The earth trembled.
A tiger's head rammed the group of top-tier bigwigs aside. Its tongue flicked out and directly opened the chest. "Great Lord Qing, we Mythological Creatures can also curry favor with you and follow you!"
Chu Qing...
Madam Shi...
Everyone...
This mythological tiger looked much like an ordinary tiger, except its fur was white. Two sharp fangs protruded from both its upper and lower jaws, while pale flames burned at the tip of its tail and upon its tiger claws.
"Great Lord Qing, my name is Bai Zhengzheng—Bai as in Bai Tian, Zhengzheng as in Iron Bone Zhengzheng!"
"Great Lord Qing, let me follow you!"
"My price is not high. One gemstone will buy three thousand years of work!"
Chu Qing was dumbfounded.
Everyone was even more dumbfounded.
Only the other Mythological Creatures were not dumbfounded.
These Mythological Creatures included winged tigers, nine-headed lions, great snakes with eight bodies, golden-winged Great Pengs, dark alligator-pigs, iron-eating beasts, and more.
Every Mythological Creature resembled some animal of the present day, yet differed from it.
They gazed at Chu Qing ingratiatingly.
No, they should have been staring at the pearls, gemstones, tasselled necklaces, and other cultivation-boosting treasures on Madam Shi.
Their lifespans were long, and once they reached adulthood, their strength attained a terrifying realm.
However, when they wished to climb another level, it became exceedingly difficult.
Yet treasures such as pearls, gemstones, tasselled necklaces, and the like could speed up their cultivation by hundreds of times.
A top-tier bigwig gnashed his teeth. "You are members of our sect. How can you switch allegiance?"
A Mythological Creature rolled its eyes and sneered. "Is currying favor with you any different from currying favor with Great Lord Qing?"
"Since we must curry favor with someone anyway, why not choose a stronger one?"
That