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Chapter 857 Encountering a Newborn Sword Spirit, and Being Discovered!

When the night was deep and quiet, most of the people in the ravine where the cheap owner lived, except for those on night watch, gradually fell asleep.

Jiang Hanying made her move quietly.

The silver-colored, gold-patterned sword, shrunk to only half the length of a palm and less than the width of a finger, was incredibly fast. Even if it flew over the heads or in front of several Night Watchmen, they would only think it was just drowsiness and their eyes were playing tricks on them.

She then proceeded to quickly explore the entire valley with remarkable audacity.

I still couldn't find the door that Gu Xi mentioned.
Does it mean it won't appear until it's almost time to open?
However, the fact that so many people with such impressive backgrounds could gather here all at once suggests that this place must be extraordinary.

After a fruitless round, she rounded a peach tree that should have already withered but was still in bloom, and was about to head home when she heard a faint buzzing sound coming from the tree.

It sounds like a newborn baby being startled and then softly whining.

The next second, "Who?"

Before the words were finished, a young face, still showing shock, peeked out from between the branches, its eyes darting up, down, left, and right.

However, Jiang Hanying only glanced at it before focusing her attention on the sword in his hand.

It was a smooth, jet-black peach wood sword struck by lightning, which had already begun to show signs of spirituality.

If we translate that into human terms, it would indeed be about the same as a newborn baby.

Although they are made of different materials, there is always some connection between the swords, which is why it sensed her passing by and instinctively emitted a sword cry.

This was the first time Jiang Hanying had seen a sword that had come to life in this world, and she was pleasantly surprised.

Seeing this, he quietly moved closer and touched the tip of the other person's sword.

This time the reaction was even stronger.

The young man felt the sword in his hand suddenly tremble, almost slipping out of his grasp. He immediately tensed up, gripping the peach wood sword tightly and becoming extremely taut.

Jiang Hanying glanced at the tent where her cheap master and his group were not far away. Afraid that this guy would wake them up, she finished wielding her sword and turned to run away.

Behind him, the young man gripped the sword tightly with both hands, preventing it from flying away.

She muttered under her breath, "I know it's unfair to have you following me, but you don't have to be so disgusted with me, my little darling!"

Peach Wood Sword: Get lost! You little brat, you're getting in the way of Big Sister's pursuit!

Quietly slipping into the quiet tent, and confirming that the person in front of her was still asleep, Jiang Hanying spotted her cheap master's palm at his side. Just as she was about to slip back through the spirit contract passage, a hand suddenly gripped hers tightly.

After standing there stunned for two seconds, when she was released again, she met the incredibly clear eyes of her cheap master.

He was so angry that he jumped up and down.

They tricked her, they tricked her! They actually tricked her!

In Li Chengxiao's eyes, it was just a small silver sword with gold patterns, which was not even as long as his palm, and was so much smaller that it was exquisitely cute. It was performing a dazzling set of sword moves in front of him. He could even imagine his sword spirit's human form looking angry and fuming.

"Don't you think you're becoming more and more blatant?"

Jiang Hanying paused, silently reflecting for a moment, and realized it was true.

At the beginning, she really wouldn't have dared to leave her palm and wander outside, and she almost brought back a newborn baby sword spirit.

"Come back, let's go inside and talk."

Jiang Hanying knew this wasn't the place to talk, so she obediently returned the object to her palm and then pulled a wisp of her cheap master's spiritual consciousness into the spiritual space where she had done many bad things.

The interior of the spiritual space was the same as the last time I came in. The lake was shrouded in mist, with only a small island, no bigger than a room, in the center. On the island was a large tree with lush foliage, some of its branches drooping over the lake.

Li Chengxiao felt a blur before his eyes, and the next second he was about to fall into the lake.

Jiang Hanying reacted swiftly, leaning forward to grab his collar and lifting him onto a tree branch near the water. The moment their eyes met, Li Chengxiao's ears burned, and he abruptly turned his head away. Being pulled in while awake was far more stimulating than being pulled in while asleep.

"Change it."

Jiang Hanying looked down at herself, closed her eyes and thought for a moment. Her semi-transparent gauze dress transformed into a proper black cross-collar fitted robe, and the scene around her changed into an antique-style study.

Seeing the change in environment, Li Chengxiao turned around: "..."

Did he not say that we also need to change our gender?
Wait, "Is this the character you played in that recent drama?"

"Hmm, I can't think of a different scene for now, so I'll just use the one we filmed during the day. How's that?"

Li Chengxiao nodded reluctantly, but couldn't help reaching out to pinch the fake Adam's apple on Jiang Hanying's neck. "It looks pretty real."

"That's right, you have no idea how serious our Director Cheng is when he's filming. His Adam's apple is alright, but this is what's really uncomfortable," Jiang Hanying pointed to herself, "He's wrapped up so tightly that not only can't be seen from the front, but not from the side either. It's so uncomfortable that I have to eat less rice every time I film Qin Zhuan's scenes!"

Li Chengxiao looked in the direction she was pointing to, and... well, it did look quite flat.

"No wonder..." The previous times I brought him in, I always made him do the work!

"what?"

"Nothing," Li Chengxiao waved his hand. "What were you doing just now?"

"I just went out for a walk. I heard you talking to Sister Xiaoxi about doors, so I went to look for doors, but unfortunately I couldn't find them."

"That's just a common name we use for it; calling it a passage would be more accurate."

"A passage? What passage?" Jiang Hanying suddenly raised her hand, boldly guessing, "Could it be a passage to other worlds?"

"You could say that, but 'alternate dimension' is more appropriate. There are some things locked inside. The people guarding this place recently discovered the unusual activity and notified all parties. The people who came here are those who received the notification or anticipated the unusual activity and rushed over."

"How do you figure out what's inside?"

This time, without waiting for the cheap owner to respond, Jiang Hanying nodded affirmatively, "That's right, who would want to be locked up?"

"So your purpose in coming here is to suppress them?"

"And also to prevent certain people who come here from secretly collaborating with those things inside."

"What cooperation?"

"Some people strive for longevity, others for power; they are all busy with these things."

"Oh, by the way, I made another discovery when I went out earlier. There's actually a little sword spirit here that has just developed sentience. Its master is on that flowering peach tree not far from your tent."

Based on what she said, Li Chengxiao recalled that thanks to Gu Xi arriving a few days early, they had already had a brief exchange with the people who had arrived.

He still vaguely remembered the one who lived in the peach tree, because the campsite was quite close by.

“That person is a disciple of an unknown dojo. Gu Xi’s note for him is ‘simple surveillance.’ I saw him when I first arrived. He’s a bit, well, naive. But since the peach wood sword in his hand has already developed a spirit, we should pay more attention to him.”

As Li Chengxiao spoke, he suddenly pulled Jiang Hanying's hand over and smelled it. "It does smell of peach wood. Did you touch her?"

"Oh dear, it's rare to meet someone like me. It's just a little baby, don't worry about such details."

Li Chengxiao released her hand and hugged the person who had rushed into his arms, trying to get away with it. "Don't be so reckless next time. Although the thing inside the door hasn't come out yet, we still have to be careful. And you and the original body are so far apart now."

"Oh, then I'll just stay on you, okay?"

“Hmm,” Li Chengxiao hugged the person in his arms tighter, paused for two seconds, “It is indeed very flat.”

"What did you say? Say it again!"