Invincible Little School Doctor

Chapter 1409: Chapter 1409: What a Coincidence! (4 Updates)

Logically speaking, at the Nascent Soul level, one would at least use a high-level magical weapon. But in the old man’s ring, not to mention high-level magical weapons, there wasn’t even a single mid-level magical weapon, which made Ye Haochuan feel very strange.

”Could it be that he has another ring and didn’t want to give it to me?” Ye Haochuan mumbled, ”That’s not right, he’s already doomed, he shouldn’t need to hide it anymore.”

He suddenly thought that the longsword the old man used earlier seemed to be a high-level magical weapon. However, when he self-destructed in the end, he didn’t give that sword to Ye Haochuan.

It seems that he intended to enhance the explosion’s power, and when he self-destructed, he also detonated the longsword along with it.

Ye Haochuan was quite upset about this; a high-level magical weapon is worth at least tens of millions or even billions of superior spirit crystals, destroyed just like that; he really felt distressed.

However, the old man did it to buy him enough time to escape, so he couldn’t really complain.

Removing his focus from the magical treasures, Ye Haochuan indeed found a letter in the old man’s ring.

Although called a letter, it was just a piece of paper without any sealing.

Ye Haochuan didn’t actually intend to invade the old man’s privacy. Since the old man hadn’t sealed it, he probably didn’t mind others seeing it either.

Ye Haochuan scanned a few lines and found it mentioned passing the position of Family Head to someone. It seemed the old man came with the resolve to die; otherwise, how could he have prepared such things in advance?

Ye Haochuan found it odd; in this day and age, why even write letters? Just send a text message, wouldn’t that be easier? Delivering a letter was so bothersome!

But soon, he knew why. Because in the old man’s ring, he saw a phone shattered into pieces. It seemed some accident happened, destroying the phone, forcing him to take such a last resort.

”Well, anyway, I have to deliver the Blood Pill, so delivering an extra piece of paper isn’t much trouble!” Ye Haochuan curled his lips, deciding not to bother with it anymore.

If it weren’t for the old man’s self-destruction that helped him escape, he would have definitely kept the Blood Pill for himself. But now, he didn’t have that thought at all. Repaying kindness with ingratitude wasn’t something he could do.

Packing up his things, Ye Haochuan took out the map again to examine it carefully. What happened just now was merely an interlude; his goal, for now, was still to explore that point.

”Luckily, I didn’t deviate too far. With one more day’s travel, I should be there.”

Just as he was about to set off, he suddenly heard the voice of a young man.

”There are no demon beasts here. Everyone make some adjustments here, and we will move on in an hour!”

Ye Haochuan quietly observed this group and found it was a small team of three men and two women.

The leading man, about thirty-four or thirty-five, already had Core Formation late-stage cultivation. The other four were all at Core Formation mid-stage.

”With such low cultivation, daring to venture here is like seeking death!” Ye Haochuan chuckled bitterly and shook his head, intending to leave but then suddenly paused.

He realized that up until now, he still didn’t have a complete map. Even if he found the point marked on the map, it would be very troublesome to find his way to Xuantian City.

Since this group could get here, they probably had a map.

With this thought, Ye Haochuan stopped hiding his presence and slowly approached the small team.

”Who’s there?” The group immediately became alert.

”Don’t worry, I have no malicious intent. I just lost my map, got lost in this forest, and wanted to borrow your map for imprinting!” Ye Haochuan smiled.

”He doesn’t look like a bad person!” a woman in the group suddenly spoke.

Her voice was somewhat hoarse, but Ye Haochuan felt a sense of familiarity in it.

He turned to look, only to find a plump girl with a round face marked by a few freckles. Not beautiful, but somewhat pleasing to the eye.

However, from her eyes, Ye Haochuan detected a hint of surprise. The way she looked at him was as if seeing a very familiar old friend.

”Miss, have we met somewhere before?” Ye Haochuan asked.

He really couldn’t remember where he might have seen this woman.

”No!” the woman answered hastily.

”Maybe it was my imagination, sorry about that!” Ye Haochuan chuckled.

The Core Formation late-stage cultivator in the group suddenly snorted coldly: ”Stop trying to get familiar, tell us, what’s your purpose in approaching us?”

”Gao Zhong, are you confused? Didn’t he just say he’s here to borrow our map?” another woman in the group said in a coquettish tone.

This woman’s appearance was slightly better than the plump girl’s, but Ye Haochuan found her quite unpleasing.

This woman was obviously a flirt; seeing his handsome appearance, her eyes fluttered as if they were sending Morse code. Her slightly lacking assets were being thrust deliberately.

Ye Haochuan indeed liked beauties but not such pretentious ones.

”You’re the flirtatious fool!”

Gao Zhong said irritably: ”Do you guys not know what kind of place this is? Even our group of five has faced near extinction several times along the way. How could this Core Formation mid-stage kid possibly get here alone?”

After saying that, he then turned to Ye Haochuan and shouted: ”Speak quickly, what’s your actual intent? Otherwise, don’t blame us for being rude!”

Damn, I’m just here to borrow a map; is it necessary to make it this complicated? Have you watched too many spy movies?

Ye Haochuan smiled wryly in his heart, but on the surface, he said with an earnest face: ”I’m really just here to borrow a map. As soon as you give me the map, I’ll leave!”

”Really?” Gao Zhong still looked at Ye Haochuan with suspicion.

Ye Haochuan replied, looking ”aggrieved”: ”I’m just a small Core Formation mid-stage guy. Even if you gave me ten times the courage, I wouldn’t dare lie to a master like you!”

With these words, Ye Haochuan almost laughed out loud at himself.

But the words were effective; Gao Zhong nodded in agreement: ”Yeah, I suppose you wouldn’t dare lie, maybe I did overthink!”

Yeah right, give you a little courtesy, and you really start shining, huh?

Ye Haochuan mocked in his heart but didn’t say anything else, waiting for Gao Zhong to fetch the map.

But Gao Zhong didn’t seem inclined to fetch the map. Instead, he patted Ye Haochuan’s shoulder and said: ”A Core Formation mid-stage kid like you is in great danger here. How about you come with us? With me around, I guarantee your safety.

Once we find the Sunshine Grass by the Cold Pond, we’ll head back to Xuantian City together. What do you say?”

Looking at Gao Zhong’s expression of seeming concern, Ye Haochuan felt like giving him a slap. Why can’t you just hand over the map? Why so nosy?

”Well...” He was about to refute when suddenly he had a thought. The Cold Pond this group mentioned happened to be the point he was heading to.

What a coincidence!

Ye Haochuan smiled in his heart. Since they were headed the same way, traveling together wouldn’t be bad. He could take this opportunity to learn more about Xuantian City, saving himself from going in blind later.

With this in mind, Ye Haochuan readily agreed.

This group’s intentions seemed rather simple, and they were quite happy to have Ye Haochuan join them.

However, just as Ye Haochuan turned to continue chatting with Gao Zhong, the slightly plump woman suddenly murmured while staring at his back, ”Truly an unshakeable fate, to meet you even here.”

After saying that, she suddenly remembered something, blushing as she added, ”This smooth-talking guy, even with my current look, he calls me a beauty?”