Su Jiu laughed when she heard Zhuang Nian's words. She felt that fellow was simply a coward.
After all, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator caught among a crowd of Golden Core cultivators would be the first to become cannon fodder if he got caught in the crossfire. Making himself as inconspicuous as possible at a critical moment was not a bad approach.
Seeing that Su Jiu did not care, Zhuang Nian said no more. But once suspicion took root, it was difficult to erase.
They had hurried on their way there, but the return journey was much more relaxed.
Standing aboard the Flying Boat and gazing at the mountains and seas of clouds was wonderfully pleasant.
This time, Su Jiu did not sit cross-legged and quietly meditate like the other disciples. Instead, she leaned against one side of the Flying Boat, took a shabby-looking booklet from her Storage Bracelet, and began reading. It was the secret manual on Void Talisman Drawing the Grand Elder had given her.
The manual contained very few words, only picture after picture. Anyone else who picked it up would probably have been lost in a fog, but after Chu Luohen's special instruction, Su Jiu had a fairly clear understanding of what the pictures conveyed.
Some pictures showed hands, others showed runes, and some even marked the direction in which spiritual qi should flow. Like a new world unfolding before her, the book slowly opened Su Jiu's eyes to a new understanding of talismans.
Soon, Su Jiu had imprinted every picture in the manual on her mind. Those images seemed to come alive, weaving together one after another.
Then the pictures vanished, replaced by a hand. It kept drawing all kinds of runes, using neither brush nor ink. With only its index and middle fingers pressed