On a street in the distance.
Ma Hongjun said with a terrified expression, "Holy shit, Dean, look! Su Chen is here."
"It really is that guy."
Slap!
Flender smacked Ma Hongjun on the head and snapped, "What are you shouting for? Do you think I'm blind?"
"Enough nonsense. Hurry up and bow."
"Huh?"
Ma Hongjun hesitated. "Su Chen is the emperor of the Spirit Hall Empire. He has nothing to do with us, so why should we bow to him?"
Flender said irritably, "Can't you see everyone else has bowed? If you won't bow, then squat down. Don't stand there making yourself conspicuous. If he notices you, he might come over and slap you again."
With a bang, Oscar dropped to his knees beside them.
Ma Hongjun quietly squatted down and grumbled, "Xiao Ao, why are you so spineless?"
"Su Chen used to bully us so badly, yet you're still bowing to him?"
Oscar scratched his head and replied, "He did bully us before, but! The cultivation techniques we practice now are all his!"
"Su Chen's martial arts cultivation technique has given a support spirit master like me formidable combat power. That's an enormous kindness to me. What's wrong with kneeling and kowtowing to him?"
"Didn't your phoenix evil fire also get suppressed because you cultivated Su Chen's technique?"
Ma Hongjun froze for a moment. Then, seeing Flender glaring at him menacingly, he reluctantly dropped to his knees and joined the crowd in paying respects.
Flender cursed under his breath, "You idiot. If you ever dare disrespect Su Chen in your heart again, you won't need Su Chen to do anything. I'll cut you off myself and make you cultivate Yu Xiaogang's technique, then go be sisters with Yu Xiaogang and the others."
"No, I won't. I won't." Ma Hongjun