38 Don't be afraid, I will protect you

The moment they entered the Xuantian Secret Realm, the surroundings suddenly turned pure white, and they were blinded by a dazzling flash of light.

When the white light faded, the scene changed suddenly.

It was actually daytime inside.

Fu Changgeng was the first to explain: "The climate, temperature, and time inside are fixed and will not change. If you want to know the time outside, you need to time it yourself."

"We came in at about the first day of the evening, which means that we can stay here for a little more than two days." "

When the time is up, the top of the secret realm will automatically open, and we can use the "Escape Talisman" to get out before the secret realm closes. "

The "Earth Escape Talisman" is the most important thing to bring when entering the secret realm. If you don't even bring this, you deserve to be trapped in there for the rest of your life.

But Ji Chen didn't bring it, he was reluctant to spend money to buy that thing.

Anyway, the spirit stones he brought with him must be enough for three days, and then he can just fly out from the teleportation array on the third floor of the secret realm. It's not like he doesn't know the way.

The four of them walked for a while and found that this place was no different from an ordinary forest.

The towering trees were lush and green. There

were red mud and fallen leaves under their feet, mixed with dust and dew.

The vegetation was all ordinary vegetation, there were no precious fairy herbs, and there was no monster to be seen.

Ji Chen couldn't help wondering: Has the first floor been changed to be so simple now?

This secret realm, Jichen, is designed with three levels in total.

The first level is the misty forest, the second level is the yellow wind quicksand, and the third level is the ice and snow.

Now the four of them are in the misty forest on the first level.

The "misty forest" was supposed to be, but where is the mist? Not only

is the mist gone, but the monsters hiding in the mist that could pop out at any time are also gone.

Didn't they say that only the level of the monsters would be lowered?

Now they have been directly deleted.

It is equivalent to going from the difficulty of hell to the simple difficulty.

It makes the four of them feel like they are not in the secret realm at all, but rather like they are on a picnic in the wild.

Huang Yuntian couldn't help but say, "Why is this secret realm so empty? There's nothing here. Why are we here?"

Fu Changgeng said, "You have a map. Let's see how to get to the second floor. Maybe everything is there."

"Oh, right!"

Huang Yuntian slapped his forehead, took out the map from his storage bag, and studied it carefully.

"We should be here now..."

"Oh no, here..."

"No, no, it's here, right...?"

"What kind of map is this? It draws such a large area of ​​identical forests... There are forests all around here. Who knows where we are!"

Huang Yuntian was so angry that he almost tore up the map.

Even Fu Changgeng frowned after taking a look at the map, "I guess you bought a fake."

"I'm so angry, I spent several hundred taels, it's really a rip-off!"

Ji Chen quietly walked over and took a peek at the map.

At first, Ji Chen thought it was because the two of them had low IQs, but it turned out that the map was really a rip-off.

Even he, a terrain designer, couldn't understand it.

But if he wanted to find the way, it wouldn't be that difficult for him.

Ji Chen stretched out a hand from behind the two of them and pointed to the bottom of the map, "We should be here."

"How do you know?" Huang Yuntian turned around and wondered.

"Didn't we pass by a small pond just now? Isn't there one drawn here too?"

Ji Chen pointed to a round unidentified object on the map and made up a random remark.

But the two men didn't realize that Ji Chen was talking nonsense, and they believed it.

"It seems so..."

Ji Chen: ...

Although Ji Chen was talking nonsense, he was very sure that the four of them were definitely at the southernmost part of the first floor.

After all, it was his own "baby", and he could recognize it even without a map and relying only on intuition.

Ji Chen continued: "We have to get to the second floor as soon as possible, and the teleportation array from the first floor to the second floor..."

His finger moved from the bottom to a particularly simple circular array drawn in the northwest direction, "It's here."

"So far? Let's fly over with the sword." Huang Yuntian suggested.

"No." Fu Changgeng refused: "You can't use the sword."

"Why?"

"Controlling the sword will generate a large amount of spiritual pressure, and this secret realm can't bear it. Moreover, the great elder sealed all of our sword-control abilities yesterday, have you forgotten that?"

"Oh... I really forgot." Huang Yuntian was a little disappointed, "It's so far, it will take us the next day to walk there."

"Use your spiritual power to increase your running speed, it will be very fast."

After Fu Changgeng made the suggestion, he looked at the person who was running and it was indeed Ji Chen, "However, you and that casual cultivator may have to walk slower."

The meaning was very clear - he felt that the two of them did not have enough spiritual power.

Ji Chen said generously: "It's okay, you two go first. Neither he nor I are in a hurry. It doesn't matter if we go to the second floor the next day... He is weak to begin with, so it's normal for him to have less things."

He made a decision for Gu Nianchen.

The main reason was that Ji Chen felt that Gu Nianchen was not in a hurry.

Moreover, Gu Nianchen did not object.

He has been very quiet since he joined Ji Chen's team. He didn't talk and had no emotions.

He didn't show any excitement or fear.

He didn't have greed or pursuit.

It was like they were really here for an outing.

Fu Changgeng looked at Ji Chen with a complicated expression. He didn't think much of Ji Chen at first, but the last trip to ask for medicine made him look at Ji Chen with a new perspective.

But he couldn't tell why he was impressed by him.

In the end, Fu Changgeng didn't say anything.

Besides, it seems that the first floor is not difficult at all, so he left Ji Chen there without any worries.

Huang Yuntian of course ran after Fu Changgeng without saying a word.

In a moment, the two disappeared from Ji Chen's sight.

Ji Chen was afraid that they would not leave!

Now that there are no two pairs of eyes that know him, he can finally show his skills.

It just so happens that the new "little brother" seems to need to be taken care of by himself, and he seems to be very obedient and easy to take care of.

After the two walked away, Ji Chen approached Gu Nianchen, put his hand on his shoulder and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

Gu Nianchen did not dislike Ji Chen's closeness.

He tilted his head slightly and cast his gaze towards Ji Chen who was walking side by side with him. There was a barely perceptible wave in his eyes.

The eyes that were originally as deep as a pool of water seemed to be brushed by a breeze, and there were circles of fine ripples.

After staring at Ji Chen for a while, Gu Nianchen said, "I knew you wouldn't abandon me."

"You even pretended to be weak for me and were rejected by them."

Ji Chen was embarrassed.

For some reason, the appearance of Gu Nianchen inevitably reminded him of the days when he was a disciple.

He remembered that the first sentence he said to Gui Tong was - Don't be afraid, I will protect you.

At that time, Gui Tong was very small, nodded obediently, hugged his thigh, and didn't let go.

Ji Chen asked him if he was willing to go with him, and he went with him without any hesitation.

Thinking of this, Ji Chen fell into depression again.

How good was the Ghost Eye before. If he hadn't listened to the system and forced him to become a demon, he wouldn't have forced such a well-behaved disciple to become crazy now.