The violent fire-attribute energy exploded, rippling outwards.
A deep pit, more than a zhang in depth, was blasted into the swamp.
The mud was overturned and splattered everywhere.
As for Yang Xu's body, it had long since been reduced to countless fragments.
He Pingsheng took a deep breath and withdrew the earth-attribute shield around his body.
Now, when fighting, he no longer had the nervousness he once did.
He was very calm.
From the very beginning of the encounter, he was incomparably composed.
He Pingsheng carefully leaped up and then landed where Yang Xu had just died.
Yang Xu's corpse was certainly gone.
His Dao robe was also torn into pieces!
However, the hundred treasure sack lay on the ground, completely intact.
Beside the hundred treasure sack, there was also a small Flying Sword and a shield, both of which were merely Medium Grade Magical Artifacts.
He Pingsheng was not polite; he swept up the small sword and shield, put them into his Storage Pouch, and then opened the hundred treasure sack Yang Xu had left behind.
There weren't many items inside the hundred treasure sack.
Because Yang Xu had been searching for him non-stop these past few days, he hadn't had time to collect Heaven And Earth Treasure; apart from a few clothes, his hundred treasure sack only contained a few jade Talismans.
There were also about a hundred Spirit Stones.
Nothing else.
"Collect!" He Pingsheng was unceremonious, directly collecting the Spirit Stones.
Next were the jade Talismans.
Teleportation jade Talismans.
These were good things; crushing them would allow one to teleport out of this world.
He collected them.
There was also a yellow Talisman.
Two strange characters were drawn on the Talisman; He Pingsheng could barely make them out. They were 【Tóngxīn】.
"Is this... a Tóngxīn Fú (Sympathetic Charm)?" He Pingsheng was surprised.
He had seen such a thing as a Tóngxīn Fú (Sympathetic Charm) in his cultivation notes, but he had never actually seen one.
Simply put, it was a Talisman, a very special Talisman.
One body, two sides.
One Talisman could be split into two parts; if two people held them separately, once one was activated, it could transmit a message once, and it would also show one's location.
Of course, the prerequisite was that they couldn't be too far apart.
For a First Grade Tóngxīn Fú (Sympathetic Charm) like this, the farthest contact distance was only ten thousand li.
It was effective within ten thousand li.
Beyond ten thousand li, it would not function.
He Pingsheng didn't know who held the other end of this Talisman, but he guessed there was a ninety percent chance it was in Linglong's hands.
Didn't this guy come looking for me because Linglong instructed him to?
"Hmm..." He Pingsheng stared at the Talisman in front of him, then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He decided he would play a trick on Linglong.
...
In the Secret Realm!
Another world!
Linglong, Luoyu, and another Disciple were rushing down from a mountain peak together.
"Run... hahaha..."
Linglong laughed loudly: "Don't worry, they can't catch us!"
"Those damned Ice Peak Immortal Sect Disciples, how dare they bully me!"
"When I get out, I'll definitely have my grandfather come and destroy this Ice Peak Immortal Sect!"
Luoyu, beside her, pouted: Your grandfather, destroy the Ice Peak Immortal Sect?
Is that possible?
Just then, a Tóngxīn Fú (Sympathetic Charm) hanging from Linglong's waist suddenly flickered.
"Oh..." Linglong was immediately overjoyed, saying, "Haha... Yang Xu found that fellow!"
Linglong didn't stop, but continued to run wildly.
After escaping the danger, she rode a paper crane and flew away.
In the Void Realm, she untied the jade Talisman from her waist; the jade Talisman didn't emit a sound, but there was a green dot on it, constantly flickering.
"Damn Yang Xu!" Linglong cursed, saying, "Why didn't he send me a message?"
Luoyu, who was riding the same paper crane, asked, "Did he find him?"
"He should have!" Linglong said, "Let's go, let's go see... Yang Xu, that kid, you must keep him safe for me, don't kill him!"
"Hehehe..."
"When I get there, I'll torture him thoroughly!"
"Hmph..."
"That dog-like thing, turns out he was an Outer Sect handyman!"
"This young lady asked him for Alchemy, and he put on airs?"
"If I don't kill him today, this young lady will never rest!"
Behind her, Luoyu frowned slightly, saying, "Junior Sister, don't always mention this matter in the future!"
"Also, after you see him, just kill him; there's no need for torture!"
"If by any chance someone sees us, it will be difficult to explain to Junior Martial Uncle Yu Ning!"
"What's there to be afraid of?" Linglong gritted her silver teeth: "He's just a dog-like thing from a handyman background; if he's killed, he's killed. At most, I'll go to the Reflection Square to reflect for a few days!"
"No!"
Luoyu shook her head, saying; "Although he's from a handyman background, he's not what he used to be!"
"Now, he's a True Disciple of Yu Ning Palace!"
"If you kill him like you killed Hao Yun, your punishment will definitely be more than just reflection!"
"So, Junior Sister... this matter must be kept secret!"
"It cannot be publicized!"
"Hmph..." Linglong snorted coldly, saying, "If I kill him and no one knows, wouldn't that be boring?"
"I just want everyone to know the consequences of offending me!"
"Go..."
Whoosh...
Two paper cranes swept through the Void Realm, flying towards He Pingsheng's location.
Because they were quite far away, these two paper cranes flew for about half an hour before they arrived at the location where the Tóngxīn Fú (Sympathetic Charm) was flickering.
"What is this place?"
Looking at the vast swamp below, Linglong frowned.
"I don't know!" Luoyu shook her head.
"Senior Sister... here, here..."
Another Disciple riding a paper crane suddenly discovered a place, urgently shouted, and then piloted his paper crane to land on the ground.
After a few breaths, Luoyu and Linglong also landed.
This was the very center of the swamp.
A long branch stood on the ground.
On the branch, several pieces of clothing were hanging.
These clothes were all obtained by He Pingsheng from Yang Xu's hundred treasure sack.
These clothes were now hanging on the branch.
"What does this mean?" Linglong asked, looking at the clothes.
Luoyu said, "Look... there's writing over there!"
On the clothes swaying in the wind, several lines of text were written in blood.
"Bring me the clothes!" Linglong ordered the Junior Apprentice Brother.
The Junior Apprentice Brother took down the clothes.
A large line of text was written on the clothes: There's a jar under the branch!
Just those few words.
Then, the three people's gazes fell upon the mud below.
The ground below seemed to have been dug up.
"Go..." Linglong immediately ordered the Junior Apprentice Brother, saying, "Dig out this jar for me; I want to see what other tricks there are!"
Linglong was afraid of being tricked, so she didn't dare to dig herself, and instead directed the Junior Apprentice Brother.
The Junior Apprentice Brother also didn't want to dig, but he had no choice.
He could only brace himself and start digging around the ground with his Flying Sword.