Are You Telling Me What to Do?

Tang Li was about to erupt when Tang Tian seized him by the throat.

Tang Li was taller, so Tang Tian lifted him up by the neck, leaving him kneeling on the ground in a rather comical posture.

Yet none of the Tang Family youths present could laugh.

Everyone knew how formidable Tang Li was. Even Tang Feng believed that if he fought Tang Li at the same level, he would not win easily even if he emerged victorious.

Tang Tian's attack had indeed been unexpected, almost a sneak attack.

But against a cultivator a full realm above oneself, a sneak attack alone was useless.

No one wanted to believe it, but the sight of Tang Li kneeling before them left them no choice.

"Bullying the weak feels great, doesn't it? But now that this piece of trash has you by the throat, does that still feel good?"

Tang Tian's expression remained calm. If they truly provoked him, he would not mind strangling Tang Li to death first.

He had never felt much belonging toward the Tang Family to begin with.

If these so-called Lineage members all wanted his life, why should he show them mercy?

Tang Feng's expression changed drastically. They had come today to cause trouble for Tang Tian, but things had developed far beyond his expectations.

Tang Li was, after all, one of his people. If he did not save him, the hearts of the young people would surely grow cold, shaking his standing among the Tang Family's younger generation.

"Tang Tian, I advise you to let go now. There is still time."

Tang Feng's voice was low, sharp light flickering in his eyes.

Tang Tian picked at his ear with one finger, then looked at Tang Feng with a curl of his lips. "Are you advising me? Why do I feel like you're threatening me? Did you deliberately want to provoke me and use my hand to get rid of Tang Li? Tsk, tsk. Tang Feng, I never knew you were this ruthless. You can even turn your hand against your own people?"

"You!"

Tang Feng choked with rage. He had always been accustomed to speaking down to Tang Tian, yet a few words from Tang Tian had completely changed the nature of things.

Sure enough, Tang Li's eyes widened, his face filled with pain and disbelief.

"Tang Feng, if your cultivation were on par with Tang Li's, I would make you kneel while speaking to me. From today onward, you'd better understand who the true young master of the Tang Family is. If you provoke me and make this young master unhappy, I would not mind killing a few of you. Anyone can make threats, but whether my words are threats or not, you can try me."

Tang Tian snorted coldly and flung Tang Li away like a dead dog.

Tang Feng's face darkened, but he did not say another word.

Could that former trash really be rising against the tide?

Tang Tian clapped his hands, not even sparing the youths a glance as he turned and left.

"Why is that trash so arrogant now?"

"Shh! You still dare call him trash? Didn't you see that even Tang Li was beaten half to death?"

"Why didn't Brother Tang Feng teach him a lesson?"

Another youth among the crowd muttered cautiously.

"Are you all still standing here making fools of yourselves? Hurry up and take Tang Li away for treatment!"

Tang Feng's face was livid. He snorted coldly, a frigid gleam flashing through his eyes as he watched Tang Tian's departing back, then left as well.

After leaving the Tang Family, Tang Tian concealed his tracks and carefully made his way out of Starfall City toward Starfall Forest.

He had already made enemies of both the Lin Family and the Qin Family. Even if they did not take him seriously, he still had to stay on guard.

Once they dispatched a few more cultivators, his little life would surely be finished.

Inside the Qin Family study, Qin Tiande sat at his desk while Qin Yuexi and a young man stood before him.

"Father, we just received word that that trash Tang Tian secretly left Starfall City and headed for Starfall Forest."

Qin Yuexi's red lips parted slightly. At the mention of Tang Tian, a trace of disdain flickered in her beautiful eyes.

"Let him go."

Qin Tiande raised his brows slightly. He did not regard Tang Tian, a mere junior, as worthy of his attention.

"Father, for Brother Lin to fight him would be nothing but an insult to Brother Lin. If we kill him ourselves, it would save Brother Lin a great deal of trouble."

Seeing that her father did not care, Qin Yuexi hurriedly spoke.

She now loathed Tang Tian deeply, especially after witnessing Lin Yichen's extraordinary qualities this time.

Without comparison, there was no hurt. It only made her want to kill Tang Tian all the more.

Tang Tian's disregard for her was an eternal humiliation that could never be erased from her heart!

"Nonsense!"

Qin Tiande shouted coldly. As the head of a Lineage, he would not act like a child, doing everything according to his preferences and impulses without using his brain.

"You all want to kill Tang Tian, but what happens after killing him? Even if he is trash, do not forget that his father, Tang Lingyun, is Starfall City's strongest expert. How would you bear his wrath? How would my Qin Family bear it?"

Qin Tiande looked rough and rugged, but his mind was exceptionally meticulous.

What a joke. If Tang Tian truly died for no reason, Tang Lingyun would go mad and would not care which Lineage was responsible.

When that time came, the Qin Family and the Lin Family would all be wiped out because of one piece of trash.

Seeing that her father had no intention of acting, Qin Yuexi hurriedly argued, "Father, Brother Lin is a disciple of the Falling Star Sect and will soon become my husband. Even if Tang Lingyun truly comes after us for that trash, Brother Lin certainly will not stand by and watch."

"Ridiculous. The rise and fall of a Lineage, entrusted to an outsider? Yuexi, your father thinks you have been bewitched. Our Qin Family wants to swallow the Tang Family whole; do you think the Lin Family does not harbor the same thoughts? If you remain so stubbornly obsessed, the Qin Family will fall sooner or later. The four great Lineages have been dividing Starfall City among themselves all this time. Do you truly think any of them are easy to deal with?"

Qin Tiande snorted coldly. He understood the matter perfectly well.

Lin Yichen was so outstanding in appearance and talent. Why would he casually come to propose marriage?

The more exceptional he was, the less likely it was that his feelings for his daughter were sincere.

"Father, are we really going to let that brat Tang Tian keep hopping about?"

The young man who had remained silent all this while finally spoke. Like Qin Yuexi, he wore a proud expression.

His eyes flickered constantly, and he carried himself with an air of careless frivolity.

"Xingyao, behave yourself! If you put even a little effort into things, how could my Qin Family have declined to this extent?"

Whenever Qin Tiande saw his son, he felt a fury of frustration at iron that would not become steel, and he could not help wanting to teach him a lesson.

Qin Xingyao immediately fell silent, lowering his head, though defiance and a cold gleam still flashed in his eyes.

Starfall Forest was a place cultivators throughout the Heavenly Dragon Empire often visited. The main reason was that it contained countless demon beasts and spirit herbs.

Cultivators needed resources to cultivate, and resources were not limited to origin stones. Demon beast corpses could be exchanged for resources, especially demon beasts at the Bone-Forging Realm, which possessed beast cores of immense value.

At the outskirts of Starfall Forest, a blue-clad figure walked at an unhurried pace. It was Tang Tian, who had left Starfall City.

"Kid, what are you planning?"

Master Fan's voice sounded in Tang Tian's mind.

After all, the two of them were in the same boat now. Tang Tian's safety was extremely important to him.

"First, I'll search the forest outskirts for Blood-Burning Realm demon beasts and use battle to sustain battle, so I can familiarize myself with this body. Then I'll find spirit herbs to refine pills and break through my cultivation... Time is pressing. I can only rely on pills to raise my cultivation..."

Having only just come back to life, Tang Tian was still unfamiliar with this world and his current realm.

Before he could finish, Master Fan interrupted him without the slightest courtesy. "Kid, how is this kind of recklessness any different from how you were before?"