"Good, good..."
A closer look showed that the foundations of the two great ancestral trees were still intact.
A leaf had even sprouted from the Bodhi Tree Root. Xu Xiaoshou finally let out a relieved breath.
Xu Xiaoji claimed credit from the side. "Master Shou, it was those two things. That fat cat had been coveting them for ages. I couldn't get into the Broken Tower, but I guarded this place tightly. It didn't get its way."
"You did well."
Xu Xiaoshou offered a word of encouragement, then viciously grabbed Greed God and cursed, "Look at the mess you made! My own affairs are already burning right down to my eyebrows, and you still had to set fire to my backyard?"
"Miaowuu..."
Greed God was terrified, curling up in Xu Xiaoshou's hand without daring to move.
Xu Xiaoshou raised the vine whip, about to teach it another lesson, when Xu Xiaoji spoke up. "Master Shou, don't you still have important business to handle? Why don't we wait until the matters outside are settled before coming back to punish this fat cat?"
"Besides..."
He pondered for a moment before adding, "Greed God has been growing far too quickly. Even after eating some treasures, it seems it no longer needs to stay in the Origin Mansion all day. Perhaps it could become a source of assistance for you, Master Shou?"
Xu Xiaoshou gave it serious thought before muttering a curse. "This damned Ghost Beast—if I carry it outside and someone sees it, wouldn't that be courting death?"
Xu Xiaoji immediately shrank his neck, not daring to say another word.
But seeing that Master Shou seemed vaguely less angry, even dispersing the vine whip, he secretly shot Greed God a look: I did my best. You owe me one.
"Meow~"
Greed God whimpered,