Tomin in The Alien World

Xiao Xuan muttered to himself for a moment, then said: "It doesn't matter whether or not the matter is successful, I will just use Elder Pan's Spirit Force and escape from the Divine Pool easily, and at that time, I will definitely not ignore Elder Pan, and if Elder Pan is willing, you can come back to my Chuan Country and receive me alone!"    

His words removed the worry in Pan Tai's heart, and then, his gaze landed on the five chests of gold, his eyes rolled back, after that he nodded his head heavily and said: "Alright, since King Chuan is asking for it, this lowly one will do his best!"    

Hearing that, Xiao Xuan was overjoyed, and said seriously: "This matter, I will leave it to Elder Pan!"    

"King Chuan, no need to be so polite."    

Xiao Xuan used a large sum of money to successfully bribe Pan Tai, so he wanted to use Pan Tai to get rid of him. Firstly, Pan Tai was not a very good person, but a martial artist who was far superior to Ren Xiao. secondly, Pan Tai was an elder of the Divine Pool, and had always had a bad character, trying to assassinate Ren Xiao, even if the matter were to be exposed, it would make sense, and would not allow anyone to link the matter with the Chuan Country.    

This was a strategy that involved both offense and defense. It was good that he succeeded, but if he failed, his Chuan Country would not be damaged, he would just throw away some gold.    

Pan Tai accepted Xiao Xuan's money, and after returning to his own residence, he immediately called his most trusted disciples over to discuss how to get rid of Ren Xiao in the secret room.    

Right now, Ren Xiao's identity was no longer normal, he was a dignified Crown Prince. Although he still lived in his original residence and had not moved to the palace, there were still many guards in the residence.    

Even if Ren Xiao was powerful enough, it would still be troublesome. Ren Xiao's spirit martial skills were inferior to Pan Tai's, but it was definitely not for nothing, and for Pan Tai to kill Ren Xiao in three or five moves, that was simply impossible, but once they fought, the guards would definitely be attracted too, let alone unable to kill Ren Xiao, even Pan Tai himself did not know how they would be able to escape.    

Pan Tai discussed the matter with a few other disciples for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a good idea. As he was deep in thought, a disciple named Yuan Hao suddenly spoke up, "Master, from what I know, Ren Xiaoxiao likes antiques, so why not bring some antiques to Ren Xiao's house for a visit? Master has brought a great gift, as Ren Xiao will not treat you lightly, he will definitely give you a banquet to treat you. When that time comes, Master can take the opportunity to get drunk and smile, and wait for the opportunity to strike.    

Hearing Yuan Hao's suggestion, Pan Tai's eyes lit up, he secretly nodded his head, and thought to himself: This is not a bad idea, when Ren Xiao wakes up, of course I won't be able to take his life in three or five moves, but if he's drunk, it would be easy for me to kill him. He slowly nodded as he pondered. "This is also a method. We can try it!"    

The next day. Pan Tai deliberately chose to pay a visit to the Ren Residence in the evening. Usually, when visiting people, he would choose to go in the morning, but he chose to eat time, so that Ren Xiao would set up a feast to entertain him.    

At this time, Ren Xiao was at home, and Xia Yao was also with him. Hearing that Pan Tai had come to pay him a visit, Ren Xiao frowned. Pan Tai's intuition was right, Ren Xiao did not have a good impression of him, and he loathed him a lot.    

If it was in the past, forget about Xia Yao, even if she wasn't here, he wouldn't have seen Pan Tai, but her current identity was different from before, so there were some things that could not be done freely by his character. Pan Tai was an elder after all, and since he had personally come to pay a visit, he could only meet him once.    

He said to Xia Yao helplessly: "Yao, I'll go and take care of Elder Pan first. I'll be right back."    

Xia Yao smiled indifferently, she stood up and said, "It's getting late, so it's time for me to go back. I'll see you again tomorrow!" As she spoke, she put on her cloak, covering herself up and down so that only her beautiful eyes were visible.    

Seeing her dressed up, Ren Xiao's heart was full of regret. At the same time, he secretly swore to herself that after he becomes the Holy King, the first thing he would do would be to propose to Xia Yao, and the two would definitely not be like now, sneaking around to see the light of day.    

Seeing Ren Xiao staring blankly at him, Xia Yao smiled at him: "I'll leave through the back door, so Elder Pan won't notice." As she said this, she suddenly thought of something and reminded him, "Laughter! Elder Pan's mind isn't right. You have to be careful!"    

Ren Xiao nodded and said: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!" He sent Xia Yao out of her room, and then watched her walk out of the back door, and board the waiting carriage.    

When Ren Xiao reached the hall, Pan Tai was already there waiting for him. Seeing that Ren Xiao had finally appeared, Pan Tai immediately stood up, cupped his hands, and said: "This old man greets Young Noble!"    

"Ah, there is no need for Elder Pan to be so polite!" No matter how much Ren Xiao hated Pan Tai, he still had to explain the basic etiquette. He quickly stepped forward and cupped his hands in response.    

The two of them sat down, and Pan Tai laughed bitterly: "Originally, this old man should have rushed over to congratulate Young Noble, but there are too many people visiting Young Noble, and I am not willing to join in the fun, so I chose to come over at this time to pay my respects, if there is anything wrong, please forgive me!"    

Ren Xiao was amused, the normally arrogant and domineering Pan Tai had suddenly become so polite, he was really not used to it. He waved his hand and said, "What are you talking about, Elder Pan? Even if Elder Pan didn't come to visit, I wouldn't dare to blame him!"    

Pan Tai said with a smile on his face, "Young Noble is indeed benevolent." As he spoke, he picked up the box beside him and opened it, saying, "I heard that young master has always liked calligraphy and painting. Coincidentally, this old man also has a couple of them, so I came to ask young master to appraise them."    

He had really caught on to Ren Xiao's preferences, the latter laughed and asked: "May I know which famous expert made this painting, Elder Pan?"    

"Aiya, this old man doesn't know who is a famous expert, and who is the one who scribbles randomly. However, one of my calligraphy and paintings really does come from a famous person."    

"Oh? I wonder who it is? " Ren Xiao's interest was piqued, and he asked with a smile.    

"It's the Former King of my Divine Pool, Pan Daozi." Pan Tai said carefully, at the same time, he kept a close eye on Ren Xiao's reaction.    

Hearing that, Ren Xiao could not help but take a deep breath. Pan Daozi was the fourth generation Holy King of Divine Pool, his spirit power could not be considered outstanding among all the previous generations of Holy King, but his skill in painting was definitely the best.    

It was just that the era that Pan Daozi lived in was too long ago, and his works had not been passed on to this day. Even Ren Xiao who liked to collect calligraphy and paintings had only heard of him, never seen his works before.    

Now that he heard that Pan Tai had the drawing and calligraphy piece, he was naturally both surprised and happy.    

He couldn't hide the joy on his face and asked: "Did Elder Pan bring the Former King's calligraphy and paintings over?"    

"Of course, it's right here!" Just by looking at Ren Xiao's expression, Pan Tai knew that he brought the right gift. He calmly took out a picture scroll from the box and casually held it in his hand, handing it over to Ren Xiao.    

Ren Xiao carefully took it, and slowly unfurled it. When it was only unfurled halfway, he unconsciously stood up and placed the painting on the table, his movements slowly unfurling all of it.    

The painting in the painting was of Divine Pool Mountain, but at that time, the Divine Pool Mountain did not have the courtyard of elders, and the Divine Pool City located halfway up the mountain was not as large as it is now.    

On the side of the scroll was another line: Deity's Lake. There was a sign and seal of the booklet at the place where it had been signed.    

It was the real thing! Ren Xiao had a lot of research on calligraphy and paintings, although he had never seen Pan Daozi's real works, but he could feel the quality of the paintings, and was able to determine that the paintings were old, that the ones that could look more closely at the paintings were definitely made by famous experts. And in the era of Pan Daozi, famous experts could be counted on one hand, so their works definitely did not use the names of others.    

In addition, the painting was not only valuable from Zhang Daozi's hands, it also reverted back to how it looked like thousands of years ago. This point was simply too precious, Ren Xiao stared at it without moving his eyes away, as though he was in love with it.    

Pan Tai watched on from the side, his eyes gradually releasing a fierce light.    

He could feel that Ren Xiao was currently focused on the painting. If he were to take action now, he would definitely be able to catch him off guard. With this thought, he slowly lifted his hand and placed it on the sword at his waist.    

"Good!" "Good drawing!" Ren Xiao suddenly opened his mouth to praise.    

Pan Tai who was at the side trembled, the hand he was lifting immediately dropped. Ren Xiao's gaze was still on the painting, and did not notice Pan Tai's abnormality, so he casually asked: "Elder Pan, where did you get this painting from?"    

"Ah, this painting was accidentally discovered by this old man when I was visiting the market." He was just spouting nonsense. He had forcibly snatched away too many treasures. As for how and when he obtained this painting, he had long since forgotten all about it.    

"Elder Pan must have spent a lot of silver, right?" Ren Xiao casually asked as before.    

"Mm, not a small amount. This old man spent a total of five thousand taels."    

"What?" Ren Xiao's attention was finally pulled out from the painting as he turned to look at Pan Tai in surprise.    

Pan Tai thought that he had said too much, he anxiously replied: "I also feel that a mere painting costs five thousand gold, it's unbelievable, but thinking about the Former King's legacy, this old man could not bear to let it go to the people, so I grit my teeth and bought it."    

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Ren Xiao had already laughed out loud, and said: "Elder Pan, five thousand silver is not too expensive, but too cheap. This painting is worth a lot, how can it be measured with gold and silver?"    

Pan Tai's eyes widened, he never thought that this insignificant painting would have such a high value.    

He was stunned for a while before he smiled and said, "Young master is someone who knows how to draw, and leaving this painting in the hands of a boor like me is a waste. Today, I will give this painting to young master. I hope young master can accept it!"    

Ren Xiao's body trembled, he was startled for a moment, then waved his hand and anxiously said: "No way, this is too precious, I cannot take it, Clan Elder Pan, quickly take it!" As he spoke, he quickly rolled up the painting again and handed it back to Pan Tai.