Fantasy: Empress Wife, Cute Kids Cause Havoc in Jiuzhou

Chapter 95 Can You Drink the Water from the Divine Sword Pond?

"Divine Sword Pavilion's Artifact Spirit? What is that?"

Chu Xin and Chu Chen looked puzzled.

Meanwhile, the twin-headed piglet shivered all over, abruptly stopping the refinement of the ancient treasure, tossing the ancient treasure in front of the elder, and scurried behind Chu Xin and Chu Chen to hide.

"Little pig, why are you hiding?"

Chu Chen bent down to grab the tail of the twin-headed piglet, lifting it up by its tail, and asked with confusion.

Ow! Ow!

The twin-headed piglet spun around in mid-air, seeing the kindly-faced elder every half turn, and it squealed twice in panic, its four trotters flailing around, but unfortunately, no one could understand what it was squealing about.

The elder looked at the twin-headed piglet and said with a smile, "If a Divine Artifact has a spirit, it's called an Artifact Spirit."

"A Divine Artifact? Is it more powerful than an Emperor Weapon?"

Chu Xin tilted her head, still munching on treasures, and asked curiously.

"Dad never mentioned Divine Artifacts," Chu Chen murmured softly.

The elder was somewhat speechless, and without dwelling too much on that topic, he pointed to the remaining ancient treasures and said again, "Would you two young friends be willing to return these treasures to this old man?"

"No way!"

Chu Xin and Chu Chen put all the treasures into the Sumeru Ring, baring their teeth and grimacing at the elder.

Having just unearthed these ancient treasures, the thought of giving them up was out of the question.

Chu Xin menacingly threatened, "Old grandpa, are you trying to rob us of our treasures? We're quite formidable, you know."

"That's right, we're very formidable," Chu Chen nodded repeatedly.

Chu Xin threatened again, "If old grandpa dares to rob our treasures, I'll spank your butt until it blooms."

"Right, spank your butt until it blooms," Chu Chen nodded again in agreement.

The elder's brows furrowed slightly as he patiently explained, "Young friends, these ancient treasures are the Array Bases of the Guardian Formation of the Divine Sword Pavilion. If you eat all these Array Bases, the Divine Sword Pavilion will be left without a Guardian Formation."

As the Artifact Spirit of the Divine Sword Pavilion, he was almost always asleep, awakening only when the Divine Sword Pavilion was about to open to the public, to activate the Array for those who came treasure hunting.

Previously, Chu Xin and Chu Chen had eaten the Rune Characters on the plaque of the Divine Sword Pavilion, startling him awake from his deep slumber.

Guarding the Divine Sword Pavilion for countless years, he had seen numerous Heavenly Prides and witnessed all sorts of oddities, but brats who ate the Characters of the Divine Sword Pavilion's plaque were a first for him.

Instantly enraged, he summoned endless Sword Qi from the Divine Sword Pavilion, intending to obliterate the two troublemakers.

But what he hadn't expected was that despite their small size, these two rascals were quite clever, luring the Divine Sword Pavilion's Sword Qi to destroy the Guardian Formation, allowing those Heavenly Prides early access to the Divine Sword Pavilion.

But that was not a big deal; if they went in early, so be it. After all, his mission was to periodically open the Guardian Formation and wait for those predestined.

Moreover, unless absolutely necessary, he could not leave the Artifact Spirit Space, so he planned to go back to sleep.

But he had scarcely dozed off for a while when he sensed the destruction of the Guardian Formation. Upon checking, he almost exploded with anger.

Those two rascals had dug up half of the Array Base for the Guardian Formation, and had even eaten quite a few of them.

Damn troublemakers, with so many Demon Beasts and Fierce Beasts around, and plenty of Spirit Fruits too, what's the urge to eat Array Bases?

The Divine Sword Pavilion itself was not an offensive Divine Artifact, and its only means of attacking enemies was the Guardian Formation.

With the Array Bases dug out and the Guardian Formation destroyed, he, as the Artifact Spirit, could no longer control the Sword Qi of the Divine Sword Pavilion to attack, otherwise, he would have launched a pursuit long ago.

As an Artifact Spirit, he could transport the two rascals to any place in the Divine Sword Pavilion, or even send them out, but if he did, the Array Bases they had taken would be irretrievable.

After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to come out and have a proper talk with the two troublemakers.

"It's not good at all, now that in the future anyone can freely come and go in the Divine Sword Pavilion."

When Chu Xin and Chu Chen heard this, they became even happier.

The elder rubbed his forehead, looking very troubled.

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Having not communicated with people for countless years, he was naturally not good at conversation, let alone with two mischievous children whose thought processes clearly differed from adults, making it even harder to engage in conversation.

After some thought, he said, "Little friends, these Array Bases are not tasty, the old man has more delicious things that also contain stronger energy, would you like to try some?"

"More delicious? Where?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xin and Chu Chen's eyes immediately lit up.

Seeing this, the elder couldn't help but reveal a smug smile on his face.

Kiddos, I am the esteemed Divine Artifact Spirit, how could I not handle two mischievous children?

He smiled slightly and said, "If you return these Array Bases to the old man, he will take you there, how about it?"

Chu Chen took another bite of the Ancient Treasure in his hand, tugged at Chu Xin's sleeve and whispered, "Sister, he's smiling like a bad person, could he be deceiving us?"

"Possible, we should have him stick on a Truth Talisman and ask."

Chu Xin also felt that the old man's words were not very trustworthy, took out a Truth Talisman and said, "Grandpa, put this on, if it's true, we will return these Ancient Treasures to you."

"Truth Talisman?"

The elder's mouth twitched slightly, these children might be small, but they were not short on tricks; he really wondered how their parents had taught them.

"Alright!"

Yet the elder did not refuse, and allowed Chu Xin to stick the Truth Talisman on him.

"Grandpa, is there really something tastier and more energizing?"

Chu Xin couldn't wait to ask.

"Of course!"

The elder's eyes were somewhat hollow, but he nodded in response to the question.

"What is this tasty thing called? And where is it?" asked Chu Chen.

The elder mechanically replied, "It's called the Divine Sword Fruit, inside the Divine Sword Pond."

"Divine Sword Fruit?"

Hearing this, Chu Chen turned to look at Chu Xin and asked, "Sister, isn't that what the big brother also called the yummy thing?"

"Seems like it, this old man didn't lie to us."

Chu Xin nodded her head and a line of drool ran down her chin.

"Then, shall we return the treasures to him?" Chu Chen took out the remaining five treasures from the Sumeru Ring and thoughtfully asked.

Chu Xin looked at these Ancient Treasures, a reluctant look in her eyes. But after hesitating for a moment, she still said, "Let's return them, after all, we've eaten a few already, we might as well return these ones."

"Okay!" Chu Chen nodded and said.

Afterward, Chu Xin removed the Truth Talisman and asked again, "Grandpa, after you take us to where the Divine Sword Fruit is, we'll return these treasures to you."

"Okay."

The elder nodded, then waved his hand, and in an instant, he arrived at a pond with Chu Xin and Chu Chen, along with their twin-headed piglet.

A thick white mist permeated the pond, and both within the mist and the water of the pond, a formidable Sword Intent was emitted.

"This is the Divine Sword Pond; the Divine Sword Fruits are inside this pond. As for their exact location, you'll have to find that out yourselves. However, the Divine Sword Fruits are not yet ripe; they will taste even better if eaten after ripening," said the elder with a beaming smile.

The Divine Sword Fruits would eventually be plucked and consumed by the Heavenly Prides anyway, so giving some to these mischievous children made no difference, plus he could exchange them for the Array Bases. The elder felt it was worth it.

"Here you go, grandpa," said Chu Chen as he handed over the five Ancient Treasures to the elder.

The elder looked at the now only five Array Bases, almost in tears.

Never mind, retrieving five was still better than not getting any back at all; at least he could continue to maintain the Guardian Formation, albeit with somewhat reduced power.

"Grandpa, can we drink this water?" Chu Xin leaned over the edge of the Divine Sword Pond, looking at the clear Sword Pond Water with curiosity, she asked.

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