(For fellow Daoist Dragon Soul's birthday, there's an extra chapter today... at two o'clock...)
At this moment, Tang Changsheng actually dared to provoke them like this. From anyone else, it might have been dismissed as not knowing the height of the heavens or the depth of the earth. But coming from the man who had just knocked every one of them flat, those words showed absolute confidence!
"Of course I mean it!" Tang Changsheng said calmly. "A few nameless pawns who haven't even reached the Manifestation Realm. I'd like to see what you can do to me, even with your high-tech weapons..."
Everyone's expression changed. They had all heard the contempt in his voice. He might as well have pointed at their noses and said, "I'm not saying you're trash. I'm saying all of you are trash."
Even Fan Wan'er's face darkened. You looked at the owner before beating the dog. These were her subordinates, yet Tang Changsheng had given her no face at all...
The two of them had never been particularly close. Setting aside their earliest clashes, there was the matter of Emperor Mingde's plan to betroth her to Tang Changsheng.
Fan Wan'er knew it was a marriage alliance. The time had come for her to make a sacrifice for Great Chu and the Imperial Family.
Tang Changsheng was capable, and he knew Pill Refining. Emperor Mingde saw him as someone who could carry the Imperial Family's banner.
Though she had no feelings for Tang Changsheng, Fan Wan'er knew this was her duty as a woman of the Imperial Family. Every member of the Imperial Family enjoyed the reverence and support of Great Chu's people; naturally, they also had to make sacrifices for Great Chu and the Imperial Family.
So she had tried to make herself like Tang