The two looked sideways in terror, only to see Song Yan's face appear before their eyes.
"You..."
The token fell into his hand, and the Spirit Marks transferred immediately.
Almost at the same instant, a flash of white light teleported the two away.
"Phew..."
Gu Qingqing also breathed a sigh of relief.
Earlier, Song Yan had discovered that when he operated the Hidden Sword Spirit-Concealing Art at full strength, his position would not appear on Gu Qingqing's map.
It seemed the markers on the map determined cultivators' positions through fluctuations in their Spiritual Power.
That meant methods for concealing one's presence could hide one's marker on the map.
They could thus conceal their position or catch others by surprise.
And so, a bold idea had occurred to him.
Along the way, he had used Gu Qingqing as bait, drawing quite a few people over to deliver their Spirit Marks of their own accord.
By now, the number displayed on his Spirit-Pattern Jade Token had become "forty-eight."
Gu Qingqing craned her neck to peek.
When she saw the number on Song Yan's token, she was astonished.
"So many... Senior Brother Song, could you be in first place?"
Song Yan rolled his eyes at her. "Stop flattering me. Get moving."
Her little face fell. "Senior Brother, at this point, why don't you just go on your own?"
"If Qingqing goes any farther in, I'll just get beaten black and blue a few times and teleported out."
"I might as well show some backbone and run outside the restriction myself to wait for teleportation."
Song Yan said nothing, simply watching her.
"..."
"..."
"All right..."
The two continued onward. By now, the trick of using his junior sister as bait was hardly effective anymore.
Song Yan simply stopped concealing himself.
"Senior Brother, are