The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

"Everyone knows I have a Divine Stone. This stone hails from the Maternal Mountain, able to discern good from evil among those who enter. Over the years, anyone entering the Maternal Mountain must undergo this test. All who have been tested praise my stone as extraordinary, except for you, who see it as worthless."

Just from this, it seems the cunning old thing wouldn't present such a magnanimous front before Tang Rao for no reason. There must be more behind it.

"It's not originally valuable. It's just that those under your charge are ignorant. In my view, there are many stones better than yours. Other stones never break, unlike yours..."

As he spoke, Tang Rao couldn't continue. He didn't want to make it too obvious.

"Oh? You don't regard the Divine Stone, do you have a better stone than mine? Why not bring it out for me to see?"

The master led the conversation here, and Tang Rao didn't quibble, indeed taking out a stone. However, he kept it in his palm, refusing the master's attempts to take it.

"I only wanted to take a look. Isn't that too stingy of you?"

The master looked eagerly at the stone, falling in love with it as soon as Tang Rao brought it out.

Even if he couldn't own it, couldn't he at least admire and touch it?

"I didn't mean it to count like this. Like the Divine Stone in my hand, naturally harmless with me, but once it reaches your hand, it becomes fatal. I think you wouldn't want a lifetime reputation destroyed by a trivial stone, right?"

What harmless in his hand becomes deadly in others, clearly nonsense. Tang Rao came to Maternal Mountain, learned nothing else but perfected pretending.

"Young man, when did you become so arrogant?"

The master no longer viewed others differently, staring directly at Tang Rao, at the stone in his hand, wanting to see through him. But after a long look, he found nothing revealing.

"I know you don't believe me, surely think I'm talking nonsense. You see, many outside are waiting to watch my show. Why not call a couple in to touch the stone and see the truth? What do you think?"

If the master's touch had an unfortunate outcome, Tang Rao couldn't offend him. If it were someone outside, one more wouldn't make a difference.

He couldn't personally kill those who beat and humiliated him, but the master could, allowing Tang Rao to offend and escape openly, leaving no handle for anyone.

The master, hearing Tang Rao, found it reasonable, immediately telling Tang Rao to call in two people.

Indeed, Tang Rao selected the two who had hit and tormented him the most.

The two were called in, looking both bewildered and delighted.

Being summoned by the master was a great honor, a coveted opportunity by many, but they couldn't figure out why this fortune fell to them.

"Manager Zhang, not a word from the master inside? Could you give us a hint?"

The two reached the door, took out some Purple Crystals to honor Housekeeper Zhang guarding the door, hoping to learn something for mental preparation. But Housekeeper Zhang, taking the crystals, calmly replied, "Before, I might've been able to find out for you. Now, I don't know why the master summoned you. Go in first, don't keep the master waiting."

Housekeeper Zhang didn't disclose anything even though those bribing him were old acquaintances. Everyone by the master was clever. One wrong word and those seeking his position could line from the Central Island border to this door.

Talking to these lowlifes means he doesn't want his current position!

Since Housekeeper Zhang wouldn't speak and the guards didn't press, they went in. No big deal; they hadn't done anything wrong, what could happen?

"Why did the master call us brothers in?"

First, they glared at Tang Rao before kneeling to the master with a grand salute.

No one would mind too many formalities, but losing etiquette provided ample opportunity for those seeking to harm them.

The master wasn't as meticulous as them, oblivious to schemes, letting them approach to see any differences between Tang Rao's stone and his.

"Take a look and see if there's any difference between this stone and mine. Where do you see the differences?"

Tang Rao, having put forth the stone, wasn't afraid it would be deliberately damaged. If anyone could easily destroy it, the stone's recognition of a master would be meaningless.

"This is also a Divine Stone? Master, excuse my bluntness, there's only one Divine Stone on the Maternal Mountain: the one in your hand. This must be fake. Don't let this kid trick you with a fake Divine Stone, claiming compensation with your real one. Even we underlings see through this trick. Surely, the master has already seen it."

Deceive with a fake Divine Stone? Tang Rao's stone clearly outshone this master's stone in all aspects, but these ignorants saw Tang Rao as insincere. Because of them, Tang Rao would unjustly suffer more.

"Yes, I scheme to deceive your genuine Divine Stone with my fake one. That's just your opinion. I don't argue, oppose, or agree. Think whatever you want. The stone is here; it's up to your master to decide."

Talking to the ignorant was exhausting. Tang Rao pinned everything on the master, annoyed by the servants' constant bickering. Evidently, the master would find a way to quieten them. Tang Rao's plan was to watch these people dig their own graves!

All who had wronged Tang Rao, he intended to settle accounts with.

"He said his Divine Stone surpasses mine, recognizing him as its master, harming anyone with ill intent. Do you believe it?"

A master's item belittled by an outsider as worthless, anyone hearing would know where to stand. They surely chose to support the master without hesitation.

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