"No!" Hong Tailong abruptly shoved him away, scrutinizing him over and over. Lowering his head in thought, he said, "Something's definitely not right! You brat must be hiding something. Tell me honestly, what the hell are you up to?"
Yue Qianchou's expression turned solemn as he said with perfect seriousness, "It concerns the great duty Great God Panlong entrusted to me, acting in his stead to enforce punishment. It isn't convenient to tell you."
"You..." Hong Tailong's eyes widened. He flung his sleeve and fell speechless.
"Hehe! Come on, let's keep moving. When there's a chance, I'll treat you to a smoke. Then you'll understand naturally." Yue Qianchou flew onward cheerfully, his heart brimming with boundless anticipation. He only feared that dreams were beautiful, while reality was cruel.
"A smoke?" Hong Tailong followed with a head full of question marks, relentlessly asking what smoking meant.
The Nether River region was far from peaceful these days. Back then, Bai Qi and Jin Tai might have feared the Netherworld Divine Mansion and dared not lay hands on the Nether River Aquatic Race, but the demonic army had no such reservations. They had been worrying over how to find a suitable opportunity to strike at the Netherworld Divine Mansion, so the Nether River Aquatic Race suffered calamity instead.
After subduing the Netherworld Heroes on land, they dispatched several Great Devil Kings to lead the demonic army in a sweeping purge along the Nether River region. Any aquatic tribe that dared refuse submission was exterminated without exception. Those that submitted were coerced into becoming the demonic army's vanguard. In the end, nearly all the surrendered Nether River Aquatic Race had been driven to the broadest stretch of the Nether River region, encircling the Netherworld Divine Mansion layer upon layer, inside and out.
Since Yue