"The condition of the inner area? You don't know anything about it?"
Helen asked surprised. She did not comprehend why would this guy ask about the situation in the inner area when he himself was exploring it. Anyone would hear some news here and there and know all about the thing happening. Furthermore, she had never heard about him. He should be famous as he had the ability to kill a core formation cultivator while he himself was only at the essence core realm.
"Oh, I was staying in the outer area these day to train. I just entered the inner area today so I don't anything about it". Sam replied as he understood what she was thinking.
"That explains it all". Helen smiled as she continued:
"Well, the inner region has been chaotic these day specially since that mysterious place was found. The inner area has many powerful demonic beast and several ruins from the archaic era that we don't even know anything about. Dangers are everywhere but there are four areas that are considered as the most dangerous. If anyone can return alive from these place, they will obtain good harvest. But not just anyone can come back alive from those place.".
"The first is the ruins of the abyss. It is one of the first ruins that was discovered but it was never explored by the cultivators. The whole ruins is covered by death energy. Anyone who gets near or touched by the death energy would have their life energy sucked dry and turn into dried corpse. So, nobody dares to explore it".
"The second is the dead city. It is an ancient city which is full of undead creatures. They attack anybody who trespass into the city. They can sense any living being who enter their city and attack them. The beer of undead living inside is so high that anybody would be sufficated by their large number of undead attacking them and get killed"
"What kind of treasures are found inside this dead city? " Sam curiously asked.
"The undead creatures carry their most precious weapons and treasure with them when they were alive. They can't activate and use them but they consider them as more precious than their lives. As for who they were and where they come come from when they were alive, it is one of the unsolved mystery of swordridge valley. Anyway if you get any one of the weapon of the powerful undead, you would make it rich" .
"The third most dangerous area is the beast mountain. It is place full of unique demonic beasts. Some of demonic beats with ancient bloodlines also live inside the beast mountain. The rank 4 demonic beast Barbaric bear controls this demonic mountains and several beasts follow it's order. The Barbaric bear is a rank 4 beasts but no core formation realm cultivator has been able to defeat it till this date. It is because it can use it's bloodline and has the bloodline ability : berserk. When it uses this ability, it could even fight against martial soul realm cultivators".
"As for the fourth dangerous area, it is mysterious place that was found recently. People are still exploring this place to gain treasures. I, myself nearly lost my life there. I obtained a treasure after all the brothers and sisters of my sect sacrificed their life for it. But those people found out about it and I was hunted down. Luckily, they wanted the treasure for themselves and did not spread news about it. Otherwise, things would have been more difficult".
Sam didn't know what to say after hearing her story. He had just met her today and don't know anything about her. They were basically strangers. So, he just kept quiet and waited for her to continue.
Helen stayed silent for a while. She sighed and continued:
"As for the fourth most dangerous place, it was recently discovered by Dacre Raymond, the successor of the Raymond family. He discovered a large cave at the boundary of the inner and central region. When he entered the cave, he found himself inside a different space which was large and wide. Considering the possible dangers, he returned back and joined hands with other large sects like Himalayan martial sect, unity academy, etc to explore the cave. They found several valuable treasure inside".
"The amazing thing was they found the skeleton of dragon which were thousands of mile large. The skeleton of the dragon were releasing intense pressure so that nobody could get near to it. Further, some of the dragons have their demonic cores intact. Just one of them could cost a fortune. So, they speculated that this might be the nest of a dragon king and those dead dragons might be it's subordinates. As for the lair of the dragon king, nobody has found it. It is suspected that a dragon egg might be hidden inside the lair of the dragon king. Thus, they named this mysterious cave as the thousands Dragonnest".
Sam was surprised after hearing about the nest of a dragon. He was excited too as he wanted to fully explore this dragon nest. He asked helen:
"Is it true? Did you see the skeleton of those dead dragons? "
Helen replied,"Yes, I did. I saw them and they were all so large. How big would they be when they had a body full of flesh and blood I wonder".
Sam excitedly nodded his head. He said:
"I must go inside the dragon nest to gain treasure as fast as possible. The most valuable treasures might be inside the lair of this so called dragon king. The legend about dragon says that they are money grubbing creature. They love to collect all kinds of valuable treasure and scatter in their neat to sleep on it. Although, this might be just a legend but just the tinniest of the possibility that this might be true makes my heart beat faster. I must go to this dragon nest".
Helen nodded her head as she agreed with Sam. However, the genius of the powerful sect were already exploring inside the dragon nest and conflict might occur due to appearance of treasure. Although, Sam was strong but he was not at the level of those geniuses. So, she kindly reminded him:
"Although the treasure inside the dragon nest are very valuable but there are countless dangers inside. I heard that a group of cultivators were swallowed by a large mouth that emerged from the ground and they were never heard of since then. They are also several dragonic creatures inside the cave that have thin blood of dragon such as flood dragons that prevent the cultivators from going inside. So you must be careful".
Sam nodded his head but he only heard her first sentence that said there are countless treasures inside. As for the rest it fell into his dead ears.
"Ah, right. Have you heard anything about Saya and Gilde of the heavenly martial sect? " Sam asked as he suddenly remembered about them. He had not met them since they entered the swordridge valley. Although he was not overly worried about them, he just wanted to confirm their safety.
When she heard his question, Helen became oddly excited as her eyes shone with adoration.she said:
"Gilde, right he is from the heavenly martial sect. He recently became famous in the swordridge valley after his battle with the Clearsky child, the successor of the clearsky sect. He entered the Dragon nest and even obtained a spear made from the bone of a dragon. After obtaining the spear, the clearsky child targeted him to rob his spear but he fought back. He fought with the clearly child and nearly claimed his life. If not for the interference of Quinn Fulton, the successor of Rhino sect, he would have already killed clearsky child".
"After that battle, clearsky child declared that anyone who could kill him and present him his head will obtain a treasure and gain the friendship of their clearsky sect. Thus, various second and third rate power who want to curry favour with cleasky sect are hunting him down. But, he is still exploring the swordridge valley carefreely".
"He is strong after all. Him killing that clearsky child or whatever does not surprise me one bit. What about that little girl, Saya?" Sam asked again.
It might be her imagination but Helen clearly saw disdain in his eyes when he talked about the clearsky child like he was a nobody. She was surprised by this but she still replied happily:
"Saya...umm...about her...How should I say this? The genius of Himalayan sect, Stephen Kinsley, took a liking to her and declared his love publicly. She got annoyed and fought with him. After being defeated, she left declaring that she would return and defeat him".
She had a odd expression on her face when she explained about this. Most of the girl would be happy beyond word after being confessed by a genius like Stephen kinsley who hails from the overlord of northern region, Himalayan martial sect but she was annoyed and even fought him.
Sam laughed heartily. "that does sound like something only she would do". Sam had a soft spot for this little girl. Perhaps due to her happy go lucky attitude or her cutely fiery personality, he loved having her around.
"Right, what about other sects? Are they just staying silent and maintaining their low profile? "
"Most of the other sects are quietly exploring. That right, all the major power have built their base around the Thousands Dragonnest and they mostly gather there for rest".
"Right, I would be careful when dealing with the Riguoburg kingdom. Marvyn Riguoburg, who is leading the exploration inside the swordridge valley is arrogant and does not put anyone in his eyes. Furthermore, he and his subordinates have a battle formation with the help of which they can even fight against martial soul realm cultivators. So, he is like a local tyrant here".
"I will be careful. Thank you for all the information. Right, if you need any help in the future, come find me in the heavenly martial sect".
"Right. I will. And thank you again for saving my life. I will be definitely repay your favor in the Future". Helen said as she bowed and thanked Sam again. She knew that it was time to say goodbye. She even drew a map marking the location of different famous areas and gave it to Sam.
"No need. Take care of yourself in the future. I will be leaving first". Sam said as he nodded his head. Using his movement he disappeared from the area.
Only Helen was left behind feeling a sense of loss. Although, she did not say anything she was attracted to Sam a little bit after he saved her life like a knight but he had no interest in her. She sighed as she stood up and also left.