Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 538 - 9: Tang Xian Meets a Rival
Tang Xian was not speaking carelessly.
The reaction of the white deer was overly indifferent; although it couldn't be detected, it was supposed to be able to sense other creatures.
Seeing Tang Feiji's composure could be partly attributed to a Buddhist-style personality.
But in the human world, encountering a calamitous boss-like being should elicit some reaction.
The white deer had none; its only reaction was a slight interest in Tang Xian's speculative basis.
[No matter what you have come for, this is not the place to find your answers.]
The white deer was still talking in a hidden and veiled manner.
Tang Xian said,
"How about we both make a concession? I tell you where the Sea God is, and you tell me where your master is?"
[What has that got to do with me.]
Tang Xian was stumped.
This white deer had no desires or wants; finding a way to have it let him pass was truly a challenge for the moment.
Initially, persuading Bai Mansheng relied on a story, while convincing Qing JiuYu depended on the Jiuye Biphasic Orchid.
These were about appealing to their interests, yet the white deer seemed to have neither likes nor dislikes.
Tang Xian had no choice but to try to enlighten it with grand principles:
"Although you won't say it, I believe that this city is being protected by you or your master, which is why it hasn't been destroyed by time.
We are on the same side. Why not let me through? This place might become a battlefield in the future, and I could help humans resist the Order."
Unfortunately, the white deer seemed to have no stance at all, and its tone remained calm when it spoke:
[Oh, impressive, keep it up.]
Although Qing JiuYu couldn't hear what the deer was saying, seeing Tang Xian's forehead vein throb, she suddenly laughed.
Has he finally met his match?
"How about this: I won't go in, but can you tell me about the past?
What exactly happened hundreds of years ago in the human world? The invasion of the half-mechanical creatures and the myriad beasts, what caused it?"
The deer's hooves gently tapped, and instantly a small flower bloomed beneath its feet.
It sniffed the flower slightly, and then the moisture seemed to leave the flower and enter the deer's mouth, causing the flower to wither quickly.
But shortly after, it gradually began to come back to life.
Tang Xian thought to himself, aside from others abilities, this deer surely held a high status, even drinking water with a semblance of immortal grace.
[Oh, you're quite eager to learn, but what does that have to do with me?]
The imperturbable nature of the white deer left Tang Xian temporarily at a loss.
What was even more unfortunate was that Tang Xian originally wanted to attempt to cause fluctuations in the deer's sincerity through emotional turbulence to judge which topics interested the white deer.
But to Tang Xian's disbelief, the deer's level of sincerity maintained a state between being elusive and tangible, meaning the possibility of truth was fifty percent, and the possibility of lies was also fifty percent.
"If you could become human, you would definitely be a chubby man with a head full of curly hair."
The white deer slightly tilted its head, pondering Tang Xian's words.
This was mockery, a personality that mocks one's appearance, a tactic often used in online squabbles to lead the argument astray.
For example, while people are fiercely debating a virtual topic, a troll may randomly sneer — with that kind of view, you must not be doing well in real life, right?
Tang Xian disliked this rhetoric because it was irrelevant and also because the first to verbally attack loses.
But this time, he really couldn't help himself.
[If that were true, it would indeed be amusing.]
It was like punching a fist into cotton.
Tang Xian continued,
"Could it be that you are hiding some huge, unspeakable secret inside?"
The white deer remained unmoved.
"Aren't you worried that your master might be eaten by the mice and bugs in the cave?"
The white deer remained unmoved.
"Could it be that he's not dead?"
The white deer remained still unmoved.
"Or is the reason you won't let anyone in because it hides evidence of your misdeeds?"
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The white deer still remained unmoved, and it even gently lifted its antlers, causing a dense-violet iris to bloom beneath Tang Xian's feet.
[After talking so much, are you thirsty? Would you like a drink of water?]
Tang Xian was now completely speechless, seriously contemplating the possibility of the Sheng Tang Squad, plus a fox and a dragon, breaking through the defense.
But seeing how easily the white deer had teleported Tang Feiji, Tang Xian truly wasn't sure.
The white deer seemed to bear no malice.
But who knows where its teleportation barrier is hidden, maybe even Qing JiuYu's flames could be sent away.
Furthermore, no one could defeat Tang Feiji at the bottom of the sea, so perhaps no creature here could defeat the white deer.
There was no way to fight it.
Tang Xian pondered for a few seconds and indeed drank the flower dew. He was prepared for a drawn-out battle.
The flower wilted rapidly, then bloomed just as swiftly.
Seeing this, Qing JiuYu suddenly felt like planting a field of Biphasic Orchids right there.
"I thought Xiao Bai was already free from worldly desires, but you, this old white deer, are even more detached."
[So it seems, but I am not old.]
Tang Xian wasn't excited by this rebuttal, as the doe's tone seemed to be merely clarifying this point but remained indifferent, as if saying you can insist I am old if you wish.
Tang Xian said,
"You probably don't understand the concept of listening to someone until their voice becomes irritating.
We typically describe such people with two words — spit monster.
I often say a phrase, back in the day, Tang Seng could natter so much that it drove two demons to hang themselves. For me, Tang Xian, to get an old white deer out of the way is not an issue."
[You may be noisy, but it's no bother. If you are thirsty, just tell me, and it will be good]
