Don't be fooled by how kindly Redhorn Dragon Toad treated him now.
If anyone took these two for good-hearted creatures, they would be terribly mistaken.
Hei Meier had said that, over the years, the ferocious beasts guarding Spirit Dragon Cave devoured vast amounts of living creatures every year, toyed with countless young girls, and were cruel and lustful.
Old Master and Second Master were treating Xiao Chen so courteously now entirely because they had mistaken him for Lord Yama's old friend.
If they learned that his so-called friend who had shared life and death with him was merely a minor Netherworld official, they would absolutely turn hostile on the spot.
For now, he could only keep pretending to be Lord Yama's friend to the very end.
"Thank you, Young Master!" Old Master's eyes lit up, and delight shone across his face.
His ancestors had originally been Netherworld beasts.
Redhorn Dragon Toad belonged to yin.
The Netherworld's environment was extremely suited to its cultivation.
If he could cling to Lord Yama's thigh—
Then returning to the Netherworld in the future—
Would be the best possible home.
"Young Master, when you put in a good word with that lord, don't forget about me, Second Bro! I also fought the dragons in a bloody battle for you just now!" Seeing Old Master successfully cozy up to Xiao Chen, Second Master grew anxious.
Xiao Chen hurriedly reassured him, promising that neither Old Master nor Second Master would be left out.
Only then did Second Master relax.
They might look imposing in the mortal world, throwing their weight around and proclaiming themselves kings and ancestors.
But before someone like Lord Yama—
They did not even amount to a grain of sand.
With a single word from Lord Yama, they could soar into the heavens; with