Li Zhentong slapped his palm, and a solid wooden table turned to dust.
"Master, calm down. Over these years, you've seen our situation in the Central Divine List. They want us out, but we won't leave just because they want us to. Let's see what they plan to do."
Li Zhentong wasn't too angry originally, but when the woman with red lips spoke, he pushed her straight to the ground.
"What do you understand? This is a woman's compassion, you foolish woman who knows nothing."
Did he not want to hold onto this position? As many people envied it, just as many wished for Li Zhentong's death.
The woman was beaten into silence, but even so, his anger did not diminish much.
Tang Rao enjoyed his leisure, reading a small book, fanning the flas in Li Zhentong's backyard, spreading so ill words about him, and adding 'I only told you this, don't let it out' as an afterthought.
"Tang Rao, have you found the person who tried to kill last ti?"
Li Qi Qi drank fruit tea, nibbling on the snacks she had tricked from Tang Rao.
"It's been days since that happened. What's there to find? Instead of wasting ti, why not bask in the sun and grow strong?"
His face was upward, wearing a moisturizing and whitening face mask.
"What? Do you intend to let Miss live in fear constantly? Tang Rao, don't you know your behavior could hurt her heart?"
Tao Er defended Li Qi Qi.
"Is it so hard to find out who the culprit is? The key is whether your Miss can handle the blow."
"Tao Er, enough."
Tang Rao just shut up when Li Qi Qi ordered Tao Er to stop.
"Manager, soone is looking for you."
Outside the door, a boy about fourteen or fifteen relayed the news to Tang Rao. He was Tang Rao's confidant, raised with a lot of snacks.
The boy handed a jade pendant to Tang Rao.
Tang Rao avoided Li Qi Qi and Tao Er, opened his hand, puzzled.
"Who gave this to you, that person?"
There was not a soul beside his 'confidant'.
"Hmm, where did that person go?"
The boy anxiously explained to Tang Rao, afraid of being misunderstood as lying: "Manager, I swear I'm not lying."
His face was white with fear.
"I know you're not lying. I have a rough idea who that was."
Tang Rao took out the jade pendant and held it up to the sunlight.
The sunlight passed through the jade pendant, making a line of text flow clearly.
"et tonight at the Leng Family."
If it weren't for knowing Leng Pengfei, Tang Rao couldn't imagine who else would seek him.
Leng Family?
Tang Rao knew nothing about this family, including what the Leng Family did or who was in it.
"You may go now. There's no need to ntion this to anyone."
After speaking, Tang Rao left with the jade pendant.
In the middle of the night, at the Leng Family.
Leng Pengfei stood under the eaves, hands crossed, facing away as he stood on high without feeling lonely.
"Good mood, Brother Leng."
Seeing Leng Pengfei's figure, Tang Rao imitated him, leaping up from the side of the high wall to stand shoulder to shoulder with Leng Pengfei.
"What good mood? I've been waiting for you a long ti."
In Leng Pengfei's eyes, Tang Rao was an amusing person, and he had plenty of patience for what amused him.
"Let's talk inside."
With ears listening across walls, what Leng Pengfei said to Tang Rao could be trivial or significant; safer to discuss at ho.
"What's so serious that caused such tension?"
Since it was midnight, Tang Rao couldn't determine how vast the Leng Family's estate was, only certain it was larger and more luxurious than the Li Family's.
"Brother Tang is straightforward. Let speak plainly. I like your candor."
Huh?
Good thing it's not "I like you."
Fortunately, he didn't stop talking there.
"Brother Leng, you're too kind, we're brothers."
Underlying aning, don't think of doing anything to .
"Haha, yes, we beca brothers on our first eting. So people interact all their lives and still don't speak heart-to-heart, don't you agree?"
Leng Pengfei hadn't shared heartfelt words with anyone in years.
"Why speak so much between brothers, co drink wine."
Tang Rao took out so plum-infused alcohol from his Space Ring. The wine was smooth, with a sweet aftertaste, but its kick was substantial.
It was Leng Pengfei's first ti drinking such wine, and he fell in love with it, drinking uncontrollably.
"Brother Fei, is there official business for calling ?"
Leng Pengfei's thoughts were written on his face.
"There's so business. Lately, you pulled a good stunt having soone replace , claiming that soone wanted to assassinate . Is it true?"
Tang Rao's mouth gaped open, surprised by Leng Pengfei's infordness.
Li Zhentong wasn't foolish; he would hide such things if possible. The only possibility was that Leng Pengfei had soone on the inside.
"Brother Fei, your information is so well-connected, I, Tang Rao, concede graciously."
"Not at all. In a few days, the Central Divine Realm will start seizing land and people again. The Tingzhou Li Family has always been unwelco in the Central Divine circle. Li Zhentong isn't fair in his dealings. I just want to ask you, are you interested in Tingzhou Li Family's position?"
"Tingzhou Li Family? Brother Fei, I'm just a Lower God. Tingzhou Li Family is such a big piece of cake, I can't possibly eat it all."
Tang Rao thought his ambition was big, but it seed Leng Pengfei's was even bigger.
For soone without even soldiers around him, Leng Pengfei was asking Tang Rao to swallow an entire great family.
Crazy.
"You can do it, did you think hiding your aura could fool ?"
Leng Pengfei was a Mid God, highly esteed in the Middle Divine Realm. Although he was the second son of the Leng Family, compared to the eldest brother's indolence, he was the family's hope.
"Brother Fei, I didn't an to deceive you. My Miss said to keep a low profile, not to draw attention."
Tang Rao truthfully told Leng Pengfei everything.
"Brother, even if you didn't explain, I wouldn't say anything. In the Divine Realm, it's good to be a bit cautious."
Leng Pengfei wasn't easily intoxicated, speaking to Tang Rao clearly despite much drinking.
Through Leng Pengfei's introduction, Tang Rao learned the structure of the Divine Realm and the current situation.
As dawn approached, Tang Rao didn't dare stay overnight, quickly returning to the Tingzhou Li Family.
His mood couldn't calm for a long ti.
"Tang Rao, do you really plan to take over the Tingzhou Li Family?"
Little Fire Ginseng jumped onto Tang Rao's shoulder.
Everything they said inside was crystal clear to the little guys, who opportunistically held a small eting in the portable palace.
"What's your take?"
Tang Rao never considered himself smart; having shrimp soldiers and crab generals think of ideas was better than him pondering alone.
"I think we should take it slow. Even if you ascended, you're still just a Lower God, neither at the bottom nor exceptionally distinguished. I think it would be tough to really take on soone."
Hellfire Shark voiced its opinion even before Little Fire Ginseng.
"Chirp chirp chirp chirp."
Little Hedgehog ddled from the side.
"For to swallow the Tingzhou Li Family in one go, I have no confidence in that myself, sigh."
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