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Looking at Pang Feiyan kneeling on the ground with her pitiful appearance, Tang Ran suddenly felt relieved and his mind cleared up. A sense of superiority welled up from his feet to his head.

"You bitch! It's not that you can't stay by my side, but you have to make up for the humiliation I've suffered these past three years! Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand, I understand everything, Tang Ran. As long as you take me away from here, I will do whatever you want from now on! I will give you the dignity of a husband."

"Husband's dignity? Humph..."

Tang Ran gave a cold laugh.

"You slut, you dare talk to me about dignity? You slept with other men behind my back, cuckolded me, and you still expect me to be your husband? Dream on!"

From now on, you are only fit to be my slave. You will do whatever I tell you to do, understand?

"Understood! Understood!"

Pang Feiyan nodded repeatedly. As long as she was not implicated and exiled or killed, all the sacrifices would be worthwhile.

Tang Ran only sought physical pleasure, and she was confident that she could satisfy him.

"Come inside with me!"

Tang Ran led Pang Feiyan into the hall, intending to ask Shen Zhao and Gu Jingyan to let her leave.

As soon as he entered the hall, the first thing he saw was Su Yunying, who was meditating with her eyes closed not far away.

Looking at her delicate face, graceful figure, and the subtle yet alluring air about her, Tang Ran felt an irresistible itch in her heart.

This was the woman he had always dreamed of having; compared to her, Pang Feiyan was just a sparrow that couldn't even be considered worthy of the table.

"Hey! What are you looking at? What nonsense do you have to say?"

Shen Zhao's voice shattered Tang Ran's illusion.

He said directly, "I am the young master of the Dragon King Palace. The Pang family's affairs have nothing to do with me. Now I'm taking a few people away. If you know what's good for you, you'd better do as I say. Otherwise, be prepared to face the wrath of the Dragon King Palace."

Seeing Tang Ran's arrogant demeanor, Shen Zhao and Gu Jingyan were stunned for a few seconds.

Immediately, Shen Zhao could no longer contain himself and burst into laughter.

"Dragon King's Palace? And you call yourself Young Master? Did you wash the toilet with your mouth, you good-for-nothing son-in-law? In broad daylight, how much urine did you drink, how much excrement did you swallow?"

Dragon King's Palace?

In a modern urban novel, this would probably be a top-tier being that no one would want to mess with.

But sorry, this is a fantasy world with cultivation elements. If the sects here are divided into nine levels, your Dragon King Palace is at most a fourth or fifth-rate sect. Saying that might have some deterrent effect on those mortal families, but saying such things in front of Shen Zhao is obviously a bit crazy.

If Tang Ran knew that Shen Zhao alone could single-handedly and repeatedly defeat and utterly crush the Dragon King Palace in nine different ways across nine lifetimes, I wonder if he would still dare to make such outrageous statements.

Do these so-called chosen ones of destiny all believe that the forces they've created must be incredibly powerful? Are they so confident that they can make even Great Emperor level cultivators kneel down and sing "Conquer"?

Unfortunately, Tang Ran is indeed the chosen one, but not the male protagonist. The true male protagonist of this continent is Lin Feng, who has achieved success in both career and love, and is a figure with a halo. After all, he is a character with a protagonist's halo, and Shen Zhao is inferior to him. He is destined to be just a stumbling block on his path.

"You dare to laugh at me? Do you know what price you'll pay!"

Seeing that Shen Zhao didn't care at all, Tang Ran glared angrily.

Shen Zhao shook his head: "Alright, you're the young master of the Dragon King Palace, right? I'll just ask you one question: if I say you can't take anyone away today, what can you do to me?"

"The Dragon King's Palace is an entity you cannot afford to offend!"

"Does the Insect King's Palace even deserve my attention? Does it even deserve it?"

"you……"

Shen Zhao was furious that someone would dare to humiliate the power he and his mother had created. He decided to teach this arrogant guy a lesson!

"Today you have insulted my Dragon King Palace, and I will make you pay with your life!"

"What? The price of life? That's terrible. Come on then, I want to see if you can even threaten my clothes."

"court death!"

Enraged, Tang Ran immediately unleashed the Mysterious Heaven Hand, attacking Shen Zhao directly.

The Mysterious Heaven Hand is a Mysterious Rank technique, but with Tang Ran's improvements, it has become almost indistinguishable from an Earth Rank technique.

This move was extremely vicious and unpredictable, aiming to achieve a surprise victory and kill Shen Zhao before he could react.

However, just as Tang Ran got close, he suddenly heard a crisp sound in his ear.

With a "crack," accompanied by a temperature exceeding a comfortable body temperature on her cheek, Tang Ran was slapped to the ground at Shen Zhao's feet.

Then, Shen Zhao raised his foot and there was another "plop" sound. Tang Ran jumped up instantly and was thrown more than ten meters away.

"Boring."

Shen Zhao hadn't used even one percent of his power in those movements. Looking at Tang Ran's disheveled and incredulous appearance on the ground, he could only shake his head helplessly.

This offer to be proven wrong is something no one can refuse.

After being slapped and kicked, Tang Ran immediately sprang to her feet.

At this moment, his gaze toward Shen Zhao was filled with resentment, malice, and a strange desire to win.

"What are you looking at? You disagree?"

"I was just too careless before, which is why you managed to sneak up on me. I won't do that again!"

Gu Jingyan was speechless. This guy really knew how to turn black into white. He was the one who failed to launch a sneak attack, but instead he framed someone else.

But then I thought, why has Shen Zhao become so strong? Just a few months ago, he was only at the Qi Condensation Realm, but now…

"Then let me see what you're capable of. If you can make me leave this chair even half a step today, you can take the person with you."

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