Genius Beast Tamer

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Juefeng coldly stared at the person before him, as if looking at a stranger, and said indifferently, "It has nothing to do with me."

Tian Baqi trembled slightly, and lowered his voice, saying in a deep voice, "What if I step down and let you become the head of the Tian family?"

Juefeng looked at Han Wuxie and said calmly, "Even if you step down, I don't have the ability to take over the Tian family. The Tian family is a mess right now, and it has no chance of surviving the siege of the Cheng family."

"You ask that person for help." Tianba glanced at Han Wuxie, but didn't call her by name; instead, he addressed her as "that person."

"That person?" Juefeng chuckled playfully. "What are you running away from? You don't even dare to call her by her name?"

Tianba clenched his fist and lowered his voice again, saying, "She's your daughter. If you take over the Tian family and become the new head of the Tian family, she won't stand idly by."

Juefeng shook his head, still looking at Tianba with an extremely calm and unfamiliar gaze. His voice, like that of someone from the deep sea, was muffled and carried a hint of profoundness: "I have no face to make such a request. If you have the face, you can tell her to her face that I will not take over your Tian family. My name now is Juefeng, and I only want to start anew under the name Juefeng, to pursue Rou'er again. Being the head of the family brings many constraints, and I don't want Rou'er to suffer because of those constraints anymore. I want to let Rou'er live a free and unrestrained life as Juefeng!"

Tianba stared intently at Juefeng, seeing the determination in his eyes, and gave a low, bitter laugh. He then turned to look at Han Wuxie and Han Tianci, remaining silent for a long time before finally deciding not to lower himself to ask for anything.

Madam Xu said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Master, do you really want to watch the Tian family perish? The Tianxing Evil Palace is so powerful now. As long as they are willing to continue helping us, we will not lose to the Cheng family!"

Tianba chuckled self-deprecatingly and said in a low voice, "This morning, I already refused the help offered by the Palace Master of Tianxing Evil Palace. What face do I have to ask them for help again? Even my son has disowned me, let alone them. You shouldn't have forgotten how we treated them before. You thought a good-for-nothing like me could never turn my life around. Even with our own granddaughter and grandson, we were so indifferent, and in the end, we even kicked them out! This morning, the fact that they went to the Tian family was probably giving me one last chance. If I had regretted it even a little bit back then, even knowing that a good-for-nothing like me couldn't help, I would have thanked them with gratitude. Maybe everything would have been different. Today's dead end is all my own doing."

"Master..." Madam Xu called out to him hoarsely. He hadn't expected that after laughing and crying, almost going crazy, the master would have a sudden realization and feel remorse. But he was always such a stubborn person, just like when he stubbornly drove away his grandson back then. Even if the imperial family was really destroyed now, he would still not bow his head to beg for anything.

Han Tianci suddenly stepped forward, his expression somewhat moved, as if he wanted to help them. Just as hope flickered in Xu's eyes, she heard the refined, smiling young man utter sarcastic words: "What use is the Tian family if you keep it? You, a short-sighted and stubborn patriarch, are already quite old. Even if you manage to preserve the Tian family this time, who will you pass the throne to? Of your sons and grandsons, who can shoulder the heavy responsibility? Even if you preserve the Tian family today, the next generation will still destroy it, causing it to gradually decline and leaving behind a bad reputation. It would be better to completely destroy it this time!"

"You!" Madam Xu was so angry that she almost couldn't catch her breath.

Tianba hurriedly helped his wife up. Thinking of the grandchildren who left the Tian family today, those opportunistic children, none of them could shoulder any heavy responsibilities. Tianba said in a low voice, "Just as he said, even if we manage to protect them, they will be ruined by those little beasts and leave a stain on our reputation in the Immortal Realm. It would be better to use the Cheng family's help this time to wipe out all those little beasts."

"Master, how could you say such a thing? The Tian family is a legacy left by our ancestors! Are you really going to ruin it in your hands?" Madam Xu looked at Tianba in disbelief.

"Let's face reality." Tianba smiled calmly, and with surprising gentleness, took Xu's hand, saying, "Madam, let's go back." He led Xu to Old Man Han and said calmly, "The Han family head shouldn't go back on his word, right? We've heard what you have to say, so you should let us pass, shouldn't you?"

Han Mengxiao hadn't expected him to actually leave like that. He had thought he would kneel down and beg Wuxie, or at least make a scene, but instead, he just left. Watching Tianba and Xu Shi's slightly haggard figures, Han Mengxiao sighed and said, "What is Tianba up to? He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would let the Tian family be ruined by him!"

Juefeng looked calmly at Tianba's back and said in a deep voice, "Whatever he does is none of my business."

Han Mengxiao looked at the precipice and said softly, "Let's go see Rou'er."

Juefeng was taken aback, and asked blankly, "Weren't you the one who stopped me from getting close to Rou'er?"

Han Mengxiao had indeed previously forbidden his daughter from getting close to this guy again, lest she be deceived by him again. However, after the test just now, because Juefeng didn't want the position of head of the Tian family and only wanted to be free with his daughter, he changed his mind and said in a low voice, "If you treat Rou'er badly in the slightest, I will regret it at any time."

"Thank you, father-in-law—"

"Wait!" Han Mengxiao's face darkened, and she sneered, "I'm just giving you a chance to get close to Rou'er. Whether Rou'er will be willing to marry you again is still uncertain!"

Juefeng smiled wryly, bowed, and hurried off to Yunrou Manor to curry favor with Hanrou.

Han Wuxie stretched, looking somewhat lazy.

Han Mengxiao chuckled, "Doesn't it get tiring to just watch the show without saying a word from beginning to end?"

Han Wuxie smiled mischievously, stretched again, and feigned exhaustion, saying, "Watching a good show is naturally not tiring, but watching a pretentious one is definitely exhausting!"

"That self-inflicted injury ploy is truly shameless!" Han Tianci sneered.

Han Xingyu raised an eyebrow and said with a mischievous smile, "Since the Tian family patriarch's self-inflicted injury plot failed, shouldn't he secretly go and pay his respects to the Cheng family patriarch now?"

Han Mengxiao had never understood why Tianba's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness when he left, but now she finally understood what he was up to!

If Tianba were to tell the Cheng family head now that Wuxie is the master of the Tianxing Evil Palace, the Cheng family head would surely feel tricked and become angry. He would then turn his attention to attacking the Han family. Tianba would naturally not reveal the true strength of the Tianxing Evil Palace, but would portray it as weak, giving the Cheng family head more confidence to attack the Han family. Faced with a force like the Cheng family, the Tianxing Evil Palace would be able to annihilate them quickly. In the end, the Tian family would be the ones to rejoice!

With the destruction of the Cheng family, the Tian family escaped a calamity. He had also calculated that he would be able to leave the Han family smoothly today. Although Han Wuxie hated him, he would not kill him because of their blood ties. Since he could leave the Han family safely, the Tianxing Evil Palace would not cause him any trouble after the destruction of the Cheng family. They would not help him, but they would not harm him either. Their Tian family would still exist well in this immortal realm!

Although his relationship with Wu Xie was strained, to outsiders, the Cheng family's attempt to destroy the Tian family, coupled with the Tian family patriarch's visit to the Han family, led the Cheng family to believe the two families were forming an alliance. They then turned their attention to the Han family, unaware that the Han family's granddaughter was the master of the Tianxing Evil Palace. This enraged the palace master, who ultimately destroyed the Cheng family. From an outsider's perspective, Wu Xie had helped both the Tian and Han families. Even though the Tian family had driven her away years before, she was still their legitimate granddaughter, and in this crisis, she still offered assistance! This way, the Immortal Realm would fear the Tian family, and the Tian family might not only avoid destruction but even rise to prominence because of it! What a brilliant plan! Tian Ba ​​was truly calculating!

Han Mengxiao's eyes gradually filled with fear. Thinking that Tianba had made such a good plan in the short time of the lightning and thunder, she was not only uneasy because of Tianba's deep cunning, but also shocked that her three grandsons had discovered what she had not. If Tianba was a fox who had lived for thousands of years, he could not defeat these fledgling eagles who had just spread their wings. How could a fox escape the claws of an eagle?

Han Mengxiao lowered her voice slightly and said softly, "What are your plans? Are you really going to give in to his wishes?"

Han Wuxie smiled wickedly, narrowed his dangerous eyes, and said lazily, "I'm too lazy to play mind games, but he insists on using these tricks. If he regrets driving us out of the Tian family back then and doesn't play these tricks, I won't personally eliminate the Tian family. At most, I'll just watch the Cheng family destroy the Tian family. If he insists on forcing me to be ruthless, then I have no choice."

Han Mengxiao paused for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Sending people to destroy the Tian family is going a bit too far. It would be best to do it through someone else."

Han Tianci said coldly, "What's wrong with that? When we went to visit him today, my sister endured all the humiliation he gave us, calling us good-for-nothings and saying we were overestimating ourselves. If my sister hadn't given him the chance, I would have killed him on the spot!"

Han Xingyu sneered, "Grandpa, you should just mind your own business with the Han family! How Sister Wuxie treats the Tian family is her own affair. Even if she really killed Tianba with her own hands, it's that old man's own fault. He's already been given enough chances, yet he still resorts to these petty tricks! Doesn't he know that in the face of strength, any scheme is a joke? What's the point of keeping such a joke around? If I were Sister Wuxie, I would have instantly killed him, perhaps even reducing him to ashes!"

Upon hearing this, Han Mengxiao shivered slightly. To Han Wuxie, the head of the Tian family was her grandfather, and to Han Xingyu, she was his grandfather. How could she, as his grandfather, bear it if he incited Han Wuxie to kill his grandfather? She could not tolerate it!

But remembering Tianba's clever scheme—to incite the Cheng family to attack the Han family—he hardened his heart and gritted his teeth, saying, "I don't care about anything else, just don't let any irrelevant people touch the Han family!"

Han Xingyu smirked mischievously, "Grandpa, don't worry. With me, the Vice Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace, here, anyone who dares to touch the Han family is courting death!"

……

The head of the Cheng family was quite surprised today, because an uninvited guest had arrived at the Cheng family.

He glanced at Tianba, whose expression remained calm, showing no sense of crisis at entering the enemy camp.

The head of the Cheng family raised a cold laugh, his voice laced with sarcasm: "What a rare guest! Why would the head of the Tian family choose to visit my humble temple instead of a grand temple like the Heavenly Star Evil Palace?"

Tianba suppressed the sarcasm in his words and said in a deep voice, "I have some information to sell you."

"Sell it to me? That depends on whether this information is worth buying." The Cheng family patriarch smiled coldly.

Tianba didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "The Palace Master of Tianxing Evil Palace is a member of the Han family."

"The Han family?" The Cheng family head was taken aback, then shook his head. "Not from your Tian family? Come to think of it, they should be your son's new wife's apprentice!"

Tianba narrowed his wolf-like eyes, a sinister glint flashing across them, before putting on a warm smile and saying, "We've both been tricked."

"Heh, you'd better speak plainly." The Cheng family head toyed with his teacup and said coldly, "I don't have time to chat with you. Tell me, if I were to directly detain the Tian family head, who in your Tian family would dare to challenge me?"

Tianba shook his head slightly and said, "There wasn't much of a grudge between us to begin with."

"No grudge?" The Cheng family patriarch chuckled coldly, his laughter growing increasingly dangerous as he said in a low voice, "You've played us for so many years, and in the end, you killed my daughter!"

"I didn't kill Miss Cheng!" Tianba's expression darkened, and he said sharply, "Your daughter was killed by the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace!"

"Isn't the Heavenly Star Evil Palace supposed to listen to you? If not, do you think your Tian family could have fought us for so long?" The Cheng family head seemed a little impatient.

Tianba said seriously, "The Heavenly Star Evil Palace belongs to the Han family! The Han family hates our Tian family, and they hate your Cheng family even more. That's why they arranged all this to sow discord between us and watch the two families fight it out!"

"Heh." The head of the Cheng family just sneered.

Tianba frowned and continued, "If it weren't for Miss Cheng insisting on marrying Tianfeng back then, my wife and I wouldn't have plotted to trick our son into divorcing her, and Han Rou wouldn't have brought the two children back to the Han family. The Han family has always held a grudge about this matter and resented the Tian and Cheng families."

"Didn't the Han family produce a Celestial Emperor? If you hate us, you could just wipe out our Cheng family and your Tian family. Why do you have to frame your Tian family and incite hatred between our two families?" The Cheng family head still looked at Tianba with a mocking gaze, his eyes filled with disbelief. His sarcastic look seemed to say, "Tianba, don't bother with your little tricks in front of me. I won't believe you. Keep acting and making things up. I'll see what other tricks you, this monkey, can pull!"

Tianba clenched his fist slightly, his nails digging deep into his flesh. He said with a forced smile, "I'll be blunt. The Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace is the Immortal Emperor of the Han family. This person is none other than the daughter of Tianfeng and Hanrou! She is still related to the Tian family by blood and cannot commit the act of annihilating the clan, so she used your Cheng family to stir up these things!"

"Hahahaha!" The Cheng family patriarch burst into laughter, his laughter filled with mockery. He narrowed his eyes and coldly looked at Tianba. "You mean the good-for-nothing from back then is now an Immortal Emperor, or even the Palace Master of a powerful sect like the Heavenly Star Evil Palace? Tianba, do you think I'm a fool?"

Tianba's face was somber, and he sighed softly, feigning a sense of vicissitude as he said, "I never expected this! If I had known back then that this good-for-nothing could turn things around, how could I have sent such a promising talent out of the Tian family and given that old man Han such a treasure? You know that our Tian family has a priceless heirloom, right? That item has been lost for several generations, and no one has been able to find it, yet it just so happened that that little girl obtained it!"

I've never seen Tianba so frustrated and annoyed. Seeing that he wasn't acting, the Cheng family patriarch's tone softened slightly, and he said in a low voice, "I've heard about this matter. Back then, you sent that child into the back mountain to find his natal magic weapon, which surprised me quite a bit."

"It's all because of that child Tianfeng!" Tianba pretended to be in pain and said, "Back then, I really wanted to form a marriage alliance with your Cheng family. I really liked your daughter and wanted her to enter the Tian family. What a pity, what a pity." He shook his head with great regret.

Thinking of his daughter, the head of the Cheng family felt a surge of anger, but he suppressed it somewhat because of the pity in the other person's eyes. It seemed that thinking of his daughter made the head of the Cheng family a little confused, and he said in a low voice, "I heard that what she got was a piece of trash. Back then, the saying 'trash paired with trash' was the talk of the town in your Tian family!"

Tianba slammed his fist on the table, angrily saying, "What trash! That brat has been deceiving us! What she obtained is our Tian family's heirloom, a treasure passed down from our ancestors! Now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from you anymore. In fact, that thing is a divine artifact! One of our Tian family's ancestors once had the good fortune to encounter a divine being, who bestowed it upon him, instructing us to safeguard it carefully!"

"A divine artifact!" The Cheng family patriarch's eyes lit up, as if a greedy desire was rising from the depths of his eyes.

"Of course it's a divine artifact! Otherwise, how could a good-for-nothing like her rise to power! I shouldn't have told anyone this, you know. If the fact that our Heavenly Clan possesses a divine artifact were to leak out, it could cause a huge uproar. But now that brat has taken it, I won't hide it anymore! After obtaining the artifact, she actually transformed herself, cultivating a divine root and becoming an Immortal Emperor in a short time! Moreover, she knows the way to descend to the mortal realm. The artifact also contains the method for cultivating a divine root. That Heavenly Star Evil Palace was built by her gathering a group of martial artists in the mortal realm and cultivating divine roots for them. You know, once you have a divine root, the speed of cultivation in the Immortal Realm is terrifyingly fast!"

Tianba spoke vividly, his voice laced with alternating frustration and anger. He was already absolutely certain that even if the Cheng family patriarch didn't believe Han Wuxie had instigated the conflict between the two families, he would still be tempted by the divine artifact. To obtain it, he would inevitably use Tianba's words as a pretext. Even if he didn't believe someone was sowing discord between the Tian and Cheng families, he would deliberately use this as a reason to attack the Han family, all for the sake of obtaining the divine artifact. Ordinary divine artifacts were already enough to drive people crazy, and with the addition of the method he had fabricated to cultivate divine roots within the artifact, the Cheng family patriarch would surely take the bait!

As expected, the head of the Cheng family suddenly became very attentive, stepping forward to pat Tianba on the shoulder as if all the grudges of the past few years had vanished, and reverting to the way he addressed Tianba when the two families might have become in-laws, saying, "Brother Tian, ​​don't worry, what belongs to your Tian family will definitely be reclaimed!"

Tianba naturally replied, "Brother Cheng, with your words of reassurance, I am relieved. If we find the divine artifact, I will gladly offer you the method to cultivate divine roots!"

The head of the Cheng family waved his hand and laughed, "Haha, Brother Tian, ​​you're too kind. That makes it sound like I'm helping you for your sake!"

Tianba narrowed his eyes, and everyone knew what was going on, but they pretended to be alarmed and said, "What are you saying? I only said that to express my gratitude, brother. If you insist on refusing, then you don't consider me your brother!"

The head of the Cheng family laughed heartily and said, "Very well, since Brother Tian is so moved, after we deal with the Han family, I'll shamelessly ask for a share!"

Han Wuxie withdrew his released divine sense and gave a mocking sneer.

Han Xingyu scoffed, "Two hypocritical old bastards, they were fighting like dogs before, and now they're calling each other brothers!"

Han Tianci chuckled wickedly, "They both seem shameless, but this time Tianba has succeeded. The Cheng family patriarch was tempted by the divine artifact and fell for Tianba's trick. He'll probably be coming to the Han family to die soon. Tianba is just waiting for us to destroy the Cheng family so he can rest easy. What do you think the Cheng family patriarch would do if our Heavenly Star Evil Palace suddenly revealed our strength? Wouldn't those sects that helped him be so scared that they immediately withdrew?"

"We only need to reveal a hundred or so Immortal Lords, and that should scare them, right?" Han Xingyu toyed with the smooth, flesh-like immortal stone in his hand, a sinister smile in his eyes.

Han Wuxie smiled knowingly, then said with a wicked grin, "A hundred or eighty isn't enough. Aren't the people behind Shui Tianfan trying every possible way to find out our strength? Why not let those curious people truly witness it!"

Han Tianci was taken aback, and hesitated before saying, "Sister means to fully display our strength, which might attract trouble from the God Realm. My uncle said that things have been strange in the Boundless Sea lately, and it seems that some deities are already paying attention to us!"

Han Wuxie narrowed his dangerous eyes and said in a deep voice, "If we keep hiding, they will come looking for us anyway. We might as well show our strength directly! If they don't know, they will make wild guesses and be wary. But once they know, a thousand Immortal Lords are not a danger to them at all. Instead, they will find it boring and stop paying attention to us."

Han Xingyu snapped her fingers and said, "The less we know, the more we should investigate. Once we know everything, it loses its appeal. These high and mighty gods won't even give a second glance to a Celestial Lord! Sister Wuxie's trick is brilliant! Not only does it make those with boundless curiosity lose interest, but it also intimidates the Celestial Realm!"

Han Wuxie smiled nonchalantly, but there was some apprehension in his eyes. This seemed like a good move, but it was actually an extremely risky one.

Seven days later, the news spread like wildfire throughout the Immortal Realm that the headquarters of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace had finally been found. It was located on an unnamed mountain not far from Han Family Mountain. Now that mountain had a name: Heavenly Star Evil Mountain.

Many curious and daring individuals secretly went to Tianxing Evil Mountain. Strangely, these people were not only not killed by the people of Tianxing Evil Palace, but were instead invited to join Tianxing Evil Palace because of their great courage.

These people were naturally overjoyed. Who wouldn't want to join such a powerful sect? It was an excellent backer!

What's even stranger is that these people thought that since they had just entered the palace, many things would be deliberately kept from them. But to their surprise, their master answered all their questions without any concealment.

Among these people, there were naturally a few big mouths who, after being sent out on even the smallest errands, would shout that they were from the Heavenly Star Evil Palace and boast about the power of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace.

Soon, the strength of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace was exposed.

The fact that over a thousand Immortal Lords were involved sent shivers down the spines of the entire Immortal Realm!

Those who were originally jealous and didn't want the Heavenly Star Evil Palace to grow stronger have completely quieted down. It's already very strong, so strong that they can't even compare to a hair on it. To want to nip it in the bud is simply wishful thinking.

Those who had been won over by the Cheng family head remembered discussing with him just a few days ago how to attack the Han family and how to seize the divine artifact from Han Wuxie. But after hearing about the true strength of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace, they completely cowered and kept claiming to be ill.

The strength gathered by the Cheng family patriarch crumbled instantly, and the Cheng family patriarch also gave up the idea of ​​touching this big iron wall.

The head of the Cheng family sat in a chair, his brows furrowed, looking very melancholy. He recalled that Tianba had told him with certainty just a few days ago that the Heavenly Star Evil Palace only had fifty Immortal Lords. Suddenly, his eyes widened, and he slammed his hand on the armrest of the chair, a flash of clarity appearing in his eyes.

"Tianba, you old bastard! You deliberately sent me to my death!"

"Once I'm dead, you can rest easy!"

"No matter how much Han Wuxie hates you, you are still her grandfather. Naturally, she won't kill you with her own hands. Even though she used me to try and eliminate you before, I am still the winner, the winner of the battle between the Tian family and the Cheng family!"

"If I actually listened to your advice and attacked the Han family, it would be suicide! You've got a good plan, really good, really ruthless! You've completely fooled me, aren't you quite pleased with yourself? When I agreed to help you retrieve the divine artifact, were you secretly laughing at me for being a fool?"

"Tianba, I will make sure you die a horrible death!"

With a furious roar, the Cheng family patriarch's eyes turned bloodthirsty and savage.

Inside the Tian family compound, Tianba was restless. As news from the outside world gradually spread, the power of the Tianxing Evil Palace shocked the entire Immortal Realm, but it also caused him a frown.

Madam Xu handed over a cup of tea and said in a hoarse voice, "Master, the Cheng family will no longer help us."

Tianba was well aware of this. He took the tea and said in a low voice, "If he doesn't help us, fine, but I'm afraid he'll figure everything out and turn around and bite us back."

"Report!" someone shouted from outside the door.

Tianba sighed and said with a wry smile, "It seems what's coming can't be avoided!"

Madam Xu shook her head and comforted him, saying, "Maybe it's not as bad as you think."

Tianba said in a low voice, "Speak!"

The guards outside reported truthfully: "A large number of Cheng family members are attacking Tianjia Mountain. Our disciples are trying to stop them, and we've also activated the mountain-suppressing formation. However, this time the Cheng family seems determined to perish with us, and they're actually forcing their way through the formation. They've suffered countless casualties, and the formation is about to be breached!"

Tianba's eyes darkened slightly, and he said in a low voice, "You may leave."

The guards didn't retreat, anxiously saying, "Master, everyone is waiting for your instructions!"

Tianba and Xu exchanged a glance, both reading the despair in each other's eyes, and also recognizing the only way to stop it all.

Tianba smiled bitterly and said, "It seems we have no choice but to beg them!"

Madam Xu, holding Tianba's arm, sighed with worry, "Master, we should have begged her as soon as we knew Wuxie was the master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace. Now it's probably too late."

Tianba said in a low voice, "We have to ask, even if it's difficult! Are we just going to watch the Tian family perish?"

Xu followed the secret passage of Tianba and left the Tian family, heading to the Han family as quickly as possible.

Arriving at the foot of Hanjiashan Mountain, they found no one guarding the mountain.

Madam Xu sighed, "Now, no one dares to offend the Han family anymore. They don't even need the mountain guards anymore?"

Tianba frowned unhappily, said nothing more, and pulled Xu Shi toward Yunrou Manor. He obviously didn't want to see Old Man Han's face again. Without the mountain guards, it seemed that he didn't need to see the Han family head and could just go directly to Han Wuxie.

Little did they know that it was Old Man Han who truly didn't want to see them. He had anticipated their arrival in the next few days and, to avoid further trouble, had dismissed the mountain guards, letting them go find Han Wuxie on their own.

Han Wuxie had already sensed the arrival of Tianba and Xu Shi with her divine sense. She was still sitting leisurely in the courtyard, holding a book. It seemed that the book was extremely attractive to her, and her eyes were always on the book.

Han Xingyu walked towards Han Wuxie while playing with the immortal stone. As if by prior arrangement, Han Tianci walked over while playing with an ivory folding fan.

Han Wuxie slightly raised his eyes to look at the two of them, a playful smile appearing on his lips, and transmitted his voice, "The rare guests are about to arrive."

With a roguish, wicked smile, Han Xingyu sat down next to Han Wuxie and whispered with a mischievous grin, "Looks like they've finally realized they can't do without Sister Wuxie!"

Han Tianci sat down on the other side of Han Wuxie, smiling elegantly, and transmitted his voice, "If they hadn't played those little tricks, and had knelt down and kowtowed to admit their mistakes the day they found out that you were the Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Evil Palace, perhaps you would have spared their lives. But now, it's too late!"

Han Wuxie smiled faintly, then turned his gaze back to the pages of the book.

At this moment, Tianba and Madam Xu also arrived in the courtyard. Today, only Han Wuxie, Han Xingyu, and Han Tianci were at Yunrou Manor. It seemed that they had calculated that Tianba and Madam Xu would come today, so they sent Juefeng out to play early in the morning and sent the maids and servants to Old Man Han's place for the time being.

Having not seen any maids or servants along the way, Tianba frowned slightly and looked at the three people in the courtyard.

Xu hesitated for a moment, but Tianba walked quickly, pulling her forward without allowing her any hesitation.

Tianba walked up to Han Wuxie and knelt down in front of him with a "plop".

Seeing her husband suddenly kneel down, Madam Xu said anxiously, "Master, what are you doing? Get up quickly."

Tianba said in a deep voice, "You kneel down too!"

Madam Xu bit her lower lip. How could she, as the grandmother, kneel before her grandson? She was extremely unwilling, but knowing that the greater good was more important at this moment, she had no choice but to kneel down as well.

Han Wuxie didn't even lift his eyelids, calmly continuing to read his book as if no one had ever entered the courtyard or knelt down.

Han Xingyu raised the corners of her mouth, narrowed her eyes mockingly, and transmitted her voice, "Sister Wuxie, those two are really capable of doing such a thing!"

Han Tianci sneered and transmitted his voice, "They seem to be here to kneel and beg for forgiveness, but they secretly harbor ill intentions. Aren't they trying to shorten my sister's lifespan?"

Han Xingyu raised an eyebrow and transmitted her voice, "Shortening lifespan? Sister Wuxie is at the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm, her lifespan is extremely long! Even if those two old guys kneel for tens of millions of years, they probably still can't shorten Sister Wuxie's lifespan!"

Seeing that Han Wuxie remained unmoved, and that Han Tianci and Han Xingyu looked on with amusement and ignored them, Tianba finally couldn't help but speak up. In this situation, speaking first would inevitably put him at a disadvantage, but out of helplessness, he had come to ask for help, so he might as well accept the disadvantage!

"My innocent grandson, Grandpa knows I've wronged you in the past, but Grandpa will always be your grandpa. Are you really going to stand by and watch me die?"

Madam Xu chimed in, "Yes, Wuxie grandson, the Heavenly Family was left behind by our ancestors. Even if you hate us, you can't destroy the Heavenly Family that our ancestors passed down! You are where you are today because of the treasured heirloom passed down by our ancestors! Our ancestors couldn't bear to see you lack spiritual roots, so they allowed you to have the opportunity to receive the treasured heirloom!"

Han Xingyu raised a mocking sneer and said, "Heh, ancestor? Who is your Tian family's ancestor? Is he still alive? And capable of consciously giving things to Sister Wuxie? What do you know! If it weren't for the artifact's spirit helping Sister Wuxie, she wouldn't have received the inherited treasure. The one we should thank isn't some Tian family ancestor, but the artifact spirit!"

Hua Qianye emerged from the ring, making no attempt to conceal his voice. Instead, he deliberately displayed it to Tianba and Xu Shi, using the same voice he had used to injure Tianba years ago, and said in a sinister tone, "Head of the Tian family, do you still recognize me?"

Tianba trembled. How could he not recognize this voice!

Tianba's eyes were filled with murderous intent as he angrily questioned, "It was you! It was you who damaged my immortal root back then, forcing me to make the charade real and to genuinely search for the elixir of immortality! You are the spirit of that artifact!"

Han Wuxie did not know that the person who injured Tianba back then was Hua Qianye. Her eyes flickered slightly, as if a mist had passed through them. At that time, he had just become her weapon spirit. Why did he do that?

Noticing Han Wuxie's questioning gaze, Hua Qianye smiled, a smile that was both enchanting and seductive. He said gently, "When you had a nightmare, I entered your dream and found out that he was bullying you, so I helped you get revenge."

"You can enter my dream?" Han Wuxie's thoughts drifted back to the day before the Tian family patriarch was injured. She frowned slightly, as if that dream was hard to recall, but if she tried to think about it, a faint memory would always surface.

In the dream, it seemed that the head of the family pointed at me and called me a good-for-nothing, forbidding me from calling him grandpa. He was so serious and never showed me any affection. I hated myself at that time, wondering why I was a good-for-nothing. But I never thought that so what if I was a good-for-nothing? Should I look down on myself as a grandpa?

I was so weak back then. In my dream, I was crouching on the ground, scared and lost. Then Hua Qianye suddenly appeared and said he would protect me. It felt so warm then. But when I woke up, I knew it was just a dream. But now, I wonder if it wasn't a dream at all? Was he in my dream the same person in reality? Was it because he entered my dream that I felt the warmth of that dream?

Hua Qianye smiled gently, her eyes full of doting affection. "The promise in my dream is my promise! Maybe from that time, or even earlier, maybe the moment you appeared in the back mountain and we met, or maybe the moment your tears unlocked me, I had already fallen in love with you! Your tears gave me a very strange feeling, as if I had been waiting for a long time just to wait for you, but I can't quite explain what it is. Maybe when I find my body, I will be able to figure everything out."

Han Wuxie blushed slightly. She had never imagined that the person in her dream was him. She always thought that a dream was just a dream, but she didn't know that he could enter her dream. Even in her dream, he could bring her warmth. As a result, she became more and more reluctant to be separated from him, and even afraid that he would forget her.

Xu Shi and Tianba remained kneeling. When Hua Qianye spoke to Han Wuxie, he deliberately set up a sound-blocking barrier, so that Tianba and Xu Shi could only see Han Wuxie's slightly shy expression.

Hua Qianye removed the barrier and said coldly, "Patriarch of the Tian family, I warned you back then, but you still haven't learned your lesson!"

Tianba's face was ashen. He took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Regardless of whether our ancestors arranged for Wuxie to be destined for the divine artifact, this artifact still belongs to the Tian family! The Tian family gave you this artifact so that you would protect the Tian family. And what about you? Are you really going to stand by and watch someone die, betraying the original intention of our ancestors in passing down this artifact?"

Han Wuxie twirled the ring on his finger for a moment, then finally spoke: "Head of the Tian family, I still remember the scene when everyone ridiculed it as trash! Since everyone thought it was trash, to me, I was just someone who picked up a piece of trash from the Tian family!"

"But it's not! It's a priceless heirloom, the priceless heirloom of our Heavenly Family!" Madam Xu became somewhat agitated, her voice hoarse. "Han Wuxie, my husband and I have already knelt here begging you, why are you still so aggressive!"

"Aggressive? You should use that word carefully! When have I ever been aggressive? Do you even know what 'aggressive' means?" Han Wuxie stood up, his eyes narrowing dangerously, and sneered, "I'm afraid it's you two elders who have been aggressive all along! Today you're kneeling and begging me, seemingly here to beg, but aren't you here to be aggressive and pressure me? Do you think I really wouldn't dare to touch you? You'd better get back to the Tian family, otherwise, if you anger me, I'm not sure if I'll bring the Tianxing Evil Palace to help the Cheng family attack you!"

"What did you say! How dare you!" Xu stood up abruptly, but as soon as she stood up, she felt a sharp pain in her hand and was pulled back by Tianba, her knees slamming heavily to the ground.

"Master, what are you doing!" Madam Xu asked somewhat reproachfully, rubbing her knee in pain, but showing no intention of getting up again.

Tianba's face was long, as if he was struggling with something inside. After a long while, he finally spoke: "Wuxie grandson, in the past, our Tian family has wronged you, but please try to think from my perspective? I am the head of the Tian family! All of this was out of necessity, all for the future of the Tian family!" His voice was extremely sincere and desolate, like an extremely old man speaking the truth.

But Han Wuxie, Han Tianci, and Han Xingyu have seen enough of this in the mortal realm. How could such a trick possibly fool them?

Han Wuxie sneered: "Think about things from your perspective? But why would I do that? I am Han Wuxie, not Tianba, the head of the Tian family. Why make things difficult for myself? Why should I consider things from your perspective? All I know is that I, Han Wuxie, was born without spiritual roots or immortal roots. I am a notorious good-for-nothing in the immortal realm. People in the immortal realm despise me, and the Tian family treats me with cold indifference. In the Tian family, I am subservient, afraid to speak loudly, afraid to offend anyone. Even the maids and servants look at me askance! Tell me, at that time, did you, head of the Tian family, ever consider things from my perspective? Even just once, just once, you probably wouldn't have made things difficult for a child like me, right? But you didn't even once, did you?"