Two demons stood tall and burly, both shaped like toads, one red and one green.
Each held a rusty steel fork upside down in one hand, and wore a coarse, ocher-yellow scarf around his neck.
At the sight of these two uninvited guests, the three people aboard the boat reacted in different ways.
Xu Linmiao was, after all, a sheltered young master of an Aristocratic Clan. He had been boasting just moments ago, but now his face had gone deathly pale, and he instinctively took half a step backward.
Uncle Xun, by contrast, was far more composed.
The old man's gaze swept over the two toad demons' attire, and he quickly put the pieces together.
Judging by the way they were dressed, they were probably the demon generals patrolling the waters under Immortal Lord Guanlan.
What alarmed him was that even these mere patrol generals were both at the Second Rank of Chess-Player.
Uncle Xun himself was at the Fourth Rank of Chess-Player, so he had no fear of fighting them.
But given the Immortal Lord's reputation, he could only swallow his pride. He hurried forward with a broad smile, clasped his hands, and bowed. "So you're the great generals under the Immortal Lord. My apologies for not recognizing you. We're from the Xu Family of the Great Marsh. We've brought a generous gift and were just on our way to Watching Waves Island to pay our respects and wish the Immortal Lord a happy birthday..."
As he spoke, Uncle Xun's gaze flicked discreetly toward Jiang Yuechu.
Despite the savage aura rolling off these two demon generals of the Chess-Player Realm, the young woman in black remained seated where she was.
Then he thought of his own young master, who looked so frightened he'd gone white as a sheet.
Uncle