The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

145. The Price of the Kiss

Translator: Ning LL

After Ice Qilin had lived for eons, this was the first time it felt unable to speak its grievance.

Hearing the powerful man saying ‘You don’t have a choice’, Ice Qilin felt like he was looking at himself from so long ago. At that time, it seemed to have treated others the same way, the ones who looked bitter after being robbed by him.

Now it was time to turn. Before, Ice Qilin never believed in karma, but now he had to!

‘How could they force me like this?’

Ice Qilin understood the King’s words. After it had recalled what had happened until now, it now realized that there must be a reason that the King had planted seeds in its head instead of killing it when he had obviously been furious!

Ice Qilin could feel the King’s murderous intention toward it for an instant. However, the beast didn’t know why the King had changed his plan at last.

After Ice Qilin had thought about it for a while, it came to a conclusion which it didn’t want to believe. Then it realized that the free life that it had led for eons might end soon. The instinct came from nowhere and was the most inacceptable for it.

“Little Ice, why don’t you stand up now? I haven’t thought of the rest of the two requests yet. I’ll tell you when they come to my mind. As for your teeth, I won’t cut them for the moment. We’ll talk about it later.” Feng Xi didn’t see the look on Ice Qilin’s face and kept talking on his own. Now he had already considered Ice Qilin as one of his buddies subconsciously. Therefore, he gave the beast a nickname which started with the word ‘little’ again.

If God of Books and Sky Breaking Beast knew about this, they might wave the flag to welcome Ice Qilin.

Well, another one to join the suffering team. Feng Xi’s buddies were all on the same boat and should appreciate each other!

As expected, Ice Qilin put on a sullen face as it heard its new nickname like Feng Xi’s other buddies had done. That nickname truly was humiliating for Ice Qilin since it sounded too girly. Also, the boy had said that he would talk about it later, which made the beast wonder if he would cut its teeth in the future.

Thinking of that, Ice Qilin got a chill all over. It didn’t have any sense of security at all!

After the King gave a cold glance to Ice Qilin, he took Feng Xi up and left the main palace.

In no time, the time broken stream would arrive. If they couldn’t leave in time, they would be stuck here. Although the King had cooled down a bit, he still hit the men in black who tried to stop him fiercely. Seeing the corpses flying in the sky, Ice Qilin who was following the King felt even colder. This man made the beast feel more unsecure!

Feng Xi watched at Ice Qilin who was wearing a frustrated face on the King’s shoulder and felt funny secretly.

“Little Ice, why are you in low spirits right now? Hurry up! Or else I’ll pull out your teeth!”

Ice Qilin was speechless. It didn’t want Feng Xi to talk to it at all because the latter was exactly the reason why the beast stayed in low spirits. ‘Stinky boy, this is all because you have the king’s support. If you were alone today, you would be in so much trouble! Now you seem to be addicted to bullying me and dare to threaten me with my teeth all the time. Do you really think it’s so easy to pull out my teeth? No way!’

“Wicked child, now I see that you are just a coward who could only hide behind others’ back. If you have the guts, why don’t you fight me without asking anyone else’s help?!” Ice Qilin got super angry after taking the beating. Just now, it couldn’t utter a single word under the pressure, but now it showed its true colors at once and lost its temper again.

Feng Xi said in a huff, “Who told you that I can only hide behind my leader’s back?”

“Puff, isn’t that what you have been doing from just now? How could you deny that! Shame on you!” Ice Qilin put on a disdainful look. The boy’s bulging face managed to amuse the beast, and the latter felt less angry then.

“That’s different!” Feng Xi retorted in a loud voice.

“Why is that different? You are just a coward who always hide behind your leader’s back? Though you are a tall boy, you still feel no shame at all. Even I feel ashamed of you! Don’t tell anybody else that you know me.” As Ice Qilin was talking, it got more and more excited. When it saw that the boy’s face turning completely red with anger, it felt that it finally vented its anger and got a lot more delightful.

“You… say that again, you say that again… I…” What Feng Xi hated most was being called a coward who wasn’t hard-working enough.

“I…What do you want to say?” Ice Qilin nearly forgot about its situation. As the beast saw the boy unable to speak anything with indignation, it got excited right away and wanted to laugh out aloud. He had never found that bullying others could feel this great.

“I… I’ll ask you to tell everyone that you are a turtle, a fool, a super idiot!”

When Feng Xi had been completely incensed, he couldn’t find a word to retort Ice Qilin. However, seeing the cheerful look on the beast’s face, he suddenly shouted those words without thinking. After that, he stared at Ice Qilin’s speechless face and remembered that he still hadn’t said the rest two requests. Then he said complacently with his chin up, “Little Ice, don’t forget that you still owe me two requests.”

With Ice Qilin’s face turning totally stiff, it felt suffocated but couldn’t give vent to his pent-up feelings.

“Now you finally behave!” Feng Xi felt pleased that the beast’s face turned sullen again. As the boy calmed himself down, he got a clear idea at once. Then, he advised the beast in an earnest voice, “Little Ice, let me tell you this. Although you are just a Demon Beast, you still need to have a brain!”

Ice Qilin almost vomited blood.

‘I don’t have a brain?’

‘I don’t have a brain?’

‘I, King of all the beasts, don’t have a brain?’

…

Ice Qilin suddenly had a feeling that his victory of the verbal fight with the boy was just his illusion. The boy knew the art of speaking. That was called destroying somebody by subtle means! Unfortunately, the boy didn’t saw the expression on his face and still kept talking.

“Brutal force isn’t the only way to solve all the problems. Sometimes, the intelligence is more important. Do you understand?” Saying this, the boy waited for the beast’s answer with his black and bright eyes fixed on the latter.

Ice Qilin had been too agitated to hear the boy’s words. When it heard that question, it responded reflectively, “Understand what?”

When those words came out of Ice Qilin’s mouth, it regretted at once because it understood what the boy meant through the latter’s eyes at once.

“You truly don’t have a brain.” The boy sighed as if saying, ‘I knew it.’

‘What are you trying to say? What is it?’

Ice Qilin’s face twitched too much that it finally had a cramp. As a result, the beast could only put on an expressionless face while shouting inwardly.

“Actually, I want to say that sometimes we can defeat our enemies without fighting by ourselves. For example, I have my leader who is much more powerful than you. Since my leader could defeat you as easily as picking a chicken up, why should I do it by myself?!” Feng Xi said to Ice Qilin as if he was telling a great truth.. At last, he rolled his eyes and added, “If I do it by myself, others might accuse me of not respecting the old. I am a good child… unlike you!”

“…” Ice Qilin didn’t know what to say again.

After all, he was one of the most powerful beasts. Though it couldn’t defeat the King, it wouldn’t lose the battle to him so easily. Also… ‘Damn it, what did he mean by he was unlike me? Stupid kid! If you call yourself respecting the old, there won’t be any good kids in God and Demon Kingdom. How could he make it sound like he is the strongest person in the world? So shameless!”

After being provoked by the boy so many times, Ice Qilin finally learned to be calm.

“Hey, why do you stop talking?” After the boy rambled for a while, he finally noticed Ice Qilin’s condition. Then he asked that curiously.

However, no matter what he said, Ice Qilin just wouldn’t open its mouth or look at the boy with the look on its face so rigid as if it was having a constipation.

The boy looked Ice Qilin up and down, finding the latter a bit weird. Then he tilted his head and asked the King, “My leader, Little Ice’s face seems to have a cramp and doesn’t even move. Is there a problem with its face?”

The King was kicking the last man in black in front of him. Although he had been dealing with Sophora’s subordinates, he still heard Feng Xi and the beast’s conversation clearly. Not only didn’t he pity Ice Qilin, but he allowed Feng Xi to crab the whole time. At last, the King was very satisfied to see Ice Qilin being defeated.

After the King heard the boy’s question, he glanced at Ice Qilin without any expression on his face. As he glanced at the boy, he showed a tenderer look on his face and touched the boy’s head, saying, “There’s always a problem with its face.”

The boy, having been enlightened, said right away, “No wonder I saw its face twitching just now. So he does have a problem with his face.”

After saying that, the boy saw that Ice Qilin was about to have a mental breakdown.

He couldn’t bear to see that and comforted it, “Little Ice, don’t be like this. I won’t force you anymore! It doesn’t matter even if you don’t have a brain!”

Ice Qilin finally couldn’t hold on much longer and fell into depression.

The frustrated beast didn’t notice that the boy put on a beaming smile after it had lowered its head in low spirits. The boy clearly was complacent about his prank.

‘Humph, that’s the price of kissing me!’