While Qin Shaofeng was in seclusion, working on the Transcribing Seal, somewhere far away at the Divine Mansion headquarters...
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Inside a room, Hou Yanqing was consumed by fury. He smashed everything around him, venting like a madman.
But venting this way did nothing to quell the anger in Hou Yanqing's heart. Instead, it only made him even angrier.
"Qin Shaofeng! Qin Shaofeng! Why does it always have to be you? It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, how would I, Hou Yanqing, have ended up like this?"
These past three days had been miserable for Hou Yanqing.
It wasn't quite as bleak as being a stray dog in the street, with everyone kicking him when he was down.
But Hou Yanqing was no longer the lofty young master of the Divine Mansion he had once been, enjoying the finest treatment.
His resources had been cut off, and he had lost access to the training grounds.
Given Hou Yanqing's status, he had never even used the training grounds provided by the Divine Mansion. He usually trained at the Hou family's grounds.
The Hou family's training grounds were far superior to those provided by the Divine Mansion.
Hou Yanqing didn't care about that, but the situation had still made him lose face.
And the more things went this way, the more he hated Qin Shaofeng.
Because in his eyes, everything was Qin Shaofeng's fault. If Qin Shaofeng hadn't saved Qi Dongming and the others, he would never have ended up like this.
"Damn you, Qin Shaofeng! One day, I'll kill you!"
Hou Yanqing glared, bellowing in a hysterical rage.
But when he thought of the enormous King Savage Beast beside Qin Shaofeng, his spirits sank again.
"Damn it. I don't know what kind of