The black-robed figure sneered. "Do you know why you can only be a mount, while I'm the master?"
The sickly green flames in Big Fish's eye sockets flickered. "I was born a big fish, born with the fate of a mount!"
The black-robed figure chuckled:
"Idiot!"
"When other Underworld walkers enter the Underworld, most keep a very low profile."
"They don't create multicolored light pollution to show themselves off."
"Do you think it's because they aren't arrogant? Wrong! It's because they don't have the right to be arrogant!"
"I've examined Underworld walkers' memories. The higher the version of their Underworld-walking spell, the grander the spectacle when they walk the Underworld!"
"That cultivator just now made such a grand spectacle. That proves he possesses a high-level version!"
"Underworld walkers who can master high-level versions either have strength or powerful backers."
"Although our duty is to capture and kill Underworld walkers, not only must we avoid provoking them, we must befriend them instead!"
"Otherwise, why would I have had you leap out of the Underworld and enter the Present World through the Fury River?"
"I wanted to tell that cultivator that we'd spotted him, but were pretending we hadn't."
"When he comes to the Underworld again, he'll owe us a favor!"
Big Fish blinked thoughtfully. "All that talk amounts to nothing more than-bullying the weak and fearing the strong!"
Clap! Clap! Clap!
The black-robed being clapped. "Exactly!"
"Your comprehension has actually improved!"
"When we do things, we must not only bully the weak and fear the strong, but also learn to stab others in the back, be treacherous and cunning, go back on our word, say one thing while meaning another, and even be ruthless!"
Big Fish was stunned. "Master, aren't you afraid that after telling me so much, one day I'll..."