Inside Story, Sword Talisman (1)

The night before entering the barren mountains.

After successfully summoning the Blood Spirit Clone, Lin Shuguang quietly returned to his school lodgings from the abandoned factory under cover of darkness. He had not expected an unexpected figure to have been waiting for him for quite some time.

"Mr. Qi?" Lin Shuguang was slightly startled.

The fact that Qi Lin had come to find him in the middle of the night truly caught him off guard.

He had been in contact with Mr. Qi for so long, yet it seemed he had never seen him so persistent about finding him over anything.

They entered the room.

Qi Lin wasted no words and directly tossed something over.

Lin Shuguang hesitated when he caught it. It was actually a Jade Talisman.

With a cursory glance, he saw unfamiliar markings drawn across the Jade Talisman. A sharp, icy chill faintly seeped from it. With only a little probing, he could sense an astonishing Sword Intent surging turbulently within the Jade Talisman.

Lin Shuguang had thought Qi Lin had discovered his purchase of contraband, but he had not expected him to turn around and give him such a talisman brimming with Sword Intent.

This was the first time he had ever seen something like this. It felt fresh, yet inevitably left him puzzled.

He looked up.

Seeing Lin Shuguang's confusion, Qi Lin calmly explained, "Use your blood qi to activate it, and this Sword Talisman can unleash the power of my full-strength strike. Keep it safe. Don't use it unless absolutely necessary."

Lin Shuguang heard the unusual implication in his words. He gripped the talisman in his hand at once, his expression turning solemn as he asked in a low voice, "Something happened?"

Qi Lin nodded slightly. "A number of unfamiliar faces appeared in Demon