"Brother Tao really is confident. He said he was going out to see the world, and then came straight to the Black Underworld Great World."
"As expected of a top-tier Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root. That bearing and courage would make even me admit defeat."
Hua Yunfei approached the Peach Tree with a look of surprise, seeming genuinely astonished to find him here.
"Quit making fun of me and save me! I'm about to croak." Hearing Hua Yunfei's teasing, the Peach Tree could only force a bitter smile.
"Save you? Does Brother Tao really need me, Hua, to save him? This doesn't seem like you."
"I liked you better when you left the Primordial God Realm, all arrogant and untamed. Come on, get back to that."
Hua Yunfei stood before the Peach Tree with his hands behind his back, smiling as he watched him.
"I was wrong, all right? I was wrong!"
"I was just too damn stubborn. I must've had something wrong with my head to charge into the Black Underworld River and even enter the Mainstream River Domain."
The Peach Tree had lost all his former arrogance and confidence.
His recent ordeal had tormented him relentlessly. The only reason he hadn't broken down was that his Dao Heart was steadfast enough. An ordinary person would have been tortured into submission by the Mountain Sea Dragon Clan long ago.
"Yunfei, save me." Seeing that Hua Yunfei still wasn't moved, the Peach Tree pleaded again.
"You called me Yunfei before, and I let it slide. From today on, what should you call me?" Hua Yunfei's lips curled.
"B-Brother Fei!" The Peach Tree didn't hesitate. He just wanted to get out of this hellhole as quickly as possible.
"That's more like it. Stick with Brother Fei from now on, and I'll