Chapter 2: Who is the Trash?

The speaker was Tang Xuan's eldest uncle, Tang Zhong. His eyes held deep contempt for Tang Xuan's father, along with a hidden lust for Tang Xuan's mother.

The Tang family held some influence in Jiangcheng, barely qualifying as a second-rate clan.

His father, Tang Qinghua, was born a simpleton. Both the elders and his peers enjoyed making him the butt of their jokes. Beatings and verbal abuse were a daily occurrence for him.

Yet, to everyone's surprise, such a simpleton had managed to marry a beautiful wife. There was not a single man in the Tang family who did not burn with envy over this.

"I'm making my stance clear: the Tang family absolutely cannot have another simpleton bringing shame upon us."

"Exactly. This child cannot be allowed to be born."

"Rather than bringing another useless person into the world to burden the Tang family, it is better to let him die in the womb."

Tang Xuan’s face grew icy cold. These people actually wanted him to die before he was even born!

Tang Zhong threw a wooden staff at the feet of Tang Xuan's mother. With a cruel smirk, he said, "Break his legs, and I'll let the child in your belly live. How about it?"

Tang Xuan finally understood why his father had walked with a limp.

Stepping through the gates of the ancestral home, Tang Xuan spoke. "Well, isn't this lively."

Everyone in the room knit their brows in unison.

"Who are you?"

"This is a private matter of the Tang family. Outsiders have no right to interfere. I suggest you get lost right now."

"If you want to poke your nose into our business, you'd better weigh your own capabilities first."

Tang Xuan stepped forward.

"Tang Shiliu!"

"Tang Shiliu, why are you here?"

His parents actually recognized this body, yet there was absolutely no trace of them in his memories. But that did not matter right now.

Tang Xuan looked at Tang Zhong and asked, "Are you very strong?"

Tang Zhong chuckled arrogantly. "Merely the Xunwind Realm. Nothing particularly impressive."

Tang Xuan sneered, "So you're just a piece of trash at the Xunwind Realm."

Anger flared in Tang Zhong's eyes. "Xunwind Realm trash? Do you have any idea that there are fewer than twenty people in the entire Jiangcheng who have reached the Xunwind Realm?"

"So there's quite a lot of trash then."

Seeing Tang Xuan's utterly disdainful attitude, Tang Zhong's blood boiled with rage. "You arrogant little bastard! Let me see what you've got!"

The moment the words left his mouth, Tang Zhong lunged forward in a fierce attack.

"Beat this blind fool to death!"

"How dare he run wild in our Tang family home? He's courting death!"

"In your next life, remember not to be so arrogant."

In their eyes, Tang Xuan was already a dead man.

In the next instant, Tang Zhong's body was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing heavily against the wall.

The members of the Tang family gasped in sheer disbelief. No one had even seen how Tang Xuan moved.

Without giving him a moment to breathe, Tang Xuan closed the distance again. With a single punch, he embedded Tang Zhong's body deeper into the wall.

"Who is the trash now?"

Before Tang Zhong could answer, Tang Xuan delivered another punch, sinking his body even deeper into the plaster. The entire Tang family ancestral home trembled with the impact!

The onlookers' scalps went numb with terror.

Tang Xuan vented all the suffering his father had endured at the hands of the Tang family onto Tang Zhong. After three punches, Tang Zhong's face was a bloody, mangled mess, and he was breathing his last.

"Who is the trash?"

His eyes filled with sheer terror, Tang Zhong spat out a mouthful of blood and croaked, "I... I am trash. I am the trash."

"Trash doesn't deserve to have legs." Tang Xuan picked up the wooden staff.

Panic threw the Tang family into chaos.

"What are you trying to do?"

"Don't do anything reckless!"

Tang Zhong was the strongest cultivator in the Tang family. He was the one who maintained the Tang family's standing in Jiangcheng. If Tang Zhong was crippled, the Tang family would be utterly ruined!

Tang Xuan looked around at the crowd with a sinister grin. "Who wants to stop me?"

Every person his gaze swept over lowered their heads in fear.

"A bunch of cowards."

Tang Xuan raised the staff high and shattered both of Tang Zhong's legs. A bloodcurdling shriek echoed through the ancestral home.

Instant despair washed over the Tang family. They knew that from this moment on, the Tang family would no longer even be considered a second-rate clan in Jiangcheng.

Walking over to his parents, Tang Xuan helped them to their feet.

Tang Xuan said, "Now, it is time for all of you to kneel to them."

The faces of the Tang family members turned incredibly unsightly. For so many years, they had been accustomed to Tang Qinghua and his wife groveling before them like dogs. To force them to kneel to a simpleton was absolutely out of the question!

"Who on earth are you?"

"The Tang family has no grudge against you. Why are you destroying us?"

Tang Xuan sneered, "It's none of your business who the hell I am. I am stronger than you. What if I destroy you? What if I wipe out your entire family? Does anyone else want to fight me?"

The Tang family members turned pale with rage. Even Tang Zhong had been crippled; how could any of them possibly stand a chance against him?

"Kneel or die. I'll give you one second to choose."

Without the slightest hesitation, the Tang family members all fell to their knees. After all, they only had one second, and none of them wanted to die.

Tang Xuan mocked, "I thought there would be at least one or two with some backbone. Now I have no excuse to kill anyone. What a pity."

Hearing this, cold sweat broke out all over the Tang family members.

"Aren't you afraid of the Tang family's revenge in the future?"

Tang Xuan looked at the speaker and walked over with a smile. "For those words alone, I can kill you right now."

"I'm sorry! I was wrong!"

"I appreciate how quickly you apologized, but it's useless."

With that, Tang Xuan struck him on the forehead with his palm. "In your next life, keep your mouth shut."

In Tang Xuan's memory, this man had once tried to take advantage of his mother while drunk in his past life. Thus, his death was well-deserved.

Leaving the Tang family ancestral home, Tang Qinghua looked at Tang Xuan with an extremely unfamiliar gaze. "Tang Shiliu, when did you become so powerful?"

Not knowing the exact relationship between his parents and this body, Tang Xuan did not dare to say too much. "I've always been this strong. I was just hiding my strength before."

Tang Qinghua was still skeptical. "Hiding it for over a decade?"

"Never mind how many years I hid it. Support your wife! She's about to give birth. How can you not know how to take care of her?"

Tang Qinghua instantly grew wary. "What do you mean? Why do you care about my child even more than I do?"

Tang Xuan thought to himself, *How could I not care? That's me in her belly.* To return to the peak of his power, he had to reclaim his original body.

Just then, Tang Xuan's phone rang, providing a perfect distraction from the topic.

"Tang Shiliu, I've set my sights on Zhao Ran. Don't say I didn't give you a chance. Tomorrow at the arena, whoever wins gets the right to marry Zhao Ran. If you want to play the coward, pack your bags and get out of Jiangcheng tonight."

Zhao Ran... What a familiar name.

Though Tang Xuan was not entirely sure of the situation, he agreed without the slightest hesitation. "I accept your challenge."

On the other end of the line, Zhou Zhuoyi hung up the phone and said, "He agreed!"

Huang Fei frowned. She had brought Zhou Zhuoyi in specifically to force him to leave Jiangcheng. She had not expected that simpleton to actually accept the challenge.

"It's fine that he accepted. Once on the stage, he will definitely beg me to save him. That will achieve the result I want anyway."

Zhou Zhuoyi smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, I will make him kneel and beg for mercy. A mere simpleton could never be a match for me. I am the youngest cultivator in the Xunwind Realm in all of Jiangcheng. Among my peers, I am invincible."