The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Tang Rao really wants to slap Fan Xiaohua, this dumb bird, to the ground and then kick him a few times.

What the heck is this? Weren't we promised a super luxurious hotel? This is your idea of super luxury? I want to thank your whole family for this. Granted I'm a newbie in the Land of Immortals, but newbie or not, I'm not an idiot, okay? The house is in such disrepair, and you have the nerve to tell me it's luxurious!

"Xiao Hua, if you go about things this way, I'm really not going to be happy," Tang Rao said to Fan Xiaohua, his eyes showing some malice.

"What? Sect Master, I don't understand what you're saying. What did I do wrong? I didn't do anything wrong," Fan Xiaohua said with a pained expression on his face.

"Weren't you talking about a luxurious hotel? Is this what you call luxurious?" Tang Rao asked.

"Isn't this luxurious?" Fan Xiaohua countered.

Tang Rao looked at the dilapidated house in front of him with a face that says 'incredible'.

The door is broken, the roof is full of holes, the yard is piled with junk, thatched grass is almost two meters tall, and it's all covered in dog poop, bird poop, and all kinds of poop.

You're actually telling me this thing is luxurious, I'm really taking your word for it.

"Sect Master, you don't know, I come from the mountains. I am a child of the mountains, I eat wild vegetables, I live in houses made of piled stones, to me, this kind of house is simply a super mansion, a paradise on earth, so beautiful, so desirable," Fan Xiaohua said.

Tang Rao and everyone else: "..."

"Cut the crap, this place is barely worth five Immortal Stones, I'll give you one hundred Immortal Stones, and I want the ninety-five change back," Tang Rao reached out his hand and spoke directly.

Tang Rao had given him one hundred Immortal Stones for expenses when he had Fan Xiaohua do the reconnaissance, and this guy got him such a ruined house, so of course the rest of the money had to be taken back.

Let me tell you, I, Tang Rao, may be generous, but I'm not an easy mark.

Thinking you can pull this kind of trick on me, save it will ya!

"Sect Master, what are you talking about? Well, I think, although this house might already be extremely luxurious for me, for someone like you, Sect Master, with such a distinguished presence, it's probably just mediocre. So, I have arranged an even more luxurious dwelling for you, look, that courtyard over there, right next to here," Fan Xiaohua stretched out his hand, pointing to a compound nearby.

Lush green trees surround the place, and from the outside, it looks vibrant with life, the gates and walls are quite artistic, the color scheme and layout are poetic, pleasing to the eye.

"This one is quite nice," Lu Jun commented, clicking his tongue.

"It's acceptable," Tang Rao nodded as well.

"Hehe, Sect Master, I did a reliable job, didn't I! Let's go inside first, it's more convenient to talk about things inside," Fan Xiaohua said.

"Hmm, true, let's go Xiao Jun, we'll settle in first. By the way, Xiao Hua, I don't think you should live in such a super luxurious and extravagant compound. Anyway, the two compounds are just a wall apart, so you can live in that one," Tang Rao pointed at the run-down compound and spoke indifferently.

"Sect Master, I can! I can live there!" Fan Xiaohua shouted.

"Don't you sneak in, if I take you for an intruder, I tend to hit very hard," Tang Rao said with a smile, while Fan Xiaohua had a look of despair.

Tang Rao was clearly threatening him; he knew what Tang Rao was like, having upset him a bit by the way he handled things.

"Sect Master, I was wrong..."

"Hmm, if you're wrong you need to reflect. Xiao Hua, you know me, I'm not petty, but what I hate is people taking my generosity for granted," Tang Rao actually wasn't that mad, he was just warning Fan Xiaohua.

This kind of thing can be big or small; today he played tricks for a hundred Immortal Stones, but if not checked, next time he might dare to do even bigger things.

...

Early the next morning, just as Tang Rao got up, he heard someone knocking on the door.

After opening the door, Fan Xiaohua stood there with a big grin, holding a bunch of stuff like stuffed buns and morning tea.

"Sect Master, oh, you know, come on, let's have breakfast. It's on me, I promise I'll behave from now on. You have no idea how much I adore Kao Shan Sect, please be generous and don't be mad anymore," Fan Xiaohua said as she squeezed inside, took out the breakfast, and meticulously laid it out on the table.

Tang Rao didn't say anything else. After all, Fan Xiaohua was just a bit greedy, but if that was kept in check, it could be seen as an advantage.

After breakfast, Tang Rao left with Fan Xiaohua and Xiao Yun, while the others were still asleep.

As for Xiao Yun, of course she had to come along—what if there was danger?

With Xiao Yun around, Tang Rao felt quite at ease. A ninth-tier Luo Immortal, no joke, unless facing an Immortal Monarch or a higher-level expert, any challenger would be wasting their time.

"Sect Master, this is the Bounty Hall," half an hour later, Tang Rao followed Fan Xiaohua to a massive building.

From the outside, the building looked like a gigantic disc, the bottom and dome both rounded; in any case, it looked pretty strange.

"Damn, who built this thing? Is aesthetics not a thing anymore!" Tang Rao was not a fan of the circular building, finding it absolutely ugly.

"Come on, Tang Rao, who cares if it's ugly, let's go inside," Xiao Yun never had any concept of whether a building was pretty or not, it's all just walls with a roof on top, right? No difference.

"Who goes there?" However, as they were about to enter, Tang Rao and his companions were stopped.

"Uh, this, I'm here to post a task," said Tang Rao.

"Posting a task? Do you have a bounty card?" asked the guard.

Tang Rao looked bewildered, then turned to look at Fan Xiaohua.

Fan Xiaohua just shrugged her shoulders; she knew this was the Bounty Hall and had entered before.

"Well, this is my first time here and I don't have a bounty card," Tang Rao shook his head.

"You don't? Then please proceed to that window over there to register. You can only enter once you've done that," the guard said with an arrogant air, pointing to a window nearby.

Tang Rao: "..."

What kind of place is this? They even require a card...

Truth be told, Tang Rao always felt nervous about card registrations, a sentiment forcefully impressed upon him during his time on Blue Star.

When he was on Blue Star, you needed a membership card to buy clothes, a beauty card to get a haircut, a discount card to dine out; even buying a cup of milk tea could incur a barrage of options like a Silver Card, Gold Card, Platinum Card, and the Supreme Tycoon Card—damn, he nearly went insane with all the card offers.

"Fine, I'll do it!" Tang Rao gritted his teeth and walked toward the window.

"Hello, sir, are you here to make a bounty card?" Behind the window, sat a girl, about twenty-five or twenty-six, with delicate features and a pleasant appearance.

Seeing such a pretty girl somehow soothed Tang Rao's irritated mood.

"Yes, I'd like to make a bounty card," Tang Rao nodded.

"So, would you like a Silver Card, Gold Card, Platinum Card, or the Super Rich Card?" the girl asked right away.

Tang Rao almost spit out a mouthful of blood. Damn, why was this the same routine as on Blue Star!