Carrying the long sword back to the summit of the deserted island, Zhang Xiaohua breathed in the salty fresh sea breeze and felt somewhat moved. No wonder so few people cultivated evasion arts. Spending every day burrowing through the earth and running about like that—how could it compare to the exhilaration of soaring high and flying far? He had merely spent less than a day beneath this deserted island, yet even breathing the ordinary sea breeze again felt comfortable, let alone for those who constantly tunneled back and forth underground.
Sitting cross-legged, Zhang Xiaohua carefully examined his meridians and was startled to discover that using Earth Evasion while carrying this long sword consumed several times more true qi than using Earth Evasion alone. The price was truly rather steep.
"Forget it, forget it. I'll carry it. Perhaps when I'm old, I can use it as a walking stick."
Zhang Xiaohua had to exert himself to persuade himself before he refrained from throwing it into the sea.
His trip into the lava had been dangerous but without mishap, yet it had fully demonstrated that Fire Dragon True Person's view—that cultivating a single evasion art had special uses—was entirely correct. Thus, over the following days, aside from diligently cultivating Earth Evasion and Fire Evasion, he would also occasionally use both Earth Evasion and Fire Evasion simultaneously upon the surface of the lava. Naturally, he limited himself to the lava's surface. He had no interest in disturbing the monster's rest again. Even knowing that there were still many Luminous Pearls in the lava did little to stir his interest.
Silver was not omnipotent, but without silver, one could do nothing at all. Yet when life itself was at stake, silver could be cast aside.
Once his Earth Evasion and Fire Evasion had reached