Visitors from the Falling Star Sect

The Tang Family, once thought to be a laughingstock, had unexpectedly seen the tide turn. This time, they had instead become the greatest winners.

The Ye Family had also benefited greatly. From then on, Starfall City became the domain of the two great families.

Within Tang Tian's small courtyard in the Tang Family, Tang Tian leaned against the railing, his head tilted toward the sky.

Ye Ruxue, dressed in a white gown, stood quietly beside him and watched him.

"Alas, it feels like waking from a dream. I never imagined everything would become so different."

No one knew what Tang Tian truly meant by that sigh.

"Tang Tian, don't overthink things. No matter what tomorrow brings, the road must still be walked. I will always stay by your side."

Ye Ruxue looked at Tang Tian with her icy eyes, yet they were brimming with tenderness. Her eyes held only Tang Tian.

Tang Tian looked at Ye Ruxue and smiled. "Ru Xue, knowing you is wonderful."

"..."

Ye Ruxue was not skilled with words and simply stood quietly at his side.

"The Falling Star Sect definitely won't let you off easily now. What are you planning to do?"

At the thought of the Falling Star Sect, Ye Ruxue could not help knitting her delicate brows in worry.

Tang Tian smiled. "No matter. If they send cultivators of the same realm to kill me, then one will die for every one who comes. I'm only worried they will shamelessly send Soul-Emergence Realm experts after me."

At the Organs-Hiding Realm, so long as he did not encounter a powerful high-level Organs-Hiding Realm cultivator, Tang Tian believed that preserving his life would not be a problem.

But no one knew what shameless things the renowned Falling Star Sect might do.

"Young Master, the Patriarch asked me to tell you that people from the Falling Star Sect have arrived. Please go to the main hall."

At that moment, Elder Li's voice rang out from beyond the courtyard.

"All right, Grandpa Li."

Tang Tian hurriedly answered.

Whenever he thought of what Fan Siren had told him, he could not help feeling curious. Just what realm was Elder Li, this Sword Cultivator?

Fan Siren had clearly said that Elder Li would seek him out, so why had there been no movement all this time?

Since the other party had remained silent, Tang Tian naturally could not make it clear himself. Besides, if they tore off all pretenses and it produced the opposite effect, things would become a real mess.

"Ru Xue, come with me."

Ever since the two had fought side by side, their relationship had drawn a step closer.

More precisely, Ye Ruxue was the only person Tang Tian trusted most, felt safest with, and could truly speak his heart to.

"Mm."

Ye Ruxue answered softly and obediently followed behind Tang Tian.

If the others in Starfall City saw this, they would surely curse the heavens. How had the ice beauty ended up with Tang Tian?

Yet because of that battle with Lin Yichen, Tang Tian had thoroughly overturned his reputation as trash.

Who in Starfall City did not now know that Tang Tian was an unparalleled genius, capable of challenging those above his realm and even killing Organs-Hiding Realm cultivators while only at the Initial Bone-Forging Realm?

Upon arriving at the main hall, Tang Tian saw a middle-aged man, along with someone else he recognized—Weng Yuan, Lin Yichen's master.

Grandfather Tang Xiao and his uncle Tang Xiaohai were also there.

When Weng Yuan saw Tang Tian, killing intent flickered in his eyes. If not for his fear of the powerful expert beside the Tang Family, he would likely have already acted.

"Tian'er, why aren't you greeting the two seniors?"

Tang Lingyun spoke calmly.

Clearly, he was also far from fond of the people from the Falling Star Sect.

Tang Tian clasped his hands. "Tang Tian greets this senior, and that senior as well."

"..."

Weng Yuan's eyelids twitched wildly. What did he mean, this one and that one?

The other middle-aged man smiled and waved his hand. "Sure enough, your talent is extraordinary. The blood vitality radiating from your body alone far surpasses that of others in the same realm."

Tang Tian raised a brow and looked at him, only to see that middle-aged man smiling back at him.

Since he had revealed his true cultivation, Tang Tian had not used the Breath-Concealing Art.

The other man was an Advanced Soul-Emergence Realm expert, so he naturally saw through him at a glance.

"Senior has sharp eyes indeed. But there's no need to praise me. The two of you surely did not come here today merely to compliment me."

What a joke. Lin Yichen had been killed, while Weng Yuan had fled in utter disarray. The Falling Star Sect had lost all face. How could they possibly let the matter rest?

"Come with me to the Falling Star Sect."

The middle-aged man spoke with a smile, not becoming angry in the slightest at Tang Tian's attitude.

"Why should I?"

Tang Tian showed no sign of panic.

The middle-aged man naturally saw Tang Tian's bearing, and inwardly he could not help praising him. His temperament was truly quite good.

Even many disciples of the Falling Star Sect could not compare to Tang Tian in terms of temperament.

"Tang Tian, don't be presumptuous!"

Weng Yuan's expression was extremely unpleasant. He was still injured, and if not for Tang Tian, how could he have ended up in such a sorry state?

The moment he spoke, Tang Lingyun, Tang Xiaohai, and Tang Xiao all darkened.

Allowing them inside was giving the Falling Star Sect face. It did not mean they feared the Falling Star Sect.

"This is my Tang Family. If I am not presumptuous here, should I let you be presumptuous instead?"

Tang Tian sneered. He truly had no favorable impression of this man who refused to distinguish right from wrong.

Because Weng Yuan had formed a judgment before hearing the facts, Tang Tian had not the slightest favorable impression of the Falling Star Sect.

The middle-aged man smiled. "I am Zhang Kairong, the Grand Elder of the Falling Star Sect's inner sect. We have already understood what happened when you killed a disciple of my Falling Star Sect this time."

"So Elder Zhang came to seek revenge?"

Tang Tian shrugged, without the slightest fear.

"Yes and no. That depends on your attitude."

Zhang Kairong smiled faintly. The Falling Star Sect had indeed acted improperly before.

Tang Tian said calmly, "I would like to hear the details."

"Two choices. First, become an inner sect disciple of the Falling Star Sect, and we will no longer pursue the matter. Second, we will launch a hunt for you in Starfall Forest. If you can emerge alive after half a month, my Falling Star Sect will grant you your freedom and will not make things difficult for the Tang Family. What do you say?"

Zhang Kairong looked at Tang Tian with a smiling face and a remarkably agreeable manner.

He was waiting for Tang Tian's choice.

"Hm?"

Tang Lingyun and the others changed expressions. They had not expected Tang Tian's talent this time to alarm the upper echelons of the Falling Star Sect.

They were even willing to let bygones be bygones and bring Tang Tian into the Falling Star Sect.

To be honest, Tang Tian truly wanted to enter a major sect like the Falling Star Sect, since its cultivation resources were relatively abundant.

Yet with his temperament, he would absolutely never bow his head.

As for the dead Lin Yichen, Tang Tian did not take him seriously at all.

A dead genius was no longer a genius. No one would waste time over a dead man.

Tang Lingyun and the other two watched Tang Tian with held breath and tense expressions. From their perspective, they very much hoped Tang Tian could enter the Falling Star Sect to cultivate.

Once Tang Tian became a disciple of the Falling Star Sect, the Tang Family's status would rise like a boat lifted by the swelling tide.

From then on, in the Heavenly Dragon Empire, who would dare bully the Tang Family?

Tang Tian understood the stakes, but he shook his head. "If you wanted to deal with me, that would be one thing. But you insist on using my family to threaten me. A sect like this is not worth joining."

"Tang Tian, you're being foolish!"

Tang Xiaohai had the most impatient temper and immediately blurted out a rebuke.

People everywhere would crack their skulls trying to enter the Falling Star Sect, yet fail to get their wish.

But Tang Tian seemed as though his head had been caught in a door—he had actually refused?

[Author's note]: The first update for today is here. More updates will follow.