"You're really something, even the guide from Red Cloud Mountain knows you?" Brother Xu scrutinized Tang Luo, speaking in disbelief.
The deeds of affluent heirs are often hyped, a strategy employed by their families to build up their reputations.
A person's prestige and virtue are accumulated through constant retelling and eventually solidify into tangible weight. Once the heir comes of age, any position he holds seems rightly his, preventing any disparity between virtue and rank.
But reputation is one thing; knowing the individual personally is another. For example, everyone in Middle Ying City knows of the illustrious Lord Eldest Young Master, but very few know Brother Xu himself.
Upon hearing Brother Xu's jest, Tang Luo merely smiled and said, "I'm not that renowned, it's just that this man and I have some history. Let's proceed up the mountain."
