You're Teaching Me How to Do Things?

No sooner had the words fallen than that figure raised a palm and struck at Tang Tian.

The palm came with fierce momentum, as though the spiritual energy between heaven and earth had been drained dry, and Tang Tian especially felt an overwhelming pressure bearing down on him.

"Not good, an Organs-Hiding Realm expert."

Tang Tian's expression changed. He could not spare a thought for Tang Feng beneath his feet and prepared to retreat.

Yet at that moment, another hunched figure stepped in front of Tang Tian and met the palm head-on.

"Boom!"

The two palms collided, and the force that erupted sent the youths watching the spectacle tumbling head over heels.

After withdrawing his hand, the man who had struck first snorted coldly. "Elder Li, I'm disciplining my nephew. Are you going to meddle in my affairs too?"

The man standing before Tang Tian was Elder Li, his father's servant. Facing him was Tang Xiaohai, his face dark and gloomy.

"This old servant obeys only the family head. His son is being bullied, so naturally this old servant must intervene."

Leaning on his cane, Elder Li spoke in a low voice.

"Bullied? Elder Li, take a good look. Who is lying on the ground and being trampled underfoot now? Is it Tang Tian?" Tang Xiaohai roared.

"Oh? When peers compete, if one gets beaten, he can only blame his own lack of skill. And if this old servant is not mistaken, Young Master Tang Feng is at the Mid-Stage Bone-Forging Realm, correct? Young Master Tian is merely at the Initial Blood-Burning Realm. He is an entire realm lower, yet Tang Feng was still beaten flat on the ground. Don't you find that disgraceful?"

Elder Li tapped his cane against the ground, then looked at Tang Xiaohai and said gravely, "You probably do not find it disgraceful. Young Master Feng was already bullying the weak with his strength, and yet you, an elder with Organs-Hiding Realm cultivation, intended to strike at a nephew in the Blood-Burning Realm. This old servant believes the family head would not wish to see such a thing either."

"Elder Li, I advise you not to meddle too much. Tang Tian did not merely injure my son—he also injured Elder Tang Xiao's grandson. Even if I let this matter go, Elder Tang Xiao likely will not leave it at that."

Tang Xiaohai snorted coldly. His son was sprawled on the ground like a dead dog; father and son had lost all face today.

He had never dreamed that Tang Feng would be so weak—or rather, he had never imagined Tang Tian would be so formidable.

"Xiaohai, you think too highly of this old man. It is no great matter when juniors scuffle. A Lineage must have some conflict and competition to have motivation. If we have to step in and settle every matter involving the younger generation, would we not become the laughingstock of others?"

An elderly man in gray robes, his hair entirely white, walked over with his hands clasped behind his back.

He was actually at the Early Soul-Emergence Realm. It seemed the Tang Family was far from as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Tang Tian raised an eyebrow slightly. This old man was Tang Li's grandfather, Tang Xiao.

When the old man looked at Tang Tian, a cold, fierce gleam suddenly burst from his eyes, only to vanish in an instant. He concealed it extremely well.

The moment Tang Li saw his grandfather arrive, he hurried over and opened his mouth, wanting to speak.

Tang Xiao snorted. "Have you not lost enough face already? Take today as a lesson and go back to cultivate properly!"

"Yes... Grandfather..." Tang Li lowered his head helplessly.

"Uncle, when I was being beaten by them back then, why did I never see you come out to uphold justice? And why did I never see my father come out to shield me?"

Tang Tian was truly displeased with this uncle of his. As an elder, Tang Xiaohai had actually tried to attack him just now.

"Bastard, are you saying I am shielding my own?" Tang Xiaohai glared furiously.

"Am I not? You are already so old—do not think others are too stupid to see through you. I beat Tang Feng today, so what are you going to do about it? If you insist on bullying the young with your strength, I think Father would not mind stepping in either."

Tang Tian's expression remained calm. Never mind whether Tang Xiaohai could even injure him; with Tang Lingyun's cultivation and status as Starfall City's number one expert laid out before them, no one dared act recklessly.

If they refused to follow the rules, they would be the first ones to suffer.

"Fine. Let today's matter end here. There will not be a next time. Why have you not removed your foot yet?"

Tang Xiaohai forced himself to calm down. If he attacked again, this matter would truly spiral out of control.

"You're teaching me how to do things?"

Tang Tian's temperament was such that if someone showed him an inch of respect, he would return them a yard.

But if someone was shameless enough to reject the face offered them, he certainly would not show them any courtesy either.

"You..."

Tang Xiaohai truly had not expected his nephew to be so disrespectful toward him. He was so furious that his entire body trembled.

Of course, he had never considered whether he himself had acted like an elder.

"Uncle, if you had treated me as a member of the Tang Family before, things would not have reached this point. Let this time go, but next time, do not blame me for turning my face and recognizing no one."

Tang Tian snorted, removed his foot from Tang Feng's back, then looked at Ye Ruxue. "Ru Xue, sorry you had to see that. Would you like to come sit at my place?"

It was already inappropriate for a lone man and woman to be alone together, but Tang Tian had no such concerns. In the entire Tang Family, only his small courtyard was peaceful.

"Alright!" Ye Ruxue nodded.

"Grandpa Li, thank you for stepping in. Otherwise, certain shameless people would have gotten their way."

Tang Tian cupped his hands toward Elder Li, then left with Ye Ruxue.

Elder Li nodded toward Tang Xiao as well before departing.

Tang Xiaohai's gaze darkened as he looked at Tang Xiao and said coldly, "I never expected Elder Tang Xiao to be such a great man who understands reason."

"Hehe, you flatter me. Grandson, let us return."

Tang Xiao smiled and left with Tang Li.

Tang Feng lay sprawled on the ground, his eyes filled with hatred. Today's humiliation could only be washed away with Tang Tian's life someday!

"Let's go."

Tang Xiaohai understood the pain in his son's heart and said nothing more. Only he himself could wash away his shame.

The internal strife of the Tang Family did not spread outside, so no one knew that Tang Tian had utterly defeated Tang Feng, who was at the Mid-Stage Bone-Forging Realm.

After Tang Tian defeated Tang Feng this time, no one among the Tang Family's younger generation dared bully him again.

As for the older generation, when they heard that even Tang Feng, the Tang Family's most outstanding youth, had been defeated, they were immensely curious.

If not for consideration for Tang Xiaohai's reputation, they would have long since come to question Tang Feng.

The moment Tang Tian defeated Tang Feng, he could be said to have shed the reputation of a useless trash in the Tang Family.

What everyone anticipated most, however, was the battle between Tang Tian and Lin Yichen the day after tomorrow. Who would win, and who would lose?

If Tang Tian could win, then with his current cultivation, he would no longer be trash but a genius.

"Brother Qingyuan, forgive the embarrassment."

In a courtyard, beside a stone table, Tang Lingyun filled Ye Qingyuan's cup with wine.

"Hehe, it was rather interesting. Your son just defeated someone in the Mid-Stage Bone-Forging Realm in an instant using nothing but pure physical strength. In his battle with Lin Yichen the day after tomorrow, he now has several chances of victory."

Ye Qingyuan smiled faintly. With their cultivation, the two of them had naturally understood the earlier dispute from beginning to end.

Tang Lingyun shook his head with a bitter smile. "If possible, I would rather he spent his entire life as an ordinary person, living simply and peacefully. The path of cultivation is a road of no return."

"Everything follows Heaven's will. There is no use in overthinking it. Perhaps the path of cultivation suits him even better?"

Ye Qingyuan lifted his wine cup and smiled slightly.

"Come, bottoms up!"

The two drained their cups. After they had drunk until they were pleasantly tipsy, Ye Qingyuan took Ye Ruxue and returned home.

This day was the liveliest day in Starfall City.

Because everyone knew that the day Tang Tian had challenged Lin Yichen to battle had arrived.

Crowds surged as people rushed toward the plaza in the center of Starfall City.

[Author's note]: Today's first update is here. More updates will follow. Tang Feng and Tang Li lay on the ground and shouted loudly, "Brothers, send in more silver tickets and beat him!"