"Spare us, Great King! Spare us, Great King!"
"Bei Yuehai" and "Fan Yuwen" bared their teeth and howled in agony as Ao Kuo slammed them down hard, sending them crashing to the ground.
"We're only two little demons living in the upper reaches of the Guiling River. We usually lived in seclusion and cultivated; we never ate people or took lives. But some days ago, while we were fishing in the river, these two captured us and placed restrictions on us, forcing us to impersonate the Deputy Prefect and County Registrar of the Guiling River Water Mansion."
"Bei Yuehai" trembled as he raised his head and looked at the group, his face drawn with misery. "Spare us, Great King!"
"Fan Yuwen" also hunched his head between his shoulders. "The moment these two acted, they seized the Guiling River Water Mansion. Their divine abilities are vast, and our lives were in their hands. We had no choice either, Great King! Spare us!"
Lu Zheng looked at Ao Kuo. "What about the two Water Soldiers guarding the gate just now?"
Ao Kuo snorted coldly and flicked his sleeve, tossing out two foot-long river fish. "Those two truly were Water Mansion soldiers who had defected to the enemy. Good-for-nothing trash. I've already killed them."
"Uh, all right..."
Lu Zheng grimaced. Though he was almost certain already, he still looked at "Bei Yuehai" and "Fan Yuwen" and asked, "Were those two demons from the Guiling River?"
The two shook their heads repeatedly. "Never heard of them!"
Lu Zheng nodded, then turned to the two Black-Clothed Men. "So, can you tell me who the big shot behind you actually is?"
The Black-Clothed Man on the left sneered, but said nothing.
The Black-Clothed Man on the right looked coldly at Lu Zheng. "When the time comes,