On the other side, the boy looked at the black-clothed Yin Cha, who suddenly threw his head back and laughed, with a confused expression. "Why are you laughing all of a sudden?"
"I'm laughing because you, a child, have interesting things to say," the black-clothed Yin Cha replied, still smiling.
The boy, finding the black-clothed Yin Cha's demeanor exasperating, pointed to the monsters behind him and asked, "Well, setting that aside for now, how should we deal with these monsters?"
"Before we talk about these monsters, tell me if you're willing to work with me," the black-clothed Yin Cha said with a smile.
"That's... " the boy hesitated, glanced at the Yin Cha, and said, "In my world, I'm a soul spirit. Coming here directly to become a Yin Cha, and especially following a powerful Yin Cha like you, feels a bit strange. So, I think I'll take things slowly."
"You're a soul spirit?" The black-clothed Yin Cha looked at the boy in front of him in surprise.
"Yes." The boy nodded firmly.
"Are all the soul spirits from your world children of your age?" the black-clothed Yin Cha asked.
The boy lowered his eyelids and said, "Yes, we all look like this."
The black-clothed Yin Cha looked at the boy, fell silent for a moment, and then said, "From today onwards, don't be a soul spirit anymore. Follow me."
Hearing the black-clothed Yin Cha's words, the boy thought about the awkward situation when he first entered and shook his head. "Perhaps not. I can't control those monsters like this, and I like it that way. It's not realistic for you to ask me to follow you."
"What you just did was quite good," the black-clothed Yin Cha said, intentionally gesturing towards the monsters.
"What I did..." The boy turned sideways and glanced at the monsters behind him, saying, "That was an accidental display of skill. It would be impossible for me to do that every day."
"Don't be so lacking in confidence!" the black-clothed Yin Cha said with a smile.
The Yin Cha, observing the black-clothed Yin Cha's attitude towards the boy, clenched his fists.
The rattan spirit looked down at the Yin Cha's tightly clenched hands and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
The Yin Cha cast a sideways glance at the rattan spirit and said, "Can you not look at me?"
"You're jealous," the rattan spirit said clearly, seeing the black light emanating from the Yin Cha's chest.
The Yin Cha frowned and immediately turned to the rattan spirit, saying in a low voice, "Can you say one less word?"
The rattan spirit smiled and asked, "Do you want to gain his recognition?"
The Yin Cha hesitated and asked, "What should I do?"
"I'll help you," the rattan spirit said.
The Yin Cha was taken aback. Just as he was about to speak, the rattan spirit stepped forward and said, "Excuse me, sir, I have something I wish to tell you."
Upon hearing this, the smile vanished from the black-clothed Yin Cha's face. He turned to the rattan spirit, who had spoken, and said coldly, "What could you possibly have to say?"
"Sir, I have a particularly powerful monster here."
"Did you capture it?" the black-clothed Yin Cha asked coldly.
The rattan spirit chuckled sheepishly twice. "No, it's him." He pointed at the Yin Cha.
The Yin Cha was stunned for a moment.
"Why didn't you release him just now?" the black-clothed Yin Cha asked, glancing at the Yin Cha along the direction of his finger.
The rattan spirit's eyes flickered. "That fellow is too powerful. I thought I would tell you after I went in. However, I see that this child is definitely capable, so I thought I'd release him now. What do you think?"
Immediately, the black-clothed Yin Cha glanced at the boy, then turned back to the rattan spirit and said, "Alright, then release him."
The boy, seeing the rattan spirit's malicious gaze, quickly said, "Sir, I'm still a child."
The black-clothed Yin Cha ignored the boy.
The young man looked down at the boy's frightened expression and whispered, "Don't be afraid. Let's see what he can do."
"This sir simply doesn't listen to what people say. I've earnestly said so much, and he completely ignores me. Now this fellow is doing this too. In a moment," the boy's expression became awkward, "I'm definitely in trouble."
"Little boss, I can help you deal with him too," the young man whispered.
The first leopard-patterned monster sniffed the air and said, "There's demonic energy."
"Is it from us?" the second leopard-patterned monster said.
"No, this demonic energy is very dispersed, it feels like more than one," the first leopard-patterned monster said.
Upon hearing this, the boy turned sideways to the first leopard-patterned monster and asked softly, "More than one? Then... are they powerful?"
"I can't tell," the first leopard-patterned monster shook his head.
"Alright." The boy nodded and looked back at the rattan spirit in front, who was casually conjuring a small brocade pouch. He frowned.
"It's not his, so why did you conjure it?" the black-clothed Yin Cha asked the rattan spirit.
The rattan spirit's eyes darted. Just as he was about to speak, the Yin Cha quickly stepped forward and said, "I didn't catch that."
"You?" The rattan spirit was taken aback and turned to look at the Yin Cha.
The Yin Cha said, "Thank you." He said, looking at the black-clothed Yin Cha with a fearful gaze, "Do you still recognize me?"
"Aren't you just an ordinary Yin Cha!" the black-clothed Yin Cha said indifferently.
The Yin Cha gave a bitter smile. "Sir, I once came to you, and you refused me. Then, I sought you out again, and you refused me again. The last time, you told me that you would not promote any Yin Cha. But now," he glanced at the boy, "you are going to promote this child. You have truly disappointed me." He then deliberately averted his gaze.
The black-clothed Yin Cha looked at the Yin Cha's fearful expression after he spoke and said, "It's precisely because of your cowardice, your inability to look me directly in the eye, that I have no interest in you whatsoever."
The Yin Cha was stunned. He looked up at the black-clothed Yin Cha's face and asked, "Sir, why didn't you say so earlier?"
"Say so earlier," the black-clothed Yin Cha sneered, "your cowardice is inherent. Even if I had said something, you might have changed, but your kind of courage is completely different from this child's courage."
"How is it different?" the Yin Cha asked weakly.
"Yours is fake. His," the black-clothed Yin Cha pointed at the boy, "is inherent. It's real."
"I..."
"However," the black-clothed Yin Cha interrupted, "my impression of you today has changed."
"What?" the Yin Cha was startled.
The black-clothed Yin Cha looked at the Yin Cha's silly expression and smiled, asking, "Little follower, do you like him?"
The boy was surprised that the black-clothed Yin Cha had directly addressed him by name. He replied impatiently, "Can you please stop calling me that?"
However, the black-clothed Yin Cha did not listen to the boy and asked again, "Little follower, do you like this Yin Cha?"
The young man looked down at the boy's constipated expression and couldn't help but smile.
The boy helplessly slapped his face and said, "This guy, I don't know him very well, but I really dislike his condescending attitude towards us and his tendency to bully the weak. However," he glanced at the Yin Cha, whose eyes were wide, and continued, "I don't dislike him that much either, but I can't say I like him."