The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Chapter 1231 - 1230: Imperial Palace Treasure Map

"Because you're ugly, because you're asking for it, because you almost scared me to death!"With so many reasons, Tang Rao could easily find one to lay a death sentence on the Heart Demon. So no matter how much the Heart Demon apologized or explained, Tang Rao wouldn't relent and would leave no way out for the Heart Demon.

"Hey, this was something the master painstakingly raised, intending to train you, yet you killed it."

The voice in Tang Rao's ear was clearly pained for Wu Suowei.

"If you keep yammering, I could kill you too. Do you believe that?"

He didn't know where the voice was coming from, but Tang Rao was determined to find it; he didn't believe the little person could hide forever.

Finally, the desert quieted down.

Walking in an endless sea of yellow sand, Tang Rao suddenly felt a sense of solitude like the lone desert smoke and the setting sun over a long river.

"Tang Rao, I'm so bored."

The little fire ginseng felt lonely too, spinning around Tang Rao but seeing nothing but sand.

"If you're bored, play in your portable palace, or train well instead of just sitting around waiting for death."

Tang Rao knew just the words to make the little fire ginseng behave.

"Oh."

The little fire ginseng disappeared.

"Exactly, being bored and not thinking about self-improvement, just sitting around waiting for death, how is that different from the little fire ginseng?"

Tang Rao realized, so he immediately released the Purple Crystal Beast from the Little World. The once round Purple Crystal Beast had grown to twice its size in just a few days after consuming so many Purple Crystals.

"Wow, did you grow up eating crap? How did you get so big in just a few days?"

Back then, Tang Rao couldn't beat the Purple Crystal Beast, and now that it's grown, how could he stand a chance?

"I want to eat, I want more."

The Purple Crystal Beast belched in front of Tang Rao, and at the same time excreted a piece of Purple Crystal.

Holding onto the principle of not showing wealth, Tang Rao reluctantly caught the warm Purple Crystal, sent it back to the Little World to grow better.

"Good, I've told you not to litter outside, look what you just did, didn't I tell you to remember my words?"

Tang Rao blew his beard in anger, but the Purple Crystal Beast didn't care about his outbursts.

"Purple Crystal Beast, did you not hear what I just said?"

Tang Rao almost played the victim to get the Purple Crystal Beast's attention.

"Roar."

The Purple Crystal Beast roared loudly at Tang Rao.

"So are you angry, or do you know you're wrong?"

This guy's emotions aren't very clear.

"Roar roar."

It rubbed against Tang Rao a couple of times.

Calling it a nuzzle, but it was more like a huge meatball knocking him down.

"Are you deliberately causing me trouble?"

Angry, Tang Rao said to the Purple Crystal Beast, "From today onwards, I'm going to wipe out all your Purple Crystals so you'll have nothing good to eat anymore!"

The Purple Crystal Beast could tolerate anything Tang Rao said, except its food.

As soon as Tang Rao shut his mouth, the Purple Crystal Beast got mad.

The Purple Crystal Beast snorted out a ball of hot air from its nose, sending Tang Rao rolling on the ground, and it wasn't done; it stomped on him a few more times, breaking a few bones before stopping.

Even in anger, it didn't forget Tang Rao was its leader. If Tang Rao died, so would it. In their grievances, the Purple Crystal Beast would know its limits; if Tang Rao was bullied outside, it would stand up for him no matter what.

This is the legendary mutual support.

"Purple Crystal Beast, when I recover... I'll settle this with you."

Tang Rao wanted to use the Purple Crystals as a threat again, but he didn't dare, since his limbs were still broken.

If he got beaten by the Purple Crystal Beast again, not even a deity could help.

"Roar roar!"

The Purple Crystal Beast looked at Tang Rao provocatively.

Faced with a small monster stronger than himself, what could Tang Rao do? He felt utterly helpless.

"Alright, you're the boss, you do whatever you like."

Tang Rao took out some Elixir Pills, gulped them down, then sipped some water. Once they took effect, the pain all over his body faded and disappeared.

"Roar roar!"

Not wanting to hear the Purple Crystal Beast roar any more, Tang Rao stuffed it back into the Little World.

"Back when I advanced it was like popping pills, now advancing feels like tackling a big monster, progress is so slow I can't stand it."

Tang Rao had a love-hate relationship with himself.

"Only mid-stage Deity, not even close to peak; fighting late-stage Deity is hard, genuinely defeating early High Deity isn't an easy task."

Tang Rao was aware of his limits; otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten so dejected.

"Desert Day Two, complete."

As the sun rose in the east and set in the west, Tang Rao let out a deep breath; eight days left out of ten.

If he kept at it, he'd pass to the next level.

Reaching the next level would mean getting closer to going home.

Surviving the second day's violent sandstorms, the cold of the second night, and seeing the third day's sun was a luxury for Tang Rao.

"Tang Rao, I forgot to mention that when you reach the second level, the desert used to be an Imperial Palace, and there's a Treasure Vault buried in the sands. If you find the treasures inside, you'll become the richest person in all the Divine Realm."

What?

Imperial Palace?

Tang Rao nearly choked on what he was eating.

If there were so many good things, why wasn't he told earlier?

He'd wasted so much time being bored.

"It's my fault, I completely forgot about it."

The voice of the little person was full of remorse.

"So what are you saying now, you want me to go find it, but with so little time left? If you were here, I'd strangle you. Now tell me the approximate location of the Imperial Palace, and I might forgive your mistake."

Tang Rao negotiated with the little person, who lamely replied, "Actually, I don't know either. Not just me, even the masters didn't know, many High Deities scoured the place years ago, but couldn't find the treasure."

Leaving regrets was what attracted more people to come. Wu Suowei set the training ground in the desert to possibly give Tang Rao a chance, hoping he'd stumble upon the treasure, which would be enviable.

Wu Suowei could then proudly claim his apprentice found it, which was a source of pride equaled to finding it himself.

"Forget it, I can't count on you, I'll find it myself."

How did he meet something so inherently dumb?

The desert was vast yet the palace was only so big; how big could a Treasure Vault be?