"Pah! What *** rotten luck! I finally drew a king-high flush, only to get beaten by his Jin-high flush. My luck's gone straight downhill lately..." Judge Cui slammed his three playing cards onto the long table and pointed at Bai Chang's nose. "Come clean. Were you cheating?" Across from him, Bai Chang was dancing with delight. Three cards of the same suit lay before him, the highest an ace.
Judge Cui had lost money and was itching for a fight. Suddenly, he frowned and slammed the table. "What bastard dared open the Netherworld's back door without permission? Does he have a death wish?" Hei Chang, who had done nothing all night, sprang to life and sucked in the tongue dangling from his mouth. "We've got business. Cui, grab your gear." Judge Cui gave a cold chuckle and snatched up his judge's brush and inkstone. "Let's go." Bai Chang hurriedly stuffed the paper money on the table into his robes, shouting, "Wait for me..."
"Good grief, are my eyes playing tricks on me?" Bai Chang arrived a step late and found his two unsavory colleagues hiding behind a huge black rock, peering out cautiously. Those two aren't charging out to thrash the intruder and blow off steam? Bai Chang sucked in his tongue with a sharp sniff, like a child sniffling up snot.
"Mother of mercy..." Bai Chang saw who stood outside and cried out in shock, startling Hei Chang. Hei Chang clapped a hand over his mouth. "Shut up, you idiot!" Bai Chang pulled his hand away and repeated himself. "Good grief, are my eyes playing tricks on me? Immortal Aura! Real, genuine Immortal Aura!"
"Your eyes are fine. Why else would the two of us be sitting here so quietly?" Judge Cui snapped. The Netherworld was practically a "forgotten"