Shaofeng felt that he would be an idiot to bring this up himself, so he refused to go, even rolling his eyes at An Nuo.
Seeing this, An Nuo couldn't help but sneer, "You've already shifted all the blame onto the two cubs, and now you're pretending to be a good person, wanting to take them out to play, and then you want to dump all the work onto the Four Great Ancestral Dragons. Do you think that's possible?"
Shaofeng looked up at the sky, humming a tune, "I'm just dreaming. What if?"
What if those four big shots felt they hadn't done anything as Dragon Kings for a long time and wanted to practice their skills on a few things?
An Nuo gave him two more eye-rolls.
Fengmingxi, sitting not far away, watched An Nuo and Shaofeng. As if remembering something, he was about to speak to them, but before the words could leave his mouth, the knocking of shrimp soldiers and crab generals sounded from outside.
The knocking was very urgent, as if something pressing had happened.
Fengmingxi frowned, swallowing the words he was about to say.
An Nuo and Shaofeng exchanged glances, and Shaofeng told someone to let them in.
As soon as the shrimp soldier and crab general entered, they first paid their respects to everyone, then turned to knock on Si Qing's door:
"Your Majesty, your subordinate has an urgent matter to report."
Although Shaofeng had been the Dragon King of the South Sea not long ago, he had explicitly forbidden all shrimp soldiers and crab generals during the throne handover, ordering them to prioritize Si Qing from then on.
They were no longer to habitually treat him as the primary figure.
If these sea shrimp soldiers and crab generals still respected him as their master and completely disregarded Si Qing when reporting important matters, then what was the difference between handing over the Dragon King's position and not handing it over at all?
Fortunately, the shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the seabed were obedient. After receiving the order, they indeed stopped reporting matters to him as they used to, and instead began to treat Si Qing as their master.
However, the shrimp soldiers and crab generals below were used to it, but Si Qing was not.
He heard the knocking from outside and saw the shrimp soldier and crab general enter. He couldn't help but feel strange.
What was going on?
"Why do you need to find me for something? Isn't my father outside?" For a moment, Si Qing completely forgot his current identity.
The shrimp soldier and crab general, who was about to report an urgent matter, was momentarily stunned upon hearing Si Qing's question.
They stared at each other for a long time before Si Qing suddenly remembered that he was now the Dragon King of the South Sea. The other party should indeed come to report to him, so he quickly waved his hand awkwardly, signaling the other party to speak quickly.
The shrimp soldier and crab general came back to his senses and quickly knelt on one knee to report, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. The underworld has sent Yin messengers to report that they saw the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable down there."
"Saw the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable down there?" Qi Yu was stunned for a moment, his expression gradually becoming suspicious. "According to the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable's habits, he wouldn't be this quiet. He would at least stir up chaos in the underworld. Yet, the underworld still has time to send messengers to report?"
It wasn't that he thought the underworld was lying.
It was just that he found the matter rather strange.
"The Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable hasn't caused any disturbance in the underworld, but it seems he has swallowed a few wandering souls, and there are also a pair of ghost messengers. He is now swaggering along the Yellow Springs Road, and no one dares to do anything to him. The Ten Kings of Hell fear that this fellow will cause bigger trouble and endanger everyone, so they specifically sent a ghost messenger in advance to inform us," the shrimp soldier and crab general said. After finishing, he asked Si Qing, "Your subordinate came here to ask what we should do? Should we gather people to go to the underworld to capture him? Or should we wait until the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable leaves the underworld before catching him red-handed?"
Si Qing thought for a moment, "Go and send a few people to secretly observe the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable's movements in the underworld. The rest of the matter will be handled by me and Master and the others."
The shrimp soldier and crab general nodded, turned, and disappeared.
Qi Yu and Si Qing exchanged glances. They put down what they were doing and, after the shrimp soldier and crab general left, went to explain the situation of the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable to Yan Hua and the others outside.
From the moment the shrimp soldier and crab general entered, Shaofeng, Yan Hua, and the others had been waiting outside for news.
Chen Xi was also waiting obediently, but he wasn't idle while waiting, either eating fruit or snacks.
Now, after hearing what Qi Yu and Si Qing had reported from the shrimp soldier and crab general, they all looked grim.
Si Qing looked at Yan Hua, "Master, what do you think? I've already sent people to scout the underworld and monitor the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable's whereabouts at all times. The Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable probably thinks we don't know about him being in the underworld, so he's enjoying himself there."
"Hey, no, I don't understand. Why does the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable think we can't guess he's in the underworld?" Chen Xi tapped the table, somewhat confused. "And the most crucial problem is that he hasn't controlled the entire underworld. How can he think the underworld wouldn't notify us?"
"Perhaps because he believes his strength is greater than the Ten Kings of Hell," Qi Yu casually found a seat. "The shrimp soldier and crab general who came in just now mentioned that the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable had devoured some wandering souls and two ghost messengers in the underworld. So, I think his strength should have recovered by more than half. If the Ten Kings of Hell were to confront him directly, they might not be able to win."
"If that's the case, then let's wait at the entrance of the underworld," Jin Yan stood up and proactively suggested. "After the Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable recovers for a while in the underworld, he will definitely try to make a comeback. No matter what scheme he uses, the first thing he'll do is leave the underworld. There's only one main entrance from the underworld to the mortal world. We don't need to do anything else, just set up a barrier at the entrance and wait. We'll catch him in a trap."