Everyone exchanged glances at his words, but their trust in Li Xiaoya, who had successfully resolved several crises, kept them from asking questions. They cautiously followed him as he hurried forward.
What they did not know was that several dozen yards away, something resembling a tiny red dot was slowly following them...
After running another dozen yards or so, everyone sensed the Demon Beasts blocking their path with their divine sense. Li Xiaoya stopped first and motioned for the others to stop as well.
"Shh!" Li Xiaoya gestured for silence, then patted his Storage Pouch and took out a white talisman. It was none other than the Invisibility Talisman.
"Huh?" The moment Li Xiaoya took out the talisman, Liu Qingshan exclaimed in surprise. Everyone shot him a fierce glare, afraid he would alert the Demon Beasts inside.
Liu Qingshan smiled apologetically at them, then moved his lips slightly, transmitting his voice to Li Xiaoya. "Junior Brother Li, how did you get an Invisibility Talisman? That's a fourth-tier talisman! I can't even refine one yet!" His words brimmed with longing and envy.
"My master gave it to me for protection!" Li Xiaoya replied through voice transmission, then addressed everyone the same way. "Stand on either side of me and hold hands, then give me your hands. I have an Invisibility Talisman here. We'll conceal our auras and slip past."
"...!"
"What's wrong?" Seeing that nobody moved and that they instead looked rather uncomfortable, Li Xiaoya urged them in frustration through voice transmission. "Hurry up! We don't have much time!"
"...!" Liu Qingshan looked at him, then at everyone else's expressions, and sighed inwardly. Junior Brother Li still doesn't understand the ways of the world! He was the first to reach out, grasping Li Xiaoya's right wrist so that his hand would