The storage ring contained not only the Star Diamond Talisman Zhang Tie had been searching for, but also a stone stele engraved with the words "Soul Canon," along with more than a hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones.
Zhang Tie immediately found Zhong Zhen extremely strange. He had already been enslaved by the Heavenly Court, so how had he managed to keep hold of these resources? It seemed this man had quite a few secrets.
Before long, Zhang Tie returned to the front of his cave dwelling. With a wave of his hand, he opened the restrictions and walked inside.
"Senior Brother Lu, are you all right?" The moment the stone door opened, Jin Linglong came into view.
"With the grand formation and puppets assisting me, what could possibly happen? Now that we have the Star Diamond Talisman, when do you think we should set out?" Zhang Tie asked.
"Could we wait another two years? I'm cultivating a secret technique and have reached a critical point. I still need a little time," Jin Linglong replied.
"Of course. Once you've finished cultivating, Junior Sister Jin, you can come find me directly. I'll wait for you in this cave dwelling." Zhang Tie was not in much of a hurry.
After Jin Linglong left, Zhang Tie finally began to carefully examine his gains from this expedition.
Half an hour later, Zhang Tie slowly took a stone stele from a wooden box. The stele looked quite old, its surface covered in the marks of time, as though it had weathered countless storms and upheavals.
The stele's surface was pitted and uneven. Apart from the two ancient, unadorned characters "Soul Canon" carved in the center, there were no other patterns or words. Yet Zhang Tie's expression remained unusually calm, as if he had long known something