"An old one above me, little ones below!?"
A few underlings couldn't help laughing. "We don't believe in tears in the Immortal Realm. We've heard pleas like yours plenty of times, but without exception, they all ended up sold off to the mines as laborers."
"You've got it wrong!!"
The Second Ancestor of the Qin Family wore a cowardly look as he said, "I'm not begging you. I'm threatening you!!"
"Threatening us!?"
Everyone seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and burst into laughter.
They'd thought that since this man had ascended from the Lower Realm, he must have been some sort of overlord. Who could have guessed he'd be so timid that fear had made him start babbling? He was actually trying to threaten them with "an old one above me, little ones below."
"Don't laugh. I'm not joking!"
Still wearing the most cowardly expression as he delivered the harshest words, the Second Ancestor of the Qin Family said, "I really am threatening you. If you don't want to die, let me go right now. Otherwise, even if the Jade Emperor himself shows up later, he won't be able to save you."
"Psycho!!"
The underlings immediately shot him disdainful looks, none of them realizing how serious the situation was.
"Boss!"
One of the underlings asked, "What should we do with this old geezer? Sell him off to the mines as a laborer?"
"Interrogate him first!"
Gou Dongxi's expression darkened. "Let's see if he's from the Ancient Wasteland in the Lower Realm and whether he knows those bastards who framed me. If he's really in cahoots with them, we can use him as a hostage."
"Boss really is the boss!"
The underlings hurriedly showered him with flattery. "No wonder you weren't afraid of complications and insisted on