Having chosen three, Jiang Beiran burst into laughter. "Fang Shimei, with that kind of nerve, you still want to right wrongs and help the weak? Hahaha."
Fang Qiuyue puffed out her cheeks in anger. After fiercely wiping away her tears, she said nothing and continued searching for a way out.
But every time she pulled up a blade of grass, she imagined it was Jiang Beiran's hair.
Laugh at me, will you! Laugh at me, will you!
Once Fang Qiuyue had walked away, Jiang Beiran crouched down, turned the Bronze Toad upside down, and gave it a hard shake.
"Clang." "Clang"...
Five Copper Coins tumbled out of the "toad's belly" one after another.
When Fang Qiuyue heard the sound in the distance, her body trembled again. But she forced herself not to cry out, silently reciting incantations she had no idea where she had learned.
Jiang Beiran set the Bronze Toad aside and studied the five Copper Coins, muttering, "Xu, Geng, Gui, Du, Death... Heh. Not much skill, but quite the greedy heart."
With a laugh in his heart, Jiang Beiran took a Compass from his Universe Ring and began to calculate.
On the other side, Yu Guishui, who was desperately trying to find an exit, chose to keep moving straight ahead. But as she walked, she discovered her third sister standing before her.
"Hm? Miaomiao? How did you get here?" Yu Guishui asked in confusion.
Yu Guimiao was startled as well. "I just kept carefully walking forward, and then..."
"Elder Sister? Miaomiao!?" As Yu Guimiao spoke, Yu Guizhui arrived beside them too, her face full of astonishment. "I obviously chose a different direction from you two. How did I..."
Yu Guishui grew nervous after hearing that. "What kind of formation technique is this? I..."
As she spoke, Yu Guishui suddenly felt dizzy. She hurriedly rubbed her temples. "I... I suddenly feel so dizzy."
Yu Guizhui also abruptly fell into a daze. The elder sister before her seemed to split into two.
"E-Elder Sister, I think I'm getting dizzy too. Save... save me..."
As her eyelids grew heavier and heavier, Yu Guizhui fearfully tried to shout. Yet she discovered that no sound would come out. She could only watch helplessly as boundless darkness surged toward her and swallowed her whole...
"Thud..."
Hearing someone collapse, Jiang Beiran, who was shaking the Compass, cast a brief glance in that direction.
Although this formation technique was set up in a complete mess, it seems its power is still too great for these junior sisters, whose cultivation is not yet high enough.
"Merit Golden Light Slightly Opens, Dark Hua Pool Worldly Fragrance, Spirit Treasure Immeasurable Light Illuminates!"
As Jiang Beiran softly chanted, the Compass in his hand gave a slight tremble, and three Dunjia Symbols lit up at once.
Eight Palaces Sky Impact Star...
In Jiang Beiran's eyes, the surrounding forest had vanished, replaced by a Minor Sixfold Mind-Seizing Formation radiating purple light.
After observing it closely for a moment, Jiang Beiran first took three steps toward the Jing Position and stomped down hard. Then he took one step toward the Jing Position and thrust a palm forward...
With Jiang Beiran's every movement, the purple glow emitted by the Minor Sixfold Mind-Seizing Formation grew fainter and fainter until it finally dispersed completely.
After breaking the formation, Jiang Beiran walked backward six steps, crouched down, and plunged his hand into the earth.
Oh? This thief is quite wealthy.
As he marveled inwardly, Jiang Beiran pulled a Yellow Gold Spirit Stone from the soil.
Tsk. Though it's only a Low Grade Gold Spirit Stone, it's still far beyond what ordinary people can afford. Even selling their children wouldn't fetch this much money... The person who set up this formation technique is rather interesting.
If gold, silver, and Copper Coins were the primary currency in the world of ordinary people, then for Cultivators, Spirit Stones were the foremost currency.
The reason Spirit Stones could become the main currency was essentially the same as Copper Coins: they inherently possessed equivalent value.
So-called Spirit Stones were Spirit Qi Crystals formed from the gathered Essence of Heaven and Earth.
Profound Cultivators needed them for cultivation, formation techniques needed them to operate, and even some high-quality Dharma Treasures could not be activated without Spirit Stones.
It could be said that Spirit Stones were closely connected to everything in the world of profound cultivation. Naturally, they were hard currency as solid as solid could be.
After tossing the Low Grade Gold Spirit Stone into his Universe Ring, Jiang Beiran slowly spread out his spiritual power. At the same time he discovered that no one was coming this way, he also found that four junior sisters had already collapsed, while only Liu Zijin was still struggling to endure.
Oh? Liu Zijin clearly hasn't learned any means of resisting formation techniques, yet she can hold on until now through sheer willpower. Could she possess the Innate Three Yang Body? The Returning Heart Sect has truly picked up a treasure this time.
Putting the Compass and Bronze Toad back into his Universe Ring as well, Jiang Beiran stepped forward, took out a Storax Pill, and handed it to the sweat-drenched Liu Zijin. "Eat it."
For Liu Zijin, who was almost unable to hold on any longer, Jiang Beiran's voice was like a thunderbolt crashing down, calling back all Three Souls and Seven Spirits that were nearly flying away.
"Senior Brother!?" Liu Zijin whirled around, her face filled with terror.
"It's all right now. Hurry and take it."
Without asking why the formation technique had suddenly disappeared, Liu Zijin took the Storax Pill Jiang Beiran offered and swallowed it in one gulp.
In an instant, her spiritual power, which had nearly scattered apart, condensed at once, and clarity returned to her eyes.
"Rest for a while. I'll go wake the other junior sisters." With that, Jiang Beiran walked toward the Yu Family Three Sisters.
Watching Jiang Beiran's retreating back, Liu Zijin wanted to say something. Her lips moved a few times, but in the end, she said nothing. She sat down cross-legged where she was and began circulating the Returning Heart Skill.
When Jiang Beiran reached the place where the Yu Family Three Sisters had fallen, he could not help but freeze.
No way... Do triplets even fall in exactly the same pose?
Looking at the Three Sisters, whose postures were completely identical, Jiang Beiran chuckled. Then he took a Jade Bottle from his Universe Ring and held it beneath the nose of the Yu Shimei on the far left.
"Mmm..."
As a floral fragrance entered her nose, Yu Guishui slowly awakened. Then she abruptly sat upright and looked around in all directions.
"Senior... Senior Brother?"
"Yes, it's me. Here, swallow this medicine." Jiang Beiran handed Yu Guishui the Storax Pill.
"Senior Brother... What happened just now?"
"I'll explain later. Take the medicine first."
"Yes..." Yu Guishui nodded and swallowed the Storax Pill.
Jiang Beiran then used the same method to awaken the other junior sisters and had them gather together.
The Storax Pill refreshed the mind and cleared the head. In less than a cup of tea, the five junior sisters had fully recovered their senses.
"Report."
Seeing a Yu Shimei raise her hand, Jiang Beiran was quite pleased. Even under such circumstances, she had not forgotten to say "report." It seemed his training had been very successful.
"Speak."
"Did Senior Brother break the formation technique?"
Jiang Beiran shook his head after hearing that. "I told you, I don't know formation techniques. I guess this formation technique simply couldn't trap so many people, so it collapsed on its own."
The five junior sisters simultaneously gave him looks that said, Do you take us for idiots? Yet none of them questioned him further, because they knew that would only make their senior brother unhappy.
PS: There will be another chapter at twelve. (Muah.)
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