Chapter 316: Li Tianheng Who Had an Epiphany

"That's good."

Yang Fan responded indifferently.

Saying no more, he turned around, took Li Tianheng away from the restaurant, and walked toward the villa area.

The figures of the two gradually disappeared at the end of the street.

Only then did Li Fengzhu slowly straighten his body, his brows tightly locked, and a trace of complexity flashed in the depths of his eyes.

"Li Tianheng… Didn't he grow up in a nameless county on Tiannan Star?"

"How did he get involved with the Gu Family's son-in-law?"

He muttered softly, his tone holding both confusion and a hint of remorse.

Had he known earlier, he shouldn't have been so cold to this kid back then.

It's just a pity that wanting to remedy it now was already a step too late.

He gently exhaled a breath, "I can only… slowly ease the relationship in the future."

Although Li Fengzhu was a Fifth-Order God, in the eyes of ordinary gods and demigods, he was already a high-and-mighty existence.

But in reality, he had no background.

Being able to snap up such a sizable restaurant in the Frontline trading area relied on thousands of years of bit-by-bit accumulation and careful management.

On the surface, he was glorious and decent, a "decent figure" among Mid-tier Gods.

But only he himself knew that in front of truly major families, this bit of strength and resources of his was simply not worth mentioning.

A single sentence from the other party would be enough to instantly collapse his thousands of years of accumulation.

The so-called status was merely established on the safety of "no one taking a serious look at him."

A god with a major background like Yang Fan must definitely not be offended.

After leaving the restaurant, Yang Fan casually reminded him.

"It's better to have less contact with this Old Ancestor of your Li Family in the future."

"If I hadn't been here just now, you probably would have already died."

His tone was calm, as if he were stating a most ordinary fact.

Hearing this, Li Tianheng was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"I know."

He paused, then gave a bitter smile.

"However, I don't hate the Old Ancestor."

"If it weren't for him, I might still be trapped in the production base right now, unable to even see the outside world."

"Being able to achieve a Breakthrough to a demigod also entirely depended on the Old Ancestor."

His tone was very calm, without resentment, nor did he have the qualification to resent.

"The Old Ancestor left Tiannan Star for too long; the Family's ancient books didn't even record it."

"He was willing to bring me out, and I am already very satisfied."

"Today's matter was my fault."

Li Tianheng smiled self-deprecatingly.

"I originally just wanted to borrow some momentum to act cool in front of you, not expecting to almost lose my life."

After finishing, he instead felt much more relaxed.

It was as if he had completely let go of some tense thing.

Yang Fan glanced at him, nodded slightly, and said nothing more.

Yang Fan did not originate from a major Family.

His only true relatives in the past were Yang Tiexin and Sun Rong.

The two had mediocre talent and ordinary strength, but from childhood to adulthood, they tried their best to give him a safe and worry-free growth environment.

Precisely because of this, Yang Fan was not indifferent to things like "Family affection".

Therefore, he disliked Li Fengzhu's approach of "being able to dispose of Family members at will".

But he also understood that the rules of this world were not determined by emotions.

Therefore, he would not casually interfere in other people's Karma.

Not long after, Yang Fan brought Li Tianheng to his Gu Family villa on the Frontline.

The villa covered an extremely vast area, with patches of green plants inside, full of vitality.

Various service robots operated orderly within it, pruning flowers and trees, tidying the environment, and allocating resources; everything was in good order.

It was like a private world "exquisitely managed".

Standing at the entrance, Li Tianheng was completely stunned.

Even in the most prosperous area of Yang County, he had never seen such an exaggerated living environment.

You must know this was the Frontline; wasn't it supposed to conserve resources and serve everything for the war?

Demigods suffered at the front?

Gods enjoyed blessings in the back?

Everything before his eyes completely subverted his cognition.

For a split second, he even suspected whether he had walked into the wrong world.

His worldview was quietly reshaped at this moment.

"Yang… Brother Yang."

Li Tianheng's throat moved slightly, and his voice was a bit tight.

"Sister-in-law's identity… Could she be from the Gu Family's direct lineage?"

He was no longer that county youth from back then.

During this period on the Frontline, he already had a basic understanding of the power structure of the Human Federation.

He knew very well what the two words Gu Family represented.

Upon hearing that Yang Fan married into the Gu Family as a matrilocal husband, although his heart was shocked, it was not unacceptable.

After all, in his memory, before the College Entrance Examination, Yang Fan had already been specially recruited by the Primordial Academy.

Studying deeply in a top-tier academy naturally highered the probability of meeting those children of major families.

But to be able to live in such a large villa on the Frontline!

The identity of this "sister-in-law" was probably much higher than he had imagined.

"She is direct lineage, and moreover a Prodigy among the direct lineage."

Yang Fan's tone was calm as he casually added.

"Right, we already have a child named Gu Chengye."

"A year later he might also follow his mother to the Frontline; remember to prepare red envelopes by then."

He spoke relaxed, even carrying a bit of a joking meaning.

But falling into Li Tianheng's ears, it felt like a heavy hammer.

——Boom!

His entire person instantly froze.

His Dao Heart almost shattered on the spot.

In these years, he ran around on the Frontline, and the Divine Kingdom War was fraught with danger at every step; a slight carelessness would mean total annihilation.

In order to become stronger, he was even driven to doubt life at one point, and a dignified demigod almost got forced to sell himself.

But what about now?

He struggled desperately on the line of life and death.

Yet Yang Fan had settled down and started a Family in the Primordial Academy, and even had a child.

Both are humans, how could the gap become so huge?

"Brother Yang…"

Li Tianheng's voice trembled, and his eye sockets turned red.

"I… I don't want to work hard anymore either."

He fiercely rushed forward and grabbed Yang Fan's thigh.

"Do you have any resource channels? No need for direct lineage! I'm not worthy!"

"Collateral lineage is fine too! Even a slightly connected relationship is okay!"

"I want to live off a woman too!!"

His emotional breakdown was righteous and confident.

At this moment, he seemed to have completely had an Epiphany.

Those years of so-called striving, struggling, and bitter cultivation were all illusions.

"If suffering were useful, then the richest beings in this world should be those Divine Beings who treat believers as mine slaves!"

He raised his head, his eyes even carrying a kind of "Epiphany-like clarity".

"Living off a woman is the true Dao!"

"With a different starting point, the destination is a natural chasm!"

"What's the use of hard work? Can ten years of bitter cultivation compare to someone else's three generations of accumulation?"

Yang Fan was rendered somewhat speechless by this act of his, casually lifted him off his leg, and wore a look of disgust.

"Stop acting crazy."

"Seeing that I succeeded, you think you've found a shortcut?"

"Those Prodigy women of major families are not as simple as you think."

He paused, his tone calming down.

"Instead of having time to dream, you might as well make yourself stronger first."

Changing the subject.

"Alright, let's talk about business."

"Sign the Subordinate God Contract and report your Divine Kingdom's current combat power to me."

"I'll give you the coordinates of the Alien Divine Kingdom in a moment."

"After taking it down, you can go pioneer the basic resources that I don't use yourself."