Chapter 108: Hai Bo Dong's Surprise

  The ball of Dou Qi, just about to reach Hai Bo Dong, was suddenly frozen into a block of ice by a burst of chilling cold that emerged, and it subsequently dropped weakly beside the old man.

  the Dou Qi turning into ice, the woman in the red dress's beautiful eyes gleamed with surprise. It was yet another instance of the old man revealing his astonishing power.

  "This guy really doesn't know aer; he dared to make a move against Master Ice. I 't wait to see what happens to you ter," the woman thought, regaining her posure and looking at Gu He with a somewhat malicious glint in her eyes.

  In her view, the cold and reserved Master Ice would never let this white-cd man off easily. However, her thoughts were nothing more than wishful thinking.

  Following Gu He's intervention, Hai Bo Dong had indeed ceased his as. He shifted his gaze from the map in his hand, and his withered and frosty face revealed a serious expression when he looked at the white-cd man before him.

  Clearly, Gu He's addressing him as "Old Man Hai" had uled him.

  "You are..."

  Hai Bo Dong scrutinized Gu He, and a sense of familiarity welled up within him. He was certain he had met this man before but couldn't recollect it instantly.

  It wasn't surprising. When Gu He and Hai Bo Dong had met, Gu He had been a spirited young man. Now, over a decade ter, Gu He's appearance had transformed signifitly.

  Moreu He had ied the demeanor of a Wanderer, and his overall presence was far from what it once was.

  Hai Bo Dong looked at the handsome and elegant man before him, full of charm and grace. He uzzled and skeptical about the stranger's true identity.

  "Who is this person? From the way he addressed me earlier, it's clear he reizes me."

  Seeing Hai Bo Dong's bewildered expression, Gu He couldn't help but notice that the old man hadn't reized him at all.

  With a bitter smile, Gu He spoke, "What's the matter, Ice Emperor? It's been so long, and you 't reize me, Gu He?"

  "Back then, someone offered a high priy allegiance. He provided a sixth-grade elixir recipe, remember?"

  Upon hearing this, Hai Bo Dong's mind was suddenly illuminated, and he excimed, "You're... Gu He?"

  With Gu He providing su obvious clue, there was no way Hai Bo Dong couldn't remember.

  Beside them, the woman in the red dress watched as Gu He not only didn't attack but also engaged in versation with Master Ice. Her expression dispyed a hint of surprise. She cast a brief g Gu He and slightly furrowed her eyebrows.

  Who was this guy, and why was Master Ice treating him so differently? Jealousy began to stir within the woman.

  After all the times she had tried to deal with Master I her own, he had reated her with such kindness.

  "This guy..."

  In her heart, the woman in the red dress was feeliful and reparing to go bad have someone iigate Gu He's in when suddenly the words that came out of their mouths left her stiff as if struck by lightning.

  Of course, it wasn't just her; within the shop, the three young men and several burly men, after hearing the name Gu He from Hai Bo Dong's mouth, all became rigid, their entire bodies seemingly frozen.

  "Gu... Gu He..."

  "Dan King Gu He!"

  Ihe shop, ead every gaze was filled with astonishment and disbelief as they stared at the white-cd Gu He before them. Their minds were struggling to process the situation.

  In the Jia Ma Empire, the name of Dan King Gu He was widely known.

  So, upon hearing the name Gu He, the woman in the red dress and the others instinctively thought of the legendary Dan King Gu He. Ihe shop, as they observed Gu He casually versing with Hai Bo Dong, their disdainful expressions gradually softened.

  Although she was arrogant, she wasn't foolish. Seeing the mysterious old man's attitude tu He and their versation, she was well aware that the white-cd man before her had araordinary background.

  With this in mind, the woman in the red dress wore a somewhat bitter smile.

  After a brief hesitation, she timidly said, "Master Ice..."

  Their versation interrupted, Hai Bo Dong slightly furrowed his brows and gave the woman in the red dress a gnce. He said indifferently, "You go baow. There's o e again iure. Tell your father that his tricks are somewhat feeble."

  Hearing Hai Bo Dong's dismissive words, the woman in the red dress froze for a moment, her eyes reddening, and she bit her red lips. Her iion had been to have Hai Bo Dong accept her as a student, but his words clearly dashed her hopes.

  At that moment, the woma wronged, her eyes misting over as her long eyeshes became damp. In her current state, she no longer dispyed the same arrogance she had shown tu He earlier.

  Seeing Hai Bo Dong's indifferent attitude, Gu He couldn't help but shake his head. This old man had a stubbor indeed. While the woman's arrogant attitude had left a bad impression on him, she was, after all, w for Hai Bo Dong. She had been putting in a lot of effort to win Hai Bo Dong's favor.

  However, it seemed that this stubborn and indifferent old man still had ional e with her. It seemed that this old man's temperament matched his title as the Ice Emperor.

  "Hai Old Man, with your status, treating a woman like this really devalues you..." Gu He shook his head slightly and toyed with a map on the ter, jokingly remarking.

  Upon hearing this, Hai Bo Dong paused for a moment, gazing at Gu He's smiling face. After a while, he smiled and nodded. With a light touch of his finger on a yellow ste ring on his fiip, scroll after scroll appeared, and he flicked oowards the woman in the red dress, saying with a hint of helplessness, "This is a low-level Profound-Ranked Dou Teique. Since you've helped me for so long, I'll give it to you. I know you wanted me to accept you as a student, but I really don't have that iion. So sider this as my pensation."

  Receiving the scroll dazedly, the woman in the red dress tightly bit her lips. After a while, she bent slightly, expressing gratitude to Gu He. Then, with a downcast face, she exited the shop.

  Following the departure of the woman in the red dress, the others in the shop followed suit. In an instant, the shop returo its deserted state.

  "Hehe, I've always been a person who loves freedom and doesn't particurly like teag students. She followed me, but there's not much future for her," Hai Bo Dong expined with a smile after the woma.

  Smilily, Gu He looked at Hai Bo Dong and said, "That's true. The renowned Ice Emperor wouldn't easily take on disciples."

  Upon hearing this, Hai Bo Dong looked at Gu He, his gaze showing a hint of fusion. "Gu He, how did you find this pce?"

  (End of this chapter)