Once Gui Jianchou saw that holding the Rubber Baton really seemed to let him control CC's movements, he lit up with excitement.
"Goose-step!"
"Do a handstand!"
"Dance ballet!"
"Do the backstroke!"
A string of commands tumbled out of his mouth.
"Daddy, hurry up and make this dumbass old man stop! I put up with the ballet, but making me do the backstroke here? Is he nuts?"
Seeing that Gui Jianchou was getting too excited to stop, Chen Hao hurried forward to intervene. "Hey, hey, Sect Master, a little test is enough. Don't wear the spirit beast out."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Gui Jianchou immediately put the Rubber Baton away, storing it as carefully as a priceless treasure.
The moment he put it away, Gui Jianchou frowned and fixed his eyes on Chen Hao. "Wait a minute!"
Under that stare, Chen Hao's heart skipped a beat. He thought Gui Jianchou had seen through him.
Instead, Gui Jianchou said, "Spirit beasts are so rare and precious. You wouldn't just give one to me for no reason."
Chen Hao's eyes shifted as he explained, "You don't understand, Sect Master. This spirit beast has such an enormous appetite that it's nearly eaten through my fortune of several hundred million. I really can't afford to keep it. Now that I've happened to find you willing to take it in, I might as well trade it for something that benefits me."
After hearing Chen Hao's explanation, Gui Jianchou nodded in acceptance, though he still had his doubts.
Seeing that he had dispelled Gui Jianchou's suspicions, Chen Hao added, "Sect Master, to be safe, you need to bind that Rubber Baton to yourself with blood."
"Bind it with blood? Are you saying this Rubber Baton is a Spirit Artifact too?" Gui Jianchou had heard of such things before.