"M-Master??"
"Everyone, am I seeing things? Did I just see Xiao Qingkuang rise from the dead, then kneel and call His Highness the Crown Prince his master?"
"Even if you're seeing things, surely I can't be seeing things along with you?"
"I'm quite certain you weren't mistaken."
"As far as I know, Xiao Qingkuang has never had any dealings with His Highness. Even if he were to pledge allegiance, shouldn't it be to Her Majesty? Why would he do this?"
Questions rose one after another. However worldly and experienced they were, they still wore utterly bewildered expressions, unable to make sense of the situation.
One thing was certain, however: Xiao Qingkuang had indeed pledged allegiance to Chen Mu.
As one of the founding heroes, Xiao Qingkuang had the right to stand before the sovereign without kneeling. None of them had ever seen him kneel before anyone else, either.
They knew that the Blood Corpse Devil Race valued the saying "a man's knees are worth their weight in gold" even more than humans did.
And that went doubly for the exalted Blood Corpse Devil Master.
Chen Mu did not bother explaining much to them. Just as he was about to have the system restore Xiao Qingkuang's human appearance, adding a layer of disguise, something happened.
The blue sky and white clouds instantly changed color, becoming an endless sea of blood!
"Qin Xuanji! How dare your Qin Lineage repay kindness with betrayal! We of the Blood Corpse Devil Race conquered this realm for you. Is this the treatment we deserve?"
An old man's accusatory voice resounded through heaven and earth, crashing into everyone's ears like thunder and leaving them aching and ringing.
"That's... the Blood Corpse Ancestor! Wasn't he dead?"
"It seems the entire Blood Corpse bloodline is cut from the