"Send a communication talisman to contact Li Chen."
Two of the disciples were spirit talisman masters. The talismans used to track Xiao Lingchuan were drawn by the two of them together. The disciple with a higher level received the order, and a talisman appeared out of thin air between his fingers and was infused with spiritual power.
The talisman flickered erratically, but no one responded for a long time.
"Third Elder, we are unable to contact our eldest brother."
The Third Elder's expression was solemn as he said, "Use the Tracking Talisman."
The disciple looked at the other talisman master, and the two of them worked together to draw the talisman. The talisman transformed into a small bird, circled around and around, then fell into one of the palms, let out a soft cry, and turned back into a talisman.
"Third Elder, the tracking talisman is ineffective." The two lowered their heads in shame.
There are two possibilities: either the other party is dead or their soul has dissipated, or the other party has used some means to isolate themselves from all detection.
Li Chen's soul lamp was not extinguished, which clearly meant it was not the former case. Ultimately, it was because these two spirit talisman masters were not skilled enough.
Neither Emperor Xiu nor the original body knew how to use spirit talismans, but Emperor Xiu knew how to runes, so he figured it should be about the same. He reached out and took a piece of unused talisman paper, grabbed a spirit pen that one of the spirit talisman masters hadn't put away, and started drawing it while recalling their movements.
“Oh, my… pen…”
The young elder crossed his arms and sneered, "You've never even learned how to draw talismans, what are you pretending for?"
"Smack—"
The crisp sounds of slapping echoed one after another.
Emperor Xiu returned the spirit brush, and the spirit talisman in his palm transformed into a small bird, which was clearly more lifelike than the drawings of the other two.
The little bird hopped around a few times, rubbed against his palm, and then, like the previous one, began to circle in his palm before chirping a few times towards the southeast.
The two spirit talisman masters were mesmerized, but the elders immediately grasped the key point.
It's in the southeast again.
The Supreme Elder made the decision: "Send a message back to the sect. Except for the two spirit talisman masters, all other disciples should return to the sect and await orders. The location indicated by the stars was roughly within the Yunzhou area. You two go and draw teleportation talismans now."
He then nodded to the Third Elder and the Short Elder: "You two stay here to negotiate. The rest of you follow me. That kid, you come with me. If I find out you dare to deceive me, hmph."
The other disciples followed Lin Yushi back, while the Third Elder and the Short Elder went to find Chilong to discuss the strange phenomena in the heavens and earth.
The talisman master was drawing talismans, and Di Xiu watched them draw for a long time. He then asked the young elder next to him for a few spirit stones. The young elder glared at him and asked, "Why should I give them to you?"
"I'll return it to you another day."
The young elder frowned and sneered, "Do you think I lack these few spirit stones? You poor wretch, I'll just be kind enough to give you a little something."
As he spoke, he tossed out a bag of top-grade spirit stones.
Emperor Xiu: "Mid-grade is fine."
"No, this elder only has top-grade spirit stones."
Emperor Xiu glanced at him, took out one, returned the rest, and then used his broken sword to split the spirit stone into several small pieces.
The young elder seemed about to scold him for being ungrateful, but when his gaze fell on the broken sword, he suddenly fell silent. He looked at Di Xiu with a hint of reluctance, but the next second, his eyes drooped, his gaze empty, as if he had lost all sense of reason.
With a single stroke, a talisman is formed; upon landing, an array is created. If this guy has such ability, even if he can't become a spirit sword master, he can still modify spirit talismans and spirit arrays. Why the hell should I worry about him?
Emperor Xiu was the first to step into the formation. The Supreme Elder followed without thinking. The young elder clicked his tongue and went in one after another with the dark-skinned guest elder. The remaining two spirit talisman masters were on the verge of tears. Looking at the talisman that was only half-drawn, they wondered if there was any need for them to follow.
But since the Supreme Elder didn't give any instructions, they could only continue to follow.
Everyone was teleported away, the power of the spirit stones was exhausted, and the formation disappeared.
After exiting the teleportation array, Emperor Xiu was about to calculate Li Chen's location again when the Supreme Elder who followed him out looked around and slapped him. Emperor Xiu subconsciously gathered his spiritual energy to meet the attack.
The Supreme Elder hadn't even used his spiritual power, yet this sudden attack had left his hand numb. Although he wasn't seriously injured, he still felt humiliated and glared at the attacker, demanding, "What are you doing?"
Emperor Xiu was completely baffled: "What guidance do you have for searching for sacred artifacts?"
Seeing his clueless expression, the Supreme Elder angrily pointed at him and said, "Boy, have you been cultivating swordsmanship and all you've got is muscle? Have you forgotten the rules?"
"???"
The young elder and the dark-skinned elder came out. The former raised his eyebrows high, his surprise exaggerated: "You actually opened the teleportation array in a mortal city-state."
"..."
Emperor Xiu then remembered that this continent had many rules to protect mortals.
It is largely out of a sense of gratitude and a recognition that all spiritual cultivators are originally mortals who have cultivated themselves. In order to maintain the sustainable development of the spiritual cultivation world and to maintain the stability and order of mortal city-states and countries, many rules and regulations have been set up. For example, it is forbidden to use spiritual power within mortal city-states. This can be further broken down into prohibitions on setting up teleportation arrays here.
"The suspect hasn't even been cleared of suspicion yet, and this solid evidence of his crimes has already been presented to us. Tsk."
Emperor Xiu sighed and pondered, deciding to pretend he hadn't heard anything. He continued operating the star chart, and another beam of light fell in the city, seemingly near the imperial palace.
Oh, this is the capital of the country where Li Chen is located.
Li Chen is still asleep at this moment, completely unaware that he is about to have a major incident.
Ordinary people are usually subject to a curfew, and the two talisman masters respectfully presented the invisibility talisman, which finally came in handy.
Upon reaching the place where the starlight had fallen, the Supreme Elder recognized the name of the residence, his face darkening as he cursed, "Cultivators are forbidden from seizing power in the mortal realm! This scoundrel, this scoundrel has actually become some kind of Prince Chen! Are the people in the Discipline Hall eating shit?"
The two elders fell silent, but a spirit talisman master weakly spoke up: "Our senior brother was originally a prince, and this may be his motherland."
The Supreme Elder cleared his throat, glanced at the talisman master, and entered the Prince Chen's residence.
Li Chen's aura seemed to be blocked by some kind of magical artifact, and even the Supreme Elder could not find him. But since the search area had been narrowed down to this Prince Chen's Mansion, they could just look for the main courtyard.
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