Rabbit Must Die
Chapter 541 - 153: Call me Brother! [First update]_1

Chapter 541: Chapter 153: Call me Brother! [First update]_1

Just at that moment, a finger slowly extended forward.

But what was strange was that although the finger moved slowly, clearly visible to everyone, it actually intercepted the hook, fast as lightning, before it could reach its target. With a slight flick, the hook was sent flying away!

"Who?!" Lan Sha exclaimed in shock and anger, letting out a furious roar as he violently turned around!

At this moment, Lan Sha wasn’t frightened by the enemy’s powerful martial force. Rather, he erupted with a momentum akin to a tiger descending a mountain, roaring loudly, turning around, glaring with rage, and lifting his hand to strike!

However, in the next instant, Lan Sha’s eyes bulged three times bigger than usual!

His raised palm forcefully pressed down, and he knelt on the ground as if by reflex!

With a ’thump,’ it felt as if he had knealt on the surface of Nether River itself, and then he immediately kowtowed, his angry cursing turning into: "Lan Sha pays respects to the Nether River Patriarch!"

The newcomer was indeed the Nether River Patriarch!

In fact, the Nether River Patriarch had arrived not much later than Qin Shou and the others. He had been present since Lan Sha made his move.

It was just that the Nether River Patriarch was annoyed by Qin Shou’s previous actions and had intentionally let Lan Sha scare the Rabbit a bit. What annoyed him immensely was that the Rabbit seemed certain he would intervene, not even bothering to fight back!

Lan Sha’s hook, which had failed to scare Qin Shou, actually took the Nether River Patriarch by surprise!

The Nether River Patriarch didn’t want to be involved in the karma associated with Qin Shou, and similarly, he did not want to offend Qin Shou’s sister even more!

The karma on Qin Shou might not immediately materialize into something that could harm him, but if Qin Shou’s sister came out of seclusion and learned that he had bullied Qin Shou, given that woman’s past temperament, he estimated that she might overturn the Nether River itself.

Therefore, for the Nether River Patriarch, it was okay to scare Qin Shou a little. But if it resulted in Qin Shou bleeding and bruised, that was unacceptable.

"Scram!" the Nether River Patriarch said irritably, waving his sleeve. It was unclear whether he was scolding Lan Sha for failing to scare Qin Shou, or for acting recklessly and causing trouble.

Lan Sha assumed the Nether River Patriarch was blaming him for provoking Qin Shou, and, scared to the core, he shot a glance at Qin Shou before turning to run away...

"Hold on!" Qin Shou suddenly called out.

Lan Sha’s steps came to an immediate halt.

Seeing this, the Nether River Patriarch said, "Rabbit, what else do you want to do?"

As if it were his due, Qin Shou replied, "Nothing much, he just asked me to kneel and kowtow three thousand six hundred times. I think it’s a good idea. I’ve never tried it, so I thought I’d have him demonstrate for me. Old man, you wouldn’t disagree, would you?"

Upon hearing this, the Nether River Patriarch glanced at Lan Sha. Lan Sha, looking pitifully at the Nether River Patriarch, then stiffened his neck and said to Qin Shou, "Killing is never overkill, Rabbit. If you want to kill, then kill, but thinking to humiliate me? No way!"

Qin Shou spread his hands and replied, "I don’t understand this. You tell me to kneel, I kneel, you tell me to kowtow, I kowtow, and you think it’s only right. But when I ask you to do the same, I’m going too far? Heh... I refuse to believe this today. Are you kneeling or not?"

Lan Sha defiantly replied, "I won’t kneel! I won’t kowtow!"

Qin Shou turned to look at the Nether River Patriarch, who in turn was looking down at his toes as if he didn’t know what the two were up to.

Qin Shou chuckled and said, "Fine, you don’t kneel, then don’t kneel. You don’t kowtow, then don’t kowtow. Hanyue! Let’s go. Just now, from where we came, we’ll return. That doorframe had quite a flavor to it, this time I want to try the beam..."

Hearing this, the Nether River Patriarch could no longer remain nonchalant, and hurriedly looked up, saying, "Wait!"

Qin Shou turned and asked, "What now?"

Lan Sha also looked towards the Nether River Patriarch, who glared at Lan Sha and ordered, "What are you looking at? Kneel down, kowtow!"

Lan Sha was dumbfounded; in his memory, the Nether River Patriarch was a dominant cult master with a dignified and awe-inspiring presence, exuding an aura of terrifying authority. Yet here he was, submitting to a worthless Rabbit! Lan Sha struggled to accept this and even wondered if he had heard wrong...

Without a word, Qin Shou turned to leave.

The Nether River Patriarch lifted his leg and with a kick, forced Lan Sha to kneel, commanding, "Kneel down, kowtow, three thousand six hundred times, not one less!"

After sternly reprimanding Lan Sha, the Nether River Patriarch waved his big sleeve and approached the Rabbit.

In that moment, with his back to Lan Sha, assured that Lan Sha couldn’t see what was going on here, the old man’s stern expression immediately morphed into a friendly smile, and he chuckled, "Rabbit, is that satisfactory?"

As Qin Shou looked at the Nether River Patriarch before him, about to say something...

...he heard the Nether River Patriarch speak mentally, "Rabbit, give me some face, there are so many people watching."

Qin Shou really wanted to say, I won’t give you face. But upon reflection, it seemed that the Nether River Patriarch had been fairly reasonable toward him.

One should be lenient wherever it is possible, so Qin Shou bowed respectfully and said aloud, "Many thanks to the Patriarch for upholding justice! The Patriarch is fair, the Patriarch is mighty, may the Patriarch reign for thousands of generations, the Patriarch unifies the underworld, the Patriarch..."

"Enough, enough... You don’t sound sincere at all, stop talking." the Nether River Patriarch waved his hand, indicating for the Rabbit to shut up; the flattery was making him blush.

Qin Shou grinned and said, "Patriarch, my friend has spent her whole life wanting to enter that whatever tower of yours. Could you help her out?"

At this point, Hanyue was utterly dumbfounded!

She couldn’t wrap her head around the idea that the tearful old man she’d seen before was actually the Nether River Patriarch!

Even more puzzling to her was why he acted so subservient in front of Rabbit...

But upon closer inspection, she realized that it wasn’t that the Nether River Patriarch was afraid of Rabbit, but rather that he harbored a complex and indescribable sentiment. The old man looked at Qin Shou as if he were seeing a younger relative, with kindness and affability that were utterly unlike the Nether River Patriarch who, according to legend, would take your family’s life at the slightest disagreement.