readsfreenovel Chapter 1327 - 1326: It Nearly Killed Him
Chapter 1327 - 1326: It Nearly Killed Him
The time between incense sticks burning is exactly one hour. Watching the large incense burning under the sky, Tang Rao felt the surrounding aura and quickly ran towards the location of the Medicinal Material Storage as directed by Little Hedgehog.Tang Rao didn't even ask Little Hedgehog whether to go to the Treasure Vault first, proving that Little Hedgehog was quite familiar with the families of Zhang and Song.
People who are successful in a certain business must have their unique traits. Those involved in medicinal materials, if they don't have some good types of materials, then what's the point of their business?
To avoid showing the stinginess of the Zhang Family Patriarch, he merely sent a close aide to follow Tang Rao, pretending loudly enough for everyone to hear his words to his aide: "Let Tang Rao take whatever he wants, pack what he likes, and eventually give him a list."
Since the Family Head had spoken, a servant naturally complied without daring to utter an extra word, lest they be beaten to death.
The ones who took the blame earlier didn't fare well after being pulled away.
"Yes."
Receiving orders, the man followed behind Tang Rao wherever he went. Despite it being Tang Rao's first time at the Zhang family home, he made it seem as if he was more familiar with its layout than the household servants.
The man noted all these peculiarities, mentally recording them, and simultaneously, through Illusion City, relayed the situation here to the Zhang Family Master in real-time.
Unfortunately, Tang Rao carried a base station on him; any messages sent by the man to the Zhang Family Master had to first go through the transfer platform. After transferring, they would reach the Zhang Family Master, which didn't seem to take much time, but during this period, Tang Rao could embellish the platform with lots of things the man had never said.
How fortunate is Technology Guy.
Such advanced technology, developed and put into use by Yan Wei, who never came to the Divine Realm nor expressed a desire to come but always awaited Tang Rao's command, establishing the first divine network for him.
While treasure hunting, Tang Rao altered the man's and the Zhang Family Master's conversation.
In their mutual fury, neither party suspected there was tampering in their communication.
"Tang Rao, there's good stuff in this room."
Little Hedgehog pointed out within the portable palace, informing Tang Rao she smelled an unusual scent at the door.
"I suppose there shouldn't be any issue entering these, right?"
This was the first room Tang Rao entered. The door had no noticeable markers; if one didn't pay attention, most wouldn't notice at all.
But Tang Rao noticed and wanted to enter.
If Tang Rao wishes to enter, they let him enter.
After the man's messages to the Zhang Family Master got altered, even the person asking questions changed.
The Zhang Family Master unhesitatingly instructed the man to open the door.
They conversed so much because the signal was poor; Little Spider's signal hadn't extended this far.
"Please, come in."
Bypassing the array, the door was opened, and even before entering, Tang Rao already smelled the fragrance of rare treasures inside.
"Yes, that's the scent. Let's go and take a look."
Excited by the riches, Little Hedgehog knew everything inside was valuable and also trusted Tang Rao to differentiate between good and bad, thus refraining from interfering in Tang Rao's choices.
"Broccoli? Grapefruit Tea?"
Upon entering, Tang Rao almost couldn't move, taken aback by two random items.
Looking at his selections, the expressions of both the man and Tang Rao were quite similar.
It's unfortunate one felt sad for these items being left here, while the other worried Tang Rao might take them all away.
Despite contemplating different things, they surprisingly remained silent.
"I want these two items."
When choosing items, they needed to be placed on a tray first. Only after the Family Head verified them could they be taken out. Tang Rao watched as the chosen items got placed on a tray, then covered with a red silk cloth.
Why cover what I chose with mystery?
Though thinking this, Tang Rao quickly adjusted his mindset, seizing the moment to continue exploring inside.
"Mandala? Nine-tailed Fox Grass?"
Those items caught Tang Rao's eye as well.
At this point, the man was already sweating beads.
Though he didn't intend to exaggerate, the Medicinal Material Storage's precious items were all chosen by Tang Rao, fearing the Family Head's thunderous anger later, possibly punishing those so-called close aides.
"Put these two up as well."
After instructing, Tang Rao mumbled to himself: "See? I told you these things are better than what the old man picked out for me previously—that was merely charity!"
Tang Rao lifted unfamiliar treasures, murmuring meant for others around; clearly knowing they would relay this to the Zhang Family Master, he spoke freely.
Those around him wanted to urge Tang Rao to be quiet and stop talking.
"One hour's up."
As ash fell to the ground, those outside and inside simultaneously released their breath.
Waiting anxiously outside, the Zhang Family Patriarch hadn't picked up on anything significant. Upon seeing Tang Rao's figure, a long-missed smile appeared on his face.
"Tang Family Master, how did the selections go?"
Tang Rao didn't speak, just smilingly approached the Zhang Family Master, signaling him to look at the trays carried by people.
"Master, the selected items are all here on this tray, awaiting your review."
The moment the red cloth came off, the Zhang Family Master felt his blood pressure rise, his blood throbbing to an unusual extent.
"I only took this many, leaving a bit of each for you—didn't take the others—could have done more with some extra time."
Tang Rao lamented, if given more time and Zhang's men weren't so sluggish, he might have taken the entire Medicinal Material Storage away.
"Master, these twenty-six rare treasures are what Tang Family Master selected."
The close aides guessed correctly; regardless of their performance, when angered, they played only one role to the Zhang Family Master—cannon fodder.
"Twenty-six items—what an impressive number to ask for."
Impressive indeed, heartless.
Why didn't he also take the Master's life?
That way, the Master might feel better.
"It seems the Zhang Family Master regrets—didn't you say I could pick what I wanted? The Song Family gifted me so many good items and here at Zhang, it's stingy, oh well."
Saying this, Tang Rao prepared to leave.
Aside from leaving, Tang Rao seemingly couldn't think of better ways to threaten Zhang Family Master, although this method proved reliably effective each time.