wuxie is just a granddaughter of the Han family. As for your granddaughter, her name is Tianxie! 'Xie' as in 'evil wind,' 'evil sect,' and she has been expelled from the Tian family and no longer exists!"

Madam Xu trembled slightly. Han Tianci seemed determined to make the other party regret it to death. He stepped forward and laughed, "As for me, my name is Han Tianci. Remember that! It's a gift from heaven to the Han family, not a mistake by the Tian family!"

Han Xingyu smiled mischievously, walked up to Tian Ba, raised an eyebrow and said, "Patriarch Tian, ​​haven't you always wanted to find out about the strength of our Heavenly Star Evil Palace? Today, I, the deputy palace master, will tell you!"

Tianba's gaze slowly and blankly turned to Han Xingyu.

Han Xingyu chuckled evilly, "In your immortal eyes, those without spiritual roots or immortal roots are just useless trash. But when Wuxie, Han Tianci, and I went to the mortal realm, those so-called immortal lords of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace who arranged for you to go to your Tian family were all martial artists in the mortal realm who had neither immortal roots nor spiritual roots back then!"

"What? They're all from the mortal realm! Yet they're all already Immortal Lords!" Tianba muttered hoarsely to himself.

Han Xingyu sneered, "Our Heavenly Star Evil Palace has far more than fifty Immortal Lords!"

"How many? How many exactly!" Tianba asked, his voice trembling slightly.

"Actually, there aren't many, just over a thousand!" Han Xingyu said casually.

"More than a thousand? More than a thousand Immortal Lords?" Tianba suddenly burst into a silly grin. "The good-for-nothing from back then, the good-for-nothing I was humiliating this morning, is now an Immortal Emperor, the leader of more than a thousand Immortal Lords, and the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace. This is a dream, absolutely not real, impossible. I've worked hard for most of my life just to make the Tian family famous in the Immortal Realm, but I just handed over this child who could bring glory to the Tian family, the direct granddaughter and grandson of the Tian family, to the Han family! Hahaha..." Tianba kept laughing maniacally. "The Han family now has an Immortal Emperor and is already the strongest family in the Immortal Realm. If the outside world knew that the Heavenly Star Evil Palace has more than a thousand Immortal Lords, no one would dare to provoke the Heavenly Star Evil Palace anymore. The Han family would be the overlord of the Immortal Realm! I handed over such an opportunity to the Han family! If I hadn't driven them out back then, wouldn't the Tian family be the overlord of the Immortal Realm now?" As Tianba spoke, he laughed happily, but tears kept flowing out of his eyes.

Seeing her husband's abnormal behavior, Madam Xu was startled and rushed forward to shake him, "Master, master, please don't go crazy! Please don't go crazy! Don't laugh, don't cry, master, master!"

Tianba abruptly stood up, shoved Xu Shi aside, forcefully wiped away his tears, and with a stern face, stopped smiling, coldly said, "Who am I, Tianba? Would I go crazy over something like this?" Tianba narrowed his dangerous eyes, looked at Juefeng, and coldly questioned, "Do you really not care about the life and death of the Tian family?"