The jade talisman in Fairy Colorful Cloud's hand was called an Explosive Spirit Talisman. Once activated, it would send the spiritual energy within a one-mile radius into a violent frenzy. Xu Yang wouldn't have been too concerned if they were anywhere else; with his speed, he could definitely escape the blast radius. But this was his cave dwelling, and it contained a branch of the Spirit Spring. If the talisman went off, the branch would immediately run wild, and the resulting force would be enough to tear them all to pieces.
Fu Tao and Du Ming, standing nearby, also paled. They had clearly recognized the Explosive Spirit Talisman too. Fu Tao hurriedly said, "Fairy, be careful. Don't activate that talisman, or we'll all be annihilated body and soul!"
Fairy Colorful Cloud giggled, raised her hand, and put the Explosive Spirit Talisman away. "I didn't expect even Fellow Daoist Fu to lose his composure. It seems this talisman really does the trick!"
Xu Yang smiled bitterly. "Fairy, you really are something. You even had an Explosive Spirit Talisman to protect yourself. Fortunately, I didn't attack you, or this place would have been razed to the ground!"
Du Ming also wore a lingering look of fear. "That was far too close. You two are devious, dragging even me into this. If anything had gone wrong, wouldn't I have died an undeserved death? Fairy, don't pull a stunt like that again, or I won't be joining you."
Fairy Colorful Cloud nodded. "I was rash and didn't consider how you fellow Daoists would feel. It won't happen again." In truth, she already regretted it. She had failed to consider the others' feelings, and if Xu Yang and the others grew resentful, it would hardly be worth it.
Since Fairy Colorful Cloud had apologized, Xu