“Ssssss…”
Both old men inhaled sharply at the same time.
It was true that they had seen a lot of things in life, way more than a young fellow like Rong Kaixuan could even imagine. But when they looked carefully at what was in front of them, they couldn’t help but be in shock.
The box was filled to the brim with stacks and stacks of talismans.
The moment Rong Jielin opened the box, the intense air that was formed by a huge amount of talismans stacked together instantly filled the air. The entire room was covered by this tremendous force.
Talismans were also Spiritualist items.
If there was only one piece or a small stack of 10 or so, they caused a slight ripple in the energy field around them, but it would be negligible.
When that number was multiplied greatly, it was a different story altogether.
Rong Jielin swallowed hard and finally calmed himself down. He looked up at his grandson and asked as his long beard slightly trembled, “Kaixuan, how many talismans are here?” When he asked this question, even his voice seemed to be trembling a little.
As a direct descendant of the Rong family and having lived for so many years, Rong Jielin had seen his fair share of riches. This was the first time he had seen so many talismans together in one place.
He was also very sure that there were very few others in the Rong clan who would have had the same experience.
Rong Kaixuan smiled faintly and said, “Grandpa, there are a thousand Level 1 Supreme Grade Spirit Body Fighter Sealing Talismans here.”
In this huge household, he was the only one who had the gifting of a Spiritualist. If he gave away Spell Sealing Talismans, nobody else would be able to use them. As a result, he decided to just make an entire pile of Spirit Body Fighter Sealing Talismans instead.
“A thousand pieces!”
Rong Cai exclaimed. The two old men looked at one another. Their eyes flickered and were filled with disbelief.
Even though these talismans were clearly right in front of them, they felt like they were dreaming.
Rong Cai and the others had already received a small pile from Rong Kaixuan back in Qiangan. The amount they received then paled in comparison to the number in front of them now.
The last time they received 10, but now there were a thousand pieces. Those two numbers were miles apart.
After a long time, Rong Jielin finally let out a long sigh. “Kaixuan, how many more talismans like that do you have on hand?”
Rong Kaixuan paused for a while and replied, “Twice this amount.”
Rong Jielin looked deeply at him and finally said, “Fine.” He was quiet for a moment. His expression grew more stern. “The mountain range next to the Main House is a mountain range that spans across three counties. You can enter it from the estate you used to live in. As long as you don’t go any further than 30 miles in, I won’t stop you.”
He was the one who said earlier that he would not allow his grandson to enter the mountains before reaching Peak Stage Spiritualist level.
After he found out what trump card this young boy was holding onto, he immediately changed his mind.
Rong Kaixuan smiled faintly and said, “Thank you, Grandpa.” After a moment of silence, he said, “Grandpa Cai, I would like to invite the manager at Donghua Treasure Hall, Ye Jianhao, to come to our place. Could you arrange for that?”
Rong Jielin was the head of the household, but Rong Cai was in charge of running the day-to-day things in the house.
Rong Cai laughed merrily and said, “Young Master Kaixuan, that’s a small matter. I will get someone to invite Manager Ye over right away. But…” His gaze was more focused as he said, “If you sell off all your talismans, you have to prepare more.”
Rong Kaixuan smiled and replied, “Don’t worry, Grandpa Cai. I don’t intend to go into the mountains just yet.”
After they watched Rong Kaixuan leave the room, the two old men looked at one another. They let out a long sigh at the same time.
Rong Jielin said, “Cai, Kaixuan is not someone we can keep within our control, so you don’t have to restrict him so much anymore.”
Rong Cai was shocked by this comment. “Master, Young Master Kaixuan isn’t powerful enough to go anywhere by himself yet.”
Rong Jielin smiled and said, “An extraordinary person should be dealt with in an extraordinary way. Heh-heh, 2,000 Spirit Body Fighters! If either you or I met with 2,000 of them, I’m afraid we’d turn around and run too.” He laughed bitterly at himself and added, “Of course, whether we would be able to escape from so many of them is also another problem.”
Rong Cai slowly nodded and was overwhelmed by his emotions in his heart. Young Master Kaixuan was really different from before.
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A heart-wrenching howl shook the earth from deep within the mountains.
A 49-foot giant python was slithering rapidly through the grass. The sounds coming out from its mouth were no less than the roar of a tiger.
A faint layer of white fog surrounded this giant python. Everywhere that it slithered past was covered with a thin layer of frost.
This python was one of the kings in this mountain forest. Even those ferocious big and wild cats were as weak as a newborn baby to it. Now, it had been forced to leave the nest that it had lived in for many years and was now running desperately for its life.
Suddenly, a figure was running through the grass like a bolt of lightning.
It was a Spirit Body. Its features were blurred. One couldn’t see its face, but its actions were quick and nimble. It moved as fast as lightning.
Pak!
The Spirit Body let out a punch. The powerful amount of True Qi unleashed was enough to make the giant python’s body instantly shudder.
The giant python angrily roared as it curled itself up. Its terrifying head rapidly flew straight for the Spirit Body. If the Spirit Body was bitten by this python’s head, it would be severely injured and fall apart on the spot.
But Spirit Body Fighters were not called natural warriors for nothing.
The Spirit Body Fighter swerved itself to one side and suddenly swayed from side to side.
The giant python slowed itself down slightly. Even the python was unable to tell which direction its enemy was headed.
This slow down in the attack was enough for the Spirit Body to run a few feet away. It successfully dodged the python’s mouth.
The giant python was furious and about to make another attack when everything in front of it became a blur.
A strange wave of water ripples suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
It quickly curled its body up again. There was even a look of fear and horror in its eyes. It was as if this energy in the air had threatened it greatly before.
Pak… Pak… Pak…
Countless sounds of its joints bursting were heard as several extremely sharp gusts of wind formed out of nowhere. It left many faint white marks on its body.
After that, a ball of fire suddenly appeared and landed hard on its head.
The powerful impact of the ball and its terrible heat made the giant python go into a state of temporary dizziness, as well as feel tremendous pain.
The white fog around it tried its best to put out the flames. In just moments, it was surrounded by an astronomical amount of Spirit Power of the five elements again.
After two hours, the giant python let out an indignant howl. It finally managed to get itself out of being surrounded by the Spirit Power of the five elements and made its way even further out to escape from its enemies.
This time, the fellows that had been following it around all the time seemed to be feeling tired, so they finally gave up attacking it as a team.
But the giant python didn’t relax at all. Its body was covered with wounds, which were bleeding all over. In a forest filled with dangers, the blood on its body would have attracted some powerful enemies. It didn’t know how long its wounded body could hold up for, and it wasn’t confident of surviving either.
The energy waves in the air slowly went back to normal.
A huge battle between the greatest powers of the forest had just happened. All the wild animals in the mountain that sensed the air around this battle had run as far away as they could. None of the wild animals in the mountains were willing to offend a powerful enemy for no reason and end up in a fight that it would not survive.
After the energy waves in the air calmed down, the six Spirit Bodies got together.
There was no expression on their faces, but they were attracted to one another by some mysterious force. Even though they didn’t talk, they were able to sense each other’s thoughts.
They had run into this giant python about 10 days ago, but the water element Spirit Body Spellcaster was the only one who saw the giant python the first time.
Once the two sides met, the water element Spirit Body Spellcaster couldn’t beat the python. Once it sent out a signal for help, the rest of the Spirit Bodies came together. The six of them managed to chase this king of the forest out from its own territory and heavily wounded it.
After going through this huge battle, the Spirit Body Fighter stopped fighting, but the five-element Spirit Body Spellcasters seemed to feel something else deep within.
A mysterious power was rising from within themselves.
This was the energy source of the elements that made up their bodies.
After a moment, the water element Spirit Body Spellcaster was covered in a thin layer of mist. Similarly, the other element Spirit Body Spellcasters were also surrounded by their own unique element.
This energy was quite strange. It was kept to a minimum and barely affected the world around them.
For example, flames were surrounding the fire element Spirit Body Spellcaster. It looked like it was burning fiercely, but not a single blade of grass around it was on fire. Of course, that didn’t mean the flames were not hot enough. The plants within the range of the flames were instantly vaporized by the sheer heat.
The range of the flames’ power was limited to a very small range and wouldn’t ignite the grass around it, so it wasn’t going to start a terrifying forest fire of sorts either.
After quite some time, the energy around the five Spirit Body Spellcasters suddenly exploded.
The unique elemental energy around them first started to expand outward. After it grew to twice its size, it was suddenly absorbed. Their bodies became like a bottomless pit that had sucked in this tremendous amount of energy into itself.
The Spirit Body Fighter quietly watching from afar tilted its head. It seemed to find this scene rather strange and tried to understand it.
The cultivation process of a Spirit Body Fighter and a Spirit Body Spellcaster was completely different, but they were also linked magically.
All six of them were Spirit Bodies evoked by Rong Kaixuan, so there was an unknown link between all of them.
After it saw that the five elemental Spirit Body Spellcasters had suddenly gone up in level to become Advanced Stage Spiritualists, its calm heart seemed to beat wildly.
“Roar…”
The Spirit Body Fighter opened its mouth and let out a low roaring sound.
It was imitating the sound that the wild beasts of the mountains made. This roar expressed the strong fighting spirit it had.
After that, it suddenly moved and left these Spirit Body Spellcasters, which had just increased in level to become Advanced Stage Spiritualists behind. It went all by itself to run after that giant python.