The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

72. Recognition

It was more than awesome or cool!

The beast was already unable to describe how astonished it was right now.

It had thought of lots of possibilities, but it never realized that the one who supported Feng Xi was King of the Netherworld. Or rather, it didn't dare to think of that possibility. The beast never related the boy to the King at all.

The beast was in a daze with its body remaining frozen when the boy dragged it into the Heaven Peak Palace.

Seeing that, God of Books and God of Bad Luck nodded secretly with satisfaction. It seemed that they were not the only ones who had that reaction. Every buddy of Feng Xi was the same.

The Heaven Peak Palace, the most sacred place in the world, was able to hold everyone in awe for thousands of years. When people looked at the Palace standing upright like an ancient fierce beast, they could sense the sheer majesty of the building right away. Also, the misty barrier outside the Palace added a sense of mystery.

Although the Sky Breaking Beast had heard of the Palace, this was the first time it saw the Palace by itself. Now that it had a chance to closely observe the Palace, it only felt its mind blank and couldn't even think.

Feng Xi's passion for the Sky Breaking Beast only lasted until he saw the King.

As he rushed to the Quiet Stage Palace, he saw the King of the Netherworld who was sitting in front of the crystal desk. Then Feng Xi completely forgot about the Sky Breaking Beast and ran toward the King vigorously. After that, he sat on the King's leg and laughed complacently like a little fox that was trying to claim credits. If Feng Xi had a tail, he might wag it more jauntily than a real fox.

The Sky Breaking Beast was already stupefied by the boy's behavior and stood by the door of the Quiet Stage Palace motionlessly.

"My leader, guess what happened today?"

Feng Xi grinned with his two canine teeth exposed while still sitting on the King's leg with his legs swinging back and forth.

The King sat upright in an ornate white robe with a few strands of his hair hanging down loosely on his wide shoulders. The look on his face was a bit indifferent but showed nobility in every detail. Even his breathing was so quiet that nearly no one could feel it.

When the King saw the boy running toward him, the unconcerned expression on his face turned softer right away.

The boy seemed to be more and more natural when sitting on the King's leg, unlike others who were always nervous to see the King. Moreover, he was getting so bold that he even dared to sign a contract with a fierce beast from an unknown origin. The King felt that it was quite necessary to discipline the boy.

"You finished the task?" The King who knew what the boy wanted to brag about asked a question to which the answer was rather clear instead of mentioning the beast.

"Of course I did. It's impossible for me to fail such an easy task. I'm not talking about that, guess one more time, my leader."

After Feng Xi heard the King's answer, he showed a complacent look right away.

The King glanced at the Sky Breaking Beast indifferently, ignoring how violently the latter had already trembled, and then fixed his eyes on the boy's rosy cheeks. After that, he put down the black crystal and held the boy in his arm while fanning off the smell which didn't belong to the boy.

After a long while, the King pretended to understand the boy all of a sudden and asked, "You mean that beast?"

"You are so clever, my leader. How did you guess that out?" Feng Xi chuckled happily at once.

Hearing his laughter, the others couldn't help but twitch their mouths.

How could the great King of the Netherworld not guess that out? Only the ignorant boy would be so proud of himself and ask that question. The maids who knew what was happening now looked at each other with a glimmer of a smile in their eyes, thinking, 'Young Master is still that funny.'

However, the beast which the King had just mentioned was already overly terrified now. The Sky Breaking Beast knew that the King could decide to let it live or die. The only thing it hoped for was that the King wouldn't hold it responsible for chasing the boy. Otherwise, it would vanish in this world forever even if it had nine lives.

"Sky buddy, come here." Feng Xi waved his hand to the Sky Breaking Beast and wanted to introduce it to his leader.

However, what he didn't know was that the beast already got limb legs and didn't have the guts to walk to the King at all. Although its master acted as if it was a matter, of course, to introduce it to the King, the beast was only afraid that the King would kill it in no time. If it knew about Feng Xi's thoughts right now, it might faint right away in fear.

Hairless Chicken understood the feeling of the Sky Breaking Beast a lot, so it walked to the latter considerately and said, "Sky Breaking Beast, if you want the King to allow you to stay with our master, you'd better stop behaving so cowardly, otherwise you'll be sent back to the Wetlands. Think of it, do you want to be a Demon Beast in low grade in the Wetlands forever, or follow our master and enjoy a promising life?"

Those words struck the head of the Sky Breaking Beast. It finally realized that the opportunity it was facing now was very rare and precious. As long as it seized the chance, it would have a sudden rise in its life.

Thinking of that, the beast crawled to the crystal desk and then knelt while saying in a trembling voice, "Your majesty, it's an honor to meet you."

"Since you've already signed a contract with your master, have you made up your mind?" The King said something that Feng Xi didn't understand at all.

The Sky Breaking Beast showed a flustered look on its face. But then it adopted a serious attitude right away because it already understood the King's words. After that, it vowed solemnly,

"I'll protect my master with my life!"

"Fine, you can all leave now." King of the Netherworld nodded and dismissed Feng Xi's buddies as well as the maids.

God of Books let out a sigh of relief and dragged Sky Breaking Beast the legs of which were still weak out of the Quiet Stage Palace.

There were only King of the Netherworld and Feng Xi staying in the spacious palace and the latter was goggling at the former right now.