"Old Ghost, why are you leaving?"
Just outside Winter City, Ghostly Shadow heard a familiar voice.
He looked up and saw an effeminate-looking man striding through the air toward him.
"Ju Hua Guan, what are you doing here?"
Ghostly Shadow was quite surprised to see him.
The newcomer was Bibi Dong's other trusted lieutenant—his old friend, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan.
By all rights, Yue Guan should have been in Spirit City at this time. Why had he appeared here?
Yue Guan explained, "I heard His Holiness the Pope gave you a mission."
"I had nothing to do lately, so I thought I'd come take a look," Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan said.
But in truth, he had not come merely to take a look.
After learning from Bibi Dong that Ghost Douluo had gone to Winter City, Yue Guan had worried that something might happen to him. He had specifically requested some leave from Bibi Dong and rushed over to watch his back.
After all, Luo Li was far too bizarre.
He had defeated that fellow Old Poison while still a Soul Saint.
There were even rumors that after reaching the Soul Douluo realm, he had managed to overpower Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
Yue Guan simply could not rest easy knowing Ghostly Shadow had gone alone to Winter City, where that man was located.
Though the two often traded barbs, they were truly each other's closest companions within Spirit Hall.
Everyone in Spirit Hall knew how close they were.
"You rascal, did you finish the mission the Pope gave you?"
"Don't tell me Luo Li chased you out?"
Yue Guan covered his mouth and chuckled.
Seeing that Ghostly Shadow seemed unharmed, he resumed his usual mockery.
Ghostly Shadow's expression stiffened beneath his hood, his hoarse, crow-like voice carrying a trace of