Capturing Chrysanthemum Ghost as a Miner, Dugu Bo's Little-Known Past

No way!

Do you think I'm an idiot, unable to see that you're itching to land a punch on me too?

"Damn it!"

Dugu Bo completely lost his composure: "Can't you just tough it out a bit, like Chrysanthemum Pass, and give me at least a little chance to show off? I only threw one punch, and you surrender. Don't you care about Martial Soul Hall's dignity at all?"

Gui Mei sat cross-legged in meditation, eyes closed, unmoved.

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Dignity!

Hah!

What's that worth, a few cents?

Whoever wants it can have it, I'm not taking it.

After all, if I did take it, you'd damn well pounce over and give me a few thumping punches.

Do I have a screw loose in my head to want that?

Chrysanthemum Pass took one punch from you and got embedded right there.

With my frail build, I can't follow in Chrysanthemum Pass's footsteps.

Seeing that Gui Mei absolutely refused to strike.

Dugu Bo had no temper left.

"Fine, alright, old ghost, you're ruthless enough!"

"You think just because you won't fight, I can't deal with you?"

Dugu Bo suddenly let out a sinister chuckle.

Then he walked over to Gu Changge: "Changge, what do you think of these two old geezers?"

Gu Changge heard this and gave Dugu Bo a knowing, half-smiling look: "What are you getting at, old man?"

"How about we drag these two over to our place and use them as laborers?"

Dugu Bo grinned slyly: "After all, over there, we're still short on hands in plenty of places!"

From the moment he spoke.

Gu Changge already knew what this old fox was plotting.

But dragging them over as laborers didn't seem like a bad idea.

A Title Douluo-level combat force.

Give them the Steve Physique.

In the current original MC World.

They'd basically be able to walk all over it.

As long as they didn't court death.

It'd be nearly impossible to die.

Bringing them over would indeed make them golden laborers.

"Alright!"

After a moment's thought, Gu Changge gave a clear answer.

Then, the smile on Dugu Bo's face turned twisted.

"Come on, old ghost, let's talk something over!"

Saying this, Dugu Bo pulled Gui Mei aside.

"Damn it!"

Seeing Dugu Bo's twisted, grinning face, Gui Mei felt thoroughly unsettled.

"Don't you come near me!!!"

But unfortunately, a ninety-ninth-level Limit Douluo was something he couldn't refuse.

And then, Gui Mei was forcibly dragged into the MC World to discuss matters.

Oh, and while being dragged in, Chrysanthemum Pass, who had nearly seen his great-grandmother from that punch, couldn't escape either.

"Are they the Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo you mentioned, Changge, who always like to bully Grandpa?"

If Chrysanthemum and Ghost had appeared in the past, no one could stay calm.

But now, to Gu Changge and the others, this was just a minor interlude.

Facing Dugu Yan's curious questioning.

Gu Changge rubbed his chin, pondering how to explain this.

Regarding the relationship between Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Pass.

When I used to read novels, I only knew they were enemies.

But after actually coming to the Douluo Continent, Gu Changge slowly came to understand

that their relationship wasn't purely adversarial.

Otherwise, with Chrysanthemum and Ghost inseparable and possessing the [Two Elements Still Domain] Martial Soul Fusion Skill, how could Dugu Bo have survived their pursuit?

"How should I put it?"

After a moment, Gu Changge organized his words: "It's not really just pure bullying, either."

"Compared to that, I think their relationship is more like those friends who secretly admire each other but clash openly like fire and water—frenemies!"

Gu Changge weighed his words carefully and finally gave what he thought was an accurate answer.

"Frenemies?"

Dugu Yan asked curiously: "Is there something between Grandpa and those two that I don't know about?"

"Of course there is! And plenty!"

Before Gu Changge could speak, Ye Guanlan laughed and took over the conversation.

Then Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Gu Changge himself all turned to look at Ye Guanlan with curiosity.

In the eighteen years since crossing over to the Douluo Continent, Gu Changge had pieced together a general understanding of Dugu Bo's relationship with Chrysanthemum and Ghost through his own means.

But he didn't know the specifics very clearly either.

So now, hearing Comrade Old Ye's words, he suddenly became interested.

After all, gossip is human nature.

How could he not be curious?

Ye Guanlan saw Gu Changge and the others all looking at him with full curiosity.

Then, with a mysterious expression, he said: "You definitely don't know this, but back when they first started venturing the continent, the Old Man and Chrysanthemum Pass were inseparable. That guy Gui Mei was actually just the Old Man's replacement!"

"???"

Gu Changge was dumbfounded.

He mentally typed out three question marks.

Comrade Old Ye, are you serious?

The old man and Chrysanthemum Pass were the original pair?

Then what about Gui Mei?

Was he a third-party interloper?

The reason the old man and Chrysanthemum Pass spent their whole lives in love and hate

was because Gui Mei stole him away???

In Gu Changge's mind, a hundred-episode, ridiculously melodramatic cuckold short drama instantly played out.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lengling, though lacking Gu Changge's wild imagination, still wore stunned expressions after hearing this.

"How is that possible?"

Dugu Yan said incredulously: "Uncle Ye, you must be joking with us. How could Grandpa have been teammates with that Chrysanthemum Douluo? I've never heard him mention it!"

"Of course you wouldn't have heard!"

Ye Guanlan laughed: "Because when you were still in your mother's belly, the Old Man had already fallen out with Chrysanthemum and they went their separate ways!"

At this point, Ye Guanlan sighed: "Actually, when you get down to it, this matter has something to do with you, Yanzi!"

"It has to do with me?"

Dugu Yan became even more curious.

"That's right!"

Ye Guanlan was enjoying the storytelling.

But unfortunately, his mysterious, teasing manner

was immediately interrupted by Mu Qingyu, who slapped him aside.

"If you're going to talk, just talk. What's with all this rambling and beating around the bush?"

Mu Qingyu said irritably: "Yan Yan, don't listen to his nonsense. The Old Man falling out with Chrysanthemum Douluo has nothing to do with you."

As she spoke, Mu Qingyu shot Ye Guanlan a glare.

Ye Guanlan got angry at the sight, but that was all—just anger.

After his anger subsided, he muttered quietly, "I was just trying to lighten the mood, you know?"

Mu Qingyu shot him a glance. "Lighten the mood by spouting nonsense?"

Ye Guanlan shrank his neck and didn't dare say another word.

Dugu Yan, however, had her curiosity fully piqued now. "Aunt Mu, what exactly is going on? Was Grandpa really teammates with Chrysanthemum Douluo back then?"

"Mm."

Mu Qingyu nodded. "Old Man got to know Chrysanthemum Douluo when he first began to Venture the Continent."

"As you know, your family's Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul is inherently flawed. Though it's a poison-type martial soul, it ends up being devoured by the Azure Python Poison instead!"