Xu Yi didn't dare waste a moment. He hurried through a vast stretch of dense forest, then slipped into a river. Taking out the Origin Pearl, he lured over a water demon known for its speed. This time, Qiu Wa flatly refused to go inside a fish's belly, so he rode on the demon's back and sped toward Xuanqing Sect.
By dusk, he had finally returned to his cave abode at Xuanqing Sect. Under cover of the deepening night, he didn't alert anyone.
Desolate Ancestor wasn't home again, but Xu Yi wasn't surprised.
Qiu Wa darted into her room, announcing that she'd spent all her previous time asleep in a stupor, so this time she was going to sleep properly for several days.
Xu Yi couldn't tell what the difference was between sleeping in a stupor and sleeping properly. He told her to eat something before going to bed, then went straight to the alchemy room.
The first thing he took out wasn't Greedy Snake's storage ring, but the Soul-Summoning Banner. After devouring Greedy Snake's soul, it had clearly undergone another change; its entire body had grown a little more lustrous.
The biggest change, though, was that the Law Patterns on the Wailing Stick had almost completely disappeared.
The Law Patterns hadn't gradually vanished only after the banner devoured Greedy Snake's soul. Ever since entering this world, Xu Yi had noticed them changing.
It was just that after the banner devoured Greedy Snake's soul this time, the Law Patterns had nearly vanished altogether.
Xu Yi wasn't surprised by the change. Since arriving in this world, he had already experienced the power of the Heavenly Dao Rules.
Put simply, the Law Patterns on the Soul-Summoning Banner were products of another world. It was hardly strange that they couldn't adapt to the