Taking a deep breath, Lin Hezhuo wasted no time and immediately raised his hand to take out a sheet of spirit paper.
With a light sweep of his finger, the spirit paper split into two, then two into four.
On each palm-sized piece of paper, a single vigorous little character appeared before swiftly fading away.
Two meant life, two meant death; they would decide the fate of the four people present.
The spirit paper was kneaded into four paper balls. With a wave of his hand, true essence surged from Lin Hezhuo's palm, forming a palm-sized vortex that swept the four paper balls inside.
The paper balls spun through the air, then drifted down after a moment.
"Junior Brothers, Junior Sisters, whether we walk the road of life or the road of death from here on out shall be decided by Heaven!"
"No matter what fate brings, if there is another life, we shall still be martial brothers!"
As his words fell, the true essence in Lin Hezhuo's palm dispersed. The paper balls, their order thoroughly scrambled, floated down onto the floor in the center of the room.
The four had long been prepared. Without the slightest hesitation, they raised their hands and swept their sleeves, each drawing over one paper ball.
Just as the four lightly rolled the paper balls between their fingers, intending to see what was written on them—
"Buzz!"
A humming sound came from outside the room.
Everyone hurriedly turned to look outside, only to see a paper crane transformed from a Communication Talisman flap its wings and streak in from beyond the room as a beam of light.
The paper crane hovered in the middle of the room, faint fluorescent light flowing across its body.
"Hm? This is... someone sending a message by talisman?"
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