Invincible Little School Doctor

Chapter 1665: Chapter 1665: Does It Have to Be This Complicated?

”Not good, we’re surrounded by Fire Spirits!” Di Yan’s palm, wrapped in Purple Lotus Spirit Flame, was sweating nervously and spoke in a panicked tone.

Ye Haochuan’s expression was not any better than Di Yan’s. He could clearly feel that when the Fire Spirits approached, the power of his Purple Lotus Spirit Flame had significantly weakened.

These Fire Spirits seemed to have some intelligence, as they hovered around Ye Haochuan and his companions for a while before tentatively launching an attack.

This attack directly caused a medium-sized hole to be burnt in Ye Haochuan’s Purple Lotus Spirit Flame protective layer. Without the protection of the Purple Lotus Spirit Flame, a large piece of meat was immediately burned off Di Yan’s right leg.

If Ye Haochuan hadn’t immediately used the Purple Lotus Spirit Flame to patch up the area, Di Yan might have lost that leg.

”Damn it, there’s fire all around, it’s impossible to fight!” Ye Haochuan cursed.

Now everyone’s safety relied entirely on the protection of the Purple Lotus Spirit Flame. If Ye Haochuan were to fight recklessly, the others would certainly be burnt to ashes by the Fire Spirits.

”Quickly look, they’re charging at us!” Di Yan warned again while Ye Haochuan was in distress.

The surrounding Fire Spirits seemed to have gained great confidence from their previous probing and launched an all-out attack.

”What should we do? If we let them charge, we’re doomed!” Fan Qingyin exclaimed anxiously.

Ye Haochuan’s brow furrowed, and then a flash of inspiration struck his mind.

Dammit, how could I forget that thing!

Ye Haochuan felt slightly relieved and took out the Nahai Treasure Gourd. This Nahai Treasure Gourd could absorb attribute power, and this flame was indeed fire attribute power, wasn’t it?

Sure enough, under the rapid operation of the Nahai Treasure Gourd, the flames on some of the nearby Fire Spirits shrank rapidly, and their originally bright red forms became thin.

”Amazing!” Fan Qingyin exclaimed with joy.

”No, we have to get out quickly; the Nahai Treasure Gourd won’t last much longer!” Ye Haochuan said with a serious expression.

He could clearly feel that after absorbing the fire attributes of nearly ten Fire Spirits, the surface of the Nahai Treasure Gourd had started to heat up. If it absorbed any more, it might break.

Fortunately, with his Perspective Eyes, Ye Haochuan saw that the cultivators outside the Flame Prison had already left, and he quickly led the others out of the Flame Prison.

Storing the Nahai Treasure Gourd, which was already somewhat reddened, Ye Haochuan finally relaxed.

This was truly dangerous. Without the Purple Lotus Spirit Flame and Nahai Treasure Gourd, they would either have died under the onslaught of cultivators or in the Flame Prison.

”What do we do now?” Fan Qingyin asked with concern.

The current situation was dire and far beyond their expectations. The power of the Gu Family had completely surpassed what they imagined.

Now in this Secret Realm, who knows how many teams are still hunting them. Their previous escape was sheer luck, and if another team comes, there’s no guarantee they’ll survive.

”Regardless, I must find Shuying. If you don’t want to...”

”What then? Can we even leave this damn world?” Di Yan interrupted Ye Haochuan irritably.

Ye Haochuan looked embarrassed. Indeed, as Di Yan said, they had no way to leave here. Moreover, this world was so unsafe they couldn’t hope to find a safe place to hide.

”It seems like, besides continuing forward, we have no choice but to find a way out while rescuing Shuying!” Ye Haochuan said with a bitter smile.

”Finding Jiang Shuying might be in the future; we’re being hunted by so many people now, and we must be cautious to keep ourselves safe first,” Yige reminded them.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

”By the way, Di Yan, you went out with Gu Tao before, did you meet a mysterious old nun with a fierce female disciple and a pregnant woman?” Ye Haochuan suddenly asked.

Di Yan shook his head and said, ”I haven’t been out with Gu Tao many times, and indeed, I haven’t seen such people. But, elderly nuns are relatively common in the southern seven cities!”

”Southern seven cities?” Ye Haochuan’s eyes lit up instantly. With this clue, their search area would be much smaller.

Without further delay, they moved towards the south as Di Yan had mentioned.

Earlier, Di Yan introduced this world, known to the locals as the ”Secret Realm,” which had a total of thirty-six cities, with eight central cities and the remaining twenty-eight cities divided into four regions, each with seven cities.

Ye Haochuan and his group were currently in the eastern seven-city region. To reach the southern seven cities, there’s still a long way to go.

Fearing exposure by any pursuers, they chose paths where there were no people whenever possible.

In this world, only within the small cities did vegetation grow, while outside was nothing but wasteland. Therefore, Yige’s detection skill became completely ineffective.

Fortunately, with Di Yan having awakened as a Di Ting Beast, his perception was extraordinary, and he could sense the presence of various small cities from afar, allowing them to navigate around smoothly.

They continued with this cautious approach for a full ten days, not because the distances were vast, but because they deliberately didn’t rush.

Oddly enough, they encountered no pursuers during their journey.

Though it seemed somewhat unreasonable, having no trouble was always good, so they didn’t dwell on it.

Finally, they arrived at one of the southern seven cities, according to Di Yan’s descriptions, the families here were of the Tang surname, and their strength was no less than the Gu Family.

”By the way, how do we get in? Should we tear through the barriers around each city?” Fan Qingyin frowned, looking at the city spread before them.

”No! If we actually tear the barriers, the Tang Family would undoubtedly fight us to the death!” Di Yan quickly stopped Fan Qingyin from considering such a reckless idea.

Having been here for a while, Di Yan knew how important the Spirit Gathering Array was to these families.

The Gu Family’s relentless pursuit of Ye Haochuan and his group was not just for revenge; the primary reason was the destruction of their Spirit Gathering Array.

”Then what do we do? We’ve traveled such a distance; are we supposed to wait outside?” Fan Qingyin said with annoyance.

”Do you think the Barrier Penetrating Bead only works on the Gu Family’s barrier?” Di Yan retorted with irritation.

Ye Haochuan brightened up suddenly, and asked, ”Could this Barrier Penetrating Bead traverse any barrier?”

He couldn’t help being excited; imagine the Five Elements Holy Marrow Pool, also surrounded by barriers. If the Barrier Penetrating Bead could traverse them, there’d be no need for Cultivation Jade Tokens; they could just ’sneak’ in with others.

Unfortunately, this pleasant fantasy was quickly shattered by Di Yan’s explanation.

”This Barrier Penetrating Bead, whose creator remains unknown, functions only within the Secret Realm’s thirty-six cities’ barriers. It has no effect on other barriers!”

”So, are all thirty-six small cities interconnected? Can one enter other family territories freely?” Ye Haochuan asked, puzzled.

”In theory, yes, but there’s a host-guest relationship with the Barrier Penetrating Beads. A bead from the same city can freely leave the city, but beads from other cities require the host city’s lord’s permission to enter,” Di Yan explained.

Well, is this complicated or what?

Ye Haochuan sighed.

He didn’t know that the complexity of this Barrier Penetrating Bead’s setup meant Gu Ran had no plans to invade other cities.

”Can our Barrier Penetrating Bead enter this city?” Fan Qingyin asked directly, slightly confused.

”As long as the city lord hasn’t closed the barriers, it’s possible to traverse them!”

”Then why did you say so much? You could’ve just said it works; now I’m dizzy!” Fan Qingyin said impatiently, giving Di Yan an angry glance.

How did it become my fault? It was clearly your man asking!

Di Yan felt deeply frustrated but did not argue further.

Fan Qingyin and Ye Haochuan being close was beneficial. It enhanced the success chances of Di Yan pursuing Long Keyue.

Unfortunately, he didn’t know that Long Keyue was already aware of Ye Haochuan having many women around, but she had accepted it. Due to emotional ties with Qian Qian, she held no resentment towards Ye Haochuan at all.

”Let me go in alone; it would be easier to run!” Ye Haochuan initially proposed regarding entering the city to explore.

Being wanted by all thirty-six cities in the Secret Realm made entering a city extremely risky, prompting Ye Haochuan’s suggestion.

”Oh, you’re capable, thinking you can escape if discovered?” Fan Qingyin scoffed, ”Let me go; I have the Green Feather Sword. Even if the barriers close, I can escape.”

”But...” Ye Haochuan hesitated.

”But what? Did you forget I have the Shape-shifting Technique? If I change my appearance, who’ll recognize me?” Fan Qingyin said proudly.