"Uncle, right, I have to call you uncle," Zhu Gui said disdainfully as he looked at Old Man Ye's cowering demeanor.
"Damn it, you know to call me uncle now? What were you thinking earlier? Don't you understand the rules?"
Hearing Zhu Gui's words, Old Man Ye immediately stopped worrying. After all, if they really intended to kill him, who would care if he understood the rules? They'd just lop off his head and be done with it.
"I do, I do. Uncle, don't worry, we know the rules inside and out. Just rest assured, Uncle, we'll do things by the book. You can even take another thirty percent of my share, consider it a token of respect for your tea money."
Zhu Gui nodded with satisfaction and then said to Old Man Tie Si, "Fourth Master, hurry up and use your ancestor's... pfft, use your ancestor's bear fur to tie up this lot."
"This fellow is quite smart. Be a bit gentle when you tie him up, don't make him suffer too much, after all, he's paying extra."
Old Man Tie Si and Old Man Tie Wu nodded, then took out several bundles of coiled black ropes from their spatial storage and began to tie up the captives from the myriad races.
These perverted bears were only good at tying people up.
In a short while, the thirteen foundational figures and eighty-six kings from the myriad races were all bound.
Shang Tang, watching his father's arrangements, nodded with satisfaction and said to Lin Zhan, "Zhan'er, call out your little black turtle and have him carry these benefactors. We'll pack up and head back to camp."
Lin Zhan summoned Little Black. Upon seeing the scene before him, Little Black's blood boiled. "Holy crap, boss! Why didn't you call us brothers for such a good thing? Let us have some fun too, and make some extra cash on the side."
As soon as Little Black finished speaking, the other few companions, without needing Lin Zhan to summon them, ran out on their own. Seeing the kings and emperors of the myriad races tied up in strings, they immediately started complaining and cursing.
"What's going on? Boss, do you also feel like the sun is shining and the rain has stopped, and you're feeling invincible again? Now you don't even call us when you're doing business." Little Gold, who had been with Lin Zhan the longest, was almost always the instigator of all the troublesome matters.
"Exactly. If you ask me, we might as well just disband." Only Little Treasure, the White Paper Fan from the Five Companions, could say such a thing. One couldn't imagine how they had agreed on this. Having a drunkard as a White Paper Fan, weren't they afraid of ruining their reputation?
Zhu Gui, who had never seen such a display, looked at his eldest son beside him in confusion. "Are all these little brats this fierce now? They're only Platinum level, and they want to kidnap kings? Especially that little black turtle and little yellow worm, aren't they afraid of being captured and made into soup?"
"And that little iron-eating beast cub, he hasn't even done anything yet, and he's already clamoring to disband. His character is clearly that of a bear from the Tie family. Their family's reputation among the myriad races is even worse than ours."
Shang Tang glanced at his father and couldn't help but think to himself: Dad, our family only produced you, how can we have any reputation? Why don't you have any self-awareness? Of course, he only dared to think this and not say it out loud. If he did, his father would beat him severely.
"Dad, you're right. That little iron-eating beast cub is actually the ninth son of the Tie family who was sealed. Now that he's released, he's been hanging out with our Zhan'er."
Hearing Shang Tang's words, Zhu Gui's eyes widened. "Holy crap, no wonder he looks so much like that old iron-eating beast. Their family's character is really not good. These bears are notorious for selling out their elders!"
As soon as Zhu Gui finished speaking, Old Man Tie Si, on the side, blinked his dark-circled eyes, clearly displeased. What, is our selling out elders a big deal? Besides, we sold out our elder for the prosperity and unity of our Huaxia! We bore this eternal infamy for Huaxia! If you have the ability, go find our ancestor! Go find Emperor Xuanyuan! They always pick on the weak. If my own father heard this, he'd probably beat you senseless. But in front of Zhu Gui, Old Man Tie Si didn't dare say anything, as he was also afraid of being beaten senseless. Everyone knew that Zhu Gui was a fierce man who had killed powerful figures at the Emperor level when he was robbing back in the day!
Old Man Tie Si turned his head and saw Little Treasure, who was proudly arguing with Lin Zhan. His anger flared. He walked up to Little Treasure and slapped him across the face with his bear paw. "Little brat, what are you showing off about here? What, do you want to sell out your elder like your ancestor?"
Little Treasure, hit so hard his eyes saw stars, sat down on the ground with a thud. "Holy crap, Fourth Brother, did you drink too much again? If you hit me again, don't blame me for telling our mother, and see if you get punished." "Sell out my elder? I'm just worried that if our boss gets into trouble, and he doesn't let us brothers out to help, what then?"
Little Ji, seeing his brother getting beaten, became unhappy. What, just because you're Bao Ge's elder brother, you can just hit people? "Fourth Brother, this was our boss's fault in the first place. And you still hit him? If you guys are going to do this, then I'll send word for my dad to bring his brothers over."
Little Ji's words instantly made Old Man Tie Si back down. Who was Little Ji's father? He was the leader of the Dragon Sparrow clan! The number one bandit clan in all the myriad races, a fierce individual who even dared to rob the Divine Ancestor and the Demon Ancestor of the God and Demon races! If it weren't for the leadership of Old Ancestor Zi Qi and Old Ancestor Chi You back then, Huaxia might have been plundered too. It's said that when the fierce men of the Great Shang dynasty wanted to settle the score, four Great Emperors jointly took action, but they couldn't even find the Dragon Sparrow clan's stronghold. This was the first defeat for Huaxia's two major bandit organizations. Later, to save face, the fierce men of the Great Shang dynasty happened to be ordered by Emperor Yao to assist Yu the Great's father, Gun, in managing the water tribes. The people of the Great Shang dynasty directly slaughtered seventy-two water tribes, making the remaining one-third of the water tribes as obedient as chihuahuas. When Yu the Great made his move, they obediently surrendered without daring to utter a peep. Later, the Dragon Sparrow clan heard that there were such fierce individuals eyeing them, so they sent gifts to propose a peace settlement. Originally, the Great Shang was full of fighting spirit and wanted to compete with the Dragon Sparrow clan. However, they heard that the young master of the Dragon Sparrow clan had married the youngest granddaughter of the Nether Crow clan's Old Ancestor, who was doted on the most. Even the fierce bandits of the Great Shang were baffled by the Nether Crow clan's mysterious nature. As someone had provided a stepping stone, the two great powers had a drink together, and the Dragon Sparrow clan would no longer attack Huaxia. At that time, the two great powers were Old Ancestor Zi Qi of Huaxia and Little Ji's grandfather from the Dragon Sparrow clan. The young master of the Dragon Sparrow clan who married the Nether Crow's little princess was Little Ji's father. As a result, the Dragon Sparrow and Nether Crow clans, through their marriage, had a problematic offspring, which was Little Ji. He only succeeded in hatching when he encountered Young Master Lin.