Mu Qinglan stood to the side, watching silently, and understood in an instant...
None of the people who ran with Chun Xiaobai were ordinary.
Fang Yuan was slick, speaking human words to humans and ghost talk to ghosts;
Bai Yutang was deceitful, never even blinking when he lied;
As for Bai Jin'er... she was a sweet, innocent airhead who wanted to sleep with Chun Xiaobai every single day.
Each was more outrageous than the last.
Sure enough, not just anyone qualified to join Chun Xiaobai's stronghold. At the very least, they had to be rotten beyond the heavens in some particular way.
Of course, those old fellows also realized why Chun Xiaobai had never accepted any other chiefs.
It wasn't that the Great King didn't want them. They were simply too kindhearted.
They weren't even qualified.
After the money was divided, Xiao Zhang grinned broadly and sidled up to Chun Xiaobai again. "Great King, don't you think our stronghold is missing something?"
Chun Xiaobai glanced at him. "Missing what?"
Xiao Zhang slapped his thigh. "A Stronghold Madam!"
Beside them, Bai Jin'er's ears immediately pricked up.
Xiao Zhang didn't notice and continued, "With a Great King as handsome, mighty, and imposing as you, how could our stronghold be without a Stronghold Madam?"
As he spoke, he leaned toward Chun Xiaobai's ear and lowered his voice.
"Great King, I think Ye Liuli and Qin Ruoxue would be perfect. Those figures... those faces... tsk, tsk, tsk!"
"If we travel another hundred thousand li, we'll pass right by the Mystic Ice Palace. How about I kidnap Qin Ruoxue for you then, and trick Ye Liuli into coming out too?"
The moment he finished, a dainty foot came flying toward him.
Thump!
Xiao Zhang went flying, shrinking into a black speck in the distance in