The rapport between the two made Yun Huanling feel as though he had swallowed ten sour fruits. Every bit of his displeasure showed on his face.
Watching Qiao Zirong's back, Yun Huanling muttered, "Once I get back, I'll improve my talisman arts as soon as possible. It's just talisman arts. He makes it look like nobody else can do it."
Yun Chao swept him with a skeptical glance, then looked away.
Mo Qi's expression remained normal, but her eyes were pitch-black and unfathomably deep.
Without realizing it, she had dug several bloody marks into her palm.
Having inherited the Merfolk's gifts, Ji Jue possessed an extraordinary sense of smell. Following the scent of blood, he noticed the female cultivator who had remained silent all this time and could not help studying her discreetly.
He raised his eyebrows slightly and thought, She probably isn't a simple character either.
Su Jiu had not expected those two guards to be so easy to deal with, yet the talisman on this door to be so difficult to unravel.
Half a day passed. Although the runes continued to glow red, the talisman still showed no sign of coming loose.
Qiao Zirong was already struggling to hold on. After all, the spiritual qi within him was nowhere near as abundant as Su Jiu's.
Moreover, he did not know that while Su Jiu supplied spiritual qi, circulating her cultivation method could also replenish it. This was not a fight, after all, and did not require frequent bursts of spiritual qi. As long as she remained perfectly still, even while expending spiritual qi, the golden core within her could help her absorb spiritual qi from the surroundings at the same time.
A day passed, and everyone except Yun Huanling and Yun Chao was astonished.
Ji Jue asked, "Does