Hearing Ye Fan's words, the Black Emperor said unhappily, "You brat are way too ruthless. They say one hand pays, the other delivers. Why do I have to hand over the goods first with you?"
Ye Fan glanced at him. "Because you just tried to go back on your word and swallow that copy of the Black Emperor Scripture."
The Black Emperor's eyes widened as he said indignantly, "Slander! Absolute slander!"
Ye Fan snorted. "Facts count as slander too?"
The Black Emperor shamelessly said, "I don't care. Just tell me, did I give it to you or not?"
Ye Fan rolled his eyes and stopped paying attention to the unscrupulous, scheming Big Black Dog. He turned and headed toward Stone Village below the cliff.
Seeing this, the Black Emperor panicked and hurriedly spread all four paws, chasing after Ye Fan's retreating figure.
"Don't go, brat! We can still negotiate!"
"How about I give you a discount?"
"Ten jin, just ten jin, and you can trade it for the whereabouts of an ancient scripture!"
"This deal is absolutely not a loss! Won't you think it over?"
As the Black Emperor's voice faded into the distance, the man and dog vanished completely from the cliff.
But for Ye Fan, this was only the beginning. From then on, the Black Emperor latched onto him, appearing frequently in Stone Village for three straight days.
When the villagers of Stone Village first saw this talking Big Black Dog, they were naturally quite astonished.
But as the Black Emperor kept showing up, coupled with his shamelessly familiar personality, he grew close with many villagers in just a single day.
This allowed the Black Emperor to walk openly through Stone Village, constantly trying to coax and harass Ye Fan with his words.
Ye Fan was driven nearly