Chapter 1250: The Suppressed Sword Spirit

Er Gouzi has another past life and once came to this place?

Which past life would that have been, the Immortal Emperor Era or the Divine Spirit Era?

Xu Que and Duan Jiude's expressions became somewhat meaningful; Er Gouzi had mentioned something about an Ancient City, obviously indicating that its impression of this place was from a time when Cultivators still lived here.

But now? In this entire area, not even a trace of Ancient Ruins could be seen, let alone a single brick! Judging by nature's self-restoration speed, the era of Er Gouzi's past life must have been extremely distant, very likely the Divine Spirit Era.

"You actually came here before? Could this be your territory again?" Liu Jingning also said in shock; she had once seen Er Gouzi revert to its ancestral form with a single drop of Qilin Blood and knew that the Southern Continent Secret Realm was actually the territory of one of Er Gouzi's past lives, so hearing this now, she couldn't help but feel horrified once more.

Mo Junchen, however, looked at Liu Jingning with a face full of oddity, thinking silently, "How can you believe such absurd words?"

He shook his head, did not dwell on it further, and continued to survey the surroundings.

At this moment, Xu Que also fixed his gaze on Er Gouzi: "Confess honestly, was that Chaotic Stone Array set up by you? The result was that you didn't trap anyone else, but you trapped me instead!"

"Damn it, This Divine Venerable will not take the blame for this pot! This Divine Venerable only has a tiny sliver of an impression of this place; just now, a scene flashed before my eyes, which clearly means I've been here before, but I am not familiar with this place at all. This is absolutely not This Divine Venerable's territory, and that Formation was definitely not arranged by This Divine Venerable!" Er Gouzi hurriedly clarified.

"Hey, now is not the time to talk about this! Teacher Er Gou, since you still have a slight impression, hurry up and think of any place suitable for planting the Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine!" Duan Jiude waved his hand, looking at Er Gouzi with eyes full of expectation.

Er Gouzi rolled its eyes: "Duan Old Man, are you stupid? This Divine Venerable just said that this place has undergone earth-shaking changes and has long changed its appearance; even if there truly was a place suitable for planting the Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine, after so many years, I'm afraid it's long gone!"

"What about Flame Mountain?" Xu Que suddenly spoke, his gaze turning toward the direction of the farthest center.

There stood a peak towering into the clouds, immensely huge; it looked no different from an ordinary mountain, yet it made people unable to help but feel a slight palpitation in their hearts.

"Flame Mountain... sounds a bit familiar, however, This Divine Venerable really has no impression of it at all! Just now, a scene suddenly flashed by, and I realized I had been here in a past life, that's all!" Er Gouzi said with a tearful expression.

"Heh!" Xu Que immediately sneered disdainfully and shook his head: "Really... what use are you!"

"Damn it!" Er Gouzi immediately became furious, glaring at Xu Que and saying: "Kid, what did you say? Say it again if you have the guts!"

"What use are you!"

"Damn it, at least This Divine Venerable has been here before; what about you lot? None of you have ever been here!"

"So what if you've been here? Can you damn well lead the way?"

"I can!" Er Gouzi slapped its chest and shouted.

Immediately after, it suddenly froze, mouth wide open, face filled with shock: "Holy crap, This Divine Venerable's memory has suddenly increased a bit; it seems I recall some places!"

This time it was real; provoked by Xu Que like this, it actually managed to think of some things.

Xu Que instantly twitched the corner of his mouth, speechless.

Just now, he had purely wanted to roast this idiot, but he hadn't expected that after this idiot got anxious, it would actually recover a bit of its past life memories.

This truly was... the ancients did not deceive me; when a dog is desperate, it really will jump over the wall!

"Haha, This Divine Venerable is just this awesome; come, let's go this way. If it's this area, This Divine Venerable has some impression of it; there are a few places that might truly be where the Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine was planted!"

Er Gouzi laughed loudly, extremely confident, and pointed south.

The area in this direction was precisely the region indicated on the Jade Slip Map given by Bai Cailing.

"Er Gou! Now you finally understand my good intentions, right? If I didn't push you a bit, how would you ever improve? Right?" Xu Que said with earnest sincerity, patting Er Gouzi on the shoulders.

Er Gouzi nodded repeatedly: "Right!"

"Mm, it's good that you understand; now hurry up and lead the way!" Xu Que said with a smiling face.

"Alright!" Er Gouzi immediately turned around cheerfully and darted forward.

Xu Que looked at Duan Jiude, Liu Jingning, and the others, whose faces were covered in black lines, shrugged his shoulders, and said with a face full of pride: "See, handled!"

"Only an idiot like this would be so easily tricked by you!" Liu Jingning shook her head displeasedly.

Duan Jiude also gave a bitter smile.

Subsequently, everyone took steps to follow Er Gouzi, sweeping forward.

Only Mo Junchen looked completely bewildered, still not understanding the situation, utterly astonished.

Could it be?

You actually believe that dog's words?

It came to this place in its previous lives?

Such absurd words, do you really believe them?

Are you guys stupid or what?

Watching the crowd gradually move away, Mo Junchen could finally only shake his head helplessly and follow along.

Although Er Gouzi recalled some impressions, given so many years had passed and this place had changed greatly, it still had to half-guess and half-think as it rushed forward.

A full day passed before the group finally stopped outside a valley.

"This should be the place; This Divine Venerable remembers this valley has two entrances, one leading into the valley itself, and another leading to another area inside the mountain!" Er Gouzi said, pointing at the valley.

It described the other entrance, which actually led into a hollowed-out mountain, similar to the structure of a volcano; the mountain top was completely open to the sky, while inside the mountain grew Spirit Medicines, and moreover, the entrance was extremely hidden, rarely found by anyone.

Xu Que stood outside the valley and looked for a while, yet surprisingly did not discover the other entrance, and couldn't help but feel delighted.

Such a hidden place might very well be where the Shennong Clan planted the Resurrection Thousand Gold Vine; even if it wasn't, since no one had entered there for many years, perhaps there were some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures inside.

"Let's go, enter!" Xu Que immediately waved his large hand, signaling Er Gouzi to lead the way.

"Wait a moment, This Divine Venerable needs to think about the method to open that entrance; give This Divine Venerable half an incense stick's worth of time!" Er Gouzi shook its head, stood before the valley with a grave expression, looked around in all directions, and fell into deep thought.

Seeing it being so serious for a rare change, Xu Que and the others did not disturb it further and all waited to the side.

"Hum!"

At this moment, a sound of sword ringing suddenly rang out in Xu Que's mind, coming from within the System's Storage Space!

Xu Que couldn't help but freeze, immediately summoning the System Interface; the Sword where the Spirit resided was trembling and ringing.

"Whoa, Sword Spirit, what's wrong with you? Why are you shaking like this!" Xu Que moved his mind and asked.

"This Seat is breaking free from the Suppression Power!" the Sword Spirit responded in a deep voice.

Suppression Power?

Xu Que instantly froze again: "What's the situation? Who suppressed you?"

"That child from before; it is also a Spirit!" the Sword Spirit replied.

Xu Que's expression changed instantly: "You saw it too?"

"Yes. Back then, I intended to emerge and warn you, but before I could even appear, I was suppressed by it!" The Sword Spirit's voice arrived, its tone becoming calm, as if being suppressed was no humiliation to it.

Xu Que, however, was terrified in his heart. The Sword Spirit was, after all, an existence that had once followed an Immortal Emperor, yet it didn't even get a chance to act before being directly suppressed by that child. In that case... that child must be at least a Divine-level existence!

What was even more terrifying was that from start to finish, that child was merely an illusion!

Since it could suppress the Sword Spirit, then... perhaps its curse is real!

【I slept for over twenty hours in one go; it's a bit terrifying. I got up and hurriedly typed out a chapter to post. Adding today's two chapters, I still have to write four more. I'll continue working hard tonight.】