Chapter 15

"Should adults really get involved in children's disputes?"

At this moment, a burly man from Lingyun Sect emerged from the back of the noisy crowd, slowly standing beside Nie Tian, his expression displeased as he looked at the Yuan Qiuying couple.

"Who are you? When did it become your turn to lecture me?" Yuan Qiuying said, her anger rising.

"Li Fan?" Yun Zhiguo glanced deeply at the burly man, his face changing slightly, and he subconsciously tugged at Yuan Qiuying's clothes.

"It's indeed Li Fan," Li Fan grunted.

Nie Qian, who was feeling anxious, seemed to have heard of Li Fan. When she realized that the burly man in front of her was actually Li Fan from Lingyun Sect, her eyes immediately lit up with joy.

"Mr. Li, please help us seek justice!" Nie Qian hurriedly said.

Li Fan nodded and said casually, "You take the child back to the Nie family first. I want to see who dares to stop you!"

Yuan Qiuying, who had always been arrogant in Heiyun City, instantly calmed down after hearing Li Fan's name.

She did not dare to argue with Li Fan but instead glared at Nie Qian and Nie Tian with a hateful look.

"Xiao Tian, let's go." Nie Qian grabbed Nie Tian, not giving him time to speak, and hurriedly pulled him away from the entrance of Lingbao Pavilion.

As Nie Tian left, he kept looking back, repeatedly glancing at the Yun Zhiguo couple and Li Fan.

"Aunt, who is Li Fan? Why are that vicious woman and the Yun family afraid of him?" Nie Tian asked.

"Li Fan is a disciple of the Lingyun Sect's sect master, a great cultivator at the Xiantian realm. Even if Yun Meng, the head of the Yun family, were here, he would not dare to act rashly," Nie Qian explained softly.

"Xiantian realm!" Nie Tian was secretly shocked.

According to his knowledge, Yun Meng of the Yun family had only recently, after great difficulty, reached the Xiantian realm.

Yun Meng, who had entered the Xiantian realm, was already a top figure in Heiyun City. Because of this, the Yun family now firmly held the upper hand over the Nie family in Heiyun City.

Li Fan was not only a great cultivator at the Xiantian realm but also a disciple of the Lingyun Sect's sect master. In terms of both status and strength, he was a step above Yun Meng.

With such status and strength, Yun Zhiguo naturally did not dare to let Yuan Qiuying act recklessly and could only submit.

"This time, we really owe it to Mr. Li being here. Otherwise, Yuan Qiuying would not have let it go. I know that woman," Nie Qian secretly rejoiced. "You, child, always cause trouble. If Yuan Qiuying wants to talk trash, let her. Don't pay attention to her. Over the years, she has said all sorts of vicious things to me, and I'm still alive and well, aren't I?"

"Words can't cause actual harm. Just endure it, and it will pass."

"You should focus your main energy on cultivation. If you can break through to the ninth level of Qi Cultivation by the age of fifteen and become a true disciple of Lingyun Sect, the humiliation Aunt has suffered will have a chance to be avenged."

"Don't worry, Aunt. I won't let you down!" Nie Tian said firmly.

"I believe in you, Aunt." Nie Qian smiled and added, "However, although your actions were inappropriate, I was really pleased to hear you hit back at that despicable woman, Yuan Qiuying."

"Ha ha." Nie Tian also laughed happily.

"Hey, hello, what's your name?" Just as Nie Qian and Nie Tian were about to leave, the little girl who had been standing with Li Fan suddenly came forward, staring at Nie Tian with bright, lively eyes.

"My name is Nie Tian."

Nie Tian, who had just defeated Yun Song and was in a good mood, still had a smile on his face and answered casually.

"My name is Jiang Lingzhu." The bright-eyed and white-toothed little girl introduced herself and asked with a smile, "How did you beat that guy?"

"Surnamed Jiang, called Lingzhu..." Nie Qian's expression changed, and when she looked at the little girl again, her eyes showed a different color.

"That guy called Yun Song?" Nie Tian chuckled and shook his head. "There was nothing special. It's just that he was too weak."

"He was too weak?" Jiang Lingzhu laughed again and said with interest, "You were the weak one, right? His realm is three levels higher than yours!"

"Who says a higher realm will definitely win?" Nie Tian pretended to be surprised and then said confidently, "From a young age, my opponents have always had higher realms than me, but in the end, they were all defeated by me."

"Really that strong?" Jiang Lingzhu became even more interested. "So, you will definitely enter Lingyun Sect in the future, right?"

"Of course!" Nie Tian was full of confidence.

"Ha, I look forward to you being accepted by Lingyun Sect just like Nie Xian." Jiang Lingzhu smiled.

"Definitely." Nie Tian was not at all modest.

"Nie Tian, you're quite interesting. I'll remember you." Jiang Lingzhu waved and skipped towards Li Fan, turning back as she walked and said, "I'm Jiang Lingzhu. Remember me, we'll meet again."

"Oh." Nie Tian said indifferently.

"Jiang Lingzhu, with Li Fan..." Nie Qian looked at the departing little girl, lost in thought.

"Aunt, let's go?" Nie Tian urged.

"Oh, okay, let's go." Nie Qian seemed to suddenly come to her senses. She did not explain further to Nie Tian and left with him.

The Nie family was festively decorated, with a bustling crowd.

When Nie Tian and Nie Qian returned from Lingbao Pavilion, they found that every Nie family member they encountered was beaming with joy.

"The young master has returned. He has only been at Lingyun Sect for a few years, and he is already at the middle stage of the Houtian realm. With the young master at Lingyun Sect, our Nie family will surely flourish."

"I heard that this time, the young master came with Li Fan, a high disciple of the Lingyun Sect's sect master. The young master has a lot of face!"

"This shows that the young master is doing very well at Lingyun Sect."

"Of course!"

"..."

On their way, Nie Tian heard many praises for Nie Han from the Nie family members.

"The focus of the family today is destined to be Nie Han and Nie Xian, and it has nothing to do with us," Nie Qian said to Nie Tian when they were alone. "I hope that one day, all the Nie family members will cheer and be excited because of you."

"That day will come," Nie Tian said with anticipation.

"Go back. I'll talk to your grandfather," Nie Qian instructed and went alone to the pavilion where Nie Donghai was.

Since stepping down from the position of family head, Nie Donghai had moved out of the main hall and now lived in an inconspicuous stone building.

When Nie Qian arrived, she saw Nie Donghai standing by the window, lost in thought as he gazed at the direction of the main hall.

There, many elders of the Nie family had gathered, and laughter occasionally echoed.

Nie Qian knew without thinking that at this moment, the main hall was filled with people from various branches of the family flattering Nie Beichuan, Nie Han, and Nie Xian.

The noise and excitement in the main hall had nothing to do with her and her father. Since Nie Donghai moved here, the people within the family had rarely come to visit him.

"Father, Xiao Tian and I just encountered Yuan Qiuying at Lingbao Pavilion," Nie Qian said softly.

Nie Donghai turned sharply, his face dark. "What? Did you suffer verbal humiliation from that vicious woman again?"

"No," Nie Qian shook her head. "Xiao Tian helped me retaliate and even taught a lesson to Yuan Qiuying's son."

Nie Donghai was surprised. "That boy, Yun Song, has better cultivation talent than Nie Hong. I heard he has already broken through to the seventh level of Qi Cultivation. How could Nie Tian teach him a lesson?"

Nie Qian recounted the entire incident in detail, without any concealment.

After finishing, she said with some concern, "That woman has never been a good person. She didn't dare to act because Li Fan was there. I'm worried that after Li Fan leaves, she won't let it go and will cause us trouble. Times have changed, Father. You have stepped down from the position of family head. If she acts recklessly, I'm worried..."

"Watch over Nie Tian and don't let him leave the Nie family for now. As long as he is in the Nie family, the Yun family will not dare to act rashly," Nie Donghai said solemnly.

"I'm sorry," Nie Qian apologized softly. "I didn't watch over Xiao Tian well."

"Some things can't be avoided, and it's not your fault," Nie Donghai sighed.

At the same time.

Nie Tian, who had put aside the noise of the Nie family, returned to his room and immediately began to cultivate, feeling the urgency of time.

He still remembered that during his last battle with Nie Hong, the sudden emergence of a strange force in his body caused him to have a high fever that night.

This time, in his battle with Yun Song, he also relied on that unknown strange force. This time, he was more cautious and quietly paid attention to the movements inside his body while cultivating.

After an unknown amount of time, he gradually felt a burning sensation on his left side during cultivation.

Thinking it was the onset of a fever, he quickly regained his senses and looked at his left side.

"Huh!"

He saw that the burning sensation did not come from his body but from the piece of beast bone he had obtained at the lottery conference.

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