Her thoughts stirred.
She did not reveal herself or respond, merely standing there in silence, her aura perfectly concealed as though she had merged into the darkness.
Seeing that the other party neither spoke nor appeared, Duan De grew even more unnerved.
His eyes darted rapidly as his divine sense poured through the entire cavern like spilled mercury, yet in his haste, he found nothing at all!
It was as if the other party did not exist, yet his spiritual instincts clearly told him that there was definitely something there!
"Damn it... have I really run into something evil?"
Duan De's heart pounded, and even a trace of cold sweat seeped from his forehead.
On one hand, he secretly circulated the divine consciousness that had only just awakened after reading the Divine Crystal, still far from returning to its peak.
With the other, he quietly pulled several crumpled yellow talismans that looked rather shabby from the sleeve of his tattered Daoist robe.
He clutched them in his hand while his other hand secretly reached for a dusty gray cloth bag at his waist.
It was a spatial artifact containing part of the belongings he had left behind in his "previous life."
"Fellow Daoist... no, Senior!
What great expert might you be?
Could you perhaps show yourself? Duan here...
If Duan has offended you in any way, we can talk it over! In Duan's previous life...
Uh, perhaps when I dug... ah, no, I mean... when I did that, my hand slipped a few times. If I accidentally disturbed your honored resting place, Duan apologizes to you here!
I'll definitely build you a bigger, more imposing one later!
If that won't do, name your price, and Duan will compensate you!
I only ask that you show mercy and spare Duan this