"Old Iron could still keep improving. If they hadn't fed me nothing but scraps of broken copper and rotten iron, Old Iron would have reached the Great Dao True Weapon level long ago!" said Immortal-Smiting Iron.
"Then how did they seal you?" Lu Ren asked curiously.
"Wasn't Old Iron worried about you and trying to go back? But those two wouldn't allow it. When Old Iron refused to obey them, they sealed me, tortured me every day, and humiliated me!"
"They... they even often dual cultivated on top of me... on top of me!"
The more Immortal-Smiting Iron spoke, the more agitated it became. Even the divine light on its shell trembled. "Lu Ren, do you know how much suffering Old Iron endured for you? You have to compensate me!"
Lu Ren and Yun Qingyao were both dumbfounded, so furious they could die, yet unable to keep from laughing.
Lu Ren walked up to Immortal-Smiting Iron and comforted it with a smile. "Immortal-Smiting Iron, this was tempering your will. It counts as growth too!"
"Pah, pah, pah!"
Immortal-Smiting Iron said, "Old Iron doesn't want this kind of growth. Whenever I think of them dual cultivating on top of me, Old Iron feels dirty. Dirty!"
"Alright, alright. When I encounter them in the future, I'll definitely avenge you," Lu Ren said.
"That's more like it!"
As it spoke, Immortal-Smiting Iron asked, "By the way, where is this?"
"The Return-to-Ruins River Site. We're heading somewhere, so open the way properly," Lu Ren said.
"Alright!"
Immortal-Smiting Iron answered, its body bursting with divine light as it floated atop the water once more.
Lu Ren and Yun Qingyao also landed on Immortal-Smiting Iron's back.
"Immortal-Smiting Iron, I'll give you the coordinates," Lu Ren said.
Immortal-Smiting Iron slowly moved forward. "Alright, hold tight. Also, you