When the rat demon tremblingly picked up the little cloth bag before him and slowly opened it,
a pale green glow shone over his shifty, ratlike face!
When he saw that the bag was filled with spirit rice brimming with pure spiritual energy,
the newly awakened rat demon's eyes went wide, his face filled with disbelief!
"G-g-great Immortal! W-what... what is this?" the rat demon ventured to ask Qing Mo, stammering over every word!
"Just spirit rice containing spiritual energy!"
"As long as you behave and work hard for me, you'll have plenty of both spirit rice and silver!"
Thump!
The rat demon had only just stood up, but upon hearing Qing Mo's words, he immediately dropped to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly!
"Thank you! Thank you for valuing this lowly demon, Great Immortal!"
"From this day forward, I'll brave boiling water and raging fire for you without hesitation!"
Only after Qing Mo nodded his permission did the newly awakened rat demon slowly stand up!
"Stop calling me Great Immortal!"
"Since you'll be working for me from now on, just call me Boss!"
"Yes, yes! I'll remember!" The rat demon nodded repeatedly at the instruction!
Qing Mo then brought the rat demon back to his current residence for the time being, planning to have him move out on his own later!
The first thing Qing Mo ordered the rat demon to do upon returning was bathe. He had to wash away every trace of his stench before he could sleep in the side room!
"Oh! Where did this little mouse come from? Let your lordship have a look!"
Coming out of the side room after sleeping, the rat demon immediately spotted a miniature silver dragon, no bigger than a chopstick, flying around the courtyard!
The instant he saw Yinzi, the