"That's Commander Tang's residence. Ever since he was injured, he's locked himself in his room every day!"
Longshan led Jiang Yuan to a barracks, the location of the Northern City Alliance. Because it was close to the inner hall of the Tomb of the Lord of Soldiers, few people knew about it. They would also regularly go out to clear out any threats in the surrounding area, so it was quite safe here.
"Alright, you can all go and do your own thing!" Jiang Yuan sighed and dismissed Long Lei and the others.
"Sir, try to persuade him. We also bear responsibility for what happened to him. If it weren't for covering our retreat, he wouldn't have done this..." Long Shan sighed deeply and didn't continue.
"He can't be that fragile!"
After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he slowly walked towards the barracks.
The door, made of composite materials, creaked.
"Longshan, don't try to persuade me anymore. I'm fine, I just need some peace and quiet!"
The voice was very familiar, but it carried a hint of weariness and a sense of helpless dejection.
Jiang Yuan didn't say anything, but walked towards Tang Yingjun, who was leaning against him.
"Don't worry, so what if I become a cripple! Once we leave the ruins, I can still go back to being an ordinary person. I can get married, have children, and live a peaceful life, which is no worse than you people who live on the edge!" Tang Yingjun took a deep drag on his cigarette.
Jiang Yuan had already stopped behind Tang Yingjun. Looking at the table full of empty bottles and cigarette butts, he slowly reached out and took the half-smoked cigarette from Tang Yingjun's hand, taking a deep drag himself.
"You?" Tang Yingjun was puzzled. No one had come to take his cigarettes for so long, but today was unusual.
"Hoo!" Jiang Yuan exhaled a puff of white smoke and said frankly, "What, you've just started your magnificent life, and you want to back down after a little setback?"
"That sound..."
Tang Yingjun's hands were trembling; he guessed who the person was.
"Little Fatty, long time no see!" Jiang Yuan stubbed out his cigarette and then sat down in front of Tang Yingjun.
"Brother Yuan, it really is you!"
Tang Yingjun stood up abruptly, his eyes slowly welling up with tears. "I thought I'd never see you again!"
"Can't you wish me well for once?" Jiang Yuan said with a laugh.
"Do you know? If you hadn't come, I really wouldn't have been able to protect my sister-in-law. I... I..." Tang Yingjun became more and more powerless as he spoke, and finally fell silent.
"What happened? He suddenly has no energy left!" Jiang Yuan could see that Little Fatty no longer had any energy left in his body.
Little Fatty sighed and then began to recount his experience.
Twelve days ago, Jiang Yuan disappeared from the trading area. After Jiang Yuan disappeared without a trace, Ning Yanlan decided to lead a team to the ancient ruins. Because Jiang Yuan's disappearance was related to the Blue Hidden Divine Mountain, she had no way to ask the Blue Hidden Divine Mountain for him before she had strong enough strength. So she chose to enter the ancient ruins to find an opportunity to become stronger.
However, starting from the second day after entering the site, the team encountered a large number of strange beasts. Although there were some casualties, most of them managed to pass through the outer hall and reach the entrance of the inner hall based on the information left by the previous scientific expedition team.
But once they reached the inner sanctum, the nightmare truly began.
First, the true spirit of the War God appeared without warning, then came the beast riots, and then came the terrifying guardians of the inner palace—the Twelve Golden Men.
"Wait, what about Yanlan and Lengyue?" Jiang Yuanguang heard Xiaopang talking about the main storyline, but he didn't hear anything about the two of them.
"Phew! I got separated from them a week ago!" Little Fatty looked unusually dejected.
"So where did they go?"
When Jiang Yuan made his last wish, he had already determined Ning Yanlan's location and ensured her safety.
"After the twelve golden statues that guarded the inner sanctum appeared, a total of twelve talismans were released. Only those who possess these talismans are qualified to enter the inner sanctum! My sister-in-law and Leng Yue both went in. I was supposed to go in too, but because I covered the rear, I lost my chance to enter the inner sanctum!" Little Fatty sighed.
"After that, I don't know anything about them! Later, I led the people of the North City Alliance to search for the Twelve Palaces Talisman, until I was separated from Fu Zhu and the others by the strange beast Chongchuan."
"You mean Yanlan and the others have already entered the inner hall?" Jiang Yuan asked, pursing his lips.
"Yes, when the Twelve Golden Men appeared, they had already released twelve Palace Talismans. Shangguan Ya, Di Hu, my sister-in-law, and Leng Yue all grabbed Palace Talismans, so they were guided in immediately! As for the other Palace Talismans, they were all taken away by powerful alien beasts, and we couldn't do anything about it! The reason I was crippled was ultimately because a alien beast had a Golden Ox Talisman!" Little Fatty sighed as he talked about the Palace Talismans.
"Do I need a Twelve Palaces Talisman to enter the inner hall?" Jiang Yuan pondered. He took out a talisman and asked Little Fatty, "Take a look at this!"
Before the chubby boy could even take it, he exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't this a virginity talisman? How do you have one!"
"So this is the token to enter the inner hall?" Jiang Yuan was also extremely surprised. This was something he had taken from Qiao Ling's storage ring when he killed him. He never expected that this would be the key to entering the inner hall.
"I found the Golden Ox Talisman!" Little Fatty took out a talisman with a complicated expression.
He paid a considerable price for this talisman.
"So, as long as we have this, we can enter the inner hall at any time?" Jiang Yuan said thoughtfully.
"Brother Yuan, I'm sorry! I'm afraid I can't help you in my current state!" Little Fatty solemnly stuffed the Golden Ox Talisman into Jiang Yuan's hand, seemingly not planning to enter the inner hall.
"Heh, we've known each other for so many years, don't you know who I am?" Jiang Yuan's tone was somewhat mocking, ridiculing the little fat boy's behavior of admitting defeat before even starting to fight back.
"Brother Yuan, I've tried many times, but I have no strength left in my body. Now that I think about it, maybe it's fate!" Little Fatty wasn't angry, and seemed to have resigned himself to his fate.
"What, you don't want to be the strongest shield warrior anymore?" Jiang Yuan asked teasingly. "Also, weren't you going to pursue Leng Yue? How are you going to pursue her looking like this!"
Little Fatty remained silent.
"What, you're not even chasing after people anymore? What about the Meteorite Shield that Leng Yue gave you? You didn't lose it too, did you?" Jiang Yuan deliberately provoked him.
Little Fatty's face was full of bitterness. He pointed to something in the corner of the room, "Several hundred tons, it's beyond my ability to carry! If you see Leng Yue, please return it to her for me!"
"You have to pay it back yourself. You were the one who said you wanted to pursue her, but now that you don't want to anymore, you have to pay it back yourself!" Jiang Yuan shrugged, not intending to interfere.
The moment he saw Little Fatty, he used his Heavenly Eye to deeply investigate Little Fatty's strength. In fact, Little Fatty had not become a cripple, but rather he was neither dead nor injured and his body was covered in dust.
He once spent a great deal of money to extract a body-forging technique from the core of a crystal diamond—the Undying Body Forging Technique, which was even more precious than the Great Wilderness Body Forging Technique. It was a technique with a drop rate of one in ten million, and it was said that "when the seed of immortality is planted, the physical body will be eternal in the midst of tribulations."
Now, this guy not only hasn't truly grasped the meaning of not dying or being injured, but he's also giving up on himself. Even if Jiang Yuan wanted to help, he wouldn't be able to.
A true strong person will get up from wherever they fall! Those who fall into pits and need help to get up are not the comrades they can rely on and fight alongside!
He can't force someone to grow up. If Little Fatty gives up, he will protect him for life!
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