"Benefactor, thank you for letting me out. To repay you, I'll eat you!" After the Heavenly Ghost Emperor was released, he looked at Chen Feng and said this with a perfectly earnest expression, then reached out to grab him.
"Wait!!!" Chen Feng shouted at once.
The hand reaching for Chen Feng stopped right in front of him. The Heavenly Ghost Emperor asked, "Does my benefactor have any last words or wishes? Once I leave the Demon Locking Tower, I'll make sure to fulfill them."
"What kind of way to repay someone is eating them?"
"Our ghost clan repays humans by eating their bodies and making them our companions! That's the rule of our Heavenly Ghost clan."
"That's not right. If I hadn't let you out, none of this would've happened, right?" Chen Feng asked.
The Heavenly Ghost Emperor replied, "Well, that's true."
Chen Feng continued, "Since this happened because of me, I should take responsibility. You don't need to be responsible for anything. Don't you agree?"
The Heavenly Ghost Emperor replied, "Well, of course!"
"Since it's my responsibility and not yours, we should handle this according to human rules."
"Well, that does make sense." The Heavenly Ghost Emperor scratched his head at Chen Feng's words, then nodded.
Chen Feng thought, Just as I expected. Following the original dialogue really is foolproof.
Those few lines were all quotes from Li Xiaoyao in Chinese Paladin, and they worked like a charm.
He continued, "According to human rules, we don't need to fight to the death. The person who was rescued just has to agree to do one thing for the person who saved them, as long as it doesn't go against morality."
"But I'm a ghost and you're human. What could I do for you?"
"How big is the gap between your