Pretending To Be A Boss

Now, he was simply relying on the other party's good upbringing to insult her a few times.

Tang Xian glanced at Qiao Shanshan, and then at Huang Jie, nodding as he said,

"I accept your challenge."

Huang Jie suspected she had heard wrong. She was about to mock him when she heard Tang Xian continue,

"The idea that a man can have multiple women, and a woman can have multiple men is not that big of a deal. After all, it's a phenomenon nowadays, which I refer to as 'atavistic phenomenon'. Sometimes humans are dominated by certain desires, which cause their rationality to regress, making their behavior as primitive and barbaric as animals, just like you."

"However, apart from using your doctor to mock me, you'd better be honest with your man about this idea of yours. You can see what his expression will be."

"Wang Yuan should be the hunter ranked nineteenth, right? I wonder if he will still be your sugar daddy once he hears about this."

Huang Jie's complexion changed. How could this man know she was acquainted with Wang Yuan? And how did he know about her relationship with Wang Yuan?

Tang Xian didn't explain anything. There were many things he wouldn't say outright, just like Liu Lang, the owner of the blacksmith shop. In the current demand analyses, one could often see his dates with a girl named Liu Buding. Tang Xian thought she was Liu Lang's sister, as they shared the same surname.

But everyone has secrets, some noble and some nefarious, and these don't affect his overall judgment of a person.

It's extremely irrational to deny a person entirely based on one action.

But with the woman in front of him, Tang Xian thought she had nothing going for her besides being good-looking and powerful.

"When I was a child, before the sixth school year, I encountered women like you. They loved to show off, were clueless, spoke harshly, and thought very highly of themselves."

Tang Xian spoke in an indifferent tone, not at all stern, but with a smile as pleasant as a spring breeze.

"When they saw other girls with male companions, they indulged in the filthiest speculations. Because that's all they could think of, it reflects what kind of person you and they are."

What Tang Xian didn't mention was that by the sixth school year, those girls had all disappeared.

Because in the sixth year, Li Xiaoyu arrived.

At first, some would bravely claim that this girl, dressed expensively, must be kept by a man, but later, those women dared not speak another word.

Some dared not speak, while others could not speak.

In a rage, Huang Jie cursed, "You're courting death!"

No matter how she looked at him, Tang Xian did not exhibit the demeanor of a powerful figure from the mining area. She swung her greatsword forcefully, intending to land a lethal blow.

Tang Xian believed there were too many people in the world with mental issues; he didn't feel obliged to educate anyone, but after all, it was his doctor who had been bullied.

When hitting a dog, one should consider its owner, shouldn't they? Although the saying was a bit strange, that was essentially the point.

He caught the greatsword descending towards his head between his forefinger and thumb.

Gently holding it.

Huang Jie was horrified inside. With her strike, even an elite creature wouldn't dare to withstand it head-on, but now, the sword was pinched between just two of the opponent's fingers?

And she was unable to withdraw it? She couldn't budge the sword at all.

What kind of terrifying power was this?

She really worried that the sword Wang Yuan had given her would, just like in the novels, suddenly break as the opponent pressed his fingers.

Tang Xian was unable to do that. He had already figured out the principle behind immunity to human harm—it was that all attacks aimed at him were as if they had no force at all.

The force exerted on his body was as light as air, but this was solely in regard to humans.

The attacks of creatures from the mining area were too frightening; the increase in resistance couldn't keep up with the intensification of damage, and he couldn't grind attributes like in the Pyramid.

Furthermore, creatures from the mining area calculated resistance separately for each species. In the mining area, with an extremely wide variety of creatures, Tang Xian still needed to keep a low profile.

But it was different with humans.

"An ant trying to shake a tree, hardly an easy feat, I am unmatched by anyone in this world."

Reciting such sentences has no real effect other than showing off, but Tang Xian was starting to understand the mentality that matched the grandeur of those words.

Qiao Shanshan watched this shocking scene; if Huang Jie weren't so extremely detestable and it hadn't been she who told Huang Jie the location of the forest, she might have doubted whether the two were just acting.

The strength that Tang Xian was showing now would probably place him in the top five of the hunter rankings, right?

Huang Jie was angry, startled, and terrified, but helpless. Out of necessity, she had to abandon the blue-quality greatsword in her hands.

With that release, Tang Xian was the one who suffered.

Without Huang Jie's own force, Tang Xian simply couldn't hold this heavy sword with two fingers.

Fortunately, his movements were still quite graceful, and the aura of 'I am truly strong' didn't falter.

However, Huang Jie took advantage of this gap to land a punch on Tang Xian's face.

The fist hit Tang Xian's face, not even leaving a mark, and Huang Jie felt like she was hitting the hardest object in the world.

What kind of monster was this?

This man's strength must be at the very top of the rankings, but why hadn't she ever seen him before?

Tang Xian looked at Huang Jie with interest and said,

"The forest is very dangerous, you shouldn't come here anymore. Also, the saying 'Disaster comes from the mouth' is a very important saying passed down by our ancestors. For example, today you have brought trouble upon yourself because of your mouth."

His expression turned very friendly as he spoke like the boy next door,

"But I am a person who likes to help others. Since we have met, it's fate. From today on, you won't have to worry about disaster coming from your mouth anymore."

As Huang Jie was puzzled by these words, Tang Xian grabbed her hand. Huang Jie thought to herself that this was bad and tried to pull away, but she was like a bug with one leg trapped, her other little legs kicking wildly, unable to move at all.

Smack!

A slap, carrying ten percent of the maximum health damage, landed on Huang Jie's mouth.

A whole row of teeth fell out neatly.

"When your speech is unclear, people won't be able to understand you, and you'll have to keep explaining. This way, you will have more time to think about what should be said and what shouldn't, thereby cultivating your character and eliminating the problem of bad breath at its root."

As he said this, Tang Xian turned to look at Qiao Shanshan.
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"You are a doctor, you are more professional. Am I right?"

Qiao Shanshan felt that Tang Xian might have gone too far.

But after a careful thought... Huang Jie's moves were directly aimed at taking a life.

Seeing Qiao Shanshan looking bewildered, Tang Xian took her non-response as agreement with his own words, and thus, a series of slaps followed.

Feeling cheerful, helping others was as joyful as work, a delightful thing.

Not sure if it had been more than ten slaps, Huang Jie had already fainted, and even with three doctors continuously treating her, they could only just stop the bleeding.

Tang Xian said,

"There are monsters in the forest that eat people, and there are people who eat monsters. For humans, the latter are more frightening. Remember, this is a red zone; don't come here again."

These words were for those doctors. Tang Xian waved his hand and left with the still flabbergasted Qiao Shanshan.

Qiao Shanshan had never seen such a barbaric way of dealing with things.

Growing up in a reasonably well-off family and educated by the upper crust of society, she would usually endure when faced with harshness from others.

Watching Tang Xian's retreating figure, she suddenly started to laugh.

Thinking back on what had just happened, she felt a sense of refreshment.

Tang Xian was indeed very powerful; in the hunting event, he might just be the biggest dark horse, right?