When the cultivators saw the Black-and-White Twin Bowls Lu Xiaotian had unleashed, a trace of envy surfaced in their eyes. The bowls did not appear particularly powerful offensively, but they were swift, possessed formidable defenses, and had no blind spots whatsoever. Even Golden Core Middle Stage powerhouses like He Yousheng and Wang Tuoguai believed that, with such a life-preserving artifact, they would likely be unable to do anything to Lu Xiaotian. A thought could not help but arise in their minds: the reason Lu Xiaotian had dared to wander alone outside Lishui City despite his limited cultivation was likely because he had excellent means of preserving his life. Moreover, he was proficient in formations, and ordinary restrictions could not trouble him. That explained it.
As Lu Xiaotian hid within the Black-and-White Twin Bowls, he rejoiced that he had snatched this life-preserving artifact from Liu Jingchuan. Yet he could only smile bitterly. For the first time, he deeply realized that although he had become a Golden Core cultivator—a figure whom Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators could only look up to—his cultivation was still not worth mentioning in the face of true danger. Even Golden Core Middle Stage cultivators possessed far greater means of self-preservation than he did in such an environment. Had he not luckily acquired these Black-and-White Twin Bowls, his situation would likely have been little better than Zhao Nanxing's. Even as a formation master, once he laid down a formation, he would be unable to flee. Setting up a formation on the spot before these Storm Birds was no different from courting death.
After smiling bitterly for a while, Lu Xiaotian recalled the perilous moment just now and suddenly realized that something seemed amiss. It was not the Storm Birds they had encountered, nor Chi Yunsang's astonishing