Chapter 681: The Beast-Hunting Squad
Everything Qin Sang had done was clearly seen by Ran Luo and the others, and they had grown increasingly fond of him. The initial barriers between them gradually faded.
Even the young man surnamed Zhuo, who was supposed to be the lead artifact refinement master, had long let go of the little resentment he once harbored toward Qin Sang after several earnest exchanges regarding artifact refinement techniques.
Of course, Qin Sang himself had also gained quite a bit.
However, even while forging friendships, Qin Sang felt as though a wall remained between himself and others. It had become increasingly difficult for him to fully trust anyone.
Through his conversations with the young man surnamed Zhuo, Qin Sang learned that Zhuo's sect—the Sword Cauldron Sect—was indeed one of the most renowned artifact refinement sects in Canglang Sea.
Finding an opportunity, Qin Sang brought up the topic of the Ten Divine Woods.
The young man admitted with a shamefaced expression that due to his limited talent, he was not valued within the sect and had been forced to venture out on his own. He had no access to the sect’s core secrets and thus did not know whether the great artifact refinement sects of Canglang Sea possessed any of the Ten Divine Woods. Still, after spending more than a century in Sword Cauldron Sect, he had never heard of anyone obtaining one.
It was worth mentioning that over the past half year, Ran Luo had managed to find four living Jiao for him.
After Qin Sang extracted the Jiao spirit from these four creatures, the number of Jiao spirits in the Nine-Dragon Heavenly Chariot Talisman had increased to six. Back then, it was unknown how much effort Daoist Master Xuanyu had spent to gather even this many.
Qin Sang then traveled to the uninhabited waters near Duyan Island to test out the Nine-Dragon Heavenly Chariot Talisman, combining it with the Sword Qi Thunderclap. With this combination, his evasion technique was now sufficient to ensure victory over ordinary middle-stage Core Formation cultivators.
In times of danger, his ability to flee had vastly improved.
Qin Sang remained at Duyan Island for several more months until his current tasks were nearly complete.