He knew that no matter who stepped forward at this time, it meant offending Venerable Daolie.
Huang Daolie clearly had no grounds to punish Li Tianming. He only wanted his son to take first place. He had already cast aside all shame; anyone who opposed him would surely spread word of this, making Venerable Daolie lose all face.
It might even become a deadly feud.
Offending an ancient aristocratic clan was something everyone had to weigh carefully.
If Huang Daolie had not stirred up this mess, and Li Tianming had merely "accidentally killed" Huang Jihuang, then taking Li Tianming in would not have counted as such a grave offense.
In any case, Venerable Daolie was now riding a tiger and unable to dismount. He was determined to kill Li Tianming!
Li Fan's words really did have some effect. Very soon, someone over there said, "Venerable Daolie, why not take a break first?"
"Test a few more drops of star-mark blood!"
"I have some here."
Some people seized the chance to flick quite a few drops of star-mark blood toward Li Tianming. Seeing this, Li Tianming immediately ran toward those who had spoken, throwing caution to the wind as he hid among them.
Those drops of star-mark blood all took effect as well. Every one of them turned crimson, proving that Li Tianming was indeed under a hundred years old!
To be honest, quite a few people were already looking at him differently.
A genius from a realm taking first place on the Chaotian Ranking was certainly a historic breakthrough, but once his age was factored in, these elders who were accustomed to Wandao Valley geniuses did not think much of it.
But if Li Tianming was not only no older than Huang Daoxiong and the others, but merely one-third their