Chapter 15: Interloper (2/2)

“Okay,” Nie Tian said blankly.

“Jiang Lingzhu, the girl with Li Fan…” Nie Qian watched as the little girl left, her thoughts drifting.

“Auntie, shall we go?” Nie Tian said.

“Oh, right. Let’s go.” Nie Qian’s wandering mind was suddenly pulled back to reality. She didn’t say much to Nie Tian before taking his hand and leaving.

In the Nie clan, there were colorful lanterns and streamers everywhere, as well as happily chatting people.

When Nie Tian and Nie Qian returned from the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion, they found everyone in the clan smiling broadly.

On his way in, Nie Tian heard a variety of words of admiration regarding Nie Han from numerous members of the Nie clan.

“The eldest young master is back from the Cloudsoaring sect. He managed to reach the middle-stage of the Lesser Heaven stage after merely a couple of years of cultivation there. With the eldest young master in a stable position in the Cloudsoaring sect, our clan will definitely prosper.”

“I’ve heard that Li Fan, a disciple of the master of the Cloudsoaring sect, came back with our eldest young master. Young master sure earned a lot of face because of that!”

“That means our eldest young master has been doing well in the Cloudsoaring sect.”

“Of course!”

“… ”

When they finally found a moment of privacy, Nie Qian said, “Today, the whole clan will focus on Nie Han and Nie Xian, so it has nothing to do with us. I hope one day every member of the Nie clan will cheer for you, too.”

“That day will come,” Nie Tian said, full of aspiration.

“You go back. I have something to talk to your grandfather about.” That said, Nie Qian headed off alone towards Nie Donghai’s residence.

Since Nie Donghai had given up his position of clanmaster, he had already moved out of the main mansion of the Nie clan, and was now living in an unimpressive stone house.

When she arrived, Nie Qian saw Nie Donghai standing by the window, facing the direction of the main mansion, lost in his thoughts.

Numerous elders of the Nie clan were gathered in the mansion, and joyful laughter rang out from their direction.

It wasn’t hard for Nie Qian to imagine the scene of the crowd of clan members flattering Nie Beichuan, Nie Han, and Nie Xian in the main mansion at this moment.

The joy and laughter in the mansion had nothing to do with Nie Donghai and Nie Qian. Ever since Nie Donghai had moved out of the mansion, other clan members rarely paid him visits.

“Father, Nie Tian and I ran into Yuan Qiuying at the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion just now,” Nie Qian said softly.

Nie Donghai immediately turned around and inquired with a grim face, “What? You had to endure that vile woman’s verbal insults again?”

“No.” Nie Qian shook her head. “Little Tian talked back for me, and he also taught Yuan Qiuying’s son a lesson.”

Nie Donghai was shocked, “That kid named Yun Song? His cultivation talent is even better than Nie Hong’s, which I heard has reached the seventh level of Qi Refining. How was Nie Tian capable of teaching him a lesson?”

Nie Qian told the whole story to Nie Donghai, not holding back a single detail.

Then she said worriedly, “That woman has never been kind. She didn’t dare to lose control in front of Li Fan, but I’m worried that after Li Fan is gone, she won’t let this go so easily and will seek revenge. Times have changed. You’re no longer head of the Nie clan. If she were to cause trouble, I’m afraid…”

“You just keep an eye on Nie Tian,” he replied calmly. “Don’t take him out of the Nie clan for the time being. As long as he is on Nie clan property, the Yun clan won’t dare to make a move.”

“I’m sorry,” Nie Qian apologized in a low voice. “I failed to hold Little Tian back.”

“Some things are unavoidable. You shouldn’t blame yourself.” Nie Donghai sighed.

Meanwhile….

Nie Tian had cast all the clamor out of his head. The moment he got back to his room, he started to practice cultivation, a sense of urgency rising up in his heart.

He could still remember a strange force rising from his body during his last battle with Nie Hong, which had resulted in himself suffering from a high fever.

This time, he beat Yun Song with the help of that same unknown force. So with that in mind, he secretly observed the occurrences in his body while cultivating.

After an unknown period of time, he gradually felt a burning sensation on the left side of his waist.

Worried it was a sign of another high fever, he instantly focused his attention on the left side of his waist.

“Yee?!”

He suddenly saw the source of the heat wasn’t from his body, but instead it was from the piece of animal bone he had obtained from the lot-drawing convention.