Chapter 927: Chivalry (II)
One looked over seventy, hunched and stooped as he held a long wooden sword with a cold, stern expression. The other was broad and younger, wielding an axe in each hand. He was thick-browed and sharp-eyed as he warily scanned the area.
The cold-eyed elder glanced at the red-robed man collapsed on the ice and swallowed hard before whispering, "Fellow Daoist Rui, take a look at this..."
The brawny man surnamed Rui frowned and glanced sideways at the flame surrounding the red-robed man. He replied, "That's some intense flames. This cultivator looks seriously wounded and on the verge of death... Wait ten hours or so, and he’ll be in deep trouble."
The old elder swallowed again and murmured, "Fellow Daoist Rui, you have keen eyes. How can we let someone die before us? Let’s save him quickly."
The two exchanged glances and clearly saw the greed in each other’s eyes. The burly man surnamed Rui responded, "Don’t you see the light from that talisman on him? If we don’t deal with that first, how can we ‘save’ him?"
The old elder hesitated for a moment and muttered, "But the Clearing Art Talisman is so expensive... it’s a life-saving treasure. I only have three left..."
But when he was glared at by the burly man surnamed Rui, the elder had no choice but to pull out the talisman from his sleeve. He cast a spell, muttered incantations, and finally pinched off a wisp of blue-green light from his fingertips, commanding, "Go!"
The bluish light burst apart with a pop, but the shield on the man's body only dimmed slightly. The two were stunned and thought inwardly, What a treasure!
Neither of them could recognize the talisman’s type. They were startled when it hadn’t shattered, but the red-robed man remained motionless and their eyes lit up.
The cold-eyed elder said, "We’ve struck gold!"
They now knew the man before them had to be from a wealthy background. The elder hurriedly pulled out two more talismans and got another two from the burly man, drawing all four together into a single point on his fingertip.
Still uneasy, he exchanged a glance with his companion. The two simultaneously drew out their dharma artifacts, gathered their spell force, and shouted, "Break!"