The Thousand Demon Den. The Technique-Storing Pavilion.

The Nether-Gloom Spider Emperor watched the figure loafing about within the pavilion and finally couldn't help saying, sinisterly, "The very first task This Emperor assigned you, and this is how you handle it? Do you intend to hide in my Eighth Den forever?"

"Is there a problem?"

Shen Yi picked up another jade slip, then tossed it back again.

Listening to that sharp crack—

the old spider said in shocked fury, "Handle them gently, damn you!"

It simply couldn't fathom why, in this vast Thousand Demon Den, it alone had recognized the preciousness of this pile of Nanyang Sect techniques.

Live to old age, learn to old age. Even if a demon couldn't cultivate them, reading a little more did no harm.

Otherwise one ended up like this lion — what could it comprehend besides a bathing picture? A creature good for nothing but ruining fine things!

"Of course there's a problem. This Emperor took you in to do work, not to come lord about the Eighth Den like a grandee!"

"If you're going to be this cowardly, forget anyone else — This Emperor will kill you first!"

Listening to the racket in his ear—

Shen Yi glanced back impatiently. "Enough. I'll stay a few days, get a sense of which way the wind blows. This Emperor has courage and cunning. He isn't a fool."

"..."

The Nether-Gloom Spider Emperor settled back down.

It wasn't that it lacked all human feeling.

After all, nearly half of Wutong Mountain's disciples had come in a carefully laid ambush, and among them a Spirit-Transformation Perfection cultivator besides. Had the Gold-Winged Demon Emperor not been present, this lion would in all likelihood have died in its cave estate.

A certain wariness was only natural.

It simply couldn't stand the sight of the creature's manner.

"This Emperor will endure you a few days more. But do not overestimate This Emperor's patience."

The Nether-Gloom Spider Emperor left the frigid remark behind. It had come to realize that this lion was the sort that climbed onto your nose the moment…