Chapter 87

In the following three days, Nie Tian took Pan Tao and wandered around Black Cloud City.

Pan Tao's father, Pan Bo, after Nie Donghai made the decision for Nie Tian to cultivate at Lingyun Sect, returned to the An family with An Rong to stay temporarily.

Li Fan and Jiang Lingzhu, on the other hand, stayed at the Nie family, waiting for Nie Tian to join them at Lingyun Sect.

Although the three days were short, the efficiency of the Nie family's elders was quite astonishing.

On the second day, the elders, led by Nie Yaotu, announced that Nie Beichuan had been stripped of his position as the head of the family due to his major negligence in the mine.

That afternoon, under Li Fan's witness, the Nie family elders elected Nie Donghai to reclaim his position as the head of the family.

During these three days, Nie Beichuan and Nie Nanshan kept a low profile, seemingly defeated and no longer dared to interfere with the internal affairs of the Nie family.

As long as Li Fan was in the Nie family, for Nie Beichuan and Nie Nanshan, Li Fan was like a massive mountain that suppressed them, making them obedient and unable to resist.

The Nie family members who had previously treated Nie Donghai and Nie Qian coldly now began to flatter them, and the tall building symbolizing the head of the family, which Nie Donghai had moved out of, was returned to him.

Pan Tao, accompanied by Nie Tian, played around Black Cloud City and, knowing he couldn't change Nie Tian's decision, eventually went to the An family, preparing to return to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion with his father.

On this morning, just as the sky was brightening, Nie Tian arrived at the Nie family's cultivation square.

On the square, many young members of the Nie family were either sitting cross-legged, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate, or practicing spiritual techniques with enthusiasm.

Nie Hong and Nie Yuan were also among the young people, both sitting quietly to cultivate.

However, unlike before, the other young members of the Nie family now deliberately kept their distance from them, not sitting together.

Three days ago, whenever Nie Hong and Nie Yuan came to the square, many young members of the Nie family would actively approach them, trying to get close to them.

Since the last time Nie Tian severely injured Nie Hong on the square, he had not come here again.

Now that he suddenly appeared, many young members of the Nie family who were cultivating were startled, and their gazes, filled with surprise, admiration, and reverence, all focused on Nie Tian.

"Everyone, focus on your cultivation!" Wu Tao shouted.

The clearly excited young members of the Nie family gradually calmed down after his reprimand.

However, their gazes still followed Nie Tian, watching him as he walked toward Wu Tao.

In just three short days, Nie Tian's name had spread throughout Black Cloud City.

Even in the nearby Dark Star City, Cold Stone City, and Broken Bone City, many people were discussing him.

Because of him, Pan Bo from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion personally visited the Nie family, and because of him, Lingyun Sect broke its decades-old rules, inviting him to Lingyun Mountain before he even reached the ninth level of Qi Cultivation.

To the young members of the Nie family on the square, Nie Tian was already a living legend.

They couldn't imagine how Nie Tian, who was still cultivating with them and fighting with Nie Hong and Nie Yuan on the square a year ago, had managed to leap from obscurity to become a miracle.

"Mr. Wu, thank you for your care over the years. In the future, I will go to Lingyun Sect to cultivate. Today, I came to bid you farewell," Nie Tian bowed respectfully to Wu Tao.

When his grandfather and aunt were forced to go to Lingyun Mountain to apologize by Nie Beichuan and others, all the members of the Nie family kept it a secret from him.

Only Wu Tao, the guest elder, took a huge risk to inform him quietly.

Moreover, when he was cultivating on the square, Wu Tao treated him well, unlike the other members of the Nie family who treated him coldly because of his grandfather's fall from power.

He was grateful to Wu Tao and, before leaving the Nie family, he specially came to thank him.

"Please, please," Wu Tao hurriedly supported him.

After helping Nie Tian up, Wu Tao looked at him deeply, a smile on his lips, and said softly, "Actually, I always knew you were different from others, though I couldn't find the reason. I always felt that you would be like Nie Xian, accepted by Lingyun Sect and recognized as a disciple."

At this point, he paused and then said, "But I still underestimated you..."

Among the young members of the Nie family, both of whom were favored by Wu Tao, Nie Xian was only officially accepted by Lingyun Sect after reaching the ninth level of Qi Cultivation.

Nie Tian was different.

Not only did he make Pan Bo from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion personally visit, but he also made Lingyun Sect break its decades-old rules, becoming the first exception.

Wu Tao also knew that due to Nie Tian, Lingyun Sect did not hold the collapse of the mine against him and even dismissed Nie Beichuan, allowing Nie Donghai to reclaim his position.

Nie Tian had broken Lingyun Sect's rules and turned the tide for the entire Nie family!

The astonishing energy he displayed and the impact he caused far exceeded that of Nie Xian.

"Perhaps, something happened in the Qinghuan World..." Wu Tao speculated, feeling a myriad of emotions.

"Brother Xiaotian, what level are you at now?" Nie You, with her hair in a high ponytail, looked at him curiously and asked in a clear voice.

Nie You was innocent and pure, and when Nie Tian fought with Nie Hong and Nie Yuan in the past, she would always take Nie Tian's side, saying that Nie Hong and Nie Yuan were shameless.

"Level eight of Qi Cultivation," Nie Tian smiled and answered.

"Ah!" Nie You exclaimed.

Many of the young people, upon hearing this answer, were also shocked.

They all remembered that the last time Nie Tian fought with Nie Hong, his level was only level three of Qi Cultivation.

In just over a year, Nie Tian had advanced from the third level to the eighth level of Qi Cultivation, a speed that was simply unbelievable.

"Brother Xiaotian, you're so amazing, no wonder Lingyun Sect made an exception for you," Nie You said with admiration.

"From level three to level eight in over a year, this leap... is terrifying."

"It seems that Lingyun Sect making an exception for him was indeed justified."

"They must have seen his potential."

Many young members of the Nie family looked at him in surprise, discussing and praising him.

Only Nie Hong and Nie Yuan sat far away, their faces grim.

They were silent, thinking that Nie Tian had come to humiliate them.

And indeed, after thanking Wu Tao, Nie Tian slowly walked toward them.

On the square, all the young members of the Nie family, seeing him heading toward Nie Hong and Nie Yuan, suddenly fell silent.

They wore expressions of anticipation.

Nie Hong and Nie Yuan, with their heads lowered, clenched their teeth, not daring to look at Nie Tian.

They had been warned by their elders never to provoke Nie Tian again, and no matter how Nie Tian humiliated them, they could only passively endure it and not resist.

Nie Tian, who had been accepted by Lingyun Sect, breaking its decades-old rules, was clearly different from Nie Han and Nie Yuan, and all the other young members of the various families who had been taken to the mountain by Lingyun Sect.

Nie Tian's rise to prominence was a fact that no one could change.

No one in the Nie family could provoke him, and they certainly couldn't.

Because even if they became disciples of Lingyun Sect in the future, if Nie Tian targeted them, they would not have a good time at Lingyun Sect.

For the future, they could only endure Nie Tian's humiliation and arrogance and absolutely not try to resist.

Nie Hong and Nie Yuan knew this, so they kept their heads lowered, silent, waiting for Nie Tian to come and vent his satisfaction on them.

At this moment.

On the tall building symbolizing the head of the family, Li Fan and Nie Donghai, who were talking, suddenly stopped.

Li Fan and Nie Donghai, leaning on the stone platform, looked down at the square below, also paying attention to Nie Tian.

"That..."

After standing next to Nie Hong and Nie Yuan, Nie Tian hesitated for a moment and then said, "The conflicts between our elders have nothing to do with us. Over the years, although I have fought with you two dozens of times, I have never hated you."

"In the future, I will cultivate at Lingyun Sect. I hope our battles will not end here and will not be limited to the Nie family."

"I hope to see you at Lingyun Sect in the near future, and when that time comes, I will be ready to accept your challenges at any time."

"Thank you for being my whetstone all these years, making me strive to cultivate and giving me the opportunity to enter Lingyun Sect."

"I hope you can also become disciples of Lingyun Sect."

"When that time comes, our battles will be at Lingyun Sect, not the Nie family."

Nie Tian said solemnly.

He indeed had never hated Nie Hong and Nie Yuan. These two, like him, were only eleven years old and had not been tainted by the baseness of Nie Beichuan and Nie Nanshan.

Without Nie Hong and Nie Yuan, the battles and the tempering they provided over the years, his sword... would not have become sharper and ultimately shine with a dazzling edge.

"Ah!"

All those who were watching Nie Tian, waiting for him to humiliate Nie Hong and Nie Yuan, let out a light exclamation.

Guest elder Wu Tao, in particular, showed a strange expression.

Even Li Fan and Nie Donghai on the high platform opened their eyes wide, looking at Nie Tian with a strange gaze.

Nie Hong and Nie Yuan, who had prepared for the worst, looked up in confusion, staring at him blankly.

In Nie Tian's eyes, they saw no mockery, no humiliation as they had expected, only sincerity.

Nie Hong was stunned for a moment, his heart knot suddenly untied, and he suddenly clenched his fist, waving it at him and shouting, "You wait! I will definitely enter Lingyun Sect, and when I get there, I will defeat you and show you that I am not inferior!"

"Me too!" Nie Yuan shouted.

Nie Tian smiled and nodded, "Good, I will be waiting for you at Lingyun Sect!"

"You wait!" Nie Hong grunted, then whispered, "Congratulations..."

"Ha ha ha!" Nie Tian laughed even more happily.

On the stone platform, Li Fan turned to look at Nie Donghai and said, "You have raised a good grandson."

"Yes, everything I have done over the years has paid off today," Nie Donghai finally revealed his pride.

Li Fan slowly nodded and said thoughtfully, "I wonder what happened to him in the Qinghuan World. But from my perspective, what he gained there is not just an increase in cultivation level. His mindset and way of handling things seem to have transformed in the Qinghuan World. This kind of growth... is even more rare and precious than an increase in cultivation level."

Nie Donghai chuckled, feeling that the years of depression had been completely released today, and his mood was incredibly pleasant.

"In the future, the Nie family will share in his joys and sorrows, rise and fall with him," Li Fan said solemnly. "The Nie family will also share in his happiness and rise with him."

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