Soon, Jiang Che's consciousness was drawn into a stretch of chaos.
Within that chaotic space, a pink loach appeared before his eyes.
???
Jiang Che was utterly puzzled.
Could that dragon's roar just now have come from this loach?
Jiang Che poked the loach. It flopped impatiently a few times, then opened its eyes to look at him.
"Don't... don't disturb my sleep."
The loach hadn't spoken, yet Jiang Che could understand what it wanted to express.
"What the hell? Did this loach just talk?"
The loach gave Jiang Che another thoroughly impatient look and babbled a whole string of sounds. Clearly, none of it was human speech, yet Jiang Che could understand what it meant.
"Hey! What exactly do you want, you two-legged creature?"
"How did you get in here?"
"Could this loach be the Crimson Blade's blade spirit?" Jiang Che muttered.
"I'm your master now, understand, little loach?" Jiang Che bent down and spoke to the loach.
"What? Little loach? You called me a little loach? Do you know who I am? I'm a dragon! A true dragon with a pure bloodline!" With that, the little loach spat flames. Jiang Che's face turned charcoal black, and his hair became an afro, yet he felt nothing at all.
"You're a dragon?"
Jiang Che studied the tender pink little loach doubtfully. Only then did he notice a pair of little bumps on its head.
"Those little bumps are your dragon horns? Isn't your true dragon bloodline a bit too diluted?" Jiang Che quipped.
Hearing that, the little loach grew even angrier. "If I hadn't lost all my power, how could someone like you possibly form a contract with me!"
Jiang Che wasn't happy to hear that. He picked the loach up between two fingers. "What do you mean, someone like