After Han Yunzhi stuck a Spirit Talisman onto herself, her running speed abruptly doubled.
"A Divine Wind Talisman? Damn it, she actually has one of those! What a waste!"
Behind Han Yunzhi, Daoist Qingwen roared, his face twisted with malice. Not a trace remained of the kindly demeanor he had shown in Tai Nan Valley.
The Divine Wind Talisman was a high-grade elementary talisman. It created small whirlwinds around a cultivator's body, using the wind's power to increase their speed.
This was a lifesaving talisman passed down by Han Yunzhi's ancestors. Unfortunately, there was only one, and her older brother had left it to her. Otherwise, the two of them would have fled together long ago.
At the thought of her older brother, tears streamed uncontrollably from Han Yunzhi's eyes.
When she was seven, her parents had died while attending a similar trading gathering away from home. They had never returned.
Her older brother, only two years her senior, had cared for her ever since.
The two had depended on each other to survive. Following the cultivation methods their parents had taught them, studying cultivation manuals, and relying on the Spirit Stones and Spirit Pills left at home, they had stumbled their way through to the present.
In fact, at first, they had feared being discovered and killed so much that they had hidden in the mortal world, cultivating in secret amid its bustling streets.
This was their first proper venture into the Cultivation World. They had come so that Han Yunzhi's Older Brother could trade for resources at the Tai Nan Gathering, improve his strength, and pass the arena trials at the Ascension Conference.
Fortunately, luck had been on their side. They had traded with a tall, handsome young man (Naruto) for Explosive Tags that could bolster their combat