"Isn't that still dangerous?" Xue Linglong was worried.
"I say, Madam, do you really think I've always been in danger because I followed Master? Before I followed him, did you think I didn't do anything risky when I climbed to the position of Deputy General on Celestial Street without any background? When Master was still a Deputy General, I came with him to Dang Yin Mountain to carry out a mission. In order to climb up, I still risked my life to kill Master. So, it's not that I'm usually timid, but sometimes I have to see if the risk is worth it. As long as it's worth it, I still have to take the risk. You won't be able to climb up smoothly. There's no free lunch in this world. Even if you stay in this position and do nothing, there will still be people below you who think you're in their way and want to take you down. Or maybe they'll take a liking to Madam's beauty and take me for themselves. There's no such thing as a smooth ride. "
Seeing that he had dragged her into it and said it in such an unbearable manner, Xue Linglong couldn't help but spit, "I'm just worried about you."
"Haha, there's no use worrying!" Xu Tangran leaned against the wall and looked up at the dome, sighing, "Before I followed Master, it was so difficult to climb up. It was pointless to be a coward. But after I followed Master, I climbed so fast! You won't understand if you don't work in the Heaven Court. After tasting the sweetness, it's not a good feeling to have me cower to the side and be looked down upon. There's no turning back. What I need to do now is to help you settle down. My abilities are limited and I don't understand the situation. I only know one thing. With Master's temper, this place will become a troublesome place sooner or later. You should stay away for now. "
This was the result of following Miao Yi for so many years. He was good at reading Miao Yi's mind and probably knew Miao Yi's temper better than Yun Zhiqiu.
Xue Linglong bit her lip and said, "If you're not afraid, what do I have to be afraid of? I'm not leaving."
Xu Tangran tilted his head to look at her. "That's not the case. If I can't do it alone, I can find a way to hide. Not only can you not help me, you might even become a burden to me. If you really have my best interests at heart, then leave first. We'll talk about this after it's over. "
Xue Linglong was silent. She leaned on his shoulder again. "Where do you want me to go?"
Xu Tangran closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Let's go to the Heavenly King Residence to see Madam Niu. It's definitely safe there. If something really happens to me, Madam doesn't have to be reluctant. Win or lose, accept your fate. When the time comes, you can find someone to marry. You don't have to be a widow for me. With Lady's beauty, the Heavenly King's Residence will be full of nobles. With Lady Niu taking care of you, you won't have to worry about not being able to find a good husband. I believe your future life will be worry-free. I won't let you down in this life. "
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Xue Linglong angrily punched him a few times, but her hand was caught. When he was lifted out of the water, he flipped him over by the side of the pool and executed him on the spot …
Yang Zhaoqing, who had rushed back into the house, paused for a moment. This time, he intentionally turned to Lin Pingping, who was accompanying Fei Hong, and gestured for her to leave.
Lin Pingping, who was kneeling beside the couch, knew that her man must have done something between him and the adults that she shouldn't see. She quickly picked up her skirt and excused herself.
"Sister Pingping, I'll go to your place as well." Fei Hong, who was sitting across the table, immediately invoked her arts to extinguish the fire on the tea stove. She also picked up her skirt and stood up. She held onto Lin Pingping's arm and quickly left.
Now that there was no one else, Yang Zhaoqing walked into the inner room. He cupped his fists behind Miao Yi and said, "Milord."
Miao Yi still stood in front of the painting with his eyes closed. He calmly said, "If we deal with her, I'm afraid that woman will notice something. Let's deal with her as well. Make it clean. "
Yang Zhaoqing said, "I'm afraid we don't have to deal with that woman anymore. Xu Tangran has already returned to the headquarters."
"Oh!" Miao Yi suddenly opened his eyes and turned around. There was a hint of surprise in his eyes as he asked, "Could it be that Xu Tangran refused?" There was even a hint of surprise in his eyes.
That's right, this was all a trap he had set up to test Xu Tangran. Actually, he didn't want to do this. After all, Xu Tangran had been at his beck and call for so many years. No matter what happened, he would always stand by his side. Even if he didn't do anything meritorious, he still put in a lot of effort.
However, Yang Qing didn't think so. Yang Qing believed that at this point in time, he needed to eliminate all potential threats around him. His opponent wasn't ordinary, so he couldn't afford to be careless. In order to fend off external threats, he had to first stabilize the internal situation. Otherwise, he might lose everything with just one wrong move. His opponent wouldn't give him a chance to start all over again. Since ancient times, there had been many cases of people falling to the blades of those around them. And Xu Tangran was known to be a despicable person who was easily driven by benefits. He was easily targeted and used by others. That was why Yang Qing wanted Miao Yi to arrange a test.
If it didn't work, then he would immediately eliminate him! Miao Yi had a hard time making this decision, but he had to admit that Yang Qing's words made sense. If Xu Tangran really sold him out so easily, then it would be better to settle things as soon as possible. That was why he made this arrangement.
Yang Zhaoqing said, "Milord, please take a look!" He casually tossed a corpse to the ground. The corpse was bleeding from all seven orifices. Its face was black and blue, and its eyes were wide open. There was even a bloody hole in its chest where its heart should be.
Miao Yi was taken aback. "What do you mean?"
Yang Zhaoqing replied, "This is the person I arranged to meet up with Xu Tangran. In the end, he was directly poisoned to death by Xu Tangran."
Miao Yi was a little dumbfounded. "Didn't we already agree to meet up? Even if we didn't come to an agreement, it wouldn't be worthwhile to kill him, right? "
Yang Zhaoqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "It was precisely because of this that he easily succeeded. Who would have thought that that bastard would actually poison him the moment they met? We weren't prepared at all. I reckon that he also thought of this possibility. He thought that the person he met up with wouldn't expect him to do this, and wouldn't be too careful in inspecting the food and wine. And it was obvious that he had it all planned out. He was worried that the person he met up with would have helpers, so after he succeeded, he actually slipped away from the ship's exit … "After recounting the entire incident, he sighed." Fortunately, to be on the safe side, it was someone we hired. If we had used our own people, then this misunderstanding would have been blown out of proportion. "
"Slipped away from the exit …" Miao Yi's expression twitched. That scene was simply too beautiful. He didn't dare to think any further. When that bastard came to his side later, should he hide a little further away? Would he still have the appetite to eat that bastard's dishes in the future?
Retracting his gaze from the corpse, he rubbed his chin and said, "When he poisoned the victim, didn't the victim react at all before they fell to the ground? You guys didn't notice anything at all? "
Yang Zhaoqing gritted his teeth and said, "Milord, there really wasn't any movement at all. Not to mention us, even the people on the ship didn't notice anything. I reckon that bastard got his hands on some strange poison from somewhere and used it as a trump card. Otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to meet up alone."
Miao Yi also gritted his teeth. This was completely Xu Tangran's style of doing things. He couldn't help but curse, "That bastard, can't he be a man for once? He only uses these despicable methods to get things done. Sigh! Whatever it is that he does, he can't even bring it up to the table after he has done it. If you want to reward him, you still have to think of a way to help him come up with a deceptive excuse. Isn't that tiring? Yet you can't even criticize him. What the hell is he doing! "
Even though he was cursing, he felt relieved in his heart. As for why Xu Tangran would do such a thing, everything was set up here. It wasn't hard to guess the reason, so Miao Yi couldn't help but curse again, "He really is a despicable person. He's gauging the heart of a gentleman with the yardstick of a despicable person. What would happen if he just told me directly? Don't tell me that I'm useless in his eyes? He'd rather take risks and do some sneaky things. A dog can't change its spots! "
He wasn't wrong. Little did he know that in Xu Tangran's eyes, he wasn't a gentleman at all. Xu Tangran was even more sinister and cunning than Xu Tangran. Xu Tangran's first confrontation with Xu Tangran when they were hunting down the Black King all those years ago had caused Xu Tangran to suffer terribly. If Xu Tangran hadn't been quick-witted, he would have lost his life long ago. Later on, Xiahou Longcheng would teach him a lesson every time he saw him.
Yang Zhaoqing smiled along. After spending so many years with Xu Tangran, he naturally knew what kind of person Xu Tangran was. He was definitely a despicable person. If he were in Xu Tangran's shoes, he wouldn't dare to use such a person. It was no wonder Miao Yi wanted to give it a try. After laughing, he asked, "Milord, then this matter …"
"Forget it!" Miao Yi gestured to the corpse on the ground with his lips. "Clean it up and pretend nothing happened. Don't let him know about it, lest everyone gets disgusted."
"Yes!"
After Yang Zhaoqing collected the corpse on the ground, Miao Yi suddenly muttered, "Xu Tangran's strength is a little weak. Give him the Art of Primordial Chaos that you've cultivated before."
The Art of Primordial Chaos was originally the cultivation method of Feng Beichen's top War General, Immortal Primordial. Later, it fell into the hands of Yun Aotian, and Yun Zhiqiu passed it on to Miao Yi. In order to improve the strength of their subordinates, Yan Xiu, Yang Zhaoqing, and the others had all cultivated it. Although they were all cultivation methods from the Small World, it didn't mean that the cultivation methods from the Small World would be inferior. Even the cultivation methods of those small sects weren't necessarily inferior to those from the Large World, not to mention the cultivation method of Feng Beichen's top War General. Who knew where the Small World had gotten so many cultivation methods from. The only flaw was the lack of cultivation resources.
In short, the Art of Primordial Chaos was definitely much stronger than Xu Tangran's current cultivation method.
Yang Zhaoqing was stunned for a moment. He sighed inwardly, 'That despicable Xu Tangran has really latched onto Miao Yi's thigh!'
However, he wasn't too bad himself. He had already obtained the Nine Heavens' Heaven Series cultivation method. He nodded again and said, "Yes! I will give it to him later and tell him that it was Milord who gave it to him. "
Miao Yi nodded and waved his hand, gesturing for him to leave.
Then, Yang Zhaoqing tried asking again, "Milord, do you want me to send some people to Remnant Peak? With the current situation, I'm a little worried about him being there alone. I wouldn't know if something happened."
The person that Remnant Peak referred to was none other than Yan Xiu. The reason why Yan Xiu went to Remnant Peak was the same as why the Black King had gone to Remnant Peak all those years ago. It was because that place was a good place to refine the Soul Summoning Banner. Now that Yan Xiu had the complete Yin Soul Yang Art in his hands, he had already grasped the trick of refining transcendent artifacts as recorded in it. The Dominator of the Six Paths had also helped him gather the materials for refining. Miao Yi strongly supported Yan Xiu's decision to refine transcendent artifacts because he had seen the power of the Soul Summoning Banner. It was truly bizarre. The Black King's Soul Summoning Banner hadn't been completely refined yet. Miao Yi was very much looking forward to seeing how powerful it would be after mastering it.
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