Lin Xuan formed a hand seal in each hand, shifting them without pause. The black cocoon rapidly shrank, turning into a ball of light roughly an inch across.
When Lin Xuan saw this, joy stirred in his heart, and a faint smile appeared on his face. With a flick of his finger, a sweep of glowing radiance shot out and rolled the black cocoon back to him.
The Spirit-Connecting Divine Wood had already been sealed inside!
Lin Xuan reached out and patted his Storage Bag, taking out a jade box. He placed the cocoon inside, then flipped his palm, and the jade box vanished.
The entire process took only a few seconds. The two Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators stared until their eyes went wide and their mouths hung open, but in the end, not a word came out.
The weak were meat, the strong did the eating—this was the unchanging rule of the cultivation world for ten thousand years. Although the two of them had discovered the treasure first, now that it had been snatched away by a Core Condensation Realm cultivator, they naturally did not dare complain.
Lin Xuan sized the two of them up, and the expression on his face suddenly darkened.
"Senior, spare my life! This junior will keep my mouth sealed tight about meeting you." The old man called Second Senior Brother was clever as well; he immediately dropped to his knees with a thud and kowtowed like pounding garlic.
"That's right, Senior, please show mercy." The bearded man was no fool either. His expression changed, and he hurriedly began begging loudly for his life too.
Lin Xuan said nothing. With a sweep of his sleeve, great swathes of Ghost Mist swarmed out.
Despair flashed across their faces, but of course they would not simply sit