Chapter 4 Is He Really Just a God?

  Outside the manor, Tang gazed at the beautiful seven-colored rainbow in the void, stretched his waist, and felt a sense of warmth and comfort, as if it were the gentle morning sun. After walking around for a while, he felt a bit tired, so he leaned against a red tamarisk tree and lay down on the grass, yawning repeatedly. Just as he was about to take a nap, a deafening roar suddenly came from beside his ear, followed by the sound of rapid footsteps.

  Tang Jing suddenly opened his eyes, took a closer look, and oh boy, an elephant was charging towards him. It should be an elephant, with a silver-white body, enormous size, two ivory tusks over one meter long in front of its mouth, four sturdy legs like four pillars, each one nearly two meters long. What's even more terrifying is that this elephant had three eyes, the middle eye on its forehead was bright red, like a blood-red eye.

  "Be careful!"

  A worried and urgent voice came from the void, a white shadow darted out of the mansion and rushed towards this side.

  Tang Qing stood with a lazy expression, raising an eyebrow and narrowing his eyes as he gazed carelessly at the approaching three-eyed elephant. The three-eyed elephant was like a madman, swinging its head wildly, glaring furiously at Tang Qing, baring its teeth and letting out a shrill roar, looking as if it would pounce at any moment. A hint of playful smile flashed across the corner of Tang Qing's mouth, and his body suddenly leaned forward, letting out a dog-like howl.

  "Woof!"

  It's strange to say, the originally mad three-eyed elephant suddenly stopped in its tracks, a pair of ferocious eyes inexplicably became panicked, and then cautiously retreated step by step.

  "Hehe, you're a timid guy." Tang Jing smiled with a grin.

  Whoosh——

  A white shadow flashed, and a woman suddenly appeared. Her plain clothes were as white as snow, her black hair was flying, her face was perfect, her eyes were quiet, she stood barefoot, and her temperament was extraordinary. It was the Yunmiao sister mentioned by Shangguan Ling.

  "Are you...alright?"

  Yun Mo Tong's eyebrows were furrowed, and a hint of surprise hung in his calm and gentle expression.

  "Is this crazy thing yours?" Tang Jing shook his head, indicating that he had nothing to do with it.

  "It's my mount, a three-eyed white elephant. It was injured the other day, so its mood has been unstable. I'm really sorry, did it scare you?" Yun Mo bowed in apology and scolded the three-eyed white elephant, "Xiao Bai, go back."

  The three-eyed white elephant seemed to have not heard anything, its eyes fixed on Tang Qing, slowly backing away step by step.

  Huh?

  This scene fell into Yun Mo's eyes, making her extremely puzzled. She could clearly feel that the three-eyed white elephant was like being frightened at this moment. How is this possible? She also knew very well that the three-eyed white elephant was a proud and arrogant spirit beast. In her impression, over the past decade or so, whether it was encountering ferocious ghosts or terrifying evil demons, the three-eyed white elephant had never shown half a hint of fear. So why would it be so afraid when facing an ordinary person this time?

  What is it afraid of? What is it fearful of?

  What else is it about this young man that fills him with fear?

  "You..."

  Yun Mochen's beautiful starry eyes stared intently at Tang Qing in the room, and with one glance, just as Ling'er had said, he didn't have a shred of cultivation, and his body was extremely weak. How could an ordinary person who couldn't be any more ordinary make San Yan Bai Xiang so afraid? Yun Mochen was baffled, she was a renowned scholar of the current generation, with vast knowledge, and her master was a world-renowned figure, yet at this moment, she was completely perplexed.

  "What did you just do? Why is my little white so afraid of you?" Yun Mo blinked her eyes and asked softly, "Can you tell me?"

  "I didn't do anything, I just scared it a bit." Tang Qing yawned again, rubbed his cheeks and shook his head, "I didn't expect it to be so timid, yet it's grown so big."

  Yun Mo gazed at Tang Qing, wanting to see through his heart. After hesitating for a moment, he shrugged and smiled slightly, "Maybe." Then, he changed the subject, saying, "I just heard Ling'er say that you cured her black flame horse on the road. Thank you for lending a hand. If Ling'er has offended you in any way before, please don't take it to heart, sir."

  "Offended? No." Although Shangguan Ling looked a bit fierce, he indeed didn't offend him.

  "There's nothing delicious here either, I just picked some fruits, if Young Master Tang doesn't mind..." Yun Mo's words were not yet finished, when Tang Qing directly responded that he didn't mind, because he was really too hungry, his stomach was sticking to his back.

  Inside the hall, on that white jade table were arranged seven or eight plates of various fruits. What kind of fruit they were, Tang Jing couldn't even name, but he didn't bother to ask either. After sitting down, he didn't even pretend to be polite and directly picked up a bright red fruit and took a bite. It was sweet and delicious, melting in his mouth, with the juice containing spiritual energy. It should be a high-grade spirit fruit, the taste was very good, Tang Jing ate it very satisfyingly.

  Yun Mo had originally wanted to take this opportunity to get to know Tang Qing better, but after sitting down, she found that she didn't have a chance to speak at all. The guy across from her was constantly eating, one fruit after another, without any pause, it was simply like a wolf swallowing its prey whole.

  Yun Mo wasn't inexperienced with men, the Holy Gate imperial family, the Haomen aristocracy, young and talented, she had encountered many. However, someone like this peculiar guy in front of her, it was still her first time meeting. Who would have thought that on their first meeting, he wouldn't even follow basic etiquette, and just start eating like that? Moreover, this guy's eating was truly a whirlwind, over ten fruits were gone in the blink of an eye, devoured in less than a few breaths.

  How can you say you're also the master here? He didn't even ask?

  "Where is Mr. Tang's hometown?"

  Yun Mo asked in a soft voice, but that guy seemed as if he hadn't heard and continued eating.

  Yun Mo tried asking a few more questions, but as it turned out, in this guy's eyes, there seemed to be only Guo Zi.

  Yun Mo is absolutely not a woman who pays attention to trivial matters, but at this moment she particularly wants to ask, can't this guy see that there's more than just fruit? A woman like herself sitting in front of him, he doesn't even bother to ask or show any interest.

  Thinking about it, Yun Mo finally understood why Shangguan Ling said that he was a guy who didn't care about anyone. This guy wasn't lazy to talk to you, he simply ignored your existence.

  For the first time, Yun Miao felt the taste of being ignored by others. She almost understood why Shang Guan Ling wanted to hit this guy, because even a quiet woman like her had an urge to slap the table at this moment, let alone Shang Guan Ling's fiery temper. If this guy didn't know how to communicate with spiritual beasts, maybe Ling would really be unable to bear it and beat him up severely.

  At last, the seven or eight plates of fruit on the table were completely destroyed by Tang Jing. He seemed to be still unsatisfied and said, "This... Yun Miao, are there any more fruits?"

  "You've already eaten so much, aren't you full yet?"

  Suddenly, Yun Mo felt a sense of confusion and disorder.

  "To be honest, I've been starving for many days."

  "Really... There are still some in the garden, wait a moment, I'll go pick some."

  "It's still not enough, forget it." Tang Qing stood up and patted his belly, which was half full. "The feeling of being hungry is really unbearable, thank you so much this time, Yun Mo young lady."

  "There are still some in the garden." Yun Mo stood up and said, "I'll go pick some more for you."

  "Don't bother!"

  "You're welcome!"

  "It's really not necessary, you go ahead and I'll find a place to sleep outside." Tang Jing yawned, waved his hand, and got up to leave, leaving Yun Mo with a confused and embarrassed expression. It wasn't until after a while that she realized Tang Jing's "don't bother" was not just a polite phrase, but he really didn't want to be bothered because he was in a hurry to sleep and was afraid of disturbing himself.

  "My goodness! What kind of person is this......"

  Yun Mo was at a loss for words, unable to laugh or cry, and really didn't know what to say.

  "Huh, Sister Mo, I've been looking all over for you, what are you doing here?"

  Shangguan Ling walked out of the back house, wearing a white silky robe, as if she had just finished bathing. She walked with her head tilted to one side, using a towel to wipe her wet hair. Without her armor, she was truly stunningly beautiful.

  "Nothing." Watching Tang Qing's departing back, Yun Mo seemed to be thinking about something and muttered, "Is he really just a wandering Taoist?"

  "Who? You're referring to that Tang surname's grim reaper outside? Should be! But he seems to know a lot, on that yellow banner it says treating various diseases, divination, fortune-telling and so on. Eldest sister Mo, why are you suddenly concerned about him?"

  "Just curious."

  Yun Miao slightly shook her head, she felt that Tang Qing was not like an ordinary person at all. Would an ordinary person understand the art of communicating with spirits and controlling beasts? How could an ordinary person make the three-eyed white elephant feel fear with just one drink? Moreover, earlier she had carefully observed Tang Qing's eyes, which were really turbid, as if they had experienced the vicissitudes of countless ages, and seemed to encompass all things, yet were out of place in this world.

  How can one person's eyes be so turbid?

  Yun Mo was still meeting for the first time.

  "What's so curious about a Jianghu practitioner?" Shangguan Ling didn't think much of it.

  "Hmm, maybe I'm just thinking too much." Yun Mo smiled lightly and said, "After all, he did cure your Black Flame Horse. Why don't we let him go later?"

  "Sister Meng, are you asking me to let this shameless guy off? He's been so rude to me, if I don't teach him a lesson, won't he get off too easily? Besides, this guy knows how to communicate with spirits and control beasts, I can't just let him go."

  "The art of controlling spiritual beasts is extremely complex, even if he's willing to teach you, it's not necessarily something you can learn, as it involves too many mysterious things."

  "Huh? How strange!" Shangguan Ling blinked her big eyes, staring at Yun Mo with a weird gaze.

  "What's wrong with staring at me like that?" Being stared at so nakedly by Shangguan Ling, Yunmo felt very uncomfortable.

  "Sister Miao, are you infatuated? Infatuated to the point of being hungry and eating anything? Taken a liking to this Jianghu practitioner?"

  "You little dead girl, you're just thinking about romance now." Yun Mo glared at her with a fierce gaze and teased, "I don't know who's been having romantic dreams all this time..."

  "Miss Yun! You...!" Officer Ling suddenly became speechless, and a hint of shyness appeared on his delicate face as he pointed at Yun Mo, saying, "If you hadn't given me that thing, how would I have had such a dream..."

  "I didn't force it on you, you took it yourself to ponder over, how can you blame me?" Yun Mo smiled and tapped the tip of Shangguan Ling's nose. "I told you early on that thing was strange, you knew clearly it would cause such a dream, yet you still brought it back, isn't this being obstinate, but you won't admit it."

  "Haha... " For some reason, Shangguan Ling suddenly burst out laughing.

  "Dead girl, what are you smiling at."

  "Haha! That thing was originally hers, I'm sure Sister Mo has had many such dreams too? Hmm? Hehehe..."

  "I didn't!" Yun Mo denied.

  "You have it, you have it!" Upper Official Ling Huan laughed happily.

  Yun Mo knew that if she continued, Ling Er's personality would definitely tease her relentlessly. She shrugged to cover up her own embarrassment and said, "Alright, stop messing around, Ling Er. What do you know about that thing? Do you have any leads?"

  "With no leads, I wrote down the runes on that thing. These days, I've asked many people but none of them can decipher it." Shangguan Ling thought for a moment and said, "Right, Mo sister, you said you've investigated the origin of those runes, is that true?"

  "Of course!" Yun Mo smiled lightly.

  "Ah! It's really great, let's go open it now, heh heh! I want to see what kind of weird thing is hidden inside that can make people have such disgusting dreams!"

  "That Mr. Tang you brought is still outside, and we just leave him here like this, doesn't it seem improper?"

  "There's nothing wrong." Shangguan Ling looked out and nodded his mouth, "Anyway, that guy is sleeping."

  Yun Mo also looked back and indeed, as Shangguan Ling had said, Tang Qing was lying by the lake, sleeping soundly.

  Shangguan Ling urged, Yun Mo had no choice but to reluctantly agree, saying "Alright! I'll take you there now."