"Don't stop, speed up!" Wang Quan shuddered when he heard the voice and urged the Round-Faced Daoist Nun on.
The Daoist nun had no idea why, but she still took out a little whip and lashed the cloud hard several times.
The cloud wriggled, sprouted wings on either side, and flapped them with a whoosh, moving even faster.
Afraid of being whipped, the Cloud of Auspiciousness behind them grew four legs and gave frantic chase.
"Daoist Brother Flower-Scatter, please wait! It's me, Hunchback!"
A voice drifted faintly over from behind.
The Round-Faced Daoist Nun hesitated, then slowed down. "Junior Brother, it's that bunch of scapegoats."
"They're probably here for their wages!"
Wang Quan inwardly sighed in relief and sneered. "Wages? They ran before I even did. What right do they have to demand wages?"
"Dock a third of their wages!"
The Round-Faced Daoist Nun shook her head. "No!"
"Hmm?"
"We should dock two-thirds."
"All right!"
The cloud folded its wings and stopped, and the hunchbacked old man's group caught up on their Clouds of Auspiciousness.
"Daoist Brother Flower-Scatter, why were you going so fast?" The hunchbacked old man was puzzled. "We might have acted a little shabbily, but surely we haven't reached the point where men despise us and ghosts loathe us!"
Wang Quan laughed heartily. "I still have to deal with the anomalies at the next location. I'm anxious, so naturally I was moving a bit faster."
The hunchbacked old man coughed and gave an awkward smile. "Daoist Brother Flower-Scatter, could you teach us the method you just used to clear out those anomalies?"
Beside them, the Round-Faced Daoist Nun scoffed. "Just be content being cannon fodder. Why are you suddenly striving to better yourselves?"
The hunchbacked old man smiled awkwardly. "Well... we'd also like to clear out more