The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Tang Rao remained silent for five minutes.

During those five minutes, Cui Baiyi didn't dare to raise his head even once.

The woman beside Tang Rao was terrifyingly lethal.

At the same time, Cui Baiyi also resented Tao Muyun; the bastard didn't bother to give him a heads-up. Saying things like "Do whatever you please," as if he was deliberately sending me to the abyss.

If you had informed me earlier, I wouldn't have come; I would've run away on the spot.

Look at the situation now; I'm just a plaything in Tang Rao's hands.

I am a Soul Detention Pavilion Judge, and you are the Soul Capturing Pavilion Master. Tang Rao is humiliating me, and you are okay with that?

"Does Master Tao know this Daoist Qi Yun?" Tang Rao turned his gaze to Tao Muyun.

"This... I don't know." Tao Muyun shook his head.

"That's impossible. Your name is Tao Muyun, his is Qi Yun, both contain 'Yun'. How could you possibly not know each other!" Li Shengxuan said.

Not just Cui Baiyi and Tao Muyun, even Tang Rao had a face full of black lines.

Sheng Xuan, you really shouldn't speak. Just because there's 'Yun' in the name, they need to know each other?

Does that mean Tao Muyun should also know Zhao Yun, Ma Yun, Liu Qingyun and others as well? Such absurd logic.

"Cough cough, well, Master Tao, if you know him, do tell me. I, Tang Rao, am not unreasonable; I'll give you benefits for your words. But if you truly don't know, then I won't ask further." Tang Rao added, as if to alleviate the awkwardness.

A trace of hesitation appeared on Tao Muyun's face.

Seeing the hesitation on Tao Muyun's face, Tang Rao was immensely satisfied.

Could it be that Tao Muyun really knows something? Could it be that Li Shengxuan got it right by mere chance?

"Well, to say I completely don't know isn't quite correct. Regarding Daoist Qi Yun, I do know a bit, but very limited, probably even less than what Cui Baiyi knows," Tao Muyun said.

Cui Baiyi nearly shouted out loud.

Master Tao, Master Tao, Master Great Tao, do you have to be so keen to dig a hole for me!

"See, I told you! Xiao Hei, benefactor, it's not me boasting, but a woman's sixth sense is absolutely top-notch," Li Shengxuan said.

Tang Rao: ⊙０⊙

What sort of sixth sense is this? It's completely nonsensical, but this blind cat just happened to bump into a dead mouse.

"Let's hear it," Tang Rao said.

"Do I really have to say it?"

"While I am reasonable, I've always had a bad temper, and everyone calls me Xiao Huopao. If you don't want me to start firing, you better be quick about it," Tang Rao said.

Tao Muyun pursed his lips.

"Fine, as I said before, I actually don't know much about Daoist Qi Yun; I haven't even met him. However, there is something I feel Mr. Tang Rao should pay attention to: that is, the Qi Yun from the Nine Realms and Seventy-two Domains is just an incarnation, and moreover, one of his many incarnations. Every several decades or hundreds of years, one of Daoist Qi Yun's incarnations would reach Great Perfection, and these incarnations that achieve the Great Perfection Realm do not stay in the Nine Realms and Seventy-two Domains for long, swiftly entering the Land of Immortals. Of course, that's not the main point. The main point is, every time, he takes a woman with him," Tao Muyun said.

Tang Rao frowned; it seems that this Qi Yun the Daoist is really not so simple.

Although Zhou Shengdian's memories contained some stuff about Qi Yun the Daoist, the information was not abundant. It merely indicated that there's a person named Qi Yun the Daoist in the Land of Immortals, whose strength seemed pretty formidable.

As for what kind of person he was, whether or not he's very sneaky, that remained unclear.

Zhou Shengdian had absolutely no interaction with Qi Yun the Daoist.

"Nothing else?"

"Nope," Tao Muyun shook his head, "Even mentioning these things, I've already taken a great risk. Qi Yun the Daoist is a respected figure in the Land of Immortals. If he finds out about this, I'm definitely going to be in trouble. Mr. Tang Rao, you mentioned earlier about giving me some benefits. So, what are those benefits? By the way, could you possibly give me some Spirit Stones? Xiao Xiangruo has been pushing me so hard, I'm about to go insane. The amount of money she demands is just too much, and I, who am so incorruptible and have always been clean as a whistle, where would I get so many Spirit Stones?"

Tao Muyun went on babbling once more, and Tang Rao nearly raised his hand to hit him.

Truly a non-stop chatterbox.

"Alright then, it's just Spirit Stones you want, right? Are one hundred enough?" Tang Rao asked.

Tao Muyun: "..."

"How about this?" Tang Rao thought for a moment, "You give me your position as the Pavilion Master of the Soul Capturing Pavilion, and I'll take care of the rest. I'll also give you ten billion Spirit Stones so you can happily travel about everywhere without a worry about money. Ten billion, that's certainly a huge sum."

Cui Baiyi beside thought Tang Rao had gone mad. Ten billion Spirit Stones for the position of Pavilion Master of the Soul Capturing Pavilion? What a joke.

If that were possible, let alone ten billion, I would buy it for a hundred billion or even a trillion.

"Hey, that sounds like a pretty good idea!" Tao Muyun's eyes suddenly lit up, "That way, I'd be freed. I could roam the mountains and rivers across the nine realms and the Seventy-two Domains, being one with nature."

"Isn't it? No more pesky troubles. How nice," Tang Rao nodded as he spoke.

Cui Baiyi was dumbfounded.

Holy crap, can this even work?

"Mr. Tang Rao, you really are a good man. You're rescuing me from a terrible plight and even giving me Spirit Stones, I really don't know how to thank you. I'll relinquish my position as Pavilion Master of the Soul Capturing Pavilion to you right away, but, the ten billion Spirit Stones are a done deal, you have to give them to me," said Tao Muyun.

Tang Rao hadn't expected Tao Muyun to agree just like that.

Geez, why does it feel like this Pavilion Master role is a hot potato?

"Ah, Cui Baiyi, sorry about that. Actually, I've been waiting for you to ask me for the Pavilion Master position, just that you never brought it up, and I felt embarrassed to just bring up the topic directly. Now that Mr. Tang Rao has mentioned it, and with ten billion Spirit Stones to boot, I'll pass the position to him. You shouldn't feel sad, just keep up the good work, and be sure to serve Mr. Tang Rao well in the future," Tao Muyun said.

Pfft!

Cui Baiyi literally spat out a mouthful of blood.

After all the twists and turns, to end up with such an outcome, it's simply... simply...

At this point, Cui Baiyi simply didn't want to speak anymore. He felt that this world was more than just filled with malice.

"Here, ten billion Spirit Stones." Since it had come to this, Tang Rao didn't wait any longer, and immediately took out a Space Ring and handed it over to Tao Muyun.

After checking it, Tao Muyun's face lit up with joy.

"Heh heh, Master Tang, rest assured, I will make the announcement right away, announcing you as the new Pavilion Master of the Soul Capturing Pavilion," Tao Muyun immediately said. Yes, for ten billion Spirit Stones, Tao Muyun was willing to sell the Soul Capturing Pavilion straight away.

Of course, this was what Tao Muyun thought: What a piece of crap~ the Soul Capturing Pavilion, it wasn't mine to begin with; I'm just a Pavilion Master. Although I have the highest decision-making power in the pavilion, all the other chores are done by the Judge, and I can't make much money from it. Plus, now there's the hassle of dealing with the conflict with Giant Merchant Star, it's such a pain; someone else can take over that hot mess. Since Tang Rao wants to take over this mess, let him have it, and I get ten billion Spirit Stones for free. Ten billion Spirit Stones, that's enough to find loads of little sisters to talk about life, philosophy, and everything in between.