Master Shou?
Ba Zunan, calling me Master Shou?
Frightened, Passive Value +1.
Not only had Xu Xiaoshou been startled out of his wits; everyone around them found that form of address strangely awkward.
This was too absurd!
Xu Xiaoshou had always been a rather ridiculous person. He had episodes now and then, suddenly activating Explosive Stance or Berserk Giant in the middle of a conversation—those were normal operations.
After seeing enough of his episodes, everyone had reluctantly come to accept them.
They could understand him calling himself "this seat" or "Young Master Xu," but Ba Zunan was now calling him "Master Shou" too...
What was going through his head? Everyone's first impulse was to laugh.
Yet when they looked at Ba Zunan, though his words were awkward and strange, seven parts of his expression were still utterly serious.
He was playing at awkwardness, but he was also being genuine! "Y-you, what did you say..."
Xu Xiaoshou could barely suppress his emotions.
The corners of his lips lifted slightly, but he felt that made him look too cheap. So he stared at the Receiving-Character Token with a twitching face, unable to recover for a long while.
"I said..." Ba Zunan smiled broadly and waved the token in his hand. "Master Shou, your token has been prepared. As long as you nod right now, the position of Saint Slave's second-in-command will be yours."
Second-in-command! That second "Master Shou" directly slew the awkwardness on everyone's faces, while the words "second-in-command" struck them with the shock of five thunderbolts.
Water Ghost's face froze.
Xiao Kongtong's mouth hung wide open.
Behind them, Zhu Yike felt stars swimming before his eyes. Looking at Master Shou and the legendary figure who called Master Shou "Master Shou" was like a mortal beholding a true dragon.
Even