It should have been noon, yet the sky was pitch-black, no different from night. Bolts of lightning cleaved through the air like sharp swords, carving streaks of light across the darkness. Rain poured down endlessly as though the Heavenly River had collapsed. In less than half a day, vast amounts of mud mixed with small rocks had slid down from the mountaintop onto the mountainside where Xiao Hua and the others were!
"This is far too strange!" Xiao Hua opened his eyes and looked at the mud seeping in through the cave entrance. Not daring to be careless, he flicked his hand and took out more than ten talismans. With both hands moving, he struck them into different places around the cave. Seeing Xiao Hua set down the talismans, Xun Shu and the others showed astonishment in their eyes. They had normally seen their elders arrange spell formations, but those formation talismans had invariably been placed on the ground. Yet Xiao Hua's dozen or so talismans covered above, below, left, and right, as though they had enveloped the entire cave!
The three exchanged glances. Their astonishment carried delight, for the more methods Xiao Hua possessed, the safer they would be. In their hearts, they all felt fortunate to have chosen to travel with him!
Once all the talismans had been placed, Xiao Hua rapidly formed another dozen or so hand seals. Wherever his spiritual power urged them, each talisman glimmered faintly!
"Rise!" Xiao Hua barked softly, making a grasping motion in midair and stirring the spiritual power fluctuations of the dozen talismans. He then released his hand slightly. Qian Diheng felt the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around them whirl faintly before immediately coming to a stop. Looking again at Xiao Hua, he had already sat cross-legged and remained motionless!