Old Acquaintance, Ice Emperor Hai Bodong

Xiao Yi Xian said gently, "Sister Yun Yun, Sir is truly thoughtful. He saved me too, which is why I have remained at Peach Forest Mountain."

"Hm?" Yun Yun turned her head in confusion. So Xiao Yi Xian had not always been Sir's attendant?

Yun Yun had always assumed they were master and servant. Xiao Yi Xian helped Sir warm his bed, scrub his back, and so on. She had never expected Xiao Yi Xian to be someone Sir had rescued.

Xiao Yi Xian told Yun Yun everything that had happened to her. Yun Yun had not expected Xiao Yi Xian to be the inheritor of the Calamity Poison Body.

Had Sir not helped her, her Calamity Poison Body would likely have already erupted. Only those who had experienced that heart-rending pain could understand it.

From then on, Xiao Yi Xian swore that she would follow Sir for the rest of her life.

Yun Yun pursed her lips and gazed at the shimmering lake. A trace of complicated emotion flashed through her eyes. Perhaps her feelings had left the Misty Cloud Sect with him when she exchanged for the Amethyst Spirit Crystal.

Jiang Cheng reached the Tagor Desert, located in the northwest of the Jia Ma Empire, in less than half a day.

Perhaps because it was close to the desert, the weather here was exceptionally dry and scorching. Blazing sunlight poured down from the sky, baking the earth beneath his feet until waves of suffocating heat constantly rose from it.

The heat slowly drifted upward, even causing one's vision to become slightly distorted and blurred.

Jiang Cheng rather disliked this kind of place, where the daytime heat was enough to muddle one's mind, while the temperature plummeted at night. He had personally experienced it when he was still a Dou Wang.

Fortunately, he had now reached the Dou Saint realm, so this temperature posed no threat to him. Next, he only needed to visit an old friend.

At the outskirts of the Tagor Desert stood a shop that sold maps.

In this desolate Tagor Desert, the shop was exceptionally conspicuous. If one did not look carefully, one might truly mistake it for a common desert mirage.

Jiang Cheng raised his head to glance at the banner hanging above the shop, then casually walked inside.

The room was not large, but it was exceptionally tidy. Many scrolls were placed on the cabinets along the side. There was no need to think about it; these had to be maps of the Tagor Desert.

Behind the counter sat an old man with his head lowered, meticulously making a map.

The old man was clearly quite advanced in age. Although his hair was entirely white, the withered hand holding the black drawing pen remained steady and strong.

When he sensed someone enter, the old man did not move. Instead, he said coldly,

"Take whatever you want. The maps are on the cabinets."

Jiang Cheng glanced at the maps covered in yellow sand and shook his head helplessly. "Ice Emperor, it's been eight years. You're still the same. You can't even be bothered to clean up."

At those words, the room's temperature instantly dropped dozens of times over. A powerful shockwave erupted, and at a speed visible to the naked eye, a ring of ice-blue Dou Qi spread around the old man's body.

The Ice Emperor, one of the Ten Great Experts of Jia Ma Empire, had once fought two Dou Emperors alone at his peak. His strength could only be described as terrifying!

Hai Bodong stared gravely at the man before him and could not help sucking in a cold breath. "Jiang Cheng! I didn't expect you to still be alive!"

"Old Hai, was I not supposed to be alive?"

Jiang Cheng smiled, sat down directly on the floor, picked up the teapot beside him, and poured himself a cup of iced water.

Hai Bodong's mouth twitched. The two had known each other eight years ago. Back then, Jiang Cheng had promised to help him refine a Po E Pill, but after entering the depths of the Tagor Desert, that fellow had never returned.

He had even suspected that Jiang Cheng had died at Queen Medusa's hands. He had wanted to search for him countless times, but the Sealing Technique had left him no choice but to remain here and wait.

"You brat, you finally came back. Where's the Po E Pill you promised me?"

Hai Bodong asked impatiently. He had waited a full eight years, and he could no longer wait to regain the Dou Emperor realm.

Jiang Cheng took out a special Sixth-Grade Pill and pushed it in front of Hai Bodong. "This is the Sixth-Grade Pill, the Po E Pill. After taking it, the seal within your body will be undone. However, once the seal is lifted, I want you to accompany me to the Snake People Tribe in the depths of the Tagor Desert."

Pfft!

Hai Bodong, who had just been celebrating his imminent return to the Dou Emperor realm, immediately looked stunned. His mouth twitching, he grabbed Jiang Cheng by the collar.

"You still want to get this old man killed? Back then, this old man disregarded the seal and barged into the Snake People Tribe for your sake. This old man nearly got killed!"

"You have Dou Qi Wings, but this old man only has two legs!"

Jiang Cheng coughed awkwardly twice. That had indeed happened... but he had drawn Queen Medusa away back then. Otherwise, Hai Bodong would have long since become a ghost beneath her blade.

"My fault."

Jiang Cheng shrugged and held his Folding Fan in front of the Po E Pill. "But if Old Hai refuses, then I cannot give you this Po E Pill."

Hai Bodong: "..."

I have never seen such a shameless person. Jiang Cheng is the first!

After pondering for a long while, Hai Bodong clenched his fists. "Fine. This old man will accompany you once more. Once it is done, you must refine a Fu Ling Zi Pill for me!"

Although the Fu Ling Zi Pill was only a Fifth-grade Pill, it could eliminate the aftereffects of being sealed, allowing Hai Bodong to return to the Five-star Dou Emperor realm or even higher within a short time.

Jiang Cheng nodded without hesitation. He ate Fifth-grade Pills like candy, so naturally he did not care much about them.

Seeing this, Hai Bodong impatiently picked up the Po E Pill from the table and tossed it directly into his mouth. He had known Jiang Cheng for years and had fought alongside him, so naturally he was not afraid Jiang Cheng would poison him.

Dense power continuously surged through Hai Bodong's limbs and bones, while powerful Dou Qi rolled on endlessly like surging waves.

Jiang Cheng walked over to where the maps were kept. After feeling around for a while, he found a worn Fragmented Map. It marked a special location, so there was no need to think about it; it had to be a treasure map.

As a loyal fan of Battle Through the Heavens, Jiang Cheng naturally knew what it was. It was a Fragmented Map of Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, ranked third on the Heavenly Flame Ranking and feared by countless people.

Even Dou Saints desperately sought the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Yet ever since the Nether Demonic Lotus Saint had fallen, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had never appeared again.

Now, the fragments of the map were the key to finding the location of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

With one fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map in hand, there was still another portion of the map. However, the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong had neatly cut it into two pieces. He could demand it after Hai Bodong recovered.