He already had a suspicion, but he still needed to confirm it.
Hai Bodong crossed his arms and leaned against another intact grand armchair. He shot Mite'er Tengshan an annoyed glance at his comical appearance, snorted, and then introduced him.
"This is the Xiao Qing I mentioned to you before, my great benefactor!
"If young friend Xiao Qing had not stepped in righteously to help me break the seal and refine the Restoration Purple Pill, forget about seeing me now—even finding a place to collect my corpse would have been impossible for you, old fellow!"
Although his tone was unfriendly, the gratitude and respect in Hai Bodong's eyes when he mentioned Xiao Qing were entirely genuine.
"This is the young friend Xiao Qing you spoke of before, the one with unfathomable abilities?!"
Despite the pain on his face, Mite'er Tengshan could not help crying out. He lowered the ice pack in his hand and struggled to sit upright.
A few months ago, Hai Bodong had secretly returned to the family like a ghost, and Mite'er Tengshan had been overjoyed at the time.
He had never believed that this old friend would perish so easily. He had always been convinced that something had merely held him back.
The facts had proven his judgment correct.
At the time, Hai Bodong had roughly told him about his experiences over the past decade or so, including how Queen Medusa had sealed him.
He had also told him how he had encountered Xiao Qing in Desert City and received his assistance.
From that day onward, Mite'er Tengshan had been filled with curiosity and gratitude toward this mysterious youth called Xiao Qing, who could break a Dou Emperor's seal.
He knew very well that without Xiao Qing, Hai Bodong would likely never recover in his lifetime,