"An insignificant nobody?" A cold smile appeared on Zhang Taixuan's face as he looked at Zhang Tie with undisguised envy. "Back in Black Flame City, you truly were an insignificant nobody. But tell me, in this world, what insignificant nobody could rise to prominence in just a year or two? What insignificant nobody was a cultivation idiot before sixteen, yet after turning sixteen, ignited Bright Points as easily as drinking water? Do you remember the words you left on that stone monument on the seabed where you salvaged blue-sea iron on Hidden Dragon Island? Do you know how much suffering I endured to reach that place when I was seventeen, and how many resources Huaiyuan Hall spent on me? Why should you surpass who I was back then at sixteen? You always thought of yourself as an insignificant nobody. Even now, you still think so. Though you never say it aloud, that thought remains in your subconscious. That is the common failing of people like you, born among the common folk and grassroots. You failing to see your own worth does not mean everyone else is blind. If you were me, how could you not keep an eye on a genius who had suddenly emerged within the family? If I kept my eye on you, Ma Aiyun naturally could not escape my control..."
"You had been planning to make a move against me even then?"
"I told you already: as descendants of Huaiyuan Hall, everyone must be prepared to sacrifice for the family. I am the master of Huaiyuan Hall, its leader and its head. Naturally, I have the right to decide who must be sacrificed. If someone is unwilling, then I have ways to make him willing. It is merely a tactic of power!"
"What about my child with