The Ice Emperor Who Sold Maps in the Desert

On the border of the Jia Ma Empire, in the Desert City near the Tagor Desert, the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, whom everyone was waiting for, was standing in front of an old shop, gazing in the direction of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Compared to the spirited Ice Emperor Hai Bodong of two years ago, he now looks much older!

This applies not only to mindset, but also to appearance!

"Sigh~, the Sect Tournament between the Four Great Empires should be starting soon, right? But what's the point of going back in my current state? I'd just become a laughingstock."

Sighing, Hai Bodong muttered to himself, his face full of bitterness.

Two years ago, after completing his challenge against Yun Shan, Hai Bodong stepped down from his position as patriarch of the Mittel Family.

He then left the Gama Imperial Capital and began traveling around, seeking a further breakthrough in his strength.

His first stop was the Tagor Desert.

Normally, with Hai Bodong 'Dou Emperor cultivation level, he would be able to protect himself even in the Tagor Desert.

But, by sheer bad luck, he ended up in conflict with the Snake-People Tribe, the rulers of the Tagor Desert.

Ultimately, he was sealed away by Queen Medusa of the Snake-People Tribe, and his strength dropped from Dou Emperor to Dou Ling.

Forget about gaining experience and improving his strength; at that moment, Hai Bodong felt like his world had collapsed.

Fortunately, he managed to escape from Queen Medusa and eventually arrived in Desert City.

And so, in the days that followed, Hai Bodong opened a small map shop in Desert City and lived in seclusion there.

Fortunately, Desert City wasn't a major city in the Jia Ma Empire, and even though Hai Bodong's cultivation was sealed at the Dou Ling realm, he could protect himself here.

However, given Hai Bodong's personality, with his cultivation now sealed at the Dou Ling, he would definitely be too embarrassed to go back!

So during this time, Hai Bodong ran his small shop while searching for a way to break the seal within his body.

He certainly knew the date of the Sect Tournament.

But what's the use of knowing that?

With his current cultivation level at the Dou Ling stage, is he just going to be sent to his doom?

So, he could only sigh alone here.

"Whoosh~"

A fierce wind blew, carrying swirling yellow sand. After watching silently for a while, Hai Bodong hunched over and returned to the small shop behind him.

Meanwhile, at the foot of Misty Cloud Mountain, everyone waited and waited, but Hai Bodong never appeared.

"Teng Shan, what's going on with Hai Bodong? He didn't even show up on such an important day?"

Jia Xing Tian Mittel Tengshan over and asked him a question.

As Jia Xing Tian finished speaking, everyone else turned their attention to Mittel Tengshan.

However, when faced with Jia Xing Tian's questioning, Mittel Tengshan could only manage a wry smile.

"Elder Jia, I really don't know where the Grand Elder went! Two years ago, after the Grand Elder stepped down from his position as clan leader, he only told me that he was going out to gain experience for a while."

But the Grand Elder didn't say anything specific, and I didn't dare ask!

Actually, compared to the others, Mittel Tengshan was the most anxious one.

Although he has now become the patriarch of the Mittel Family and possesses the cultivation level of Dou Wang.

However, the pillar of the Hai Bodong family has disappeared, and the family has recently experienced some turmoil.

He came here today mainly to wait for Hai Bodong.

But even on such an important day Sect Tournament, Hai Bodong didn't show up. How could Mittel Tengshan not be anxious?

You should know that once the Mittel Family loses Hai Bodong, their status will drop significantly!

This is something the entire Mittel Family cannot accept.

Seeing that Mittel Tengshan seemed even more anxious than they were, Jia Xing Tian knew that he probably wouldn't be able to get anything out of him.

"Hey, has Hai Bodong forgotten what day it is today?"

At this point, Fa Ma couldn't help but complain.

"If it were just a matter of forgetting what day it is, that would be fine, but if—"

Yun Shan finally spoke up.

However, although he didn't finish his sentence, what he said startled everyone!

"No, the Grand Elder must have been held up by something and couldn't come! That must be it!"

Mittel Tengshan's words sounded more like self-consolation.

But in reality, at that moment, everyone knew what was going on.

That means something must have happened to Hai Bodong!

Now, it remains to be seen whether this accident will be a big or small one.

Immediately, everyone fell silent.

Of course, Xiao Lin had actually guessed the truth.

"It seems Hai Bodong must have offended my future granddaughter-in-law, and now he's reduced to selling maps, hasn't he?"

For some reason, thinking about this, Xiao Lin suddenly felt a little amused.

Just imagine, with Hai Bodong's personality, now he has to sell maps in the desert to make a living, that's truly beyond description!

I'm so frustrated, I can't laugh!

Xiao Lin repeatedly told himself this in his heart before he managed to suppress the urge to laugh.

"And Medusa, huh? If I have the chance, I could go and meet my future granddaughter-in-law—"

After silently considering it in his heart, Xiao Lin did not express any feelings about Hai Bodong's failure to come.

After waiting for a while longer and finding that Hai Bodong still hadn't arrived, Yun Shan decisively decided not to wait any longer!

"We can't keep waiting like this. If we wait any longer, we might not make it to the Cloud Empire in time. As for Hai Bodong, it's up to him."

Hopefully, if nothing goes wrong, he can get to the Cloud Empire on his own.

If something unexpected happens--"

Although Yun Shan didn't explicitly say what he meant, everyone knew what he meant by what he said next.

When Mittel Tengshan heard Yun Shan say this, he opened his mouth but ultimately said nothing more.

After all, this is the only way for now, isn't it?

At the same time, Mittel Tengshan began to silently pray that Hai Bodong was alright.

At this moment, because Hai Bodong failed to arrive, the morale of the group, which had just been boosted by Yun Shan's breakthrough to the Dou Zong Realm, was dampened again.

You have to understand, without Hai Bodong, their Jia Ma Empire would only have two Dou Emperor left!

This will be absolutely disadvantageous for the Battle of the Dou Emperor in the Sect Tournament later on.

And so, after waiting in vain for Hai Bodong, the group had no choice but to send a message to the Cloud Empire.

Since waiting for Hai Bodong had already taken up a lot of time, the group had no choice but to speed up their journey.

At the same time, because everyone had to take care of the group with lower cultivation levels, the speed couldn't be too fast!

And so, after traveling day and night for two days and two nights, the group finally arrived at the Cloud Empire.