"Come out! Golden Leopard!"
Lin Ke called out the Golden Leopard from earlier.
A flash of red light swept past, and the Golden Leopard appeared on the spot.
"Your humble, weak, obedient servant pays respects to you, my mighty, invincible master, unrivaled throughout heaven and earth." The Golden Leopard lowered its body, its face full of fawning delight.
Lin Ke was a little curious. "Who taught you to talk like that?"
The Mudskipper demon from earlier, the Rat-Duck family of three that came after, and now these two leopards all had their own distinctive ways of speaking.
And those ways of speaking probably weren't something they were born with or had imprinted in their ancestral memories.
"Our Lord Mountain opens his lecture hall from time to time, teaching us Demon Beasts and lesser demons a little about the Great Dao," the Golden Leopard said, bowing. "In your servant's eyes, Lord Mountain is second only to you, Master."
Lord Mountain?
The Mountain Giant Banyan!
Lin Ke glanced toward the center of the island, growing even more curious about the Mountain Giant Banyan.
But he didn't know exactly where the Mountain Giant Banyan was. By rights, such an enormous body should have been easy to spot.
From the looks of things, it had probably used some method to conceal itself.
"By the way, you seem to know quite a lot." Lin Ke smiled. "Tell me everything you know about the powerful demons and treasures on this island."
"As you command." The Golden Leopard lowered its head to the ground and began explaining. "The area where your servant lives is governed by a lesser demon lord of the Second Realm. All First Realm Demon Beasts in this area fall under his rule."
"None of the First Realm Demon Beasts in this area may