Chapter 17: Jiaochang Ancient City

Bei Qi was not happy, "One year older is still older, you are all older than me anyway~"

The corners of He Cen's mouth twitched. According to the sword spirit's memory, he was at least 30,000 years old. Wasn't that old?

“…”

"They are all brothers, they are all brothers."

Jun Chao laughed, "Hehe, don't listen to that stinky fox. You haven't been out for a long time, so you can't even be considered old. His words are not nice to hear, so don't take them to heart."

He Cen smiled awkwardly, and Bei Qi also realized that he had said the wrong thing. The Sword Spirit was the oldest, and if he said someone else was old, the Sword Spirit would definitely be unhappy.

He immediately squeezed over with a pitiful look, and pretended to be hurt with his fox eyes, "Hehe~ I didn't mean it, I was talking about those bastards, not you."

"You are so cute and know so much. Jun Chao and the others can't compare to you. Baby, please don't be angry with me~"

He Cen was no more than twenty years old in his previous life, so how could he be angry about the issue of age? These people are so old that they can just be his great grandfathers, so why bother about this?

He turned the page directly and quickly moved on to the next topic.

Wen Qing had not been in the Suoyue Pavilion before, but now that he met her, He Cen was afraid that he had been tricked by the capture girl, so he started to complain again, adding fuel to the fire, "You must believe me about this matter, this is a secret between us, I will never hurt you!"

"From now on, no matter where you meet that woman named Ouyang Yinyin, you should stay away from her, understand, big brother."

"Look, you have the looks, the body, and the strength, but you can't be cheap to that bitch!"

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Jun Chao and Bei Qi on the side almost laughed out loud.

In fact, Wen Qing knew it, but seeing that Jun Chao and the others must have concealed the fact that they could hear the system, he suppressed his anger and listened to He Cen's chatter.

Although most of the things are exaggerated, the little sword spirit has no bad intentions, so forget it, let him say whatever he wants.

He Cen was really like an old mother who was worried to death. She was talking to Wen Qing non-stop about the evil deeds of the female attacker when Bo Lou came over.

Lord Demon was as domineering as ever. It had been a while since they last met, and He Cen felt quite friendly towards this fellow sufferer.

"Hey! You're here, brother."

Bo Lou was very polite to He Cen, "Little Sword Spirit, how are you?"

He Cen's tone was a little weak, "Not very good, the recovery is very slow. If it continues like this, I don't know when I can recover my original strength."

"I didn't ask you carefully before. How could you be injured so badly? That woman is only at the Qi Refining Stage. What happened to you that caused you to be injured so badly?"

He Cen answered honestly, "I had just left the forbidden land, and my strength had not recovered to 30%. She drove me into more than a dozen secret realms to help her search for treasures. In the last battle, we encountered a fifth-level monster. I couldn't resist it, and after protecting her and escaping, I was seriously injured and fell into a coma."

"After arriving at Tianhai Sect, I felt the spiritual spring with abundant spiritual power in Junchao, and I wanted to go in and soak in it."

The last sentence sounded very aggrieved. Poor little sword spirit, its master doesn't care about it, the system doesn't love it, and when it's seriously injured it can only rely on instinct to find a place to heal itself. Who wouldn't feel sorry for it after hearing this?

Bo Lou frowned and said angrily, "She let you enter more than a dozen secret realms?!"

He Cen nodded, "Yes, if I hadn't been seriously injured and nearly died this time, which cut off my connection with her, I'm afraid I would still be under her control now."

It's a lie, it's just a change of core.

But this is also a good deal for the strategy girl. Although the sword spirit had previously entered secret realms that were only visited by low-level cultivators, she did get a lot of treasures to help her improve her cultivation.

The sword spirit knows a lot. There are some things that other cultivators don’t recognize, but the sword spirit knows what they are used for.

Ouyang Yinyin's several storage bags were filled up by the sword spirit. How many good things do you think are there?

She herself made rapid progress, but she was unwilling to spare even a single spiritual herb to heal the sword spirit. She was so selfish and cold-hearted.

Bo Lou was a man with a bad temper, "I'll go get it from you!"

Bei Qi also said, "That's right! Baby, why didn't you tell me earlier? These things are yours, why are you giving them to her for free?"

"It's all Jun Chao's fault. He didn't help you when he first met you. He's so useless!"

Jun Chao was too lazy to pay attention to these two people, and Bei Qi, that damn fox, was ready to step on him anytime and anywhere. How angry would he be in this day?

Treasure hunting was actually not a big deal for the Sword Spirit, but the attitude of the capture girl was really disappointing. I thought I could just ignore it after raising her favorability to 80%, but the Sword Spirit just gave up.

He Cen felt quite grateful for the sullen faces and indignation of those people. It turned out that only those who were in the same boat as him could understand his pain.

"It's okay. Don't be angry on my behalf. I can seek justice myself when I recover."

"Now take me to find the Xuanbing Cold Spring~"

"That thing is also good for your cultivation. If everyone takes a dip in it, they will definitely feel happy both physically and mentally."

He looked quite expectant, and kept floating back and forth in front of several people, feeling very excited.

The people in Jun Chao were already used to him, and everyone wanted to have a good relationship with the little sword spirit, so they were naturally very gentle.

But according to Wen Qing, Jiaochang Ancient City is now covered by the aura of cruelty. It is very difficult to get in through the camphor forest outside. You cannot fly and can only walk.

"If what Hehe said is true, that place is another unknown forbidden place, then there must be many other external forces."

"For so many years, no cultivator has been able to set foot in this place, which shows that it is also extremely dangerous. The cruel aura is different from the resentful and evil aura in other places. It will not dissipate easily. It may not be possible to break it with external force. Do you have any solution?"

The four of them who were in the fusion stage gathered here. The strongest fighters in the entire cultivation world all looked very serious. It seemed that this Jiaochang Ancient City was really extraordinary.

He Cen didn't expect it to be so troublesome. No wonder he had to rest in the ghost town nearby first.

"Haven't you been to this place before?"

"Aren't you curious that such a good ancient city just disappeared? What if there are treasures in there? Is there no one to explore it?"

Jun Chao said frankly, "Because the evil spirit is too severe and the direction is hard to discern, countless cultivators have died here. If there is a more secure secret realm to enter, they probably won't choose this place."

"As time goes by, fewer people come to visit this place."

"As far as we know, this ancient city has been abandoned for seven hundred years. Some monks entered this place a while ago, but they all seemed to have contracted strange diseases after they came out. It is said that entering this place will bring curses. It is not easy for monks to practice, and most of them seek stability. It is easy to understand why no one is willing to enter here anymore."

He Cen understood.

If that's the case, then the Jiaochang Ancient City is indeed very dangerous now. Who among the powerful cultivators would go to such a place and take the trouble to do so?