When Luck Knocks, Nothing Can Stop It

"Oh, wow. So many spiritual stones and materials. That guy's background is truly extraordinary."

It had been over half a month since Xu Feng's death, and the spiritual imprint he left on his storage bag was gradually fading away. Chu Xing'er easily broke through it, and when her divine sense probed into the extraordinarily spacious storage bag, a look of joy instantly appeared on her face.

Xu Feng was indeed a direct descendant of the Xu family. The storage bag he possessed was of top grade, with a space more than ten times larger than the one Chu Xing'er was currently using, and the spiritual stones and treasures inside were countless.

There were tens of thousands of low-grade spiritual stones, over a hundred mid-grade spiritual stones, along with pills, magical instruments, talismans, spiritual herbs, and other items. Altogether, his wealth was at least three to four times greater than her current net worth.

What made her even more delighted was that Xu Feng indeed possessed an Earth Escape Talisman, and of a very high grade—a mortal-grade top-tier talisman.

A mortal-grade top-tier talisman was already the strongest kind of talisman just beneath the scarce spirit-grade talismans.

Unlike offensive talismans, which lasted for a very short time, a mid-grade Earth Escape Talisman had allowed her to burrow underground for the time it took to brew a cup of tea, and a top-tier talisman should be usable for at least the better part of an hour.

"Oh? What is this?"

In high spirits, Chu Xing'er examined her spoils piece by piece, and was soon captivated by a jade talisman inside the storage bag.

The jade talisman, engraved with the pattern of a fierce beast, somewhat resembled a talisman-treasure, but the power contained within it was countless times greater than the sword talisman Huang Yipeng had produced back then.

The moment she sensed it slightly, she was assaulted by the fierce and murderous aura emanating from the jade talisman, frightening Chu Xing'er into hurriedly cutting off a portion of her divine sense to sever the connection.

This must have been the most valuable treasure on Xu Feng, as well as the life-saving trump card given to him by the higher-ups of the Xu family. However, due to Xiao Wen's clever scheming and sneak attack, it ultimately never got a chance to be used.

Not daring to examine those jade slips and jade talismans any further for fear of falling into another trap, Chu Xing'er retrieved several jade bottles containing medicinal pills. Soon, the joy on her face grew even more intense.

Most of the pills Xu Feng carried with him were for healing wounds and restoring spiritual power.

However, among them was a pill called the Flame Foundation Pill, a spiritual elixir meant to enhance the cultivation of fire-attribute Foundation Establishment cultivators. Although consuming it would be somewhat wasteful for her due to her spiritual root attributes, in her current situation, having something was better than nothing.

Therefore, after taking stock of the storage bag, Chu Xing'er adjusted her state and began taking the Flame Foundation Pill to cultivate.

"Brother, where are you?"

Amidst the dense fog, Lu Yin anxiously called out for her elder brother, Lu Fang. She had been searching for a long time and had no idea how far she had walked, yet there was still no trace of Lu Fang, nor could she even find a way out of this mist-shrouded mountain forest.

In her panic and despair, Lu Yin had more than once thought of crushing her identity talisman, giving up the chance to enter the Skysot Sect, and teleporting away directly. She believed that if her elder brother Lu Fang had no other choice, he would make the same choice.

However, even though she took out the talisman and crushed it, the result did not change at all.

Although Lu Yin was not proficient in formations, she understood that she and her elder brother Lu Fang must have inadvertently fallen into some kind of mysterious restriction. With just her current level of cultivation, she feared there was likely no possibility of ever walking out.

Could she be permanently trapped and left to die here? The little girl could not help but break into tears. Aside from the endless fog, there was no response whatsoever in the silent mountain forest.

Hum~~

A few days later, inside the underground cavern where Xiao Wenzi resided, a violent surge of demonic energy rippled outward. Utilizing the blood of Xu Feng, who had been at the Great Circle of the late Foundation Establishment stage, Xiao Wenzi continuously broke through bottlenecks and reached the peak of the late twelfth layer.

Unfortunately, as time passed, the blood within Xu Feng's corpse had congealed and could no longer be absorbed, and the spiritual power contained within it had almost completely dissipated. Even so, this was the result of Xiao Wenzi quickly putting the corpse back into the storage bag after each session of blood-drinking.

Lacking the assistance of a cultivator's blood for cultivation, Xiao Wenzi was not impatient. With a flick of his mind, a hundred twelfth-layer Skysot system coins vanished, and a primal, chaotic medicinal pill materialized, which he swallowed into his stomach.

Meanwhile, at the summit of a mountain far above, a multitude of young men and women had gathered, among whom were Zhou Peng, Wang Lingfei, Qin Yushuang, Yang Hong, and others.

After more than twenty days of carpet-style searches, having found nothing throughout a radius of ten thousand miles, they began to suspect that Chu Xing'er was playing the trick of hiding in plain sight.

After all, her cultivation level was not high. According to their estimates, being able to kill Xu Feng meant she had deployed some kind of one-time offensive treasure, and she should be relatively weak right now—it was impossible for her to have fled this far.

As the saying went, the most dangerous place was the safest place. If she had no way to escape, it was very likely she was hiding deep underground within this mountain range.

"That demonic wench should have an Earth Escape Talisman. Right now, she might be hiding somewhere down below. If we want to find her, we have to go down personally. I, Zhou, will take the lead."

Pulling back the divine sense he had sent underground, Zhou Peng was the first to take a talisman from his storage bag. With a flash of earth-yellow light, he burrowed into the ground and vanished.

A cultivator's divine sense had varying ranges of detection in different environments. For instance, Zhou Peng could let his divine sense expand to its fullest in an open field, capturing every subtle movement within a radius of a thousand zhang.

Yet under the obstruction of flowing water, being able to scan fifty zhang was his limit. Compared to water elements, which were easier to penetrate, he could not even detect twenty zhang through rock and soil.

Although Zhou Peng was not the strongest person present, he still ranked in the top five. Since even he could not find Chu Xing'er hiding within the mountain's core, diving down with an Earth Escape Talisman to search was the only option, and the others had no better method than to imitate him.

And so, the Skysot disciples who possessed Earth Escape Talismans each chose a direction and burrowed into the earth, while the other observing trial-takers looked at one another in dismay.

Wasn't it a bit too extravagant to waste such precious Earth Escape Talismans like this? The Skysot Sect was indeed wealthy and powerful.

The array formation Chu Xing'er had set up within the cavern of the mountain core had the effect of masking aura fluctuations; unless one came into close contact with it, it was very difficult to detect.

Moreover, ordinary Earth Escape Talismans had limited power and could not support a cultivator traveling underground for long periods. To avoid becoming trapped in rock and soil, everyone expanded their divine sense to the utmost while descending.

Naturally, the wealthy individuals who possessed many high-grade Earth Escape Talismans were the exception.

"Oh? I think I've found her. When luck comes knocking, there's just no stopping it."

Wei Su, a Foundation Establishment disciple of the Skysot Sect whose cultivation had reached the mid-stage peak, was far inferior to people like Zhou Peng and Yang Hong, but this fellow had always possessed exceptionally good luck.

Burrowing deep into the earth with the aid of an Earth Escape Talisman, Wei Su's divine sense suddenly detected minute spiritual power fluctuations.

That should be the spiritual power interaction caused by a cultivator practicing breathing techniques. Because it was far too faint, he would never have noticed it at all if he were not at this close range.

Chu Xing'er had caused such a massive commotion that even the Supreme Elder had been alerted. If he could capture her and bring her back, it would count as a top contribution on his part, and he would definitely be heavily nurtured by the sect. Reaching the Core Formation and Nascent Soul stages in the future would no longer be an extravagant hope.

Greed rapidly sprouted within his heart. Without returning to the surface to notify the others, Wei Su sped directly toward the location he had sensed.

"That's right, it's right here."

Growing closer and closer, Wei Su's divine sense abruptly pierced through the mountain wall and blanketed the entire cavern.