It was almost midnight when Jiang Chen came out. The two had talked for quite a while, perhaps because Chen Xue was the first person he had met upon entering the Unusual Person World, the starting point of his journey through this bizarre world. Just a few casual words could stir up countless memories.
For instance, when they talked about the Disfigured Ghost, he remembered that he had actually been a little nervous back then. After all, it had only been the second ghost he had ever dealt with. Only later, once his emotions took over, had he gradually gotten into the swing of things.
Next came one old acquaintance after another.
Zhao Erhu, Lin Youwei, Yang Chan, Qiu Hong, Xu Xingfeng, Xu Lei...
Jiang Chen visited them all.
He also left each of them a Divine Soul fragment as a New Year's gift.
Mainly, he had realized that the future course of the Nine Provinces was straying somewhat beyond his predictions, so he helped these old friends improve their strength a little, giving them a better chance of surviving the coming dangers.
Besides, in this kind of turmoil, greater strength did not necessarily mean better odds of survival. Once someone reached a certain level, they could easily become a target.
For example, back in Divine Spirit Valley, the weakest people the Blood Man had devoured were Half-Kings, while some lower-ranked Great Grandmasters had escaped with their lives.
That was why he left only one fragment each, helping them enter the Grandmaster realm.
The last person he visited was Chen Xiaoyu.
Unexpectedly, she seemed to have already encountered an opportunity of her own and grown much stronger. She had simply been hiding her abilities all along. On the surface, she was approaching the Grandmaster realm, but in reality, she was