Seal Lifted, Subduing Hai Bodong (Please Bookmark)

"Long time no see."

Thinking he was speaking to her, Su Hongyu hurriedly replied with a trace of resentment, "You jerk, every time I came looking for you over the past month, Shaluo always said you were in seclusion. Why have you suddenly come here?"

Su Hongyu thought he had come specifically to find her.

Who would have thought that Chen Mo did not even spare her a glance? He walked straight to the counter and smiled. "Does our previous agreement still stand?"

Bang!

The map Hai Bodong had been working on was covered in icy energy, turning to ice and shattering in an instant. His gaze swept over Chen Mo, and when he confirmed that the aura was coming from him, his expression immediately turned strange.

Why does this kid have Queen Medusa's aura on him?

The thought flashed through his mind.

Hearing this, Hai Bodong recalled what had happened a month ago and asked excitedly, "Did you successfully refine the pill?"

"Are you that excited?" Seeing Hai Bodong suddenly become so agitated, Chen Mo hurriedly took two steps back. "No."

Hai Bodong frowned, his tone icy. "Then why have you come to see this old man?"

"Although I didn't successfully refine the Barrier Breaking Pill, I have another way to remove the seal in your body."

"Another way?" Hai Bodong's eyes flickered as he instinctively looked at the black-robed figure behind Chen Mo. His expression changed at once. Although she had not revealed her cultivation, the powerful aura faintly radiating from her far surpassed his own.

"A Dou Emperor."

Hai Bodong's tone immediately became much friendlier. "No matter the method, as long as it can remove the seal in my body, this old man will keep his word."

Chen Mo nodded. "Then I can take a look at the fragment map now, right?"

"Of course. Please follow this old man inside."

Just as the group headed toward the secret chamber, Su Hongyu suddenly stepped forward. "Chen Mo, I'm talking to you. Why are you ignoring me?"

"Girl, don't be rude. He is this old man's honored guest." Having been stopped, Hai Bodong frowned, annoyed by the woman in the red dress who came here every day.

"Oh, so it was you. Why are you here too?" Only then did Chen Mo notice that the woman in the shop was Su Hongyu.

"What..." Feeling as if she had no presence at all, and after being sharply reprimanded by Hai Bodong, Su Hongyu grew timid, her eyes reddening.

"You know each other?"

"More or less."

Seeing that they knew each other, Hai Bodong's expression softened slightly. "Go home. You need not come again in the future. I was born to love freedom, and I will not take you as my disciple. This is a low-grade Xuan-class Dou Skill. Take it back and study it well."

After saying that, the three entered the secret chamber.

Not long after the three entered the secret chamber, the tears lingering in Su Hongyu's eyes vanished at once, and the grievance on her face was swept away, replaced by wild delight.

"As expected of a Misty Cloud Sect disciple. She really has influence."

"Miss, then we..."

"Let's go. We won't need to come anymore. Acting every day is exhausting."

"Ding, Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map discovered. You may spend 1 Fortune Point to Plunder it."

After confirming that the item in his hand was the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map, Chen Mo stored it in his Storage Ring.

Seeing Chen Mo's action, Hai Bodong said, "This old man split this fragment map into two back then. There is also—"

Old bastard.

Chen Mo cursed inwardly, then took out a green talisman from the system and tossed it to him.

"Repeat after me."

"..."

Although Hai Bodong could not understand what Chen Mo was saying, he still held the talisman and began to recite.

As soon as he finished, the talisman shattered and green light flared, turning Hai Bodong green from head to toe.

The next moment, a tiny dark green energy snake mark suddenly appeared on Hai Bodong's forehead, then shattered and disappeared.

Seeing this, Yun Yun, clad in black robes, revealed a shocked expression before a trace of shame appeared on her beautiful face.

She recalled how Chen Mo had also taken out this kind of talisman for her in the Beast Mountain Range.

But she had not believed him and had not used it, leaving the seal to trouble her for several days.

As the seal was lifted, a solid-looking gleam suddenly shot out from Hai Bodong's murky eyes. A vast aura, as though it had lain dormant within his body for a long time, abruptly awakened.

"This damned seal has finally been lifted. This old man has returned to the Dou Emperor realm!"

Hai Bodong's body rose into the air. A pair of wings made of ice condensed behind his back as he threw his head back and laughed wildly, his laughter echoing throughout the secret chamber.

That talisman had not only lifted his seal. Given sufficient energy, it could even instantly restore his strength to its peak from back then.

Hai Bodong narrowed his eyes. The next moment, icy mist emerged from the floor and surrounding walls, condensing into ice spikes in a short time.

Chen Mo and Yun Yun spread their wings and took to the air.

Behind Chen Mo, a pair of half-black, half-purple wings entwined with thunder and fire was especially eye-catching.

The three hovered at the same height. Hai Bodong's gaze met Chen Mo's, faint coldness flickering between them.

Looking at the youth's strange wings, Hai Bodong recalled the great battle outside Desert City some time ago. The immense aura had naturally drawn him to watch from a corner.

He had happened to see the pressure radiating from Chen Mo, the kind that only a Dou Zong could possess.

Then he heard passing mercenaries speak of the five Dou Kings who had appeared at Lingyan Pavilion Restaurant, as well as the Dou Emperor accompanying him today.

Everything told Hai Bodong that Chen Mo had an unfathomably powerful force behind him.

I can only befriend him, never make an enemy of him.

As this thought flashed through his mind, a friendly smile appeared on Hai Bodong's aged face, and the icy mist in the secret chamber dispersed.

Hai Bodong slowly descended to the ground, the chill around him receding. Cupping his fists, he apologized, "My strength was suddenly restored, making the Dou Qi in my body difficult to control. I disturbed you, little brother. Please forgive me."

"Is that so..." Chen Mo said teasingly. "Elder Hai, if you hadn't explained yourself, I would have thought you wanted to fight me."

"How would I dare?" Seeing Chen Mo's fearless manner, Hai Bodong became even more certain that he had a powerful background and silently rejoiced that he had not fallen out with him just now.

Hai Bodong took out another fragment map from his robes and handed it to Chen Mo with a smile. "This is the other half of the fragment map."

After hearing the system prompt and confirming that it was genuine, Chen Mo smiled and stored it in his Storage Ring. Then he said, "Elder Hai, now that your seal has been lifted, does our agreement still stand?"

"Of course it does. From now on, this old man will follow the Pavilion Master's lead."

"You're overstating it. I said before that ours is a cooperative relationship." Though he said that, Chen Mo was very satisfied with Hai Bodong's attitude.

Chen Mo continued, "I plan to establish an intelligence division for Lingyan Pavilion in the Black Corner Region, and I intend to have Elder Hai serve as its person in charge."

"What do you think, Elder Hai?"

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