The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

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"Asshole, what the hell is this swill? Why is it so disgusting to drink! Boss, come out here and give me a damn explanation!" At this moment, a furious curse erupted in the tavern.

A burly man stood up from his table, slamming it, his expression fierce and intimidating.

He was flanked by a few underlings, all with a similarly wild and arrogant air about them.

Sure enough, the strongman had every reason to be arrogant, as any discerning eye could tell that he was incredibly powerful, being at the initial stage of Transcendence.

Being at the initial stage of Transcendence was already a formidable existence.

If he wished, ruling a planet was well within his reach.

Hearing the curse, the shopkeeper immediately walked out from the back.

"What seems to be the problem, sir? If there's anything not to your liking, just tell me, and I'll change it right away," the shopkeeper said.

"Change? What's the use of that! This rotten drink, it's an insult to my mouth," the strongman raged.

"Please calm down, sir. I'll replace your drink and your dish. The bill's on me, how does that sound?" the shopkeeper hurriedly said, his clear eyes recognizing that the strongman was no ordinary customer and he had to stabilize the situation first.

Losing face was the least of his worries.

Although he was the shopkeeper, he was essentially just an employee. If one of these lofty patrons took a dislike to him and killed him, he suspected there would be no one to avenge his death.

The owner of the tavern?

He certainly didn't believe Mei Ziqiang would dispute with others over such an underling as him.

"Change my ass, who owns this tavern? Call him over. Asshole, do you think Jin Dali can be easily bullied? Spending two spirit stones for this crap?! Bullshit!" The strongman was relentless, clearly determined to make a big scene.

"Boss Tang, don't say this was your arrangement," Zhou Shengdian quietly asked Tang Rao from the side.

Tang Rao, sipping his drink, shrugged his shoulders: "Spirit stones, huh, they are indeed a fun thing."

Yes, Jin Dali was hired by him, at the cost of one hundred spirit stones.

One hundred spirit stones wasn't much, and the task Tang Rao gave to Jin Dali wasn't difficult—just to cause some trouble, to perform in a play for Tang Rao.

One hundred spirit stones for a play, that was a good deal for anyone, and Jin Dali was naturally willing.

"Do you know what my goal is?" Tang Rao asked.

Zhou Shengdian glanced at Tang Rao, then at Jin Dali, and turned back to Tang Rao: "Boss Tang, are you trying to use Jin Dali as a knife to eliminate Mei Ziqiang?"

"Idiot!" Tang Rao scolded with a single word.

Zhou Shengdian: "..."

In the tavern, the confrontation escalated.

The shopkeeper had already sent someone to summon Mei Ziqiang; today's incident was clearly beyond his capacity to resolve. Rather than bearing Jin Dali's wrath himself, it was better to call Mei Ziqiang over.

After all, Mei Ziqiang was Mei Fanghua's brother.

He should be able to handle the situation.

In less than two minutes, an angry roar came from outside the tavern: "Bastard, which blind shit dares to make trouble in my tavern? Do you even know who my sister is? I'll screw you up!"

As soon as the voice fell, Mei Ziqiang charged in, full of fury.

Mei Ziqiang appeared skinny, with slightly sunken eyes, clearly a man who had indulged too much in women's company.

"Are you the boss of this tavern?" Jin Dali looked at Mei Ziqiang with contempt.

Fool, a mere early Mahayana stage being so arrogant, I'm at the stage of Transcendence!

"Are you the one causing trouble? Looking for death, are you?!" Mei Ziqiang shouted back at Jin Dali.

"Fuck, I'm really going to beat you up today!" Jin Dali didn't waste words with Mei Ziqiang and lunged at him with raised fists.

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Mei Ziqiang was startled; he had come in such a hurry that he hadn't brought his guards with him.

Bang bang bang!

Jin Dali's fists rained down on Mei Ziqiang's face and body, and Mei Ziqiang immediately howled in agony, much like a pig being slaughtered.

Jin Dali was in such a rush to beat someone up, and that was because of the last-minute instructions sent to him telepathically by Tang Rao.

Because Mei Ziqiang's guards might arrive at any moment, and once the guards got there, the plan would no longer be feasible.

"You dare to hit me... Fuck, you... do you even know who I am?" Mei Ziqiang's voice came intermittently.

"It doesn't matter who you are, I'm going to kill you today!" Jin Dali roared furiously, a frightening killing intent emanated from his body.

Feeling the killing intent radiating from Jin Dali, Mei Ziqiang was truly dumbfounded. It was over, he had encountered a ruthless person who didn't care about his own life.

Am I, Mei Ziqiang, really going to die at the hands of this guy?

No way! I haven't had enough fun yet, there are so many girls waiting for me to get with!

I don't want to die.

"That's enough…" Tang Rao muttered to himself, and in the moment when Jin Dali made his move, he suddenly got up, darted forward, and unleashed a blast of Spiritual Energy that directly hit Jin Dali's hand.

Jin Dali cried out, then abruptly jumped back.

"Kid, who the hell are you?! Dare to stop me from killing, looking for trouble, aren't you?" Jin Dali glared fiercely at Tang Rao, and it was clear that Jin Dali's acting was not bad; he got the expression just right.

"Scram!" Tang Rao spat out coldly.

"Fuck!" Jin Dali cursed angrily, then charged toward Tang Rao, his aura extremely vicious.

"Scram!" Tang Rao bellowed, and the power of the Heavenly Dao suddenly bore down oppressively.

Many people at the scene were so frightened by Tang Rao's Heavenly Dao Power that they almost pissed themselves. Even Jin Dali showed a touch of genuine horror in his eyes. He really hadn't expected Tang Rao to be so formidable—the Heavenly Dao Power felt as if it could crush him to death at any moment. It was terrifying.

"You're ruthless, I'm leaving!" Jin Dali gritted his teeth, gave up the attack, and left with a bunch of his cronies.

...

Zhou Shengdian's mouth hung wide open; he hadn't expected that Tang Rao's intention was to rescue Mei Ziqiang.

Heard of heroes saving the damsel in distress, but never heroes saving a bear...

"Could it be, he wants to get close to Mei Fanghua through Mei Ziqiang? Or is he trying to extract information about Mei Fanghua from him?" Zhou Shengdian muttered to himself.

"Are you okay?" It wasn't until Jin Dali had completely left that Tang Rao turned to look at Mei Ziqiang.

At this time, Mei Ziqiang's face was covered in bruises.

But in reality, he looked a bit miserable and hadn't suffered any fatal blows.

"Brother, thank you so much!" Mei Ziqiang got up from the ground, very grateful as he spoke to Tang Rao.

If it weren't for this guy in front of him, he really would have died in vain here today.

"Brother, what's your name? From now on, you are my, Mei Ziqiang's, buddy!" Mei Ziqiang asked Tang Rao.

"I'm called Tang Hansan," Tang Rao made up a fake name on the spot.

"Hahaha, then I'll call you Lao San, I owe you big time today! Damn it, otherwise, this guy would have really been killed by that dumb brute. Shopkeeper, what are you standing there for? Bring up the good wine and good dishes, don't be so clueless!" Mei Ziqiang glared fiercely at the shopkeeper.

"Right… right away, I'm bringing it up now…" The shopkeeper didn't dare to say anything and scurried off to prepare the wine and dishes.

These things, they weren't his place to intervene.

Fearing that Zhou Shengdian would disrupt things, Tang Rao did not introduce Mei Ziqiang to Zhou Shengdian, but instead said he was out adventuring in the Nine Realms and the Seventy-two Domains alone, without any power or affiliation.

Hearing that Tang Rao was all alone, Mei Ziqiang was quite happy and immediately sought to win him over.

Of course, Tang Rao was not going to be bashful; this was exactly the response he was waiting for.