Chapter 1857 - 1855: Background

"Of course I don't want to try it. You're already someone at the late Upper God stage now, so you'd better act like someone at the late Upper God stage."

The Ent seemed very dissatisfied with Tang Rao's current state.

"Those other big shots, just standing there from afar, their aura's like two meters seventy. But you? You're like some little thug. If you go out saying you're at the late peak of the Upper God stage, people will think you're joking with them."

Calling Tang Rao a hoodlum?

If the Ent hadn't already guessed that Tang Rao would definitely make a move on him and run fast, he'd probably be lying on the ground unable to move right now.

"Say that again. Say one more word and let me see?"

He'd only said two sentences about Tang Rao and the guy was already throwing hands. Seeing Tang Rao like this, how would the Ent dare say another word?

"I won't say it anymore. After you got stronger, the Immortal Energy in our portable palace became much purer than before. With such a great Cave Heaven Blessed Land, don't even think about kicking me out again."

The Ent had already made up his mind to live in the portable palace for the rest of his life; no one should even think about dragging him out.

Once you get used to living in a high-class place, moving to some low-tier place feels like your life force is being massively drained.

"You're saying my strength went up, and the Immortal Energy in the portable palace also became purer than before?"

Tang Rao really hadn't had time to observe that. If the Ent hadn't mentioned it, who knows when he would have noticed.

"Of course. Your Little Hedgehog is already at the mid Upper God peak, and those few little things and big things you've got—any one of them you let loose isn't some fuel-efficient lamp."

The Ent crossed one leg over the other. He didn't mind hyping up Tang Rao's portable palace as ridiculously awesome, just to pat Tang Rao's horse a bit.

"I'm already this badass, dragged all of you up to being this badass, and you're telling me there's still something you're not satisfied with?"

Between the lines, which sentence wasn't expressing dissatisfaction with Tang Rao? This Ent was a typical case of taking advantage and then acting all pitiful!

"As for you, well, that's hard to comment on. But as for my current living environment, I'm a hundred percent, a thousand percent satisfied. So, my lord, please don't take this wonderful place away from us."

Hmph, with a mouth as trashy as the Ent's, if he offended Tang Rao, it wouldn't be surprising if Tang Rao revoked his right to live in the portable palace.

"Boss, I, your Ent, am not the kind of guy who's unreasonable. Look, I've taken quite a few benefits from you, so isn't it only right that I come out and give you some benefits in return?"

The Ent still had benefits to offer?

Did Tang Rao's ears mishear?

"What benefits could you possibly have over there?"

If there were benefits involved, Tang Rao had no reason not to listen.

"You only know I'm an Ent, but do you know where this Ent came from?"

An Ent is an Ent; what's with where it came from? Before this, Tang Rao had never heard there was any such distinction.

"What does where you came from have to do with me? Say it or don't, but if you keep trying to tease my appetite, be careful I don't just throw you out of here."

Maybe he was born without any revolutionary friendship with the Ent, but whenever Tang Rao said stuff like "throw you out," he never hesitated, like if he said it this second, he could do it the very next.

"Don't, I'm a not-yet-grown Ent that stayed by the Heavenly Dao's side. You don't cherish me, fine, but you'd even hurt such an adorable Spiritual Object like me?"

Before, because Tang Rao hadn't yet touched that part of the world, no matter how much the Ent bragged about how awesome he was, it was useless. A lot of things, once said out loud, not only would Tang Rao not believe them, even he himself felt that the journey from a sapling to an Ent was like a freaking dream.

"If you hadn't said you were a Spiritual Object by the Heavenly Dao's side, it'd be fine. But now that you said it, my feet are itching—I really wanna just kick you out right now."

If not for the Heavenly Dao, would Tang Rao's life have ended up so miserable?

"Nonsense, I don't count as one of its Spiritual Objects. The Heavenly Dao and I aren't even on the same path. If it weren't for him, I might have a cultivation even better than yours. It's just that Heaven is jealous of true talent; the Heavenly Dao can't stand anyone being a genius on the rise. After I ascended to late peak Upper God in a short period, the Heavenly Dao cut off my Spirit Root."

The Ent had never mentioned his grudges with the Heavenly Dao to Tang Rao before. Until today, until Tang Rao had grown to a certain level, grown to be qualified enough to know these things, the Ent finally decided to tell Tang Rao everything that had happened to him.

"You little thing, be honest with me. Back when you were still just a tree and we suddenly 'ran into' each other, was that really a coincidence, or had you already planned it out long before?"

The Ent had initially stayed at the Heavenly Dao's side. Because the Heavenly Dao couldn't stand anyone stronger than him, he destroyed the Ent's Spirit Root. So the Ent had planned early on to find Tang Rao, endure humiliation, watch Tang Rao grow step by step, and only today finally speak out all that pent-up grievance and, along the way, share everything he knew about the Heavenly Dao with Tang Rao.

He was very smart. He knew Tang Rao wasn't someone without ambition, and he smartly recognized that Tang Rao could help him get his revenge.

Even if he was just a little Ent, he was still a living being.

What is the Heavenly Dao supposed to be? The model for all living beings under heaven. He should be a god who embraces all things, not some petty, narrow-minded mortal who can't tolerate others growing stronger.

"Yes. Exactly because of my special traits, I knew you'd pass by that day, so I waited there in advance. I admit I was just taking a gamble at first, because before you, I met a lot of people, and none of them were what I wanted. Only you—only you made me see hope. I know I used you to a certain extent, that's my bad, but we have a common goal. We both want to take revenge on the Heavenly Dao, don't we?"

No matter how incompatible two people are, once they confirm they share a common goal, they'll become incredibly in sync. The Ent was betting, and fortunately, he bet right.

He valued Tang Rao's strength, and Tang Rao happened to value the Ent's knowledge of the Heavenly Dao.

He believed that the one who knows you best is not your family, but your enemy.

The more the Ent hated the Heavenly Dao, the deeper his understanding of the Heavenly Dao.

Many people from the Tang Family and all those tight-lipped types afraid of burning themselves wouldn't dare speak the truth, but the Ent would. In fact, the Ent could know even more, and in more detail, than they did.

"No need to doubt it. You bet right. I really need your intel, and I'll help you get revenge along the way."

He was going to seek revenge on the Heavenly Dao anyway. Helping the Ent was just a flick of the wrist.

"So that means… you agreed?"

Tang Rao agreed so quickly that the Ent's brain didn't quite catch up for a moment.

"No, something's off. You don't seem like the type who's so easy to talk to. Are you still holding in some stuffy fart you haven't let out yet?"

Holding in a stuffy fart?

Tang Rao already had his slipper ready, just short of smacking it down to leave the Ent with a very deep impression.