The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Tang Rao nodded; Gong Jianliang was right in what he said.

Before, when he mentioned stopping the profit-sharing with Giant Merchant Star, he was actually just blabbering. For the time being, he still had to pay Giant Merchant Star this sum of money.

Gong Jianliang was able to secure the position of the head of the eastern district on Giant Merchant Star, and he definitely was no simple character.

Doing business on Giant Merchant Star required not only sharp commercial insight but also strong methods of enforcement. Don't go by Gong Jianliang's usual easygoing and approachable manner; when it really comes down to business, the guy could play dirty and bring someone down.

"Boss, you just said that you already have the second-generation network transmitters, is that true?" Gong Jianliang asked.

"Yeah, completely undetectable, as nobody would be able to find it," Tang Rao replied.

"That makes things easier then. You just set up the second-generation network first. After that, you can accidentally leak the locations of the previous network transmitters to Soul Capture Pavilion. Soul Capture Pavilion is also very envious of Illusion City; if they know the locations of these transmitters, they'll definitely go and destroy them. By then, not only can you incite a feud between Soul Capture Pavilion and Giant Merchant Star, but you can also demand compensation from Giant Merchant Star under the pretext that the network transmitters were destroyed," Gong Jianliang explained.

Tang Rao blinked, 'Damn, this is exactly what I was thinking.'

"Liang Liang, you're just as cunning as I am," Tang Rao said.

"All men are no good; thinking of such sneaky methods," Ling Feier muttered from the side.

It had to be said that the plan Gong Jianliang just proposed was downright brilliant, completely setting up Giant Merchant Star.

...

Following that, Tang Rao did not stay on Giant Merchant Star any longer and directly bolted off.

Yes, using space rifts and Space Transmission Arrays frantically, he shuttled between the various Star Domains within the Nine Realms and Seventy-two Domains. Of course, it was to deploy the Little Spider network transmitters.

To ensure secrecy, Tang Rao had to do it himself.

It took him a full three days to finish the job.

Naturally, he only covered the main areas. For those remote places that he could not reach, Tang Rao was not interested in dealing with them.

"Yan Wei, can't you increase the coverage range of this Little Spider?" Tang Rao reached Yan Wei.

"If the coverage is larger, the spider itself has to be larger, which makes it easier to be discovered," Yan Wei replied.

Tang Rao: "..."

'I seriously cannot refute your excuse.'

"Alright then, most areas are covered now, integrate the network. Scrap all those previous network transmitters; I'm about to start digging a hole," Tang Rao said.

"You can start now," replied Yan Wei.

"Uh, don't we need to integrate?"

"Do you think it's like the old times when data had to be transferred... We've already entered a new era of networking, okay? It's all instant transfer," Yan Wei said.

"You're quite something," Tang Rao sneered and then hung up the communication.

...

Leaking the locations of the first-generation network transmitters to Soul Capture Pavilion was an entirely unchallenging task for Tang Rao; he directly delegated it to Bai Ze.

Bai Ze, now being one of the Four Great Judges, immediately leaked the positions of the network transmitters upon receiving orders from Tang Rao.

Of course, the focus was on Cui Baiyi.

"Hahaha, well done!" Cui Baiyi was completely thrilled when he received the information.

He had long wanted to get involved in Illusion City but was frustrated by the lack of entry points. Now with the locations of these network transmitters, he could make his move.

"Send someone to destroy those web transmitters immediately, and what's more, try to grab a complete one and bring it back. If we can thoroughly study it, we could construct an Illusion City of our own," Cui Baiyi instructed.

"Yes!" The guard immediately nodded in agreement and then swiftly left.

Cui Baiyi certainly didn't know that Tang Rao had deliberately leaked this information.

And the upper echelons of Giant Merchant Star had not anticipated Tang Rao's cunning.

Within just two days, the cultivators from the Soul Capture Pavilion had clashed fiercely with those from Giant Merchant Star. The battles were incredibly ferocious.

All around the Seventy-two Domains of the nine realms, people were resisting, and many had no idea what was happening. Even the top brass of Giant Merchant Star were in the dark, wondering how the Soul Capture Pavilion suddenly knew the locations of the web transmitters, and almost all of them at that!

Regardless, the losses were enormous.

Giant Merchant Star and Soul Capture Pavilion are considered two of the largest forces in the Seventy-two Domains of the nine realms, and the conflict had led to countless casualties. Furthermore, those who died were primarily cultivators in the Mahayana Realm and the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.

This caused widespread panic across the entire Seventy-two Domains of the nine realms.

If Giant Merchant Star were to go to war with Soul Capture Pavilion, then there would truly be no safe haven left in this starry sky.

"Yan Wei, how's it going?" Tang Rao was in high spirits, for the Soul Capture Pavilion was clashing not with Central Emperor Realm, but with the colossal Giant Merchant Star.

In just two days of conflict, both sides had lost upwards of a hundred Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivators, not to mention the countless Mahayana Realm cultivators.

"About sixty percent destroyed," Yan Wei reported.

The Soul Capture Pavilion came prepared, so comparatively speaking, it was Giant Merchant Star that had suffered the greater loss.

"That's about right. Shut down all other functions of the Illusion City, leaving only the communication function," Tang Rao instructed.

"Alright," Yan Wei responded, completing the task within seconds.

...

"Giant Merchant Star, Daddy Lao Hei is here again!" Tang Rao reappeared in the eastern district of Giant Merchant Star and casually approached Gong Jianliang.

Then he had Gong Jianliang contact the high-level executives of Giant Merchant Star.

Tang Rao requested a meeting, and these executives did not refuse.

Perhaps to conceal their identities, all four executives chose not to come in person but to communicate within the Illusion City.

The communication function of Illusion City was still available, after all.

"My young friend Tang Rao, this time it was our oversight. On behalf of Giant Merchant Star, I offer you our apologies," an ancient voice came through, sounding as if it had lived for hundreds of years.

"And then what?" Tang Rao asked indifferently.

"This..." The four executives were rendered speechless by Tang Rao's question.

"If you won't speak, then I will," Tang Rao's voice rang out, "Over sixty percent of the web transmitters have been destroyed, and you've seen the result—The Illusion City is now paralyzed, losing all functionality except for communication. I've calculated it, and every second, I'm losing nearly a million Spirit Stones. I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation, not an apology."

"What do you want then? We have suffered serious losses, and we've lost no fewer than a hundred Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivators!" Another voice chimed in, more aggressive and seemingly younger than the old man.

"Lao San, don't talk nonsense."

"Big brother, I'm just stating the facts. We all have losses, why should we have to explain?"

"Because I've paid you!" Tang Rao shouted. "You all should be well aware of how much money I've paid yearly, and how much of a Spirit Stone share I give to you each year. Now that this has happened, of course, it's your responsibility. Don't tell me, all Giant Merchant Star does is take the money without doing any work?"

"Tang Rao, show some respect, what's with your attitude! Arrogant!" Lao San, losing his temper, roared.