Chapter 235: Xu Ran, I Won't Let You Succeed_1

"Xu Ran, what are you planning to do now?" Tang San's body paused momentarily as he turned his head back resentfully to look at Xu Ran. By this point, Xu Ran had already become the son-in-law of the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect. Ha, he no longer planned to do business with the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect.

There were plenty of forces that needed his hidden weapons; it wasn't just Xu Ran alone.

He could completely go to the Crown Prince of the Tiandou Empire, who was in charge of state affairs. If that Crown Prince wanted to accomplish something significant, he would definitely purchase his hidden weapons at a high price.

"Did I say you could leave?" Xu Ran said teasingly, pulling Ning Rongrong into his arms intentionally to provoke Tang San. Poor Tang San still wanted to compete with him, unaware that Miss System could report his movements to him at any moment, and with Brock, wherever they went, he would hammer them there.

"For such a grand sect as the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect, would you really go out of your way to give a guest such a hard time?" Tang San's expression changed, as he looked towards Ning Fengzhi. Even if Xu Ran wanted to make a move against him, Ning Fengzhi shouldn't act like this.

"My dear nephew, what's this all about?" Ning Fengzhi hesitated for a moment. Even though he coveted the hidden weapons Tang San had, he wouldn't resort to such despicable means to keep Tang San there.

"A guest is naturally free to come and go, but a thief is not. Tang San, you are well aware of how you acquired those hidden weapons in your hands. Someone who shamelessly prides themselves on such thievery is truly shameless." Xu Ran's words struck Tang San to the core, clearly referring to the origins of the Tang Sect's Secret Skills and hidden weapons from Tang San's previous life.

"Xu Ran, what do you mean by that?"

At the end of Xu Ran's words, Tang San's face instantly turned pale, devoid of a trace of color, his body trembling violently, with large beads of sweat emerging from his face. Reincarnation—this was his biggest secret; how did Xu Ran know?

If Xu Ran didn't know he was a reincarnated person, how could he have known that Tang San had stolen knowledge of the hidden weapons?

Terror filled Tang San's eyes as he began to suspect that Xu Ran knew his true identity.

The manuals, the hidden weapons, had indeed been learned through theft. It's just that the original Tang San had been the protagonist and was intentionally beautified. Even a first-grade elementary student, given a university mathematics or physics textbook, wouldn't understand it, but would clearly know it's not something they should be learning at their age.

And Tang San, a hidden weapon genius, didn't know that what he was learning was the forbidden knowledge of the Tang Sect? What a facade! If he had come up with another excuse, Xu Ran might have believed it.

"Xu Ran, what's going on here?" Ning Rongrong nodded, lifting her head in confusion to look at Xu Ran, then casting a glance at Tang San, who seemed to be greatly shocked. Without further explanation, just by observing the two of them, one could roughly discern something.

Tang San must have done something guilty again!

It's even possible that Tang San's hidden weapons were actually Xu Ran's, and Tang San had merely stolen them. Tang San, so utterly ordinary in both talent and appearance, how could he possibly have developed such exquisite items with his intellection?

And given how young Tang San was, and with his need to cultivate, where would he find the time to research?

Only Xu Ran had the ability to develop hidden weapons.

Xu Ran was an unparalleled genius; even if it were said that he had been researching hidden weapons since birth, she wouldn't find it odd. She had just seen the hidden weapon, unparalleled in this world, its various intricate mechanisms deemed exquisite. Only Xu Ran had the capability to create such a thing.

Lucky for Tang San, he was unaware of Ning Rongrong's thoughts, or else he might have died of grievance. Damn it, could people stop being so hypocritical? They had just said his hidden weapons were sneaky and not respectable. Now they're exquisite and unparalleled in the world?

"My dear nephew, what exactly is going on? Did you invent all this?" Ning Fengzhi, good at reading people, saw how a single sentence from Xu Ran had scared Tang San to this extent and immediately speculated something dreadful.

Indeed! How can there be so many geniuses?

Xu Ran, such a genius, was already formidable enough, and while Tang San might not be as talented as Xu Ran, he was quite adept in the crafting of mechanisms. Moreover, Tang San was still young, and to have developed such exquisite devices at his age, to be honest, he didn't believe it.

"Hmm?"

Tang San's body stiffened, and he was dumbfounded.

What the hell?

The fact that he had secretly learned the Tang Sect's secret skills and hidden weapons from his previous life was true, and it was a thorn in his heart. Xu Ran's sudden comment had truly frightened him. His reaction just now was partly due to panic at being exposed and partly due to his identity as a reborn individual!

And this reaction, in the eyes of Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong, was nothing but a sign of guilt!

Tang San felt guilty because he indeed had stolen Xu Ran's hidden weapon techniques! Otherwise, why would Tang San panic?!

"Xu Ran, are you trying to frame me?!" Tang San took a deep breath, relieved that his identity as a reborn individual was not exposed; that had scared the life out of him. Then, Tang San became furiously angry, couldn't believe that Xu Ran dared to slander him! Not only did Xu Ran slander him, but he also nearly scared him to death by intentionally not finishing his sentences.

Damn it, all his hidden weapons were the Tang Sect's, but Xu Ran made it seem as if they were his own. What was so great about Xu Ran, just because he had a bit more talent? Did he have the crystallization of the wisdom of the Tang Sect accumulated over thousands of years like Tang San did?

"I'm framing you?"

"You stole my hidden weapon techniques, took my laboriously compiled 'Hidden Weapons Hundred Solutions', learned only a smattering and dared to be so presumptuous. Tang San, I was going to let you off, these hidden weapons were just some small toys I made casually, they weren't of much value."

"But I didn't expect that my leniency not only failed to make you restrain yourself but instead you became even more audacious. You even wanted to use my hidden weapons to compete for my woman, Tang San, you really are despicable!" Xu Ran said with heartache and indignation, as if he had suffered a great injustice, and as if he was disappointed in Tang San, like a person lamenting over a protege's failure to meet expectations.

With a slap that carried the whistling wind, Xu Ran struck Tang San's face, teaching him a lesson. Don't always covet Xu Ran's woman when there's nothing to do, was she someone Tang San could afford to provoke? Honestly, with the vast world full of beautiful grasses, opposing Xu Ran was just asking for a beating.

"Ah!"

Tang San let out a miserable shout as his body was tossed through the air, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, crashing into a pillar with a muffled grunt, Tang San fell to the ground.

"Xu Ran, you're spouting slander!"

"My hidden weapon craftsmanship was all my own research, what does it have to do with you, Xu Ran? Damn it, you're just coveting my hidden weapons."

"You're hitting me now, hoping to force a confession, making me admit that my hidden weapons were learned from you? Heh, Xu Ran, I will not yield!" Tang San rose from the ground, his eyes filled with malice and hatred.

Damn Xu Ran, could you be any more shameless?

Even if he were beaten to death today, if he died outside, he wouldn't let Xu Ran's schemes succeed!

Tang San wasn't a petty thief, he had never taken so much as a needle or a thread from Xu Ran!

Heh, Xu Ran wanted to force a confession, that was simply shameless. Tang San had his pride and dignity; even if Xu Ran beat him to death, he wouldn't expect to get the slightest benefit from Tang San's lips.