The Ghost King suddenly turned around and asked, “How do you know that?”

The old monk said with a smile, “You finally managed to leave this blasted place, so why in the world would you ever come back for no reason? Also, I just happened to bump into someone just now. This is a place where living people never appear, so who else could you be chasing?”

“Where is she?” the Ghost King quickly asked, thinking he was talking about Jing Teng.[1]

The old monk didn’t answer; instead, he replied, “How about I tell you as soon as you help and free me?”

The Ghost King sneered and replied, “Do you think that’s a fair trade?”

The old monk replied, “The trade doesn’t seem fair if you just see it as an ordinary transaction, but it actually depends on how much you care about that person.”

The Ghost King didn’t back down despite the monk’s coercion, saying, “I heard you roaring earlier. It seems you suffered quite a bit because of that person.”

The old monk’s face warped as soon as he heard those words. He had been about to use that kid’s flesh to leave the seal using...