(There will be another chapter around midnight.)
(There will be another chapter around midnight.)
"Ahem." Having reached this conclusion, Feng Chenzi cleared his throat and said, "First, you must never ask about my origins."
"I'll remember. I certainly won't inquire about your origins, Senior," Ma Weiqi answered repeatedly.
"Second, you must take me as your master. My divine abilities aren't something any stray cat or dog can learn..."
Thud! Before Feng Chenzi could finish, Ma Weiqi stamped twice on the ground, making something resembling the sound of kneeling, and said respectfully, "Your disciple, Ma Weiqi, pays his respects to you, Master!" Then he knocked three more times-thump, thump, thump-to pass for kowtowing.
"Good, good, good. Get up." Inwardly, Feng Chenzi cursed Ma Weiqi so viciously he might as well have drenched him in dog's blood. Do you take me for a deaf man? How can you even bring yourself to make such obviously fake sounds? Aloud, however, he pretended not to notice and spoke approvingly.
"Thank you, Master," Ma Weiqi said with an air of utmost respect.
"Third, you must find a way to release me from in here." Feng Chenzi immediately stated his final demand. This was his real objective; the first two had merely been meant to reassure Ma Weiqi and lead him astray. Still, he had no expectation that Ma Weiqi would actually free him. He had methods of his own and would never pin his hopes on such a petty scoundrel.
"Well..." Ma Weiqi froze at these words, then hurriedly asked, "Right, how would I go about releasing you, Master?" Inwardly, however, he thought, Even if I could let you out, I wouldn't. Where would I find you to learn your divine abilities then?
"I don't know," Feng Chenzi said, as though the matter had nothing