Chapter 193: The Woman’s Specialty Is Finally Put to Use
The childlike girl kneeling on the ground had a face flushed as red as a ripe apple.
She lifted her small face with difficulty, her lips trembling as she cursed, "Des...picable."
Tang Wen smiled.
"You’re completely under my control, yet you’re not scared at all! You still dare to curse me?
Is it because I’m so handsome that you think I’m both good-looking and kind?
That I won’t do anything to you?"
As he spoke, he saw the Childlike Lolita’s expression change, and her body began to tremble.
’Sure enough, this feels as wrong as bullying a grade-schooler.’
But still!
You know what?
It’s strangely thrilling.
Tang Wen watched her with a beaming smile, his eyes sizing her up from head to toe.
Like a butcher eyeing a hog.
Or like a wealthy patron’s gaze just before he claims a courtesan for the first time.
The woman seemed unable to bear it any longer. Her body swayed, and she collapsed from her knees onto all fours, her head low and her rear held high.
Tang Wen threw her own words right back at her:
"Haha! How’s this? Are you tired?
Does it feel like you’re carrying a mountain, about to be crushed at any moment?
Are you feeling sleepy and exhausted, your Spiritual Power draining away like water?
This is Dark Binding!
Judging by your state, you haven’t quite... mastered this move yet, have you?"
Hearing her exact words thrown back at her, the childlike girl’s face turned blood-red. Her eyes filled with a shame and indignation so great she could have died. She simply buried her face, pretending not to hear.
Inside, regret churned like a stormy sea.
’Damn it!’
’You treacherous bastard!’
’If it wasn’t for your face being so damn handsome, how could I have been so careless around you?!’
’So careless I even forgot the Thief Sect’s ancestral teaching to be cautious above all else!’
’...’
Tang Wen continued to laugh and talk.
The Female Extraordinary struggled to speak, interrupting him. "You don’t seem to have any killing intent toward me. Why is that?"
He replied, his voice full of mirth:
"Oh? Quite perceptive, aren’t we?"
He mimicked her earlier tone:
"You should count yourself lucky it was me you ran into.
If anyone else had captured you!
Tsk, tsk. Look at that little ponytail of yours."
At this, Tang Wen paused. "Your ponytail is too low. Remember to tie it in a high ponytail from now on!"
Amidst her exhaustion, dejection, vexation, and mortification, the Female Extraordinary felt a flicker of joy.
’I have a future? He’s not planning to kill me!’
Tang Wen’s face appeared in her mind.
’If it’s with a man like him... maybe, just maybe... it wouldn’t be so unacceptable.’
Suddenly, Tang Wen looked up toward the distance.
An afterimage like a shooting star was rushing toward them.
"AWOOO!"
A Sand Wolf howled.
The Female Extraordinary’s mind went blank for a moment, then she said hurriedly:
"S-someone’s coming! Let me go, and I’ll fight the enemy with you."
"The enemy? And who do you suppose the enemy is?"
"Huh?"
With a Blood Crow guiding them from the sky, the arrivals were, of course, General Zhao and the Sand Wolf King.
「In the blink of an eye.」
The man and wolf arrived before them.
Before even dismounting, General Zhao saw the woman prostrated on the ground, her rear held high, and a complex look flashed in his eyes.
’The kid’s grown up.’
’He’s playing a little too wild.’
’So this is how they play out here in the wilderness.’
Seeing his kin from Flame Camp, Tang Wen was filled with warmth.
He was completely oblivious to how wrong the situation looked.
In front of an outsider, General Zhao didn’t say much:
"She’s an Extraordinary?"
As he came closer, he sensed the aura of the Female Extraordinary.
He was shocked.
’An Extraordinary, captured alive by this kid Tang Wen?’
’Did he do it alone?’
General Zhao looked at Tang Wen in disbelief. "You’ve grown so fast, kid. Was it the Black Water Gang’s resources?"
Tang Wen shook his head. "It’s because I built a good foundation at our camp."
"I was just about to ask you, how did you become the young master of the Black Water Gang?"
The childlike girl also perked up her ears.
She wanted to hear what Tang Wen would say.
"It’s a long story. First, I’m going to strip her clothes off."
General Zhao: "..."
’How long has he been away? Is the boy in that much of a hurry?’
’I’m still here, you know?’
He really couldn’t help himself and reminded him, "Do things get this wild in Ganshan City?"
Tang Wen waved his hand. "Things do get wild in Ganshan City! But I’m still the same young man I’ve always been."
As he spoke, he grabbed the Extraordinary Woman’s hands, gave a light pull, and stripped the cloak from her body.
The whole process took only a second or two.
General Zhao: ’Based on that smooth move of yours, and her kneeling, ass-in-the-air, ponytail-swinging pose...’
’...you think your Uncle Zhao believes you?’
Ignoring his teasing gaze,
Tang Wen felt the cloak in his hands.
It was glossy and smooth, like bearskin.
Upon closer inspection, despite the two of them having fought in the sand for quite a while,
there wasn’t a single grain of sand on it.
No dirt, no dust, nothing.
Tang Wen couldn’t wait to drape it over his shoulders.
The Invisibility Ability.
What man wouldn’t love that?
Who hasn’t fantasized about having powers like Invisibility or walking through walls?
General Zhao watched his actions, a confused look on his face. ’Is this some kind of new kink?’
It wasn’t his fault for having such improper thoughts; he had barely ever left the camp before.
This trip to Four Seas Camp had been too much of a shock for the middle-aged man.
The outside world was so unexpectedly spectacular.
As long as you had money and power, you could have anything.
He never knew inn service could be like *that*.
The wine and honey were so delicious.
And the women who served you... they truly didn’t treat themselves as human!
General Zhao was resistant in his heart, but his body was honest.
In Four Seas Camp, the only limit was their imagination.
There was nothing the Four Seas Commerce Association couldn’t do.
After spending about a month in Four Seas Camp and enjoying himself a little too much, General Zhao now looked at everything with an appraising eye, wondering, ’Is this some kind of service?’
Tang Wen put on the cloak and pulled up the hood.
General Zhao’s expression finally changed.
The Female Extraordinary was exquisite and petite.
This leather cloak was a perfect fit for her in both size and length.
But now, on Tang Wen’s body,
the cloak actually grew longer and wider to match his frame.
"Are my eyes playing tricks on me? Did all that sand on the road get in my eyes?" General Zhao raised a hand and rubbed them.
Tang Wen’s face was full of excitement. "How is it? Can you still see me?"
General Zhao froze, staring at Tang Wen jumping up and down in front of him.
He stuck his pinky in his ear and dug around.
’Did sand get in my ears too?’
’Did I mishear him?’
"Ha!"
The Female Extraordinary let out a short, mocking laugh.
The excitement on Tang Wen’s face vanished.
He could see his own reflection clearly in General Zhao’s eyes.
He whipped his head around to the Female Extraordinary. "This Invisibility Cloak... how do you use it?"
The woman stubbornly turned her head away, refusing to look at him.
"That’s an Invisibility Cloak?" General Zhao was greatly intrigued.
Tang Wen nodded and crouched down in front of the Female Extraordinary.
Under the heavy pressure of Dark Binding—Spiritual Shackles,
her body trembled like a leaf. Large beads of sweat dripped from her smooth forehead, dampening the ground.
He reached out, pinched her cheeks, and forced her to look at him.
Tang Wen’s tone was calm, devoid of any emotion. "You’re someone who lives in the darkness. For a woman like you, death isn’t what you fear most, is it?"
"Don’t try to scare me. You’re not capable of doing something like that."
The Female Extraordinary’s voice was weak, but her tone was firm.
"What gives you that confidence?"
The Female Extraordinary’s tone immediately became confident. "Your maids at home were people you rescued by chance. You went to the Huang Family’s Slave Pavilion but only brought out one ordinary, sample-grade woman. You treat them well, never hitting or cursing them, and you even hired someone to teach them a Body Refining Technique..."
At this moment, the woman’s professional skills were finally being put to use.
Her prior reconnaissance had led her to determine that Tang Wen was a kind-hearted person.
For people like him, her Thief Sect had long possessed a whole set of effective methods for swindling, duping, and deceiving.
Unfortunately, she had been captured before she could even use them.