After moving the Rainbow Seven Star Grass into the Starry Sky Ring, Xu Yi suddenly darted north. The blood-red bead in his hand seemed to have endless uses. Each time he swept it across the air, the scene before him changed, revealing a spirit herb or some heavenly treasure.
Xu Yi darted east and west, north and south, covering thousands of miles. After eighteen stops, he had moved a total of eighteen heavenly treasures into the Starry Sky Ring.
At last, Xu Yi stopped beside a massive waterfall beneath Cuiwei Peak.
He had just settled beneath a Red-eyed Fir when a streak of lightning shot straight for the back of his head. Without even looking, Xu Yi unleashed the Three Hearts Two Minds Sword. Sword intent formed a net, instantly sealing the lightning within.
A tiger's roar and a dragon's bellow rang out from the net. The one who had come at him was Huang Mei.
"You want to test my skills too?"
Xu Yi sent out a thought.
Huang Mei's tiger head reared high as he sent back a thought. "I've fought corpse-slaying cultivators before. None of them could keep me pinned down. You only have the upper hand because of the soul mark—you can always predict your enemy's moves."
It was Huang Mei who shook his head, but the one truly communicating with Xu Yi was the Chiwu Worm.
Xu Yi's earlier run of seemingly supernatural luck, finding eighteen heavenly treasures in a row, had not been luck at all. It was all thanks to Huang Mei.
For the past three years, Xu Yi had focused on farming and cultivation, never once setting foot in the Kunlun Ruins. But with treasures right before him, there was no way he could simply stand by and watch.
So he had