As the morning sun rose, three figures soared through the sky.

Ye Feng’s face was full of excitement as he waved his arms at Li Guanqi and the other.

“Boss!! Just the low-grade Spirit Stones alone amount to thirty thousand!!! We’re rich!!!”

Li Guanqi smiled slightly and said with a hint of exasperation, “Alright, alright.”

“Your old man was willing to fork out a million Spirit Stones for you. You never cared about a few thousand Spirit Stones when you bet with me before.”

“So why are you so excited over a mere thirty thousand Spirit Stones now?”

Ye Feng’s eyes sparkled as he pursed his lips and smiled.

“How can it be the same?”

“My dad earned that, it has nothing to do with me.”

“But these thirty thousand, we earned them together.”

“Right, Big Head?”

Cao Yan, looking utterly resigned, said, “Second Brother, can we stop calling me Big Head?”

“You’ve called me Big Head seventy-eight times just this night!”

“Besides, we didn’t earn this, we robbed it.”

Listening to their bickering, Li Guanqi didn’t feel annoyed; instead, he felt a deep sense of peace.

The path of cultivation is long. If he had to walk it alone, it would be too lonely.

However… Ye Feng was a chatterbox, not losing out to the gossiping women in the village.

Thinking of this, Li Guanqi felt a bit nostalgic for Fulong Village.

Those were the happiest years of his life.

But then he suddenly remembered that the guy who used to bully him as a kid was also named Zhao Beichen!

However, the Zhao Beichen of the Purple Sun Hall had already been killed by him. He wondered if that guy was now preparing for marriage at home.

After all, sixteen was the age to get married.

At this moment, the conversation between Ye Feng and Cao Yan behind him caught his attention.

“Big Head, you said you can refine pills. How good are you?”

“Uh… I think I’m pretty good.”

“And I can not only refine pills… I also know a bit about making talismans and formations.”

Li Guanqi was slightly taken aback and turned his head, somewhat incredulous.

“You know how to make talismans and formations?”

Cao Yan nodded shyly, pointing to his head.

Then he turned to Ye Feng and said irritably.

“It’s not called Big Head, it’s because my Divine Sense is too abundant, so much that I can’t refine it and it keeps growing.”

“Previously, due to some special reasons, I couldn’t cultivate.”

“But my Divine Sense kept growing.”

Saying this, Cao Yan looked up at the two of them and grinned.

“If I hadn’t met you guys, I would have either been beaten to death or exploded from the growing Divine Sense.”

Hearing this, Li Guanqi understood and unconsciously rubbed his hands together.

He exchanged a glance with Ye Feng, both feeling like they had struck gold.

With Cao Yan around, they could keep the materials from killing demon beasts for making talismans.

Various rare ores could be exchanged for formation disks or flags, and they wouldn’t have to worry about Spirit Stones anymore!

This guy was a walking God of Wealth!!

Ye Feng eagerly pulled out a blank talisman and some cinnabar, handing them to Cao Yan.

“Come on, Big Head, draw one for me.”

“I’ve never seen a talisman master at work.”

Cao Yan’s face darkened, and he said, pursing his lips, “No talisman brush?”

Ye Feng stood there dumbfounded, muttering, “You need a talisman brush for this? No one told me that when I bought it!”

The two beside him couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

Just as Li Guanqi was about to stop Ye Feng from messing around, Cao Yan surprisingly took the talisman paper and muttered.

“Drawing by hand is fine… just a bit rusty…”

Saying this, he dipped his middle finger in cinnabar.

With Primordial Energy surging within him, his right hand swiftly moved across the talisman paper!

In just two breaths, Cao Yan handed the talisman to Ye Feng, wiping the cinnabar off his fingers and smiling.

“It’s just a simple Fireball Talisman. I haven’t drawn one in years, so I’m a bit rusty.”

Ye Feng looked down at the cinnabar on his chest and screamed, “Ah!!! Big Head!! This is my only new outfit!!!”

Li Guanqi took the talisman and examined it. The cinnabar was still wet, but it emitted a faint spiritual energy.

Clearly, this Fireball Talisman was usable!

After a moment’s thought, Li Guanqi infused a wisp of Primordial Energy into the talisman and tossed it into the air.

Boom!!!

In an instant, a blue fireball, a foot in size, shot out from the talisman!!

Li Guanqi and Ye Feng stood there, swallowing hard.

Ye Feng’s voice was dry as he said, “B-B-Big Head!!!!”

“You call this a Fireball Talisman?!!”

By the end, Ye Feng’s voice had become high-pitched and sharp.

Li Guanqi also closed his mouth, not knowing what to say.

The Fireball Talismans exchanged with points at the Great Xia Sword Sect were at most the size of a fist and had very limited power.

But the one Cao Yan had just drawn was at least five times larger!!

Its power was comparable to a full-strength attack from a middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator!!

And the color of the flame was unusual; the ghostly blue flame was clearly hotter and more lethal.

Cao Yan smiled nonchalantly, “Low-level fire talismans in my hands can achieve such effects, but not high-level ones.”

“As for formations… I’m a bit weak. I’m better at pill refining.”

Hearing this, Li Guanqi couldn’t help but take a deep look at Cao Yan.

It seemed that Cao Yan’s talent was no less than his own!

It was no wonder the power struggles within his family had affected him.

This also indirectly confirmed that Cao Yan’s family was not weak!

But then Li Guanqi smiled self-deprecatingly.

“Since I’ve already made up my mind, why bother weighing the pros and cons.”

He then called out to the two, “Let’s go. There’s a dock nearby. We can check where to go from there.”

The two immediately followed the young man.

Suddenly, Li Guanqi and Ye Feng simultaneously pulled out a jade slip, their expressions unchanged!

A message from the Great Xia Sword Sect!

The content was brief but made the disciples outside tense up.

“From this day forth, the Great Xia Sword Sect will seclude itself for three years!”

“The sect is safe, do not worry.”

Ye Feng’s expression remained unchanged, still unsure of what had happened.

But Li Guanqi smiled slightly and reassured him, “Don’t worry. Since they said it’s fine, we don’t need to worry.”

During the conversation, Li Guanqi also told Cao Yan where they came from.

Flying at the front, Li Guanqi smiled and murmured to himself.

“The sect must have understood the mysteries of the eleven stages of Qi Refining.”

As for why they didn’t leave more behind, it wasn’t because the sect wasn’t good to him.

He felt that the current Great Xia Sword Sect, not to mention the thirteen-stage techniques, even the twelve-stage techniques would instantly make them a target, possibly leading to their annihilation by some powerful force!