The group moved between the strata, and as time passed, the two Longevity True Men's contention for the "hunting ground" finally came to an end, with no further effort made for a long time. Having lost a clear target, the danger level actually increased once more for Zhai Que'er and the others.
The few of them were not very familiar with the surrounding environment of Yinkui City. Relying entirely on the Curse Demon Crystal—meaning Fifth Master He's eyeball—they confirmed their target, paying no heed to direction, and proceeded directly toward the Black Robe's former dwelling place indicated upon it. Since they were all proficient in escape arts, cleaving earth and piercing stone were nothing to them, and they spent very little time in the prepared tunnels.
However, as Zhai Que'er and Yu Ci's conversation gradually entered a substantive level, Third Master He and Xia Shuanghe both felt that the originally planned patrol and exploration no longer needed to continue. After a brief discussion, they selected a relatively clean and open area and allowed the two to continue their discussion.
Seeing Yu Ci acknowledge that he understood Layered Aperture Form Integration, Zhai Que'er smiled, looking quite happy. But soon her eyes rolled, and she flipped her hand to take out something. "Then I'll have to test you. To what extent can you simplify this talisman?"
The female cultivator took out a scroll, and when unfolded, it was densely covered with the fractal structures of talismans. Yu Ci glanced at it and saw that these fractal structures were merely spliced together in the most primitive way without any optimization, consuming an extreme amount of vital energy. Anyone trying to drive this contraption would be having the worst luck of eight lifetimes!
"Does Miss Que'er mean..."
"Let's see just how far you can